20% Off At the HBO Online Store, Fox Searchlight Films, and More Deals

Sure there are exclusions, but diehard fans may find the perfect gift (for themselves) with this HBO Shop coupon. 20% off Sitewide | HBO Shop | Promo code THANKS20. Excludes DVDs, books, soundtracks, Game of Thrones console games, bundles, and replica weapons. The Fox Searchlight 20th Anniversary Collection packs in 20 critically acclaimed movies in…

The ​11 Most Horrifying Redesigns Of Childhood Classics

Last week we gazed into the abyss, and the cold, dead eyes of the new International Rescue team from Thunderbirds gazed back. As movies and TV constantly seek to strip-mine your nostalgia for profit, redesigns like this are common. And sometimes, they go very wrong. Here are 11 awful makeovers of our childhood favourites. 11.…

No, This Artificially Intelligent Super Mario Is Not Self-Aware

German researchers have created a version of Nintendo’s Super Mario Advance in which the videogame hero can learn and venture through the game according to his “feelings.” It’s an exciting advance, but the claim that Super Mario is now “self-aware” is grossly overstated. There’s definitely some cringe-worthy reporting going on about this University of Tubingen…

Brian Michael Bendis’ Powers TV Series Gets A Release Date 

The live-action series adaptation of the comic book Powers, created by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, finally has an air date. And the first episode will be free! As PlayStation Network’s first original series, Powers will premiere on March 10th. The pilot episode will be free for one and all, but every episode…

Rare Promo Art For Joss Whedon’s Wonder Woman Movie That Never Was

While we never did get to see Joss Whedon’s movie take on Wonder Woman, at least one piece of artwork was made to promote the film. And now this poster and the original sketch have been put up for auction for a good cause. Several pieces of artwork are up on eBay right now to…

Here’s What Happened When A Rainmaker Ended Up In Court

Charles Hatfield was a celebrated rainmaker, but when one of his rainmaking schemes worked too well, he became a notorious rainmaker. Here’s how a flooded city refused to pay the man who claimed to have flooded it. Charles Hatfield, The Rainmaker San Diego created Charley Hatfield, and it had cause to regret doing so. Hatfield…

A Map Of The Different Ways People Get To Work All Over America

How did you get to work this morning? Did you hop into your car? Venture down into your city’s metro? Flag down a co-worker for a rideshare? Or did you simply open up your laptop and get to work? Nathan Yau over at FlowingData put together this interactive map using data from the Census Bureau’s…

The World War Z Movie Sequel Will Start With A “Clean Slate” 

The World War Z film adaptation of the hit book made a lot of money, but let’s get real, it was nothing like the fantastic source material. Which is why we’re happy that the sequel is going to be a “clean slate”… or maybe we’re just cautiously optimistic. In an interview with Indie Wire, sequel…

Gordon Is Through Taking People’s @#$% On Gotham

If you have complaints about last night’s episode of Gotham, I’m going to assume “not enough happened” isn’t one of them. “What the Little Bird Told Him” took Gordon out of Arkham, pitted him against the show’s first real supervillain, and even brought a major status quo change to the myriad mob machinations. This is,…

Oliver Queen Ditches His Bow For A Lightsaber In This Awesome Fan Edit

Arrow’s latest midseason finale featured some pretty impressive sword fighting as Oliver took the fight to the League of Assassins – but, as with all swordfights, they can be improved with the humble addition of Lightsabers. Warning: The video contains footage from Arrow’s midseason finale, The Climb. If you’re not caught up with Season 3,…

What’s The Most Underrated Technology Ever?

Cellphones, self-driving cars, and laptops may grab all the attention, but zippers, paper, and, even the pavement covering our roads are all technology, too. Today we want to know your pick for the most amazing, but completely underrated, technological innovation. Tell us what the tech was, what makes it so phenomenal, and how exactly its…

The First Hobbit Fan-Edit Cuts The Trilogy In Half

Well, this was inevitable. A Tolkien fan — less enthused by Peter Jackson’s expansive, three-movie adaptation of The Hobbit than others — has created his own edit of the trilogy, trimming the 9+ hour-long saga into a much trimmer four hours and 21 minutes. Check it out! Created by the quite succinctly named “TolkienEditor” and…

This Video Of Starling Murmurations Is Straight-Up Spectacular

Fewer things are more mesmerizing than watching massive flocks of starlings go into murmuration mode — a defensive measure designed to ward of predators. A recent video shot in Utrecht, The Netherlands is a perfect case in point. Called “Wonders in the Sky,” the video was shot by Alpaca Media. You can find out more…

How Does Edward James Olmos Change Everything For The Agents of SHIELD?

Call sheets reveal details of key scenes from Age of Ultron. A pile of minor characters in Star Wars are confirmed. Supergirl auditions reveal a bit more about the main characters and their relationships. And did Stephen Amell take a famous DC Comics plot device off the table for Arrow? Spoilers now! Top image: Agents…

The Seedy World of Honey Smuggling (And How Science Is Fighting Back) 

Honey. We’ve all heard about the bee disappearance and wondered whether we’d be seeing a honey shortage. Well, here’s another reason to be worried about the sweet, sweet bee juice: honey laundering. https://gizmodo.com/ask-an-entomologist-anything-you-want-about-the-disappe-1616898038 Top image: african bees like honey by Evan Bench/flickr/ CC By 2.0 Yes, honey laundering. Real honey is almost magical, but we…

Amazon is joining the movie-making business: The company has announced that it will produce and acquire 12 movies a year, staring in 2015. These will be theatrical releases that will then be made available on Amazon Prime four to eight weeks after they premiere. The budgets will be indie-level at $5 million to $25 million.…

After This Star Wars Art Challenge, You’ll See Vader In a Brand New Way

The Facebook group Brainstorm does a new art challenge every month, and this month’s is a great one: Redesign Darth Vader and/or stormtroopers. It’s a shame we’ll never see any of these on the big screen. You can see more from this challenge, which ends January 26th, on the Brainstorm Facebook page. By Andres Parada:…

Here’s the Deleted Oliver/Felicity Kiss From Arrow’s Season 2 Finale

I feel for you on this one, shippers. This show’s so committed to messing with you. Be aware that clicking through will bring you spoilers for the season 2 finale of Arrow. This video popped up online last week when executive producer Marc Guggenheim promised to release the scene if fans got “trollenheim show us…

Get Ready for Haphead, a Series About Gamer Subversives in Dystopia

This Thursday, we’ll be posting the first two episodes of Haphead, the new web series from the brain of Jim Munroe (Infest Wisely, Ghosts With Shit Jobs). Here’s the trailer. The episodes will also be screened in Toronto on Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Royal Theater. Here’s the synopsis: Ten years from now, a new…

He Went In For A Tune-Up And Came Out With A Full Cerebral Upgrade

As the mask clicked over his face and the new neural pathways lit up, Zourn immediately wondered if he had paid too much for the upgrade. “That’s normal,” the tech told him as she gave his mask a quick polish. “The upgrade makes you a savvier shopper, but only after we’ve debited your account.” “Zourn…