Film Search

Can someone out there please help? I am trying to find out the name of a film, made in the USA in the 1970s. It starts with the radar testing of a Blackbird aircraft, which crashes following a lightning strike. The main part of the film is then taken up with the between life and death experience of the pilot, with many flashbacks of his life whilst he is being examined/interviewed and it is only at the end of the film that it is revealed that he in fact dead.
I have searched the name of this film for a long time by genre on Yahoo/Google etc and cannot find it.

old sci fi movie about alien abduction

If anyone out there is over 40 years old and remembers the title of a movie about alien abduction of women please post the name. The basic premise of the film was about a neighborhood of women who all come up mysteriously pregnant at the same time. When they have their babies a space ship shows up and all the women leave their homes to meet the space ship and take off together with their babies, but without their husbands.

Edgar Rice Burroughs

What movies were based on his books?

Godzilla movie....

I'm looking for a Godzilla movie that involved two monsters..I think they came out of the ocean..one green,one brown...anyone know the title?Thanks!!

My Sci-Fi Web Comic

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X-Files: I Want to Believe

So is it just me or what? I saw "I Want to Believe" and I am wondering if anyone else who saw the movie noticed this: When Mulder is following the tow truck and is trying to call Scully he is scrolling through his address book in his cell phone. Right before the accident he stops scrolling on the name Gillian -- not Scully, but Gillian. Did anyone else see this?

The Anatomy of a SciFi Remake

Technology breeds temptation, at least when it comes to Science Fiction films, where for the past decade or so the urge to recreate some of the genre's Golden Age has been growing apace with the CGI industry. There have been hits (Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds) and misses (The Invasion with Nicole Kidman).

So what makes a remake work? With so many remakes preparing to bear down upon audiences--Star Trek, The Day the Earth Stood Still--and even more being discussed--Dune, Logan's Run, Tron--the question becomes, not why do it but how? What loyalties do you owe the original? What SciFi films beg improvement?

Let us know your thoughts on SciFi remakes, and enter for a chance to win the original The Day the Earth Stood Still on DVD.

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Comic Book Adaptations

Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Justice League, Green Arrow--it seems every time I turn around either Warner Brothers or Marvel has announced their next big comic book adaptation. And it's not just the superheroes: A History of Violence, 300, Watchmen, and Ronin are all taken from the pages of our favorite imprints. Hollywood has caught graphic novel fever, and its not showing any signs of subsiding.

Is this a good thing, or have we gone superhero crazy? Why is Hollywood so interested now? Has the mainstream finally "discovered" comics, or is it just plain out of fresh ideas? When is enough enough? What movies should never be attempted, and what comics have been neglected? Tell us what you're thinking.