Tag: Entertainment

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 129 —Back From Mars!

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Back From Mars! – Dr. Pascal Lee Returns to Discuss Recent Work at His Mars Simulation Base – YouTube Watch On On Episode 129 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Pascal Lee about his Mars Simulation Base in the Arctic. Devon Island, a polar desert in the High Arctic, is one of the most convincing Mars analogs on Earth. That’s why Pascal Lee built his NASA-affiliated research base there. On this episode he returns to discuss his summer field work, Martian volcanoes, and…

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‘Transformers One’ is an end of summer sensation certain to please fans (review)

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Transform and roll out! Exploring the nature of a fractured friendship between a young Optimus Prime and Megatron, once known as Orion Pax and D-16 billions of years ago on the living machine planet of Cybertron, Paramount’s new “Transformers One” (Sept. 20) is a supremely entertaining animated film showcasing a visual banquet of next-generation CGI from Industrial Light & Magic. What began as a Hasbro toy line and animated series in the ’80s has exploded over the decades as one of the premier sci-fi intellectual properties in the world, a…

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IDW’s ‘Star Trek: Lore War’ will bring back Data’s evil brother in 2025 comics crossover event

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In a reality-warping cosmic event two years in the making, IDW Publishing is celebrating all the creative foundational work after relaunching its award-winning “Star Trek” comics with the Eisner-nominated “Star Trek #400” to present an epic new crossover project next year, “Star Trek: Lore War.” Hailing from top-tier creators Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Christopher Cantwell, and illustrator Davide Tinto, this intertwined sci-fi tale arriving in March of 2025 will carry over into the prime “Star Trek” ongoing series, “Star Trek: Defiant,” and several special one-shot tie-in issues to be announced…

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 128 —Starliner is Back! What Now?

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Starliner is Back! What Now? – Can Boeing Compete with SpaceX’s Dragons? – YouTube Watch On On Episode 128 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk about what’s going on with Boeing’s Starliner CST-100 spacecraft. Starliner is back and, by all accounts, could have returned with its crew had it been necessary. However, with NASA’s “safety forward” approach prevailing, the spacecraft landed uncrewed on September 6, three months after it docked with the International Space Station. Now, the work begins to try to solve the problems-…

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The best 70s sci-fi movies

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When it comes to the best 70s sci-fi movies, the decade grabbed the baton passed by the decades that came before and ran away with it, ten-fold. It’s the decade where franchises were born – from deadly xenomorphs to intergalactic adventures and it was also a time where technology offered new possibilities to cinematic endeavors.  While it was a solid decade for filmmaking in general, the sci-fi genre really got a chance to expand to new heights. In the 1970s, directors were given the chance to test out some other-worldly…

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Watch 1st look clip from ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 5 (video)

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Star Trek Day 2024 Exclusive Clip | Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season 5 | StarTrek.com – YouTube Watch On Come autumn, crimson and gold leaves won’t be the only thing we’ll be saying goodbye to as Paramount+’s  “Star Trek: Lower Decks” takes one final flight when it rolls out its fifth and last 10-chapter season on Oct. 24 with a double-episode debut. To crank up the anticipation on Star Trek Day this past Sunday, Paramount and CBS Studios took the wrapper off a vibrant new poster by ace artist…

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‘Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy’ premieres this week. Watch epic 1st clip (video)

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LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy | Punch It | Available September 13 on Disney+ – YouTube Watch On The brilliance of a Lego “Star Wars” show where the order of the galaxy far, far away has been tossed into a cosmic blender and reorganized in ways never imagined outside of online memes or backyard brick-building sessions cannot be overstated. Created by writers, showrunners, and executive producers Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, “Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy” takes flight as a four-issue miniseries starting on Sept. 13, 2024 exclusively…

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Doom games ranked, worst to best

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Whether you’re a veteran Slayer or new to the series, here’s our breakdown of all the Doom games ranked, worst to best. It’s hard (if not impossible) to understand the evolution of the first-person shooter (FPS) genre without having played the original Doom games. Their amazing level design and gunplay, brought to life with remarkable tech and a banging soundtrack, reshaped the entire medium forever. Even to this day, many developers are still honoring that Doom legacy, such as Auroch Digital’s Warhammer 40K: Boltgun. For the sake of simplicity and…

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 127 —Space Stations Inc.

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Space Stations Inc. – A Visit With Max Haot of VAST – YouTube Watch On On Episode 127 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Max Haot of VAST about his company’s first space station. We all know the ISS is living its last days and will be deorbited sometime around 2030… but what’s coming up next? Max Haot of VAST joins us to discuss his company’s first space station, called Haven-1, set to launch in 2025. For a company just just a few years…

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Watch eerie 1st teaser for Hulu’s ‘Alien: Earth’ TV series (video)

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Alien: Earth | Official Teaser | Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant | FX – YouTube Watch On “Alien: Romulus” still has us all shuddering in our shoes, with its infested space station locale and nightmarish nostalgic callbacks to Ridley Scott’s original 1979 film. But that’s not the only xenomorph on the block, as “Fargo” and “Legion” creator Noah Hawley is primed to bring the iconic extraterrestrials to our own Big Blue Marble in “Alien: Earth,” a new ongoing series produced by FX that will be available exclusively on Hulu. …

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