Graeme McMillan, Author at Gizmodo

Marvel’s Potential Comedy Franchises

Power Man and Iron Fist The Pitch: “Shanghai Noon meets 48 Hours. Meets I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.” The Explanation: Yes, yes, I know that Luke Cage has a respectable career with the New Avengers these days, and Iron Fist has his own series back, but these two characters (Both born of Marvel’s 1970s bandwagon-jumping…

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Marvel’s Potential Action Franchises

Nova, the Human Rocket The Pitch: “Spider-Man meets The Last Starfighter.” The Explanation: Rich Rider, an everyday American teenager, is chosen by the last surviving member of intergalactic police force the Nova Corps, to take his place and defend the universe from the space pirate who’s out to kill them all. Part Spider-Man homage, part…

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Did JMS Ruin Television SF?

Babylon 5 has been credited with many things before, but ruining science fiction television wasn’t one of them… until British television writer Jonathan Wright started thinking about Torchwood’s new season. Writing for the Guardian newspaper, Wright bemoans the fact that Torchwood’s third season is a five-part storyline instead of individual episodes: I’m sorry, but what’s…

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Batwoman’s Solo Debut Is Art Nouveau Gone Pop

Can’t wait two weeks for the debut of Batwoman’s new solo comic strip in Detective Comics? Here’s something to make the wait even worse – The art for the first four covers sans logo/type/barcodes. Muscha-inspired superhero beauty is go. Artist JH Williams III put the original black and white art, along with his colored versions,…

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Star Wars Is Hasbro’s New Inspiration For Transformers

You might think that George Lucas’ epic space fantasy has little to do with Hasbro’s line of warring robots that can turn into vehicles, cities and scary sorority girls… but you’d be very wrong indeed, it seems. Business Week profiles Hasbro’s efforts to keep the Transformersbrand hot, and notes that Hasbro isn’t above recycling old…

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Remember Swine Flu? Well, It’s A Pandemic After All

While public concern over the H1N1 influenza may have quietened down, that doesn’t mean that the threat of swine flu is over for now. Just the opposite – the WHO has officially designated it the first pandemic in over 40 years. Announcing the change in pandemic status level, the World Health Organization made clear that…

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Was The Dark Knight The Best-Marketed Movie Of 2008?

Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight swept the board at the 38th annual Key Art Awards on Friday, leading a charge of superhero movies finding that good marketing may be their most useful superpower, after all. The Key Art Awards, held every year by the Hollywood Reporter, recognize the contributions made by the people behind the…

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New Doctor Faces Same Old Villains

One of the first problems facing new Doctor Who Matt Smith may be convincing audiences that his tenure won’t be the same old show, if rumors about his first villains turn out to be true. According to British tabloid the Daily Star, Who producers have decided that Smith’s first nemeses will be… the Daleks. According…

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Battlestar Galactica’s Frak Pack Pays Off For KFC

We may have made fun of it at the time, but KFC’s sponsorship of the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica was successful enough to convince a lot of you that Colonel Sanders wasn’t as bad as you thought. Frakking mind-control. https://gizmodo.com/when-kfc-makes-frak-jokes-we-all-win-5141402 Studies show that the KFC/BSG teaming was much more successful than normal advertising, both…

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Virtuality’s Cast Prepare For Space Travel

Ahead of Virtuality’s maiden (and potentially only) voyage this month, here’s your chance to get to know the crew of Ronald D. Moore’s latest SF series as the actors tell what they’d bring into orbit if given the chance. I’m not convinced by James D’Arcy’s advice, I have to admit. Virtuality premieres June 26th on…

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What TV Shows Should Be Animated To Stay Alive?

With the announcement that Futurama is coming back as a series six years after its cancellation – mirroring Family Guy’s resurrection – we got to thinking about which SF shows could use a little animated spell to get healthy again. There’s already precedent for science fiction shows living on past cancellation on Saturday mornings –…

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Get Your Han On With The Old Republic’s Latest Characters

Worried that Star Wars: The Old Republic wouldn’t let you live out your childhood dreams of becoming Han Solo? Fret no more – The MMO’s website has just released details of the next playable class: The smugglers. Describing smugglers as “slick, sneaky and street-smart,” it’s almost as if they’re daring you not to want to…

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The Secret Origin Of The Conficker Worm

It snuck onto millions of computers in just a few months, and has been called “one of the most sophisticated pieces of malignant software ever seen” – but what, exactly, was the Conficker Worm all about? A new story explains. New Scientist has a wonderful indepth article about how the Conficker Worm worked its way…

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How TSCC Would Have Continued

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles may be dead and gone, but that doesn’t stop fans wondering just what would’ve happened following the second season cliffhanger. Thankfully, former executive producer James Middleton is here to hint at the answer. Talking to SciFi Wire about how the writers had planned to follow up on John Connor’s surprise…

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What Lies Ahead For Heroes Is Redemption

Does “Redemption” mean more to Heroes than just the title of its next volume? Producer Bryan Fuller has been talking about what to expect from the show’s fourth season, and why the show has turned itself around. According to Fuller, “Redemption” will see the series returning to its original concept, and the show’s characters trying…

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Joss Whedon Said No To Buffy Movie

Fans may want the head of the executives who announced a Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie without the involvement of Joss Whedon, but it turns out that Whedon was asked to be involved after all… and said no. In an offhand comment at the end of a conversation with Entertainment Weekly about the future of…

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The Scientific Vision That Led To Terminator Vision

Wondering how the makers of Terminator Salvation came up with their particular brand of “machine vision”? A new behind the scenes video explains it all – including the debt it owes to NASA’s Mars Rover. How Will Robots See in 2018? [Fast Company]

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Help Name Science’s New Superheavy Element

Get ready to revise everything you know about chemistry – A new superheavy element is about to be added to the periodic table, just as soon as its creators can think of a suitable name for it. The new element, created by a team at the German GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research in 1996…

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Robocop’s Comic Return Will Be Soon, Violent

While Robocop’s movie return may still be a while off, the policeman-formerly-known-as Alex Murphy will be seen again sooner than you may expect; Dynamite have announced that they’re bringing the character back to comics, and back to his roots. Originally announced in a press release earlier this week, Dynamite’s new Robocop series will be an…

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NBC Begins Heroes Cloning?

Heroes’ fourth season is months away from starting, but already NBC is apparently making moves to distract some of its core writing staff; Aron Coleite and Joe Pokaski have been signed by the network to contracts outside the show. Variety reports that both writers have signed two year deals that not only cover their Heroes…

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Graeme McMillan

Marvel’s Potential Comedy Franchises

Marvel’s Potential Action Franchises

Did JMS Ruin Television SF?

Batwoman’s Solo Debut Is Art Nouveau Gone Pop

Star Wars Is Hasbro’s New Inspiration For Transformers

Remember Swine Flu? Well, It’s A Pandemic After All

Was The Dark Knight The Best-Marketed Movie Of 2008?

New Doctor Faces Same Old Villains

Battlestar Galactica’s Frak Pack Pays Off For KFC

Virtuality’s Cast Prepare For Space Travel

What TV Shows Should Be Animated To Stay Alive?

Get Your Han On With The Old Republic’s Latest Characters

The Secret Origin Of The Conficker Worm

How TSCC Would Have Continued

What Lies Ahead For Heroes Is Redemption

Joss Whedon Said No To Buffy Movie

The Scientific Vision That Led To Terminator Vision

Help Name Science’s New Superheavy Element

Robocop’s Comic Return Will Be Soon, Violent

NBC Begins Heroes Cloning?

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Could There Be a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sequel?

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees