This Is The Unofficial Theory Of Sci-Fi Connectivity

If you’ve ever suspected that all of your favorite shows, books and comics all took place in the same universe, you’re probably right. And we’ve got a chart to prove it. Click through for awesome.

We’ve concentrated on three types of crossovers between series: Direct Crossover, where characters from one series or another have actually met in a story; Easter Egg, where elements of one series have appeared in another (often as geeky in-jokes), and Brand Crossover, where market forces have brought two disparate things together for no good reason (See Transformers/Star Wars). I’m sure that there are some that we’ve forgotten, but that’s what the comments are for. For now, just enjoy the fact that Aliens theoretically can be said to exist in the same world as Battlestar Galactica… and get your fan-fiction typewriters revving. Read more …

Mars Attacks! Poster, Plot, Development, Casting, Filming, Visual effects, Release, Critical analysis, Awards, and Trailer

Mars Attacks! is a 1996 comic science fiction film directed by Tim Burton and based on the cult trading card series of the same name. The film uses elements of black comedy, surreal humour and political satire, and is also a parody of multiple science fiction B movies. Mars Attacks! stars an ensemble cast, which includes Jack Nicholson, Lukas Haas, Annette Bening, Jim Brown, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Glenn Close, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Jack Black, Natalie Portman and Danny DeVito.

Director Tim Burton and writer Jonathan Gems began development for Mars Attacks! in 1993, and Warner Bros. purchased the film rights to the trading card series on Burton’s behalf. When Gems turned in his first draft in 1994, Warner Bros. commissioned rewrites from Gems, Burton, Martin Amis, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski in an attempt to lower the budget to $60 million. The final production budget came to $80 million, while Warners spent another $20 million on the Mars Attacks!’ marketing campaign. Filming lasted from February to June 1996. Read more …

2009 Lost Memories Film Poster, Plot Summary, Background, Historical Differences,

2009 Lost Memories is a 2002 South Korean science fiction action thriller film, directed by Lee Si-myung. It was distributed by CJ Entertainment, and was released on February 1, 2002. Japanese filmmaker Shōhei Imamura plays the role of a historian in the film.

Plot Summary

In an alternative future where the Korean peninsula is still a part of the Japanese empire, Sakamoto, a Japanese Bureau of Investigation (JBI) agent of Korean heritage and Saigo, his Japanese partner try to solve a strange case where Pro-Korean nationalist “terrorists” attempt to steal a strange archaeological artifact. Initially Sakamoto is valuable to the case because of his ability to communicate with the terrorists. Read more …

The X-Files (1998), Poster, Plot, Production, Soundtrack, Blu-ray Release and Trailer

This article is about the 1998 movie. For the 2008 movie, see The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

The X-Files is a 1998 science fiction film based on the television series of the same name.

Fight the Future, the film’s tagline, is sometimes used promotionally as an unofficial subtitle, but it does not appear as part of the film’s copyrighted on-screen title.

The stars of the TV series, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, reprise their respective roles as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. If viewed in the context of the X-Files chronology, the film takes place between seasons five and six of the TV series, and unlike the second film, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, is based upon the series’ extraterrestrial mythology. Read more …

The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Plot, History, Reception and Trailer

The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a 2002 comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Eddie Murphy as the owner of a lunar nightclub investigating who was behind the arson that destroyed his club. It was one of the biggest box office bombs of all time.

Plot

In the decade of 2080, on a lunar colony called Little America, a retired smuggler named Pluto Nash (Eddie Murphy) must save his nightclub from the mysterious underworld figure Rex Crater, who wants to turn it into a casino. Aided by his android friend Bruno (Randy Quaid), former club owner and talentless singing star Anthony “Tony Francis” Frankowski (Jay Mohr), retired cop Rowland (Peter Boyle), his own mother (Pam Grier), and waitress/would-be chanteuse Dina Lake (Rosario Dawson), he takes on an intergalactic mob, a mad geneticist, and his own clone to save his club from becoming just another gambling joint. Read more …

The Lost World or The Lost World: Jurassic Park II

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (commonly referred to as The Lost World or The Lost World: Jurassic Park II) is a 1997 American science fiction film and the second Jurassic Park film as part of the Jurassic Park franchise. The film succeeds the film adaptation, directed by Steven Spielberg, of Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park. This film is loosely based on the novel that was also written by Crichton.

The film centers on the island of Isla Sorna, an auxiliary site for the main Jurassic Park island, where dinosaurs have taken over and live in the wild. Ian Malcolm leads a team to document the dinosaurs in their native habitat, while an InGen team attempts to capture them for a second Jurassic Park in San Diego. Read more …

Sci-Fi (Janeiro de 2009), (05 Pics)

History

The channel was launched on September 24, 1992 as a joint venture between Paramount Pictures, USA Networks, and Universal Pictures. In that time, network programming included the 1960s television series Dark Shadows, the film serial Flash Gordon, and other science fiction movies and series.

The channel was seen as a natural fit with classic film and television series that both studios had in their vaults, including Rod Serling’s Night Gallery (from Universal TV) and Paramount’s Star Trek and classic Universal horror films such as Dracula and Frankenstein. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and author Isaac Asimov were among those on the advisory board.

In 1997, Seagram, which bought MCA in 1995, purchased Viacom’s interest in USA and Sci Fi, and sold the networks to Barry Diller in 1998 to form USA Networks, Inc. Diller later sold USA’s non-shopping (film and TV) assets, including Sci-Fi, to Universal’s then-parent Vivendi Universal in 2002. Read more …