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Classic Movies Get Silkscreen Poster Update

Tyler Stout designs incredibly detailed screenprinted movie posters that give classic science fiction films an updated look while offering newer movies a touch of vintage Hollywood charm. Stout, who also does many of the concert posters for Flight of the Conchords, has an ever-growing series of posters from classic and more recent films (and, for…

io9 Lauren Davis

LG’s 15-inch OLED Has Dazzling Screen, Beauteous Case

Have you seen Sony’s 11-inch OLED TV in person? The screen is fine and everything, but its design is awkward—as if vomited up by an engineer and never reassessed. LG’s 15-inch OLED, however, is at least trying. https://gizmodo.com/sony-xel-1-oled-tv-review-verdict-small-on-size-larg-372072 The design is both clever and functional, with the display’s ports tucked behind the monitor in some…

Television Mark Wilson

Whose Idea Was It To Let Walter Behind The Wheel?

Walter Bishop gets in the driver’s seat for a change, in the first clip from Fringe season two — which also features new FBI agent Sonia (Meghan Markle).

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

100 Years of Visual Effects From Kong To Tron, And On

This compilation of visual effects over the past century is thrilling enough to make even the biggest CG critic misty-eyed. While it misses the Matrix, this video (compiled for students) certainly hits all the other greats. [via First Showing]

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Real Household Pests That Inspired District 9’s Aliens

While District 9 is certainly an allegory for racism and apartheid in South Africa, not all of its South African inspirations are political. Neill Blomkamp‘s aliens were inspired, in part, by a common Johannesburg pest: the Parktown Prawn. After District 9 screened in Johannesburg, many noted that the “prawns” — as the aliens are contemptuously…

io9 Lauren Davis

Dawson’s Creek Explodes Into A National Disaster

Let apocalyptic social experiments, and one big disastrous TV movie, save you from venturing outdoors this coming Labor Day weekend. We’ve piled up the best that television has to offer next holiday weekend, including some science fiction marathon madness. Monday: 9/11: Science and Conspiracy – Conspiracy theories abound about the tragedy of 9/11. Tonight, experts…

io9 Caitlin Petrakovitz

The House Of Mouse Eats The House Of Ideas: Disney Buys Marvel

It might be the most unexpected, and biggest, news story of the year: Disney have bought Marvel Comics for $4 billion in stock and cash. Good news for shareholders, perhaps, but what does this mean for everyone else? News broke early this morning that the Walt Disney Co. have acquired Marvel Entertainment in a move…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Next Predator Movie Takes Us Back To Its Steamy Jungle Roots

The latest on the Predator film from Nimród Antal, is that they are going green. Jungle green, that is — forest locations in Hawaii are being scouted, which could mean another MacGyver-ish human-versus-beast showdown. According to a local Hawaiian site the Predator location scouting is under way. Scouts for 20th Century Fox’s $40-million creature feature…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Supernatural To End This Year… Kind Of

It’s official; Supernatural will come to a conclusion at the end of its fifth season, as creator Eric Kripke has often hinted… but that doesn’t mean that the series itself will necessarily end. Confused? Kripke explains his plan. Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Kripke said, I did set out [to] tell a five-season storyline… Quite frankly,…

Television Graeme McMillan

Descent 2 Trailer Goes Back In The Cave, Leaves Logic Far Behind

The woman-versus-cave-monster movie The Descent now has a sequel. Which appears to have characters from the original venturing back into danger, because well, they had to get them back in there somehow. So, before I really get into it, just read the synopsis: Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

V: When Is A Reboot Not A Reboot?

Is ABC arguing that their new V series is not a remake of the original 1984 series, with the same name and same concept, just to save money? That’s what a new rumor suggests. The rumor broke on V hyperfan Ilana’s “‘V’ Celebrity Site” on Saturday: One of my super reliable sources has just informed…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Jennifer’s Body Gets Even Sleazier. And The Other Shoe Drops On Lost And Doctor Who

Start your week with spoilers! Including trashy Megan Fox pics and bi-curiosity. Set reports for Lost and Doctor Who hint at shocking confrontations. Plus Surrogates, New Moon, Fringe, FlashForward, Caprica, Supernatural, Dollhouse, Stargate, Heroes, True Blood, Chuck, Warehouse and Eureka. Jennifer’s Body: Apparently when Megan Fox’s character says she “goes both ways,” she actually means…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Yoostar Green Screens You into Classic Movie and TV Scenes

Now you can desecrate your favorite movies and TV shows by using Yoostar’s Webcam/microphone, green screen, and software to insert yourself into famous scenes. The results are easily uploaded to Yoostar.com, where you can also buy more scenes to use. We first saw the system used at CES in January, but it’s now available in…

Movies Danny Allen

Oshi’s Winged Female Hunters Slay The Futuristic Graboids, And Our Hearts

Famed director for Ghost in the Shell, Mamoru Oshii’s latest live action trailer is out featuring a team of kick-ass lady hunters searching for deadly sand whales over a barren wasteland Earth. Plus, robots with heart! This is Cult. Assault Girls The first look at Mamoru Oshii’s Assault Girls is out and filled with beautiful…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Six Theorists Explain What TV Is Doing To Your Mind

How does watching television change you? Can it affect your identity or change your perceptions of reality? Theorists have been asking those questions for fifty years. Here are six books to get you started asking the thorny questions. I could have included dozens more books in this list, but I narrowed it down to include…

io9 Annalee Newitz

What Is This Strange Dystopian Disneyversese

A few weeks ago, concept art surfaced of a strange and distant land, a bizarre vision of a Dystopian Disneyverse that threw gamers into a frenzy with rumors that this might be for a Wii game. Could this be true? I always secretly suspected that if the Pirates Of The Caribbean ever did break down,…

io9 Sarah Hope Williams

Your Summer Wardrobe, Redefined Too Late

Now that summer is almost over, it’s time to discover all new t-shirts that we wish we’d worn while the sun was still out. Click through forChuck action figures, undead video game characters and the ultimate Scott Pilgrim t-shirt. Firstly, am I the only person who secretly sides with Bowser and has no problem watching…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time, Final Round: River Vs. Batman!

River Tam: a child prodigy, subjected to weird brain experiments and turned into an unstoppable killing machine. Who can stand in her way? Maybe the guy who trained since childhood to become the greatest detective and the greatest fighter? io9 TV badass smackdown day seven: River vs. Batman!(opinion) So which Batman is it? It’s any…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Jesse Alexander On Day One, Spaceships And Dungeons & Dragons

This week, Day One creator Jesse Alexander has been guest-blogging with us as part of our “TV Ate My Brain” week. Closing out the week, we talked to him about influences, the future of storytelling, and the importance of D&D. You’ve worked on Lost, Alias, Heroes and now Day One. Have you been typecast as…

Television Graeme McMillan

Who Doesn’t Want To Visit The Jedi Doctor In The Matrix?

Sure, a doctor advertising his services with Star Wars references may seem cool, but St. Louis doctor Alexander Kalk now describes the ad (and his follow-up Matrix one) as “abnormal” and one of the first signs of his mental illness. The Riverfront Times reports on Kalk, a St. Louis doctor who dumped the medical files…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Classic Movies Get Silkscreen Poster Update

LG’s 15-inch OLED Has Dazzling Screen, Beauteous Case

Whose Idea Was It To Let Walter Behind The Wheel?

100 Years of Visual Effects From Kong To Tron, And On

The Real Household Pests That Inspired District 9’s Aliens

Dawson’s Creek Explodes Into A National Disaster

The House Of Mouse Eats The House Of Ideas: Disney Buys Marvel

Next Predator Movie Takes Us Back To Its Steamy Jungle Roots

Supernatural To End This Year… Kind Of

Descent 2 Trailer Goes Back In The Cave, Leaves Logic Far Behind

V: When Is A Reboot Not A Reboot?

Jennifer’s Body Gets Even Sleazier. And The Other Shoe Drops On Lost And Doctor Who

Yoostar Green Screens You into Classic Movie and TV Scenes

Oshi’s Winged Female Hunters Slay The Futuristic Graboids, And Our Hearts

Six Theorists Explain What TV Is Doing To Your Mind

What Is This Strange Dystopian Disneyversese

Your Summer Wardrobe, Redefined Too Late

Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time, Final Round: River Vs. Batman!

Jesse Alexander On Day One, Spaceships And Dungeons & Dragons

Who Doesn’t Want To Visit The Jedi Doctor In The Matrix?

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