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Is This First TMNT Clip Funny Or The Worst Thing Ever?

I’m genuinely asking. Fast-forward to about 3:23 in the above video of Whoopi Goldberg’s interview on The Tonight Show, and watch this first clip from the new live-action TMNT movie, which contains Megan Fox and Whoopi Goldberg, but no turtles. And then watch this dilemma unfold. Knowing that there’s going to be any moment in…

​The 12 Labors Of Hercules, Ranked

After Hercules murdered his family in a fit of madness — a tragedy engendered by the goddess Hera, who hated him — the demi-god and son of Zeus was ordered to do penance by performing 12 Labors for the weaselly King Eurystheus of Tiryns. Here are those feats, ranked from most to least badass. 1)…

This Is The Closest Thing To A Blade Runner Anime We’ll Ever Get

A gent named Chris Kessler has recreated the original Blade Runner movie trailer with clips from classic anime series AD Police Files and Bubblegum Crisis, and I’ll be damned at how amazingly well it works out. It should be no surprise that late-’80s, early-’90s cyberpunk anime like these two series were influenced immensely by Blade…

The First Trailer For Syfy’s 12 Monkeys Show Is Its Own Paradox

It doesn’t debut until next January, but the first trailer for Syfy’s TV series adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s scifi movie 12 Monkeys is here, showing how they’ll expand it — man in future sent back in time to destroy virus apocalypse — into a full show. But why does it seem so… off? Clearly, they’re…

Everything You Need To Know About Game Of Thrones’ Biggest Fan Theory

Jon Snow knows nothing, but you can learn everything about the potential secrets of everybody’s favorite Stark bastard by watching this fantastic video, which happens to be the best explanation of the “R+L=J” fan theory I’ve ever seen. Probable spoilers ahead (especially if you’re only watching the show)! The theory, of course, is that Jon…

Which J.R.R. Tolkien Movie Will Be The Docudrama To Rule Them All?

Not one but two movies are being made about the true Lord of the Rings, author J.R.R. Tolkien. Fox Searchlight announced one last year, expansively titled Tolkien; now a smaller independent company is making Tolkien & Lewis, about his relationship with his friend and fellow author C.S. Lewis. Both movies sound like they’re focusing on…

Usagi Sounds Perfectly Annoying In The New English Dub Of Sailor Moon

This is not a bad thing. If you’re a Sailor Moon fan, you know Usagi — at least early on in her career as a Sailor Scout — sounds like an immature girl who’s on the verge of crying at any given moment. Voice actress Stephanie Sheh nails it in Viz’s new English dub of…

First Official Look At Ultron In Avengers 2!

Oh, and Iron Man’s new armor and Captain America’s uniform but OH MY GOD IT’S ULTRON AND HIS ROBOT MINIONS. This is obviously the cover for Entertainment Weekly’s Comic-Con issue — which has the first Avengers: Age of Ultron synopsis, too. From EW: For better or worse (trust us, it’s worse), his Tony Stark has…

​I Think Marvel Is Lying To Everybody About The New Female Thor

Hey, everyone! Let’s take comic books way too seriously! (I need this cross-stitched on a pillow or something.) A Thor Subject Sam D.: Post Man, I’m really, really confused about the new Thor. Everyone’s calling her Thor, but it’s sounds like original male Thor is still around and a different character. But then I know…

Someone Made Wolverine’s Claws But With Batarangs And They’re AMAZING

The “Man at Arms” webseries has apparently run out of awesome movie/TV/animation-inspired weapons to make, so now they’re just combining them. First up? “Batman’s Wolverine claws.” As it turns out, they’re as awesome as they are absurd, and they’re completely @#$%ing absurd. I’ve never wanted anything more in my entire life. [Via Geeks Are Sexy]

New Power Rangers Movie Gets X-Men: First Class Writers; May Be Good?!

Whoa. Looks like Lionsgate is taking their Power Rangers movie reboot pretty seriously. The studio has hired X-Men: First Class scribes Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz to handle the script, while uber-producer Roberto Orci has come on board as an executive producer. Regardless of whatever you think of X-Men: First Class — or how dire…

Studio Ghibli’s beautiful new film The Tale of Princess Kaguya will come to America on October 17th, with the voice of Chloe Moretz as Kaguya. Based on the classic Japanese folk tale of the bamboo cutter, Kaguya was directed by Isao Takahata and will be released by Gkids, likely just in time for awards consideration.…

All-New Big Hero 6 Trailer Is Excruciatingly Cute

Just when we thought we couldn’t be more excited for the first Disney animated Marvel movie, this brand new trailer comes along and just kills us with cuteness. Forget Hiro or the perfectly cast T.J. Miller as Fredzilla; the real star is the inhumanely adorable Baymax. Hairy babies! In case you missed it, the voice…

When The TMNT Rap-Battle Their Renaissance Namesakes, Everybody Wins

Well, except the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Because in this season 3 finale of “Epic Rap Battles of History,” the original Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo completely kick turtle ass. It’s — dare I say it? — a masterpiece. [Via The Mary Sue]

​A Man Challenges Time Itself To Save His Wife In Comic Epic Ei8ht

Rafael Albuquerque is best known for his haunting art on Vertigo’s American Vampire comics, but he’s running out of time (literally!) in Ei8ht, co-written by Mike Johnson, and due out next February from Dark Horse. We’re thrilled to announce and reveal the first details regarding this chronally challenged scifi epic. io9: What can you tell…

Archer & Armstrong Could Be The Next Great Comic Book Movie

Hey, we told you it was awesome. Valiant’s comic about a superpowered kid assassin who escaped his parents’ religious cult bent on taking over the world and his immortal hedonist buddy has been fast-tracked for the movies, according to AICN. They don’t mention which studio is doing the fast-tracking— all they say is that a…

Guillermo Del Toro’s The Strain Is The Most Aptly Named Show On TV

del Toro has tried hard to make FX’s The Strain every type of horror at once. It wants to be supernatural horror, basic suspense, a medical outbreak tale, a zombie story, and also a straight-up ’80s-style monster movie. The Strain is, humorously enough, trying way too damn hard. That’s not to say The Strain doesn’t…

Batgirl’s New Uniform May Be The Best Damn Superheroine Outfit Ever

Batgirl is getting a look, a new perspective and a new creative team. It’s all good news — especially that fan-favorite illustrator Babs Tarr will making her mainstream comic debut — but none of it better than Barbara Gordon’s brand new, utterly fantastic new uniform. Designed by Tarr and writer Cameron Stewart, the outfit is…

Star Wars: Rebels‘ Agent Kallus Is The Ultimate Imperial Officer

Smart, efficient, ruthless and a badass: That pretty much sums up Agent Kallus, the new Star Wars: Rebels villain voiced by David Oyelowo. He’s called “the perfect Imperial poster boy” because he represents everything the Empire thinks of itself — which makes him an extremely dangerous foe to the Rebels. A couple other things to…

The Transformers Trilogy Contains Only 20 Minutes Of Robots Fighting

Someone made a supercut of all the footage of the Autobots and Decepticons actually battling each other in the first three of Michael Bay’s Transformers films. It’s a nice highlight reel, but the real story is this: These movies contain less than 5% of giant robot-on-robot action. Don’t believe me? Let’s do the math. Here’s…