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The Most Powerful Sci-Fi Weapons

The Most Powerful Sci-Fi Weapons
Have you ever wondered how various sci-fi weapons compare to each other? How does the Energy Sword from Halo stack up against Han Solo’s blaster for instance? And could Mal reynolds’ gun beat them both? This infographic has the answers. It is a list of science fiction weaponry ranked by the amount of damage they do in Joules.

If nothing else, this fun list should help you settle some nerd disputes about weapons. Who am I kidding? It will probably just add fuel to the fire. It’s a fun look at some of our favorite weapons though.

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Scifi Staff by — January 15, 2016 in Infographics 0
Star Wars Re-Imagined As Historical Moments

Star Wars Re-Imagined As Historical Moments
Albert Nguyen has reimagined Star Wars, by merging it with history from our own galaxy. He uses historical paintings for inspiration and places Star Wars characters within them. You might recognize Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware, or the historic photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photographed by Joe Rosenthal.

It is a fun series that lets us see these characters in a whole new light. Many of them are made to look like old personal photographs. Also included is Boba Fett in place of Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

Star Wars Re-Imagined As Historical Moments

Star Wars Re-Imagined As Historical Moments

Star Wars Re-Imagined As Historical Moments

Star Wars Re-Imagined As Historical Moments

Star Wars Re-Imagined As Historical Moments

Star Wars Re-Imagined As Historical Moments

Star Wars Re-Imagined As Historical Moments

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Scifi Staff by — January 7, 2016 in Art 0
Never-Before-Seen Back to the Future Poster

Never-Before-Seen Back to the Future Poster
We all know the iconic poster for Back To The Future that shows Marty and Doc with the Delorean, but there was another poster that you may not know about that was almost used instead. This unused poster concept recently came to light after a former employee at Lonsdale Advertising in England found it in their collection.

Now it is headed to auction. This is an awesome poster, but I’m glad they went with the other one. The retro 50s element of the first movie would have been the focus here. It works, but it is not nearly as dramatic.

Scifi Staff by — January 5, 2016 in Art 0
USPS 50th Anniversary Star Trek Stamps For 2016

USPS 50th Anniversary Star Trek Stamps For 2016
As part of next year’s celebrations honoring the 50th anniversary of the original Star Trek, the United States Postal Service will be offering four Star Trek themed postage stamps.

In 2016 the USPS will offer a set of four special stamps from the Final Frontier. Some of you might remember the first Star Trek postage stamp, worth 33 cents, which was released in September of 1999 for the USPS’s “Celebrate the Century” initiative. It will be nice to have some Star Trek stamps to stick on the corners of our envelopes once again. These new ones look pretty awesome. If you still use stamps, you’ll want to get some of these.

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Scifi Staff by — January 4, 2016 in Art 0
Disney Artists Illustrate Star Wars Characters With Cats

Disney feature animation artists Griz and Norm Lemay created these Star Wars: The Force Awakens illustrations depicting some of our favorite characters with cats that match them.

Rey has a Bengal cat, while BB-8 has Calico kittens to match his color scheme. Proof that everything is better with cats. Even Star Wars. I like the playful style. Hopefully they will create more in this series. I’m interested to know what kind of cat Kylo Ren has.

Scifi Staff by — December 29, 2015 in Art 0
Minimal Retro Star Wars Posters

Minimal Retro Star Wars Posters
These beautiful minimal and retro Star Wars posters from POTAPOTA are perfect, conveying so much with so little. Kind of like Yoda actually. This unique poster series was designed with the best quotes from the movies and most memorable parts of the films and there are several versions to choose from. All look amazing. Several of these would look so good on my office walls… I think I have to get some for myself. So long money.

Minimal Retro Star Wars Posters

Minimal Retro Star Wars Posters

Minimal Retro Star Wars Posters

Minimal Retro Star Wars Posters

Minimal Retro Star Wars Posters

Scifi Staff by — December 28, 2015 in Art 0
Star Trek Spock 1:12 Collective Action Figure From Mezco

Star Trek Spock Collective Action Figure From Mezco
Can you look at this new Mezco figure and not think of it as the best TOS era Spock action figure ever? No, you can’t. Because it quite simply is the best. If you can show me a better Spock from that era, I’d love to see it. This is the first in Mezco’s new One:12 Collective range of super-detailed actions figures. I can’t wait to see more of the crew.

He has a real fabric uniform. He also has two head sculpts: one with an arched eyebrow. He also comes with multiple hands, including live long and prosper and mind meld poses. The equipment is just as good as the rest of this set. The communicator, phaser and tricorder have articulated details as well. Not to mention the fact that this is a stunning likeness to Leonard Nimoy. Well done Mezco. You have my money. Spock will be available in June, but you can pre-order him right now.

Star Trek Spock Collective Action Figure From Mezco

Star Trek Spock Collective Action Figure From Mezco

Star Trek Spock Collective Action Figure From Mezco

Star Trek Spock Collective Action Figure From Mezco

Star Trek Spock Collective Action Figure From Mezco

Star Trek Spock Collective Action Figure From Mezco

Star Trek Spock Collective Action Figure From Mezco

Scifi Staff by — December 21, 2015 in Toys/Collectibles 0
The Lost Family Portraits Of Sci-Fi Icons

The Lost Family Portraits Of Sci-Fi Icons
Berlin, Germany based artist Sanja Zakovska created this fun series called The Lost Family Portraits. It depicts some of our favorite Sci-Fi icons in antique style portraits. The best one is the Alien/Predator family portrait with Predator dad, Alien mom and Facehugger child.

This is a clever and fun series that puts some familiar faces into our past and lets us view them as if in a scrapbook.

The Lost Family Portraits Of Sci-Fi Icons

The Lost Family Portraits Of Sci-Fi Icons

The Lost Family Portraits Of Sci-Fi Icons

The Lost Family Portraits Of Sci-Fi Icons

The Lost Family Portraits Of Sci-Fi Icons

Scifi Staff by — December 15, 2015 in Art 0
First Trailer For Star Trek Beyond


Many Star Trek fans have been less than thrilled at the previous entries in the new reboot series. I count myself among them. Against all better judgement I am going to be cautiously optimistic about the next installment titled Star Trek Beyond. Whether you enjoy these new Trek movies or not, you have to acknowledge that this first trailer for Beyond is full of action. They seem to be going for a very Guardians Of The Galaxy vibe, which worries me a bit since they just need to do their own thing. Then again, look how well that worked out so…

The trailer is rocking the classic Beastie Boys song “Sabotage”. I’m hoping for some good Trek. It’s been awhile.

Scifi Staff by — December 15, 2015 in Movies/TV 0
Guardians of the Galaxy Cosplay: Nebula & Gamora

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosplay Nebula & Gamora
This beautiful pair is AmberSkies Cosplay and Sara Moni Cosplay doing an amazing shoot as the daughters of Thanos, Nebula and Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy. AmberSkies stitched all of Nebula’s clothing pieces together herself! She also created all of the mechanical pieces of Nebula’s bionic arm, face, and head. It is no wonder that she came in first place in the Women’s category for the official Marvel cosplay contest at San Diego Comicon 2015. That is some real talent.

Gamora is looking pretty awesome too. They did a fantastic job. Super professional. The photos speak for themselves. The photographers here are: Posing with London’s Lens, Craig’s Cosplay Corral, Alvin Johnson Photography & David Ngo. All did great work. I mean play. As always I am equally blown away by both the photography and the cosplay.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosplay Nebula & Gamora

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosplay Nebula & Gamora

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosplay Nebula & Gamora

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosplay Nebula & Gamora

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosplay Nebula & Gamora

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Scifi Staff by — November 19, 2015 in Cosplay 0