Graeme McMillan, Author at Gizmodo

Superheroes Good And Bad to the Rescue

Superheroes take over comic book stores, even more than usual, tomorrow – including the return of a classic hero, and new series from two of the industry’s greatest superhero writers. Look! Up in the sky! For those who like your superheroes square-jawed and old-fashioned, the book of the week has to be DC’s Flash: Rebirth,…

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What Happens When Security Cameras Get Involved With Matchmaking

What if Big Brother was hijacked by Big Cupid? DreamWorks’ new movie Good Looking shows a future dating service that uses surveillance camera footage to match lonely hearts without fail. Well, almost without fail. The project, just announced by the studio, is the product of screenwriter Chris McCoy, who came up with the idea after…

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RIP Andy Hallett

News broke late last night that Andy Hallett, better known as Lorne in Joss Whedon‘s Angel, passed away Sunday night from heart failure in LA’s Cedars-Sinai Hospital, following a five-year battle with heart disease. Hallett, whose singing demon was one of the best things about the latter years of the Buffy spin-off, died with his…

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Spider-Man Is Too Sexy For Kids, Says Mom

It’s the news that Peter Parker had waited too long to hear: Spider-Man is too sexy for his own good. Or, at least, too sexy for elementary school audiences, according to one concerned, vocal mother. The complaint comes from a mother in Millard, Nebraska, Physha Svendsen, who was disgusted by the depravity she found in…

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Shooting Virtual Zombies Is Good For You, Officially

It’s one more blow to overprotective parenting worldwide, but scientists have discovered that playing videogames may actually be good for you after all. Please, wait until you’ve finished reading this before calling mom to laugh. Daphne Bavelier, from the University of Rochester, New York, has turned into something of a gaming evangelist; six years ago,…

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You’ll Have To Wait To Step Into Captain America’s Boots

Sure, Marvel has confirmed that the long-awaited Marvel Universe MMO is back on, but don’t hold your breath waiting; technology and synergy mean that we’ve got three years until we’ll see it at least, apparently. Marvel’s president of worldwide consumer products Simon Philips spoke to MTV last week about the game, and gave a 2012…

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Dollhouse Is Safe… Ish

Despite disappointing ratings, Fox want you to know that they really will show all of the episodes of Dollhouse’s first season. Even though there may be some pre-emption happening at some point. Fansite Dollverse has gotten confirmation from Fox that the remaining six episodes of Joss Whedon’s mindwipe drama will air on April 3rd, 10th,…

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Nerd Is The Word

Are you a geek or a nerd? Or neither, thankyouverymuch? Austin Grossman‘s pondering about whether or not it’s time to drop the term “nerd” on Friday prompted much discussion, and not just about Answer 5. https://gizmodo.com/nerd-and-anti-nerd-5186501 (Yes, the poll should only have had three options, but accidentally ended up with two extras, called Answer 4…

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After 3-D, What Next?

With the success of Monsters Vs. Aliens at the box office this weekend, 3-D movies are now firmly back with mainstream audiences. But what other movie fads could be resurrected in a similar fashion? Smell-O-Vision Admittedly, bringing back the ability for the audience to smell a movie as well as see and hear it would…

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The Real Way Dharma Recruits Got Lost

If ads like these had really existed in 1974, we all would’ve have wanted to join the Dharma Initiative. These sly fanmade adverts give us a glimpse at the Dharma we don’t see on Lost. The adverts come from Flickr user Adam Campbell, and rival anything that the ABC drama’s props team have managed to…

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Love Really Is All We Need, Claims BSG Producer

Wondering what Ronald D. Moore was doing reading National Geographic in the final episode of Battlestar Galactica? And was the lesson of the series that love will save the day? A new interview answers both. National Geographic spoke to Moore and co-producer David Eick about the magazine’s appearance in the final episode. Moore explained why…

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Scientists Invent Healing Goo, Horrifying Name

I’m as excited at the next person that scientists have discovered a way to artificially create liquid from the womb for use in medical treatment, but does it have to be called “baby butter“? New Scientist reports that Dutch scientists Joke Bouwstra and Robert Rissman from Leiden University have artificially created vernix caseosa, a… well,…

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Elevator Takes Us To A Twilight Antidote

Is the studio behind Twilight trying to have its cake and eat it? Summit is reportedly about to purchase the screenplay for Elevator Men, a movie described by its writer as, well, the anti-Twilight. The script was written by Marc Haimes, who described it as a reaction to all of these stories now — TV…

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Monsters Crushes All Comers In Friday’s Box Office

Monsters vs. Aliens had a large opening at the box office yesterday, and may have set records for 3-D movies… but can it also beat Watchmen’s opening weekend? The movie made an estimated $16.7 million in theaters yesterday, despite being a kids’ movie opening on a school day; according to Variety, we won’t know how…

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Duct Tape Is The Key To Zero-G Cooking

You may think it’d be difficult to cook in orbit, but apparently the key is all in the preparation. For example, have you picked up supplies from the local hardware store before launch? According to astronaut Sandra Magnus, zero-g cooking is all about the tools: You know, the trick is duct tape and zip lock…

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What Show Is Your New Battlestar?

It’s been a week since Battlestar Galactica finished, and already we’re missing the show’s blend of politics, soap opera and special effects. Will we ever see its like again? We look at some potential replacements. SGU: Stargate Universe The Pros: It’s on the same channel as Galactica and, in Robert Carlysle, has an actor who…

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Mars Attacks In 3-D!

Hope you saved your 3-D glasses from recent issues of Entertainment Weekly and People, because new images from Mars have been released in 3-D… It’s just like being there! But more comfortable, and with air! The images, which appeared in New Scientist, were taken by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Zooming in…

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Star Trek’s British Fans Get A Raw Deal With New Posters

New posters for this summer’s Star Trek have been released, and while the American poster is as dynamic as the teasers, the British one might give you deja vu. Click through for both. This poster – for the UK only – was revealed on Empire Magazine’s website, but it’s constructed from images from the (much…

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The Thing Prequel Won’t Have That Moore Touch

One of Ronald D. Moore’s post-Battlestar Galactica projects was writing a prequel to classic horror movie The Thing… But put emphasis on “was”; he’s off the project, and his script has been dumped. Bloody Disgusting broke the news on Thursday that Eric Heisserer has been hired to rewrite the script for the movie, and when…

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Marvel Studios Settles In For Longhaul

Worried that your favorite obscure Marvel superheroes might not make it to the big screen? Fear not; a report about Marvel’s movie plans suggests that there’ll be plenty more on their way soon. Variety is reporting that the superhero farm is looking to hire five writers to work with executives and permanently rework their characters…

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Graeme McMillan

Superheroes Good And Bad to the Rescue

What Happens When Security Cameras Get Involved With Matchmaking

RIP Andy Hallett

Spider-Man Is Too Sexy For Kids, Says Mom

Shooting Virtual Zombies Is Good For You, Officially

You’ll Have To Wait To Step Into Captain America’s Boots

Dollhouse Is Safe… Ish

Nerd Is The Word

After 3-D, What Next?

The Real Way Dharma Recruits Got Lost

Love Really Is All We Need, Claims BSG Producer

Scientists Invent Healing Goo, Horrifying Name

Elevator Takes Us To A Twilight Antidote

Monsters Crushes All Comers In Friday’s Box Office

Duct Tape Is The Key To Zero-G Cooking

What Show Is Your New Battlestar?

Mars Attacks In 3-D!

Star Trek’s British Fans Get A Raw Deal With New Posters

The Thing Prequel Won’t Have That Moore Touch

Marvel Studios Settles In For Longhaul

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Scientists Found a Weird New Way to Wash Fruits and Vegetables

White House’s Mysterious ‘Covfefe Moment’ Was Stupider Than We Imagined

Gym Bros Are Pushing Mystery Muscle Drugs Doctors Barely Recognize, Study Warns

The Head of HBO Explains What it Takes to Get a ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff Going

Elon Musk’s Lawyer Claims Jury’s 420 ‘Joke’ Proves He Didn’t Receive a Fair Trial

‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’ Is a Genre Blending Delight

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