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2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey is an influential 1968 science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay, written by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, deals with themes of human evolution and technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life. The film is notable for its scientific realism, pioneering use of special effects, and reliance upon ambiguous yet provocative imagery and sound in place of traditional techniques of narrative cinema.....read more

War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novella which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spanning several films and a television series based on the story. When The War of the Worlds was broadcast on the radio, it caused a public panic because it was in such a realistic style that people thought that it was a news broadcast describing current real events of a real alien invasion.....read more

Star Trek

Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment series and media franchise. The Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the setting of six television series including the original 1966 Star Trek, in addition to ten Star Trek feature films (with an eleventh Star Trek in pre-production), dozens of Star Trek computer and video games, hundreds of Star Trek novels and other fan stories, as well as a themed Star Trek attraction in Las Vegas. The Star Trek TV series alone is said to be one of the biggest cult phenomena of modern times.....read more

Star Wars

Star Wars Star Wars is an epic space opera saga and a fictional universe initially developed by George Lucas during the 1970s and expanded since that time. The first film was Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), which was released on May 25, 1977, by 20th Century Fox. Star Wars became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, spawning two sequels subtitled as The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Twenty-two years later a Star Wars prequel trilogy, set before the original Star Wars trilogy, was released.....read more

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine created by William Moulton Marston. Two strong women, his wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston and Olive Byrne, a mutual lover, served as exemplars for the character and greatly influenced her creation. Wonder Woman first appeared in All Star Comics #8 (Dec. 1941). Wonder Woman is among the first — and most famous — comic book superheroines, Wonder Woman is a founding member of the Justice League. In addition to comic books, Wonder Woman was featured in the popular 1975 to 1979 television adaptation starring Lynda Carter, as well as the Super Friends and Justice League animated series. A Wonder Woman 2009 motion picture adaptation has been announced....read more

Terminator

Terminator The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Michael Biehn. It is the first work in the Terminator franchise. The Terminator series is a franchise encompassing a series of science fiction films and ancillary media concerning battles between Skynet's artificially intelligent machine network, and John Connor's Tech-Com forces and the rest of the human race. Skynet's most well-known products in its genocidal goals are the various terminator models, such as the original "Terminator" character, portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in three Terminator films......read more