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Of Invincible Aliens that were Easily Vanquished

by storiesbywilliams on February 26, 2013 in Books, Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged achilles heel, alien invasion, Battle: Los Angeles, Battlefield Earth, battleship, borg queen, captain picard, h.g. wells, Independence Day, John Travolta, Kang and Kodos, L. Ron Hubbard, locutus, M. Night Shyamalan, martian tripods, martians, Paul Verhoeven, Q, rihanna, science fiction, scientology, signs, Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, the borg, The Day of the Triffids, the simpsons, The War of the Worlds, Transformers, uss enterprise, USS Missouri, uss voyager

If there’s one thing that’s become an annoying cliche in commercial science fiction movies, and even some novels, it’s the idea of a super-advanced alien race that come to Earth, proceeds to kick ass, but then gets beaten by a ragtag bunch of superheroes by the most implausible means. You know what I’m talking about, […]

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The Milli-Motein: A “Real-Life Transfomer”?

by storiesbywilliams on January 2, 2013 in Future, News, Technology and tagged bionic limbs, digital fabrication, electronic dissolvable implants, future tech, futurism, medimachine, miili-motein, MIT labs, nanotech, nanotechnology, programmable matter, ray kurzweil, smartmatter, swiss army knife, Transformers

It seems that the line which separates the biological world from the synthetic is growing fainter all the time. Just consider advancements made in the past year alone: In January, researchers at MIT created the world’s first medimachine. Then in September, researchers announced the development of an electronic implant that can dissolve completely inside your […]

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Awesome Sci-Fi Movie Mashup!

by storiesbywilliams on December 14, 2012 in Cool Stuff, Sci-Fi, Video and tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, aliens, Blade Runner, ET, i robot, mashup, sci-fi movies, Star Trek, Star Wars, superman movie, the matrix, the watchmen, Transformers, Tron, tron: legacy, V for Vendetta, wall-e

Behold, the cool scenes from every science fiction movie ever made, all in one video. Well, not necessarily all of them; in fact, true geeks may noticed that some of their favorites might be lacking. However, I think you’ll agree, this is a pretty good sampling of a wide array of classic films. In fact, […]

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News From Alpha Centauri!

by storiesbywilliams on October 26, 2012 in News, Space and tagged alpha centauri, alpha centauri Bb, Avatar, crematoria, exoplanets, NASA, pandora, space colonization, Star Trek, Transformers

It seems another star system is making the news recently. And much like Gliese 581, the subject is the discovery of a planet that is said to be Earth-like in orientation. Located in Alpha Centauri, a star system just 4.3 light years from our Solar System, this exoplanet is the closest discovery yet to be […]

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The Future is Here: Transforming Humvee

by storiesbywilliams on May 20, 2012 in Future and tagged humvee bioloid, robot dance, robots, Transformers, transforming humvee

I recently uncovered this video of the Humvee Bioloid, which is basically a transformer. The designers have indicated that this is their second attempt at creating real transformer technology, and swear up and down that no CGI was involved in the production of the video. Having watched it, I cannot attest to the authenticity for […]

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GIANT ROBOTS!

by storiesbywilliams on May 20, 2012 in Movies, Sci-Fi, Series and tagged at-at walkers, battle of hoth, battletech, broadside battlesuit, brood war, clone war, confederacy, dark templar, darpa, destroid tomahawk, dominion, dragoon, echo base, empire, fuchikoma, general veers, ghost in the shell, giant robots, goliath, guild wars, luke skywalker, mech, mechas, metal gear rex, metal gear solid, old republic, omnimech, protoss, robotech, rogue squadron, solid snake, Star Wars, starcraft, tachikoma, tau army, templar, the matrix of leadership, think tanks, timberworld mad cat, Transformers, UED, unicron, warhammer 40k, zentraedi, zerg

Forgive the all caps, but with a name like this, you gotta go big! Thanks to a helpful suggestion from a respected colleague (thanks Rami!), I’ve finally found the latest for my series on conceptual post. And I think my reasons for going with it are clear. Whether we are talking about mechs, mechas, walkers […]

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Of Planetkillers!

by storiesbywilliams on March 10, 2012 in Sci-Fi, Series and tagged a call to arms, A New Hope, Alastair Reynolds, alderaan, Babylon 5, buckminsterfullerene, captain kirk, chronicles of riddick, death star, doomsday device, doomsday machine, enterprise, exhaust port, first ones, forerunner artifacts, forerunner technology, halo, inhibitors, kilrathi, kilrathi empire, necromongers, planet killers, rebel alliance, Return of the Jedi, revelation space, shadow planetkiller, shadow shroud, Star Trek, Star Wars, terran confederation, the behemoth, the covenant, the flood, the forerunners, Transformers, transformers: the movie, unicron, vorlon planetkiller, wing commander, wing commander III heart of the tiger

What is it about doomsday devices that make them simultaneously scary and freakishly cool? Oh, I don’t know. Maybe it’s the fact that they can turn an entire planet into glass, render it completely uninhabitable, or just plain blow it to smithereens? If none of these things do it for you, I suggest you stop […]

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More Plot Holes and Oversights!

by storiesbywilliams on October 15, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged all spark, autobots, dark of the moon, decepticons, energon, harvester, hatchlings, matrix, matrix of leadership, megan fox, megatron, Michael Bay, movie review, movies, nemesis, neo, optimus prime, plot holes, sam witwicky, sentinel, Shia LaBeouf, squiddies, the architect, the ark, the fallen, the one, the oracle, the source, Transformers, transformers dark of the moon, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

Round two! Having done a few more reviews, I’ve come to find new instances where plot muck-ups and weak writing made a movie glaringly bad, or just brought down an otherwise good effort. Here’s what I got this time: Transformers: Yeah, I’ve come to decide that Michael Bay is my least favorite director of all […]

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Transformers (Cont’d)

by storiesbywilliams on October 4, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged all spark, Anthony Anderson, appollo 11, Appollo program, bumblebee, chernobyl, Epps, Frances McDormund, jazz, Josh Duhamel, Ken Jeong, Lennox, megatron, Michael Bay, optimus prime, original series transformers, Pooky, Rainn Wilson, Ramon Rodriguez, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, sector 7, space race, sputnik, the ark, Transformers, transformers animated series, transformers dark of the moon, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, Tyres Gibson

(Continued…) 3. Stupid Comic Relief: Not long ago, I thought George Lucas was the authority when it came to using stupid characters in a movie, ones which were intended for comic relief, but were really just annoying and oftentimes racist. Then Bay came along not once, not twice, but thrice with his own take on […]

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The Transformers Trilogy!

by storiesbywilliams on October 4, 2011 in Movies, Reviews and tagged all spark, animated series, ark, beast wars, bumblebee, cybertron, dark of the moon, ironhide, john malcovitch, john turturro, leonard nimoy, megan fox, Michael Bay, peter cullen, ratchet, Revenge of the Fallen, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, sam witwicky, Shia LaBeouf, the ark, Transformers, transformers dark of the moon, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

Awhile back, when I was first starting these reviews, I had shied away from reviewing Transformers 2. Not sure why I wanted to review it in the first place, probably just because I was looking to bash the hell out of it! But you know what they say about dead horses… However, I recently saw […]

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