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Feige Talks Iron Man 2, Rodriguez Talks Predators, And Cameron Lets His Giant Gun Do The Talking

Today’s spoilers include an Avatar set pic, an Iron Man 2 set report, and major Predators dirt. Michelle Rodriguez and Bridget Moynihan join Battle: L.A. Plus New Moon nudity, Gamer explosions, G.I. Joe nano-wackiness, and Splice dysfunctionality. And Fringe/Lost casting! Iron Man 2: IGN has the same set visit report Marvel.com had earlier, but with…

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Employee Orientation In The Tron-Verse

We’ve all had employee orientations like this: the H.R. guy looks down at you, dictating insane policies about the “standard substandard training” you’ll receive, and the memories you’ll encode on your frisbee. The new Tron can’t possibly be this surreal.

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Single-Cell Algae Can Swim In Two Different “Gears”

A form of algae, called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, has a very complicated way of swimming. A new study published in Nature magazine explains how individual algae cells can control their motion using tiny little flagella operating in two different “gears.” The tiny Chlamydomonas cells use biological and chemical cues to control how their little swimming legs…

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3 Ways The Dollhouse DVD Box Set Can Reprogram Your Brain

Dollhouse may be the most controversial thing Joss Whedon has ever done. But the brain-slaves-for-hire show teems with challenging ideas about what it means to be human, which you only fully grok after multiple viewings. Good thing there are DVDs! The DVD set, which came out on Tuesday, offers a few new ways to wrap…

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Did Ocean-Filled Comets Carry the Seeds of Life to Earth?

Critics of exogenesis note that the proper conditions to maintain life are rare in the universe, and would not likely survive the trip inside Earth’s atmosphere. But new data on comets offers evidence that our ancestors were, indeed, extraterrestrial. In a paper published in the International Journal of Astrobiology, Chandra Wickramasinghe of the Cardiff Centre…

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New Tron Director’s Lone-Alien-Hunter Film In The Works

Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski‘s novel Oblivion is getting its own movie adaptation. So hopefully if Tron is a success, we’ll get to see the story about a soldier on a solo mission to wipe out an alien race. We’re not surprised that Tron Legacy’s director Joseph Kosinski’s illustrated novel Oblivion is going to be…

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Woody Wields Chainsaws and Banjos in New Zombieland Trailer

The latest trailer for the fast-paced and funny Zombieland shows off Woody Harrelson‘s zombie-killing chops, and offers clues to what this undead road movie is all about. Plus, we get our first good look at gun-toting, carjacking Emma Stone. Despite the unfinished look of the footage, this is the extended trailer shown during Saturday’s Comic…

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Death Kappa Is Your New Giant Monster Awesomeness

Sick of waiting for another round of Gamera vs. Whatever, or Gojira vs. Roland Emmerich? Now we bring you Death Kappa, the tale of a mischievous, child-eating sprite who has grown big enough to stomp Tokyo. Twitch has this teaser, including some commentary from director Tomoo Haraguchi, who has previously worked on effects for Gamera…

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Lafayette Talks Go-Go Dancing On V-Juice, And What’s Next

We got few minutes with Nelsan Ellis, and finally got to ask him WTF was with Bill and Sookie neglecting our beloved voice-of-the-viewer Lafayette Reynolds… and where do his inspirational v-juice bender dances find their inspiration? It’s been a rough year for our favorite True Blooder, Lafayette, but we’re happy that it sounds like things…

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Is Prog Rock the Music of Science Fiction?

Scifi mega-author Kevin J. Anderson’s new novel, The Edge of the World, has been released with a companion CD by prog rock band Roswell Six. Anderson thinks prog is the sound of scifi – what do you think? Anderson grew up listening to bands like Pink Floyd and Rush (he’s now pals with Rush drummer…

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Michel Gondry Freestyles About His Green Hornet Movie

This is one of those “must see it to believe it” videos. Brilliant director Michel Gondry, with his son beatboxing, raps about the Green Hornet movie, and talks us through the opening scene. Someone get this man a cardboard chain. Like all things Gondry, that was beautiful. Thanks for sharing this, Cinematical.

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Giant Green Tentacles Attack Buildings from the Inside

In artist FilthyLuker’s street installations, giant inflatable tentacles emerge from buildings and vehicles, creating the sense that a monstrous kraken or Lovecraftian horror is trapped inside. FilthyLuker creates whimsical sculptures and installations, with pieces that include anthropomorphized trashcans and easy chairs, adding eyeballs to bushes and trees, and giant banana peels placed in the middle…

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The Memory of Feeling is Not Feeling: “Memory Sticks” Explores Human Computers

At what point does the use of technology dimish your humanity? Wood Ingham gets deep into the human-computer interface in his new novella Memory Sticks. A few months ago, Wood Ingham joined with authors Will Hindmarch and Chuck Wendig, to form an on-line writer’s collective known as Jet-Pack. Although initially connected by their work for…

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We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!

One of the best Comic Con parties was the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy party that Hyperion Books threw for Eoin Colfer‘s continuation of Douglas Adams’ classic series. We drank pan-galactic gargle blasters and talked comic space opera with Colfer. The party included a whole Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy-style screen full of explanations of…

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Gets Graphic

Seth Grahame-Smith‘s mash-up of Jane Austin‘s novel of manners with a zombie plague is about to get a comics treatment. Del Rey has announced that writer Tony Lee and artist Cliff Richards will adapt Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as a graphic novel, so we’ll finally get to see precisely how one practices the Deadly…

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Could Friendly Fire Be In Iron Man’s Future?

One thing that jumped out at us in the new Iron Man 2 footage was the honkin big guns that one new character sported. And director Jon Favreau tells us those guns may be aimed at Tony Stark. Spoilers below. We’re referring, of course, to the giant guns that War Machine sports in Iron Man…

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Aerial Photos of Italian Farms Reveal Outline of An Ancient City

The Roman city of Altinum, progenitor to Venice, has been covered over by farmland for thousands of years. But when a drought thinned crops covering the city’s ancient grid, scientists snapped photographs that revealed the town’s vanished footprint. Destroyed by Attila about 1500 years ago, Altinum was said to have been a gorgeous coastal city…

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Water-Powered Jetpack Takes You Up, Up, But Not Away

Raymond Li has designed a “jetpack” that uses water to push the rider into the sky instead of burning rocket fuel. It will certainly let you fly, but don’t expect to be taking water jetpacks to work any time soon. Li’s Jetlev-Flyer uses twin water pumps to thrust the rider into the air. And the…

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inFAMOUS Electric Bike Messenger Video Game Heads To The Big Screen

Sheldon Turner, screenwriter of The Longest Yard remake, has been selected by Sony to adapt inFAMOUS, the video game about a Bike Messenger turned electric-powered superhero (or villain, depending how you play) into a film. Should be interesting to see what narratives he picks out. [THR]

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“Son of Retro Pulp Tales” Delights In Cheap Thrills

Joe R. and Keith Lansdale present another collection of stories recalling those hard-boiled cheap thrills from the first half of the last century. Hearken back with us now to yesteryear in Son of Retro Pulp Tales! (Subterranean Press). Way before the advent of comic books or paperback novels, our geeky forebears got their fill of…

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Feige Talks Iron Man 2, Rodriguez Talks Predators, And Cameron Lets His Giant Gun Do The Talking

Employee Orientation In The Tron-Verse

Single-Cell Algae Can Swim In Two Different “Gears”

3 Ways The Dollhouse DVD Box Set Can Reprogram Your Brain

Did Ocean-Filled Comets Carry the Seeds of Life to Earth?

New Tron Director’s Lone-Alien-Hunter Film In The Works

Woody Wields Chainsaws and Banjos in New Zombieland Trailer

Death Kappa Is Your New Giant Monster Awesomeness

Lafayette Talks Go-Go Dancing On V-Juice, And What’s Next

Is Prog Rock the Music of Science Fiction?

Michel Gondry Freestyles About His Green Hornet Movie

Giant Green Tentacles Attack Buildings from the Inside

The Memory of Feeling is Not Feeling: “Memory Sticks” Explores Human Computers

We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Gets Graphic

Could Friendly Fire Be In Iron Man’s Future?

Aerial Photos of Italian Farms Reveal Outline of An Ancient City

Water-Powered Jetpack Takes You Up, Up, But Not Away

inFAMOUS Electric Bike Messenger Video Game Heads To The Big Screen

“Son of Retro Pulp Tales” Delights In Cheap Thrills

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