SNOWBALL’S CHANCE IN A DINOSAUR FIGHT | Dinosaurs battle in the snow, in a scene from The Great Dinosaur Escape, airing tomorrow night on National Geographic. Details here.
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What the Creators of Torchwood: Miracle Day Promise You’ll See
Torchwood: Miracle Day starts airing in a couple days on Starz, and we have pretty high expectations for the Doctor Who spin-off. But when the show’s creators spoke to us on a conference call, they only raised our hopes further. More »
Cryptid Or Not? You Be The Judge.
https://gizmodo.com/cryptid-or-not-you-be-the-judge-5818782
We’ve gotten a lot of great cryptid photos from people trying to win our Cryptid Summer bounty, and even some video. Here are a few of the pictures people have sent us over the past two weeks. More »
At Last, the First Image from Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods
https://gizmodo.com/at-last-the-first-image-from-joss-whedons-the-cabin-in-5818786
Well this is promising! It’s been a long time since we’ve seen anything about the Joss Whedon film The Cabin in the Woods, co-written and directed by Drew Goddard. More »
Why a Supervillain Team-Up Could Be DC’s Best Answer to The Avengers
https://gizmodo.com/why-a-supervillain-team-up-could-be-dcs-best-answer-to-5818727
DC Comics may never build a movie universe to rival Marvel’s. We may never even get our Justice League movie to match Marvel’s Avengers. But there’s one thing DC can do better than anyone: supervillain team-ups. More »
A medieval monument to religious pluralism, hidden in the mountains of Afghanistan
http://io9.com/5818685/a-medieval-monument-to-religious-pluralism-hidden-in-the-mountains-of-afghanistan
One of the great wonders of the medieval world is a very tall, heavily ornamented minaret nestled in a green valley at the edge of the Jam river in what is now Afghanistan. More »
Man hands ape an AK-47. Hilarity and/or death ensues!
https://gizmodo.com/man-hands-ape-an-ak-47-hilarity-and-or-death-ensues-5818657
Here’s an exclusive first look at the latest Planet of the Apes viral video. It’s a pretty fantastic “uncovered scientific study” of a chimp shooting an AK-47 at a pack of idiotic dudes. More »
You know you need these Millennium Falcon sneakers
https://gizmodo.com/you-know-you-need-these-millennium-falcon-sneakers-5818314
Over at Fashionably Geek, Sean Fallon offers a sneak peek at Addidas’ fall/winter Star Wars collection. There are jackets and sneaks, and they look pretty awesome. More »
2011: The Year Television Owns Comic-Con
https://gizmodo.com/2011-the-year-television-owns-comic-con-5818623
2011 is the year that television dominates Comic-Con. While movie studios are staying away from Comic-Con, television shows are making a bigger impact than ever. More »
10 science fiction cartoons that didn’t make it past one episode
https://gizmodo.com/10-science-fiction-cartoons-that-didnt-make-it-past-one-5818401
Woe to be an animated series that only makes it to one episode (or worse, a rinky-dink promo reel) before being consigned to the dustbin. Here are 10 canned cartoons we can watch thanks to the magics of YouTube. More »
Is Apple using its mountains of cash to build a time machine?
https://gizmodo.com/is-apple-using-its-mountains-of-cash-to-build-a-time-ma-5818429
People have ascribed all sorts of paranormal abilities to Steve Jobs… but could he have spurred Apple to create a time machine? More »
The story of a cat and two humans, trying to survive in post-apocalyptic, underwater Brooklyn
https://gizmodo.com/the-story-of-a-cat-and-two-humans-trying-to-survive-in-5818346
Fathoms is a 20 minute film that captures the sad whimsy of life on a salvage ship, roaming the drowned subways of Brooklyn. Environmental meltdown has left most of Earth underwater. More »
Watch 9 clips from the last Harry Potter movie ever!
https://jezebel.com/watch-9-clips-from-the-last-harry-potter-movie-ever-5818414
Only a couple more weeks, and the Harry Potter series will have ended entirely in a winner-takes-all magical war. But for now, take in the very last new collection of Potter clips you’ll ever see. More »
