track and "Everyday." I was doing a lot ofprrr chhh prrr, in the beginning, you can hear it, and then I threw that through a bunch of effects and delay and phasers and stuff to try to make it sound like this texture or this groove that you just can't always capture i...
Lambert, then 22, had a different personal connection to "Same Love," as she came out as a lesbian when she was 17. (She alludes to her sexuality in the chorus, in which she sings, "And I can't change/ Even if I tried/ Even ...
Written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965, "Dune" takes place in a far-flung future, where humanity rules the stars in a giant feudal empire. This medieval motif goes beyond just the government. Unlike most interstellarsci-fi, Herbert's humans conquered the stars without any computers. ...
If you have seen Interstellar, you are familiar with Matt Damon's character, Dr. ... Mann,the unlikely villainwho betrays Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and Brand (Anne Hathaway). He dupes our heroes by relaying faulty data about the planet he was sent to so that they would rescue him. ...
In 2011, NASA and DARPA (the Pentagon agency that gave birth to the internet) lent their names to a project called The Hundred-Year Starship(opens in a new tab). Its aim was to coalesce the space community behind a goal of launching an interstellar mission by your time: 2112. For gener...
Neill Blomkamp's follow-up toDistrict 9was the 2013 filmElysium, which starred Matt Damon. Despite being another box office success,Elysiumwasn't as acclaimed asDistrict9, telling the story of a dystopian futuristic world where the wealthy have moved off Earth to live in a luxurious space stat...
30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man." 31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more...
2. Authority on earth may not be the only form of authority. In fact, somewhere in space, there may be an intelligent race just waiting to lay down the law. This is calledthe Prime Directive Effect. If they do not like what we are doing, they could well have the ability to wipe...