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What’s Your Favorite Movie or TV Plot That Would Be Obsolete Today?

Technology’s so great. All this communication capability can put you in touch with your friends and family, no matter where in the world they are. Which blows a giant hole through most of the movie and TV plots written up until, say, the late 1990s. What’s your favorite storyline that would never exist in a…

Movies Bob Sorokanich

These Graphs Show Precisely When Your Favorite TV Show Went Downhill

When did Heroes jump the shark? At what point did Person of Interest find its footing? The site Graph TV charts out the popular opinion of each episode of each television show. Kevin Wu created Graph TV, which charts the IMDB rankings of each TV episode, creating graphs of how viewers have felt about the…

io9 Lauren Davis

This Sculpture Of Birds Casts Alfred Hitchcock’s Iconic Shadow

By itself, Jeff Asper‘s junk sculpture looks like a flock of birds welded flying over a spiderweb and a human skull. But when you light it from just the right angle, it casts a familiar shadow. Asper has made a number of other shadow sculptures, including The Thinker made from Playstations and a series of…

io9 Lauren Davis

There’s A Forest Shaped Like Minnesota In Northern Minnesota

If you search for a certain spot in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, on Google Maps, you’ll see this curious forest formation. So why is there a Minnesota-shaped forest in Northern Minnesota? reddit user BobInMinn spotted the greenery on Google Maps, and after Minneapolis City Pages picked up the story, a City Pages commenter…

io9 Lauren Davis

Hugh Jackman Sings About The Challenges Of Playing Wolverine

Hugh Jackman is famous both for performing in musicals and portraying the superhero Wolverine—but what happens when he sings about playing Wolverine? The folks at BBC Radio 1’s The Matt Edmondson Show convinced Jackman to sing a Wolverine-themed number to the tune of “Who Am I?” from Les Misérables. Now that I think about it,…

io9 Lauren Davis

Behold, A Baby Octopus The Size Of A Pencil Eraser

When it’s fully grown, this Caribbean pygmy octopus will be just the size of a silver dollar. As a hatchling, it’s dwarfed by a penny. The Aquarium at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, acquired a female Caribbean pygmy octopus (O. mercatoris) that had come in from the wild. At the aquarium, she started laying…

io9 Lauren Davis

Manga Creator Osamu Tezuka’s Newly Discovered Sexy Mouse Art

The daughter of Osamu Tezuka, legendary creator of Astro Boy, Black Jack, and Buddha, recently discovered some of her father’s locked away sketches, including a handful of drawings of a rather voluptuous mouse. RocketNews24 explains that when Tezuka passed away in 1989, he left behind a locked desk whose key had gone missing. Recently, his…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Cabal Attacks On Avengers Assemble And A Nod to Heinlein On Hulk

This week in the world of cartoons we take a look at another great episode of Rick and Morty, the return of Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., and a bizarre Christian Slater appearance on Archer. As always – minor spoilers ahead! Rick and Morty – “Something Ricked This Way Comes” Summer takes a job…

io9 Keith Veronese

Behold the Majesty of a Supernova’s Triple Halo Explosion

Here you can see what happened when a star went supernova, and became the object known as SN 1987A. This artist’s interpretation is based on data gathered from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. According to the ESO: This artist’s impression of the material around a recently exploded star, known as Supernova 1987A (or…

io9 Annalee Newitz

That Time When Blake From Blake’s 7 Was Enslaved By An Evil Matriarchy

Before Gareth Thomas played Roj Blake, the fearless crusader against the dystopian Federation, he had to escape from a very different sort of oppressive regime. Thomas was one of the stars of Star Maidens, a short-lived show about men fleeing a matriarchal society. You can see how this storyline was good preparation for dealing with…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Cast Of Twin Peaks Drawn In The Style Of The Simpsons

What if Matt Groening had set his show in Twin Peaks instead of Springfield? Adrien Noterdaem gives this other set of TV oddballs The Simpsons’ trademark overbites and yellow pallor. Noterdaem “Simpsonizes” various characters, real and fictional, at his Draw the Simpsons blog, and his most recent project is taking him through the cast of…

Television Lauren Davis

Everything About The Sharknado 2 Poster Is So Wrong It’s Right

The Greek philosopher Plato argued that reality was inherently flawed, and that only ideas themselves could be said to be perfect — each being a sort of incorporeal ideal from which all physical manifestations tried to replicate to various degrees of imperfection. Why do I mention this? Because I’m pretty sure this Sharknado 2 poster…

Movies Rob Bricken

Dinosaurs Were The Ideal Mounts For Navigating The Jungle Planet

Terry knew that the sauroid mounts bore only a superficial resemblance to the outdated images of dinosaurs he’d grown up seeing in his grandfather’s encyclopedias, but he didn’t care. Any time there was a hunt, he volunteered, eager to sit astride the scaly beasts and imagine their planet was a prehistoric Earth. Concept art by…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Vampire Diaries‘ New Big Bad Wins Because Nobody’s Paying Attention

Basically, if you want to take over the world, make sure all the people who stand in your way are distracted by ridiculously dysfunctional love triangles. That’s the takeaway message of the new arc on Vampire Diaries. Spoilers ahead… The show is really pushing the Travelers, who are like bargain-basement witches with a habit of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Once Upon A Time In Wonderland Gets Cancelled

Goodbye CG white rabbits, excessive breasts from the Red Queen, and the Sexy Jabberwocky! Despite its tightly-plotted-out series plans, Once Upon A Time In Wonderland has been cancelled. We’re not super surprised, but we will miss the Knave. He was fantastic. Then again, he can always just get magic-ed over to Once Upon A Time…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Why Is Science Fiction So Fascinated By Black Goo?

Today’s Comment of the Day comes from hamnotono who, fresh off the news that Helix has been renewed for a second season, asks what the deal is with science fiction’s fascination with black goo? https://gizmodo.com/break-out-the-black-goo-and-celebrate-helix-is-renewed-1553905095 When did “black goo” become the default sci-fi mystery substance? X-Files, Prometheus, Helix, probably others I’m forgetting. Give me some…

io9 Ria Misra

The “Motor” That Allows a Fly to Flap Its Wings 50 Times a Second

What you’re looking at is a 3D visualization of a fly’s thorax in action. The 3D animation, which was put together using data pulled from a particle accelerator, offers a glimpse into the inner workings of one of nature’s most complex mechanisms. So why a particle accelerator? It allowed researchers from the Imperial College London,…

io9 George Dvorsky

It’s Time for a Little Friday Afternoon Space Metal

It’s 4:20 somewhere in the galaxy right now. Kick back, spark up, and soak in the delicious guitars and trippy, minimalist visuals in this video from French metal band Gojira. The song is “Born in Winter,” and the album is L’Enfant Sauvage — available from Roadrunner Records. Learn more on Gojira’s website. [h/t Phil Freeman]

io9 Annalee Newitz

We’re So Confused By This Disney/Walking Dead Mashup Art

I’m all aboard with reworking every single Disney movie into a post apocalyptic zombie nightmare. But why was it necessary to show much princess skin? That’s just not safe — covering up is basic zombie survival 101, guys. Thanks to Geekologie, we are now aware of Deviant Artist Kasami Sensei’s “Walking Disney” collection. It’s ridiculous…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Space Station 76 Is The Greatest Space Comedy Since Galaxy Quest

There’s no way to prepare you for the insanity of Space Station 76. It’s a comedy set in a mid-1970s version of the future that looks like Space: 1999. But it’s also a surprisingly dark character study of people who are slowly falling apart, which owes a lot to The Ice Storm. Here’s our nearly…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

What’s Your Favorite Movie or TV Plot That Would Be Obsolete Today?

These Graphs Show Precisely When Your Favorite TV Show Went Downhill

This Sculpture Of Birds Casts Alfred Hitchcock’s Iconic Shadow

There’s A Forest Shaped Like Minnesota In Northern Minnesota

Hugh Jackman Sings About The Challenges Of Playing Wolverine

Behold, A Baby Octopus The Size Of A Pencil Eraser

Manga Creator Osamu Tezuka’s Newly Discovered Sexy Mouse Art

The Cabal Attacks On Avengers Assemble And A Nod to Heinlein On Hulk

Behold the Majesty of a Supernova’s Triple Halo Explosion

That Time When Blake From Blake’s 7 Was Enslaved By An Evil Matriarchy

The Cast Of Twin Peaks Drawn In The Style Of The Simpsons

Everything About The Sharknado 2 Poster Is So Wrong It’s Right

Dinosaurs Were The Ideal Mounts For Navigating The Jungle Planet

The Vampire Diaries‘ New Big Bad Wins Because Nobody’s Paying Attention

Once Upon A Time In Wonderland Gets Cancelled

Why Is Science Fiction So Fascinated By Black Goo?

The “Motor” That Allows a Fly to Flap Its Wings 50 Times a Second

It’s Time for a Little Friday Afternoon Space Metal

We’re So Confused By This Disney/Walking Dead Mashup Art

Space Station 76 Is The Greatest Space Comedy Since Galaxy Quest

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

Anker Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low (200W, 20,100mAh, 3-Port) as Amazon Clears Out Remaining Spring Sale Stock

Students Are Now Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Exams

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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