Skynet Prototypes Dominate Fantastic Robot Images Of The Coming Bot-Apocalypse

Despite the best efforts of my brethren in the Sci-Fi universe, propeller-heads the world over continue their stubborn efforts to engineer and build the stealthy red eyed human harvesters and terminators of the future. Behold a sample, from The Big Picture, of the horrors to come. You don’t have...

March 4th, 2009 | Read More

BSG’s Tricia Helfer and Jamie Bamber PETA Ads

Jamie Bamber and Tricia Helfer may be enemies on Battlestar Galactica, but they’re buddies in real life because both are concerned about saving animals. For Jamie Bamber, it’s saving the black bears of Canada from being hunted, killed and turned into furry hats, and Tricia Helfer wants to...

March 2nd, 2009 | Read More

German Bot Know-How

We love the Germans here at SciFiCool. Among their many talents, they are fine engineers. Gears and sprockets come naturally to them. As does beer. Perhaps a few fine German pints were used as divine inspiration for this fantastic commercial depicting the genesis and evolution of the droid. If the inevitable...

February 27th, 2009 | Read More

Concept SpaceShips Fuel Your Exploration Imagination

If you’re a Sci-Nerd like me you’ve often dreamt of the day when you are rewarded for your hyperactive imagination with a life aboard your very own starship. I’d be a crew-person too don’t get me wrong, but I’m more Captain material. Lurking through the vaults at BoingBoing,...

February 25th, 2009 | Read More

SteamPunk Rayguns From Tinkerbots

These lovingly handmade killing machines from an alternate past were made by Dan at Tinkerbots Dan makes a host of steamy and shiny copper clad bots and bugs and other things I cannot begin to fathom with my limited intellect. Brought to you from the intrepid engineers at Make.

February 25th, 2009 | Read More

A 3-Year Old Explains Star Wars

Okay, so this is pretty old stuff and has been floating around the Internet forever, but I wanted to post it here anyway because I haven’t done so previously. It’s someone’s three year old girl explaining the plot of “Star Wars”. The original movie, not those ridiculously...

January 5th, 2009 | Read More

RIP 1932-2008: Majel Barrett-Roddenberry

Sad news today from the world of Trek, as we have learned that Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, wife of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, has passed away at the age of 76 from leukemia. If Gene was the vision behind Star Trek, then surely Majel was the voice of the franchise. Besides providing the...

December 19th, 2008 | Read More

Torchwood’s John Barrowman Bears his Fruits and Nuts on the BBC

Wow, I have to admit, I’ve heard of something like this happening on American radio/TV before, but usually it’s got the words “Howard Stern” somewhere in the title. I certainly didn’t think an organization as supposedly “legit” as the BBC would have a radio show...

December 3rd, 2008 | Read More

Kirk vs. Sulu. Who ya Got?

Captain Kirk isn’t happy that Sulu didn’t invite him to his gay wedding, but according to Sulu, he did invite the good Captain, who just didn’t take the time to RSVP the invitation. Who is right, who is wrong, and why do we care? Well for one, it’s interesting if you’re...

October 23rd, 2008 | Read More

He’s Vin Diesel. Don’t Fuck With Him.

Maybe Vin Diesel should have showed this nice little animated video to the director of his “Babylon A.D.” before Mister Frenchie ran out and started telling everyone without earshot not to go see the movie. Could have been effective, who knows. Anyways, this is a nice little video someone...

August 28th, 2008 | Read More

Michael Shanks Keeping Busy Post-Stargate

Stargate: SG1 may have come to an end, in movie or TV form, but don’t worry for the cast, boys and girls. Everyone seems to have found something to do, or should, as you don’t star in a regular TV show for over 10 years and not have plenty of guest starring opportunities on other TV shows....

August 13th, 2008 | Read More

Megatron Shirt Gets Geek in Trouble at Airport

Apparently the Brits are scared of Decepticons, which is kind of ironic because I just posted news yesterday that a British actor had been hired to join the cast of “Transformers 2″. But here’s a funny (not in a haha way, but in a, “God, this would be funny if it wasn’t...

June 3rd, 2008 | Read More

Sci-Fi Author Arthur C. Clarke Dead at 90

What science fiction fan doesn’t know the name Arthur C. Clarke? If you count yourself among that group, then it’s time to bash your head in with a rock, because you don’t deserve to call yourself a sci-fi fan. Unfortunately there is bad news from the world of sci-fi books, as Arthur...

March 18th, 2008 | Read More

Transformers Zippo Lighters!

How cool is this? Transformers Zippo lighters! Now my smoking days are well beyond me (thanks, will power!), but I gotta admit, these are pretty damn cool, and if I was a smoking man, I might send for my very own Transformers lighters today. But alas, I don’t smoke anymore, so all I can do is marvel...

March 17th, 2008 | Read More

Darth Vader is Full of Hot Air

I always suspected that Darth Vader, the Sith Lord in Black, was more hot air than man of action. After all, when given the opportunity, he failed to kill his son, couldn’t even achieve victory against a bunch of Ewoks, and he totally gaffs it when Emperor Palpatine needed him most. And now our...

February 28th, 2008 | Read More

The Biggest Star Wars Collection in the Galaxy

And you thought you liked “Star Wars”! Well, you don’t like “Star Wars” nearly as much as Rob Foster, who seems to have every “Star Wars” toys ever created, known to man, and who has, quite possibly, single-handedly paid for George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch....

February 19th, 2008 | Read More

What are the Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time?

“Best of” lists are catchy, but when you start getting into the “best of” genre films, it becomes really tricky. The American Film Institute has picked 50 movies that they believe are among the best sci-fi films of all time, and on June 2008, they will narrow it down to 10 and...

February 15th, 2008 | Read More

William Shatner Thinks He Sucks

I must admit to having a bit of a warped perspective on William Shatner. You see, every now and then I’ll see Shatner show up on my local TV channel doing advertising for a local law firm. Yes, William Shatner is now doing TV commercials for local law firms. Anyhoo. William Shatner apparently doesn’t...

February 12th, 2008 | Read More

The Top 25 Sci-Fi of the Last 25 Years

The guys over at Entertainment Weekly likes making lists, so sooner or later they would stumble across the Top 25 Sci-Fi of the last 25 Years, including movies, TV shows, and other sci-fi moments. As with all lists, this one is pretty arbitrary, and I don’t actually agree with a whole lot of them....

January 7th, 2008 | Read More

Is Sci-Fi Out of Ideas?

Is the world of science fiction, in the movies and on TV, out of ideas in the year 2008? Mark Harris over at Entertainment Weekly seems to think so. As evidence, he points to the films and TV shows with science fiction themes that are currently on the market: “I am Legend” with Will Smith,...

January 4th, 2008 | Read More