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1977 Star Wars Article
Fantastic Flashbacks is a brand-new SF blog spun off from the Monster Memories “classic creatures” blog. They’ve just posted some scans of a Time Magazine article from 1977, discussing that new Star Wars movie that was just about to debut. Given the ubiquity of SW in pop culture today, there’s kind of a time-capsule feel…
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Meet the Seamstress
The new movie 9 (produced by Tim Burton, which should come as no surprise given that image there) involves a ragdoll who comes to life in a post-apocalyptic world where maniacal machines have killed off all of the humans. 9 finds a small community of others like him and tries to understand what’s happened to…
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Bloody Disgusting reports that 20th Century Fox has a remake of Alien planned. Join me, won’t you please, in a bit of boggling over why anybody thinks this is a good idea. And then let’s get some torches and pitchforks. (via Topless Robot)
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“Flow My Tears” Movie Optioned
Philip K. Dick’s work has been mined heavily for movie adaptations, and the latest work to be optioned is Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. Halcyon Pictures, whose founders Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson produced Terminator Salvation, has announced plans to film the 1974 work about a minor celebrity who awakens after an assassination attempt…
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“Star Wars Weekends” Posters
Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida has an annual event celebrating the Star Wars movies. They’ve also created a series of “Backstage” posters to promote awareness of the event amongst employees. These aren’t generally seen by the public, but My Modern Metropolis has the whole set. Link (via The Presurfer)
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The Abridged Star Trek
I saw the new Star Trek reboot and loved it despite plot holes that you could throw a dog through. bbot has done a deeply wonderful coffee-out-the-nose job of paring the script down to its essentials. Including all the plot holes. JENNIFER MORRISON I’m fucking giving birth, you fucker. Where the fuck are you? CHRIS…
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District 9
io9 recently posted this trailer of Neill Blomkamp’s mockumentary District 9, which focuses on the intolerance humans display to an alien race that happens to be living here on Earth. It looks interesting, and they’re making all kinds of excited noises about how thought-provoking the film will be, but…hasn’t this film been made already, under…
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“Inaccurate” Movies About the Future
Yahoo has an article listing its “Top 10 Inaccurate Movies About the Future.” As nearly as I can tell, they’re basing inaccuracy entirely upon whether the movie’s events occurred by the time the movie predicted. SOYLENT GREEN (1973) According to this movie, the population of New York City in 2022 — a mere thirteen years…
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The CFSC is Getting Fancy
The Crotchety Old Fan’s Classic Science Fiction Channel is expanding its offerings, and he’s also experimenting with video playlists. The first one, “ARMAGEDDON OUTTA HERE,” kicks off at midnight with A Boy and His Dog and progresses through 24 hours of gems like The Omega Man, Day of the Triffids, and Dr. Strangelove. See this…
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Science Fiction/”Dallas” Mashups
FanboyFilms put together this ST:TNG opening sequence done in the style of “Dallas:” Which inspired kalleanka71 to do something similar with Star Wars: These both make me terribly, terribly happy. Almost happy enough to overlook the fact that half the YouTube audience is too young to remember “Dallas.” (via BoingBoing)