Science Fiction & Fantasy

RoboCop Heads Back to Theaters for 30th Anniversary

Our favorite robot cop is ready to protect and serve again. Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of the 1987 classic RoboCop, and to celebrate, director Paul Verhoeven’s film is returning to theaters for a…

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on VHS

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on April 4th, but here is a surprise you didn’t know about. It looks like it has been available on VHS since the 1980s. Nah. Not…

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1980s Version of the Westworld Intro

We have quite a long wait until we get season 2 of Westworld, so in the meantime, check out this fun 1980s version of the show’s iconic title sequence. Tom Gosling (a.k.a. “MessyPandas“) created this cool video…

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Terminator: A Synthwave Tribute

The original Terminator epitomized the neo-futurist looks, sounds and hairdos of the 1980s. While Brad Fiedel’s original theme music was pretty awesome, Andrew Parkhurst’s tribute track, Sarah’s Fate is even better. It perfectly captures the synth sounds…

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Mad Max: Fury Road ’80s Style Trailer

The Mad Max saga dates back to the late 1970s and 1980s, so it’s only appropriate that Mad Max: Fury Road should get a 1980s style tribute, don’t you think? Erick Solis and Ricardo Trevino of Playback…

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Kung Fury Might Just Be the Best Thing Ever

After a lengthy wait, Kung Fury, the crowdfunded ’80s style action movie has finally been released, and it was well worth the wait. It’s packed with cheesy video effects and synth pop, intentionally bad acting, laser raptors,…

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Back to the Future and TRON Mashed up in Retrowave

Get ready for some high octane eye candy. This amazingly cool ’80s style animation mashes together Back to the Future with TRON. The result is a pure eye-gasm. If this doesn’t leave you drooling and wanting more,…

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Sci-Fi Faces Done in ’80s Style

This ’80s style face collection featuring famous sci-fi faces is from Murcia, Spain based artist StudioM6 is pretty cool. He certainly captured the style of the era perfectly.h. Darth Vader and The Terminator are the best. Also…

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1982 MAD Magazine Predicts the Future of Star Wars

I recently picked up the May 1982 issue of MAD Magazine, because I loved the Space Invaders cover art. But when I cracked open the issue, I came across a particularly amusing little gem – a parody…

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Doctor Who on a TRS-80

The old Radio Shack TRS-80 (aka the “Trash 80”) is one of my earliest memories of the personal computing era. The Tom Baker era of Doctor Who is also one of my fondest memories of growing up,…

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AXN SCI-FI: ’80s Cinema Arcade

The 1980s are associated with some of the best and most entertaining science fiction flicks of all time. In this clever commercial spot for European channel AXN SCI-FI, they pay tribute to the decade by placing iconic…

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Gremlins Knit Sweater

Looking for the perfect ugly holiday sweater? Look no further than this officially-licensed Gremlins knit sweater. Designed by Middle of Beyond and Mondo, the knit acrylic sweater is just the thing for any child of the ’80s.…

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Blade Runner Revisited > 3.6 Gigapixels

1982’s Blade Runner is one of the all-time greatest science fiction movies, inspiring the scenic design, costumes, cinematography and plotlines of many films that would follow. We’re even starting to get technology that mimics that seen in…

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