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Shirtless Were-Puppies Explain Why New Moon Is So Complicated

Forks, Washington is slowly turning into a shirts-optional boys club, judging from the trailer for Twilight: New Moon. Luckily, the topless werewolves have an important message for you, about their feelings and the complicated world of Twilight. The trailer/preview also gives us our first look at Dakota Fanning as a vampire — remember, she’s old…

io9 Meredith Woerner

American Audiences Are Guaranteed To Get Their Asses Kicked

Ultra-violent uber-superhero quasi-parody Kick-Ass will, indeed, be coming to a theater near you next year, now that the movie has been picked up by Lionsgate for US release. Hope they’re prepared for the moral outrage headed their way… The studio is no stranger to controversy, having been responsible for the Saw series, but we’re interested…

io9 Graeme McMillan

True Blood Solves Supernatural Problems with Chainsaws. Zombieland’s Amusement Park Connection Explained.

A showdown on True Blood brings out fangs and chainsaws, and we learn why all the Zombielandposters feature an amusement park. Also, James Cameron talks a bit more about Avatar’s message. Plus spoilers from Smallville, Fringe, Lost and Heroes. Avatar: James Cameron expands a bit more on the important message of his high-tech alien epic.…

io9 Lauren Davis

Report: No New OLED TVs From Sony Until “At Least Next Year”

To think: 2009 was supposed to be the Year Of The OLED TV. It’s been a wash, but now that even Sony might not deliver new products next year, it looks like 2010 could be just as lame. What happened? https://gizmodo.com/what-the-hell-happened-to-oled-tv-in-2009-5127668 Things, with dollars! It’s a story, in two parts: enjoy. From March, here: https://gizmodo.com/reasonably-sized-oled-tvs-stalled-by-our-crappy-economy-5167263…

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Who Wouldn’t Want To Date Felicia Day’s Avatar?

Cyberspace love has seldom looked as flashy and exhilerating as it does in "Do You Want To Date My Avatar?" the new music video from Felicia Day‘s webseries The Guild. Your epic quest, redefined.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

First Leonardo DiCaprio Images From Chris Nolan’s Inception

Nobody knows what Christopher Nolan’s latest picture Inception is all about, but the roster of actors on this project ensure some high-energy drama, and you can glimpse it in the first intense set photos. We know Ken Watanabe is playing the villain, and the film is jam packed with actors who love a good staredown…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Quantum Death Leaps Won’t Staunch Your Bloody Vampire Tears

After last week’s explosion of excitement, how could True Blood‘s vampires top the insanity? Simple: with Quantum Leap special effects and big, fat bloody tears. This was the episode where everybody cried themselves silly, because being a vampire is hard. Last week’s True Blood left the viewers with a big splodey cliffhanger. The Fellowship of…

Television Meredith Woerner

Live As If You Are Already In The Future At Hacker Camp

Every four years, the Netherlands countryside is invaded by roughly 2500 people obsessed with technology. Together they build a futurist experiment, a massively hacked data network, and a party. Here’s a gallery of last weekend’s Hacking At Random camp. At first glance, HAR appears to be something like an outdoor rave or music festival, with…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Using Quantum Dots To Detect The Early Signs Of Cancer

For a long time, cancer screening has been difficult and invasive. Doctors had to use invasive surgical procedures and unreliable tests. Now, scientists have harvested the power of quantum semiconductors to test for very early signs of cancer. The test, as reported in the August issue of the journal Genome Research, relies on observing DNA…

io9 StephenGoldmeier

The Greatest Monster-Hunting Comic Of All Time Is Becoming A TV Series

Midnight, Mass, the amazing Vertigo comic about a husband-and-wife team of monster hunters who recruit a new asssistant, is finally getting the adaptation it deserves: as a TV series for NBC. Please let it live up to the comic’s brilliance. Midnight, Mass consisted of one short-lived comic series, followed by a miniseries, about Adam and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Meet Iron Man 2’s Bare-Chested Bad Guy

Want to learn the lowdown on Mickey Rourke’s Iron Man 2 villain before next summer’s movie? Marvel Comics have recruited Star Trek writer Brannon Braga and Green Lantern movie co-writer Marc Guggenheim to reveal all in Iron Man Vs. Whiplash. The four-issue series will, according to editor Bill Rosemann, tell you all you need to…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Yesterday’s House Of The Future Went Cheap

You missed your chance to own a piece of retro-futurist awesomeness. The Futuro House, a Finnish flying-saucer-shaped masterpiece built (wait for it) in 1968, sold at auction for only $50,000. Also auctioned: a Zen chair, and Buckminster Fuller blueprints. According to the Futuro House’s fansite: Finnish architect Matti Suuronen designed and built a series of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Can You Match Blows With This Giant Robot’s Shadow Crane Strike?

Concept art for Jeffrey Lau’s “martial arts Transformers” film Kung-Fu Cyborg has come out, and the giant fist-of-death-wielding robots look just as magnificent as you’d hope. And there are robot throwing stars. Yes, really! A gallery of Kung-Fu Cyborg concept art went up at Sina.com (more at the link) including some battle scenes and some…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Smallville’s Wonder Twins Include Our Favorite Hacker. Plus First Look At Brian Austin Green’s Metallo!

Smallville is scraping the bottom of the superhero barrel, and coming up with a heaping of Wonder Twins for its next season. Even the first glimpse at Brian Austin Green‘s naked robotic chest doesn’t make the pain any duller. According to KryptonsiteDavid Gallagher (7th Heaven) and Allison Scagliotti (Warehouse 13’s awesome Claudia) have been cast…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Superconductors Make Life (and Science Fiction) Awesome

If you’ve ever had an MRI scan or accelerated a sub-atomic particle to near light speed, then you’ve experienced the wonders of superconductors. Here’s how they work, what they do, and how they can be used in science fiction. The basic idea of a superconductor is simple: it’s a material that conducts electric current with…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

Margaret Atwood’s All-Singing, All-Drama Post-Apocalyptic Roadshow

With Margaret Atwood‘s long-awaited novel The Year Of The Flood coming out in a month or so, she’s ramping up a promotional blitz, including a spiffy website and T-shirts. She also plans a roadshow with actors and choirs… and plushies? The Year Of The Flood is not quite a sequel to Atwood’s acclaimed novel Oryx…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

What Do District 9 And Moon Have In Common?

We’re lucky to have two thought-provoking, well-written science fiction movies in as many months: Moon and District 9 feel like twin beacons in a void full of action movies. But what’s really surprising is how much they have in common. Oh, and there are spoilers for both movies here. On the surface, the two films…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell And Jonah Hill Join Supervillain Reversal Film Oobermind

DreamWorks Animation is stuffing its new CG supervillain epic with lots of big names. Just recently Will Ferrell stepped up to fill in for Robert Downey Jr. And now Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Tina Fey have joined the team. The animated film picks up after supervillain Oobermind (Ferrell) has finally bested the city’s handsome…

io9 Meredith Woerner

It Came From Beneath the Ice To Destroy the World!

Monsters and supervillains come from a lot of places, but a perennial favorite is the frozen depths. Defrosted Big Bads have been rampaging through books and movies for almost a century, and here are fifteen of the freezingest. The Thing There are two movie versions of The Thing, which is itself based on a short…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Okay, We’ll Give You One More Zombie Story

Think that Pride & Prejudice & Zombies has taken zombies as far as they could go? DC Comics’ Wildstorm imprint introduces Victorian Undead, in which 19th Century London is overrun by zombies, and only Sherlock Holmes can save the day. After a teaser image (below) released early last week, Vertigo’s The Bleed blog revealed the…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Shirtless Were-Puppies Explain Why New Moon Is So Complicated

American Audiences Are Guaranteed To Get Their Asses Kicked

True Blood Solves Supernatural Problems with Chainsaws. Zombieland’s Amusement Park Connection Explained.

Report: No New OLED TVs From Sony Until “At Least Next Year”

Who Wouldn’t Want To Date Felicia Day’s Avatar?

First Leonardo DiCaprio Images From Chris Nolan’s Inception

Quantum Death Leaps Won’t Staunch Your Bloody Vampire Tears

Live As If You Are Already In The Future At Hacker Camp

Using Quantum Dots To Detect The Early Signs Of Cancer

The Greatest Monster-Hunting Comic Of All Time Is Becoming A TV Series

Meet Iron Man 2’s Bare-Chested Bad Guy

Yesterday’s House Of The Future Went Cheap

Can You Match Blows With This Giant Robot’s Shadow Crane Strike?

Smallville’s Wonder Twins Include Our Favorite Hacker. Plus First Look At Brian Austin Green’s Metallo!

Superconductors Make Life (and Science Fiction) Awesome

Margaret Atwood’s All-Singing, All-Drama Post-Apocalyptic Roadshow

What Do District 9 And Moon Have In Common?

Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell And Jonah Hill Join Supervillain Reversal Film Oobermind

It Came From Beneath the Ice To Destroy the World!

Okay, We’ll Give You One More Zombie Story

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

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

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

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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