Awesome Sci-fi

You won’t need an alien hand to own one, but you’ll need a steady hand to make one: learn how to build your own District 9 Gun using XPS foam, Isopon P38, cardboard, and PVA glue.

The ragdoll death animations are a bit silly, but space combat looks (and sounds, thanks to “audio simulation files”) absolutely epic in this Escalation trailer for Shattered Horizon.

Featuring music from and to be released with Angels & Airwaves’ third album, Love is a full-length, visually stunning sci-fi film about a man trapped on the International Space Station.

World War Z’s Max Brooks takes a trip down undead memory lane with Recorded Attacks; it’s a graphic novel with “historical” short stories from ancient Rome to the modern West Coast.

In theaters 11/25/09, The Road’s second trailer is light on new revelations but still delivers; we catch glimpses of more action sequences as well as heartening father and son dialog.

Now available: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time concludes the Future trilogy and goes out with a Qwark-laden bang in the launch trailer above; it’s also Insomniac’s last 60fps game.

Mainstream literature has always kept sci-fi at tentacle’s length, but The Secret History of Science Fiction explores the no-man’s land between both with 19 thought-provoking short stories.

The official domestic trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar is up; a teaser it ain’t, with over three minutes of somewhat weighty dialog, flying Na’Vi, and Sigourney Weaver looking pissed.

Sci-fi/martial arts flick The Cup Of Tears is extremely low-budget, but we couldn’t tell from this trailer: it’s a hybrid CGI/Live Action film by Gary Short that’s shot using a RED camera.

Note to self: when creepy narrator speaks of Rapture in the third person, RUN (or swim very quickly): this Siren Trailer for Bioshock 2 delivers with a nearly non-stop barrage of gameplay.

You’d have to be a targ to not love this Klingon Propaganda video, secretly released (aka viral) to recruit new sons of Kahless; the uniforms and D7 cruisers have a distinct ToS flavor.

The acting is classic low-budget disaster movie, but for sci-fi fans there’s no ignoring city-sized alien spaceships: watch the first eight minutes of ABC’s reimagined sci-fi series, V.

Getting stranded on Earth apparently runs in the family: long before E.T. found himself stuck with Elliot, E.T. Senior finds himself in a similar predicament with this Home, Jeeves tee.

Ryan Dunlavey’s Comic Strip Mashups awesomely marry science fiction and weekend funnies; Dark Side and Fantastic Family Circus rock, but there’s no beating Spy vs Spy vs AvP.

It’s not quite as comprehensive as the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Generator, but 42 Essential Plot Twists scores points for its twisted creativity–helpfully illustrated with equally twisted drawings.

Because even Sith Lords need to do PowerPoint presentations: these Lightsaber Laser Pointers are available in Vader and Maul styles, perfect for pointing out, say, two-meter exhaust vents.