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Must See: Zardoz

Must-see movies 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. Title: Zardoz Date: 1974 Vitals: A casualty of LSD-influenced cinema, Zardoz is the premiere trippy, campy SF flick everybody loves to mock. Some sort of time-travel/alternate universe…

Must See: Westworld

Must-see movies 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. Title: Westworld Date: 1973 Vitals: Based on a script by director Michael Crichton, Westworld is the tale of an “old west” style amusement park gone awry when…

Must See: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

Must-see movies 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. Title: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Date: 1958 Vitals: A boozy, tranquillizer-popping babe named Nancy turns deadly when an alien encounter doses her with height-altering radiation.…

Must See: The Matrix

Must-see movies 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. Title: The Matrix Date: 1999 Vitals: A hacker named Neo discovers what every hacker hopes is true: he is living inside a giant, hackable computer simulation and…

Must See: 28 Days Later

Must-see movies 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. Title: 28 Days Later Date: 2002 Vitals: Animal rights activists release monkeys infected with a virus called Rage that quickly converts all of England into drooling, zombified…

Must See: Bladerunner

Must-see movies 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. Title: Blade Runner Date: 1982 Vitals: Harrison Ford is a “bladerunner,” special cop devoted to tracking and killing escaped Replicants, artificial humans designed for slave labor and…

Must See: Akira

Must-see movies 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. Title: Akira Date: 1988 Vitals: In a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo populated by monsters and mutants, a superpowered child may be able to save the world – or may…

Must See: Donovan’s Brain

Must-see movies 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. Title: Donovan’s Brain Date: 1955 Vitals: When evil millionaire Donovan suffers a fatal car crash, mad scientist Dr. Cory rescues his still-living brain to see if he…

1/5th Scaled MIG-29 Looks, Sounds and Probably Tastes Like a Fighter-Jet

Helenair over at Metacafe uploaded this video of the first preparation flight of a 1/5th scaled MIG-29 fighter-jet. The going gets tasty at around 3min 15s, so skip ahead for the goodies. We do not know a great deal about the project except; the team has seemingly created a sweet RC scaled MIG-29, costing between…

Must See: Mad Love

Must-see movies 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. Title: Mad Love Date: 1935 Vitals: A famous pianist suffers a potentially career-destroying injury to his hand until a seemingly benevolent doctor offers him a miraculous, futuristic…

Must See: Blade II

Must-see movies 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. Title: Blade II Date: 2002 Vitals: One of the first vampire flicks to go science fictional, Blade II is about an illuminati-style group of elite vampires who…

Must See: Barbarella

Must-see movies 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. Title: Barbarella Date: 1968 Vitals: Based on a smutty French comic book, this is the groovy tale of intergalactic fox Barbarella, who roams the universe in her…

Must See: Rocky Horror Picture Show

Must-see movies 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. Title: Rocky Horror Picture Show Date: 1975 Vitals: This campy musical became such a cult phenomenon that it’s easy to forget that it’s also a spot-on satire…

Must See: Metropolis

Must-see movies 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. Title: Metropolis Date: 1927 Vitals: In a future world divided between rich people with flying cars and impoverished masses who live in hovels, a socialite do-gooder named…

Must See: Bride of Frankenstein

Must-see movies 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. Title: Bride of Frankenstein Date: 1935 Vitals: Dr. Frankenstein’s monster is lonely, so the mad doctor builds his green buddy a scary lady friend who rejects him.…

Must See: Frankenstein

Must-see movies 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. Title: Frankenstein Date: 1931 Vitals: In the role that made him a horror movie star of the 1930s, Boris Karloff is both menacing and pathetic as Dr.…

Ars Technica say a 40GB PS3 will ship by November 16th 2007. Further, their sources inform them, the price tag will be $399. Merry Christmas. [Ars Technica]

Must See: Gamera

Must-see movies 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. Title: Gamera Date: 1965 Vitals: Meet Gamera, a giant flying turtle who loves children and is one of the most famous kaiju in the giant monster pantheon.…

Must See: Gojira (AKA Godzilla)

Must-see movies 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. Title: Gojira (AKA Godzilla) Date: 1954 Vitals: In this tale that launched a half-century franchise, Gojira is a dinosaur reawakened and spurred to Toyko-mashing, fire-breathing action after…

Elecom Memory Card Reader Keeps Your Gigs in Order

Elecom’s USB 2.0 memory card reader supports all of the following; SDHC, SD, MMC, xD and Sony’s Memory Stick MagicGate/Pro/Duo cards. That is nothing out of the ordinary; a cross format reader is near enough the norm these days. Elecom goes one better with a storage space built into the card reader. Now, that is…