Culture Buzz Tyler, who goes byLegohaulic on flickr was commissioned to create the 1982 sci-fi film with legos. After talk about a possible new “Blade Runner” coming out, there's no better time to try to figure out who is the replicant in this dystopian lego world. (via io9.com)
Movie Buzz Holy Grail jokers John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, and Terry Jones have agreed to reunite for their first-feature length film in 19 years, “Absolutely Anything.” Eric Idle, the fifth surviving member of the Flying Circus (Graham Chapman died in 1989) , is still considering signing on for the science fiction slapstick.
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Well the Addams Family may not exactly qualify as science fiction, but you get the idea. (via.)
Culture Buzz I felt too many cats were left off the Most Famous Cats In Film list… so I had to make my own. From cats that survived alien invasions to David Johansen intestines, here it is…
Science Buzz Last week, Jack made some lofty claims about finding the single best Princess Leia costume of all time, so I decided to crunch some numbers to see how Star Wars cosplayers stacked up to other cosplayers. This is science. I'm doing science here.
Culture Buzz Harry Potter characters reimagined as sci-fi space warriors. Artist SpicyStewedDemon has hit the Venn diagram sweet spot of overlapping geekiness.
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The Hayabusa Spacecraft returned to earth from its 7 year mission surveying the asteroid Itokawa on Tuesday. A few lucky members of NASA and JAXA were on hand to record its spectacularly sci-fi worthy reentry into Earth's atmosphere and I, for one, am jealous. Via.
TV Buzz Although the series ended on Friday, the relevance of the Sci Fi series will not be forgotten, especially considering that its cast and crew members were invited to the United frakking Nations last week. And Whoopi Goldberg was there, too. What??? This is almost as important as that time when the cast of The Nanny visited a diner in Queens. Tomato tomahto.