Science Fiction

LEGO’s One-of-a-kind Blade Runner “Spinner”

Holy Geekgasm, Batman! When Boing Boing TV visited with futurist and legendary geek Syd Mead, they came across a custom, one-of-a-kind LEGO version of the Police “Spinner” car from Blade Runner. It was presented to Mead by LEGO when he attended a design summit in Billund.

In all honesty, I would have picked it up [...]


Letterman’s Top 10 via Battlestar Galactica

On March 19th, David Letterman will have 10 cast members from Battlestar Galactica present the Top 10 List. The Underwire wanted to figure out what sort of list it will be… and “Best Places to Frack” would be especially entertaining coming from Edward James Olmos (Admiral Adama). Honestly, I just want to watch [...]


The Last Supper aboard Battlestar Galactica

The creators of Battlestar Galactica are driving me insane. I’ve waited a full year and all they’ve had to offer me is a prequel television event (Razor) and its not-so-safe-for-TV DVD release. Now I have this nifty hi-res Last Supper-esque gathering of the main characters to hang in my cubicle thanks to a [...]


10 Best Sci-Fi Spaceship Suicides

io9 presents us with a killer list (and video clips to boot) of the 10 best kamikaze scenes in Science Fiction. I was always fond of the ticking clock and ridiculous amounts of sweat during Ripley’s escape from the Nostromo in Alien. We also think that blowing up the entire ship to kill [...]