Sci-Fi-Superfan-Reference-Manual.jpg 1,046×515 pixels. Geeks-vs-nerds.jpeg 500×3,012 pixels. Andy Serkis reveals what's ahead for Caesar in the Rise of the Planet of the Apes sequel! I think there's originally like 5 planet of the apes or so. This new version didn't go the same order as the original went. I dunno if you seen the other planet of the apes so I don't want to spoil you (they aren't that good but still you never know) but it eventually explains how they became that way.
The new version did it better and was far more entertaining Listen, you young whipper snapper! The original Planet of the Apes movies are AWESOME. The original version of "Rise" was "Conquest", a movie about a servant class uprising at a time when people were rioting in the streets against police brutality and for equal rights. The new movie does make the ape uprising easier to believe because of the virus. I'm pretty sure "Rise" totally ignore the Tim Burton version. To be a huge hit, he "Apes" sequel should jump on quite a few years.
M'kay, and remember when Rise was going to be "universally panned" because... well, I forget. Do Aliens Go Invisible by 'Going Green'? As we discover more and more planets around other stars, the Fermi Paradox is becoming, well, more paradoxical. The Fermi Paradox simply asks the question “where are they?” Our Milky Way galaxy is so big and so old — and we are estimated to be accompanied by at least 100 billion planets — that aliens should have visited us by now. NEWS: What’s Taking E.T. So Long to Find Us? Instead, when we peruse the heavens, we are faced with the Great Silence, which is one of the biggest challenges to modern astronomy.
There have been numerous solutions to the Fermi paradox, but none of them are satisfactory. A few diehards like Harvard astronomer Howard Smith are emphatic that we are completely alone in the universe. Picking up on this idea, Canadian science fiction writer Karl Schroeder has come upon a novel solution to the failure of astronomical observations to solve the Fermi Paradox. In other words, smart aliens have “gone green” and generate no waste products that we could detect.
High Speed Photographs Taken At The Moment Of. High speed photography and video seem to be hot right now. Every day I see new collections of photographs making the rounds on Twitter. Just like with any trend that becomes popular, the competition is fierce, and we are getting very picky about what impresses us when it comes to this photography technique.
We’ve featured several articles about high speed splash photography with slow motion pictures of water and paint. I remember earlier this month I wrote about a very captivating video featuring falling gelatin cubes in an article called Stunning Slow Motion Video: Gelatin Cubes Jiggle Your Brain. When I saw these photographs on Flickr, I instantly knew I had to share them with you. This is the Moment Of Impact photography by Alan Sailer. There are several things about these photographs that are fascinating. You can learn more about Alan by checking out his Flickr page. Exploding Cashew Nut Painted Ornament Play-Doh Hits Clay Unusual Chess Board Lime And A Slab Of Beef Lime And A Lightbulb. Anti-Ninja Turtle Propaganda. How to Create Animated Cinemagraphs.
Frank R. Paul Gallery. Winner of the 2001 Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists award for Best Archival Webpage. Whenever people ask me who my favorite science fiction artist is, I always say Frank R. Paul. Most sci-fi art simply washes over me, like so much water in an ocean. But every once in a while, I come across something so marvelous, so different that I have to stop and say, WOW. Whatever else I'm doing becomes irrelevant and I stare at that image until it burns into my consciousness. Paul's impact on other people, and in fact on the entire history of science fiction, is also undeniable.
At a time when most Americans didn't even have a telephone, he was painting space stations, robots and aliens from other planets. Artwork (c) Frank R. ROOM 1 (Amazing Stories, Air Wonder Stories, Science Wonder Stories) ROOM 2 (Wonder Stories) ROOM 3 (Other Magazines) ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST of Paul's work: Covers: Parts I, II, and III; Back Covers: IV; and Interiors & Articles: V. I ran into Forrest J. P.S. The Restart Page - Free unlimited rebooting experience from vintage operating systems. Newsweek Reviving Its 1960s Design for 'Mad Men' Issue, Down to the Ads — Commercial Alert. Amazing Trick. Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
Nordling here. Now that Benicio Del Toro is out, the part is open for the unnamed villain of J.J. Abram's STAR TREK 2. Whether or not the character is Khan is unknown at this time - personally, if they're just going to rehash what we got in WRATH OF KHAN I don't see the point; we already got the best possible TREK movie from that story - but the part still stands open, whatever it is. And that part apparently calls for a Latin actor to fill it. According to Variety, that actor could very well be Édgar Ramírez, star of the tremendously great CARLOS. Again, unclear on the part - but I could definitely see a young Khan there. Nordling, out. Here's To The Crazy Ones Letterpress Poster. Star Wars: Every Possible Fact About The Death. To continue my journey through the world of Star Wars and the search for all the cool and geeky gadgets, I’ve finally come to the awesomeness of the Death Star, the empire’s destructive weapon and ultimate fear factor tool.
We saw the Death Star in the first movies, but we’ve never really gotten a closer look at what it inhabits and what it is capable of. Maybe that’s the reason why we marvel over it so much. It’s a mystical mystery that sort of never wears off. It’s very similar to the whole Star Wars concept itself really. What we do not understand, we tend to keep in our heads pondering until one day we get the facts about it. Then it all turns into an epic thing since we’ve been wondering about it for so long. An awesome infographic created by Geeks Are Sexy and (of course) Carinsurance.org is the ultimate information sheet about the Death Star, and it’s unbelievable coolness. The way we usually get information about movies is through text compiled to satisfy the fans of the movie. Latte Art Turns To Darth Vader, Batman & More.
I am a huge Latte drinker when I get around to it. I have this fully tricked out machine at home, which I have had for several years, and when the mood strikes me, it’s my best friend for several days. I don’t like coffee in general, but when it comes to latte, I can drink gallons of it. I think the high concentration of milk in it is the driving force behind my cravings.
It just suits me and my job well to drink a lot of latte, however odd that may sound. There is one thing about latte that I still haven’t mastered, and that is the skill of making milk foam art on the surface of it. Flickr user Chrissy May found one of the most skillful latte artists I have ever seen doing this thing called latte art. My only remaining question is, how the heck do you get started with this? How Lightsabers Work" We’ve all been there before. It’s 3 p.m. at the office, and you’re positively famished. The snack machine is empty, and the only piece of food in sight is a bagel hard enough to bust windshields. You’ve snapped three plastic butter knives trying to slice the thing in half, and there’s no way it will fit in the toaster whole. Then you remember the office lightsaber. Ten seconds later, you’re spreading cream cheese, and the low-blood-sugar monster has retreated. It's hard to imagine life without lightsabers.
We use them to ward off belligerent alien drunks, to deflect blaster bolts and to remove unwanted hair in the bikini area. These fabulous plasma weapons make daily life possible, yet it's easy to take the technology for granted. So gather round, Padawans, and watch as we void the warranty on our own office lightsaber and reveal the gadgetry inside. When Star Wars droids suffer from low self-esteem. No, they don't. (But outside of Artoo, I'm not convinced that they are capable of independent thought—sure, they can follow a flowchart the programmers gave them, but that's hardly "independent"...) One of the more intriguing lines in the prequels was Obi-Wan's line "Well, if droids could think, there'd be none of us here" in Attack of the Clones.
So clearly droids aren't seen as sentient, per se, although they might exhibit signs of autonomy and emotion. Consciousness would be an emergent phenomenon, not intended by the designers or manufacturers. If you really wanted to strip away all the wonder and magic, you could say that the Star Wars universe was set in a post-singularity galaxy, hence all the magical powers and way faster-than-light technology (midichlorians = nano, obviously). I've always had a background suspicion that the surge R2 got while first working on Amidala's ship maybe upgraded his emotional/mental state, similar to Johnny Five from Short Circuit. Every Revision To The Star Wars Movies Since 1977. If you have been awake at all lately, you probably have not missed the new box release of the Star Wars series on Blu-ray, right?
Well, if you have, then you must have either been insanely busy or you just don’t give a rat’s ass. It’s pretty much everywhere these days. If it’s not on an ad in a paper, you can bet it’s on a huge billboard somewhere announcing the release. I can’t wait to check out just what changes they have made. There have actually been a slew of new releases over the years, and each one has its own revision of the content. Geektwins has put together an epic list of all (yes, apparently these are ALL of them) the revisions that have ever been made to the Star Wars series. Size Comparison Of Famous Sci-fi Spaceships. Everyone knows the ongoing question, does size matter? If you think this is going to be about “that” topic, I am afraid you are checking out the wrong post. This is about something entirely different, but as usual, there is an underlying point here. We have all seen the movies (more or less) where grand spaceships fly through space, and we continuously marvel over their intricate design and structures.
Star Wars and Star Trek sure do have their share of them, and the list will get long if I sit here and name pretty much every single science fiction series or movies out there and the ships therein. It is always hard to comprehend the size of spaceships in movies. The result is a series of really detailed and quite interesting size comparisons that I am sure any science fiction fan will find ultimately useful. 8 Apps Designed Specifically for Modern Douchebags.
Most of what we know about ancient cultures is based on their technology. We know what they ate based on the grains that are mashed into their stoneware and what they did for fun based on the absence of video games in their little mud huts. Similarly, we can tell a great deal about modern douchebags by the apps that they're apparently spending money on. These are apps that could only be used by a very specific type of person. If you're a regular person, your regular-person shield (otherwise known as common human decency) will repel you from apps like ... #8. Superstud Blackbook: The How-To Guide to Being a Douche In the past, aspiring jerks had to seek out other jerks to teach them all the ins and outs of what it takes to become a crusty-haired blip on the world's douchebag radar. Via Gizmolord.comNothing lubricates the ladies like film clips and coffee. The Superstud Blackbook is basically the Encyclopedia Britannica for douchebags. Via Gizmolord.com"Single" is actually the only option.
6 Insane Batman Villains You Won't See in the Movies. Batman has the greatest set of villains of any superhero, but not every character can be a Joker or a Two-Face. Or even a Penguin. It turns out that the only thing one needs to qualify as a member of Batman's rogue gallery is being insane and knowing how to sew a costume. We all know that sooner or later, the Batman movies are going to run out of interesting villains to feature and will be forced to start scraping closer to the bottom of the barrel. Whoever they end up choosing, we hope it's not someone like ... #6.
The King of Cats Batman #69 (1952)His entire body is made of breasts. The King of Cats is possibly the creepiest Batman villain ever created, and not just because he looks like a date rapist stalking a furry convention. Oh, and he has a thing for his sister. Batman #69 (1952)Of the 20 things wrong with this picture, the most pressing is why that panther has the torso of a man. Batman #69 (1952)"I say our kittens are probably going to have hideous genetic defects. " #5. . #4. Creepy Joker Baby Doll Is Creepy.
The Dark Knight Rises Official Movie Trailer Christian Bale, Batman Movie (2012) HD. 6 Fictional Villains Who Accidentally Saved the Day. Remember when we told you how in Star Wars, a single TIE fighter pilot saved the rebellion by colliding with Darth Vader before he could shoot down Luke? Turns out he wasn't the only remarkably inept bad guy who ended up doing the heroes a huge favor. For example ... #6. RoboCop: Dick Jones Confesses to a Cyborg That Records Everything The pivotal scene in RoboCop plays out like so: Through a combination of expert police work and being a robot, RoboCop tracks down the man who shot him earlier in the film. RoboCop finds out that the bad guy is working for Dick Jones, one of the top executives at OCP (the company that runs the police department).
It turns out Jones ordered the assassination of fellow OCP executive Bob Morton as revenge for creating RoboCop and upstaging his own proposal for a technological law enforcer. A "Robo-Bot. " The problem is that as soon as RoboCop goes to arrest Jones, his body starts shutting itself down: Holy shit. Look! But the Villain Saved the Day: #5. "Psych! " Yo. Back To The Future - Trailer Recut. Video Of Two Lions Playing With A Dog Is Absurdly Heartwarming. The Mathematics of Lego | Wired Science The world of toys and games is not immune to mathematics. From the Rubik’s Cube to Monopoly, fun pastimes can be quantified. And the same is true of Legos. Lego blocks, the building toys that are truly amazing and that I have never quite grown out of, are amenable to math.
To see that, we have to begin thinking about how we combine things together. In the wonderfully titled paper Scaling of Differentiation in Networks: Nervous Systems, Organisms, Ant Colonies, Ecosystems, Businesses, Universities, Cities, Electronic Circuits, and Legos, Mark Changizi and his colleagues set out to understand this concept. And this includes, of course, Lego bricks. They found that the number of piece types to total number of pieces could be fit nicely to a power law. This curve demonstrates that as the number of pieces in a set grows, so do the number of piece types. Top image:enerva/Flickr/CC-licensed. I wish we had Cubelets robotic building blocks when I was a kid.