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The Bizarre History of the 1960s Scifi Puppet Series Too “Twisted” For TV

If you were a fan of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Thunderbirds series, then get ready for your mind to explode. A group of intrepid fans have discovered a marionette-style show from the Anderson era, which TV execs tried to suppress. The series Captain Stargood, clearly a naughty tip of the hat to the Andersons’ squeaky-clean…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Mandalorians Rule Star Wars: TOR Trailer, But Will Lucas Put Them In His Live-Action TV Show?

The Old Republic video game has just released a Mandalorian 101 trailer, showing why these guys are an awesome pain in the ass to our Jedis. In other Star Wars news rumor has it Lucas may be speaking at SDCC. Here’s the official synopsis from the site, and yes if you were wondering that video…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Pinocchio’s New Vampiric High Concept = Win

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies is so last April. For the latest in classic-literature/monster crossover, you have to turn to fairy tales and the story of a little puppet who just wants to be a real boy. And stake vampires. Pinocchio: Vampire Slayer, released this September from SLG Publishing, tells the story of what happens…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother Is The Best Libertarian SF Book Of 2009

Cory Doctorow‘s Little Brother showed the dangers of a police state run amuck, and showed how public-spirited techies fight back. Now the Libertarian Futurist Society has given Little Brother the 2009 Prometheus Award for libertarian SF. Image by Richard Wilkinson.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Next Crow Film Won’t Be A Reboot Or A Sequel

Remember The Crow reboot that’s been kicking around in development purgatory? Looks like the script is almost done, and apparently it’s not a sequel or reboot at all. A source close to the movie’s development told Mania that Stephen Norrington should be delivering the script this month, and it’s “very different from the original –…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Alternate Histories Of Objects For Sale On eBay

Would you pay more money for items on eBay if they had interesting stories behind them? A group of writers has determined to find out, by selling objects on eBay that come with fictional alternate histories. Among the participating authors are Matthew Battles, whose article on space travel we linked to the other day, as…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The City Inside A Mountain

Over the years, erosion revealed what lay beneath the Antarctic mountains. Scientists dubbed them “habitation discs,” and they were all that remained of was was once a teeming city within these frozen peaks. Artist Peggy Chung is studying entertainment design at the Art Center College of Design in Southern California. I like the precise, smooth…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Learn All About Lonesome Alien Reproduction In The District 9 PSA

Well, this explains a lot. We’ve been wondering where all the ladybug aliens in District 9 were hiding. Turns out: right in front of the camera. Learn all about the self-pollinating aliens from District 9, in this little PSA.

io9 Meredith Woerner

Lost Asks You To Sing Its Praises

If the one thing that you feel lets ABC’s Lost down is its lack of a “slammin'” theme song, then the producers are about to give you a chance to put your money where your mouth is, by providing one. The show’s producers are holding a contest for fans to provide their own ideal theme…

io9 Graeme McMillan

McG’s 20,000 Leagues Gets A Rewrite, Luckily Not By Christian Bale

Looks like the tide is turning for McG’s undersea adventure. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is getting a much needed rewrite. But have Terminator Salvation’s numbers scared off the mooted lead actor, Will Smith? In January we warned you about the sexy sword-playing script that was getting tossed around for the 20,000 Leagues Under The…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Will Harry Potter 6 Be The Biggest Movie Ever?

You may scoff, but advance ticket sales are suggesting that Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince may have the biggest opening in US box office history. It’s always the quiet, lightning-scarred ones you have to look out for. Fandango has reported that advance sales for the sixth outing of Warner Bros’ version of the magical…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Crazy Sight-Gags And Chainsaw Mayhem From Woody Harrelson’s Zombieland.

Zombieland, Woody Harrelson’s zombie-apocalypse comedy, may actually be worth getting excited about, judging from set reports and script reviews. There’s also a new Kick-Ass picture and new details on Robert Rodriguez’ Shorts. Plus Stargate, Heroes, Warehouse 13 and True Blood. Zombieland: IGN visited the set of this zombie epic recently, and they’re posting reports now.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Is Torchwood Finally Becoming Better Than Doctor Who?

We’ve waited all summer for an action movie with genuine (not canned) excitement, twisty plotting, and real characters. We’d never have guessed it would come in the form of Torchwood, formerly known as Doctor Who’s ridiculous spin-off. Minor spoilers ahead. So the first two episodes of Torchwood season three, the five-part miniseries known as “Children…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Aliens Cause Day One’s Global Armageddon

The first big mystery to NBC’s Day One series has been solved: what attacked the Earth and caused Doomsday? Well, some sort of big-branched alien thing. Check out the first extended trailer for Jesse Alexander’s series. So are those two oddly calm people aliens, who were once attacked by the giant under-the-table aliens before? I’m…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Get A Lung Cancer Screening At Your Local Drugstore

Diagnosing cancer is never easy, and — with a few exceptions — testing is rarely done in the absence of symptoms. A new scientific breakthrough could make cancer screening easy, at a stage when treatment is still fairly easy too. Professor Vadim Backman and his team at Northwestern University have discovered that cells in people…

io9 Megan Carpentier

Why Are Movie Threequels Always So Terrible?

Movie sequels that don’t suck are rare creatures — like flying unicorns — but they do exist. But it’s almost impossible to find an example of a third movie in a series that didn’t self-immolate. Why is that? After yesterday’s list of sequels that don’t suck — and I still cling to RoboCop 2, although…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Rudy Rucker’s Hylozoic: Even Weirder Than His Last Book

Rudy Rucker pushed the boundaries of how much weirdness you could fit into one science-fiction novel, with last year’s Postsingular. But the sequel, Hylozoic, goes much further into the realms of the twisted, the disturbing and the post-everything. Warning: spoilers! It’s fitting that Hylozoic came out this summer, while so many people are taking part…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Sharp Aquos LE700 LED TVs Go Mainstream, But Where’s the Local Dimming?

Sharp’s jumping into the mainstream LED pool with Aquos LED (they had the pricier XS1). Sharp says theirs are better, since they make their own LEDs and use a next-gen LCD substrate. But there’s no local dimming. WTF? Updated https://gizmodo.com/sharp-xs1-flagship-ultrathin-lcds-and-d65u-d85u-littl-5045184 Like Sony, Samsung, Toshiba and even Vizio, these sets are backlit by a grid of…

Television Matt Buchanan

Iraqi Dust Storms Seem Straight Out Of “Dune”

Early this month, Iraq looked more like Frank Herbert’s Arrakis. Giant dust storms choked the country, sending people to hospitals and interfering with travel for a week. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured some impressive images showing the scale of the storms. In this detail from the image, you can see where Baghdad is supposed to be.…

io9 StephenGoldmeier

Now You Can Literally Create Objects Out Of Thin Air

At last, you can make things disappear. Scientists have created a device for disappearing unwanted objects. The crazy part is that it can make objects seem to appear as well. Physicist Che Ting Chan, of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, told New Scientist: Invisibility is just an illusion of free space, of…

io9 Megan Carpentier

The Bizarre History of the 1960s Scifi Puppet Series Too “Twisted” For TV

Mandalorians Rule Star Wars: TOR Trailer, But Will Lucas Put Them In His Live-Action TV Show?

Pinocchio’s New Vampiric High Concept = Win

Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother Is The Best Libertarian SF Book Of 2009

The Next Crow Film Won’t Be A Reboot Or A Sequel

Alternate Histories Of Objects For Sale On eBay

The City Inside A Mountain

Learn All About Lonesome Alien Reproduction In The District 9 PSA

Lost Asks You To Sing Its Praises

McG’s 20,000 Leagues Gets A Rewrite, Luckily Not By Christian Bale

Will Harry Potter 6 Be The Biggest Movie Ever?

Crazy Sight-Gags And Chainsaw Mayhem From Woody Harrelson’s Zombieland.

Is Torchwood Finally Becoming Better Than Doctor Who?

Aliens Cause Day One’s Global Armageddon

Get A Lung Cancer Screening At Your Local Drugstore

Why Are Movie Threequels Always So Terrible?

Rudy Rucker’s Hylozoic: Even Weirder Than His Last Book

Sharp Aquos LE700 LED TVs Go Mainstream, But Where’s the Local Dimming?

Iraqi Dust Storms Seem Straight Out Of “Dune”

Now You Can Literally Create Objects Out Of Thin Air

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

Vaping Comes With a Cancer Risk, Review Finds

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

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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