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Why do Superman movies keep featuring the same old enemies?

We only just learned Zack Snyder is directing the Superman reboot, and already the word is that General Zod is coming back as the villain. Seriously, we have to ask: where the hell are some new Superman villains? There’s this pervasive myth that Superman only has three good enemies: an evil version of himself, Lex…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

M. Night Shyamalan cagey about the possibility of Unbreakable 2

At NYCC’s “Unbreakable: Ten Years Later” panel with M. Night Shyamalan, the director made his first Comic Con appearance of any kind, period. He encountered an enthusiastic crowd and discussed ideas for Unbreakable 2 that have never come to fruition. After showing a clip from Unbreakable, Shyamalan met the crowd to a rapturous applause and…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Archer’s Paradox: you can’t hit a target by aiming exactly for it

We imagine that real-life archers are constantly frustrated by the inaccuracies of movies and comic books. Namely, the fact that no one realizes you can only hit a target if you’re aiming somewhat away from it. Let’s consider two typical action movie shots. The first is a zoom out from a target, maybe a bad…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Yoda was originally played by a monkey in a mask, and other secrets of The Empire Strikes Back

Before Yoda was a Muppet, the makers of Empire Strikes Back considered casting a monkey as the movie’s spiritual center. Plus the lost Wampa raid on the rebel base, and the original portrayer of Palpatine finally revealed after thirty years! J.W. Rinzler is the author of The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Are openly gay generals the new signifiers of The Future?

The presence of a black US president in a summer blockbuster used to mean that the film occurred in The Future. But in 2010, we need a new signifier. I think I know the one: the openly gay general. With the recent repeal-that-wasn’t of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the gay military commander has replaced a…

io9 Madeline Ashby

The rebooted “Sherlock” world where Dr. Watson blogs and Holmes prefers to text

The sharp Sherlock adaptation from Dr. Who producers is a Holmes for a very new century: set in modern-day London, the consulting detective has an iPhone to enhance his deductive reasoning, and Watson keeps a blog. Sherlock has been a U.K. hit for months, and made its official U.S. debut at the NYCC to riotous…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern

Green Lantern takes flight with buddy cop space opera from the makers of Batman and Last Airbender

The new Green Lantern show is a CGI space opera teaming Hal Jordan and Kilowog as intergalactic buddy cops, from the people behind Batman: The Animated Series and Avatar: The Last Airbender. There is nothing about this that’s not awesome. This show, a collaboration between DC animated universe maestro Bruce Timm and Avatar: The Last…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

On the art of drinking ice cores

What’s the epitome of beverage decadence? Drinking the ice cores from pristine ancient ice. These cores can have a vintage of 100,000 years, and if you’re a glacial scientist, you may be lucky enough to chug one. Edible Geography has a fun interview up with glacial scientist Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute…

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DC Universe panel promises new prices, new titles and a more romantic Batman

At NYCC, the traditional DC Universe fan circus hosted by executive editor Dan DiDio was dominated by the recession, mouthy fans, a mistake that made DiDio take his seat — and a peek at what’s coming up. The main point that DC Universe first sought to drive home was that in tough times when other…

io9 Kaila Hale-Stern

A day in the life of the Ghostbusters firehouse

What’s it like to a be a firefighter at the FDNY Hook & Ladder No. 8 Firehouse in Manhattan? 50% of your day is dedicated to extinguishing fires; the other 50% is spent dealing with Ghostbusters fans. This short film of the firehouse (which is on the corner of North Moore and Varick) was made…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

First Thing prequel footage cracks open the alien ice block

Universal debuted the first ever footage from The Thing prequel at New York Comic Con. We witnessed a pretty impressive mix of ominous foreshadowing and hot alien tentacle action. So far, so good. Spoilers ahead… In a place where there is nothing, they found SOMETHING….fade out “some” to reveal just THE THING. The trailer starts…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Powers TV show is almost a go, and Marvelman will be back within the year

A big announcement for the TV version of the superpowered cop comic Powers is coming within days, says creator Brian Michael Bendis. Plus Marvelman is back within 12 months, and the CrossGen revival brings back one of its greatest writers. We already know a little about the TV adaptation of Powers, Brian Michael Bendis and…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

“They Live” remake might ditch the infamous alien sunglasses

Can you remake John Carpenter’s They Live without the infamous alien-revealing sunglasses? The producer seems to think so. Hear what he has to say on possible They Live changes, and who he hired to update the screenplay. While chatting with The Thing producer Eric Newman about adapting John Carpenter movies, their next Carpenter remake project…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Marjorie M. Liu says you should never let genre get in the way of a cool story

What’s it like juggling a gig at Marvel with being a top-selling paranormal romance/urban fantasy author? At New York Comic Con, we asked Marjorie M. Liu, who’s writing comics while continuing both her Dirk & Steele and Hunter Kiss series. Marjorie M. Liu has covered a lot of speculative ground since publishing her first novel…

io9 Kelly Faircloth

NASA caught Photoshopping an image of Saturn’s moons. What were they trying to hide?

A conspiracy theorist noticed that an image in NASA’s Astronomy Picture Of The Day had noticeable Photoshop brushstrokes in it, when you turned up the contrast. Is there a mysterious object hiding near Saturn’s moons? Check out the official image of Dione and Titan, above. A YouTube user named DominatorPS3 turned up the contrast on…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Digital superstars of a world without privacy, in Greg Pak’s “Vision Machine”

What if you could shoot video with your eyeglasses, edit in your head, and add computer-generated imagery? That’s the premise of Greg Pak’s comic, Vision Machine, debuting at NYCC. He tells us why people are too keen to surrender privacy. Greg Pak is the creator of one of our favorite indie science fiction films, Robot…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Gateway by Frederik Pohl: The most dreadful of Hugo winners

Long before he was named Best Fan Writer — way back in 1978, in fact — Frederik Pohl won another Hugo (and a Nebula too), for his novel Gateway. And yikes, what a book. https://gizmodo.com/congratulations-to-the-2010-hugo-award-winners-5630533 Gateway is one of the Hugo winners I’d read before starting this project, and when I think about it, it’s…

io9 Josh Wimmer

IDW’s Infestation: Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe, Star Trek, and Transformers vs. Zombies

This January, IDW Publishing will helm Infestation, a company-wide crossover featuring IDW’s licensed Hollywood properties and undead invaders from Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood’s series Zombie vs. Robots. We talked to Ryall about these pandimensional zombie invaders. Infestation begins in January and continues into IDW’s Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe, Star Trek, and Transformers series. Although we…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Is Danny McBride’s “Your Highness” the new Army of Darkness?

For everyone waiting for an R-rated Labyrinth, your time has come. We just saw the first footage of the profanity-laced fantasy epic Your Highness. It was pretty funny. And, if nothing else, it’s got Natalie Portman in a golden thong. James Franco and Danny McBride play a pair of bumbling knights, sent on a quest…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Robot Chicken is bringing an Avatar slow jam and a full hour of new Star Wars awesomeness

Seth Green and company previewed next season, teasing more Star Wars silliness than ever before, Avatar’s N’avi love-making music, how they’ll rip into Twilight, their epic Lord of the Rings sketches, and Batman finally beating the Joker to death. Their third Star Wars special will be their biggest and most ambitious yet. After two half-hour…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Why do Superman movies keep featuring the same old enemies?

M. Night Shyamalan cagey about the possibility of Unbreakable 2

The Archer’s Paradox: you can’t hit a target by aiming exactly for it

Yoda was originally played by a monkey in a mask, and other secrets of The Empire Strikes Back

Are openly gay generals the new signifiers of The Future?

The rebooted “Sherlock” world where Dr. Watson blogs and Holmes prefers to text

Green Lantern takes flight with buddy cop space opera from the makers of Batman and Last Airbender

On the art of drinking ice cores

DC Universe panel promises new prices, new titles and a more romantic Batman

A day in the life of the Ghostbusters firehouse

First Thing prequel footage cracks open the alien ice block

Powers TV show is almost a go, and Marvelman will be back within the year

“They Live” remake might ditch the infamous alien sunglasses

Marjorie M. Liu says you should never let genre get in the way of a cool story

NASA caught Photoshopping an image of Saturn’s moons. What were they trying to hide?

Digital superstars of a world without privacy, in Greg Pak’s “Vision Machine”

Gateway by Frederik Pohl: The most dreadful of Hugo winners

IDW’s Infestation: Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe, Star Trek, and Transformers vs. Zombies

Is Danny McBride’s “Your Highness” the new Army of Darkness?

Robot Chicken is bringing an Avatar slow jam and a full hour of new Star Wars awesomeness

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