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Homeland Security wants to deploy Minority Report pre-crime tech

By Marc Bernardin, Source: Blastr.com Lifting a page from Philip K. Dick’s book, the Department of Homeland Security is in the early stages of developing something called FAST that, when it’s installed at an airport near you, will attempt to catch terrorists before they strike. Maybe. FAST stands for Future

The Gorillaz’ Pete Candeland To Direct Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride Movie

by Brendon Connelly, source: Bleeding Cool I took a trip on the Disney theme park attraction Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride once. It involved a lot of keeping my eyes shut and covering my ears. It’s a trip straight to hell, don’t you know. Very, very creepy. The ride was based

‘Halo 4’ release date confirmed by Microsoft

By Mark Langshaw, Source: Digital Spy Halo 4 will be released for Xbox 360 consoles worldwide on November 6, Microsoft has confirmed. The sequel, set four years after the events of Halo 3, marks the return of iconic hero Master Chief and the beginning of a brand new saga.

WB wins, heirs of Superman creators lose, latest legal tussle

By Trent Moore, Source: blastr.com You know that legal tussle between Warner Bros. and the estates of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster over the copyright to Supes? It’s getting uglier, and Warner Bros. just clinched a key victory in the fight. The two sides have been fighting over

Next on Earth Station One…

Next week, Earth Station One goes all timey-whimey as the ESO crew hops into our favorite time travel devices to explore our favorite movies and TV shows dealing with time travel. So, dust off your Delorean, warm up the Time Tunnel, power up the Sphere, sweet talk the TARDIS, and

Roger Langridge’s Unseen Muppet Shows To Finally See Print In July

by Rich Johnston, Source: Bleeding Cool; It was a cultural crime against humanity. That Roger Langridge’s final Muppet Show comics never saw print at Boom!, caught in the twisting wind between Muppets owners Disney and Marvel and… whatever the hell it was that was going on there. But in July,

Former NASA scientist says Star Trek is agency’s ‘worst enemy’

By Trent Moore, Source: Blastr.com Though science fiction can help inspire us to create and strive toward new technological breakthroughs, it can also have a decidedly negative effect, at least according to one former NASA scientist: It makes people forget that rocket science is, you know, rocket science.

Fringe producers shot TWO season finales. Which will we see?

By Trent Moore, Source: Blastr.com With the fate of Fox’s Fringe still up in the air, the cast recently opened up about just how prepared they are if the current fourth season turns out to be the last. The most interesting tidbit? They’ve apparently shot two potential endings, depending on

“Jericho” Gets a Season 4 from IDW in July

by: CBR News Team Editor, Source: CBR.com The CBS television series “Jericho” debuted in 2006, and detailed the story of Jericho, Kansas following a major nuclear attack on the United States. Despite being beloved by fans, CBS canceled the series after its first season. After CBS received more than 40,000

Look who’s getting involved in that Mass Effect 3 controversy now

By Matthew Jackson, Source: Blastr.com Fan campaigns are nothing new, but the fan campaign demanding that game developer BioWare produce a new ending to its blockbuster Mass Effect 3 is unusual for a couple of reasons. For one, it’s got an extraordinary number of followers, and for another, the complaints

Scientists say there are killer dinosaurs in space waiting to eat us

By Marc Bernardin, Source: Blastr.com Manned missions into the cosmos were always going to be a dicey affair, given the multitudes of things we don’t know (and the fact that NASA’s funding is a fraction of what it should be). But if there are actually hyper-intelligent dinosaurs waiting for us,

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