Awesome Sci-fi

Sure, Junkworks’ E.T.A. may be a sci-fi short film, but interstellar truck driver Marvin is a not so far-fetched look into our futures where life imitates art–however horrifyingly banal.

Arnold really meant it when he’d be back: this 12″, 1:6 scale T-800 figure is a spot-on replica of the Governator in Terminator 2, complete with detachable left endoskeleton arm.

NSFW: Duke Nukem Forever will forever be vaporware, but that hasn’t stopped fans; this live-action trailer is what the game should have been–campy, cigar-chomping, and kick-ass.

History Channel’s Life After People: The Series begins where the original film left off, with in-depth looks at the decay of cities like L.A. and London; it includes 10 episodes on 3 discs.

It’s a somewhat incoherent mix of Star Wars, 2001, and 2012, but sci-fi short film Energy Hunter scores points for excellent cinematography and some truly stunning locations.

MST3K fans will always watch movies with Tom Servo and Crow in mind, but these laser-cut Mst3shades literally keep them in your field of vision; plans here; Ponoko-version here.

Shipping 2/27/10, the 9″ tall Dr. Horrible Animated Maquette is more wonderflonium than horrible; it’s limited to 1,000 statues and includes his goggles and Freeze Ray gun.

Although perfect for JJ Abram’s new, sexi-fied film, these 7mm Star Trek Wetsuits are styled after The Original Series; choose from Command Yellow, Science Blue, and Engineering Red.

Shunichi Makin’s been busy ever since his mini-HAL 9000; he’s created not one but three super-deformed versions of Iron Man in papercraft, each with 3-4 printable PDF files.

It’ll be 2010 before we can name everything on this Science Fiction Screen Print; it’s a giant 14″x34″ poster with 61 robots, 58 aliens, and 30 icons from sci-fi film, tv, books, and games.

Quietus (Part 1, Part 2) is a glacially slow sci-fi short but still intriguing; it was shot on an 8k budget, filmed in the style of Kubrick’s 2001, and uses the same Death Valley locations as Star Wars.

Queen fans may want to plug their ears, but Luke Ski’s Battlestar Rhapsody is a parody fit for an Opera House; best lines: “All the Hell, WTF, FTL!” and “Nothing frakking matters to me…”

Despite exposition courtesy Dicaprio, this trailer for Inception does little to help us understand its plot; still, we’re liking the mind games aspect of this sci-fi thriller, due out summer 2010.

Though far shorter than previous trailers, these Assassin and Savage trailers for Mass Effect 2 manage to be both entertaining and succinct; in the deep words of Grunt: “I love to fight.”

Bioware co-founder Ray Muzyka gives us an overview of Mass Effect 2’s new features in this Upgrades Interview; he covers the improved combat system, exploration, and progression.

This Story trailer for Alien vs. Predator is actually light on the story and heavy on the gory; if there’s a brighter future with Weyland-Yutani, it sure as hell ain’t working as a colonial marine.

Mass Effect 2’s Infilitrator class gets a stealthy reveal in the trailer above: it only focuses on one talent–the tactical cloak–but it’s perfect for games of hide and geth seek.

Confirmed for the US: Alien vs. Predator: Hunter Edition gets up close and personal with a Facehugger model, Weyland Yutani badge, hardcover graphic novel, and 4 multiplayer maps.

The SG team finally gets a proper release Stargate: 15th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray; it includes both the theatrical and director’s cuts, lossless audio, and three new featurettes.

Thinking man’s brand the-affair is back with two tees from Geek Lit 101: Deep One is based on H.P. Lovecraft’s undersea monsters while 42 celebrates Douglas Adam’s Answer.

Bioshock 2 unloads a triplet of little sisters gameplay trailers that show off three of its team-based multiplayer modes; included: Capture the Sister, Turf Wars, and Civil War.

Transformers: 25th Anniversary Matrix of Leadership Edition is an uber-set for fans: it includes all 98 episodes of G1 on 16 DVDs, a 60-page book, and Autobot and Decepticon magnets.

Move over zombies, the plant apocalypse is upon us: check out three clips from sci-fi/horror classic Day of the Triffids, which gets a reboot on BBC One at the end of December.