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As Well They Should
Real Men Love Buckaroo Banzai Jeff Goldblum Dressed as a Cowboy This shot alone is worth the price of admission. (via Miss Cellania)
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Sulu and the Hugos
“Nippon 2007 is pleased to announce the participation of noted actor George Takei at the 65th World Science Fiction Convention. Mr. Takei will be attending the Worldcon to unveil and present the newest fan production of Star Trek New Voyages: World Enough and Time. He will be signing autographs both before and after the screening…
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Another Dang List
Forever Geek (whose tagline, “Nerds are for Dorks” is oddly Zen-like) has put together a list of the ten worst sci-fi TV shows of all time. Ripped from the pages of Malibu Comics Ultraverse line of books, Nightman was a saxophone playing blues man by night…and a superhero named Nightman by…nighter. Link (via Neatorama)
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The 50 Best Robot Movies
The Times Online apparently has a couple of obsessive-compulsives on staff, and they’ve exhaustively researched the 50 best robot movies of all time and then rated them using the following criteria:Plausibility (meaning how likely it would be that, with advances on currently existing technology, such a device could be built)Coolness (just how well designed, shiny…
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Guilty Pleasures of the 80s
Wil Wheaton’s latest Geek in Review column is about guilty-pleasure sci fi (not SF…sci fi) movies of the 80s. [They Live] Rowdy Roddy Piper can see all this, including the actual ghoulish appearance of the invaders, by wearing some nifty (for values of “nifty” do “totally fucking lame”) sunglasses that let him see things as…
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New “Young” Spock Selected
Actor Zachary Quinto from Heroes will play a young Spock in the latest installment of the Star Trek movie franchise, coming next year. Leonard Nimoy will also flog that dead horse reprise his role as the older Spock in a “meaty cameo.” Is anybody besides me completely past caring where Star Trek movies are concerned?…
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Another Missed Opportunity
Aaaargh! Where were the plans for this AT-AT stroller mod when Shadowboy was a baby? Link (via Neatorama)
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Blade Runner Turns 25
Yow. Mythbuster Adam Savage has done an “appreciation” piece about the movie and its effects in Popular Mechanics. Link (via BoingBoing)
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It’s How Big?
In a post nicely titled “Boldly Going to Nerdville,” RF Jason has superimposed an image of the Enterprise D over some Google Maps to illustrate just how gol-dang big the thing was.Link (via Wil Wheaton)
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Star Wars Celebrates 30th Anniversary
On May 25, 1977, audiences were first introduced to Luke, Han, Leia, and the rest of the gang. To say that the movie was seminal is like saying the Pacific Ocean is damp.(Anybody else feel old, or is it just me?)LinkUpdate: The fabulous Professor Fate just sent me a link for “Star Wars Toys That…