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Submission + - I want everyone to be eaten by dinosaurs (sciencefictionworld.com)

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on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @08:19AM

bowman9991 writes: "A reviewer at Science Fiction World is decidedly unimpressed with Fox's expensive, time travelling dinosaur filled TV show Terra Nova. "After watching the pilot...I am praying that when I watch the next episode the entire cast gets eaten by dinosaurs. The entire cast's gruesome deaths at the hands of a frenzied T-Rex or a velociraptor having a bad day can't come soon enough. Should a prehistoric volcano erupt at the same time and spew molten lava over the human compound and all its occupants while they're being eaten alive by the dinosaurs, all the better. If I've given you the impression that I didn't enjoy the opening episodes, you may be onto something.""

Submission + - America killed Torchwood (sciencefictionworld.com) 1

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on Monday August 22, 2011 @07:52PM

bowman9991 writes: "Torchwood's fourth season is now officially dead on arrival in the US — which is ironic given that the premise concerns a day when everyone worldwide stops dying. The elements that made the show original and fresh in the UK have largely vanished. Jack and Gwen return to their pivotal roles, and they perform admirably, but the rest of the new US cast are seriously bad. You have to wonder what producer/ head writer Russell T. Davis and Starz were thinking. Torchwood: Miracle day makes you long for the glory days when accents were Welsh and aliens from the rift were the primary focus."

Submission + - Ridley Scott directing Blade Runner 2 (sciencefictionworld.com)

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on Thursday August 18, 2011 @10:25PM

bowman9991 writes: "Ridley Scott is set to direct another installment of Blade Runner after he finishes work on his latest science fiction film Prometheus. It's unclear whether this will be a sequel, prequel or simply a film set in the same Blade Runner universe, but it has Ridley Scott at the helm, so expect the unexpected. Blade Runner was filmed over 29 years ago now in 1982, with Scott's Alien appearing three years before that."

Submission + - Apes plus (sciencefictionworld.com)

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on Monday August 01, 2011 @08:34PM

bowman9991 writes: "Rise of the Planet of the Apes is one of the best Apes films ever, a physical and intellectual struggle against human bondage. Real world genetic experimentation with a human emotional twist. The ape special effects are outstanding and the portrayal of the main chimpanzee Caesar by Andy Serkis (in a motion capture suit in front of a blue screen, rather than a real ape suit with fur) is nothing short of spectacular. Smartly plotted and emotionally engaging, with some clever references and tie ins with the previous films, Caesar fights to free himself and his fellow apes from his inferior genetic heritage. You'll never look at apes the same way again."

Submission + - Blade Runner sequels and prequels happening (sciencefictionworld.com)

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on Thursday March 03, 2011 @01:07AM

bowman9991 writes: "The iconic science fiction film Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's book and directed by Ridley Scott, will be followed up with sequels and prequels soon. Alcon Entertainment is in final discussions to secure film, TV and franchise rights. They are in the early stages of sorting out how to proceed and were not sure if Ridley Scott would be involved."

Submission + - Colin Farrell in Total Recall remake (sciencefictionworld.com)

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on Friday January 14, 2011 @09:02AM

bowman9991 writes: "Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven's 1990 movie Total Recall was a pulpish, high testosterone, over the top gore fest, but it appears the upcoming remake will be different. Farrell replaces Schwarzenegger in a film that will reportedly be closer to Philip K. Dick's original short story We can Remember it for Wholesale. Filming starts 15 May 2011. Underworld's Len Wiseman directs."

Submission + - Philip K. Dick's robotic head (sciencefictionworld.com) 1

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on Friday January 14, 2011 @08:50AM

bowman9991 writes: "Philip K. Dick has been resurrected from the dead as a talking robot head by Hanson Robotics. This is not the first Philip K. Dick robotic head they've built, Hanson Robotics misplaced the last one on a transcontinental flight in 2005 and then subsequently sued the airlines and lost."

Submission + - Why we never went back to the moon (sciencefictionworld.com)

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on Friday November 26, 2010 @09:26AM

bowman9991 writes: "Apollo 18 was one of three planned Apollo moon missions cancelled during the 1960s and 1970s due to budget cuts and timing. But what if Apollo 18 did go ahead, but the public was kept in the dark? That's the premise of the upcoming science fiction thriller, 'Apollo 18'. The film will feature 'lost' recordings from Apollo 18's covert mission to the lunar surface, where 'something very, very bad happened to the crew.' Something so bad NASA and mankind can never go back..."

Submission + - Skyline wins worst movie of the year award (sciencefictionworld.com)

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on Monday November 15, 2010 @07:44PM

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on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @11:55PM

bowman9991 writes: "'Star Wars' creator George Lucas is converting all six films from his iconic science fiction saga into 3D and will re-release them in theatres in 2012. 'Episode I: The Phantom Menace' will be released first."

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