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There’s More To SGU Than Closet Sex, Star Insists

Actor Brian J. Smith, who plays Lt. Scott on SGU, is tackling the criticism of his horny character and defending the rebooted franchise from fan outrage. You shouldn’t assume his character is a “sex-pot” or demand instant gratification, he insists. In an interview with Show Patrol, Smith who plays the religiously troubled Lt. Matthew Scott…

Television Meredith Woerner

Doctor Who in 3D For A Short Time Only

Here’s one good reason to see Alice In Wonderland in UK cinemas: Screenings will be accompanied by the new Doctor Who trailer (premiering tomorrow on British television) in glorious 3D. Avatar, you’ve already been replaced in our hearts. The trailer doesn’t mean that the new season is in 3D (sadly), but the BBC statement gives…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Cameron Talks Avatar 2, Bendis Has Spider-Man Reboot Meeting, And Director Talks Flash Gordon!

James Cameron explains where Avatar 2 picks up, and director Breck Eisner names Flash Gordon’s source material. Brian Bendis meets with Spider-Man film-makers. Plus Doctor Who’s new game, Kreuk and Nimoy on Fringe, and Lost, Caprica and Toy Story spoilers. Oh, and we’re trying something slightly different today – the Lost spoilers will be at…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

No Good DVDeed Goes Unpunished

Both pirating (and legal streaming) offer a seamless viewing experience. DVDs and Blu-rays take the liberty of making you watch extra/unrelated crap. Oh, and like an airline safety briefing, one FBI warning is enough to cover me for life. [TheNextWeb via Lifehacker] https://lifehacker.com/remains-of-the-day-why-piracy-works-edition-5475113

Movies Mark Wilson

60 Per-cent Cheaper CCFL Lamps Could Outshine LED Backlighting in TVs

Cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) backlights are fast disappearing due to the more efficient and brighter LED swaggering onto the TV scene, but the Japanese company Sanken Electric claims its new CCFL technology is 60 per cent cheaper to produce. Too little, too late for the unfashionable technology? Sanken reckons TVs perform just as well…

Television Kat Hannaford

British Government Declassifies Its UFO Files, Reveals “Flying Toblerone” Sightings

The British Ministry of Defence has declassified UFO files previously known only to UNIT and Torchwood. Thousands of documents related to UFO sightings in the UK are now available to the public, including the notorious Scottish “flying Toblerones.” If you’d like to comb through the newly-released files yourself, you can visit this British National Archives…

io9 Annalee Newitz

What Would Happen If Dinoshark Fought Sharktopus?

If you can’t wait for schlockmeister Roger Corman’s upcoming Sharktopus flick, then we’ve got good news. As an appetizer, he’s bringing out Dinoshark (pictured) on Syfy on March 13. Now we’ve got the backstory on both shark epics. THR has the full scoop from Corman himself. About Dinoshark, he says: Global warming causes the glaciers…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The DiY High-Speed Camera That Is About To Change Your Life

A new medical camera designed to take pictures of internal organs is about to revolutionize the way you take snapshots. Soon you’ll be able to take simultaneous video and stills of events that your naked eye could never see. The best part? The camera was invented by two Oxford medical researchers out of off-the-shelf parts.…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Deep Inside The Galaxy Of Andromeda

NASA’s new infrared satellite just sent back its first images, including these multi-spectrum wonders depicting Andromeda’s bustling star-making activity, and the dent from a long-ago galactic collision. You can download these images in stunning high quality here. [NASA Mission Page] Andromeda in a full-spectrum image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) camera. An image…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How Old-Fashioned Makeup Effects Created The Wolfman

Rick Baker, the FX and make-up master behind Videodrome and An American Werewolf in London, took us behind the werewolf mask on Wolfman. Check out this new video, along with the discarded Wolfman rock score. In other Wolfman news, the internet has unearthed Paul Haslinger’s rejected rock score for the Wolfman movie. We’re kind of…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Music Is What Numbers Feel Like

If you love futuristic musical madness, then these bizarre charts and mathematically-transformed pieces of sheet music from artist Marco Fusinato will delight you. Think of them as the abstract underpinnings for a movie like Darren Aronofsky’s Pi. Fusinato brings together avant garde music and art in his work, creating imagery that looks like the results…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Spielberg Is Creating A Time Traveling Dino-Drama

Steven Spielberg is playing around with dinosaurs again. His new television show, which he’s calling Terra Nova, puts him in the directors chair, and sounds like it might help us forget about The Land of The Lost entirely. The trades are reporting that Spielberg is working with Peter Chernin on a time traveling drama. Which…

Television Meredith Woerner

Wolfman Gallery

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io9 Meredith Woerner

Gorgeous New Covers For Jules Verne’s Classics

Illustrator Jim Tierney has designed a series of interactive covers for Jules Verne’s most cherished novels. Wave-shaped dust jackets for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea? Pop-up spaceships for From the Earth to the Moon? Yes, please. For his senior project, University of the Arts student Jim Tierney reimagined the covers of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

How Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes You A Better Author

If you spent hundreds of hours playing Dungeons & Dragons in your youth, it turns out that time wasn’t wasted. Three successful authors tell Suvudu that D&D gave them the experience points to write decent novels and stories. Wizards Of The Coast is putting out a new “red box” edition of the D&D starter set,…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Babies With Laser Eyes: Nadir Or Gutter Of Web Culture?

A new and totally inexplicable meme is sweeping the internet. Mutant infants with laser vision. Are these tots the harbingers of a new dark age, or a sign that culture is now 100% intellectually bankrupt? Let us contemplate. It’s easy to understand the appeal of a baby with laser eyes – its adorable mini-human shenanigans…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Way Of Stopping An Asteroid Impact That J.J. Abrams And Michael Bay Never Thought Of

If an asteroid really was on a collision course with Earth, blowing it up wouldn’t do much good because the chunks would still have the same momentum. So what do you do? “How I Saved The World” has the answer. The story, by Bulgarian author Valentin Ivanov, appeared in Mike Brotherton’s online anthology of astronomy-based…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The New Crow Could Start Flying This Summer

Director and screenwriter Stephen Norrington speculates that the final draft for his new Crow film will be done this month, which means filming can begin this summer. Commence mascara-streaked crying, Crow purists. [Mania]

Movies Meredith Woerner

EFF Implores Readers To Stand Up For Their (Digital Book) Rights

Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation is testifying at a hearing on the Google Books Settlement, arguing the company’s ebook service will track what people read online. Worried about your book-reading privacy? EFF has also just released an e-book privacy guide. Yesterday EFF published a list of privacy and property concerns e-book readers should have prior…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Do Iron Man 2 Action Figures Give Away The Movie’s Climax?

The other day, we showed you the Japanese figure of Tony Stark’s newest armor from Iron Man 2. And now new images of Iron Man 2 toys have shown up, including major hints about the movie’s crux. Spoilers below… https://gizmodo.com/japanese-iron-man-2-statues-spoil-tony-starks-new-armor-5473197 You already know from the trailer that James Rhodes gets turned against Tony Stark somewhat…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

There’s More To SGU Than Closet Sex, Star Insists

Doctor Who in 3D For A Short Time Only

Cameron Talks Avatar 2, Bendis Has Spider-Man Reboot Meeting, And Director Talks Flash Gordon!

No Good DVDeed Goes Unpunished

60 Per-cent Cheaper CCFL Lamps Could Outshine LED Backlighting in TVs

British Government Declassifies Its UFO Files, Reveals “Flying Toblerone” Sightings

What Would Happen If Dinoshark Fought Sharktopus?

The DiY High-Speed Camera That Is About To Change Your Life

Deep Inside The Galaxy Of Andromeda

How Old-Fashioned Makeup Effects Created The Wolfman

Music Is What Numbers Feel Like

Spielberg Is Creating A Time Traveling Dino-Drama

Wolfman Gallery

Gorgeous New Covers For Jules Verne’s Classics

How Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes You A Better Author

Babies With Laser Eyes: Nadir Or Gutter Of Web Culture?

The Way Of Stopping An Asteroid Impact That J.J. Abrams And Michael Bay Never Thought Of

The New Crow Could Start Flying This Summer

EFF Implores Readers To Stand Up For Their (Digital Book) Rights

Do Iron Man 2 Action Figures Give Away The Movie’s Climax?

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

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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

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