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• 5 Fall Shows That Could Be Improved With A Little Scifi view story

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  • Submitted by readheadgirl
  • about 20 hours ago
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  Even while we watch these shows, there's a little voice in the back of our head that asks, wouldn't it be better if they all had lasers and space ships? So we decided to figure out which fall shows most need some science fiction, and how we'd do it.

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• The Dark Knight breaks the $500 Million mark. But what does it mean? view story

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  • Submitted by cGt2099
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  It's finally happened: The Dark Knight broke the $500 million barrier this weekend like a giant man in a well-armored, bat-themed outfit smashing through a skylight that just happens to be well-placed above a crime in progress. But what does that mean?

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• I'm Batman: You Could Become Batman, Says Scientist view story

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  • Submitted by FightFat2008
  • 4 days ago
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  A Canadian scientist and lifelong Batman aficionado has examined the Dark Knight's skills and figured out how regular people could transform themselves into real-life Batmen and Batwomen.

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• Brit firm to demo serious flying robo-saucer in 2009 view story

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  • Submitted by cactushair
  • 6 days ago
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  The new Fenstar 50 is expected to manage up to an hour, carrying a payload of 5kg - a quarter of its all-up weight. It can fly about happily in between buildings, and perhaps in and out of doors and windows etc. It could be very useful as reconnaissance..

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• Environmental Futurism: Images of the Arctic Ocean as We Will Know It view story

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  • Submitted by Brainy_n_Proud
  • 6 days ago
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  With the Arctic Ocean ice melting rapidly mdash in fact this summer it's already at the second-lowest level on record

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• Cult Scifi Worship: Your Future SF Is All About Evil Teachers, Psychotic Asylum Inmates And Mutated Viruses view story

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  • Submitted by cyberkhuda
  • 10 days ago
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  Here are a few sci-fi movies to watch out for if you are into the genere.

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• Is Science Fiction Too Obsessed w/ The Past? view story

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  • Submitted by G8rrrry
  • 11 days ago
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  The problem with science fiction is that it cares too much about the past. Or, at least, thats the argument being put forward by writer Ian Sales, whos growing more and more concerned about the reverence that sci-fi fans have for classic sci-fi thats poss

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• Warner Brothers Takes The Time To Make A Superman That Won't Suck view story

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  • Submitted by cGt2099
  • 13 days ago
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  Passing on the idea of a multiple hero storyline like Superman/Batman or Justice League for now, the WB is focusing its efforts on just making a successful Superman movie.

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• Concept Art: Texas House Sucked Into Wormhole view story

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  • Submitted by Jaguar
  • 14 days ago
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  Last summer a condemned house in Houston Texas was sucked into a small wormhole its wooden facade slowly slurped though another dimension and spit out into an alley behind the backyard.

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• Darth Vader Slays The Wookiees In Force Unleashed Concept Art view story

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  • Submitted by gbarberi
  • 14 days ago
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  A new behind-the-scenes book on the Force Unleashed video game is out today, and its pages are bursting with fantastic Star Wars concept art. The book, written by video-game writers W. Haden Blackman and Brett Rector, tells the... [Gallery on Page]

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