Star Wars

Photo of Carrie Fisher, Stunt Double from “Return of the Jedi”

source: Slice of SciFi

If you’re a “Star Wars” fan of a certain age, you may recall a certain scene in “Return of the Jedi” in which Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia wore a certain metal bikini. Earlier this week, Kottke found this on-set image of the filming of the third installment in the original trilogy, showing F...

Published Fri, Nov 6

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

Charlize Theron Takes on Mad Max 4

source: Wired

Mad Max creator George Miller has cast Charlize Theron in the fourth installment of his post-apocalyptic action saga. Holy Sons’ ‘Feral Kid’ Mashes Horror, Mad Max20 All-Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture - The Geek EditThe New State of Aeon FluxWired’s Favorite Sci-Fi Flicks of All Tim...

Published Fri, Oct 30

New 3-D Star Wars Trilogy = Worst Movie Rumor of All Time. Today in Film Bloggery 10/22/09

source: blog.spout.com

I nearly had a stroke as my inner geek (which looks a lot like my outer geek) heard that Lucasfilm was planning on remastering the Star Wars films in 3D, and that a new Trilogy was planned.

Published Thu, Oct 22

Rumor: Lucas Gearing Up for New “Star Wars” Trilogy

source: Slice of SciFi

n Do you want to see a new "Star Wars" trilogy? Yes Maybe No As long as they don't let Lucas direct, I'm there View Results If you want more of “a galaxy far, far away,” you may be in luck. MarketSaw is reporting that George Lucas and LucasFilm are currently considering a new “Star Wars” trilogy–...

Published Wed, Oct 21

Three Mile Pilot’s Sci-Fi Art-Rock Readies for Relaunch

source: Wired

Pall Jenkins, right, and Tobias Nathaniel have moved from games and sci-fi to melodrama and horror with Black Heart Procession. The Breakfast Club is a far cry from Blade Runner, the film adaptation of a Philip K. Dick novel, that both Jenkins and Smith say is the last sci-fi film that truly b...

Published Wed, Oct 21

Where To Start With Young Adult Science Fiction

source: io9

At the tender age of thirteen I was handed a copy of the first novel in the Hitchhikers Guide trilogy. This became a life-long love affair with not only all of Adams' work, but with speculative fiction as a genre. For the uninitiated, Adams' comically misnamed trilogy is a series of five books...

Published Sun, Oct 18

NMag - review scores

source: Go Nintendo

Metroid Prime Trilogy - 9.5 The Beatles: Rock Band - 8.5 Dead Space Exctraction - 8.0 Guitar Hero 5 - 8.0 Spyborgs - 7.0 MySims Agents - 7.0 FIFA 10 - 6.5 Spectrobes: Der Ursprung - 6.5 One Piece: Unlimited Cruise 2 - 6.5 Contra ReBirth (WiiWare) - 7.5 Super Star Wars (Virtual Console) - 8.0

Published Thu, Oct 15