The secret code names of sci-fi blockbustersHollywood studios often refer to their big films by code names to keep everything hush-hush. Sci Fi Wire looks at the secret names of 37 sci-fi blockbusters. Would The Burly Man have sucked less than The Matrix: Reloaded?
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Daily Proposition: Get to know the science fiction section
2010 will be the year of the science fiction book, predicts Jim Ivins. Want to fill the gaps in your sci fi reading? Here are some high-quality suggestions. Survival tips for the future an extra bonus.
Are people reading waaay too much into Avatar?
Feminists, the Vatican, neo-cons, the Chinese, environmentalists… is there any special interest group that hasn’t projected its own agenda onto sci-fi blockbuster Avatar?
Terminator for sale
The Terminator franchise is up for sale, following the bankruptcy of films’ producer Halcyon Holding Group. Sci-Fi director Joss Whedon has penned an amusing open letter offering $10,000 for the franchise, but it’s expected to go for at least $60m.
PHOTO GALLERY: worst haircuts of the future
There is one reason we’re glad that the future hasn’t evolved in the way that filmmakers had envisioned, says Mark Graham: really bad sci-fi hair.
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Mutants, robots and magic: 40 years of sci-fi TV themes
In what may simultaneously be the greatest and most pointless graph ever made, io9 chart the themes of sci-fi TV shows since the 1970s — relive the 1977 spike in magic shows, the late 90s boom for alien adventures, and the sorry recent decline in time-travel tales.
Film review: District 9
District 9 is a pulse-pounding, convention-bending sci-fi romp, that proves there is much extraterrestrial life left in the well-worn genre of aliens-on-earth movies, writes Luke Buckmaster.
Are all sci-fi writers insane?
The idea that sci-fi and fantasy writers are a few bottles short of a six pack is one that has probably around for as long as the genres have existed, says Renai LeMay. But the grown adults who dream about dragons and space ships all day may just be some of the sanest people around.
Sci-fi: the new religion
Holy wars, ancient texts, breakaway sects, idols — science fiction fandom has it all, and its adherents’ worship can get more intense and bloody than zealots in major world religions.
Where’s my jetpack?! Why the future isn’t what it used to be
The 21st Century was supposed to be full of flying cars, robot butlers and cities on the moon. Why have our science fictions dreams never panned out?
Star Trek reviewed by Star Wars fan
The obvious advantage possessed by the Star Trek prequel over those other ones is that the script was written by actual writers, writes Daniel Zugna.
