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Daisy Ridley Has Some Diplomatic Thoughts About the Backlash to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Comments about quality aside (those are for a different type of post entirely), it can be readily agreed that a lot of people really did not like Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and it is also clear that those people were very vocal about their opinions. As an actor working on a film with…

Movies Julie Muncy

In the Newest Doctor Who Short, Rory Dictates His Biography

Doctor Who has adapted well to quarantine times. A litany of the show’s most prominent writers and actors have stepped up to create and sometimes film short stories about the world of the Doctor, paying homage to the show’s long history and giving fans something fun to think about during the stressful lockdowns worldwide. In…

io9 Julie Muncy

Last Night’s Saturday Night Live Featured a Weird, Dark Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Parody

Last night, NBC aired a historic, all-remote episode of Saturday Night Live, with a full run of sketches from performers who, due to the novel coronavirus, couldn’t actually be in the same place. And the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles played a significant role, for some reason. In the sketch “Middle-Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles,” we see…

io9 Julie Muncy

These Hilarious Star Trek Videos Turn Bloopers Into Canon

Boy, there sure was a lot more high-fiving on the Enterprise than I remember. Star Trek: The Next Generation was, for all its goofiness, played relatively straight. It was a serious sort of show, even if absurd things sometimes happened. It did not, as a rule, have a lot of gags. Star Trek INtakes by…

io9 Julie Muncy

Wizards of the Coast Is Releasing Free Dungeons & Dragons Resources to Get You Through the Quarantine

Games are a powerful escape and coping tool for many of us amidst the ongoing pandemic. With digital tools allowing people to play tabletop and board games online, it’s become a great way to spend time indoors with those you love, whether you’re together or not. Now, Wizards of the Coast is making that play…

Games Julie Muncy

Gary Dauberman Is Now on Board to Direct the New Salem’s Lot Adaptation

The Stephen King-assaince continues unabated, braving pandemic and all other obstacles. New Line’s latest adaptation, of King’s 1975 novel Salem’s Lot—not to be confused with Jerusalem’s Lot—now has a director. Conveniently, he was already the writer: as the Hollywood Reporter shares, Gary Dauberman’s role in the project has expanded, from being just the film’s screenwriter…

Movies Julie Muncy

The Creators of Homestar Runner Just Dropped a Massive, Three-Volume Soundtrack

Sing with me: todaybor day is Labor Day… Remember Homestar Runner? You know, one of the best things to ever happen on the internet? The surreal, silly, and infinitely quotable internet cartoon/website/thing was a defining presence of the early ‘00s internet. And now (hat tip to Nerdisthere) the creators have released a sprawling, three-volume soundtrack…

io9 Julie Muncy

Hellraiser‘s Film Reboot Has Writers and a Director

What’s in the box? Oh, just a world of depraved magnificence, unimaginable horrors, and a Hellraiser reboot. According to the Hollywood Reporter, a new Hellraiser is coming, with what’s being called, according to THR, a “loyal, yet evolved” take on the source material, which is itself based on a novella by Clive Barker. Originally the…

Movies Julie Muncy

10 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Podcasts That Will Give Your Ears and Mind a Treat

Much as we’ve all been losing ourselves in TV shows, movies, books, and games while self-quarantining and staying inside, there are times when all you want to do is sit back and dive into a story without actually having to put all that much energy into experiencing said story. This is where podcasts come in…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

A Scary Star Wars Box and Video Game Legends Highlight the Week in Toys

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round-up of all things toy on the internet lately. This week: Todd McFarlane returns to his most iconic action figure, the next Star Wars Hyperreal figure puts a great toy in a bad box, and video game all-stars Mario and the cast of Final Fantasy VII get lovely…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

Good God, Black Widow’s Alternate Avengers: Endgame Death Is Infinitely Better Than What We Got

Avengers: Endgame did a lot over the course of its bonkers, audacious runtime. For better or worse, it kind of had to. But trying to do so much, tying together 10 years of moviemaking into a single, only occasionally coherent narrative, inevitably meant that some plotlines just would not wrap up satisfyingly in the process.…

Movies James Whitbrook

Will We Want to Bang This One, Disney?

Robin Hood, otherwise known as the animated movie that probably confused you sexually as a young person, is reportedly getting a CGI live-action remake. And while it might sound like a good idea to update the story for a new generation, we have a better question: Is it though? According to the Hollywood Reporter, Robin Hood…

Movies Beth Elderkin

10 Frightful Picks to Get You Started With That Free Shudder Trial

Shudder knows its audience. The horror streaming service has a well-curated interface divided into sub-categories (including a timely selection of tales of confinement) to help you get started, but there’s still a ton of spooky content for newcomers to wade through. Naturally, we have some suggestions. In case you hadn’t heard, Shudder is upping its…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Taika Waititi Teased Thor: Love and Thunder and Swapped Dad Jokes on Instagram

There’s no party quite like a Taika Waititi party. The Oscar-winning director took to Instagram Live for a live viewing of his Marvel debut, Thor: Ragnarok, throwing out some hints for the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder in the process…like how it’s basically a fever dream created by 10-year-olds. Waititi had Ragnarok playing on a…

Movies Beth Elderkin

The Underrated Series Counterpart Has New Resonance in the Time of Coronavirus

Speculative fiction is often just that—speculative. Sometimes it’s an effective metaphor for real-world issues. Oftentimes it imagines a world drastically different from our own. But sometimes sci-fi of the past takes on chilling new meaning in the present. Such is the case now with tales of pandemics, stories of widespread disease that we always knew…

io9 Emily Rome

In This Exclusive Star Wars Short, It’s Droids Who Save the Galaxy

Who helped fly the X-Wings that destroyed the Death Stars and Starkiller Base? Who saved icons of the Rebellion from being smushed in a trash compactor? Who secured the map to the missing Luke Skywalker? Who knows over six million forms of communication, including bocce? That’s right: droids are the real MVPs of Star Wars,…

Movies James Whitbrook

Updates From The Eternals, Spawn, and More

Todd McFarlane says the latest Spawn fumbles are merely a setback. There are new rumors about Kit Harington’s Eternals character. Matt Reeves continues to paint a fascinating picture of his Batman. Plus, Supergirl returns a little later than anticipated, what’s to come on Nancy Drew, and an eggscelent new clip from Teen Titans Go. Spoilers,…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Drags Ahsoka Back to the Front Lines, Even If She Doesn’t Want It To

The past three episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars have seen Ahsoka Tano wrestle with her sense of identity in a time of crisis. What is she without the Jedi Order? What is the Jedi Order in a time of war? What has become of a galaxy of beings pushed to the brink? This…

io9 James Whitbrook

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10 YouTube Essays That’ll Broaden Your Pop Culture Education

YouTube is a great place to find clips of cats and goats becoming best friends (holy crap it actually exists), but it’s also where you can learn about almost anything—including the art of entertainment. We’ve pulled out some awesome video essays to help you educate yourself about the media we consume while showcasing the creators…

io9 Beth Elderkin

The Coolest Pop Culture Lego Sets to Build

Take any preconception that Lego is just for kids and toss that in the garbage. These days Lego is as much for adults as it is for kids, with an entire catalog of high-end pop culture licenses that are way more geared at you or your parents than your kids and their friends. We’re talking…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier

Daisy Ridley Has Some Diplomatic Thoughts About the Backlash to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

In the Newest Doctor Who Short, Rory Dictates His Biography

Last Night’s Saturday Night Live Featured a Weird, Dark Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Parody

These Hilarious Star Trek Videos Turn Bloopers Into Canon

Wizards of the Coast Is Releasing Free Dungeons & Dragons Resources to Get You Through the Quarantine

Gary Dauberman Is Now on Board to Direct the New Salem’s Lot Adaptation

The Creators of Homestar Runner Just Dropped a Massive, Three-Volume Soundtrack

Hellraiser‘s Film Reboot Has Writers and a Director

10 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Podcasts That Will Give Your Ears and Mind a Treat

A Scary Star Wars Box and Video Game Legends Highlight the Week in Toys

Good God, Black Widow’s Alternate Avengers: Endgame Death Is Infinitely Better Than What We Got

Will We Want to Bang This One, Disney?

10 Frightful Picks to Get You Started With That Free Shudder Trial

Taika Waititi Teased Thor: Love and Thunder and Swapped Dad Jokes on Instagram

The Underrated Series Counterpart Has New Resonance in the Time of Coronavirus

In This Exclusive Star Wars Short, It’s Droids Who Save the Galaxy

Updates From The Eternals, Spawn, and More

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Drags Ahsoka Back to the Front Lines, Even If She Doesn’t Want It To

10 YouTube Essays That’ll Broaden Your Pop Culture Education

The Coolest Pop Culture Lego Sets to Build

Apple MagSafe Duo Charger Gets 42% Off, Finally Worth It for iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch Users

Oscar Isaac Did ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ to Work With Top Tier Actors—Instead, He Got a Cooling Tent

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This California Billionaire Wants to Tax AI Tokens to Create a Sovereign Wealth Fund

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