Katharine Trendacosta

Point/Counterpoint: Does Firefly Still Matter?

Welcome to a new feature: Point/Counterpoint, where we debate, vehemently, angrily, over issues of extreme importance. Today: Does Firefly still matter? Image by Sam Woolley Taking the pro side is James Whitbrook. Taking the con side — and her life into her own hands — is Katharine Trendacosta. This debate took place via chat, and…

Today, We Are All a Dog Letting a Door Hit Him In the Head Repeatedly

Forget an exhausting week, this has been an exhausting day. We all just want to collapse into a nice spot and sleep. What’s that? There’s an automatic door here? Whatever. I’ll wait it out. [via Tastefully Offensive]

NBC Has Un-Canceled Its Never-Made Wizard of Oz Series

After ordering ten-episodes of a modern take on The Wizard of Oz, then canceling the show, NBC has re-ordered and un-canceled Emerald City. Dorothy got home easier than this show got on the air. The show stalled when executive producer and writer Josh Friedman (The Sarah Connor Chronicles) left due to the usual creative differences.…

In 2013, George Kourounis became the first person to travel into Turkmenistan’s “Door to Hell.” The Darvaza Crater is a manmade burning sinkhole of gas which has burned for 40 years. See images of his descent atScribol.

Everybody Hates Superman in the First Batman v Superman Trailer

The first Batman v Superman trailer arrived a few days before it was set to premiere at a special IMAX event on Monday. And what we get seems to be an all-fronts attack on Superman from the press right on to an eye-glowing, voice-growling Batman. UPDATED with official HD trailer. Feel free to spend the…

The 10 Most Shocking Bait-and-Switch Deaths of Major Characters

Killing off a major character is great way to up the stakes, create suspense, and show that this story isn’t going where you expect. Sometimes, a movie or TV show will go further and cast a famous name or create marketing that implies that a character will be around for a while, only for them…

Studio Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There Gets an English Trailer

Studio Ghibli’s last film for the foreseeable future was released last year in Japan. And now GKids has the US trailer for When Marnie Was There. It’s exactly what you’d expect and fairly wonderful. It’s actually very similar to the Japanese trailer, which had the same song, but lacked any dialogue over it. Based on…

Archeologists Found an 18th Century Dildo In a Toilet

The 25o-year-old sex toy was probably dropped into the latrine by mistake because no one would abandon something in such good condition that was obviously expensive. Image Credit: Regional Office for the Protection of Monuments via Discovery News Polish archeologists in Gdańsk found the dildo amongst jewelry and pottery shards and near the remains of…

First Official Footage of Batman v Superman Is All Suits

Confirming that there will be a different teaser released at a special IMAX event on April 20th, Zack Snyder tweeted his own teaser. And we have to ask: What is going on with the Batsuit? See it, and Snyder’s tweet below.

Dennis Cooper has written a horror novel using only gifs. Go check out Zac’s Haunted House and let us know what you think.

Water Still Falls Into This Collapsed Underground Grotto

Erosion caused the dome that once hid Hamilton Pool from sight to collapse, creating instead a shaded green oasis in Texas. Image credit: Hamilton Pool waterfall by Jeffery Rolinc/flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Let’s All Write Stories About the Moons of Moons

Submoons — satellites of satellites — are theoretically possible. However, they’d suffer the same eventual fate of the things we launch into orbit of our planet: eventual decay of orbit and crash into the planet below. That’s a fascinating location to set a story on. Image credit: Lunar Farside, As Seen by Apollo 8 by…

A Woman Plays a Game That Lets Her Create a World Full of Dinosaurs

This trippy animated short is so much fun to watch on loop. I don’t even know why, but I think it’s the little “bloop” sounds. [via Vimeo Staff Picks]

If you loved thelook of Ava, Ex Machina’s AI, concept artist Jock gave an interview with Business Insider about how she came to be. He says “Another thematic idea, rather than a specific shot from the script; ‘What would this robot look like in a natural environment?’ ‘What would it be looking for, once it…

Stephen Hawking Singing Monty Python’s “Galaxy Song” Is Perfection

For Record Store Day, the Pythons and Hawking teamed up to record Hawking singing the title song to Monty Python — The Meaning of Life. And it is all that is beautiful and right and just in this world. It comes from the Monty Python live show, where Brian Cox showed up to nitpick the…

Katee Sackhoff Will Write And Star In a New Science Fiction Show

Katee Sackhoff has finally found a project that will take full advantage of all of her talents: Rain, which she wrote and will executive produce and star in. Now, we just need an actual premiere date to circle on our calendars and count down to. Rain will follow in the long tradition of science fiction…

A Small Typo Inspired Amazing Game of Thrones/Steven Universe Art

When she saw the typo “Gem of Thrones,” artist Nina Bee’s mind went immediately to envisioning Steven Universe in the world of Game of Thrones, resulting in this totally adorable bit of art. She continued in this vein for “Pearl of Tarth”: Nina Bee draws the webcomic Applewood. Find her other art on her tumblr…

The Trailer For Scream: The TV Series Explains Why the Show Won’t Work

We have the official trailer for Scream, and in typical Scream fashion, it’s heavy on the meta-commentary on the tropes of slasher movies. And how they don’t work on TV. They must be feeling pretty confident to make those kinds of jokes.

On Outlander, Claire’s Only Friendship Puts Her In Grave Danger

There were a lot of balls in the air of “By the Pricking of My Thumbs,” and it was only a matter of time before one of them fell down and hit Claire in the head. I don’t think it’s a huge surprise that it was Geillis and Laoghaire that finally did her in. Spoilers……

In New Avengers: Age of Ultron Clip, It’s Hulk Versus Stark’s Hulkbuster

Tonight, MTV aired a new clip from Avengers: Age of Ultron — a 90-second chunk from the Iron Man/Hulk fracas we’ve seen bits of in concept art and trailers. Tony does not seem pleased with this turn of events There are a few hints from this short clip: first of all, it’s the Scarlet Witch…