In the wake of Cloverfield, Saturday Reviews have been examining Kaiju past. The Americans had The Beast from 20000 Fathoms, and the Japanese had Godzilla, Gamera, Gappa, Mothra, and a clash of others. Britain’s entry was 1961’s Gorgo.
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Best Captains in Space?
Annalee Newitz offers these suggestions for highly effective spaceship captains.
Weekend Review: 20 Million Miles to Earth
A few years after Harryhausen created The Beast from 20000 Fathoms, the film that arguable launched the Kaiju genre, he was asked to turn his eyes skyward and animate a monster that came Twenty Million Miles to Earth. The film celebrated its fiftieth anniversary last year with a special release.
NASA & USAF Cancel Boldly Going By Schoolkids
rickyjames writes, Fifty years ago today, NASA boldly entered the Space Age with the launch of Explorer 1, and ramped up science education efforts among kids to counter the Soviets and their Sputnik. Today…
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Comic Releases: January 30, 2008
Recent Science Stories
An asteroid will be passing close by on Tuesday January 29, we’re that little bit closer to Frankenstein…
Weekend Review: The Beast from 20000 Fathoms
With Cloverfield still taking a Godzillian bite of the box office, the Bureau’s Weekend Review looks back at the film that birthed the Kaiju genre. No, not the Big G himself, but this Ray Harryhausen flick from 1953.
Hey, Space Tourists! The Latest from Virgin Galactic
This year will be “the year of the spaceship,” as Virgin Galactic announces again that we’re one step closer to Space Tourism. Check out the new design.
Review: Cloverfield
If a Godzilla-type monster attacked, what would the event look like from ground zero?
This also doubles as our Weekend Review.
Real-life Superheroes
This recent article looks at the number of real-life “superheroes” active today. Are these people helpful eccentrics, or has their sanity gone up, up, and away?