I hear what you nose-up-in-the-air art snobs are saying. “How could you ruin such great art? How dare you? Why the ambience is gone. The ethereal emotive quality of the work can only be compared–” Shut it. Everything is better with geek culture thrown in. Everything.

Here we have Pablo Picasso’s Three Musicians …in the Star Wars Cantina. Oh, this one is also much better now. Also by John Mattos. There are far too many to talk about individually, but they are all amazing – and they’re not all Star Wars related. You can check out all of the rest here.

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He took a bunch of LEGO and built himself a nice replica of the taxi that is very realistic and looks a whole lot like the one from the movie. You can see from the photos that the car has every detail that I can recall – from the license plate to the doors that are hinged to open from the top.

The only thing missing from the model are minifig versions of Korben Dallas and LeeLoo. What do you think of this model? Is it missing anything you can recall?

It never ceases to impress when geeks can build things so accurate with LEGO and their imagination.

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The downside is that these Deep Space Fighter Beds start at $18,000 (USD). The upside is that you can have them custom build whatever space ship you want, and they’ll toss in a customized wall mural. Cool as that may be, I doubt many people are going to pay the price of a new car just to give their kids a fancy bed.

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The guys over at ThinkGeek got their hands on these limited edition replica guns which are completely faithful to the weapons wielded in James Cameron’s classic sci-fi actioner.

Thanks to the inclusion of metal components, HCG’s M41-A prop replica weighs in at a hefty 15 pounds, and offers realistic pump-action and a collapsible shoulder stock. Plus, when you drop a clip into the chamber with a couple of AA batteries, you’ll get an LED ammo counter – which locks in a reassuring 95 rounds – too bad it doesn’t count down when you pull the trigger. It’s a bummer they don’t include a shoulder strap for the price either.

Here’s an extensive video review of this puppy in action I found over on YouTube:

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Want one of these bad boys? You’ll have to pony up $900 of your hard earned clams to add this to your collection. But if you’re looking for a really special gift for the science fiction fan in your house, you’ll definitely want to check it out.

Except for its size, this action figure is a perfect replica of the Monoliths that appeared in the classic movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, from its blackness to its rectangularity. It rocks. It sits and just is. Get one now from ThinkGeek for only $13. You never know, it may help you evolve. Gah. Got April Fooled in October. Still, ThinkGeek has turned fake products into real ones before, so gather your fellow apes and vote for the Monolith (and other April Fools products) to be made.

Thanks René!

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This graph was made by Steph Fox for io9, and very simply illustrates the trends in these TV genres over the years. It’s interesting to see that there was a spike in the number of sci-fi and fantasy shows in 1995, which lasted until 2007. There’s no more Star Trek, Babylon 5, or that many science-fiction shows on TV. It’s kind of sad, because I really enjoyed a lot of them.

For now, we have to be contented with Stargate Universe and a few shows on Syfy. At least, Doctor Who is still on the air.

[io9 via Reddit]

But who says we can’t have galleries and exhibits filled with non-existent spaceships? Armed with his imagination, his camera and the magical Photoshop, George depicted scenes of the fictional location of the Sci-Fi Airshow, filled with people and of course the spaceships. Here’s a sampling of slides from the Sci-Fi Airshow’s guided tour:

But the ultimate proof of George’s nerdery is that he actually writes a page’s worth of fake histories for each of the spaceships in the Sci-Fi Airshow, even making up mock-posters or pictures of crash sites to support the text. So let’s visit the Sci-Fi Airshow! Admission is free. Touching the spaceships is prohibited, not to mention impossible.

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Overall, I think you’ll find the table more inclusive of your faves than not. Illustrator Kris Straub of Starslip and Chainsawsuit designed this graphic which offers elements for everything from Spc(1999) to DS9 on the table. I’m just stoked that they included Chln(of Men) on the Metallcrichtonide chart, and TW(elve Monkeys) in the Cameronkubriclarkine groups. And it’s only fitting that Lgn(Logan’s Run) and Du(ne) are on the “inert” section.

You can see a bigger image of the entire table here, and can buy posters of the table over at TopatoCo in either 14.5″ x 18″ ($18 USD) or oversize 22″ x 27.5″ ($28) versions to hang on your wall. Right alongside your Alessandra Torresani pin-up poster.

Modder GivinTats originally did another Alien casemod a while back, and then had someone reach out to him to make a custom mod featuring a gory Chestburster pushing its way out of the side of a poor old 1st gen PlayStation 3.

Since the original movie Chestburster is said to assimilate some traits of its host, GivinTats decided to make him a bit of an alien cyborg instead of a straight-up organic creature. Check out the blood, guts and parts spraying forth from the side of the PS3. Yummy. The broken circuit board coming out of the cracked open case carcass is an especially nice touch – although it would suck if that were the actual circuitry from the PS3 itself.

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Look out, y’all–it’s atom-powered, too, for that super scary vintage sci fi look. It’s hard to believe such a beautiful project was put together from bits of other items. That handle? Not a pistol grip at all; it began life attached to a Super 8 camera. And just look at this incredible wiring!

All I have lying around are old, dead cellphones. If someone will post a tutorial on building cool things from those, I’m totally in.

[Atomic Disruptor Raygun via Hack N Mod]

Looking sort of like something that Marvin the Martian might have used to destroy the Earth with, the ray-gun remote control can only change channels, and (unfortunately) won’t blow anything to smithereens. Just pull the trigger, and it’ll make some sort of fun sci-fi sound effects while it zaps Dr. Phil from your screen and replaces him with the only slightly less annoying Rachel Ray.

You’ll have to wait a little while to get your hands on one of these though, as they’re not coming out until this August. In the mean time, you can pre-order from UK gadget shop Play.com for £8.99 (appx. $18 USD).

[via Toyology]

Three designs are available (the Goliathon 83 Infinity Beam Projector , Manmelter 3600ZX Sub-Atomic Disintegrator Pistol and the FMOM Industries Wave Disrupter Gun) and each gun will be made in a limited series of only 500 each. They’re made from metal, glass and other materials, and each one weighs in at over 7 pounds, so they’re definitely not cheaply made.

Each raygun comes in a custom distressed, velvet lined tin case with a certificate of authenticity from the artist. Priced at over $600 each, these are for serious sci-fi collectors only.

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The 1000100101 Watch features a grid of 31 green, yellow and red LEDs to show the time, day and date. The whole thing is housed in a brushed metal case with a mock carbon-fiber (leather) band.

The red LEDs represent hours, green and yellow represent minutes. So for instance 7 red, 3 green and 5 yellow would be 7:35. A press of the button lets you view the day of the year in much the same way. Personally, I find the display a bit confusing to read at a glance, but it sure looks cool — and isn’t that all that matters? The watch is available now for an introductory price of 9800 yen (appx. $84 USD.)