Awesome Science Fiction

A wonderful homage to classic science fiction films, C tells the story of a Lieutenant with a mysterious agenda who hijacks a fighter ship and its deadly payload. Shot without CGI, using in-camera effects.

If you’re a sci-fi fan, you know the isolation of a space helmet can result in both awesome and terrifying moments. Here, Keith Melton supercuts classic helmet scenes to an appropriate soundtrack.

The latest teaser for Star Trek: Into Darkness raises more questions – why is the villain wearing a Starfleet uniform? Why is Chekov wearing red?! – and unmistakable nods to Wrath of Khan.

After disaster makes humanity abandon Earth, a father and son (Will and Jaden Smith) crash land on the planet and must survive a dramatically-changed world. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

The Earth finds itself under siege from an alien race on the hunt for a missing artifact, while a lone resistance fighter uses that very artifact against them. An impressive short film by Nicholas Militello.

Peter Hyoguchi’s collaborative, crowd-funded Anime series has completed its first episode, introducing us to the incredible hidden genetic abilities of its protagonists, including the ability to turn into mechs.

60 years after the Earth is decimated by an attack, Tom Cruise returns to the surface of the planet to repair drones, and discovers a group of survivors in Oblivion, directed by Joe Kosinski (TRON:Legacy).

The crew of the Enterprise returns home from a mission to find Starfleet in ruin, and the world under siege from a vengeful terrorist (Khan?) hell-bent on destruction. Slightly longer Japanese teaser here.

Directed by Kasra Farahani, Art Director on films such as Thor and MiB3, and shot by Chris Manley, DP on Mad Men, NOON is a short film set in a future where the Sun no longer moves through the sky.

(NSFW:Language) Awesomer reader Dennis Liu and friends Ryan Condal and Jonathan Hsu made this sci-fi film about a convenient, yet privacy-invading tech which tracks our movements to reduce crime.

Neil Harvey’s moving short film, made using footage from NASA archives. Robbie is a fictional story about Robonaut, who ends up being upgraded with the best feature of all: humanity.

(GORE) Judge Dredd and a newbie officer drop in on a bunch of junkies in this clip from Dredd. Looks like the movie will redefine slow motion, combining it with trippy colors and ripple effects.

The latest trailer for the Colin Farrell remake of the classic sci-fi action flick further reinforces its deep connections with the original, including ample cheesy dialogue and a three-boobed hooker.

Not to be confused with the video game of the same name, Andrew Will’s science fiction film centers on a events which result in the emergence of an intelligence and power greater than our own.

Artist Anders Ramsell took nearly a year to create 3285 individual aquarelle paintings to brilliantly replicate key moments from Ridley Scott’s science fiction classic Blade Runner.

A behind the scenes clip with bits of creepy footage. But perhaps the creepiest thing in this video is the revelation that Logan Marshall-Green is a different person from Tom Hardy.

The latest Prometheus trailer has a near 3 minute runtime, telling more of the story and revealing more of Ridley Scott’s stunning vision than ever. God, we hope this is as good as it looks.

YouTuber Hatinhand returns with his latest montage, a killer tribute to science fiction flicks, including classics like Blade Runner, Inception, The Matrix, and not-so-classics like Battle: Los Angeles.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a “looper” who kills off targets the mob sends back into the past – until they decide to clean up loose ends by sending his own future self (Bruce Willis) back for elimination.

Originally shown at WonderCon, the latest trailer for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus shows even more flashes of madness and horrifying – or at least icky – imagery. Are those Facebursters?

Leaked out from this past weekend’s WonderCon, here’s a thrilling first look at SyFy’s upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel, Blood & Chrome, set in the 10th year of the first Cylon war.

In this teaser spot for the remake, we catch a glimpse of Colin Farrell as Doug Quaid. We’re still not sold, but a little hopeful about this one. We doubt it’ll have as much broken glass.

(NSFW: Language) YouTuber Belated Media re-imagines Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, focusing on Obi Wan, streamlining the action and of course doing away with Jar Jar Binks.