sci-fi

Building the Blade Runner "Hades" Landscape

Remember when special effects were hard? Douglas Trumbull certainly does. Douglas designed many of the miniature sets for Blade Runner and his descriptions of how he built one of the most amazing sci-

Yes~! There will be Independence Day sequels, Will Smith will be all over them

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/independenceday.jpg" />Nice, <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/03/31/battlefield-earth-writer-says-sorry-to-all-of-planet-earth/">a

Battlefield: Earth writer says sorry to all of Planet Earth

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/bee.jpg" />Contrition is a wonderful thing. Now, I'm not the biggest sci-fi guy here, but even <i>I</i> know that <i>Battlefield: Earth</

The 10 best Sci-Fi movies of the past decade

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/scifilist.jpg" />It's the end of the year. There's pretty much zero tech news to discuss (CES is right around the corner, so companies ar

An asteroid almost smashed into Earth, and we only knew about it 15 hours before it happened

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/asteroid.jpg" />Did you hear the news? An asteroid passed within 8,700 miles of the planet on Friday. The craziest thing is that scientis

Video play-by-play: The first seven minutes of the new sci-fi TV show ‘V’

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/vvvvvv.png" />To paraphrase the great Joe Rogan, from last Saturday's UFC 104, I don't watch much TV, maybe the Discovery Channel here an

Video: Watch this clip of 2012. (Hint: It's terrible)

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/2012.jpg" />Pardon my French, but this is the biggest hunk of shit I have ever seen in my life. It's <a HREF="http://www.scifisquad.com/2

District 9 director hasn't totally ruled out returning to Halo movie

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/d9i.jpg" />Not too long ago, we gave our thoughts on the movie <i>District 9</i></a>. We did so because it was a big sci-fi movie, and th

For your edification: More Terminator Salvation action

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/terminator_004.jpg">Instead of hugging your mother, hug this <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/search/terminator+salvation">TS trailer</

What the hell is a SyFy?

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/11syfylogo.jpg" alt="" />Oh man, Dave Howe should be tarred and feathered today at Sci-Fi’s presentation to advertisers today in NYC.

Star Wars v. Battlestar Galactica: A rhetorical exemption of accepted norms

<img SRC="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/01.jpg">We posit that a confluence of fantasy universes will create a singularity so dense with cultural meaning and freighted with mastu

The Office: Battlestar Galactica bit

Anyone see The Office last night? I laughed out loud at the Battlestar Galactica bit. You? Here it is again for your viewing pleasure. For those of you who missed it, here’s the premise: Dwight clai

NVISION08: Tricia Helfer talks Battlestar Galactica movie

Anybody sittin’ on their edge of their seats for the very-recently confirmed Battlestar Galactica prequel just had a few more weeks tacked on to their wait. During the NVISION08 Conference keyno