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  1. Terminator And Star Trek Are The Yin And Yang Of Time Travel [Time Travel]

    Terminator And Star Trek Are The Yin And Yang Of Time Travel [Time Travel]

    14 hours ago

    Star Trek and Terminator often feature the same time-travel story: someone journeys back in time from the future. The only difference is, in Trek, our heroes are usually arriving from a shining paradise, while the

    Tagged: mcg, star trek, top, time travel, j j abrams, terminator, terminator 4, dystopian futures, dystopias, timelag, utopias

  2. Watch Out for the Chick in the Bloody Burqa [Found Footage]

    Watch Out for the Chick in the Bloody Burqa [Found Footage]

    15 hours ago

    My new favorite zombie movie is Hell's Ground, billed as the "first Pakistani splatter flick." Anyone who has watched Bollywood vampire and ghoul movies knows that's not true, but let's just say that it's the first such

    Tagged: bollywood, pakistan, movies, horror, found footage, hell s ground

  3. Spaceship Vs. Pirate Galleons, For The Ultimate Booty [Concept Art]

    Spaceship Vs. Pirate Galleons, For The Ultimate Booty [Concept Art]

    16 hours ago

    Here's a knock-down dogfight between a high-tech spaceship and a whole swarm of pirate galleons, from the mind of artist Nicholas Ferrand aka V.I.A.G. Or maybe the spaceship is teaming up with the more low-fi pirates?

    Tagged: gallery, concept art, ralph mcquarrie, syd mead, v i a g, nicholas ferrand, concept ships

  4. Whatever Happened To Hyperion, Vurt, Count Zero and Logan's Run? [Development Purgatory]

    Whatever Happened To Hyperion, Vurt, Count Zero and Logan's Run? [Development Purgatory]

    17 hours ago

    Welcome back to Development Purgatory, where we check on the status of movies that were announced with great fanfare — but never arrived. This time, we wonder why we're not sucking on futuristic drug feathers while

    Tagged: top, hyperion, william gibson, philip k dick, logan s run, joe haldeman, dan simmons, count zero, vurt, jeff noon, forever war, development purgatory

  5. Earth Systems Science Agency -- To the Rescue! [Mega Environmentalism]

    17 hours ago

    Members of the Earth Systems Science Agency can predict the future, monitor the weather and control satellites. They have a loosely-defined connection to the U.S. government and several cutting-edge labs, and possess

    Tagged: science, environment, nature, earth science, systems biology, mega environmentalism, earth systems science agency