There Was Supposed to Be an Earth-Shattering Ka-Boom!

Jul 02 2009

There Was Supposed to Be an Earth-Shattering Ka-Boom!

Published by John Scalzi at 7:23 am

This week’s AMC column rates science fiction movies by their explosions. Because it will soon be July 4th. When things explode. And so on. You can nominate your own favorite explody science fiction films in the comments over there. And also so on.

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