Star Trek

Movies: New Moon Casts Spell Over ‘Twi-Hards’

source: Wired

Rating: Wired's Favorite Sci-Fi Flicks of All Time — Pre–Star WarsWired's Favorite Sci-Fi Flicks of All Time — Star Wars and AfterYour Favorite Sci-Fi Flicks, From Metropolis Through the '50sHalf-Life Visuals Supercharge Sci-Fi Short Escape From City-17

Published Wed, Nov 18

Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney Developing 'Alien Legion'

source: Cinematical

Creator Carl Potts described Alien Legion as "the Foreign Legion in space," and it's probably best described as melting pot of military and sci-fi, as Star Trek, Star Wars and The Dirty Dozen all influenced its vision of intergalactic soldiers banding together for honor, fortune, and a...

Published Tue, Nov 17

No more DARK TOWER movie but how about a new DARK TOWER book!!!

source: obsessedwithfilm (Feedburner)

This week saw the death-knell of J.J. Abrams' ambitious plan to adapt Stephen King's incredible sci-fi/horror/western/fantasy series The Dark Tower into seven feature films, which left a lot of die-hard King fans (including me), a little broken-hearted. So sadly no movie, not yet. But, q...

Published Fri, Nov 13

No more DARK TOWER movie but how about a new DARK TOWER book!!!

source: Obsessed With Film

This week saw the death-knell of J.J. Abrams' ambitious plan to adapt Stephen King's incredible sci-fi/horror/western/fantasy series The Dark Tower into seven feature films, which left a lot of die-hard King fans (including me), a little broken-hearted. So sadly no movie, not yet. But, q...

Published Fri, Nov 13

The Prisoner: An All-Star Appreciation

source: Wired

Patrick McGoohan’s stunning spy-fi series The Prisoner only lasted 17 episodes before sadly disappearing in 1969. But its revolutionary mix of geopolitics, sci-fi and psychedelia has influenced not just television, but also music, comics, film and more.

Published Thu, Nov 12

Your Favorite Sci-Fi Flicks, From Metropolis Through the ’50s

source: Wired

gt;When we beamed our lists of favorite science fiction movies onto the pages of Wired.com, we knew some of our readers would think we were goofier than Jar Jar Binks. Little did we know that Wired.com readers would fire back with such vehemence, vitriol and — most importantly — sincere love f...

Published Wed, Nov 4

V as an Alien Allegory Attack Against Barack Obama

source: Gawker

The sci-fi culture usually veers to the left in its political allegory (again, see Battlestar or this summer's upbeat Star Trek that was an endorsement for the hopeful future that the Obama administration promised to usher in). The original 1983 miniseries that the show is based on was an...

Published Tue, Nov 3

Mad Max 4 Starts, 2012's Non-CG Effects, & Pixar Opens Its Doors...

source: VFX PLANET

Taylor made his comments at a forum on Friday, organised by business group Enterprise Miramar Peninsula which was looking at the future of the area. John Lasseter to receive PGA's David O. Selznick Award District 9's Blomkamp Sets Up New Sci-Fi Film - Prepping VFX

Published Mon, Oct 26