This week’s edition of Saturday Night Live included a spoof trailer “Firelight,” a parody of the “Twilight” movie series.
If you missed it or just want to see it again, you can check out the video here.
Photo of Carrie Fisher, Stunt Double from “Return of the Jedi”
November 7, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff | 8 Comments
If you’re a “Star Wars” fan of a certain age, you may recall a certain scene in “Return of the Jedi” in which Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia wore a certain metal bikini.
Earlier this week, Kottke found this on-set image of the filming of the third installment in the original trilogy, showing Fisher and [...]
“Live Long and Prosper” Flash Drive
October 21, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff, Merchandise | 2 Comments
Not sure what to get the “Star Trek” fan who has everything this year?
How about a flash drive shaped like a hand delivering the classic Vulcan salute from “Star Trek.”
Your data will “live long and prosper” on this portable USB flash drive that cna hold up to 2 GB of information.
It’s available now from AudioCubes [...]
SciFi Wire Features 20 Hot Leia Slave Girl Costumes
October 14, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff, Other | Leave a Comment
One of the most iconic images from “Return of the Jedi” was the slave costume worn by Princess Leia.
The slave costume has spawned its own web site, inspired a storyline on an episode of “Friends” and has become a favorite at cons across the world.
To celebrate Halloween, SciFi Wire has a post with 20 [...]
SciFi Wire Features Sexy Stormtroopers
October 12, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff, Other | Leave a Comment
Last week, SciFi Wire had a story with 21 sexy stormtroopers.
If you missed it and want to check out sexy people (mostly ladies) in storm trooper attire, click HERE.
One small word of warning: The list of images of PG-13 but may or may no be safe for work.
ThinkGeek to Offer Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
October 8, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff, Featured | 3 Comments
It started as an April Fool’s gag, but it proved so popular that ThinkGeek will offer it for real next month.
The Tauntaun sleeping bag will go on sale in November, just in time for the holiday season.
ATTN Tauntaun Fanatics! We should have the real version of these cool sleeping bags arriving in early November. Initial [...]
He already has the breathing down to a fine art!
Fans of Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” can now download “Virtual Echo,” a desktop application where star Eliza Dushku’s character Echo entertains and interacts with the user.
Once you download and install the program, Echo will appear at random points on your desktop, strutting across your screen and performing different playful actions (shooting your monitor, dancing, etc). [...]
If you’ve got a “Doctor Who” fan who has everything on your holiday shopping list, you may want to consider this next item as a gift.
A man in West Sussex, England has created a full-sized Dalek out of matchsticks.
Brian Croucher (no relation to the actor who appeared in “Blake’s Seven”) began the job two years [...]
Disney Offers Details on “Star Tours” Update
September 15, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff, Technology News | 1 Comment
A couple of months ago, we brought you news about the Walt Disney theme parks working to update the popular ride, Star Tours.
Set in the “Star Wars” universe, the original version took riders on a galactic tour of the universe and even included a run at a new Death Star the Empire was building. [...]
The creative guys at “Robot Chicken” created this short segment that recreates the classic movie, “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” as an opera.
Check it out:
The Empire Muggs Back: Star Wars Art for a “Mighty” Good Cause
August 11, 2009 || Category: Collectibles, Cool Stuff, Merchandise | Leave a Comment
Collectors and fans alike have a chance to own one-of-a-kind “Star Wars”
art pieces while giving to a good cause with The Empire Muggs Back.
Lucasfilm asked artists, comic book creators, toy designers, and
celebrity fans to get out their markers, paint brushes and glue guns and
transform blank Mighty Muggs (donated by Hasbro) into custom art
depicting their favorite [...]
“G.I. Joe” dominated at the box office this weekend, but it’s not over yet. Funny or Die has teamed with Cha-Ching pictures to produce this music video about what all our favorite G.I. Joe characters really do at night when the day’s battle is over.
Starring Henry Rollins, Julianne Moore, Chuck Liddell, Billy Crudup, Zach Galifianakis, [...]
We hope this kid really loves his father. Now, this is how you create a whole new generation of sci-fi geeks. Kudos to you bykmandan.
Apparently being the Dark Lord of the Sith means you can choke people from across the room and jam dam to M.C. Hammer’s hit “Can’t Touch This.”
This video was taken during Disney’s recent Star Wars weekend and, well, you have to see it to believe it. I could try to describe it, but words fail [...]
I love a good opening credits mash-up.
This time it’s the theme and opening credits from “Dallas” done with the cast of the current “Doctor Who.” It’s amusing and fun. You can check it out below.
Adopt A Tribble at Comic-Con
July 16, 2009 || Category: Collectibles, Cool Stuff, TV News | 1 Comment
They’re cute, they’re cuddly and they love quadrotritecale. And you can pick up your very own Tribble from the Paramount booth at the upcoming San Diego Comic Con.
The tribbles are being distributed to promote the upcomign release of “Star Trek: The Complete Second Season” on Blu-Ray. Those who drop by Paramount’s booth can adopt [...]
Leias in Metal Bikini Event To Take Place At Comic Con
July 1, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff, Events | 1 Comment
In what could be one of the most popular and largest gatherings at the upcoming San Diego Comic Con, website Leiasmetalbikini.com is organizing a a Slave Leia Group Photo and Video Shoot at Gentle Giant’s booth on the San Diego Comic-Con floor.
Participants should be clad in their costume by noon Friday during the event and [...]
“Stargate: SG1″ The Complete Series is Amazon’s Deal of the Day
June 30, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff, Merchandise, On DVD, TV News | Leave a Comment
Fans of “Stargate SG1″ who don’t have the entire series on DVD may want to take note of today’s Amazon deal of the day.
It’s the box-set “Stargate SG1: The Complete Series,” and it covers all ten seasons spread over 50 discs. plus four discs of extra features four discs worth of extra features. The set [...]
Transform Your Desktop Into a Classic Videogame
June 18, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff, Gaming | 2 Comments
Frustrated with your computer? Looking for a way to relieve that tension without throwing your computer out a seven-story window?
If you are, then the U.K.’s SciFi web site has a solution for you. Surf over and download the new Desktop Blaster application.
Using Adobe Air the game turns your own desktop into a game of asteroids [...]
Tennant To Attend Comic-Con
June 18, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff, Events, Featured, TV News | Leave a Comment
If you’re an American “Doctor Who” fan and haven’t made plans yet to attend this year’s San Diego Comic Con, you may want to try and change those plans.
BBC America announced yesterday that the man who brings the 10th Doctor to life, David Tennant, will attend the the annual San Diego Comic Con. Tennant will [...]
Klingon Babies Need to Be Tough Right From the Start of Life
June 17, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff | Leave a Comment
Be grateful you were born a human and not Klingon. No wonder Klingons have nasty attitudes. Imagine this as your first bassinet.
Credit goes to RapidEye for sending in this one.
Save the clock tower…slice for your first anniversary.
If you’re planning to the tie the knot any time soon, you might want to consider this wedding cake as part of your special day.
Based on the square from the “Back to the Future” trilogy, this themed, red-velvet cake is the perfect way to start your life together.
You [...]
Wired Blog Stirs Up “Geek Arguments”
June 9, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff, Other, Polls | 18 Comments
Want to pick a fight with a geek? If so, the Wired blog Digital Dad has a list of ten things that are sure to make a geek see red and begin arguing.
Among the highlights are:
4. “The Ewoks were the best thing about the original Star Wars trilogy.” / “Greedo shot first!”
and
2. “Joss Whedon [...]
There are a lot of creative people out there with a lot more time on their hands and patience than I have. And I appreciate the effort they put into creating mash-ups like this one.
A few weeks ago, we brought you the mash-up for “Star Wars” and the opening credits to “McGyver.” Now following in [...]
A creative Green Lantern fan has taken the initiative to produce a trailer for the upcoming motion picture and has cast “Firefly” favorite Nathan Fillion in the role of Hal Jordan. The footage comes from a multitude of other sci-fi films (including a certain big summer blockbuster still in theaters) and other projects [...]
How the New “Enterprise” Compares to the Original?
May 20, 2009 || Category: Cool Stuff | 8 Comments
Heaven know we’ve debated this topic into the ground on the Slice of SciFi Voice Mail show and Farpoint Media’s very own, “SciFi Smackdown” podcast.
But with the debut of J.J. Abrams’ new “Star Trek,” it seems there is new fuel to add to the fire in the great debate about which is the superior starship.
The [...]
Is it just me or does anyone else hear the musical cue from Kirk and Spock duking it out to the death in “Amok Time” playing when you see the latest “Star Trek” collectible–the “Star Trek” Limited Edition Spork.
Sold by the good people over at ThinkGeek.com, this one of a kind collectible is a must-have [...]
Think you are an expert on all things Joss Whedon? If so, you might want to give this new crossword puzzle that is entirely based on the works of Joss Whedon and his Mutant Enemy production company a try.
Some of the answers will be easy, but a few of the clues will test your Whedon-knowledge.
And [...]
We previously reported that “MacGyver” is headed for the big-screen.
But what if you took the original theme from the 80’s series and insert footage from the original “Star Wars” trilogy? You’d probably get something like this…
