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Cronenberg Brings You The Fly The Opera

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David Cronenberg has become a genius or is incredibly stupid. He and Grammy and Oscar-winner composer Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings) have teamed up with Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) to bring you The Fly The Opera, an operatic adaptation of Cronenberg’s 1986 film The Fly.

I don’t know much about operas but I do know who Plácido Domingo is, and they got him to conduct the U.S. premiere for the LA Opera, who commissioned the opera. In the world of stuffy music Domingo is a heavy-hitter, so having him involved adds some street-cred I would guess.

Time magazine described The Fly as “a profound parable on love and loss.” Uhm… what, no Brundle-Fly vomit?

Below Shore talks about The Fly The Opera.

Know Your Robots

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on July 1, 2008
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The Measure of a Robot

Not too sure if the robot you just ran into is evil or good? Is it a little too human-like or does it look like a big old trashcan? Well let this handy-dandy chart be your guide. From WALL-E to 7 of 9, this chart can be your guideline to knowing your robots and their intentions.

Source - io9

Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs Out Today!

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on June 24, 2008
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Futurama: Beast With A Billion Backs Today is the day my fellow Futurama fans. Today is the release of the second Futurama film - The Beast With A Billion Backs hits the shelves today.

Described as a “depraved, yet sensuous” adventure, writer and producer David X. Cohen refers to it as “disturbing.” He goes on to say “There is certainly more of an adult theme in this film than the average Futurama episode.” Well with quotes like “These aren’t tentacles, they’re gentacles!” I think that’s pretty obvious.

So what’s the movie about and what tasty bits are included in the DVD you may ask coffin-stuffer? Well let me tell you…

In Futurama’s latest and most tentacle-packed epic, space itself rips open, revealing a gateway to another universe. But what lies beyond? Horror? Love? Or maybe both, if it happens to contain a repulsive, planet-sized monster with romantic intentions! Nothing less than the fate of human and robot-kind is at stake as the Futurama crew takes on The Beast with a Billion Backs.

The Beast With A Billion Backs will be presented in widescreen format with English Dolby Surround 5.1, along with French and Spanish subtitles. Bonus features include:

-Commentary By Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Rowe, Claudia Katz, Peter Avanzino and Lee Supercinski
-Futurama The Lost Adventure - a long-lost full-length adventure produced for the video game with audio commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Rowe, J. Stewart Burns and Lee Supercinski
-Meet Yivo! Featurette with David Cross
-A Brief History Of Deathball Featurette
-Blooperama: The Futurama Cast At
-3D Models With Animator Discussion
-Storyboard Animatic: The Beast With A Billion Backs, Part One
-A Sneak Peek at the Next Futurama Epic! -Deleted Scenes/Storyboards: Original Opening, Fry and Colleen Meeting, St. Asimov Parade, Zapp and Scientists, Amy Fry and Leela, Scruffy the Janitor
-Futurama: Bender’s Game - a sneak peek at the next Futurama epic!

That should keep you busy.

Alien 1:1 Scale Will Make You Crap Yourself

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on June 19, 2008
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AlienThis is a life size Alien made of steal, resin, rigid foam and the fear of God - I think I may have just peed myself just a little. Really.

If you feel the need to scare the living hell out of say your neighbors, dogs attempting to befoul your lawn or your friends when they need to use the toilet, then this is the very thing to do it.

The folks at Monster Galaxy are responsible for this stunning nightmare. It’s ultra-realistic and can cause a heart attack in just 3 seconds.

And just like any other supermodel, Alien has his own stats:

Stands 7 feet 7 inches
Resin and Rigid Foam Head
Transparent Dental Acrylic Lips
Vacu-Form Dome
Steel Armature, Armature Wire in Tail to pose
Wood Base (4′ by 2′) Heal Pins into Steel Bracket
Latex and Polyfoam Body & Tail

That is so hot.

This fine specimen of Alien lov’n can be yours for the low price of $5,200.00 plus shipping! Diaper not included.

Source - Gizmodo

Trek Animated Series/”Common People” Mashup

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on June 5, 2008
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This mashup video of William Shatner’s version of Pulp’s Common People and clips of the Star Trek Animated series has been making the rounds on the Internets, as far be it for ZMP not to follow the crowd.



Crotchety Old Fan Brings Back Classic ScFi

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on June 3, 2008
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What is a jaded SciFi fan to do these days when the SciFi Channel just seems to not care about you anymore? Yeah, yeah, there’s Battlestar Galactica but really… what have they done for us lately? Well if you’re a guy like Steve Davidson you start your own SciFi channel is what you do my friend. And Steve did just that, well kind of. Steve has set up on the Internet The Classic Science Fiction Channel, a place to watch a good number of classic SciFi. From Johnny Soko and His Flying Robot to Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Steve’s on a mission to bring back the SciFi to Science Fiction.

As Steve explains

“THIS is the channel I’d watch on a regular basis - even if it was only on for background noise. Sure, some of the shows are definitely hokey and I’d probably flip over to Discovery or History when they aired (even despite the fact that this would be my own channel) - but from the small bit of research I’ve done on the net, every single one of them has a fan base that would love to be able to see them on the boob tube again, so who am I to judge?”

How can we argue that? Now it’s off to watch The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.

Source - BoingBoing

FUTURAMA MOVIE: The Beast With A Billion Backs Trailer

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on May 29, 2008
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Apparently this is the “official color tailer” for the upcoming FUTURAMA movie The Beast With A Billion Backs. I’m not too sure since the quality is pretty craptastic. And why emphasis that it’s in color? Whatever skin coffin. It’s still got me all a flitter.

Source - Ain’t It Cool

Your Memorial Day Weekend Post

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on May 23, 2008
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We’re going away for the Memorial Day weekend to partake of the grilled flesh of God’s Green Earth, attend a wedding, drink Pyrate Rum and practice our marksmen skills. So to kick off this thrill-a-minute weekend we give you one of the greatest geek-a-liciouses homemade music videos ever… the Rotersand Dalek Music Video. Bask in its asskickery and such.


Battlestar Galactica’s SIX to play Dominatrix

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on May 20, 2008
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As if all of the rabid Six fans don’t have enough to froth about, Tricia Helfer (the actress who plays Six in Battlestar Galactica) is starring as a dominatrix in a new movie, Walk All Over Me.

Oh boy, I already see the beads of sweat on yer forehead. Guess the trailer for the film might be in order then…

Source - Sci Fi Forums

Sulu Is Getting Hitched!

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on May 20, 2008
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In celebration of California overturning its gay marriage ban, ZMP gives you some pretty swank Trekkie/Heroes fan news…

George Takei is getting hitched! Yes, you heard it. Mr. Takei is finally able to web is long-term dude Brad Altman.

Takei, best known for his roll as Sulu on Star Trek and recently as Kaito Nakamura on Heroes, announced that he and Altman will now marry, and is overjoyed by the craptastic ban on same-sex marriage being overturned .

“Our California dream is reality,” Takei wrote. “Brad Altman and I can now marry…. At long last, the barrier to full marriage rights for same-sex couples has been torn down.”

Mr. Takei, we here at ZMP wish you and Brad all the luck in the world, and in celebration of this auspicious moment we would like to highlight one of your other finest moments… your PSA from Jimmy Kimmel Live -


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