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Crazy Rumor: Is Avengers 3 Going to Be Split Into Two Movies?

A new image from Star Wars reveals a showdown. How many Batsuits will there be in Batman v. Superman? Another TOS cast member talks about being in the new Star Trek. X-Men: Age of Apocalypse concludes an X-trilogy. The watchword for Age of Ultron is “more,” according to Jeremy Renner. Plus more about The Flash…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Resurrection Adds One Mystery Too Many

Well, if you were looking for season 2 of Resurrection to have all the same virtues and flaws of season 1: TA-DA. As usual, the interpersonal drama of the Langston family is beautifully handled by the cast. And, as usual, Omar Epp’s Marty Bellamy is a pointless waste of time. Spoilers… We’re going to dispense…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Every Backyard Was Sorely Lacking in the Fires of Mount Doom. Until Now.

There was only one and now it’s gone. One firepit to rule them all, now in the hands of some lucky etsy customer. I really hope it was Sauron, decorating Mordor with things found on Pinterest. A) This is awesome. B) So many joke possibilities, but I think I’m going with “Hold out your hand,…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Outlander Delivers a Giant Cliffhanger Before Leaving Us for 6 Months

Well, that was a cliffhanger. Outlander’s been all about the slow-burn all season, and the midseason finale followed in that tradition handily. Spoilers… First off, we return to 1945 to see Frank’s fruitless search for his missing wife. It’s been a long time since we’ve spent any significant time with Tobias Menzies as Frank and…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Neil Gaiman’s Account of Terry Pratchett’s Quiet Rage Is a Must-Read

A while back, Neil Gaiman heard someone said of Terry Pratchett, “What a jolly old elf Sir Terry is.” And that struck his long-time friend and sometime collaborator as absolutely wrong. So Gaiman took pen to paper to explain why. In The Guardian is an sxcerpt from Neil Gaiman’s introduction to A Slip of the…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

This Woman Made A Death Star Dress. All Other Dresses Are Inferior.

I mean. Her purse, you guys. Her purse is a Star Destroyer. Above: Death Star Girl in her Death Star Gown. The outfit reportedly weighs over 20 pounds, nearly ten of which can be attributed to the steel hoops that lend the garment its structure. Add around 900 foam tiles, a couple handfuls of D…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

The Marathon World Record Has Been Broken – What Comes Next?

Kenyan runner Dennis Kimetto set a world record at the Berlin Marathon today, covering a distance of 42.195 km (26.2 miles) a whopping 26 seconds faster than the previous record-holder. Above: Kenya’s Dennis Kimeto crosses the finish line in world record breaking time at this morning’s Berlin Marathon | Photo Credit: Rainer Jenson/AP His time:…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

NPR Pulls The Plug On Krulwich Wonders

Krulwich Wonders, the superlative science blog maintained for the last four years by Robert Krulwich (of NPR and Radiolab fame), will soon be no more. Above: One of Krulwich’s sketches, which often accompanied his musings. This one, of a frog in pants, was drawn for a post on the frog-sex experiments of 18th Century Catholic…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Chris Pratt Helps SNL Unveil Marvel’s Next Superhero Blockbusters

What kind of superhero movies will Marvel be releasing over the next few years? You could believe the studio’s official announcement – or, you could believe Chris Pratt and the cast of Saturday Night Live. https://gizmodo.com/marvel-schedules-movie-releases-through-2019-1607969773 If you side with Pratt and SNL (which, last night, kicked off its 40th season), Marvel will be cashing…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Have Astronomers Spotted A Forming Planet In Action For The First Time?

Huge disks of dust and gas encircle many young stars. Some contain circular gaps — likely the result of forming planets carving out cavities along their orbital paths — that make the disks look more like ripples in a pond than flat pancakes. Above: Image of the dusty disk around the star HD 169142 obtained…

io9 Shannon Hall – Universe Today

SNL Reveals Marvel’s Secret to Cinematic Success

Saturday Night Live officially returned for its 40th season last night, and host Chris Pratt was the perfect excuse to demonstrate just how Marvel plans to come up with its next Guardians of the Galaxy-size hit. This short, two minute parody gives us all an “unofficial” behind the scenes look at Marvel’s blockbuster movie-making engine.…

Books & Comics Darren Orf

Maybe the Cutest Science Fiction Book Ever

This is just too adorable. In 1931, Czech author Josef Hais Týnecký and illustrator O. Stáfl published the children’s novel The Moon and Beyond. It’s the story of a group of beetles who take a tour of the planets of the solar system. I can’t really say much about the plot, my knowledge of Czech…

io9 Ron Miller

Epic Batman Film Score Mashup Is The Perfect Weekend Soundtrack

The supremely talented Piano Guys have combined the look, sound, and feel from three eras of Batman films to create “Batman Evolution,” a rousing mashup of classical composition that unifies nearly half a century of musical and cinematic history. “This is one of those projects we’ve wanted to do from the very beginning,” write The…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

With This Episode, Doctor Who Season 8 Starts To Pay Off, Big Time

“The Caretaker” is my favorite episode of the Peter Capaldi era of Doctor Who thus far. And it’s also probably going to turn out to be the episode where this season really “clicks” for me. Really great stuff, that puts the Doctor on the spot in a way we’ve never seen before. Spoilers ahead… Parts…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

And Now, Big Cats Tasting Marmite

This video is perfect. I have nothing to add. Except maybe this, to serve as soundtrack: [Big Cat Rescue via Ed Yong’s always excellent weekly link-roundup]

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

What If Ayn Rand Had Written Buffy The Vampire Slayer?

Over at The Toast, Mallory Ortberg adds to her ongoing alt-history series of movies, books and TV shows penned by Objectivist Ayn Rand (previously). The results are characteristically superb. Exhibit A: XANDER: You won’t be alone. We’re coming with you. BUFFY: What could you possibly do for me? XANDER: I – BUFFY: For true friendship…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Is This Our First Look At Wayne Manor In Batman v. Superman?

It’s not official yet, but a lot of compelling evidence suggests this derelict mansion in Detroit, Michigan is Batman v. Superman’s take on Wayne Manor. Chris Begley at Batman News has the scoop, along with a trove of photos of the Ransom Gillis House, the mansion in question. Amateur footage of the scene has been…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Just How Accurate Are Science Fictional Space Battles?

In the latest installment of It’s Okay to be Smart, Joe Hanson talks about the physics of fictional space battles. This is pedantry at its best, easily one of my favorite IOTBS episodes in recent memory. Contrasting the propulsive and directional abilities of fictional spacecraft with real-world examples was particularly crafty. Definitely worth a watch.…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Listen To This Teenage ‘Hyperpolyglot’ Speak 20 Different Languages

Timothy Doner began studying foreign languages intensely at the age of thirteen. Today, Doner, still a teenager, can speak more than twenty languages, making him one of the world’s most famous polyglots – but equally impressive is his mature perspective on the subject of his linguistic fame. In the video featured here, Doner demonstrates varying…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Your Body, the Machine… Literally

Once upon a time it was quite popular to depict the human body in terms of machinery. The idea was that all of the functions and organs of the body could be equated on a one-to-one basis with machinery and technology: the eyes were cameras, the lungs bellows, the arms derricks, etc. The result was…

io9 Ron Miller

Crazy Rumor: Is Avengers 3 Going to Be Split Into Two Movies?

Resurrection Adds One Mystery Too Many

Every Backyard Was Sorely Lacking in the Fires of Mount Doom. Until Now.

Outlander Delivers a Giant Cliffhanger Before Leaving Us for 6 Months

Neil Gaiman’s Account of Terry Pratchett’s Quiet Rage Is a Must-Read

This Woman Made A Death Star Dress. All Other Dresses Are Inferior.

The Marathon World Record Has Been Broken – What Comes Next?

NPR Pulls The Plug On Krulwich Wonders

Chris Pratt Helps SNL Unveil Marvel’s Next Superhero Blockbusters

Have Astronomers Spotted A Forming Planet In Action For The First Time?

SNL Reveals Marvel’s Secret to Cinematic Success

Maybe the Cutest Science Fiction Book Ever

Epic Batman Film Score Mashup Is The Perfect Weekend Soundtrack

With This Episode, Doctor Who Season 8 Starts To Pay Off, Big Time

And Now, Big Cats Tasting Marmite

What If Ayn Rand Had Written Buffy The Vampire Slayer?

Is This Our First Look At Wayne Manor In Batman v. Superman?

Just How Accurate Are Science Fictional Space Battles?

Listen To This Teenage ‘Hyperpolyglot’ Speak 20 Different Languages

Your Body, the Machine… Literally

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