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**RollWithEm** · 05-30-2012, 09:45 PM

Here's an interesting interview with Christopher Eccleston from Dr. Who.

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“I’ve neglected theatre,” he says, quiet certainty matched by emphatic vigour, his Salford accent pressing flinty personality into the words. “That’s a shame. It’s why I went to train as an actor. And for the next 20 or 30 years I’m going to do more and more of it. That’s the plan. I’m determined!”

**RollWithEm** · 06-01-2012, 09:37 AM

Dr. Who's new companion has been named.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/56124

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Jenna-Louise Coleman’s character’s name is Clara. She’s expected to be introduced midway through next season.

**RollWithEm** · 06-03-2012, 12:26 PM

World War Z is still a long way away: http://blastr.com/2012/06/wtf-world-war-z-needs-7-w.php

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According to the Daily Mail, the zombie epic World War Z, starring Brad Pitt and based on Max Brooks' excellent novel, has headed to Budapest for seven more weeks of filming on the project after wrapping months ago.

Ouch.

**RollWithEm** · 06-08-2012, 07:29 AM

Tom Baker says he'd be open to returning to Doctor Who: http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/to...-return/270479

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If it was something witty but I would want to know what the details of the scene [were] or what I was supposed to do. I just don't want to be paraded through as some shagged-out icon of the last century. It's too much of a source of happiness.

**RollWithEm** · 06-11-2012, 09:12 AM

The Top 50 Sci-Fi Films of All Time

This is a really good list... with one major problem at the top:

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Blade Runner
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Alien
The Matrix
Inception
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Aliens
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
The Thing
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

I am just not a fan of Blade Runner. I love a lot about the list, though. The Thing is a little high for my taste, and Serenity is a little low, but this is one of the better lists I have seen.

**Krstic All-Star** · 06-11-2012, 10:10 AM

Same here... I don't have a problem with Blade Runner being on the list, but #1? No way

RedsDrunk · 06-11-2012, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by RollWithEm

The Top 50 Sci-Fi Films of All Time

This is a really good list... with one major problem at the top:I am just not a fan of Blade Runner. I love a lot about the list, though. The Thing is a little high for my taste, and Serenity is a little low, but this is one of the better lists I have seen.

Somehow I managed to never see The Thing until very recently and I really really loved everything about it. I don't have a single complaint after having seen it. Granted, I'm a bit of a John Carpenter stan, but personally I think it's a solid choice.

**RollWithEm** · 06-13-2012, 11:50 AM

I definitely don't mind seeing The Thing on that list. I just wouldn't put it ahead of genre classics like Jurassic Park or Back to the Future, but that's just an issue of personal preference.

**RollWithEm** · 06-13-2012, 02:14 PM

Farmer says 250 of his cows have been killed by an alien death ray

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Earlier this week New Brunswick rancher Werner Bock was hauled into court on charges of failing to give his dying cattle proper medical attention. The Canadian government claims Bock failed to feed the animals and failed to care for them when they began to suffer the effects of malnutrition. But Bock claims there's a conspiracy afoot.

According to Bock, the cows are dying because of alien "death rays" that are being covered up by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Bock's been documenting the effects of the death ray on his cattle via YouTube for quite some time, and he believes he knows exactly how the weapon works.

Fun stuff!

**Krstic All-Star** · 06-13-2012, 06:42 PM

Yes, alien death rays are much more likely than cows dying from malnutrition

**RollWithEm** · 06-15-2012, 08:04 AM

A first look at the Star Trek/Doctor Who crossover comic!

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So far in the series, Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor, Amy, and Rory are on a crash course to meet up with Jean-Luc Picard's Enterprise crew.

Nerd overload!

**RollWithEm** · 06-17-2012, 09:45 PM

I don't approve of the song choice, but musical Tesla Coils are still cool.

**RollWithEm** · 06-18-2012, 06:36 AM

Sunken Millennium Falcon mystery solved!

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First they thought it was just stone or a rock cliff, but after further observations the object appeared more as a huge mushroom, rising 3-4 meters/10-13 feet from the seabed, with rounded sides and rugged edges. The object had an egg shaped hole leading into it from the top, as an opening. On top of the object they also found strange stone circle formations, almost looking like small fireplaces. The stones were covered in something resembling soot.

The path to the object itself can be described as a runway or a downhill path that is flattened at the seabed with the object at the end of it.

This seems a little cover-uppy to me. I mean, look at the thing:

Keep in mind this is just an artist's rendering.

**RollWithEm** · 06-19-2012, 12:28 PM

17 great quotes from Roger Ebert reviews of classic sci-fi movies

I loved the one about Blade Runner.

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The obligatory love affair is pro forma, the villains are standard issue, and the climax is yet one more of those cliffhangers, with Ford dangling over an abyss by his fingertips. The movie has the same trouble as the replicants: Instead of flesh and blood, its dreams are of mechanical men.

And the one about Spider-Man 2.

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It's a real movie, full-blooded and smart, with qualities even for those who have no idea who Stan Lee is. It's a superhero movie for people who don't go to superhero movies, and for those who do, it's the one they've been yearning for.

I feel that.

**RollWithEm** · 06-20-2012, 08:06 AM

Doctor Who season 7 premiere

Be prepared for spoilers if you click that link.

06-11-2012, 10:10 AM	#51 (permalink)
Krstic All-Star Legal Smeagol Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Unemployed, in Greenland?!? Age: 34 Posts: 30,681 Rep Power: 19240053	Re: RWE's SciFi Corner Same here... I don't have a problem with Blade Runner being on the list, but #1? No way __________________ LIPA delenda est

06-13-2012, 11:50 AM	#53 (permalink)
RollWithEm Never Argue with a Fool Space Invaders Champion! Hexxagon Champion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 30,856 Rep Power: 6045213	Re: RWE's SciFi Corner I definitely don't mind seeing The Thing on that list. I just wouldn't put it ahead of genre classics like Jurassic Park or Back to the Future, but that's just an issue of personal preference. __________________ But that's just me. RWE's Random Questions: (Close Friends, Virginity, Home-Schooling, Wiretapping, Cheating, Piracy) RWE's Movie Rankings: (Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Top 90 of the 90's) RWE's Underground Update - RWE's SciFi Corner RWE's Smash Central - RWE's Culinary Cul de Sac 2015 FRSL Champion New Orleans Jazz Lawson - Thabo - Thad - Brow - Big Al - Manu - Jayson

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Krstic All-Star Legal Smeagol Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Unemployed, in Greenland?!? Age: 34 Posts: 30,681 Rep Power: 19240053	Re: RWE's SciFi Corner Yes, alien death rays are much more likely than cows dying from malnutrition __________________ LIPA delenda est

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RollWithEm Never Argue with a Fool Space Invaders Champion! Hexxagon Champion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 30,856 Rep Power: 6045213	Re: RWE's SciFi Corner I don't approve of the song choice, but musical Tesla Coils are still cool. __________________ But that's just me. RWE's Random Questions: (Close Friends, Virginity, Home-Schooling, Wiretapping, Cheating, Piracy) RWE's Movie Rankings: (Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Top 90 of the 90's) RWE's Underground Update - RWE's SciFi Corner RWE's Smash Central - RWE's Culinary Cul de Sac 2015 FRSL Champion New Orleans Jazz Lawson - Thabo - Thad - Brow - Big Al - Manu - Jayson

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RollWithEm Never Argue with a Fool Space Invaders Champion! Hexxagon Champion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 30,856 Rep Power: 6045213	Re: RWE's SciFi Corner Doctor Who season 7 premiere Be prepared for spoilers if you click that link. __________________ But that's just me. RWE's Random Questions: (Close Friends, Virginity, Home-Schooling, Wiretapping, Cheating, Piracy) RWE's Movie Rankings: (Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Top 90 of the 90's) RWE's Underground Update - RWE's SciFi Corner RWE's Smash Central - RWE's Culinary Cul de Sac 2015 FRSL Champion New Orleans Jazz Lawson - Thabo - Thad - Brow - Big Al - Manu - Jayson

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