io9 | Page 5147 of 5932 | We Come From the Future

The Internet’s Already Killed The Mainstream Media, And It’s Academics’ Turn Next!

Someone asks economics blogger Tyler Cowen what applied economic research will look like in 50 years, when computers will be much, much smarter at crunching data and figuring out the relationships between datasets without any human intervention. And Cowen basically replies that we’ll almost all be out of a job: I believe with p =…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Buckets of Spoilers for True Blood’s Next Season, a Possible Villain for Spidey, and a Possible Star for Lobo

True Blood has a whole new cast of monsters, weirdos, and werethings. Rumor has it that Spider-Man 4 has its villain and Lobo its Mane Man. Catch more of V’s pilot, plus Heroes, Lost, Book of Eli, FlashForward, and Chuck. Spider-Man 4 MarketSaw claims they’ve gotten word that the Lizard will appear as the film’s…

io9 Lauren Davis

Kandor

io9 Lauren Davis

Clark Smokes

io9 Lauren Davis

Hiro’s Kiss

io9 Lauren Davis

New Moon in Italy

io9 Lauren Davis

The Book of Eli

io9 Lauren Davis

It’s The Birds Meets The Omen — With Aliens! Oh, Just Let Space Jesus Explain Everything.

Lance Henriksen is a space Satanist who’s found the girl who’s the host for Space Satan — but then they get attacked by holy birds, including a metal space bird that stabs Henriksen in the neck. What does it mean? This thrilling, feathery, Hitchcock-plagiariazing moment comes from 1979’s The Visitor aka Stridulum, an Italian horror…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Surprise: David Lynch’s Sandworms Were “Too Phallic”

While recalling his sci-fi roots, director (and David Lynch purist) Jared Hess revealed a little trivia: “I worked with some of the crew that worked on Dune… They had all these wacky stories about all the worms they went through, because some of them were quite phallic in their inception originally. They knew they would…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Weirdest And Most Wonderful Halloween Comic Covers

If you were explaining Hallowe’en to someone unfamiliar with the concept, don’t use comic books as a visual aid. As these 50 covers show, All Hallow’s Eve is apparently about pumpkins, cleavage and monsters. Then again, maybe they are right…

io9 Graeme McMillan

If Harry Potter Was Made in the 1980s, and Starred David Bowie

If JK Rowling had written the Harry Potter books in the 1980s, they would have been ripe for a sitcom adaptation. And Hogwarts High could have given us broomstick drag racing, a magical Christopher Lloyd, and David Bowie as Voldemort. This comes from the wonderful mind of cartoonist Lucy Knisley, who imagines what Harry Potter…

io9 Lauren Davis

Can You Really Consent To Be A Doll? We Asked Maurissa Tancharoen

Last Friday’s Dollhouse erased all our doubts about Joss Whedon’s mind-blanking saga, and filled us with excitement about the story possibilites to come. So we asked writer Maurissa Tancharoen about the episode, and here’s what she said. The difference between Sierra and the other Dolls turns out to be that Sierra never consented to be…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Why Does Science Fiction Love Dream Sequences?

Why do we step inside the dreams of science-fiction heroes so often? We’re already in the future, or on an alien world, so why take an extra leap into the world of the unreal? Here are some theories. After compiling 43 clips of science-fiction dream sequences, we started to wonder exactly why we invade people’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Top 50 Vampires: The Ultimate Score Sheet

Which vampires sparkle in the sunlight, and which ones burn? Which ones fear stakes, or crosses? With vampires ruling the world of entertainment, it’s important to know all the facts. Here’s our roundup of 50 vampires’ superpowers and weaknesses. Click the chart to enlarge. Vampire Graph By Julia Carusillo.

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Master Of Weird Stories Crafts A Dark, Terrible Odyssey

Set in the poignant urban blight of a near-future New York, Bleak History follows the soulful and brooding Gabriel Bleak on a classic hero’s journey. Which is to say, against his will, to the hidden source of his mounting affliction. In the early years of the Cheney administration, my neighbor’s house burned to the ground;…

io9 Chaim Bertman

Vampire Graph

Click on the graph for a better look! Vampire Graph By the brilliantly talented Julia Carusillo.

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Creatures You Wouldn’t Want Your Worst Enemy To Encounter

What awful horrors lurk in the minds of the denizens of the ConceptArt forums’ users? You may regret wanting to find out. For Halloween, the forums had a creature-art contest, and the results are horrifying indeed. Do you dare look? The above image comes from Rodimus, and it’s the Horned Devil Skink. There are tons…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers

Naked mole rats might be the most awesomely peculiar mammals in existence; they possess ants’ hive mind-like qualities, feel no pain, and are completely immune to cancer. And researchers have finally unlocked the secret to their remarkable cancer-fighting powers. Despite the critters’ 30-year lifespans, naked mole rats have never been found with tumors, and are…

io9 Lauren Davis

Ninja Turtles + Krull = Gentlemen Broncos

There’s a mini Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reunion happening inside Jared Hess’ science-fiction-loving film Gentlemen Broncos. Can you figure out the link? Plus the director reveals his Krull roots. Both Josh Pais and Sam Rockwell have memorable characters in the new Gentlemen Broncos, but before they were fantasy fans they both appeared in Teenage Mutant…

io9 Meredith Woerner

New Short Circuit’s Directorial Choice Short Circuits Potential

Here’s how to quickly and easily kill any interest we had in the Short Circuit remake completely dead: Bring Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Daddy Day Care’s Steve Carr on board to direct. Poor Number Five. You deserved better. [Empire]

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Internet’s Already Killed The Mainstream Media, And It’s Academics’ Turn Next!

Buckets of Spoilers for True Blood’s Next Season, a Possible Villain for Spidey, and a Possible Star for Lobo

Kandor

Clark Smokes

Hiro’s Kiss

New Moon in Italy

The Book of Eli

It’s The Birds Meets The Omen — With Aliens! Oh, Just Let Space Jesus Explain Everything.

Surprise: David Lynch’s Sandworms Were “Too Phallic”

Weirdest And Most Wonderful Halloween Comic Covers

If Harry Potter Was Made in the 1980s, and Starred David Bowie

Can You Really Consent To Be A Doll? We Asked Maurissa Tancharoen

Why Does Science Fiction Love Dream Sequences?

Top 50 Vampires: The Ultimate Score Sheet

The Master Of Weird Stories Crafts A Dark, Terrible Odyssey

Vampire Graph

The Creatures You Wouldn’t Want Your Worst Enemy To Encounter

Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers

Ninja Turtles + Krull = Gentlemen Broncos

New Short Circuit’s Directorial Choice Short Circuits Potential

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Forget Apple’s Magic Keyboard, Logitech MX Keys for Mac Refuses to Go Back to Full Price After Amazon Spring Sale

Google’s Next Fitbit Sounds Exactly Like a Whoop Clone

Amazon eero WiFi 7 Router (3-Pack) Keeps Its Spring Sale Price, Covering Up to 120 Devices Across 6,000 Sq. Ft.

72 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in April

A Cosmic ‘Dead Zone’ for Black Holes Is Real, New Evidence Suggests

Nothing Might Get Into Smart Glasses at the Worst Possible Time

Samsung Slashes $350 Off 49″ Odyssey Curved Gaming Monitor to Clear Out Stock on Amazon

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

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

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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

Let us help find what you are looking for...