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Another So-Wrong-It’s-Right Megan Fox Photo, Plus Secrets Of Spielberg’s Next Alien Saga

Spoiler warning: bigwigs explain how the next Iron Man and Superman movies will differ from the last ones. Megan Fox does a crazy tongue stunt in a Jennifer’s Body image. Plus Zombieland pic, Heroes shocker, and Spielberg’s alien-invasion project filming. Superman: James McTeigue, the rumored director of the next Superman movie, continues to make vague,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

When We All Pledged Our Love To Doctor Who

Doctor Who fans parade around a television studio, rubbing elbows with residents of The Prisoner’s Village, during a 1987 pledge break on a local PBS station. But what is the Master doing leering over that poor woman’s shoulder? If you were a U.S. Doctor Who fan — sorry, Whovian — back in the 1980s, then…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Big Bon Temps Group Sex Party Is O-V-E-R

And you thought True Blood couldn’t get any more insane. This weeks naked and bloodied episode, the gang returns home from Dallas, and let’s just say the heart souffle has hit the fan. So yeah, True Blood, wow. Anyone else feel like the needed a stiff drink after sitting through an hour of that? Last…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Which New TV Show Will Be This Year’s My Own Worst Enemy?

Remember My Own Worst Enemy? Neither do we. Every year, there’s at least one genre show that flames out before it even makes an impression. Which new show this year is doomed to premature extinction? Which new TV show will be this year’s My Own Worst Enemy?(polling) If you can’t remember what all these new…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

SF Television’s Most Eye-Melting, Ear-Bleeding Opening Credits

Why does science fiction television sometimes get a bad reputation? Oh yeah — because of cheesetastic opening credits like this one, from Jason Of Star Command. Here are a few dozen of the absolute scariest opening discredits in SF television. I actually kind of love the Jason Of Star Command credits, for the whizzy spaceship…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Only YOU Can Prevent Time Paradoxes!

Are you a responsible time traveler? New posters from 826 Los Angeles provide some hints about avoiding time travel faux pas that could lead to a faux past. As with the fantastic posters we showed you before, these helpful warnings are the work of Amy Kate Martin, whose Flickr stream includes bumper stickers for two…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Felicia Day’s Psychotic Fairy Sings About Doing It Dragon Style

The Legend of Neil musical episode has finally been released, featuring the whole cast breaking out in song — including Felicia Day’s sex-crazed flasher fairy from season one. It’s probably NSFW. Legend of Neil, Season 2, Ep. 3 — The MusicalClick to view Atom.com: Funny Videos | Spoofs | Legend of Neil But we’ll never…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Reality TV Host Boosted Ratings By Murdering People

It sounds like the plot of a 1970s scifi movie. Brazilian reality TV host Wallace Souza was charged earlier this month with ordering his bodyguard to kill people to boost ratings for his crime-themed reality show Canal Livre. Several episodes of Canal Livre featured Souza, a former police officer and politician, discovering the bodies of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Giant Black Hole More Giant Than Thought

We’ve told you before about the black hole at the heart of the M87 galaxy that’s brighter than its galaxy… but now scientists have discovered that it may be larger – and more available to us – than originally thought. https://gizmodo.com/a-black-hole-that-grew-brighter-than-its-galaxy-5212226 New analysis performed by Thomas Jens of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Your Complete Guide To Fall Science Fiction TV

The fall TV season is just around the corner, bringing us aliens, visions of the future and slutty witches. Here’s a complete rundown of new and returning shows, with launchdates and clips, so you won’t miss any of the shininess. Mondays: Heroes The conflicted heroes and struggling villains move on with their lives this season.…

io9 Meredith Woerner

David Tennant And Russell T. Davies Talk Death, Endings… And The Return Of An Iconic Villain

BoingBoing TV’s Richard Metzger interviews outgoing Doctor Who star David Tennant and producer Russell T. Davies, and they talk about the end of an era. Including some hints about how it happens. [BoingBoing, thanks Xeni!]

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Who’s Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time? Day One: Six Vs. Six

Television has beamed some great heroes, and deadly villains, into your home. But who’s the biggest ass-kicker in the television universe? You decide. Today’s match: Caprica Six versus Number Six. Caprica Six, of course, is the sexiest Cylon (unless you’re got a Dean Stockwell fetish) who plays a key role in almost destroying humanity, and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

All Of Rorschach’s Secrets — Revealed!

The Rorschach test is a hallowed tradition in psychology, and nobody is supposed to have access to those smudges that patients project their psyches onto. But a Saskatchewan surgeon has flouted tradition, by posting all ten inkblot images to Wikipedia. According to the New York Times, there was a debate on Wikipedia over whether one…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Television Series You Can’t Stop Thinking About

Everybody has one: It’s the TV series you’ve collected on DVD, the one you quote from way too often. You’ve scientifically identified the best episodes, and try to convert new viewers by showing them. Now, try to convert us. What show should we all be watching RIGHT NOW, and why? And what are the best…

io9 Annalee Newitz

FlashForward Stars Act Out The “Dancing On The Ceiling” Video

FlashForward’s premise, about a mysterious blackout that grants everyone a glimpse of the future, is kind of hard to convey in advertising. So what do you do? Stick some furniture to the walls, and play “We’re falling sideways!” Based loosely on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer, FlashForward debuts on Sept. 24. [Lyly Ford and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Who Doesn’t Want A Floating Vampire Head In Their Shower?

Remember the ridiculous Twilight bandaids? Well we’ve just stumbled across a piece of merchandising fail that completely one-ups those adhesive strips. Meet Edward Cullen, the floating-head shower curtain. [ETSY via Geekologie] https://gizmodo.com/first-look-at-twilight-board-game-and-eclipse-details-5158492

Movies Meredith Woerner

Enter Legion’s Holy War Early With Comic Prologue

Hooked by the trailer for next year’s Heaven Vs. Earth war movie Legion? You only have to wait until November to sign up for the battle, when director Scott Stewart launches a comic book prologue from IDW. https://gizmodo.com/legions-red-band-angel-war-trailer-descends-upon-humani-5336080 The four-part series, Legion: Prophets, will be plotted by Stewart and scripted by Tom Waltz, with art…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Television That Ate Our Brains – And Shaped Our Lives

Science fiction started with novels and pulps, but mass consumption of the genre truly began when spaceships, aliens, time travel, and preternatural events invaded the small screen. This week, io9 celebrates scifi – and science – on TV. From Flash Gordon and the Twilight Zone, to Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and Firefly, science fiction television…

Television Annalee Newitz

New Gamer Trailer Shows You How To Use Jazz Hands To Control Your Avatar Killer

The latest trailer for Gamer gives us the run-down on all the virtual amenities available to the rich — who own human puppets, which they can control via Bob Fosse choreography. Check out Michael C. Hall‘s moves. It’s going to be very hard for me not to bust out the “Cool” and “Crazy” West Side…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Gilliam on Snyder’s Watchmen: It Looks Better Than Mine Would’ve

For years, Terry Gilliam tried to get a movie version of Watchmen made without success, before deciding that the book was unfilmable. So what did he make of Zack Snyder‘s faithful, CGI-filled version from earlier this year? During an interview to promote his new The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Gilliam revealed what he thought about…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Another So-Wrong-It’s-Right Megan Fox Photo, Plus Secrets Of Spielberg’s Next Alien Saga

When We All Pledged Our Love To Doctor Who

The Big Bon Temps Group Sex Party Is O-V-E-R

Which New TV Show Will Be This Year’s My Own Worst Enemy?

SF Television’s Most Eye-Melting, Ear-Bleeding Opening Credits

Only YOU Can Prevent Time Paradoxes!

Felicia Day’s Psychotic Fairy Sings About Doing It Dragon Style

Reality TV Host Boosted Ratings By Murdering People

Giant Black Hole More Giant Than Thought

Your Complete Guide To Fall Science Fiction TV

David Tennant And Russell T. Davies Talk Death, Endings… And The Return Of An Iconic Villain

Who’s Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time? Day One: Six Vs. Six

All Of Rorschach’s Secrets — Revealed!

The Television Series You Can’t Stop Thinking About

FlashForward Stars Act Out The “Dancing On The Ceiling” Video

Who Doesn’t Want A Floating Vampire Head In Their Shower?

Enter Legion’s Holy War Early With Comic Prologue

The Television That Ate Our Brains – And Shaped Our Lives

New Gamer Trailer Shows You How To Use Jazz Hands To Control Your Avatar Killer

Gilliam on Snyder’s Watchmen: It Looks Better Than Mine Would’ve

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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‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

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Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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

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