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Posts Tagged ‘star wars’

Science of the Movies Episode 10: ILM, Pirates of the Caribbean, and… McStrong!

Tonight on Science of the Movies, I wonder the halls of Industrial Light & Magic (the legendary FX house created by the great George Lucas) in a nerdvana induced haze. Oh, and I learn the uber tech behind the spectacular sea battles in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End! ILM does some of the [...]

Picture of the Week: Han’s Lost Dog

This fictional lost dog flier was posted in Venice, California. Surely a lost wookie is worth more than 50 credits, right?
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Nar Interviewed by the Amazing ThinkHero.com!

ThinkHero.com is one of my favorite websites for insightful, thorough reviews of genre movies and genre TV. Founder Dennis Tzeng and resident film/tv critic Roth Cornet do a really great job of staying on top of my favorite shows and putting out video reviews (I always check their site after Flash Forward, Fringe, and V [...]

Pulp Science: Jedi Mind Tricks Impress Chicks

Every single Star Wars fanboy has stared at an object across the room, concentrated really hard, and tried to use the Force to move it. After seeing Luke and Yoda play mind tricks in Dagobah, who wouldn’t want to Force Push?
Alas, if there was only a Jedi training device to help young Padawans cultivate our [...]

This Week in Trailers: E3 Edition

Left 4 Dead 2
Valve follows up the amazing Left 4 Dead with a southern-flavored sequel this November. This time the zombie horde are overrunning New Orleans and the resistance is firing up the chainsaws…

Assassin’s Creed 2
Another change of scenery for another sequel: this time you’re taking people out in Venice. No gameplay is shown, but [...]