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Plushie Particles by Particle Zoo 2008-06-30 12:10:34 The ParticleZoo
has released plushies based on sub-atomic particles! Each one of them has a unique / personality. They’re perfect for getting your budding super scientist to take an interest in the microverse.
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Stormtrooper Heels 2008-06-27 15:33:58 Sexy, sexy Storm Trooper heels are perfect for that special type of girl. You know the ones. Sit around on your coach snorting belly laughs over Deathstar Legos. The kind of girl that pouts because George Lucas ruined her childhood. Yes, that special type of woman that imagines her wedding day to involve ewoks playing [...] Read more:Heels
Rock and Rule in NYC 2008-06-25 16:29:25 If anyone is in the NYC area our own Dekker Dreyer is going to be co-hosting Sci-Fi Screening Room in one week!
Thanks to everyone who came out for BATMAN NIGHT, next at the the Sci Fi Screening Room we’re showing 1983’s ROCK & RULE.
Co-hosted by Kevin Maher and Dekker Dryer (founder of Illusion [...]
Wall-E Origami 2008-06-25 10:15:32 Brian Chan, Geekologie’s new “Folder in Residence” as he’s been coined has cranked out an adorable paper fold of Pixar’s Wall-E.
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Steampunk R2-D2 2008-07-18 13:21:03 Now isn’t that the cutest thing ever?
via Geekologie
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Watchmen Trailer 2008-07-17 15:35:58 I don’t know how long this will last, but the “Watchmen” trailer is online, presumably running before “Dark Knight.”
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John Woo Directing ‘Caliber’ 2008-07-17 08:28:58 Here’s a San Diego Comicon spoiler for ya: John Woo will be directing a film adaptation of the comic, “Caliber.” The Arthurian legend recast as a western is being turned into a film by Radical Comics, Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and Woo’s Lion Rock. Production on “Caliber” may be delayed for a while as Woo [...]
“Iron Man 2″ Finds Writer 2008-07-16 21:15:31 Writer/director/actor Justin Theroux is reportedly in final talks to pen the next installment of Marvel Sudios’ summer blockbuster, “Iron Man
.” Theroux is a familiar face to fans of “Six Feet Under,” or maybe as Timothy Bryce in “American Psycho,” however he has worked behind the camera as the director of last year’s “Dedication,” and w Read more:Writer
Dark Knight Countdown 2008-07-16 08:13:22 Just in case you need something to hold you over until you see “Dark Knight
” tonight, I found this great Christopher Nolan interview in Reuters (click the picture). For everyone who’s already seen “Dark Knight,” I hate you.
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Anime After Dark 2008-07-13 23:39:25 Anime After Dark, presented in part by our notorious artistic director Dekker, is kicking off in Boston with a 12 hour marathon of animated goodness. The date is 10.18.2008 and more information will be coming as we get closer to game day. Check our Anime After Dark’s website for updates.
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WTF? Why no posts? 2008-07-30 20:46:25 We’re all still recovering from Comic Con San Diego. Ice, raw eggs, plenty of sleep and aspirin. Be back very soon!
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Warp Drive is Coming? 2008-08-14 04:16:45 Baylor University physicists Gerald Cleaver and Robert K. Obousy believe they’ve found a way to travel faster than the speed of light. The theory centers around observations made in bang bang physics that have allowed for faster than light travel at the outskirts of the expanding universe. The proposal, which will be published in the [...]
eHarmony Calls Cosplayers “Undateable” 2008-08-13 10:23:35 Popular dating site eHarmony recently released a list of potential photo types that are likely to make you “undateable” in the eyes of potential matches. The number four photo type listed is “You’re Dressed as a Superhero.” eHarmony made a point of saying that there is nothing wrong with dressing up in costumes for fun, [...]
Columbia Acquires “Maximum Ride” 2008-08-08 11:46:53 Columbia Pictures has secured screen rights to James Patterson’s “Maximum
Ride,” a series of young adult novels about genetically modified human-avian teenagers. Maximum Ride is the leader of the Flock, who were created by a secret facility known as The School. The group often finds themselves pursued by the Erasers, human-wolf hybrids who serve The [...] Read more:Columbia
The Future of Cinema 2008-09-12 13:11:40 CNN has a great article here on the future of cinema. As the whole home distribution system becomes more popular and goes digital, struggling theaters are going to have to start pulling rabbits out of their hats to get people to leave their homes to watch movies. Fortunately, it appears the technology’s coming along. 3D [...] Read more:Future
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Warner Re-releasing Dark Knight 2008-09-11 13:29:35 Warner Bros. is planning a “Dark Knight
” re-release in January in an attempt to make a play for Oscar nominations. The studio hopes that the film will remind Academy voters of the fantastic special effects and performances, most notably by Heath (or Health, according to Reuters) Ledger. So far the film has grossed over $500 [...] Read more:Warner
Toxic Waste 2008-09-10 22:34:35 Do you ever catch yourself taking a sip of some cool, refreshing tap water and ask yourself, “I wonder if there’s any chemicals in this that will turn me into a hideous, yet powerful monster?” Thankfully our friends at the EPA are earning our tax dollars by allowing access to their database which tells you which [...]
Anime After Dark -Boston 2008-09-08 12:02:48 Resonance Features and SF34: The Boston
Science Fiction Film Festival present Anime
After Dark, a twelve hour film festival event at Boston’s historic Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Sq., Somerville on October 18th, 2008. It will start at dusk, 7:00 PM, and run continuously until dawn, 7:00 AM.
The festival will bring some of the best [...]
Cockatiel Sings Empire Theme 2008-09-06 17:09:27 This Star Wars loving cockatiel has mastered the art of singing the Empire
Strikes Back theme. This is perhaps an even greater feat than the one minute Star Wars girl.
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Maguire in Spider-Man 4 and 5 2008-09-06 12:37:35 Sony Pictures has confirmed that both Tobey Maguire
and Sam Raimi are close to reaching an agreement to respectively star in and direct two more installments of the “Spider
-Man” movie franchise. Speculation suggests that the next two installments will be shot back-to-back in order to save money. No comments yet have confirmed whether Kirsten Dunst [...]
Extreme Ghostbusters: The Movie? 2008-09-05 12:04:02 Or maybe not, what I do know is that Sony Pictures has hired “The Office” writer-producers Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg to write what Reuters is calling a “reboot” of the “Ghostbusters
” franchise. Original actors and the director, Ivan Reitman, are all involved in the film’s development and may even play a non-central role in [...] Read more:Extreme
Honda’s New Hybrid 2008-09-04 20:09:12 Honda has announced that it will be premiering a (sorta) new low-cost hybrid at the Paris auto show next month. The new five-door, five-seater hatchback will be taking up the name “Insight,” the name of Honda’s previous attempt at a dedicated hybrid, which was discontinued in 2006. The new vehicle will sell for 2 million yen ($18,500) in [...] Read more:Honda
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Dinosaurs Invade a Museum 2008-09-04 12:40:21 The Los Angeles Museum
of Natural History is hosting an exhibit that features live (by way of Walking with Dinosaurs
FX) prehistoric creatures. This is so awesome.
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Del Toro Has Job Security 2008-09-04 10:09:00 Guillermo Del Toro is involved in enough projects at this point that he’s booked for almost the next decade. As everyone knows, he’s set to write and direct “The Hobbit,” then Universal has him tapped for remakes of “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” and “Frankenstein” as well as an adaptation of “Drood” by Dan Simmons. [...]
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