Rob Bricken, Author at Gizmodo

The Queen Visited The Game Of Thrones Set And Trolled The Planet

Queen Elizabeth II stopped by the Game of Thrones set in Belfast during her trip to Northern Ireland today, where cast and crew stood silently to greet the monarch. It was all very nice and polite until the Queen came up to the Iron Throne… and then refused to sit in it. COME ON, LIZ.…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 24

A Decent Star Trek Into Darkness Blu-Ray Is Finally Coming, But…

Remember how Paramount decided to split the special features for Star Trek Into Darkness among the Target, Best Buy and iTunes Blu-ray releases? Well, it’s taken almost a full year, but a decent STiD Blu-ray chock full of all the extras is finally on it’s way! There’s just one small catch… https://gizmodo.com/why-the-star-trek-into-darkness-blu-ray-is-going-to-rip-1222160195 First, let’s concentrate…

Movies Rob Bricken Jun 24

Funko’s Comic-Con Ghostbusters Figures Are Super (Disgustingly) Cute

Despite the fact that they’re either covered in slime or the visceral remains of a giant marshmallow man, you’ll be hard-pressed not to want to get your hands on Funko’s three hyper-cute, exclusive Ghostbusters sets from this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. First up, there’s the above set of all four Ghostbusters, coated with the remains…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 23

Four Ways Chemistry Has Made Sex Better

Chemistry is the bane of many a high school student, but it’s not all bad. As this video from the American Chemical Society’s “Reactions” web series reveals, chemistry has been hard at work improving your sex life for years now! It’s a hell of a lot more than trigonometry’s ever done for you. [Via The…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 23

Harrison Ford’s Injury May Have Completely Screwed Up Episode VII

Uh-oh. Please take out your official Star Wars: Episode VII Salt Lick, but now that it’s been officially revealed that Harrison Ford’s leg is broken, the rumor is he’ll be sidelined for six full months — which means the movie’s either getting delayed or massively rewritten. The potential news comes from the UK-based site Jedi…

Movies Rob Bricken Jun 23

Watch The 1988 Video WB Made To Prove Tim Burton’s Batman Wouldn’t Suck

Holy crap. Has it really been 25 years since Tim Burton’s first Batman film came out and proved superhero movies could be serious? People forget this seemed impossible at the time, which is why WB made this fascinating behind-the-scenes promo video in 1988. According to the special’s director, Andrew Gillman, the video was made to…

Movies Rob Bricken Jun 23

This Young Impressionist Is A One-Person Game Of Thrones Cast

If someone ever decided to make a Game of Thrones animation, they can save a lot of money by hiring this kid as the sole voice actor. This newest assortment of season 4 voices proves his impressions are still uncanny — close your eyes, and I bet you’ll recognize almost all of them. DrSteveLove, as…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 23

Netflix’s Daredevil TV Series Adds Rosario Dawson As… Somebody

Actress and self-professed nerd Rosario Dawson has joined the cast of Marvel and Netflix’s 2015 Daredevil TV show in an unknown role. One of Matt Murdock’s plucky fellow attorneys? A badass, take-no-shit hooker, a la her character in Sin City? Elektra? We’re good with whatever. Here’s how Marvel describes her (both the actress and her…

Television Rob Bricken Jun 20

Holy Crap, Legend Of Korra: Book 3 Premieres Next Week!

One week — that’s all the time Nickelodeon is giving us now that they’ve announced the third season of The Legend of Korra, the excellent sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender, will premiere on June 27th, Friday, at 7:00 pm. And with three new episodes! That’s right, we’re getting an hour and a half of…

Television Rob Bricken Jun 20

Looper‘s Rian Johnson Is The Director Of Star Wars: Episode VIII

He will also reportedly be the scriptwriter of Episode IX, but not the director. Man, not only is Disney is getting their Star Wars biz together quickly, they’re hiring some real scifi talent with Johnson, Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank. It’s getting immensely difficult not be excited about the future of Star Wars. Oh, the…

Movies Rob Bricken Jun 20

Defiance Returns With Great Promise And, Uh, Several Handjobs

It felt kind of good to return to Defiance. After an uneven season one, full of more potential than quality, season two begins with a strong start that is clearly setting the gameboard for some major developments. Also… handjobs. But we’ll get to the handjobs later. Defiance wisely chucks the terrible, terrible season one finale,…

Television Rob Bricken Jun 20

Goku’s A God In The First English Trailer For The New Dragonball Z Film

It’s been more than 17 years since Dragonball Z last had any new animation, so the movie Battle of Gods would be a big deal even if it hadn’t been penned by creator Akira Toriyama himself and thus an official part of DBZ canon. But as this first-ever English trailer shows, it looks amazing anyways.…

Trailers Rob Bricken Jun 20

Ant-Man’s Villain, New Iron Man Armors, And More Avengers 2 Rumors

Joblo.com managed to get a bevy of rumored news from Avengers: Age of Ultron regarding new costumes, new armors for Iron Man, and how the movie has solved the problem of Hulk’s pants. Plus, we may finally know the villain of Ant-Man. Please take these all with the prerequisite salt, of course, but I can’t…

Movies Rob Bricken Jun 20

Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Villain Has A Bad Case Of Panty-Face

Here’s our first good look at Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser, the nefarious bad guy of Marvel’s upcoming scifi adventure Guardians of the Galaxy, and… those are totally panties on his face. He has face-panties, and perhaps some kind of lacy garters holding them up. Okay then. I saw this pic over at The…

Movies Rob Bricken Jun 19

The CIA’s Ridiculous Plan To Discredit Bin Laden With Action Figures

We’ve all heard about some of the CIA’s crazy secret spy plots, like the poisonous cigar they tried to kill Fidel Castro with. But I always assumed that stuff was in the past, right? Wrong. Because the CIA once planned to make demonic Osama bin Laden action figures to turn kids against the Taliban. As…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 19

Is This The First Look At WB’s Brand-New Batman Cartoon?

It’s a look and nothing more, but this banner from the Las Vegas Licensing Expo sure looks like the first promo for a brand-new cartoon titled Batman Unlimited. Since Cartoon Network unceremoniously dumped Beware the Batman, the Dark Knight has needed a new series — but is this it? A few caveats: The crazy-ass bat-logo…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 19

7 Magical Girl Series That Deserve Modern Sailor Moon-Style Remakes

When Sailor Moon Crystal debuts in Japan next month, it will bring the preeminent magical girl (also known as mahou-shojo in Japanese) anime back to TV for the first time since 1997. But Sailor Moon isn’t the only anime superheroine deserving of a comeback — here are seven more magical girls we’d like to see…

io9 Rob Bricken Jun 19

All The Apes Are Talking In New Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes Trailer

If you thought Dawn of the Planet of the Apes couldn’t look much better, watch this new trailer and prepare to be proven wrong. Caesar addressing his people (who address him back), an ape playing dumb to get the drop on some idiot humans, gun-toting apes gone wild — IT HAS APE EVERYTHING. Despite all…

Trailers Rob Bricken Jun 19

Every Game Of Thrones Scene Broken Down By Book, Chapter And Episode

Have you ever wondered exactly how far the show has taken the various storylines of A Song of Ice and Fire books? Redditor Jonnyi94 broke it all down in this amazing chart, which reveals a great deal about how the show has evolved over the years. Click here to see the graph in its hi-res…

Television Rob Bricken Jun 18

Max Landis Has The Best Idea Yet For The Ghostbusters 3 Movie

Which is kind of a shame, because he’s not directing it. Despite an erroneous, quickly pulled article on NikkeFinke.com, Landis confirmed on Twitter that there was no truth to the rumors he was in the running to helm the long-in-the-containment-unit movie… and then blew our minds with the best Ghostbusters 3 story we’ve heard so…

Movies Rob Bricken Jun 18

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The Queen Visited The Game Of Thrones Set And Trolled The Planet

A Decent Star Trek Into Darkness Blu-Ray Is Finally Coming, But…

Funko’s Comic-Con Ghostbusters Figures Are Super (Disgustingly) Cute

Four Ways Chemistry Has Made Sex Better

Harrison Ford’s Injury May Have Completely Screwed Up Episode VII

Watch The 1988 Video WB Made To Prove Tim Burton’s Batman Wouldn’t Suck

This Young Impressionist Is A One-Person Game Of Thrones Cast

Netflix’s Daredevil TV Series Adds Rosario Dawson As… Somebody

Holy Crap, Legend Of Korra: Book 3 Premieres Next Week!

Looper‘s Rian Johnson Is The Director Of Star Wars: Episode VIII

​Defiance Returns With Great Promise And, Uh, Several Handjobs

Goku’s A God In The First English Trailer For The New Dragonball Z Film

Ant-Man’s Villain, New Iron Man Armors, And More Avengers 2 Rumors

Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Villain Has A Bad Case Of Panty-Face

The CIA’s Ridiculous Plan To Discredit Bin Laden With Action Figures

Is This The First Look At WB’s Brand-New Batman Cartoon?

​7 Magical Girl Series That Deserve Modern Sailor Moon-Style Remakes

All The Apes Are Talking In New Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes Trailer

Every Game Of Thrones Scene Broken Down By Book, Chapter And Episode

Max Landis Has The Best Idea Yet For The Ghostbusters 3 Movie

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Defiance Returns With Great Promise And, Uh, Several Handjobs

7 Magical Girl Series That Deserve Modern Sailor Moon-Style Remakes