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Kill The Cheerleader, Save The Show

In season three, Heroes seemingly went from bad to worse. Now, with Bryan Fuller deserting NBC’s sinking flagship, we’re left wondering: Can Heroes really can find Redemption in its fourth season? Dear Heroes, What happened? Villains marked an all time low in your ratings, and lost you a significant portion of your core audience (myself…

io9 Sarah Hope Williams

THIS IS AN AWESOME DISASTER

Could this have been the biggest week of all time? The King of Pop bites it. A bit player from Saturn 3 and Logan’s Run croaks. And ROBOT BAYHEM!!! Disaster! X-BABIES: From zombie heroes to killing Cap, do you get the feeling that maybe Marvel doesn’t really think through all of their wacky ideas? I…

io9 GarrisonDean

Is This The Secret Behind Captain America’s Rebirth?

With Captain America: Reborn due in comic stores on Wednesday, we ask: Have Marvel Comics kept the secret to the star-spangled Avenger’s resurrection in plain sight all along? We look at our suspecting method of resurrection. Potential-spoilery speculation ahead. One of the things that keeps popping up when writer Captain America writer Ed Brubaker and…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Retro Doctor Who Books Hit The Target

As Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss remembers the Who novelizations of his youth, we give you a chance to relive your own nostalgia – or maybe discover new books to give your nerd life more meaning. Gattis recalled the lure of the books below – adaptations of the TV show published by Target books that…

Television Graeme McMillan

Is There Really New Star Wars Later This Year?

TheForce.net notices that IMDB’s listing for John Williams includes working on “Untitled Star Wars TV Series (2009)” – Is this the much-discussed live-action series, and if so, is it really that close to airing? We suspect typos, but hope otherwise.

Television Graeme McMillan

Billy Mays, Well-Known TV Pitchman, Dead at 50

TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead this morning in his Tampa Bay home. The unmistakable Mays, whose signature high decibel delivery was a staple for dozens of quirky TV commercial wares and gadgets, was 50. The video at left was Mays’ recent visit to The Tonight Show, where he pitched his new reality show,…

Television Jack Loftus

Has Science Outsmarted Itself?

Do we know too much about the origins of the universe to allow for any new scientific breakthroughs? That’s a theory being put forward by one British journalist, but do scientists agree? The Guardian’s Ehsan Masood argues in a recent article that the amount of information we already have about everything that surrounds us shapes…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Lost’s Jacob Gets Supernaturally Devilish

Be warned, Mark Sheppard: There’s a new familiar face appearing in everything we watch these days. After being unveiled as Jacob in the last season of Lost, actor Mark Pellegrino has signed on for a similarly existential role in Supernatural. Not content with playing the man (well, potential man) behind the curtain on ABC’s island…

Television Graeme McMillan

Will Transformers 2 Have The Biggest Opening Ever?

As Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen continues to steamroller everything else in its wake at the box office, it’s time to face the possibility that it just might break The Dark Knight‘s 5-day opening record by the end of today. In its first three days in the US, Michael Bay’s sequel has made $125.9 million,…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Two Augmented Reality Technologies That Are About To Change The World

Augmented reality is a technology futurists and scifi authors like Vernor Vinge have been talking about for decades. Now the tech has matured and is entering the market. Two videos of new products show you the near future. In a nutshell, what augmented reality does is provide you with an information overlay for your daily…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Apocalypse Should Be Funny: 6 End-of-the-World Comedy Classics

This year has presented us with a plethora of planet-imperiling scenarios, from Watchmen toTransformers. But despite the promising threats of nuclear war and killer robots, I’m left feeling empty. The Apocalypse used to be fun. What happened? It is a proven paradox that during eras of real impending global disaster we have been given what…

io9 Sarah Hope Williams

Virtuality’s Audience Is Lost In Space

Yes, Dollhouse may have lowered the bar for “success” for Fox’s Sci-Fi shows, but even with that in mind, the audience for last night’s Virtuality airing suggests that the show will never make it to series. https://gizmodo.com/did-dollhouse-redefine-success-for-sf-tv-5302907 Suggesting that Fox execs knew what they were doing by jettisoning the show in the Friday night death…

Television Graeme McMillan

Pixar’s Animatronic Luxo Jr. Melts Our Hearts in Live Action

Luxo Jr., the mascot of possibly the world’s greatest film studio, Pixar, has been turned into an animatronic, real-life version that’s remarkably smooth and lifelike. Well, as lifelike as a formerly-animated robot based on an old-school desk lamp can be. This Luxo Jr. debuted a few days ago at Disney’s Hollywood studios, as part of…

Movies Dan Nosowitz

Batman Is Reborn…With A Vengeance

Bruce Wayne is dead (or is he?), but the Batman franchise is back in full swing after three months of the meandering Battle for the Cowl. But with seven different Bat-related titles released in June alone, which are the must-reads? It’s a bold new Batman status quo, with a whole new lineup of crimefighters behind…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

10 Transformers To eBay For

With the latest Transformers movie crushing its competition at the box office like a bug under heavy robot foot, you may be tempted to hit eBay looking to score some sweet merchandise. Here’re some winners you want to look for. Optimus Prime Pepsi Thirst Convoy Hey, remember that time that Optimus Prime got really drunk…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Starry Starry (Batsignal-Filled) Night

We all agree that comic books can be art, but here are some particular takes on classic paintings may be taking that argument just a little bit too literally (Wait until you see the Wolverine Lichtenstein). Marvel Comics may have thought they were being original with a month of Wolverine covers “inspired” by classic artists…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

How Early Is Too Early To Promote?

Was this week’s release of the first trailer for The Last Airbender – more than a year before the movie’s release – too little too soon? At what point does a trailer risk boring an audience ahead of the movie? The Big Money notes that Paramount’s YouTube version of the trailer received 237,000 viewings and…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Pegg, Frost Retreat From Comic-Con Filming

They may be winning us over with video postcards from the set, but Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have just broken our hearts by admitting that they won’t be filming new movie Paul at Comic-Con this year after all. https://gizmodo.com/simon-pegg-and-nick-frosts-video-report-from-their-alie-5302789 Pegg admitted the painful truth to thelondonpaper: We are recreating Comic-Con for it in Alberquerque,…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Spider-Man Catches Broadway Cast In Web… Almost

The identities of Mary Jane Watson and Norman Osborn’s Broadway incarnations has been revealed, and fans of Marvel’s movies may find the actor behind the latest Green Goblin slightly familiar… well, if they can imagine the blue fur for themselves. Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark will, as rumored for months, star Evan Rachel Wood as…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Bay Swaps Robots For Angst-Ridden Aliens In Number Four

With Transformers fast on its way to becoming almost as big as The Dark Knight, Michael Bay and Dreamworks have already announced their next project together… and it doesn’t involve robots, in disguise or otherwise. Bay and Dreamworks have pre-emptively picked up the movie rights to unpublished novel I Am Number Four for an undisclosed…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Kill The Cheerleader, Save The Show

THIS IS AN AWESOME DISASTER

Is This The Secret Behind Captain America’s Rebirth?

Retro Doctor Who Books Hit The Target

Is There Really New Star Wars Later This Year?

Billy Mays, Well-Known TV Pitchman, Dead at 50

Has Science Outsmarted Itself?

Lost’s Jacob Gets Supernaturally Devilish

Will Transformers 2 Have The Biggest Opening Ever?

Two Augmented Reality Technologies That Are About To Change The World

The Apocalypse Should Be Funny: 6 End-of-the-World Comedy Classics

Virtuality’s Audience Is Lost In Space

Pixar’s Animatronic Luxo Jr. Melts Our Hearts in Live Action

Batman Is Reborn…With A Vengeance

10 Transformers To eBay For

Starry Starry (Batsignal-Filled) Night

How Early Is Too Early To Promote?

Pegg, Frost Retreat From Comic-Con Filming

Spider-Man Catches Broadway Cast In Web… Almost

Bay Swaps Robots For Angst-Ridden Aliens In Number Four

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

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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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