Gotta Get Back In Time!

Well unfortunately that doesn't seem likely.

Empire Awards

Let's skip over all that pretentious crap

Empire magazine is now running its annual film awards show in which it looks to find the best flm released in he UK in 2011.

New Frankenweenie Trailer is Full of References

Igor...

A new trailer has arrived for Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, a retelling of the Classic Mary Shelly tale with kids in mind. you'll be pleased to see Burton has lost none of his Gothic styling and dark humour. And best of all for all you movie geeks, there's loads of references to the classic films form the 30's,40's and 50's.

Ralph McQuarrie Has Sadly Passed Away Aged 82

Where would Sci-Fi be without him?

It kind of sucks that the first official post on our new site has to be so somber, but it is important to recognise the work of a true artistic genius, without whom, Star Wars would never have been the universally loved king of science-fiction that it is today.

Without McQuarrie's work, it is unlikely that 20th Century Fox would have taken the gamble on George Lucas' series which McQuarrie had been working on long before it was ever commissioned. Following the success of Star Wars, Lucas commissioned him to work on Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

McQuarrie even eventually won an Oscar for his work on Cocoon. I wish I could say more about this spectacular artists work, but sadly, I, like many, didn't know much about him, partly because fans don't often hear much about concept artists which we hope will soon change.

He will be surely missed by so many people and our thoughts are with his family. 

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Click "read more" below for some of McQuarrie's iconic art:

New Blog

This is a new, experimental blog set up for Jake by me because I knew he wanted to do it but he is too lazy to start a new blog. So I started it for him. This blog will be about TV shows, films and everything in between. Expect more updates soon.