Here's one section of a huge Futurama diorama that Pepa Quin made out of LEGOs:

This layout is the culmination of a work in progress for over two years. I started with the Planet Express and major characters back in February 2008. In December 2009 I expanded the building to include the sub pen, and built up a portion of the surrounding area. In late April through June 2010, I worked overtime to build an 80"x60" layout, ready in time for Brickworld 2010 on June 17th.

At the link, you can view the whole Flickr set.

The revived Futurama will debut tonight on Comedy Central. Do you plan to watch it?

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io9 has footage of the recently-released pilot for a 1975 science fiction television show called Strange New World. It was based on ideas by Gene Roddenberry, and as you can see from just the first few seconds of the video, it borrowed heavily from the library of Star Trek sound effects. io9 has information about the pilot as well as additional video:

In Strange New World, three astronauts are sent up to a space station for an experiment into suspended animation. Why do they have to be in space to be put into suspended animation? It's never entirely clear. But while they're asleep, meteors threaten to make the planet all but uninabitable. So NASA decides to extend their sleep remotely, to 180 years. (There's nobody on their space station who's not in suspended animation, because why would you do that?)

So our heroes wake up 180 years later to find an Earth that's been reduced to ruins. We find all this out in a three-minute prologue that feels like an extended opening credits. And then our heroes ride their shuttlecrafts down to Earth, where they have two adventures. We'll call them "Plato's Stepchildren with Clones," and "The Omega Glory with Tigers." In the first one, our heroes are dressed up in togas for no particular reason, and trapped in a perfect society, which has one evil secret — involving clones!! In the second one, two tribes are fighting a centuries-old conflict as they descend into barbarism — and one tribe has tigers!

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deviantART user DDRzukamori photographed this cosplayer at Anime Central 2010. It's of the character Norman Jayden, a FBI profiler from the film noir video game Heavy Rain. Just click on the function that you want to activate.

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I wonder if there is some sort of LARPing equivalent for fantasy football. Like where players would go out and physically simulate the actions of football players on the field.

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This infographic, created by someone called "Pest", shows how the lightsaber changed over the years. I didn't realize that there were so many colors. I prefer the manly shade of red for my own sidearm.

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This is a commercial for, I guess, a telecommunications provider. Question: was it cheating for Vader to use the Force?

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In 1979, Marvel printed an Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man comic book on toilet paper. I'm not sure if this is disgraceful or awesome, but I'm leaning toward the latter. io9 has selected sheets from the roll at the link.

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In this College Humor original video, brave soldiers find themselves at the mercy of a teenage boy playing Starcraft online. Poor bastards.

Toru Iwatani, the creator of Pac-Man, recently revealed a notebook of his original concept art behind the game. It dates back to 1979, and includes sketches on graph paper for the mazes and characters. You can view more images at the link.

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A fellow named Matt made this stop-motion animated video using milk jug caps as his medium. He spray painted the caps the appropriate colors, placed LEGO blocks inside the caps, and then fixed them as needed onto a base board that likewise had flat LEGO blocks on the surface. The result was this nifty video illustrating several classic video games, including Pac-Man and Pong.

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Today is Bruce Campbell Day (PBUH), so Sci Fi Wire decided to create four labels for Campbell's Soup cans that have the actor's name and deeds inscribed upon them. They are "Bisque o' County Jr," "Cream of Darkness," "Gumbo Ho-Tep," and "Autolycus Cheese." You can download and print them at the link.

And may The Bruce be with you during today's festivities.

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This golf cart allegedly belongs to Christopher Nolan, the director of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. It's modeled after the tumbler Batmobile from those movies. You can view more pictures at the link.

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Deafula was a 1975 movie by Peter Wolf that was performed entirely in American Sign Language. IMDB summarizes its plot as "A theology student finds himself turning into a vampire and hunting other students for their blood." The above video is a short clip.

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At first glance, this looks like a clip from a forgotten 80s children's cartoon. The details are great, such as the station logo in the upper-left corner and the YouTube title designating this video as part of episode 12. But it's actually a clever parody of one little bit of modern Internet life. Enjoy this short adventure of Princess Galactica and Marshall Renegade created by the animation house SFA.

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deviantART user Dopelgunder made a steampunk helmet from Halo. At his gallery, you can also view his steampunk Xbox casemod and a few other items adjusted for the retro Victorian look.

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