Surfing the Event Horizon of SF Pseudo-Cyberspace
In honor of the newly released Blu-ray/DVD set of the final Doctor Who specials featuring David Tennant as the 10th Doctor, we’ve got a special BBC video of “The Best of David Tennant” for your viewing pleasure.
Armand Thibault looked out over the Pacific’s rumbling winter waves from his balcony in Neskowin, Ore. "The predicted high tide today is a 10.1 [feet]," he relayed via YouTube on Friday, January 29. "I’m very glad we don’t have a storm surge behind this one. Tomorrow is supposed to be a 10.2, so it should be interesting." [More]
Armand Thibault looked out over the Pacific’s rumbling winter waves from his balcony in Neskowin, Ore. "The predicted high tide today is a 10.1 [feet]," he relayed via YouTube on Friday, January 29. "I’m very glad we don’t have a storm surge behind this one. Tomorrow is supposed to be a 10.2, so it should be interesting." [More]
Has it really been only six years since Peter Jackson felt he had to make a point of thanking the Academy for seeing “past the trolls and the wizards and the hobbits” when he picked up his trophy as Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won its Best Picture Oscar?
How times have changed! Today Hollywood saw past blue aliens—and the South African ones, too—and no one was even surprised about it.
One of the things we’re most eager to see in the upcoming Tron Legacy is Jeff Bridges reprising the role of Kevin Flynn from the original 1982 Tron.
The Oscar nominations are out and quite a few scifi movies appeared in the major categories including best picture. Avatar landed in the top spot as expected, but I was surprised to see District 9 in the list as well. James Cameron is up for Best Director for Avatar as well and District 9 gets on the list for best adapted screenplay.
Star Trek comes into the mix with nominations in Special Effects, Make-up and Sound categories. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, gets a sound nod as well.
What do you think? Should Star Trek have received a Best Picture nom as [...]
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Vice President Joe Biden may be many things, but a movie buff he is not.
Strip mining an extrasolar planet, as in James Cameron’s movie Avatar, would most likely never be cost effective.
International experts converged on Mexico City this month to discuss the best way to establish a global detection and warning network to monitor potential asteroid threats to all life on Earth.
New images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft offer close-ups of two of Saturn’s moons.