Graeme McMillan, Author at Gizmodo

What Abrams Did (Long) Before Star Trek…

…And before Fringe, Lost and Alias, for that matter. The always-wonderful ScriptShadow blog has made Abrams’ unproduced 1994 sci-fi movie script Shelter online, for a peek at the awkward early days of the new Main Man. [ScriptShadow]

Movies Graeme McMillan Dec 8

Killers, Cardassians And Christmas In This Week’s Comics

From magical realism to those forced to kill in order to survive, it’s as if comics this week have taken on the very properties of the holiday season. There’s even a Holiday Special, just for the traditionalists! It’s a strange mix of new releases this week, as the industry seems to be slowing down for…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Dec 8

Does Iron Man 2 = Spider-Man 3?

Instead of being excited about another Iron Man movie, should we be concerned that it’s going to be another over-stuffed, disorganized mess like Spider-Man 3? One British journalist thinks so, worryingly enough. The Guardian’s Stuart Heritage thinks that what we already know about the second Iron Man movie sounds worryingly familiar: This time Iron Man…

Movies Graeme McMillan Dec 8

Vlad Is Your New Twilight

Move over, Robert Pattinson, Brad Pitt wants your vampire crown. Twilight studio Summit is going back to the classics, with its new vampire project, focusing on Vlad the Impaler’s little-seen days as a young vampire. Pitt’s Plan B company will be producing Vlad, which focuses on the early life of the inspiration behind the Dracula…

Movies Graeme McMillan Dec 8

DC Celebrates 75th Birthday By Starting Over

Reboot fever has hit DC Comics, who have announced a new line of graphic novels to debut next year, retelling the stories of Superman and Batman from the very beginning updated for new audiences, called Earth One. The line will start with Superman: Earth One, by J. Michael Straczynski and Shane Davis, and Batman: Earth…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Dec 7

How Marvel Learned To Stop Worrying About 9/11 And Love Slaughter

Wondering how long it’d take for the events of September 11th to go from real life tragedy to thoughtless plot McGuffin? Marvel’s new mega-event Siege demonstrates that the answer is “eight years, and we can kill even more people.” Marvel Comics‘ reaction to 9/11 was both heartfelt and far-reaching, understandable for a company not only…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Dec 7

The Glowing Hotel With Moving Pictures On Its Shell

Okay, so the YAS Hotel in Abu Dhabi looks like it’s being attacked by a whale from Tron’s cyberhomeworld, but that’s just its color-changing LEDs that can play customized 3D videos on its shell. Click through for more images. [Contemporist]

io9 Graeme McMillan Dec 7

Uncut Time Lords And Corporate Love Connections Rock Your Set

With regular shows beginning to go on holiday hiatus, you’d think this might be a dull week on television, but you’d be very wrong: Doctor Who marathons! Better Off Ted returning! Lots of disaster movies! We love you, television. Monday With Heroes and House both taking a break for the holidays, it falls to Syfy…

Television Graeme McMillan Dec 7

Some Vegetables Are Vicious Killers

Suddenly, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes seems just a little bit closer to reality with the news that tomatoes are carnivorous. No, you didn’t misread that: Tomatoes are carnivorous… and so are potatoes. Everything you knew is wrong, people. The announcement comes from researchers at Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, who carried out an assessment of…

io9 Graeme McMillan Dec 7

Avatar Theme Song Offers Cliches, Celine Dion Flashbacks

You can tell that Avatar fever has reached fever pitch when even the debut of Leona Lewis‘ closing credits song causes uproar online. But should we judge the movie by how bad the song is? (If so, then oh dear.) The Popeater blog had the exclusive online debut of “I See You” this weekend, and…

Movies Graeme McMillan Dec 7

The Master Returns In New Doctor Who Trailer

Can’t wait until December 25th (or 26th, if you’re watching BBC America) for more Doctor Who? This new trailer for “The End of Time Part 1″ won’t help, showing a newly-blond Master and Christmas being canceled. Click through to view. [Via]

Television Graeme McMillan Dec 6

Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?

Looking back at the fictional stories that defined the last decade, you might think of things like The Dark Knight, Battlestar Galactica, or failures like Bionic Woman and Speed Racer. Was this the decade we ran out of original ideas? Okay, that’s obviously not completely fair; after all, this last ten years have also seen…

Movies Graeme McMillan Dec 6

McG Announces Two More Terminator Movies, Reality May Have Other Plans

Last night, Gizmodo’s Jason Chen listened to director McG’s Blu-Ray livecommentary for Terminator Salvation so that you didn’t have to. You can read the whole thing here, but if you’re in a rush, here’re the, uh, highlights. https://gizmodo.com/save-us-mcg-is-making-another-terminator-movie-5419862 Apparently oblivious to the fact that the franchise is up for sale and no-one knows who future…

Movies Graeme McMillan Dec 6

Is Some Ignorance Bliss?

When is some information too much information? When it can impede scientific progress, according to Roberto Trotta of the Imperial College London. He’s worried that if we know too much at once, we’ll be unable to create new theories. Trotta’s concern is mainly focused on information from the European Space Agency’s Planck mission, due to…

io9 Graeme McMillan Dec 6

New Teases In New Harry Potter Trailer

Curious to see a first sneak of the next Harry Potter movie? The DVD/Blu-Ray release of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince includes a teaser for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. Click through to see what’s yet to come. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows EXCLUSIVE VIEW + TEASER *HQ/Official Video* from Dragon on…

Movies Graeme McMillan Dec 6

Are There Lessons To Be Learned From Dollhouse’s Ratings?

We weren’t the only ones left unconvinced by Summer Glau’s guest-appearance on Dollhouse this Friday: The show returned after its month break with audiences staying at a series low. http://io9.com/5419736/ Around 2.1 million viewers watched Friday’s double bill according to early reports, matching the series low and coming in last in its regular timeslot, behind…

Television Graeme McMillan Dec 6

Team Jacob Gets A Nanobot Boost

Not content with winning over the hearts of women of all ages with his sensitive portrayal of a shirtless boy who turns into a wolf, New Moon‘s Taylor Lautner is turning his attentions to the men with Max Steel. Lautner has signed on to play the title role in Steel, which brings the Mattel toy…

Movies Graeme McMillan Dec 6

Revealed: Marvel Comics’ Secret War On Women

Have superhero comics outgrown a pre-adolescent fear of women? Not in the slightest, argues critic Abhay Khosla. In fact, he argues, Marvel Comics’ last few linewide storylines have been all about why women are terrifying and need to be destroyed. Over at the Savage Critics, Khosla puts Marvel Comics’ fear of women into some worrying…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Dec 5

Why FlashForward Fails

With this week’s episode being the last we’ll see for awhile of the show hyped as “The New Lost,” it seems like a good time to look back at what we know about FlashForward and ask, What went wrong? Theoretically, “A561984” should’ve left us hooked and unable to wait for the next episode of the…

Television Graeme McMillan Dec 5

Keep Up With The New Real

In case you’re just waking up now, catch up with what you’ve already missed of The New Real, io9’s two-day livewriting adventure, and start making decisions on behalf of our fictionauts. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-real-livewriting-day-1-5419588

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What Abrams Did (Long) Before Star Trek…

Killers, Cardassians And Christmas In This Week’s Comics

Does Iron Man 2 = Spider-Man 3?

Vlad Is Your New Twilight

DC Celebrates 75th Birthday By Starting Over

How Marvel Learned To Stop Worrying About 9/11 And Love Slaughter

The Glowing Hotel With Moving Pictures On Its Shell

Uncut Time Lords And Corporate Love Connections Rock Your Set

Some Vegetables Are Vicious Killers

Avatar Theme Song Offers Cliches, Celine Dion Flashbacks

The Master Returns In New Doctor Who Trailer

Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?

McG Announces Two More Terminator Movies, Reality May Have Other Plans

Is Some Ignorance Bliss?

New Teases In New Harry Potter Trailer

Are There Lessons To Be Learned From Dollhouse’s Ratings?

Team Jacob Gets A Nanobot Boost

Revealed: Marvel Comics’ Secret War On Women

Why FlashForward Fails

Keep Up With The New Real

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