This week: Seven sexy scifi films adapted by the adult film industry for its own interests, including a remake of King Kong even worse than the 1976 version.

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Movies mentioned in this video include:

• Flash Gordon
• The Prisoner (TV)
• Re-animator
• Lord of the Rings
• King Kong
• Planet of the Apes
• Plan 9 From Outer Space

Kevin Maher has a mission: Track down the best scifi buddy cop movie ever. To find the answer, he must look past the usual suspects like Robocop and Real Men and dig into the gritty underworld of The Hidden.

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Movies mentioned in this video include:

• Robocop
• Alien Nation
• Super Fuzz
• Demolition Man
• Future Cop
• Real Men
• The Hidden
• Dead Heat

The recent success of I Am Legend has started a chain reaction of Richard Matheson movie adaptations with no end in sight -- but will Eddie Murphy as The Incredible Shrinking Man be enough to stop the momentum?

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Kevin Maher visits the 2008 New York Comic Con to test attendees on their scifi comic knowledge, and finds out how many hot dogs it takes to pay for a photo with Lou Ferrigno (TV's Incredible Hulk).

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This week's Sci-Five covers some of the nastiest computers in movie history. Ever since HAL 9000, science fiction has been fascinated by the thought of artificial intelligence, and these five computers take their evil jobs seriously. Hold on to your e-mail, 'cause these buggers will stop at nothing to get the job done.

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Making the promised sequels to classic SciFi fare can be more like fantasy. Kevin's Sci-Five this week covers five films you've been promised but will probably never see, including Mad Max 4, Repo Man II and House of Re-Animator.

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Some of the coolest car prototypes in history have come from science fiction movies. With Speed Racer, Iron Man and Death Race on the horizon, fans will be scrutinizing every last detail of the cars in these films to make sure they live up to snuff. Kevin Maher provides a refresher course on SciFi fantasy cars so you know exactly what to look for.

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Kevin Maher asks dedicated comic book fans whether it's possible to make a successful superhero parody.

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The definitive instructional video for children on how to survive with minimal death and dismemberment in a post-apocalyptic future.

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Richard Kelly's sophmore effort Southland Tales crash landed itself onto DVD today. The film has a storied history of production problems and its much delayed theatrical release was met with confusion and disappointment. Even the handful of critics that liked the film admitted it was "messy" and "tedious" at times. Still, during it's most self-indulgent, lyrical tangents Southland Tales is compelling and hypnotic.

I just saw the DVD and I'm still trying to make sense of it. Eric (the Sci Fi Department's Video editor) said, "I'm glad to live in a world where a movie like that can get made." Amen to that, brother! It's a testament to the weirdness of American cinema, and that makes me proud to be a Weird American!

After the jump, the Sci Fi Department video show's take on the movie, before we actually saw the film....

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