Cyriaque Lamar, Author at Gizmodo

Real-life superhero Phoenix Jones’ secret identity exposed after he pepper-sprayed a crowd

Seattle’s Phoenix Jones has long been the face of the real-life superhero movement, what with his secret headquarters and GQ magazine profile. However, the hero’s vigilante tactics have landed him on the wrong side of the law. Phoenix Jones: MAN OR MENACE? https://gizmodo.com/real-life-seattle-superhero-phoenix-jones-thwarts-carja-5725432 Explains King 5: The woman, identified only as Maria, says she was…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 12

The 10 most deranged Alien crossover stories

Xenomorphs are the (giant, deadly, and acid-filled) cockroaches of the universe, so it’s no surprise they’ve encountered such famous superheroes as Batman and Green Lantern. Here are ten occasions the Aliens invaded someone else’s franchise. 10.) Alien Vs. Predator Vs. Arnold Schwarzenegger (1994) Chances are if you didn’t see the AVP films, you intentionally avoided…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Oct 12

What’s it like to lead anime versions of the X-Men? The voice of Cyclops tells us

Later this month, Madhouse Studio’s X-Men anime will make its stateside debut on G4. In this animated series, the X-Men travel to Japan to do battle with nefarious mutant hunters known as the U-Men. io9 spoke with actor and avowed X-fan Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights, Caprica) about lending his pipes to the mutant with…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 11

For $900, you can rock Kaneda’s jacket from Akira

It will set you back ¥69,000, but if you want to pledge allegiance to Neo-Tokyo’s foremost motorcycle gang, this replica of Kaneda’s leather Capsule jacket by Bandai Visual is a good place to start. It’s being offered here to commemorate the movie’s 30th anniversary. This piece befits the discerning scoundrel who likes to wear his…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 11

This week’s comics bring dysfunctional X-Men and unexpected weirdness

This week, the X-Men choose sides, Rage Against the Machine’s guitarist pens a mutant dystopia, and teenage superheroes go on nicotine benders. It’s Comics We Crave, massaging your temples over the internet. First Issues One of the most promising debuts this week goes to the new Vertigo horror compilation The Unexpected. We’ve been digging the…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Oct 11

Rainn Wilson’s version of Unsolved Mysteries will make you wish it was a real TV show

Remember Xanthony O’Harbinger, Rainn Wilson’s Hugo Award-winning alter ego with Asimov’s sideburns? As a promotion for the fantasy novel Wildwood, O’Harbinger has lent his considerable surliness to Riddles of the Paranormal, a TV program that exposes such mysteries “involuntary invisibility” and “fluoride.” https://gizmodo.com/why-is-rainn-wilson-pretending-to-be-a-pissed-off-fanta-5844492 The episode co-stars Portlandia’s Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, plus the actual…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Oct 11

Watch Neil Patrick Harris’ insane lecture on Ewoks from How I Met Your Mother

last night’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, wild-eyed lothario Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) discovers that his girlfriend does not like Ewoks. Through an unlikely series of events, Barney ends up explaining his unified theory of Ewok fandom to a a college field trip. It doesn’t make a lick of sense, but NPH…

Television Cyriaque Lamar Oct 11

An abandoned Russian theme park (with a woolly mammoth) in Japan

Japan has a wealth of bizarre abandoned amusement parks. For example, we’ve seen an entire Mount Rushmore left to rot and a graffitied giant model of Lemuel Gulliver. https://gizmodo.com/japans-creepy-cowboy-theme-park-has-a-rotting-mount-rus-5837253 https://gizmodo.com/welcome-to-gullivers-kingdom-the-unhappiest-place-on-e-5808855 In the town of Niigata, you can visit the remains of The Russian Village, a shuttered tourist attraction that once boasted such sights as a…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 10

The trailer for the Nigerian Exorcist will make your head explode

The art of the American movie trailer has been long dead. Hollywood should crib from the playbook of the Nigerian exorcist flick Mass Destruction, which sells the living crap out of a movie that is almost assuredly unwatchable. https://gizmodo.com/movie-trailers-are-becoming-a-crashing-bore-5821368 Here’s a review of this Nollywood horror drama via African Movies Direct: After attending a late…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Oct 10

DC Comics is giving Wonder Woman a father. Want to know who it is?

When we last spoke with Wonder Woman writer Brian Azzarello, he told us that the Greek pantheon were a back-stabbing, duplicitous bunch. But apparently the gods have some unresolved paternity issues to boot. In November’s issue of Wonder Woman, the superheroine will find out who her father is. https://gizmodo.com/why-the-new-wonder-woman-comic-is-like-horror-movies-an-5842643 In the third issue of Wonder…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Oct 10

Giant prehistoric krakens may have sculpted self-portraits using ichthyosaur bones

For decades, paleontologists have puzzled over a fossil collection of nine Triassic icthyosaurs (Shonisaurus popularis) discovered in Nevada’s Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park. Researchers initially thought that this strange grouping of 45-foot-long marine reptiles had either died en masse from a poisonous plankton bloom or had become stranded in shallow water. But recent geological analysis of the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 10

John Carpenter’s The Thing, as told by the golden pipes of Frank Sinatra

Honestly, I’m of the mind that if you haven’t seen The Thing yet, you really owe it to yourself to watch the damn movie. But if you need a crash course in John Carpenter’s Antarctic bodysnatcher classic, it’s hard to beat this recap by an ersatz Ol’ Blue Eyes. Who knew big band and body…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Oct 10

Australian golf course overrun with bull sharks

In Australia, the local fauna is so casually badass that a day on the greens can quickly turn into the plot of Shark Night 3D. https://gizmodo.com/is-shark-night-3d-the-culmination-of-all-human-aestheti-5837156 A lake near the 14th tee of the Carbrook Golf Club in Brisbane has become the home to six bull sharks who got stuck there during a flood. The…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 9

Read a 7-page preview of IDW’s zombies, aliens, and demons comic book Infestation: Outbreak

IDW has given us an exclusive sneak peek of the fourth and final issue of their monster mash miniseries Infestation: Outbreak. The issue hit stands Wednesday, October 12. Here’s the solicitation from IDW: Infestation: Outbreak #4 (of 4) Chris Ryall & Tom Waltz (w) o David Messina (a) o Davide Furno (c) There’s action comics……

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Oct 9

Study: irresolute rakes attracted to prominent front porches

Sociological research! Sometimes it involves staring at women’s chests. Indeed, a recent study of 128 heterosexual Polish men has divined that fellows who are less interested in long-term relationships are more enthused by larger breasts. Participants were asked to rate 15 pictures of bosoms of varying sizes from three different angles (“front view, oblique view,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 9

Japanese hair-washing robot is oddly sensuous

We may not have robotic butlers, but thanks to Panasonic’s upgraded hairdresser-bot, you can now have your scalp scanned and massaged by its twenty-four soulless fingers. Here’s a video of it in motion last week in Tokyo. How far are we from seeing a mishap-prone scissor application tacked on? [Via NTDTV]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 9

A rebooted Justice League, complete with a marble Wonder Woman and steampunk Cyborg

With the DC Universe currently overhauling itself, plenty of artists are serving up their own interpretations of the New 52. https://gizmodo.com/dc-fifty-too-imagines-a-dc-universe-where-the-most-ob-5831277 Aaron Diaz of the webcomic Dresden Codak is one of the latest illustrators to throw his hat in the ring. On his Tumblr, he’s offered his own interpretations of the Justice League and the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 9

When Halloween 3 came out, you could buy replicas of the masks that melted kids’ faces

Those of you keeping track at home will remember that the third Halloween film, Season of the Witch, had absolutely nothing to do with Michael Myers chasing Jamie Lee Curtis. No, it was about an evil Halloween mask manufacturer who sold masks imbued with microchips that contained fragments of Stonehenge. On Halloween night, the masks…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Oct 9

The gorgeous Italian Star Wars movie you never knew you wanted

Lovingly made Star Wars fan films, they’re growing on trees these days. The latest not-for-profit Star flick is the atmospheric Italian film, Dark Resurrection: Volume 0. In this film, a group of Jedis discover a derelict spaceship with a nasty secret. Don’t worry, it’s nothing like Turkish Star Wars. https://gizmodo.com/attention-george-lucas-this-star-wars-fan-film-has-eve-5847818 Director Angelo Licata tipped us…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Oct 9

In certain South American cultures, epileptics are “the undead,” trapped between life and death

An interesting paper on the cultural dimensions of epilepsy among the Guaraní people of South America has recently come to our attention. Rather than be condemned as the victims of demonic possession — which can be the case in other cultures — epileptics among the Guaraní have been historically regarded as those perpetually cycling between…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 8

Cyriaque Lamar

Real-life superhero Phoenix Jones’ secret identity exposed after he pepper-sprayed a crowd

The 10 most deranged Alien crossover stories

What’s it like to lead anime versions of the X-Men? The voice of Cyclops tells us

For $900, you can rock Kaneda’s jacket from Akira

This week’s comics bring dysfunctional X-Men and unexpected weirdness

Rainn Wilson’s version of Unsolved Mysteries will make you wish it was a real TV show

Watch Neil Patrick Harris’ insane lecture on Ewoks from How I Met Your Mother

An abandoned Russian theme park (with a woolly mammoth) in Japan

The trailer for the Nigerian Exorcist will make your head explode

DC Comics is giving Wonder Woman a father. Want to know who it is?

Giant prehistoric krakens may have sculpted self-portraits using ichthyosaur bones

John Carpenter’s The Thing, as told by the golden pipes of Frank Sinatra

Australian golf course overrun with bull sharks

Read a 7-page preview of IDW’s zombies, aliens, and demons comic book Infestation: Outbreak

Study: irresolute rakes attracted to prominent front porches

Japanese hair-washing robot is oddly sensuous

A rebooted Justice League, complete with a marble Wonder Woman and steampunk Cyborg

When Halloween 3 came out, you could buy replicas of the masks that melted kids’ faces

The gorgeous Italian Star Wars movie you never knew you wanted

In certain South American cultures, epileptics are “the undead,” trapped between life and death

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