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Futurama DVD Hits Shelves Today

It’s an exciting day for Futurama lovers. The show’s been on hiatus since it was cancelled four years ago, but the long-awaited fifth season comes out on DVD today. Bender’s Last Score features evil nudist aliens, robot-on-robot porn, and some wildly geeky hidden messages. [Wired]

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Four Years From Now, Iraq War Is Much Worse

The book version of acclaimed webcomic Shooting War just came out. Set in 2011, Shooting War follows a videoblogger to Iraq, where the war continues, worse than ever. The comic, originally posted at Smithmag.com, explores the (bleak) future of mainstream media as well as the mainstreaming of bloggers and vloggers. The book version adds 110…

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What’s Next for Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and Heroes

Despite the ongoing writer’s strike, spoilers for upcoming TV shows keep slipping out. Find out what’s next for Heroes, Lost and Battlestar Galactica. Needless to say, spoilers ahead. Heroes There’s going to be a fairly high body count when Season Two: Volume Two ends next week, including one of the main characters. Although if we’ve…

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NBC Snaps Up Pop-Up TiVo Ads, Second-by-Second Viewer Ratings

NBC and TiVo have inked a nice little deal for ads and ratings. On the ad side, advertisers who buy spots on any of NBC Universal’s networks—NBC, Sci-Fi, Bravo, etc.—can insert TiVo “tags” that’ll pop up an icon for viewers to click on to get more product info. And make sure you see what’s being…

Television Matt Buchanan

Doctor Who Season 4 Photo Leak

If this photo of Billie Piper really was taken on the set of the current Doctor Who season four shoot, then it’s looking as if that rumor about a finale featuring an all-companion cavalry saving the day might have more weight to it than originally assumed. [Photo via Barbelith Underground]

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Harvesting the Saliva Glands of Mosquitoes

This dead mosquito’s saliva glands are being harvested by researchers using two tiny syringes. They hope to use the insect’s tainted spit to manufacture malaria vaccine more efficiently in the future. This delicate operation took place last month at Sanaria, Inc. in Maryland. Image by Tim Sloan for Getty.

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Terminator Show Reaches Out To Fans, Asks Them To Create Advertisements

Following a lack of buzz for Serenity’s Summer Glau looking like Star Trek’s Borg Queen, Fox have now asked fans to create their own teaser posters for the upcoming Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles series. http://io9.com/scifi/sarah-connor-chronicles/this-terminator-doesnt-need-legs-to-kick-ass-323289.php Fans can download images to use in their efforts – including shots of the three main characters, the official…

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Celebs Ignore Dangers of Teleportation

Reading Rolling Stone’s selection of interviews with white male-friendly celebrities about “the future” (in Bruce Springsteen’s case, that means the year 1987) it quickly became apparent that one piece of fictional technology has surpassed the jet pack as the icon of our failed scientific process: the transporter. Dave Eggers and Chris Rock are wondering why…

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Leaked Avatar Concept Art Shows Blue Supermodel

The first concept art has leaked out of James Cameron’s Avatar, due in 2009. [From JoBlo.com, via CinemaBlend]

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“Ben 10” Draws Record Numbers For Cartoon Network

The Cartoon Network had its biggest ratings in the channel’s history last week when it aired the live-action Ben 10: Race Against Time made for television movie. The show, about a 10-year-old kid who can transform into 10 different aliens using a device called the Omnitrix, pulled in almost four million viewers. It dominated both…

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Aliens From Close Encounters Plot Come-Back

The aliens from Close Encounters of the Third Kind may make a cameo appearance in the fourth Indiana Jones movie. Steven Spielberg is avoiding CGI in favor of puppets, and he decided to pay tribute to the 30th anniversary of Encounters. There’s retro, and then there’s crazy retro. [MovieHole] The Hollywood writers’ strike could be…

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A Field Guide To Catching Up On Chuck

NBC’s Chuck, better known as “The Show That Comes On Before Heroes” on Monday nights has just gotten an order for a full season from the network. That is, if the writer’s strike ever comes to an end. So what is this show all about? Check out our handy guide to meet the characters and…

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Happy Birthday Forrest J Ackerman and Scifi Fandom

Forrest J Ackerman is one of those people that you’ve probably never heard about unless you’re a dyed-in-the-wool fan of all things science fiction. However, the man created science fiction fandom virtually one handed, starting back in 1930. Ackerman just celebrated 91 years of scifi fanatacism, and he doesn’t show any signs of slowing down.…

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Battlestar Galactica Fans Outraged by Quiznos Agenda

Now that Battlestar Galactica: Razor has aired, fans on the official BSG message board are discussing the hints at plot resolution for the series and subtleties in acting and dialog – Oh, alright, I admit it; they’re completely hung up on the lesbian thing. The revelation that bad-assed Admiral Cain was not only a lesbian…

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First Look At Watchmen’s Bleak NYC Sets

You can just glimpse Walter Kovacs as Rorschach, walking past the Nixon poster in the third image below. [Zack Snyder’s blog, via CHUD]

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The Drunk Driving Curse Of Lost Examined

What is it with the stars of TV’s Lost constantly getting nabbed for drunk driving? Is it yet another curse of the mysterious Island, or are conditions so boring in Hawaii that the actors just sit around with a bottle in hand when they aren’t filming? Let’s assume for a moment that you’re one of…

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The Joker Cops a Squat and the Whole Internet Watches

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Japanese Artist Toured the World in Zen Alien Pod

There’s something about Mariko Mori that makes her slightly more cyborg than other New York-based Japanese multimedia artists. Maybe it’s the fact that she spent a good part of her thirties meditating in an alien pod that traveled around the world (a snapshot of her here on her Egypt tour). Or maybe it’s because she…

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Hot Sandwich Brings You Cylon Lesbian Action

It turns out lesbian Cylons are brought to you by Quiznos, the sandwich store. Here’s an ad that aired during Battlestar Galactica: Razor. My favorite part: the Quiznos slogan, “Mmmm toasty,” comes out sounding like the guy’s opinion of space lesbians.

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Five Great Science Fiction Movies With Mean Endings

The Mist hit theaters last week to extreme audience apathy, but one part of the movie did get people riled up: its hopeless, mean ending. As far as we’re concerned, that’s the best part. Some of the best scifi flicks have endings that make you want to slit your wrists. Either the main character(s) have…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Futurama DVD Hits Shelves Today

Four Years From Now, Iraq War Is Much Worse

What’s Next for Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and Heroes

NBC Snaps Up Pop-Up TiVo Ads, Second-by-Second Viewer Ratings

Doctor Who Season 4 Photo Leak

Harvesting the Saliva Glands of Mosquitoes

Terminator Show Reaches Out To Fans, Asks Them To Create Advertisements

Celebs Ignore Dangers of Teleportation

Leaked Avatar Concept Art Shows Blue Supermodel

“Ben 10” Draws Record Numbers For Cartoon Network

Aliens From Close Encounters Plot Come-Back

A Field Guide To Catching Up On Chuck

Happy Birthday Forrest J Ackerman and Scifi Fandom

Battlestar Galactica Fans Outraged by Quiznos Agenda

First Look At Watchmen’s Bleak NYC Sets

The Drunk Driving Curse Of Lost Examined

The Joker Cops a Squat and the Whole Internet Watches

Japanese Artist Toured the World in Zen Alien Pod

Hot Sandwich Brings You Cylon Lesbian Action

Five Great Science Fiction Movies With Mean Endings

You Can Watch the Two Recovered Missing Episodes of ‘Doctor Who’ Right Now

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