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We all gotta die at some point, though some times fate looks at a situation where you’re about to bite the big one and decides, “nope, not yet. Your room’s not quite ready to go. Hang around down there some more.” And so we get scenarios like the following, where seemingly insignificant things manage to [...]
Posted by Evan Symon on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under People · Tagged 9/11, abraham lincoln, buddy Holly, death, Evan Symon, louis xv, ronald reagan, Seth MacFarlane, Star Trek, Teddy Roosevelt, TopTenz
Every season networks broadcast new shows, eager to have fans tune in. Every season some shows just can’t seem to bring in enough viewers so they are canceled. Yet, once in a while, there comes a show that has such a strong fan base that they are able to bring a show back from being [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Television · Tagged American Heart Association, arrested development, Cagney & Lacey, Cancellation, cancelled tv shows, CBS, CBS Corporation, Chuck, Danielle Kazemi, Designing Women, facebook, Family Guy, felicity, Fox Broadcasting Company, Futurama, Jericho, National Organization for Women, NBC, roswell, Serial drama television series, Series, Seth MacFarlane, Star Trek, Television, The Cleveland Show, The WB Television Network, twitter, Twitter Inc
Overall, scientists in movies have been given a bad rap and they are invariably depicted as insane and power hungry. The audience has often laughed at the science used in the plots but some of these ideas predicted future scientific developments. Truth is always stranger than fiction. Many films tap into our fears and our [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Think Star Trek is all about setting your lasers to stun and making out with hot alien chicks? If you want to get with the aliens you are going to need to learn their language or else they won’t be able to tell you apart from the next humanoid that comes along. Otherwise you can [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, August 27, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Television · Tagged Alien language, Andoria, Andorii, Anglish, assimilate, assimilation, Bajor, Bajoran, Borg, captain kirk, Chinese, chuulak, communication, Constructed languages, Danielle Kazemi, Deep Space Nine, dha'rudh, DS9, Earth Basic, Federation, Federation chicks, Federation Standard, Ferengi, Ferenginar, Fictional cyborgs, Galacta, Galactic empires, japanese, Kirk, Kirk shocked, Klingon, Klingon language, Klingonese, lasers, linguistics, Lower Orion, Orion, Rihannsu, Romulon, Science fiction, SoslI'Quch, spock, standard, Star Trek, Star Trek Languages, Tamarian, Temba, tezha, The Orion, the Star, The Star Tribune Company, tlhlngan Hol, top ten, Top Ten Star Trek Languages, Top Tenz, Trader, Vulcan, Vulcan lover, Wharf
10. Steven Seagal At some point the Hollywood Seagal became washed up, fatter and fell under the spell of mind-altering silk suits that seemed to take over his wardrobe and persona. His offering to the music world is a slice of pop-contemporary-blues that can only be described as abhorrent. This film clip features a chubby [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Would anyone really want to live forever? Well, this group didn’t get to make the choice for death’s sweet release vs life’s everlasting pain. From fiction to folklore, this list is a compilation of those given the everlasting gift of life – the top 10 immortals. 10. Shadow the Hedgehog How is he an immortal? [...]
Posted by Katherine Watt on Monday, April 27, 2009 at 2:45 am
Filed under People · Tagged claire bennet, Comic, dc comics, death, duncan macleod, Friday the 13th, healing, Heroes, hidan, highlander, immortal, immortals, Jason Voorhees, leonard jones, live forever, merlin, naruto, never die, Q, ra's al ghul, shadow the hedgehog, Star Trek, top 10 lists, Wolverine, x-men
Some may argue that there’s no such thing as a useless degree – any education is a good education including many degrees from online schools and universities. However, these seemingly pointless studies may be an exception to that rule. Pay attention as we list the top 10 most useless college degrees. 10. David Beckham studies [...]
Posted by Katherine Watt on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 5:48 pm
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In Hollywood, the biggest stars are measured by their box office appeal, the roles they get in movies, or by millions of votes cast by the public on “American Idol.” But in astronomy, how do you know what the hottest stars in the universe are? What makes a star so special it deserves our awe [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Filed under Nature · Tagged asteroid belts, Astronomer, Cancri, Dr. Charles Beichman, Earth, Epsilon, habitable planet, habitable planets, intelligent life in the universe, Jupiter, Margaret Turnbull, Mr. Spock, multiple universes, NASA, Neptune, own solar system, planetary systems, planetquest, planets, rocky planets, spitzer space telescope, star, Star Trek, stars, sun, terrestrial planets, Universe
Surpassing “The Flintstones” more than 13 years ago as the longest animated sitcoms and the longest running animated program, “The Simpsons” has also become a hallmark for American television. In the nearly 20 seasons, “The Simpsons” has created a few of its own hallmarks such as the couch gag, the chalkboard gag and guest stars. [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 12:02 am
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When I came up with this list of the top ten time travel movies I set some parameters. The movie must have time travel central to the plot. And when you think of the movie, the theme of time travel must jump to the forefront. So movies like Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery were [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Filed under Movies · Tagged 12 Monkeys, Ashton Kutcher, Back to the Future, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, butterfly effect, First Contact, h g wells, movie, Movies, Returner, Star Trek, Star Trek IV, Terminator 2, Time Bandits, time machine, time travel, time travel movies, top 10 list