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Accessorize your human sacrifice dress with this cute Cthulhu purse

Nothing says “chic mind-flaying alien power” better than a Cthulhu plushie purse, complete with a soft lining the color of the blackest seas. Whether you’re looking forward to an exciting night sacrificing a virgin to the Deep Ones, or you’re just trying to raise Yog Sothoth at work, this Cthulhu purse is the perfect accent…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Has Fox officially given up on Daredevil? Plus Keanu Reeves reveals secrets of Bill & Ted 3!

The Borg Queen joins Thor: The Dark World. Hugh Jackman promises The Wolverine won’t be anything like Wolverine. Has a description of the first Iron Man 3 trailer leaked? Plus the latest encouraging reactions from Cloud Atlas test screenings! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Cloud Atlas. The Wolverine Hugh Jackman confirms once…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Terry Gilliam will finally reveal the meaning of existence

For the past five years, Terry Gilliam has been trying to make a mysterious film called The Zero Theorem, about a cubicle-dwelling man who’s trying to solve an equation that holds the purpose of existence. (Or lack thereof.) We’d thought Zero Theorem was dead in the water back in 2009, when Billy Bob Thornton was…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

The Subtitles of Chinese Bootleg Movies Are Even More Unbelievably Hilarious Than We Thought

When we saw the subtitles of a bootleg copy of The Avengers, we couldn’t believe how outrageous they were. The subtitles butchered the English language to the point that it felt like a whole different movie. Turns out, a lot of bootleg movies have subtitles that bad. Just check these out. https://gizmodo.com/watching-a-chinese-bootleg-copy-of-the-avengers-with-su-5932791 Funny or Die…

Movies Casey Chan

Become the next Mr. Snuffleupagus at the Sesame Street open auditions

Can we tell you how to get to Sesame Street? Indeed, we can — simply go to New York City’s Roseland Ballroom on August 20 between the hours of 10 AM and 2 PM and secure your place in the pantheon of legendary children’s entertainers. Just think, centuries from now your visage will be carved…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

True Blood breaks our heart into a pile of gooey vampire pudding

Last night True Blood pried open it’s clenched fists and let the love of our lives fly away and move on to better things. It was hard, but it needed to happen. Because now there is more room in our hearts for Pam and Tara’s infinite collection of matching outfits. Sigh. But let me tell…

Television Meredith Woerner

Now THIS is the Falling Skies we signed up for

Holy crap, that was a great episode of Falling Skies. Where has this show been the past month or so? The season one showrunner, Mark Verheiden, returned to write a pivotal episode with elements of several great Battlestar Galactica storylines — including the “Pegasus” arc and the “New Caprica” arc. The characters were interesting and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

The “sensational” movie that ended the career of Forbidden Planet‘s director

In 1956, Fred M. Wilcox was at the top of his game in Hollywood. His iconic science fiction movie Forbidden Planet was one of the top box office earners that year. Full of innovative special effects and weird electronic music, the movie remains one of the most influential science fiction films of the twentieth century.…

Movies Annalee Newitz

The Origin Story You Won’t Hear for Timothy Green‘s Dirt Baby

Timothy Green isn’t just a little boy who grew out of a bit of dirt in one lonely couple’s backyard. Instead, the dirt baby has a secret mythological history, that no one knows about (because it wasn’t included in the movie). In our exclusive interview, the director of The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Peter…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Poorly translated subtitles from a Chinese bootleg of The Avengers are amazing

Bootleggers often and inadvertently take creative liberties with their pirated wares — remember when Thor guest-starred on Game of Thrones? A similar phenomenon occurred with a Chinese bootleg copy of The Avengers acquired by Tumblr user Bileto. https://gizmodo.com/in-the-bootleg-game-of-thrones-thor-hangs-out-with-hou-5914374 In these tenuously translated subtitles, Thor and Loki (a.k.a. “Rocky”) are half-cousins/half-brothers, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are questing…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

An Exclusive Look at How Bryan Singer’s H+ is Reimagining Transhumanism

It’s like something out of your Cyberpunk dreams — a painlessly injected implant that connects your nervous system to the internet. But in Bryan Singer’s new webseries H+, which just launched recently, it all goes horribly wrong. This brain implant kills. But even before everyone’s implants get infected with some kind of virus, what does…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

What the f*ck has NASA done for you lately? More than you think.

Despite NASA’s epic accomplishments last week — what with the landing a one-ton superlab on the surface of Mars with a rocket-powered skycrane, and everything — the haters remained out in full force, asking inane, vaguely trollish questions along the lines of “what’s the point?” “why is NASA wasting money on robots in space?” and…

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The Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots musical is coming this November

The Flaming Lips’ 2002 concept album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots happens to be a personal favorite of ours. And from November 6 to December 16, a musical version of this trippy LP will hit San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse. Here’s the synopsis of this show, which is helmed by Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Who’s the coolest supporting character on genre TV right now?

Everybody knows that supporting characters rule television. The heroes of any TV show are always too “relatable” or too obnoxious to be your favorite character. It’s just a fact of life. And right now, science fiction and fantasy television are offering us a slew of amazingly funny, lovable and memorable characters. So who’s your favorite…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Brian K. Vaughan talks Saga, one of the year’s best science fiction comics

Robotic princes pooping placidly, mercenary cats that are also lie detectors, swearing ghosts, spider breasts, and extraterrestrial lovers who are quite literally star-crossed — you will find all this (and more) in author Brian K. Vaughan and artist Fiona Staples’ comic book space opera Saga. Here’s what Vaughan (Runaways, Lost) and Staples (North 40) recently…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Help us identify this mysterious, Cthulu-esque organism, spotted in Stockholm, Sweden

io9 reader Richard Turner was on a walk in southeast Stockholm when he and his friend made a startling discovery on the side of the road — a small mass of what appeared to be organic matter, roughly the size of a tennis ball and crawling with tentacle-like projections. “It wasn’t attached to the ground…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Dr. Ruth says Shark Week is ruining your sex life

Dr. Ruth Westheimer just produced the most gloriously oddball tweet we’ve seen in ages: If 9 mos from now there are less births it will prove my theory re Shark Week & erections. We’re left wondering: What’s her theory consist of? Does she think Shark Week is so terrifying, it prevents coitus? Or that it’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Biggest Box Office Hits and Misses of Summer 2012

This was another brutal summer, where movie titans did battle. And now that it’s over, some films stand tall and victorious, while others lay dead in the killing fields. Back at the start of the summer, we asked you which movies would be a sleeper hit, and which movies would be a surprise flop. Now…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

“Fat maps” show where the obesity epidemic has hit the United States hardest

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have released new data on weight gain among people living in the United States. What they discovered, as you can see in the map above, is that people in many regions of the country are more than 30 percent over their ideal BMI, or body mass index. BMIs are…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Forget the “Busy Trap” — you’re trapped way worse than that

There’s been a popular meme going around lately about the “Busy Trap” — the idea that we’re all keeping busy with meaningless junk like checking our email or doing random tasks, and that this is somehow a lifestyle choice. But a new essay by Mark Fisher, “Time Wars,” makes a persuasive case that our chronic…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Accessorize your human sacrifice dress with this cute Cthulhu purse

Has Fox officially given up on Daredevil? Plus Keanu Reeves reveals secrets of Bill & Ted 3!

Terry Gilliam will finally reveal the meaning of existence

The Subtitles of Chinese Bootleg Movies Are Even More Unbelievably Hilarious Than We Thought

Become the next Mr. Snuffleupagus at the Sesame Street open auditions

True Blood breaks our heart into a pile of gooey vampire pudding

Now THIS is the Falling Skies we signed up for

The “sensational” movie that ended the career of Forbidden Planet‘s director

The Origin Story You Won’t Hear for Timothy Green‘s Dirt Baby

Poorly translated subtitles from a Chinese bootleg of The Avengers are amazing

An Exclusive Look at How Bryan Singer’s H+ is Reimagining Transhumanism

What the f*ck has NASA done for you lately? More than you think.

The Flaming Lips’ Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots musical is coming this November

Who’s the coolest supporting character on genre TV right now?

Brian K. Vaughan talks Saga, one of the year’s best science fiction comics

Help us identify this mysterious, Cthulu-esque organism, spotted in Stockholm, Sweden

Dr. Ruth says Shark Week is ruining your sex life

Biggest Box Office Hits and Misses of Summer 2012

“Fat maps” show where the obesity epidemic has hit the United States hardest

Forget the “Busy Trap” — you’re trapped way worse than that

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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