I don’t know about you, but I think this is genius. GENIUS. When closed, this hoodie’s design shows a simple palm. Not much out of the ordinary there. But pull the zip…
X-Factor’s Rhydian in War of the Worlds
Ask me a year ago, and I’d have argued that the chances of Rhydian appearing in the War of the Worlds live musical were a million to one. Okay, excuse the pun,…
Using an iPad to create holograms
Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo. Well worth a watch. Fantastic, intriguing and downright clever.
New Stargate Universe Trailer
Admittedly, it’s not brand spanking new. But hadn’t seen it before, and I thought it looked pretty cool!
The World’s First Klingon Opera
I instantly expected this to be in Nevada, for some reason, but no! It’s coming from the Netherlands. The opera is written entirely in Klingon, and features an array of very suspect…
Introducing: American deep-fried Coca-Cola
Yep, you read that right. Texans have invented the fastest way of growing obese known to mankind: deep fried Coca Cola. According to StudentBeans.org, “The calorific treat involves deep-frying Coca-Cola flavoured batter,…
Five ways to ruin a perfectly good sci-fi show
Sci-Fi has a long and proud history of cancellation. Perfectly good shows (and plenty of plain awful shows) have seen the axe for a multitude of different reasons. Let’s take a look…
Two asteroids skim past Earth today
According to The Economist (and NASA), two asteroids are due to pass closer to Earth than the moon today. Neither object is big enough to pose any threat to the planet, and…
A Stargate Universe Repentance
About twelve months ago, with ill-deserved confidence, I foretold the early and untimely demise of Stargate Universe as a result of creative failings and writing ineptitude. The article certainly got people’s attentions,…
Downtime and Upgrade
Apologies for the downtime over the last 24 hours. We decided to move our server over to another, making the site PHP5 compliant. While there is little hugely evident change on the…
5 SciFi Sports I’d Pay Money To Watch
It seems as if there’s always some sort of sport being shown on TV. Football. Cricket. Snooker. Races of various kinds. Even baseball. Sometimes. On Channel 5. I think. I don’t know,…
Doctor Who S6 To Be Aired In Two Halves
Breaking News! Following an announcement at the Edinburgh International Television Festival by benevolent Who overlord Steven Moffat, the BBC have issued a press release confirming that season 6 of Doctor Who will…
The League and Doc Savage
Is it possible when The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was created, that they had Doc Savage in mind? Let’s look at the characters selected as they appeared in the movie. Allan Quartermain…
Marvel Drops Norton From Avengers
In a bold move that has got tongues wagging all across the internet, it appears that the iconic role of The Hulk/Bruce Banner will no longer be played by Edward Norton in…
Americanised Dr. Who
Tim Buckley over at Cad-Comic has come up with a terrifying vision of what might occur should the Americans ever get their hands on the Dr. Who franchise.
Universe to get ‘darker’; SGA actors to guest
Stargate: Universe show-runner Brad Wright has revealed that the dark atmosphere of the show’s first season was only the beginning: the show is set to get darker next year. "When you try…
Can’t Stop The Serenity 2010
What is Can’t Stop The Serenity? Can’t Stop The Serenity is an annual global charity event – cities and towns all over the world host screenings of Joss Whedon’s gorram masterpiece Serenity…
BBC Announces Return of Torchwood
The BBC website today reports that the extraterrestrial-combatting Torchwood team will return for a new series courtesy of BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Worldwide and the US Starz Network. After the much-debated deal…