Entries Tagged as 'sci-fi'

Sunday, January 20th, 2013

Children of Men (2006)

Time to take some time out, enjoy the fact it’s a freebie Hollywood movie and sit back and enjoy this sci-fi film from Alfonso Cuarón set in 2027, where earth’s youngest citizen has died at the tender age of 18. To add to this general cheer the entire human race is facing extinction and violence [...]

Saturday, January 19th, 2013

Epic Sci-Fi Short Rha

If you’re worried about today’s youth, then don’t be. Because while they may’ve been handed a sack of stale shit with regards to the economy they’re a talented bunch, as this brilliant sci-fi short shows, which was written, directed, and animated by 22 year old Kaleb Lechowski. Remember his name because you’ll be seeing it [...]

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

Mitchell & Webb – Vectron

It’s all well and good talking about the almighty Vectron and his masterful, powerful ways, but without the scrolls to justify his existence, what’s the point in invoking him all the time? Well, just because he may or may not exist doesn’t mean to say he doesn’t bring some form of comfort. After all, the [...]

Monday, December 10th, 2012

Oblivion (2013) Trailer

Director Joseph Kosinski, the man who brought the world Tron: Legacy, is now bringing the world this movie, set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where we all live above the clouds (like Care Bears) and scavengers illegally visit the earth to collect artifacts. Then, one day, a young curious type discovers a crashed spacecraft and [...]

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

Michio Kaku: Can Nanotechnology Create Utopia?

Dr. Kaku peers into the future and asks: can nanotechnology create a replicator, just like the one in Star Trek? And in doing so revolutionize our worlds so that nobody is left wanting for anything and we all skip along hand-in-hand laughing gaily and living in peace and harmony and abundance. Sounds like heaven on [...]

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie

Time to get your inner-nerd on and get behind an independent film project based on the popular web series and entirely funded by fan donations. Starring James Rolfe and Kevin Finn, the movie follows Rolfe’s quest to put a stop to the controversy surrounding the worst video game of all time, E.T. for the Atari [...]

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Star Wars Tie Fighter Animation

This fanmade Star Wars animation, the collaborative effort of a couple of redditors, will have fans jizzing in their replica Storm Trooper outfits. Even if you’re not a fan (and there’s only one or two of you) then you’ll lap up the animation style and the awesome sound effects. Epic.

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

Plurality

If sci-fi has died a bit at the Hollywood, mega-budget level (excluding Looper and Prometheus) then it lives on in short, smart videos that Vimeo seems to have on its front page every other day. Like this one, which is one of many, and hopefully Hollywood is taking note and will be commissioning these guys [...]

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Honest Trailers – Prometheus

Ridley Scott was all set to kick sci-fi up the ass and launch it to Mars and we were all ready to go there with him, but then when the anticipation reached pant-staining level and the film was released if was like we hit some electrical troubles in the atmosphere and crashed and burned into [...]

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

West Side Saber

Everything can be improved by making it slow-mo, autotuning, or adding a light saber. And the latter of these internet laws is put into practice as the classic knife fight from West Side Story becomes enhanced with the addition of a few light sabers. Jets, Sharks, Jedis and some groovy dancing, this has it all [...]

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

Drone – Ep 1 of 4

Drones, they’re pretty cool but also kinda terrifying because all it would take is for you to upset the government then suddenly you hear a buzzing sound outside your window, look out, and you’re face-to-face with your death-by-drone. But it also makes them perfect fodder for an awesome sci-fi series on YouTube.