Entries Tagged as 'sci-fi'

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

Star Wars: Rogue One Toys Stop Motion Film Shows Chirrut ÃŽmwe Vs. Stormtroopers

If you’ve seen Rogue One then you’ll know how badass Chirrut ÃŽmwe is, the blind warrior monk who was born on the moon Jedha. And even though he can’t see he still kicks Galactic butt while chanting his mantra “I am one with the Force, the Force is with me” as he strides into battle. [...]

Thursday, December 15th, 2016

Stephen Hawking, Keanu Reeves, Zoe Saldana and Simon Pegg Solve a Quantum Riddle

In this short film ‘Quantum is Calling’ Zoe Saldana loses Simon Pegg’s cat in the quantum realm and then uses physics to get the feline back—but she’s not alone as she goes straight to Dr. Stephen Hawking for help, Skyping him to ask his advice on how to solve a quantum riddle.

Thursday, November 24th, 2016

Watch Lego Stranger Things While You Wait for Season Two

The huge buzz that surrounded Stranger Things has faded now that summer has turned to autumn, but fans of the show are just hibernating until they can get their hands on season two. Until then you can remember the first season with this Lego recreation, which sees various scenes remade with the stop motion toy [...]

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

Watch the First Official Trailer for the Live-Action Ghost in the Shell

From the casting of Scarlett Johansson to the very idea of turning one of the most iconic and celebrated (after Akira) mangas into a live-action film, Ghost in the Shell has been mired in controversy. So now is the time everyone can either reevaluate or have their criticisms confirmed with the first official trailer.

Monday, October 31st, 2016

Listen to a Stranger Things Theme and Childish Gambino Mashup

The theme song from Stranger Things was instantly iconic, even though it’s a pastiche of 80s synth soundtracks, as soon as you hear it you immediately are taken to the world of the Upside Down, Eleven, and the Demogorgon. It’s also a pretty badass tune in its own right, so it was only a matter [...]

Thursday, October 27th, 2016

Star Wars is Hilariously Reinvented in ‘Star Storm: The Destruction of Father’

YouTubers Auralnauts rework the story of Star Wars in a parody trailer where C-3PO is shifted front and center as the main protagonist and star. Re-editing footage from the prequels, original trilogy, even a cereal commercial, they reinvent the sci-fi saga into a 1980s sci-fi cheesefest.

Thursday, October 27th, 2016

Shanghai Disneyland Has an Amazing-looking TRON Rollercoaster

The neon-hued world of TRON is one that would definitely suit being turned into a ride at a theme park—and that’s exactly what’s happened at the Shanghai Disneyland in the Tomorrowland section of the park. People get to sit on the iconic TRON lightcycles and whizz through a world inspired by the visuals in the [...]

Wednesday, October 19th, 2016

Pogo Releases Tribute Song to Star Trek: TNG’s Data and Picard

Remix artist Pogo is famed for taking snippets and sounds from Disney movies and TV shows and turning them into melodious music. Now he’s paid tribute to Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Data in a musical medley that Worf would even enjoy.

Tuesday, October 18th, 2016

President Barack Obama Reveals the True Meaning of Star Trek

It’s no secret that the POTUS likes sci-fi and that he’s a full fledged Trekkie—he was also recently guest editor for WIRED magazine and as part of that he had a chat with WIRED editor in chief Scott Dadich and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito where they discussed the original Star Trek series and [...]

Tuesday, October 4th, 2016

Stranger Things as an 8-bit Video Game

Stranger Things was already a tribute to all things 1980s so it was crying out for someone to turn it into an 8-bit video game. And that’s exactly what the guys over at CineFix have done, taking the upside down and Eleven and everything else and making it pixelated. It’s the perfect homage to a [...]

Monday, September 19th, 2016

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Story Trailer Starring Jon Snow (aka Kit Harrington)

If you can’t take seeing Jon Snow as evil, then you might not enjoy this trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. It features Kit Harrington as the antagonist, the disloyal Admiral Salen Kotch, and is set in space, taking the franchise the furthest its ever gone in terms of the cosmos. And they go [...]