Congratulations to NASA and the entire team behind the Curiosity Rover trip to Mars. At 05.32 GMT, Curiosity successfully landed on the surface of Mars. Â I was watching it live on NASA…
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Curiosity Landing Interactive Simulation
NASA have released an interactive simulation of the Curiosity descent and landing online, for those of you scientifically minded. You control the camera and speed of time of the landing, as the rover touches…
Top 7 Tips for Creating New Sci-Fi in 2012
Sci-Fi has changed. Over the past fifty years, the topics and settings that capture the imaginations of viewers and readers everywhere have shifted. Where Star Trek once captivated millions, now the going…
Huge Hobbit Poster
Click on the image to view the full poster. Incredible.
George Takei releases ‘Oh My’ Ringtone
Star Trek’s George Takei has released his now-signature ‘Oh My’ line as a ringtone! The actor, who played Sulu in the original series, has gone on to do a series of advertisements…
What is a Whovian?
Soon we will no longer see the red underline appearing beneath that fantastic word as the Oxford English Dictionary officially made “Whovian” an English word! So for all those wondering the…
Ghostbusters 3 – No Bill Murray (AGAIN)
It looks like we have finally found out if Bill Murray will or won’t be appearing in Ghostbusters 3. In an interview with the Metro newspaper Dan Aykroyd has said Is…
Curiosity Landing
There are only three days left until the rover Curiosity is due to set down on Mars, if all goes to plan and the rover survives what has been called “the 7…
Prometheus Sequel Confirmed
Despite being – by most accounts – disappointing, a sequel to this year’s sci-fi film Prometheus is underway. The film received better critical feedback than I anticipated, although if one takes away the…
10 Sci-Fi Movie Remakes That May Not Be Awful
Another nice piece of content from i09, this time titled ’10 Upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy Movie Remakes (and Why They May Not Suck)’ It’s nicely thought out etc., but think about…
Seal Flu Mutation Raises Fears
i09 have uploaded an ominous article on the mutation of the H3N8 virus, a type of bird flu that has successfully mutated to seals and is causing havoc. The mutation raises fears…
Tom Hardy’s Star Trek Screen Test vs Nemesis Performance
Entertainment Weekly have shared a very interesting video, showing Tom Hardy (recently Bane in The Dark Knight Rises) during a screen test for Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). The video begs the question: was his screen…
Third Hobbit Film Confirmed
It’s been coming.  It’s been talked about.  Now it’s been confirmed: there will be a third Hobbit film.  It appears Jackson et al. wish to ‘flesh out’ the story with additional materials to make…
Farscape’s Jonathan Hardy dies
First Contact Conventions on Facebook have announced that Jonathan Hardy, who voiced Rygel in Farscape, has passed away. On their feed, they wrote: …it is with the greatest sadness I have known that I…
Avengers TV show being discussed
According to Nellie Andreeva over at Deadline.com, preliminary discussions are underway with regards to bringing Marvel’s Avengers to the television screen. The talks seem to be at an embryonic stage – or as Andreeva puts…
Sci-Fi’s Most Memorable Prisons
There’s a nice little article over at Giant Freakin’ Robot, commenting on the most memorable prisons in sci-fi. Have to say, it’s hard to look past Rura Penthe, but I’d imagine the prison…
Matt Damon: “Why play by the rules?”
Matt Damon, appearing in the upcoming sci-fi film Elysium, has finished filming a story about the ultra-rich leaving a dying Earth, to inhabit an orbiting platform, free of poverty and disease. In today’s…
Abrams in Earthquake Project
I’m convinced the man is now doing this to wind me up. JJ Abrams has announced yet another project that he’s gearing into production, Earthquake. It’s been in the works at an early…