io9.com - 10/3/2008
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Sometimes temptation can be all-consuming, especially when you're still chasing a repeat of your first high. That’s why, Hollywood, we’re staging this sequel intervention — because sometimes, it's like you're on crack. We heard the perverse rumors about a Blade Runner 2 . They mercifully ...
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SF Tidbits for 10/3/08
SF Signal —
... Maher of SciFi Scanner's SciFi Dept looks at SciFi Comedies That Worked (and Some That Didn't)
Over at Gorilla Artfare, there's a sketch of a Steampunk Storm Trooper.
Robin at Bloginhood has stared another blog: Not a Planet Anymore.
John Anealio serves up another Sci Fi Song: "Beautiful Vampire", inspired by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Gothic novella "Carmilla".
Lists: io9 lists 12 SciFi Movie Sequels That Must Never Get Made. @ReadWriteWeb: 5 Great Science Books ...
Daily Scan: 10.06.08 - Patrick Stewart Likes Dr. Who; Star Wars Filmstrip
SciFi Scanner —
... • What's curious about io9's list of sci-fi sequels that should never be made is that several of them either have (arguably) been made (Akira, Blade Runner) or are in the process of being made (The Thing, Donnie Darko). ...
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