Cracked magazine has an entertaining and informative list of seven very good reasons why a Zombie Apocalypse is unlikely. (Eight if you include the fact that zombies don’t really exist, except in video games, congress or the insect kingdom)
http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly_p1.html
You may or may not remember the animated TV series, “Space Battleship Yamato” (aka “Starblazers” in the U.S.), but the Japanese are quietly hatching a live action version that appears to be nearing completion. Even without giant Tokyo-stomping lizards, this one looks to be eye-pleasing fun for sci-fi, tokusatsu and anime fans.
Learn more at the film’s website, http://www.yamato-movie.net.
Here’s a “proof of concept” CGI short which may or may not turn out to be yet another Hollywood sci-fi action flick. According to Director David Weinstein from Black Sun Entertainment, it is intended to be a new take on the classic Hamlet theme set in space. Except, you know, if Hamlet was a Space Ninja and didn’t talk so much.
Anyway, it’s certainly visually exciting:
This winter or thereabouts will bring much love to fans of the steampunk genre in the guise of the new animated film War of the Worlds: Goliath. Set fourteen years after H.G.Well’s first Martian invasion, this movie promises so much eye-popping animated goodness I don’t think it even matters if it HAS a story. I hope it does, but I think a lot of people will be happy just to see the rivets fly. Check out the official website at http://wotw-goliath.com/
10 reasons global warming is GOOD:
1) Global warming will result in severe droughts, especially in Africa. Eventually, Africa will become a vast, uninhabitable desert, bringing an end to centuries of famine and social injustice as the entire population of the continent is reduced to a half-dozen camels and those funny little lizards that stand on only two feet at a time.
2) The melting of polar ice will open up the Northwest Passage and uncover badly needed oil deposits. Russians will no longer have to wear those silly looking furry hats, much to the relief of the local Ermine population.
3) Starvation and disease caused by adverse climatic changes will ultimately kill a lot people, reducing greenhouse emmissions and increasing the value of labor. It will become easier to find parking spaces.
4) The deterioration of social services as a result of the massive die-off will mean only the most self-sufficient will survive. Natural selection will finally be permitted to weed out the oldest, stupidest and ugliest members of society without interference from health care and social workers, thereby vastly improving the gene pool. Sadly, the effect will be restricted to trailer parks, as rich people will continue to game the system.
5) Amphibians are very sensitive to climatic change, so Australia will finally get rid of the Cane Toad.
6) Rising sea levels will submerge Israel beneath several feet of water and produce lasting peace in the Middle East.
7) Dwindling rice yields will force Chinese refugees to migrate to Russia. Because of draconian birth control measures in China, Chinese men greatly outnumber Chinese women. However, Russia, whose male population still has not recovered from WWII, is home to record numbers of single women, who will need only open the borders to their hungry suitors to the South to solve both country’s food production and marital problems.
8 ) The inhabitants of New Orleans will finally give up trying to live in a swamp and move somewhere more sensible.
9) Reptiles will get really big again, making people more reluctant to own small, annoying dogs.
10) The collapse of the insurance industry. People will begin to voluntarily stop driving unrestrained while smoking and eating a Big Mac. Those who continue their bad habits will not be able to afford the resulting hospital bills and will soon die off. The survivors will be wiser and less burdened by intrusive laws and excessive bills. Rich people will find themselves without flood insurance to replace their submerged beach houses and will go bankrupt, thus clearing the way for the smarter, prettier people of the trailer parks to assume control. Move over Big Brother, Black Velvet Elvis is watching you.