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The Following Preview Has Been Rated D… For Disaster

Well it’s a holiday weekend and in an effort to work less on this week’s column I probably ended up doing more work… whatever. I hope you enjoy the end result. MOON: I don’t really understand why people feel the need to compare a small budgeted film about one man’s personal struggle with isolation on…

io9 GarrisonDean

Dog Versus Zombie Sex Slave In New Deadgirl Clip Plus A Human Centipede

Can’t get enough of the pretty dead girl in the basement? Well here’s a new clip to calm your cravings, you sick, sick puppy. Also, The Horde’s Frenchie zombies have a trailer and Human Centipede freaks us out. The Horde I’m getting very excited for the zombies cops and robbers flick The Horde by Benjamin…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Newly Discovered Black Hole Is Uniquely Average

Astronomers have discovered a black hole unlike any other previously discovered. Neither big enough to be a supermassive black hole, nor small enough to be the remnants of a collapsed star, its “average” size is a cosmic mystery. The black hole, designated HLX-1, was discovered by a team of astronomers led by the University of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Smallville To Go “Eight More Seasons”? Really?

Will Smallville really last past its ninth season? Some are pointing to a comment from the show’s Green Arrow, Justin Hartley, as proof that Clark Kent may be crusading for years to come, but we’re not convinced. SciFi Wire reports Hartley talking on the subject of how long the show may continue recently: “Look, they’re…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Five Lessons To Have Learned From 2009 Already

With the middle of the year having fallen earlier this week (July 2nd for the curious), it’s time to take stock, look back and wonder: What has 2009 taught us so far? Here are five pieces of wisdom that we’ve gleaned from the last six months (and handful of days): President Obama Is The Greatest…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Your Spike/Angel Slash Just Became Canon (Kinda)

Convinced that the idea of Buffy’s vamp beaus, Spike and Angel, getting it on was forever condemned to your slash fic folder? Joss Whedon’s new online Buffy comic proves you wrong… Well, kind of. The three page short “Almost Darkest” – written by Whedon and illustrated by Jo Chen, the artist behind the amazing covers…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Truth About The Moon Landing

Buzz Aldrin has a few words for those wondering what it was like to be one of the first men on the moon. Unfortunately, they might not be the exact words that you were hoping for. Talking to the Guardian newspaper on the 40th anniversary of the historic mission, Aldrin said, People want to know…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Why Bayhem Will Never Be In 3-D

Everyone expects James Cameron’s Avatar to launch a new generation of 3-D movies, but Transformers director Michael Bay isn’t interested. He also responds to Megan Fox‘s complaints about his movies not focusing enough on acting. Let the Baytrigue Commence! https://gizmodo.com/megan-fox-transformers-is-not-a-movie-about-acting-5290263 Talking to the Wall Street Journal, Bay repeated that he’s not looking to jump into…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Only 14 Months Until Evil Takes Up Residence Again

Start your countdown: the fourth Resident Evil movie (complete with multiple Millas) will arrive in little over a year from now. Shock Till You Drop has received confirmation that the next movie in the one-time trilogy will be released on September 17, 2010. Called Resident Evil: Afterlife, Paul WS Anderson‘s fourth movie will – as…

io9 Graeme McMillan

New Wonder Woman Comic To Confront Her Bondage Past

Looking for a comic to return Wonder Woman to her bondage roots, and then redefine her feminist credentials? Final Crisis and Batman and Robin writer Grant Morrison claims to be working on that very book, just for you. During his LA appearance with Clive Barker earlier this week, Morrison admitted that Wonder Woman had disappeared…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Giant Manta Rays Are The Cylon Raiders Of The Deep

BoingBoing points out the similarities between cylon ships and these giant manta rays featured in the latest National Geographic magazine. These 2,000-pound creatures are on a krill feeding frenzy. More pictures via NatGeo, thanks to Marilyn Terrell!

io9 Annalee Newitz

Your Smile Will Be Monitored To Evaluate Quality Of Service

More than 500 employees of Keihin Electric Express Railway in Japan will be subject to “smile checks” every morning. Software will evaluate the quality of their grins, and alert them if they aren’t looking happy enough. The smile-evaluating software takes a picture of Keihin employees every morning and assigns smile values to various parts of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

What If July 4th Was Just Another Day?

As the United States celebrates its Independence Day, it’s worth considering just how easily it could have never happened at all. Here now is a rundown of alternate history stories and essays where the American Revolution turned out very differently. Compared to the Civil War or World War II, the American Revolution has, for whatever…

Books & Comics Alasdair Wilkins

Celebrate July 4th With Robobama

To those who fear that President Barack Obama may be a robot sent here from the future to plunge us into a horrific machine-led dystopia/save John Connor (Delete as applicable), Disney has a message for you: You’re right. Well, almost. Admittedly, they’re talking about the new animatronic Obama that provides the news hook for their…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Watch 7 Clips From Paul Giamatti’s Soul-Rattling New Movie

Cold Souls, the new film about a bizarre soul-extraction process, is mostly a chance for the movie’s lead to stretch his comedy muscles in an existential wasteland, judging from seven new clips. Good thing it’s Paul Giamatti, then. Spoilers ahead. In the above clip, Dr. Flintstein explains to Giamatti, who’s playing an actor named Paul…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

20 Great American Superheroes To Share Your Holiday With

It’s Independence Day here in the United States, and what better way to celebrate it than to remember the fictional men and women who drape themselves in red, white and blue and try to personify what makes the country great? For almost as long as there have been superheroes, there have been superheroes who were…

io9 Graeme McMillan

There Is No Happily Ever After In Fallen Princesses

Dina Goldstein’s photo series Fallen Princesses revisits the origins of classic fairy tale heroines and finds things not exactly as we remember them from childhood tales. Click through for more. Goldstein explains: As a young girl, growing up abroad, I was not exposed to Fairy tales. These new discoveries lead to my fascination with the…

io9 Graeme McMillan

How Swine Flu Works, And Why It Kills

Scientists now have an idea of just how the H1N1 virus may be so deadly, and what makes it different from earlier viruses from the same family. Hint: It’s where it goes inside your body that counts. According to New Scientist, two separate teams of scientists in the Netherlands and the US have discovered through…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Already, A Toy-Based Movie Even Weirder Than Asteroids

Never mind the Asteroids movie… there just may be a movie being worked on that comes from an even less likely toy origin. Are they really making a movie based on Viewmaster? Brad Caleb Kane, a writer and producer on Fringe, announced the project on Twitter earlier this week: Almost official — after the alien…

Movies Graeme McMillan

New Predator Movie Sounds Familiar, Will Be Non-Mainstream(ish)

It’s official – Little-known director Nimrod Antal is going to be directing Robert Rodriguez’s sequel/reboot to Predator, Predators. But is the name a worrying omen for how much this film will echo James Cameron’s Aliens? Rodriguez teases the answer. Antal’s involvement was confirmed by Rodriguez – who’s “overseeing” the movie, as well as co-writing –…

io9 Graeme McMillan

The Following Preview Has Been Rated D… For Disaster

Dog Versus Zombie Sex Slave In New Deadgirl Clip Plus A Human Centipede

Newly Discovered Black Hole Is Uniquely Average

Smallville To Go “Eight More Seasons”? Really?

Five Lessons To Have Learned From 2009 Already

Your Spike/Angel Slash Just Became Canon (Kinda)

The Truth About The Moon Landing

Why Bayhem Will Never Be In 3-D

Only 14 Months Until Evil Takes Up Residence Again

New Wonder Woman Comic To Confront Her Bondage Past

Giant Manta Rays Are The Cylon Raiders Of The Deep

Your Smile Will Be Monitored To Evaluate Quality Of Service

What If July 4th Was Just Another Day?

Celebrate July 4th With Robobama

Watch 7 Clips From Paul Giamatti’s Soul-Rattling New Movie

20 Great American Superheroes To Share Your Holiday With

There Is No Happily Ever After In Fallen Princesses

How Swine Flu Works, And Why It Kills

Already, A Toy-Based Movie Even Weirder Than Asteroids

New Predator Movie Sounds Familiar, Will Be Non-Mainstream(ish)

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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