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io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 25 '09

Twilight Heroin And Biting Fans: More WTF Twilight Stories

Last week we brought you the 30 Most Disturbing Twilight products, and since New Moon’s release, the crazy just hasn’t stopped pouring in. One man bit a Twi-hard, someone created a vibrating Edward doll — and there is Twilight-themed heroin. https://gizmodo.com/the-30-most-disturbing-twilight-products-5407713 Heroin For Teens! TMZ has a picture of Twilight Heroin baggies taken from West…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '09

Tron Legacy Video Game Peeks Into The New Tron World

Here’s a quickie clip from the new Tron Legacy video game. The characters actually look super sleek compared to the old Tron computer guard, and so do the revamped light cycles. Check out the new world for programs. TRON Video Game to Premiere at Video Game Awards 2009! | SpikeTV | SPIKE.com A much longer…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '09

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Heroin For Teens! TMZ has a picture of Twilight Heroin baggies taken from West Hempstead, Long Island. Apparently they’ve been getting more popular these last few months. An ABC affiliate is reporting that a 17-year-old girl was bitten by a man after getting harassed in a New Moon screening. The victim was watching the teen…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '09

Family Guy’s Empire Spoof Brings Us Mesh Shirted Stormtroopers

Family Guy’s The Empire Strikes Back trailer is out and loaded up with the usual gags and jokes, watching Stewie play Darth Vader never gets old. The official title is Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Dark Side and it’s out on DVD December 22. I’m already thinking this may be better than Blue Harvest.

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '09

How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road

How do you keep your humanity in the face of death, cannibals and destruction? This 11 minute feature from The Road goes deep with Viggo Mortensen, using clips, interviews and analysis. Plus listen to three tracks from Nick Cave‘s soundtrack. Careful — there are massive spoilers in the video. The Road is out November 25th.

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '09

Will This Clip Change The Way You Feel About Avatar?

Check out this inspirational new clip from Avatar. This is the first time we’re seeing the realism seep in through the CG world, especially when Jake’s Avatar is plunged into the wild rivers in Pandora. But what do you think? IGN’s new clip shows a vicious chase scene from Avatar as Jake flees from a…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '09

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io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '09

Dolph Lundgren Is Back From Cryo Sleep And Kicking It With Van Damme

Dolph and JCVD are back, and kicking super-soldier ass, in Sony’s $15 million Universal Soldier: Regeneration. This time, the aging super-soldiers must save the president’s abducted children before a radioactive cloud kills us all. No, really. Check out the trailer! Synopsis: The militant Islamist Chechen Basayev abducts the children of the President and takes control…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 23 '09

10 Things We Learned From James Cameron’s 60 Minutes Appearance

James Cameron sat down with 60 Minutes last night to drop some Avatar knowledge on us all, and now we know why the Na’vi have tails, whether they have nipples, what the score sounds like and what “popcorn chic” means. [Via CBS]

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 23 '09

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Filming Avatar Looked Insanely Difficult Rarely do I feel pity for the actors in a giant Hollywood picture, rarely. Then I saw these images of Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana, wow. First off the camera rig that they’re wearing seems beyond comprehension. I can’t imagine wrapping my head around fake hair, a fake face, and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 23 '09

Big Daddy And Little Sister Frolic Beneath The Waves

Volpin props, who basically won Dragon*Con cosplay contest with their amazing Bioshock Big Daddy and Little Sister recreation, took their act to the aquarium. Bringing the underwater video game world into beautiful, and chilling reality. https://gizmodo.com/bioshock-fan-brings-big-daddy-to-fearsome-life-5364495 [via Geekologie]

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 23 '09

The Crow Relaunch Moves Forward With Casting

The Crow relaunch is taking off, and may be months away from a greenlight. We caught up with the movie’s producer and found out exactly where the film is in the casting process, and asked the all-important makeup questions. While he was doing press for drama Brothers we caught up with producer Ryan Kavanaugh and…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 23 '09

We’re Getting A Bit Winded From SGU’s Space Aerobics

Stargate Universe, what are we going to do with you? After last week’s challenging episode, you give us a mind-numbingly dull and frustrating episode, which could have ruled. Instead, we were treated to more pointless sex scenes and stir fry. My heart is broken with this series. And after being accused of merely wanting SGU…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 23 '09

The 6 Million Dollar Man Peddles His Bionic Hearing Aid

Good God, we are getting old. Lee Majors is doing Bionic Hearing Aid commercials. Nothing is more depressing than listening to our favorite cyborg talk about “frustrating tiny batteries.” [via David Indy]

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 23 '09

Bird Arm Babies, Nic Cage’s Mighty Sword And El Eternauta Footage

We’ve got a grab-bag of crazy for you this week. First up is a look at the test footage of the movie adaptation of graphic novel El Eternauta, complete with poison snow. Plus creepy flying kids and Nic Cage. El Eternauta Last year, we found out that 1950s graphic novel by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, El…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 22 '09

Page-To-Screen Fail: The Worst Live-Action Versions Of Book Characters

We’ve all had our hearts broken by movie and television versions of our favorite book characters. You know the adaptation will never be as good as the beloved original, but sometimes it’s hideously worse. Here are the absolute worst offenders. The Spirit – The Octopus Samuel L. Jackson’s Octopus was probably the most insane translation…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 20 '09

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Get lost in the book vortex? Don’t worry we’ve got a round up of this weeks bookish posts including the the history of scifi classics, told by their covers, Cormac McCarthy’s thoughts on The Road and reading recommendations. If You Like These Recent Movies, Here Are Books You’ll Love Movies may thrill us with their…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 20 '09

Vampires Versus Werewolves: The Dance Off

The eternal struggle between vampire and werewolf is sparked again in theaters today with New Moon. Which causes us to wonder who’s really better: werewolves or vampires? We settle this issue once and for all, with a dance-off. Side A, Vampires: Blade, Blood Club Once Bitten, “Hands Off” Fright Night, “Good Man In A Bad…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 20 '09

Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King’s Dome Horror To Life

Last week we learned that Stephen King‘s brand new book Under The Dome, about a town sealed off from the rest of the world, is getting a miniseries. Now Steven Spielberg has stepped in to make sure it’s a success. DreamWorks TV and Spielberg will executive produce the miniseries based on the 1088-page book. And…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 20 '09

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Twilight Heroin And Biting Fans: More WTF Twilight Stories

Tron Legacy Video Game Peeks Into The New Tron World

New Moon Gallery

Family Guy’s Empire Spoof Brings Us Mesh Shirted Stormtroopers

How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road

Will This Clip Change The Way You Feel About Avatar?

The Road

Dolph Lundgren Is Back From Cryo Sleep And Kicking It With Van Damme

10 Things We Learned From James Cameron’s 60 Minutes Appearance

Avatar Gallery

Big Daddy And Little Sister Frolic Beneath The Waves

The Crow Relaunch Moves Forward With Casting

We’re Getting A Bit Winded From SGU’s Space Aerobics

The 6 Million Dollar Man Peddles His Bionic Hearing Aid

Bird Arm Babies, Nic Cage’s Mighty Sword And El Eternauta Footage

Page-To-Screen Fail: The Worst Live-Action Versions Of Book Characters

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Vampires Versus Werewolves: The Dance Off

Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King’s Dome Horror To Life

Satoshi Kon’s Manga Deserve Just as Much Love as His Iconic Anime

Meta Settles Lawsuit That Claimed Social Media Addiction Screwed Up Schools

Jeep, Ram, and Dodge Vehicles Could Soon Come Equipped With Wayve’s Self-Driving Tech

Radio Silence Is Making a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Movie

SpaceX Holds More Bitcoin Than Previously Thought

So Those Water Vapors on Europa Might Not Actually Be a Thing

Everything to Know About Disney’s Huge New Millennium Falcon Ride Update

You Won’t Believe How Much Exercise It Takes to Get ‘Substantial’ Heart Protection

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Acer’s Swift 16 AI (2026) Gets a Lot Right, But I Can’t Get Past the Trackpad

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