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Must Read: X-Men: Days of Future Past

Must-read comics are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-read is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: X-Men: Days Of Future Past Date: 2004 (reprinting material from 1980) Vitals: Not content with rewriting superhero comics’ DNA with their groundbreaking three-year collaboration on Marvel…

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Must Read: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills

Must-read comics are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-read is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills Date: 2007 (reprinting material from 1982). Vitals: Going all out to illustrate the social worth of the mutants-as-stand-in-for-any-social-outcast metaphor, this 1982…

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Must Read: The Ultimate Spider-Man

Must-read comics are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-read is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: Ultimate Spider-Man Date: 2002 – (reprinting material from 2000 – ) Vitals: Rebooting Marvel’s arachnid nerd for the 21st Century, formerly-indie crime writer Brian Michael Bendis…

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Must Read: The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus

Must-read comics are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-read is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Date: 2007 (reprinting material from 1963 – 1966) Vitals: You all know the story by now: Boy gets bitten, starts climbing the walls…

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Must Read: The Silver Surfer Omnibus

Must-read comics are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-read is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: Silver Surfer Omnibus Date: 2007 (reprinting material from 1968 – 1970) Vitals: One of the stranger creations from Jack Kirby and Stan Lee’s Fantastic Four was…

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Must See: The Twilight Zone

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Must see by James Rocchi. Twilight Zone Date: 1959-1964 Vitals: Rod Serling’s anthology series was shoddy, cheap, uneven — and the biggest blast of sci-fi to…

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Top 10 Movies You’ll (Probably) Never See

This new list of the 10 best unfilmed science fiction films includes a lot of sequels. Designer Simon Kitson would like to see followups to the original Star Wars trilogy, Serenity and Aliens. But he wishes the Wachowski sibs had made a Matrix prequel instead of the two sequels. Like most people, Kitson thinks George…

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Hitherto Unseen “Inside Mouth Cam” in Decoys 2

Decoys 2: The Second Seduction is a B-movie about sexy alien invaders who want nothing more than our precious homo sapiens DNA. Packed with great Canadian humor (yes, Canadians definitely have their own brand of humor), the movie follows a group of dorky college guys who are being stalked by blonds who want to impregnate…

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Spider-Man Is Trapped In A Web Of Pitch Meetings

Do you wish Sam Raimi had thought through all the story angles before plunging into the sticky mess that was Spider-Man 3? It sounds like maybe he does too. Raimi hinted that he won’t commit to Spider-Man 4 until he hears a really compelling story pitch from the army of writers traipsing to his door:…

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Sony Looking Toward Music and Movie Distribution on PS Network to Revive Flagging PS3 Sales

In a move that reiterates the fact that Sony is putting the PlayStation 3’s media capabilities first and its gaming capabilities fourth, they’re working on a plan to distribute music and video through their PlayStation Network. In order to boost sagging sales of the console, they want to compete more directly with Microsoft’s Xbox Live…

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Secret Inspiration for Philip K. Dick Biopic “Your Name Here”

Everybody is jabbering about whether there will be an ounce of goodness in Your Name Here, the upcoming movie about the life of dystopian scifi author Philip K. Dick (whose novels inspired movies Bladerunner, Minority Report, and A Scanner Darkly). It sounds promising — Bill Pullman plays the meth-snorting writer who becomes obsessed with a…

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After the Terrorist Apocalypse, the Rich Will Eat Rotting Meat

9/Tenths, a movie that’s been making the film festival rounds for the past year, is about what happens when two rich Southern Californians flee a global war meltdown to their hidden country home and find that a working-class Mexican is squatting there. At first, they manage to co-exist peacefully, but as civilization continues to deteriorate…

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The Strange And Perhaps Unintentional Art of Phantasm

Phantasm is a classic horror/scifi B-movie from the late 1970s whose surreal grossout scenes influenced a whole generation of moviemakers. In this clip, you can see why Phantasm is much more than just a standard schlocker, and it all has to do with visuals. We begin with possibly the most famous scene in the film,…

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Three Ways To Escape High-Tech Surveillance

In our surveillance-obsessed era, it’s no surprise that science fiction is packed with stories about people going to extreme measures to escape being tracked. Just think about Tom Cruise’s character in Minority Report, swapping out his eyeballs and taking a pill that transforms his facial features in an incredibly painful process. It seems like every…

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Bad Movie Science Will Drive You To Cannibalism

People give science fiction movies a free pass when it comes to bad science, complains astronomer and novelist Mike Brotherton: Why is it when people go to see a mediocre drama, they complain about the acting or the unrealistic characters, but when they go see a mediocre science fiction film (“sci-fi”), with bad science, they…

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New Star Trek Movie: An Expensive Comedy?

The Star Trek movie is looking more like a comedy all the time. John Cho (Harold from Harold and Kumar) will play Sulu, and Simon Pegg (Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) will play Scotty. Also, Christopher Pine is still trying to decide between playing Kirk and starring in cop movie White Jazz. Still uncast:…

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Alternate History White Ghetto in “White Man’s Burden”

An uneven but evocative standout in the small subgenre of science fiction movies about race is the alternate history White Man’s Burden, directed by Desmond Nakano and hitting screens in 1995 with high-wattage stars Harry Belafonte and John Travolta. Set in a contemporary America where blacks are the ruling class and whites live in ghettos,…

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Michael Gondry’s New Flick About How His Son Is A Galactic Dictator

Michael Gondry, who directed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the futuristic flick about consumer tech for selective memory editing (see clip), says he’s set to direct an animated scifi feature with his 16-year-old son. It will be a space opera about a dictator and a rebel, which Gondry says is an allegory for their…

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Jumper Highlights Secret War Against Teleporters

Our basic human right to teleport around the world on a whim is at stake in Jumper, coming out next February. The trailer, released today, showcases the jarring "scar" special effect which rips holes in reality to let Hayden Christensen bop all over the place. And a secret war between free-thinking teleporters and the repressive…

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Blade Runner Final Cut Is De-Fuckified

Darwin over at AICN just checked out the Final Cut edition of Blade Runner in LA, and he says that the scene where psycho replicant Roy (Rutger Hauer) confronts his maker Tyrell has been made more family-friendly. In the original version, Roy tells Tyrell: “I want more life, fucker.” Final Cut has him saying: “I…

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Must Read: X-Men: Days of Future Past

Must Read: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills

Must Read: The Ultimate Spider-Man

Must Read: The Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus

Must Read: The Silver Surfer Omnibus

Must See: The Twilight Zone

Top 10 Movies You’ll (Probably) Never See

Hitherto Unseen “Inside Mouth Cam” in Decoys 2

Spider-Man Is Trapped In A Web Of Pitch Meetings

Sony Looking Toward Music and Movie Distribution on PS Network to Revive Flagging PS3 Sales

Secret Inspiration for Philip K. Dick Biopic “Your Name Here”

After the Terrorist Apocalypse, the Rich Will Eat Rotting Meat

The Strange And Perhaps Unintentional Art of Phantasm

Three Ways To Escape High-Tech Surveillance

Bad Movie Science Will Drive You To Cannibalism

New Star Trek Movie: An Expensive Comedy?

Alternate History White Ghetto in “White Man’s Burden”

Michael Gondry’s New Flick About How His Son Is A Galactic Dictator

Jumper Highlights Secret War Against Teleporters

Blade Runner Final Cut Is De-Fuckified

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Chinese Startup Debuts Super-Bendy Robotic Arm for Orbital Repairs

Your Devices Are Targets. Bitdefender Shields Them All — For Less Than You Think

Of Course, ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Post Credit Scene Is Another Big Cameo

Proton Just Launched Meet, and It Makes Zoom Look Like a Privacy Nightmare

America’s Latest Unfounded Health Panic: ‘Vaccinated’ Blood Donations

SpaceX Files Confidentially for IPO, Reports Say

Jackery Power Station With 200W Solar Panel Still $590 Off as Amazon Clears Out Leftover Stock After the Spring Sale

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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

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

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