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Red Dawn Was An Accidental Remake—In More Ways Than One

A bellicose enemy attacks a complacent country and institutes martial law until a ragtag group of unbroken patriots rally and re-take their country. It sounds like Red Dawn, but actually it’s The Invasion of 1910. And due to some editing, it was widely popular in the country of both the rebels and the invaders. Red…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Fictional Spy Disguises That Fooled Absolutely No One

There is nothing better than a spy disguise, especially when it’s a terrible one. Here are the best of the worst spy disguises on television and film. Jennifer Garner – Alias It pains me to put Sydney Bristow on this list, because the major appeal of Alias was seeing what sort of wig and midriff-baring…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Real Story About That Wheel Of Time Pilot That Aired Last Night

The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan is one of the most popular book series of all time. So you’d think the first episode of a TV version would air with massive fanfare… so why did the pilot air in the middle of the night instead? We reached out to the producers and found out…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Vaccine Advocates: Please Don’t Discriminate Against My Autistic Son

Public opinion has turned, sharply and loudly, in favor of supporting vaccines. Yay! It took an outbreak of measles at Disneyland for it to happen. Boo! (Your grandmother might have survived her measles, but for others it can be fatal.) Top image: Joe Raedle/Getty Images But even though formerly wishy washy types are now joining…

io9 Shannon Des Roches Rosa

Welcome To Spy Week!

Spies are everywhere in pop culture (and real life.) We’re fascinated with the glamour of espionage, as well as the gritty reality of spycraft. So this week, io9 and Gizmodo decided to celebrate Spy Week, an examination of all things dark and secret. As io9’s Cheryl Eddy points out in a piece running tomorrow, 2015…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Constantine‘s Angel Gets Locked In A Human Body, Jumps Right To Oral Sex

“Heroes are usually jerks at heart,” John says at the beginning of this week’s episode. And he proves his own point when he gets annoyed at the angel Manny and curses him into a human body. And it doesn’t take long for Manny to experience anger, righteousness, and the pleasures of a workplace quickie. Manny…

Television Lauren Davis

Live Your Fairy-Tale Dreams By Moving Into This Magical Amusement Park

“Aggressively priced” at just over $2.1 million: the awesomely retro Enchanted Forest, located in an actual old-growth forest in British Columbia. The owners, who built up the park in the 1950s and 60s, are retiring … which means this is your chance to take over (pet dragon included). According to the real-estate listing, “The main…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Why Dingoes Could Be The Solution To Australia’s Feral Cat Problem

Feral cats are a huge problem in Australia, feeding off more than 400 of Australia’s animal species. A new study has discovered that tiny, endangered animals fare better in areas populated by dingoes, suggesting these canine cousins could be used as effective conservation tools. Australian conservationists have observed a disturbing increase in feral cats over…

io9 George Dvorsky

The History Behind Superman’s Ever-Changing Superpowers

Over the years, Superman’s level of power has fluctuated perhaps more than any other hero’s — he’s gained them, lost them, grown weaker and stronger pretty much from the moment he was created, culminating in the addition of a new power last week. Here’s your guide to the Man of Steel’s power creep. The Not-So-Superman…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Uh, Did FXX Just Secretly Air A Pilot For A Wheel Of Time TV Show?

Well, the FXX Network aired something related to Robert Jordan’s bestselling fantasy series last night. Subtitled “Winter Dragon,” no one seems to know what exactly it is. A failed pilot? A stealthy promo? Something else? As we investigate, ODeck’s Nicole has an excellent breakdown of… whatever it is.

Television Rob Bricken

Dairy Creamer, Water, And A Turntable Make Something Mesmerizing

Here we see scientists at the UCLA Spinlab having a good time and sharing it with the world. The experiment is as simple as throwing creamer into a tank of water on a turntable. The results are fun to watch and teach us about gyroscopic forces. Did you know that when half-and-half hits water it…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Why Are Sea Levels Dropping In Places Closest To The Melting Glaciers?

Our dynamic planet has an apparent paradox: the more ice melts from landlocked glaciers, the lower the sea level gets in nearby areas. How does this happen? Through the physics of isostatic rebound, when the surface of the planet acts as an elastic sheet dimpling and rebounding under changing loads. Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina…

io9 Mika McKinnon

A Supercut To Chart The Cinematic Evolution Of Batman

Batman has had almost as long a history of appearances on the big screen as he has had in his 75 years of comic book adventures – and this great supercut by video editor Jacob T. Swinneycharts the characterisation of the Dark Knight across decades of cinematic incarnations pretty succinctly. It’s cool to see the…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

How Predestination Made Jumping Through Time Look So Damn Good

Predestination was a cool-looking, psychologically complex movie about time travel and shifting identities. And one of the best things about this film is how it dramatizes the toll that traveling through time takes on people. Here’s an exclusive clip from the Blu-ray special features that shows how they did it. Predestinationcomes out on Blu-Ray tomorrow,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Action-Packed Short About A Renegade Telepath May Become A Feature Film

POLIS is one of those short films that’s a wonderfully intriguing proof-of-concept, but leaves us wanting more. In this VFX- and action-filled short, a telepath is held prisoner in a government facility while technicians prod his brain in search of his mother. And fortunately, it’s on its way to becoming a feature film. POLIS was…

io9 Lauren Davis

Watch This Hilarious Lego Homage To The 50 Shades Of Grey Trailer

The helicopter, the elevator scene, the hyper-articulated six-pack abs, the breathy dialogue … they’re all here in this meticulously detailed trailer for Fifty Shades of Bricks. For the full effect, check out the side-by-side comparison between live-action and Lego parody trailers here, and ask yourself: which version would you rather see? Lest we forget, this…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

The 10 Biggest Blunders in The History Of Espionage

In movies and books, spies are always debonair and brilliant, pulling off the most complex schemes without getting caught (too badly.) But in real life, espionage is a messy, complicated business, and sometimes people screw up. Here are the 10 most jaw-dropping screwups in the history of real-life spies. 10. The Chief of Counter-Intelligence Had…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

NBC Might Save Constantine By Moving It To Syfy

File this under “rumors,” subdivision “things we desperately hope end up being true”: Word is that while Constantine isn’t doing well on NBC’s Friday night programming block, the network believes in the show enough that it’s considering moving it to its little sister network Syfy! This would be awesome for a lot of reasons, not…

Television Rob Bricken

These Charts Show Which Foods Are Most Likely To Be Wasted

Wasting food is a problem all over the world, but are all kinds of foods equally likely to be wasted? The answer is no. Some foods are especially prone to it, while others are likely to be used much more carefully. Here are the world’s most wasted common foods in helpful chart form. At the…

io9 Ria Misra

This Week’s TV: Is Thomas Jefferson Alive In Modern-Day Sleepy Hollow?

One of America’s Founding Fathers may still be alive in Sleepy Hollow’s latest colonial-themed quest. Plus, Tarkin arrives on Star Wars Rebels — and he’s Grand Moff Tarkin now. Check out a clip of Batman rocking out on Teen Titans Go! and see what happens when the SSR agents meet Agent Carter’s pearl-clutching landlady! Tonight…

Television Lauren Davis

Red Dawn Was An Accidental Remake—In More Ways Than One

Fictional Spy Disguises That Fooled Absolutely No One

The Real Story About That Wheel Of Time Pilot That Aired Last Night

Vaccine Advocates: Please Don’t Discriminate Against My Autistic Son

Welcome To Spy Week!

Constantine‘s Angel Gets Locked In A Human Body, Jumps Right To Oral Sex

Live Your Fairy-Tale Dreams By Moving Into This Magical Amusement Park

Why Dingoes Could Be The Solution To Australia’s Feral Cat Problem

The History Behind Superman’s Ever-Changing Superpowers

Uh, Did FXX Just Secretly Air A Pilot For A Wheel Of Time TV Show?

Dairy Creamer, Water, And A Turntable Make Something Mesmerizing

Why Are Sea Levels Dropping In Places Closest To The Melting Glaciers?

A Supercut To Chart The Cinematic Evolution Of Batman

How Predestination Made Jumping Through Time Look So Damn Good

Action-Packed Short About A Renegade Telepath May Become A Feature Film

Watch This Hilarious Lego Homage To The 50 Shades Of Grey Trailer

The 10 Biggest Blunders in The History Of Espionage

NBC Might Save Constantine By Moving It To Syfy

These Charts Show Which Foods Are Most Likely To Be Wasted

This Week’s TV: Is Thomas Jefferson Alive In Modern-Day Sleepy Hollow?

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