NASA Animation of Return to Moon

Here is an excellent NASA computer animation of their current plan for mankind's return to the moon. It covers the mission from launch to splashdown. Without any voice over, it explains the entire mission in simple visual terms.




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County Ghost: A Cartoon Series for Halloween

Happy Halloween everybody! Here's a perfect treat for you. County Ghost is a lovely cartoon series by Mike Geiger. It's about a happy homeowner who finds himself doing battle with a ghost. He tries everything to protect his little home. Will anything work?

Episode 1: Not My Moonshine


Episode 2: The Big Suck


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The Graveyard Book: Neil Gaiman Reads the Entire Book Aloud

Coming just in time for Halloween, author Neil Gaiman has posted videos of his public readings of his latest novel, The Graveyard Book. You can hear the entire book which is about a child who is raised by the ghosts and werewolves who inhabit a haunted graveyard. He's a good reader and this story is perfect for a nice haunted listening session. The book is aimed at middle readers.

Watch all Chapters of The Graveyard Book Reading

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There Will Come Soft Rains: Russian Animation

Here is a science fiction animation from the former Soviet Union. It is based on a Ray Bradbury short story about a robot caretaker that keeps functioning even after some sort of nuclear annihilation. This is one of those wonderful Russian films that makes you think and creates an unforgettable atmosphere.




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Presto: Animated Short from Pixar

Here's a very nice little animation from the Pixar group at Disney. I like it. It looks good, it moves quickly, it's funny, and it's short. It concerns a magician's rabbit who is hungry for a carrot just before a magic show. He wants that carrot pretty badly and will stop at nothing to get it.




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How to Hook Up Your Home Theater: A Goofy Cartoon From Disney

Here's a new cartoon from Disney starring Goofy. It's about all the excitement of going out and buying a brand new television and setting it all up to perfection as only Goofy can. It's also the first Goofy theatrical cartoon since 1961. The film was made entirely without paper as an experiment by Disney to see if they could make a film with the look of a 1940s animation, but using computer drawing tablets. I think the experiment turned out well for them and perhaps it will give the company a welcome alternative to the Pixar computer animation they have been so inexplicably attached to.



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Star Trek Comics for Free Online

Star Trek comic books from the 60s and 70s are available for free viewing on the Wowio.com site. The Planet of No Return was published in 1967, during the original run of the TV series. It is about an encounter with intelligent and hostile plant life forms.

The series was originally published by Gold Key Comics.

Have a sci-fi blast!

Star Trek Comic: The Planet of No Return

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Oktapodi: Animated CG Short

Oktapodi is a French student animated short from the Gobelins school. It was directed by Julien Bocabeille, FX Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier and Emud Mokhberi. It moves very quickly and has a gorgeous seaside town with winding streets for the action to happen in.

It won Best Animation at the Imagina Awards 2008. At the Annecy festival it won a Family Award for Best Graduation Film. There's a web site for the film here.

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Watch Oktapodi (60 meg Quicktime movie)

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