Meredith Woerner, Author at Gizmodo

Blow Some Vamp Lines On This Week’s True Blood

It was only a matter of time before those kids started snorting vampire juice over at the synthetic blood soap opera True Blood. But the big surprise is that it came from hippie Lizzy Caplan (Cloverfield), the show’st free spirit and connoisseur of finely chopped blood rails. This week’s True Blood was crammed with shiny…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 20 '08

Seth Rogen More Interested In Hornet Than Fighting Ghosts

Seth Rogen’s Green Hornet movie was looking like a weird mutant hybrid, with a script by Rogen and Evan Goldberg, but direction by Hong Kong comedy legend Stephen Chow. How would Chow be able to make Rogen’s trademark slacker comedy work? But now there’s some excellent news: Chow is taking a hand in rewriting the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 20 '08

Wall Street Undead Feast On New Yorkers’ Brains

Click to viewZombies flooded Manhattan this weekend. Pulling their golden parachutes and crumbling portfolios, decaying bankers roamed the streets looking for brains and bailouts. This years NYC’s annual Zombie Con brought all the decomposing masses out, to paint the town red with the blood of my 401K, while anointing the Wall Street bull statue with…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 20 '08

Star Trek: The Experience Lives Again In Vegas

Like many things that make you feel uncomfortable and ashamed in Las Vegas, Star Trek: The Experience will not just go quietly into the good night. After closing down in the Las Vegas Hilton last month Wired is reporting that Ted Newkirk (real name), owner of the Neonopolis (a shopping and entertainment venue) is interested…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 20 '08

Clone Warriors Prove They Could Kick Sylar’s Ass

Everybody’s throwing down on television this week. Take tonight: Chuck’s sorta-girlfriend is sparring with Nicole Richie on Chuck, while Brian Austin Green gets hot and heavy with BSG’s Kendra Shaw — in bed — on Terminator: SCC. And then Peter unleashes holy hell on Sylar’s baby face. Later in the week, Star Wars’ clones grow…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 20 '08

The Buddy Superhero Movie Of The Century

Awesome Marvel superheroes Power Man and Iron Fist have both had movies in development hell for nearly a decade — so why not put them together in one movie? After all, it worked in the comics. Up-and-comer Malcolm Lee (Soul Men, The Best Man) threw his director’s hat into the comic-book ring, calling a Power…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 20 '08

Dragonball Reshoots Make Us Hope For A Better Ball

Did the overwhelmingly “meh” reaction to the leaked Dragonball trailer cause some panic among the movie’s producers? Maybe so, because the movie is going back for some reshoots, and let’s hope they fix the pasty-white Lord Piccolo and weak fight scenes along the way. Here’s our list of suggestions for maximum DB improvement.First and foremost,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 20 '08

Cuddly Russian Aliens and Stanislaw Lem’s One Human Minute Hits The Big Screen

Crazy cartooned aliens take Alice on a hoverboard ride in the new Russian adaptation of Kir Bulychev’s novels, bringing back the scifi love for kids that has been severely lacking for some time. We’ll let you meet Alice’s furry and multi-limbed friends before they all get injected by an evil alien. Also, take a look…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 19 '08

Don Your Clone Wars Helmet And Ride A Cyborg Dino to Fight Harvey Dent’s Gross Face

The holiday season is upon us, and already we’re flooded with the scifi toy must-haves for everyone’s wish list. I can’t think of any child that would be sad with a gruesome removable head Harvey Dent figure, a Clone Wars stromtrooper helmet and an ROBOT TRICERATOPS. We’ve gathered all of the best toys for your…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 18 '08

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Too busy speculating about the ending of Zack Snyder’s Watchmen? Don’t worry we’ve got a round up of this weeks best stories just for you.Transformers Roll Out in Zhejiang Province Transformers was the first foreign cartoon allowed to air in the People’s Republic of China, and the tales of robots in disguise have left an…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 17 '08

Master Chief And Optimus Prime Are Saints Fanboys

When you have Optimus Prime AND Master Chief cheering from the Superdome, is there really any doubt which team is superior? I have to give it to the New Orleans Saints’ fans, they’ve got great taste and a whole lotta free time. They look fantastic. No word yet if Opty will travel to Detroit to…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 17 '08

Space Travelers Face Their Deadliest (And Silliest) Foe Yet

A batch of space travelers awaken from their hypersleep and discover they’re not alone on their ship. The memory-wiped Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster must now fight the most unlikely of space guests hunting their crew down in new scifi thriller Pandorum. Entertainment Weekly has the first two stills from Pandorum, and it looks like…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 17 '08

A Rocky Horror Remake I Can Get Behind

Take a page from a rock god, MTV — this is how you do a Rocky Horror remake. Joan Jett covers “Science Fiction Double Feature” the best way she knows how: with guitars, drums and no stupid gimmicks. Listen to the lady herself rock out. And close your eyes and imagine her lips singing you…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 17 '08

Edward Norton Teaches Us The Hulk Walk Plus Deleted Scenes

The Hulk’s trademark shambling jumps weren’t just motion-captured on the fly — every lurch was planned out carefully in advance, judging from this newly released behind-the-scenes video from the DVD, which comes out Oct. 21. The movie’s VFX masters taped Edward Norton rolling about on the floor of an office to figure out the Hulk’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 17 '08

Shipmates In Love: The Best Real-Life Scifi Couples

Wonderful news, scifi lovers – Lisa Bonet (Life On Mars) and Jason Momoa (Ronon from Stargate Atlantis) are expecting another little bundle of joy. This will be the second child for the couple (Bonet’s third), and we send those two nothing but interstellar good wishes. Their happy news got me thinking that this is a…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 17 '08

Star Trek Will Spread Abrams’ Message Of Optimism

The cover story for tomorrow’s Star Trek centered Entertainment Weekly is already on the site, and we’ve collected the highlights and important tidbits from the interviews with the cast, writers, producers and director J.J. Abrams. So find out what’s different on the new “Apple Store” bridge and how Abrams put his love for Star Wars…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 16 '08

Cormac McCarthy’s Apocalyptic Movie Pushed Further Down The Road To 09?

Bad news, Cormac McCarthy fans — The Road’s movie adaptation, featuring scraggily Viggo Mortensen, has now been pushed back from its original soft release dates of Nov. 14 and Nov. 26 to “at least December.” The Hollywood Reporter is stating that the apocalyptic movie may even be pushed into the new year.Right now, The Road…

Movies Meredith Woerner Oct 16 '08

Trick Your Taste Buds With Futuristic Pills

Miracle Berry Fruit Tablets will trick your taste buds into tasting sweet when you should be making a sour puss. ThinkGeek tested the tablets and found that they can help you happily much on lemons and limes, while eating an orange tasted like an “alien world or plucked straight from the Garden of Eden (truly,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 16 '08

“V” Creator None Too Pleased About ABC Reboot

Someone is pissed they stole his alien movie pitch. The original V series creator Kenneth Johnson is not very happy with ABC for forcing his alien invasion back onto the telly without his blessing. The weird part is what he wrote on his website.On Johnson’s site he writes: When projects that bore Kenny’s original creative…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 16 '08

Which Blood Should You Drink To Save Your Life?

Now that we know shark’s blood may be a key ingredient in the fight against cancer, it’s time to ponder what other types of blood have healing potential. Which one would you drink, should your life depend on it? Take our poll.Oh scifi blood sources, you always seem to have magical powers that can heal…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 16 '08

Meredith Woerner

Blow Some Vamp Lines On This Week’s True Blood

Seth Rogen More Interested In Hornet Than Fighting Ghosts

Wall Street Undead Feast On New Yorkers’ Brains

Star Trek: The Experience Lives Again In Vegas

Clone Warriors Prove They Could Kick Sylar’s Ass

The Buddy Superhero Movie Of The Century

Dragonball Reshoots Make Us Hope For A Better Ball

Cuddly Russian Aliens and Stanislaw Lem’s One Human Minute Hits The Big Screen

Don Your Clone Wars Helmet And Ride A Cyborg Dino to Fight Harvey Dent’s Gross Face

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Master Chief And Optimus Prime Are Saints Fanboys

Space Travelers Face Their Deadliest (And Silliest) Foe Yet

A Rocky Horror Remake I Can Get Behind

Edward Norton Teaches Us The Hulk Walk Plus Deleted Scenes

Shipmates In Love: The Best Real-Life Scifi Couples

Star Trek Will Spread Abrams’ Message Of Optimism

Cormac McCarthy’s Apocalyptic Movie Pushed Further Down The Road To 09?

Trick Your Taste Buds With Futuristic Pills

“V” Creator None Too Pleased About ABC Reboot

Which Blood Should You Drink To Save Your Life?

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