Graeme McMillan, Author at Gizmodo

Dark Avengers

Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn) The villain of the piece, and former Green Goblin, Norman Osborn has already returned from the dead once to pursue ever-more-ridiculous plans for power, political and otherwise. Is he marked for death this week? No way; there’re two more issues after this week’s, and I don’t even think he’ll be dead…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jan 31

Mighty Avengers

Amadeus Cho The seventh (or maybe eighth, depending who’s around that week) smartest person in the Marvel Universe, this genius kid has a gift for making connections where others don’t and getting into trouble. Is he marked for death this week? I doubt it; he’s not important enough to most people for his death to…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jan 31

New Avengers

Captain America (Steve Rogers) Marvel’s most famous patriot, the man who socked Hitler in the jaw and whose return signaled the end of Marvel’s Dark Reign. Is he marked for death this week? In that he’s literally just finished a series called Reborn where he came back from the (assumed) dead, of course not. Captain…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jan 31

ET Makes Sure You Get Home Okay

Offered almost without comment: Even gravelly-voiced aliens abandoned on Earth know that you shouldn’t drink and drive, if this odd example of movie marketing is anything to go by. Still, who thought this was a good idea? [Via]

io9 Graeme McMillan Jan 31

Blame Water For Global Warming, Say Scientists

Do human greenhouse gases play less of a role in global warming than initially suspected? A new study suggests that’s the case, blaming water vapor for up to a third of the global warming throughout the 1990s. Damn you, water! The discovery is the result of research carried out by a team from the US…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jan 31

Questor Revamp Will Be As Robotic As The Original, Says Roddenberry’s Son

Buffy and Angel veteran Tim Minear may be in talks to head a revival of Gene Roddenberry’s The Questor Tapes, but don’t expect it to be a Whedonesque re-do, according to the man responsible for the property, Rod Roddenberry. https://gizmodo.com/tim-minear-producing-an-android-journey-of-self-discove-5453993 Talking to Newsarama about the announced revival, Roddenberry said that he hopes that the new…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 31

Vaughn: Kick-Ass Follows, Breaks All The Superhero Rules

Bored of superhero movies that ignore everything that comic books have taught you? According to director Matthew Vaughn, Kick-Ass is the movie you’ve been waiting for all along… as well as the movie he’s been wanting to make for years. Vaughn told Comic Book Resources that the upcoming movie, adapted from Mark Millar and John…

Movies Graeme McMillan Jan 31

There’s Less Us To Us Than You Think

One of the problems with decoding the human genome was discovering how little of the human genome was actually… well, human. Are we really made up by mostly virus DNA? As biologist Frank Kelly explains, scientists sequencing the human genome discovered that not only were there around 5 times less genes than originally anticipated, they…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jan 30

Futuristic Pavillion Beams Into Regent’s Place

Regent’s Place in London now has a permanent Star Trek teleporter effect, thanks to architect Carmody Groarke‘s award-winning pavillion design created to “enrich and activate the public open space.” More details about the pavillion here. [Contemporist]

io9 Graeme McMillan Jan 30

New Smallville Trailer Finally Shows The JSA In Action

With only a week left, the CW is getting their trailer money out of Smallville: Absolute Justice, the Justice Society-gueststarring two hour movie. Click through for the final trailer, complete with glimpses of the team in action. [Entertainment Weekly]

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 30

Do You Want To See Frank Miller’s Dinosaur?

Has comic creator and filmmaker Frank Miller abandoned the noir of his Sin City and ill-fated Spirit movie for something a bit more prehistoric? Either that, or there’s some odd teasing happening on his new Twitter. Miller, who joined Twitter this week, has already used it to preview some new Sin City artwork, but it’s…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jan 30

Doctor Who’s New Future Gameshow Spin-Off: WTF?

If the success of Doctor Who has taught British television makers anything, it’s that audiences love science fiction. But that’s no excuse for the announcement of Mission: 2110, a new SF-themed gameshow written by a former Who writer. 2110 is the creation of Who writer Phil Ford, and described by executive producer Sue Morgan as…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 30

Iron Man Out, Bond In For Cowboys and Aliens

Robert Downey Jr. may be too busy saving the world as Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes to revisit the Wild West, but luckily another cinematic hero has stepped in to take up the fight in the upcoming Cowboy Versus Aliens. Nikki Finke is reporting that Daniel Craig has signed on the dotted line to star…

Movies Graeme McMillan Jan 29

Twitter And Win Buffy’s Most Recent Season

Been missing out on the further adventures of Buffy The Vampire Slayer? Dark Horse Comics wants to help with a Twitter lottery to win all Season 8 collections to date. Go here for details, but hurry: It’s only running today.

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jan 29

Samuel L Jackson Sees Profit Potential In Alien Civil War

Seeking to prove Edwin Starr wrong, Samuel L. Jackson and his Afro Samurai co-creator Eric Calderon think that war might be good for a few things after all with their new comic series, Cold Space. “Huh!” indeed. The new series was co-created by actor Jackson and Calderon, and stars a main character who looks very…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jan 29

Lockheed Martin Turns To Marvel Comics For Inspiration

It’s not exactly Iron Man, but Lockheed Martin’s Human Universal Load Carrier may be the first step down that road, allowing soldiers to cybernetically increase their strength for days at a time, as well as shield its wearer from harm. Lockheed are so excited about the Tony Stark-inspired suit that they’ve made a promotional video…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jan 29

NBC Maintains The Superheroics With New Drama

Heroes may about to get some costumed company on NBC next season. The peacock network has given the go-ahead for a pilot for a new superhero drama that promises to mix emotional fireworks with the special effect fights. NBC has picked up The Cape, an hour long drama created by sword-and-sandal miniseries Empire creator Tom…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 29

DC To Marvel: Oops, We Did It Again

After more than a week, DC Comics have responded to Marvel’s criticism of their Blackest Night ring promotion… by doing it all over again, and making it easier for retailers to take advantage of the offer. Despite Marvel’s offer to exchange the covers of 50 promoted comics for one of their own comics and Marvel…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jan 27

10 Shows For Marvel To Conquer TV With

As of this month, Marvel Comics belongs to the Walt Disney Corporation, which also owns the ABC television network. So when are we going to see some corporate synergy happening? Here’re 10 Marvel comics we need to see on television. You may remember that we have previously proven through the use of both science and…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 26

Chuck Versus The Deja Vu

This week’s Chuck proved three things: That Kristin Kreuk isn’t as bad an actress as she was on Smallville, that Chuck’s apparently got the intersect thing under control, and that everyone at the BuyMore have astonishingly short memories. Spoilers! Let’s just get the Morgan Gets No Respect subplot out the way: Didn’t we do this…

Television Graeme McMillan Jan 26

Graeme McMillan

Dark Avengers

Mighty Avengers

New Avengers

ET Makes Sure You Get Home Okay

Blame Water For Global Warming, Say Scientists

Questor Revamp Will Be As Robotic As The Original, Says Roddenberry’s Son

Vaughn: Kick-Ass Follows, Breaks All The Superhero Rules

There’s Less Us To Us Than You Think

Futuristic Pavillion Beams Into Regent’s Place

New Smallville Trailer Finally Shows The JSA In Action

Do You Want To See Frank Miller’s Dinosaur?

Doctor Who’s New Future Gameshow Spin-Off: WTF?

Iron Man Out, Bond In For Cowboys and Aliens

Twitter And Win Buffy’s Most Recent Season

Samuel L Jackson Sees Profit Potential In Alien Civil War

Lockheed Martin Turns To Marvel Comics For Inspiration

NBC Maintains The Superheroics With New Drama

DC To Marvel: Oops, We Did It Again

10 Shows For Marvel To Conquer TV With

Chuck Versus The Deja Vu

RAM Shortage Expected to Continue Into Next Year or Later

Marvel Studios’ Former Art Staff Discuss ‘Shortsighted’ Layoffs

Amazon Delivery Drones Involve a Perilous 10-Foot Drop. Users Are Posting the Apparent Results

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