Rob Bricken, Author at Gizmodo

What should our post-apocalyptic currency be?

Sorry if today’s mail is a little short; I’ve been chased by a group of assholes through what I believe is the entirety of Idaho. Here’s a tip for any other post-apocalyptic travelers posing as postmen — no matter how badly someone makes fun of you for your mailman uniform, if they have a gun…

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The end of the world is the beginning of Tom Cruise’s problems in this new Oblivion trailer

Not that the first Oblivion trailer looked bad, but this new, second trailer for Tom Cruise’s upcoming scififlick is a hell of a lot more exciting. You’ve got Cruise as Wall-E, a plethora of ruined Earth landmarks, a creepy space government, mysterious humans popping up and Morgan Freeman doing his best Morpheus impression — what’s…

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You won’t believe where Agent Coulson is working in This Week’s Comics!

Batman and his friends and family will face the “Death of the Family” this week, while Princess Leia will finally hop in her X-Wing to school the Empire in a whole new manner. Meanwhile, Buffy teams up with an Angel star, Rick’s daddy issues boil over in The Walking Dead, and Agent Coulson gets his…

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Chechnya wants these motherf—in’ wizards out of its motherf—in’ country

Attention, all wizards who were planning to take a trip to the nation of Chechnya in the near future — I have some bad news. Rebel-turned-head of state Ramzan Kadyrov has called for a ban of all wizards and other “charlatans” who would exploit the Chechnyian people. Via the Telegraph: Mr Kadyrov said at a…

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How Geoff Johns Changed Green Lantern Forever

Yesterday, a man retired. He is a man who has been idolized by many, and hated by others. This man was elected by men to rule a universe, to decide good and evil, right from wrong, and to guide his children in the light. I’m speaking, of course, of long-time Green Lantern writer Geoff Johns.…

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Simon Pegg swears J.J. Abrams will be back for Star Trek 3

Anyone who’s worried that J.J. Abrams won’t be able to extricate himself from the Star Wars universe in order to insert the necessary lens flares into Star Trek 3, good news! Simon Pegg says unequivocally that Abrams will return for the third Trek movie at the very end of this red carpet interview. Of course,…

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Check out the new Ghost in the Shell prequel anime, Arise

While I was hoping the recently announced new Ghost in the Shell anime would involve more cyber-police work than existential ennui, it turns out Arise will be a four-part prequel showing the history which eventually led Motoko Kusanagi to become a cyborg who fights crime while in her lingerie. I can dig that. Each of…

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The Doctor Who 50th anniversary will be in 3D and movie theaters, too

Whovians may be grumbling that the 50th anniversay of the longest-running scifi show in the world is only getting a 60-minute special to mark the occasion, but at least it just got upgraded. The BBC announced that the as-yet-untitled Doctor Who special will be broadcast in 3D, as well as played in movie theaters for…

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Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome‘s soundtrack had a human-vs.-synthetic war of its own

The Battlestar Galactica web series Blood and Chrome finally aired on the Syfy Channel yesterday, but the franchise isn’t quite finished yet — at least if you’re interested in hearing composer Bear McCreary explain how he made the prequel series’ fantastic score in this vlog. It’s actually a fascinating look at the human performances and…

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All hail the new king of crossplay, Slave Leo

Anyone who has ever attended a con probably knows what crossplay is — to wear the costume of someone not your gender. Usually this is done for shock value and to be funny (“That man is wearing women’s clothes! How droll!”), although occasionaly there’s a group like the DC crossplayers that do more than simply…

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Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle is coming to Syfy

Syfy just announced plans to adapt Philip K. Dick’s award-winning 1962 novel The Man in the High Castle as a miniseries. The book is set in an alternate universe where the Axis won World War II, and America has been divided amongst Germany, Italy and Japan; the complex narrative covers several characters as they fight…

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You can see why Steven Spielberg is snapping up these posters by Laurent Durieux

You possibly know the work of Laurent Durieux through his Mondo movie posters, but if that’s all you know, you’re missing out. The 42-year-old Belgian artist, an acolyte and fan of Jean “Moebius” Giraud, was named one of the world’s 200 best illustrators by the prestigious Lürzer’s Archive advertising magazine in 2011; since then, he’s…

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The Walking Dead‘s mid-season premiere is troubling, but not because of any zombies

Uh-oh. After a solid first half of season three — really, the best the show has been since the pilot — the mid-season premiere feels waaaaay too much like season 2, in that nothing happened. Okay, a few things happened in last night’s episode — and I’ll list them below for those avoiding spoilers —…

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Pixar’s Monsters University is in session with its first full trailer

Need a bit of freshman orientation for Pixar’s prequel to its beloved Monsters, Inc.? Well you could do a lot worse than Monster University’s first full trailer, courtesy of the U.K. The trailer is excellent, obviously, and the movie looks both fun and funny (and wonderfully animated, of course). But I have to wonder what…

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This slow-motion car explosion video is the perfect way to end your week

It doesn’t matter whether you just got done with school, or work, or still have a few hours to go, I promise you that this video of a car exploding in extremely slow-motion is the most cathartic way to wipe your Monday-Friday blues away and get you ready for your weekend. Filmed at a ridiculous…

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Holy action figures! It’s the first Batman ’66 toys!

There’s only two of them, and they’re both just villains, but Mattel’s long-awaited action figures based on the campy 1960s Batman TV series have finally appeared, and they’re fantastic. These are nigh-perfect likenesses of Burgess Meredith as the Penguin and Frank Gorshin as the Riddler; presumably equally fantastic figures of Adam West as Batman, Burt…

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New Lego sets offer a peek into Iron Man 3

What do these recently revealed Iron Man 3 Lego sets offer us, besides a few spoilers for the movie? Well, they confirm that Tony’s armor is definitely going to reach Mark 42. They also indicate that the Mandarin personally leads the assault on Tony’s Malibu Dream House. They prove without a doubt that when you…

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Buddha hates love in Jet Li’s The Sorcerer and the White Snake

Apparently Buddha’s an asshole. I know, right? It was news to me as well. I was under the impression he was a pretty chill deity until I watched Jet Li’s recent fantasy martial arts flick The Sorcerer and the White Snake, based on an ancient Chinese fairy tale, in which a young doctor and a…

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An awesome mini-doc on Game of Thrones‘ Night’s Watch, for people who know nothing

When the wildling Ygritte said “You know nothing, Jon Snow” several million times in the Game of Thrones’ books, she wasn’t joking. So I guess it makes a little sense that Ygritte — in the spirit of education — would narrate this animated mini-documentary about the Night’s Watch, which will included as an extra in…

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Stargate is re-opening for business (although possibly not in the way you want)

I know Stargate fans are desperately waiting to hear when and if a new Stargate series might be coming around. Well, I have good news and bad news: The good news is that the newest story in the Stargate universe will begin in March! The bad news is that it’s going to be as a…

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What should our post-apocalyptic currency be?

The end of the world is the beginning of Tom Cruise’s problems in this new Oblivion trailer

You won’t believe where Agent Coulson is working in This Week’s Comics!

Chechnya wants these motherf—in’ wizards out of its motherf—in’ country

How Geoff Johns Changed Green Lantern Forever

Simon Pegg swears J.J. Abrams will be back for Star Trek 3

Check out the new Ghost in the Shell prequel anime, Arise

The Doctor Who 50th anniversary will be in 3D and movie theaters, too

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome‘s soundtrack had a human-vs.-synthetic war of its own

All hail the new king of crossplay, Slave Leo

Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle is coming to Syfy

You can see why Steven Spielberg is snapping up these posters by Laurent Durieux

The Walking Dead‘s mid-season premiere is troubling, but not because of any zombies

Pixar’s Monsters University is in session with its first full trailer

This slow-motion car explosion video is the perfect way to end your week

Holy action figures! It’s the first Batman ’66 toys!

New Lego sets offer a peek into Iron Man 3

Buddha hates love in Jet Li’s The Sorcerer and the White Snake

An awesome mini-doc on Game of Thrones‘ Night’s Watch, for people who know nothing

Stargate is re-opening for business (although possibly not in the way you want)

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