There’s already been a whole lot of talk out there about Avatar – about the quality of the writing, the imagination of the special effects, and the brilliance of a motion capture process that made the Na’vi just about the most believable fictional beings in the history of movies. (Read our morning-after review, and the transcript …
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ThinkGeek.com a320 Pocket Retro Game Emulator Review
Think back to your childhood. If you were a geek who was born in the late ’70s like I was, what are some of your most cherished memories? Riding your bike? Maybe a little. Thanksgiving in Fargo? Absolutely not. Nintendo Entertainment System, SEGA Master System, SEGA Genesis, and Super Nintendo? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
For many …
Best of the Decade: Characters
The greatest characters of the 2000’s from movies, TV, books, video games and comics. Basically anything that had fictional people in it was fair game. Or fictional cats. Or artificial intelligences.
[By the way I want to a) acknowledge that io9 already did this, and b) assert that we’d scheduled this before we knew they were doing it …
Panel of the Week 12/16/09
Christmas is near and this year I’ve asked for multi-colored fits of anger, vigilante brutality, silly costumes, and revamped classic villains! Or maybe I’m just fidgety because that Iron Man 2 trailer dropped and I want laser whips so, so bad. Here it is, your Panel of the Week!
Green Lantern Corps #43
When Green Lantern Guy …
Avatar: The James Cameron Interview. Sequels? ‘Hell Yeah’
Even if you don’t love every James Cameron film, even if you’re suffering from Titanic – or hell, Avatar – fatigue, you’ve got to give him this: The man’s got energy to spare.
Only hours after flying from London to New York City this past Monday, the director was on the Today show, explaining the oh-so-foreign concept of …
The Five Most Underrated Sci-Fi Masterpieces (Act II)
UPDATE (Jan. 10): The final list has just been announced! Go here to see which films made the cut.
Oh the agony.
Our quest to isolate, consolidate and appreciate the 5 most underrated sci-fi masterpieces has taken more than a few twists and turns. What is true sci-fi? What counts as underrated? What qualifies as a masterpiece. Talk …
Iron Man 2 Trailer: ‘I have successfully privatized world peace’
“I did you a big favor: I have successfully privatized world peace!”
Yes. The trailer we’ve been waiting for. This is the way the Iron Man 2 trailer should start. Cocky Tony Stark, talking smack to Congress. The crowds applauding, drowning out the Senator. Robert Downey Jr., flashing that cocky grin.
Cocky, and maybe a little …
The New Alice in Wonderland Trailer
Wow, this looks great. It’s gotten, like, ten times better since the Comic-Con footage, which was kinda twee and overly Tim Burtonian.
You know what I mean. Sometimes Burton has just a leetle bit of a tendency to show Johnny Depp tittering in a funny suit and then call it a day. But I’m all in for this one. It looks beautiful. And it …
Exclusive Teaser: Image To Launch Ross and Edwards’ Turf
There isn’t much to say about Turf that hasn’t already been said before. Jonathan Ross is a longtime comic book lover and Turf his first foray into the sequential arts with Tommy Lee Edwards. Look for the first of four issues from Image Comics to hit shelves in April 2010. Flappers, speakeasies, tommy guns and Sci-Fi?! Can’t. …
The Best Review of ‘Phantom Menace’ I’ve Ever Seen
Okay, so 70 minutes might be long for a movie review, but I promise you, this is worth it.
A seven-part series recently posted on YouTube by comedy writer and filmmaker Mike from Milwaukee, Wisconsin just rips apart Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace by pointing out the countless plot holes in the first Star Wars prequel.
The …
The Top 10 Spaceships: A Tale of Thrusters and Heat Shields
FULL LIST: The Top 10 Spaceships
It was less than a week ago that I finally saw “Avatar,” and what I enjoyed most about James Cameron’s epic was navigating through his fictional universe, learning about it all as I went along: New species, ecosystems, worlds and futuristic technologies used by the humans who are invading
So Say We All: I’m So Parched!
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for me, so pardon the lack of BSG updates.
I hunkered down over the weekend and watched the miniseries because, you know, I had no idea there was even a miniseries. Now I, sort of, understand the recurring Cylon attacks every 33 minutes. I still have questions about WTH is going on, but before we …