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First Glimpse Of Doctor Who’s Newest Bug-Eyed Monsters

The BBC promised that the Tritovore, the alien nasties who’ll turn up in Doctor Who’s Easter special, will rank up there with the Daleks and Cybermen. But don’t take their word, see for yourself! https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-villains-revealed-insane-hyperbole-ensues-5143302 ((Pictures removed. Sorry!)) Okay… not quite Dalek material, I guess. But I could see people dressing up as Tritovore for…

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Discover Both Ends Of The “Spectrum Of Spock.” Plus The Doctor’s Worst Nightmare.

Leonard Nimoy talks Trek, while Roberto Orci talks Transformers. Also, there are mind-bending Doctor Who set pics. Plus Wolverine, Avatar, Monsters Versus Aliens, Lost, Torchwood, Fringe, Chuck and Heroes. Let spoilers usher in your week. Star Trek: Leonard Nimoy talks to SciFi Now, and explains that the Spock he plays in the new movie is…

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Sarah Connor’s Future Just Keeps Getting Worse

Friday’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles proved, once and for all, that the Riley storyline was worth hanging in there for. Not to mention, that a character-driven drama can also raise tough philosophical questions. Spoilers! So it turns out Terminator’s future war against Skynet is as much a metal-versus-metal battle as a flesh-versus-metal one. And…

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Spike And Angel Debate The BSG Finale

Battlestar Galactica’s final episode left one crucial question unanswered, and it’s got the two vampires with souls all worked up, in this clip from Angel.

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Dollhouse Was The Best Thing On TV Last Night

Joss Whedon keeps his promises – last night’s Dollhouse was a handsome reward to everyone who’d been paying attention to the series’ first five weeks, while still introducing the basic premise to the newbies. Oh, and this write-up includes spoilers, but don’t worry… it’ll be just like if your husband got together with another dude.…

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The Final Terrible Hack Of Robot John

Pity poor Robot John. The humans laugh and dance with him – but then when they’re surrounded by chocolatey, chocolatey molten lava, they want him to carry them across. They even sabotage his self-preservation mechanism. This depressing sequence comes from Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet, a 1965 Roger Corman fiasco created by taking a Russian…

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Mid-Afternoon Of The Living Dead

I wasn’t sure if there was room for any more works in the burgeoning “zombie comedy” genre, but S.G. Browne’s new “zom-rom-com” Breathers: A Zombie Lament turns out to be a pretty worthy addition. Spoilers! With Breathers, Browne stakes out his own radically different take on the zombie mythos, which may annoy purists but opens…

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Don’t Let Your DVR Eat Battlestar Galactica’s Ending!

Just a heads up: tonight’s Battlestar Galactica finale is two hours and 11 minutes long, but most cable schedules haven’t caught up to this fact. So you should make sure your VCR/DVR/other viewing apparatus catches the last 11 minutes of the episode.

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Super Capers’ Director Has Superman Tattooed On His Arm

We talked to Ray Griggs, the writer/director/producer of Super Capers, opening today. He explained to us how he tried to bring a Mad Magazine sensibility to his kid-friendly superhero epic. We watched Super Capers the other day, and it’s very cartoony. (As you can tell from the exclusive clip we posted on Wednesday.) It’s really…

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Comics’ Space Opera Master Gives Primeval A New Attitude

If you’ve read a great space-opera comic in the past decade, chances are it was co-written by Dan Abnett. Now he’s written a novel based on dinosaur/monster show Primeval, and we’ve got an exclusive chapter. In the novel Primeval: Extinction Event, When strange anomalies in time start to appear, Evolutionary Zoologist Professor Cutter and his…

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Hubble Captures Four Moons Transiting In Front Of Saturn!

The opportunity to capture a quadruple transit, when Saturn’s ring plane is nearly “edge on” as seen from Earth, only happens every 14 to 15 years. [Hubblesite]

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Final Hugo Awards Ballot Full Of Writing, Publishing Goodness

The list of Hugo Award finalists, announced yesterday, is a bit less mystifying than the Nebula finalists, which came out a while back – especially in the novel category. All five of the novel finalists are books we enjoyed, and would be delighted to see win. Meanwhile, it’s good to see Charles Coleman Finlay‘s “The…

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Sometimes Knowing Isn’t Enough

Is life totally random and meaningless? Or is there some predestination, and thus purpose, behind everything? Knowing, opening today, ponders this question and splits the difference: everything is predestined, but it’s still all meaningless. At least that’s the impression I came away with after watching this Nicolas Cage vehicle. The film, directed by Alex Proyas…

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Is Captain Kirk On Track To Play Hal Jordan?

A shortlist of actors for the iconic role of Green Lantern/Hal Jordan went up on IESB, and everybody’s fixating on Christopher Pine, who already has some experience playing cocky young proto-heroes in Star Trek. Even though I have a feeling Pine’s “Why you talkin’ to me, man?” drawl as Kirk may get a bit old…

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The Ultimate BSG Frakkin Spoiler Orgy!

Spool up your FTL for the last, and greatest, Battlestar spoilerfest. Plus a Terminator 4 poster, G.I. Joe footage reports, and Whedon’s Dollhouse forecast. Also: Lost, Fringe and Doctor Who. We have a spoiler plan… Battlestar Galactica: OMG it’s our last chance for BSG spoilers. (Apart from the “Plan” TV movie, which barely counts.) Here’s…

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Get Catty With The New Wolverine Trailer

A new trailer for May’s Wolverine movie showcases the weird lion growl that you’ll hear every time Sabretooth pounces. Plus the way Sabretooth says “Shiny” with a little meow when he sees Wolvie’s adamantium claws. The new video also includes a genuinely handy roll call of at least some of the random mutants in the…

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11 Books About People Whose Childhoods Were Worse Than Yours

Are you wasting thousands of dollars in therapy unraveling your horrendous upbringing? Check out 10 science fiction books about kids who really had it rough, and put your issues into proportion. It’ll be cheaper! Germain from A Game of Universe by Eric Nylund: Germain’s life isn’t that great now – he’s an assassin who absorbs…

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A Flying Car Chase We’d Love To See

Check out this new concept art from Black Lightning, the next project from Wanted’s Timur Bekmambetov. It’s like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, only with a thousand percent more bang. In Black Lightning, a student at Moscow’s Institute of Higher Education gets hold of a used car, which turns out to be able to fly. And…

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David “X-Files” Nutter Directs A Super-Cyborg Movie

We’ve been fans of David Nutter from his work on X-Files and Sarah Connor, so we’re excited to learn he’s attached to direct an Iron Man-esque cyborg story, Freemind. Details, and spoilers, below. Nutter, as we mentioned last week, is known as the “pilot king” because the pilots he films have a high success rate…

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Sawyer Is Right About Jack, After All

Watching last night’s Lost, I realized for the first time just how much I love this new version of Sawyer. I’d way rather follow him than Jack or Locke. Spoilers and snark ahead. First of all, I have to apologize for the lack of a Lynn Peril recap this week. She’s traveling, so I’m stepping…

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First Glimpse Of Doctor Who’s Newest Bug-Eyed Monsters

Discover Both Ends Of The “Spectrum Of Spock.” Plus The Doctor’s Worst Nightmare.

Sarah Connor’s Future Just Keeps Getting Worse

Spike And Angel Debate The BSG Finale

Dollhouse Was The Best Thing On TV Last Night

The Final Terrible Hack Of Robot John

Mid-Afternoon Of The Living Dead

Don’t Let Your DVR Eat Battlestar Galactica’s Ending!

Super Capers’ Director Has Superman Tattooed On His Arm

Comics’ Space Opera Master Gives Primeval A New Attitude

Hubble Captures Four Moons Transiting In Front Of Saturn!

Final Hugo Awards Ballot Full Of Writing, Publishing Goodness

Sometimes Knowing Isn’t Enough

Is Captain Kirk On Track To Play Hal Jordan?

The Ultimate BSG Frakkin Spoiler Orgy!

Get Catty With The New Wolverine Trailer

11 Books About People Whose Childhoods Were Worse Than Yours

A Flying Car Chase We’d Love To See

David “X-Files” Nutter Directs A Super-Cyborg Movie

Sawyer Is Right About Jack, After All

Pixel Buds Pro 2 Hit Record Low as Google Continues Its Clearance-Like Price Cuts Following Smartphone Deals

DJI Now Has a Cheaper 360 Drone Than Insta360, but the U.S. Won’t Get It

Amazon Clears Out Apple Watch Series 9 With Silver Stainless Steel Case at 48% Off During Spring Sale

What Do You Mean Fox McCloud Is in the ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Movie

Apple iPad With A16 Chip Is Now as Cheap as It Gets, With Stock Moving Quickly in Amazon’s Tablet Deals

Amazon Echo Spot Is Running at Its All-Time Low, Likely the Last Chance Before Prime Day Arrives in a Few Months

Diablo Cody Has Big Plans for the ‘Jennifer’s Body’ Sequel

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Shokz OpenRun Pro 2 Joins Amazon’s Spring Sale at Its Lowest Price of the Year, Now One of the Best-Selling Bone Conduction Headphones

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees

M5 MacBook Air Review: A Laptop With Real Middle Child Energy

MacBook Neo Review: No Other Budget Laptop Can Compete