Cool: October 2007 Archives

Prompted by Jonathan I actually watched Infinite Oz on the SciFi site all the way through, and it's very nice. Put it full screen, turn off the voices and watch the lovely artwork slide by. Still not sure why you would ever want to remake The Wizard Of Oz though.

Yet another cool threadless T-Shirt, this time Robots Attack!

I'm not sure if this means that Star Wars Galaxies is incredibly dull, or whether it maybe has the best dance move abilities, but lots of people in Star Wars Galaxies have been renacting scenes from Footloose.

Here's a lovely designed Star Wars bank note. From the First Galactic Empire, with Darth Vader on the front and  signed by Emperor Palpatine. Nice, except for one flaw. The back has the second Death Star, which was surely destroyed, ending the Empire, before they could get the money printed and into distribution. It's in the details.

Here's a site dedicated to building models of Star Wars vehicles in Lego, using the minimum number of pieces. Constraints make the artist and all that. There's a large selection of vehicles from all films, and the expanded universe, and why not? The least number of parts is required by the Bespin Cloud Cars, just three.

1. Top 10 books that I really mean to read but haven't yet.
2. Top 10 shows I'm watching on TV at the moment.
3. Top 10 opening paragraphs in SF books.
4. Top 10 episodes of Red Dwarf.
5. Top 10 SF film remakes that were actually good.
6. Top 10 books yet to be released that I'm looking forward to.
7. Top 10 SF blog entries of the month.
8. Top 10 writing tips of the year.
9. Top 10 SF podcasts that I listen to.
   

I just knew that there was something suspicious about those Ikea instructions. Obviously, they construct a Stargate.

Just got around to watching the X-Wing launch. Oh so close.

Talking of the apocalypse, I couldn't resist the test...

Your chance of survival: Preparedness: 54%, City Skills: 57%, Survival Skills: 29%, Nature Skills: 0%

I think it understates my survival chances, because I have a different set of skills, for I am a cyberpunk:

Just in case your weren't exactly sure what was going on when those Alien face-huggers jumped on someone's face, here's a very detailed picture. With labels.

Yet another super cool, SF Threadless T-Shirt. It reminds me what I think was the end of The Martian Chronicles TV series. I say, think, because I was young and just remember someone on Mars watching the Earth explode.

Joe points to a new batch of 2000 AD T-Shirts at Forbidden Planet. I like them, you can't beat a T-Shirt that has the words "Eat Plutonium Death. You disgusting alien weirdos!" on the front.