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In Yogi Bear, Jellystone Park is District 9 (for bears)

Yogi Bear is not a kids’ movie. It is a bleak futurist parable about humanity’s inability to accept a non-human sapience. It is also about a bear who wears a hat. On the surface, everything about Yogi Bear (no “the” in the title) is steeped in failure. The CGI is serviceable, insofar as Yogi looks…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

“Rare Exports” is the most disturbingly awesome Christmas movie ever

Finnish flick Rare Exports is one of those dark, weird monster movies that keeps getting more hilarious – and more evil. The fact that it’s about Santa Claus makes it all the more awesome. Set in the bleak, snowy landscape at the border between Finland and Russia, the movie starts as a simple tale of…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Oh My God—It’s Full of Extra 2001: A Space Odyssey Lost Scenes

According to Douglas Trumbull—special effects director for 2001: A Space Odyssey —Warner Bros has found seventeen minutes of edited footage from Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi opus. The film—which was dropped from the final cut—was found in their Kansas salt-mine vault. According to Trumbull, the footage is in perfect condition, but he doesn’t know what Warner wants…

Movies Jesus Diaz

Totally Radical: A Microhistory of 1980s Science Fiction

In the 1980s, science fiction ruled over everything. Most of the biggest movies and books of the decade were scifi, and cyberpunk became the era’s pop aesthetic. Here’s how the 1980s changed the genre forever. Image above is from the 80s film Liquid Sky. Cyberpunk When people look back on science fiction aesthetics from the…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Do these new Green Lantern storyboards confirm another old-school comic book villain?

New images and storyboards from Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern movie have us scratching our heads. We already know of two super villains in the film, but could there be a third? Check out the spoilery images and speculate with us. The images (which come from Comic Book Movie) seem to imply a few things. The…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The 10 greatest paranormal teen comedies of the 1980s

The 1980s wasn’t just the golden age of Star Trek movies — it was also the heydey of teen comedies, from Porkys to Molly Ringwald. And what could be better than teenage hijinks with scientific craziness or bizarre supernatural powers? Here are the 10 greatest paranormal teen comedies of the 1980s, in no particular order.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Watch Han Solo and Chewbacca die

Those with weak hearts beware: The Force Unleashed 2 has leaked a clip showing how you can MURDER Han Solo and Chewy. Look, we all love a little video game killing, but this goes too far! [via Topless Robot]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Back To The Future game reveals origin story for Doc and Marty

The new Back To The Future video game is set right after the third film. But this game also shows the first time Doc met Marty… when Doc was a mere 17-year-old. Check it out. In this first video from IGN the plot is mapped out for the Back To The Future video game. Marty…

Movies Meredith Woerner

If You’d Like to Read More About This Choose Your Own Adventure Movie, Click Here

It’s no secret that we here at Gizmodo love the Choose Your Own Adventure series of books. This is why we got excited when we heard about, Turbulence, an interactive, feature-length film designed for touchscreen devices, like tablets or smartphones. https://gizmodo.com/choose-your-own-apple-ceo-adventure-5116396 Turbulence, which just won an award at the Berkeley Film Festival, is about three…

Movies Adrian Covert

Corpse Bride director making a stop-motion Wizard of Oz war film

Corpse Bride co-director Mike Johnson wants to be king of the creepy Wizard of Oz movie spin-offs with his stop-motion war movie. His next project Oz Wars, sounds freakier than the wheelers. From the press release: Oz Wars, written by Rob Moreland (Space Chimps 1 & 2 and Vanguard’s upcoming live action City of Dragons)…

Movies Meredith Woerner

In the future, we will use the surface of the moon as a multiplex

In the short film “Modern Times,” a spaceship crew uses the lunar surface as a giant movie screen. Videographer BC2010 put this stellar short together “with no money, just a little time and a lot of passion.” [Via Warren Ellis]

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

A short film adaptation of Black Hole, Charles Burns’ mutant teenager comic (NSFW)

In Charles Burns’ comic Black Hole, a mysterious STD transforms teenagers into deformed aberrations. Filmmaker Rupert Sanders has filmed a live-action version of one of the graphics novel’s scenes, replete with stoned mutants and naked dog ladies. You can watch it at Sanders’ site. The video (which admittedly isn’t the newest thing but is still…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

A day in the life of an evil Tron minion: What’s it like to be Clu’s lackey?

One of the unsung villains of Tron: Legacy is bad guy Clu’s lackey Jarvis (played by True Blood’s James Frain). In our exclusive interview, we go behind the glass visor and explore minion life, complete with murder and housework. For those of you unaware of the Tron Legacy back story, there are two versions of…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The ultimate 1980s scifi and fantasy movie mixtape

Science fiction and fantasy films of the 1980s were filled with a ton of memorable, iconic, and patently ridiculous music. Here are 30+ of the decade’s finest (and most painful) movie tunes for your listening pleasure. NOTE: I tried to focus on singles from films or songs that scored memorable scenes. There are a ton…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

The First Google TV Update Brings New Netflix, Customizable Dual View and Android Remote App

The first over-the-air update for Google TV is currently rolling out, bringing a handful of improvements to the fledgling platform. Two of the more exciting ones: support for the freshly-released Android remote app and customizable Dual View. A post on GoogleTV’s blog enumerates the four primary updates: 1. Better Netflix searching and browsing with a…

Movies Kyle VanHemert

Emperor Palpatine’s back and still kind of a dick in new Robot Chicken clip!

This Sunday Robot Chicken will air their third Star Wars special. You can see the first little sketch here, starring Seth MacFarlane as Emperor Palpatine. Could anything be funnier than Bob Goldstein, Jedi Injury Lawyer? You be the judge. https://gizmodo.com/meet-bob-goldstein-jedi-injury-lawyer-5086555

Movies Meredith Woerner

Where Star Wars Got Its Pew-Pew

For anyone who’s ever taken the a stormtrooper’s laser blasts or the roar of the Millennium Falcon’s engine for granted, you should watch this immediately. Once you wade past the initial promo for The Sounds of Star Wars—a book that I’m sure is excellent in its own right but isn’t right here in front of…

Movies Brian Barrett

Will Marvel force Jon Favreau out of the director’s chair for Iron Man 3?

With his director price tag climbing, Jon Favreau may have gotten too expensive for Marvel’s Iron Man franchise. But how will that sit with Tony Stark, Robert Downey Jr.? New York Magazine is reporting from an inside source that Marvel is leaning heavily towards a Favreau-free Iron Man 3. He’s just too darn expensive. Rumor…

Movies Meredith Woerner

30 geeky shirts that make perfect holiday gifts

Still wrestling with your holiday gift list? Well, everyone loves a t-shirt! So we’ve rounded up the geekiest, silliest, sexiest, stylish nerdware (and threw in a few sweaters for good measure) to make your gift-giving a bit easier. 80’s Films This shirt doubles as a parlor game as well. Next time you’re board at a…

Movies Meredith Woerner and Cyriaque Lamar

The 1980s were when science fiction franchises got big

These days, every cool science fiction universe is a “franchise,” meaning that it’s a piece of intellectual property separate from any particular creator or even set of characters. It wasn’t always that way — everything changed in the 1980s. https://gizmodo.com/i-never-want-to-hear-the-word-franchise-again-5342310 Long before the 1980s, there were cash cows that got milked to death. Hollywood has…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

In Yogi Bear, Jellystone Park is District 9 (for bears)

“Rare Exports” is the most disturbingly awesome Christmas movie ever

Oh My God—It’s Full of Extra 2001: A Space Odyssey Lost Scenes

Totally Radical: A Microhistory of 1980s Science Fiction

Do these new Green Lantern storyboards confirm another old-school comic book villain?

The 10 greatest paranormal teen comedies of the 1980s

Watch Han Solo and Chewbacca die

Back To The Future game reveals origin story for Doc and Marty

If You’d Like to Read More About This Choose Your Own Adventure Movie, Click Here

Corpse Bride director making a stop-motion Wizard of Oz war film

In the future, we will use the surface of the moon as a multiplex

A short film adaptation of Black Hole, Charles Burns’ mutant teenager comic (NSFW)

A day in the life of an evil Tron minion: What’s it like to be Clu’s lackey?

The ultimate 1980s scifi and fantasy movie mixtape

The First Google TV Update Brings New Netflix, Customizable Dual View and Android Remote App

Emperor Palpatine’s back and still kind of a dick in new Robot Chicken clip!

Where Star Wars Got Its Pew-Pew

Will Marvel force Jon Favreau out of the director’s chair for Iron Man 3?

30 geeky shirts that make perfect holiday gifts

The 1980s were when science fiction franchises got big

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