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Heath Ledger’s Final Film Gets an Acid Trip Trailer

The first trailer for Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus explains little more about the plot behind Heath Ledger’s final bow. But it does offer glimpses of the flying jellyfish, neon motels, and Christopher Plummer-shaped balloons filling Gilliam’s world. In the film, Christopher Plummer plays Dr. Parnassus, a traveling showman who, a thousand years…

Movies Lauren Davis

Has NBC Given Up On Sci-Fi?

At an appearance at the Television Critics Association Press Tour this week, NBC’s Angela Bromstad said that Kings failed because it was “too highbrow and sophisticated” to sell to their audience. But is that the show’s fault, or the network’s? Talking about the failure of Kings on the network, president of prime time entertainment Bromstad…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The 20th Century The Way It Should Have Happened

Part-Star Wars homage, part-alternate history, If Star Wars Was Real retells the history of the 20th century with some added players, offering up a Photoshopped-fantasia of nerditry and “What If”s. Click through to see more. If Star Wars Was Real (Via)

io9 Graeme McMillan

NASA Should Look Outside Itself For The Future, Says Panel

If NASA wants to move into the future, it should start by resurrecting an idea from its (very recent) past, according to a US National Research Council committee. Namely, harnessing the very best minds that they haven’t already harnessed. The committee are suggesting that NASA bring back NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC, for short),…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Secret Of Star Trek, According To Gene’s Son

Rod Rodenberry has some words of advice to JJ Abrams and everyone working on the follow-up to this summer’s Star Trek movie: Don’t make it too science fiction-y, because Star Trek isn’t science fiction. Yes, really. Talking to the LA Times’ Hero Complex blog, Rodenberry offered the following: [W]e all know they’re going to make…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Barbarella Lives Again

The on-again, off-again revamp of sexy space opera Barbarella is apparently heading back into the world of the living, with the news that a writer has been hired to get a script ready to shop around studios. But… why? According to the Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Joe Gazzam – a newcomer who’s previously worked with John…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Just How Will America End?

How will America meet its inevitable end? According to the readers of online magazine Slate, it’s going to be a nuclear apocalypse that’ll do us in. Well, either that or societal collapse brought on by a lack of oil. We’ve already told you about Slate’s polling of how the experts think the country will collapse,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

You Don’t See A Radioactive Ninja Fight A Polar Bear Every Day

A radioactive ninja fights a polar bear, in the most demented scene from the new G.I. Joe cartoon box set. That’s something you don’t see every day. Honestly, the action-figures-emoting genre reached its pinnacle with these 1980s cartoons. Everything about the above clip is pure awesome, including Snake Eyes’s pet wolf and the weird blind…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

FlashForward’s Producers Wanted Science Fiction That Wasn’t Futuristic

Upcoming ABC series FlashForward is about people who see the future. But there’s no futurism in it. Robert Sawyer, author of the novel that inspired the series, said the show’s producers felt they could sell science, but not the future. Speaking to us at WorldCon science fiction convention in Montreal, Sawyer explained why the show…

io9 Annalee Newitz

“The Middleman” DVD Set Will Make You Scream Like a Trout Zombie

The complete collection of The Middleman episodes is out on DVD, and now you can discover this tragically-canceled, brilliant show for the first or tenth time, along with tons of goofy extras and strange PSA messages. If you managed to miss out on ABC Family’s amazing series The Middleman last year, now is your chance…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Stuck on the run because “the man” wants to shut down your dinosaur creationist park? Don’t worry here are this week’s juiciest scoops and secrets. Dinosaur Creationism Theme Park Seized By The Government You’d think that dinosaur-loving creationists would be law-abiding citizens. Not so. Last week a South Carolina judge ordered the government to seize…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Ornithologists Estimate That Highly Reflective Windows Kill 1-5% Of Migrating Birds

We’ve all laughed at the classic cartoon gag where a bird flies headfirst into a window. Turns out this phenomenon isn’t just a joke, it’s deadly among migratory birds in Philadelphia, killing an estimated 1-5% of the migrating population. Muhlenberg College ornithologist Daniel Klem Jr. has been investigating the bird-window problem for decades, and he…

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Neil Gaiman And The Power Of Storytelling

We were lucky enough to take part in a press conference with WorldCon guest of honor Neil Gaiman. We asked him about the theme of storytellers in his work. And he talked movies versus books, and his feelings about comics. Storytelling: We felt as though there was a pervasive theme of storytelling and storytellers, and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The G.I. Joe Remake You Really Wanted

If you’ve ever sat around and reenacted scenes from G.I. Joe with your toys, Paramount’s viral movie is for you. The Hasbro toys star in an affectionate parody of the cartoon — right down to the public service announcement. Paramount released The Invasion of Cobra Island as viral ad for film. It features the high-tech…

io9 Lauren Davis

Remembering Bruce, the Mechanical Shark from Jaws

In honor of Summermodo and Shark Week, we wanted to run a piece on Bruce, the mechanical shark from Jaws. But then we realized that Time had beat us to the punch, way back in 1975. (cheaters) Their article, Summer of the Shark, paints Bruce as a pain in the ass, not a lethal monster…

Movies Mark Wilson

Everything You Wanted From Transformers 2, But Without The Robots

We’ve been skeptical of the G.I. Joe film for months now. Sad CG and goofy bare-chested Joe’s all seemed to point to this film’s eventual terrible demise. But the good news is, this film is bad in a fun way. It’s been a lackluster summer for fun blockbuster movies. We’ve gone months watching letdown after…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Spider-Man Musical Out Of Money?

Work on the upcoming superhero musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark has stopped, due to rumored money troubles. But is the problem that the production is out of money, or just can’t get to the money fast enough? Variety reports that the work stoppage is down to “cash flow obstacles” that Marvel Entertainment, Sony Pictures…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Science Fiction’s Silent But Deadly Characters

Many of science fiction’s most efficient and ruthless killers hardly ever speak a word. In honor of Snake Eyes, our favorite G.I. Joe, we list the killer characters you’ll never hear coming. Snake Eyes (GI Joe) Silent? Yep. When rescuing his beloved Scarlett from a burning helicopter, one of the windows exploded, damaging his vocal…

io9 Lauren Davis

Pulp’s Science Detective Meets Comics’ Dark Knight Detective

Doc Savage – the pulp character created in 1933 who inspired the creation of Superman – is being resurrected by DC Comics in an all-new special hitting stores this November. Are you ready to meet the Man of Bronze? Savage, created by Street and Smith Publications executive Henry Ralston and editor John Nanovic in response…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Wear Your Hometown Monsters With Pride

London just wouldn’t be the same without its werewolves, and the real charm behind New York lies with the giant alligators in the sewers. These t-shirts let you show off the monsters that really make your favorite city special. My biggest beef with these shirts (aside from the giant crane in lieu of one of…

io9 Lauren Davis

Heath Ledger’s Final Film Gets an Acid Trip Trailer

Has NBC Given Up On Sci-Fi?

The 20th Century The Way It Should Have Happened

NASA Should Look Outside Itself For The Future, Says Panel

The Secret Of Star Trek, According To Gene’s Son

Barbarella Lives Again

Just How Will America End?

You Don’t See A Radioactive Ninja Fight A Polar Bear Every Day

FlashForward’s Producers Wanted Science Fiction That Wasn’t Futuristic

“The Middleman” DVD Set Will Make You Scream Like a Trout Zombie

The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week

Ornithologists Estimate That Highly Reflective Windows Kill 1-5% Of Migrating Birds

Neil Gaiman And The Power Of Storytelling

The G.I. Joe Remake You Really Wanted

Remembering Bruce, the Mechanical Shark from Jaws

Everything You Wanted From Transformers 2, But Without The Robots

Spider-Man Musical Out Of Money?

Science Fiction’s Silent But Deadly Characters

Pulp’s Science Detective Meets Comics’ Dark Knight Detective

Wear Your Hometown Monsters With Pride

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

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AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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

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