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Star Trek: The Next Generation In Theaters Today Only

NCM Fathom Events and CBS Home Entertainment are coming together again to celebrate Season 2 of the iconic series Star Trek: The Next Generation in a special one night big screen event. Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Celebration of Season 2 is in select movie theaters nationwide Thursday, November 29th at 7:00 PM.

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3-D Pete: Star Trek Fans are Living a Lie!

Goofa Man Productions sets the Star Trek record straight in the third and latest issue of “3-D Pete’s Star Babe Invasion Comics!”

As always, Star Babe Invasion Comics salutes those gorgeous galactic girls from the groovy movies and TV shows of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s! In this issue, 3-D Pete takes a look at [Read it all...]

FORGOTTEN BOOK: SCIENCE FICTION COMICS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Mike Benton, 1992

FORGOTTEN BOOK: SCIENCE FICTION COMICS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Mike Benton, 1992

This is the 92nd in my series of Forgotten Books.

This is volume 3 in the Taylor History of Comics. I met Mike Benton back when he was working on these histories and found him to be quite a nice guy with a [Read it all...]

New Teaser Trailer for Live Wire’s ‘Now Hiring’

Fresh off their win at the 2011 San Antonio 48 Hour Film Experience, Live Wire Films is showing off the teaser trailer for their upcoming superhero feature film, Now Hiring. This project has been in development for several years, originally produced as a short film and screened at several local venues. This new iteration of the [Read it all...]

SA48HR 2011: Campers & Aliens

This short from the 2011 San Antonio 48 Hour Film Experience was one of the funniest of the lot. Indivisual Studios drew the coveted (at least around here) Sci-Fi genre and the location Nature and came up with Campers & Aliens. Two friends discuss the possibility of extraterrestrial visitations while out camping.

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FUZZY WARBLES for your mood organ: OTHER GALACTIC FUNK

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The first album I ever bought with my own money was Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk, a side-long extended version of the hit single disco version of Star Wars by Meco. It was the soundtrack to many a bedroom light saber duel between myself and my kid brother, and probably more of an [Read it all...]

Visualize the Future with Lightwave 10Visualize the Future with Lightwave 10

NewTek LightWave 10

Our friends over at San Antonio-based NewTek made a huge announcement over the holidays with the release of the latest version of their professional animation and modeling package LightWave 10.

LightWave is a high-end computer graphics program used to create 3D graphics and animations in many of the top Science Fiction [Read it all...]

Lost in Space: Missions Unknown's First Annual Holiday Cocktail GuideLost in Space: Missions Unknown’s First Annual Holiday Cocktail Guide

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‘Tis the season where every periodical from the New York Times to Saveur Magazine seems to publish a holiday cocktail guide.

Missions Unknown has decided to join the crowd, but with a little difference. Our [Read it all...]

A Night with 3D Visual Effects MastersA Night with 3D Visual Effects Masters

"Avatar" environment created in NewTek Lightwave 3D

The San Antonio ACM SIGGRAPH Professonal Chapter is bringing in a dozy of a presentation for fans of visual effects in SciFi movies and television shows. Head over to the University of the Incarnate Word for A Night with 3D VFX Masters featuring Rob Powers, animation technical director [Read it all...]

Worlds Collide: Star Trek Trivia for CharityWorlds Collide: Star Trek Trivia for Charity

Mr. Scott certainly knew how to take care of unwanted animals.

Join Worlds Collide for a Star Trek Trivia Game, with elements of Royal Rumble thrown in the mix to raise funds for a San Antonio animal shelter. Trivia questions will cover all the Movies and TV series. The event is July 31st at 3:00 [Read it all...]