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'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Official Trailer Breakdown
Well, the first official trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story has come out, and this trailer makes the movie look way better than the teaser. So, I'll be doing a frame-by-frame breakdown of the trailer, analyzing some shots, giving information, and making predictions about what we can expect to see from the upcoming Star Wars anthology film.
By Jonathan Sim8 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'The Crossing' 1.2
The Crossing moved into its regular season last night—or maybe it did a week ago, when its first episode was rebroadcast on ABC, having first played earlier on Hulu—but the series is anything but regular, and I mean that in pretty much a good way.
By Paul Levinson8 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'The War Master: Only The Good'
Doctor Who fans seem to have long memories, stretching back decades at times. So it shouldn't be hard to remember the episode, "Utopia," first broadcast in 2007, which featured legendary British thespian Sir Derek Jacobi as the kindly but eccentric Professor Yana. Except that, as the episode's finale revealed, Yana, in reality, the Doctor's arch-nemesis, The Master. Viewers only got a few minutes of Jacobi properly in the role before he regenerated into John Simm but fans have been itching for more ever since, especially in light of further explorations of the Time War. It seems only right then that Big Finish has brought Jacobi's Master and in style to boot with The War Master: Only The Good.
By Matthew Kresal8 years ago in Futurism
Jibo, the World's First Social Home Robot That Will Leave You Stunned
Made by Cynthia Breazeal, Jibo is the first social robot. Like the Google Home or Amazon's Echo, Jibo brings you a new kind of experience when it comes to owning a home robot. Unlike the competitors, Jibo reacts as if he was a living being using his robotic body to move around and his facial features to recognize different people. Not only does he refer to himself as a male, but he looks at you with his intense eyes when he is replying to a question or giving you information. You can ask him anything from "what's on the news" to "what is the weather going to be like?"
By Vincent Tyminski8 years ago in Futurism
Introduction to Buddhism: a Three Part Series on Buddhism
Buddhism is a spiritual path that is difficult to call a religion. This is because there aren’t any gods or goddesses that are prayed to. However, it does have some creeds that make it similar to religions. Since Buddhism is such a broad topic, there will be at least three articles that discuss the Buddhism. The first article will cover the history of Buddhism, which consists of who the founder is, and it will introduce some of the doctrines. The second will deal directly with core doctrines that are found in Buddhism. It will go into detail about them. The third will give some ideas of how to implement Buddhism into your daily life, or if you so decide, convert to Buddhism. It will also include some of the various sects of Buddhism that are found around the world.
By New Age Thoughts Chicago8 years ago in Futurism
False Vacuum Theory. Top Story - April 2018.
Coming to the realization that there just might be a "start over" button for the entire universe can be pretty unnerving... not knowing for sure whether the physics we use in our world today are legitimate is even more terrifying. Yet here I am with another unproven theory. This one's about the evolving False Vacuum Theory.
By Sarah McDaniel8 years ago in Futurism
Review of 'Timeless' 2.4
A very thoughtful, altogether excellent episode 2.4 of Timeless last night, in which: Rufus tells Jiya not to tell him her visions of the future because his knowledge of them, and the impossibility of his then not acting upon them, causes them to come true—even though they're bad, and he's doing everything he can in the past to make sure they don't come true. This provides a nice set piece of a time-travel classic gambit: someone goes back in the past to prevent some tragedy from happening and that very trip to the past is the thing that causes that tragedy. It's a "can't escape fate" kind of time loop, and it's ironic and irresistible and (yeah) I've used it myself in some of my time-travel stories. It's therefore fun to see Rufus try to opt out of it. Just as it will be fun to see, sooner or later, that such opting out or avoidance of the paradox will be impossible, too.
By Paul Levinson8 years ago in Futurism
