You are correct, sir. Star Trek: Phase II was supposed to be the flagship show of — stop me if you've heard this one before — the new Paramount network.

For far better uses of closed timelike curves, check out the various early books by Stephen Baxter — specifically "Ring", where the massive rotating cylinder as time machine is a major plot device, and "Timelike Infinity", which uses the idea of transporting an open wormhole to create a time tunnel into the past.

Good timing, io9 — turns out this Saturday is Home Movie Day in more than 60 locations worldwide. Bring in your old movies, project them for the amusement of others AND (in certain places) get them digitalized on DVD for posterity:

Glad to see my brother and I weren't the only one who did this. Our dad gave us his old 8mm camera in 1975, and we immediately launched into shooting pixilation — as it was called then — recruiting other neighborhood kids for animated silliness such as driving along the street without a car (a shot inspired by a…

The finale will show that the entire 50-year run of Doctor Who takes place in the mind of the goldfish moments before it is eaten by Gibbis.

Yes, but who actually coined the 'Grandfather Paradox'?

So — Heinlein foresaw Lady GaGa?

So... this is the Michael Paré of stars?

So... this is the Michael Paré of stars?

What, no love for the original opening to "Sliders"? Written by DEVO's Mark Mothersbaugh? ARE WE NOT MEN?

MAY 2027, SKYWALKER RANCH — Just in time for the 50th Anniversary of Star Wars, George Lucas is proud to announce an all new, digital version of his "film" classic. "This latest update removes the last frame of original footage containing actors, models, sound and music," said a hologram of George Lucas. Lucas, who…

Yes, but then we would never have had this.

So ... the Milky Way really is made of nougat?

Yeah, they apparently went off-script early — a real director's nightmare — and started coming up with their own version which they refined throughout the shooting.

Uh, no.

Don't forget the original dystopian deathsport — ROLLERBALL. After the film became a hit in 1975, several of the stuntmen who worked on the movie (and created many of the rules for the sport during filming) actually tried to create a league, toning down the violence, but keeping the motorcycles and skaters:[japenet.net…

Herb Solow and Robert Justman's "Inside Star Trek" is an amazing bookend to the original "Making of Star Trek," and provides a jaw-dropping — and often sad — behind-the-scenes look at both the insanity of making television and Roddenberry's hustling (in both definitions of the word.) It is well worth tracking down.

Sorry — this list is imMEDIATELY disqualified because they chose Heinlein's worst novel, "Number of the Beast," over the infinitely superior "Friday."

No, this is how they built Stonehenge

Much less Icarus II — yeah, I'm looking at YOU, "Sunshine" ... Cripes, doesn't anyone read anymore?