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Tamsin Greig Is The Most Powerful Force In The Universe

You are already a fan of Tamsin Greig, whether you know it or not. She’s dazzled in small roles in Shaun Of The Dead, Neverwhere, and of course Doctor Who (where she gave that Adam kid a third eye and his own frozen vomit.) Now she steals the show in zero-budget retro-camp space opera Captain…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Red Reduces Prices, Announces Trade-In Program

Jim Jannard has announced a price reduction on their Scarlet and EPIC cameras, their latest modular systems for still and motion photography. Plus, now there are multiple trade-in upgrade paths: https://gizmodo.com/red-unloads-modular-cameras-a-dslr-3d-and-28k-5085242 1. Keep your RED ONE and shoot great images. Get continual free firmware upgrades. 2. Keep your RED ONE and upgrade your sensor to…

Movies Jesus Diaz

Drug-Maker Funds Study Showing Why Some People Can Be Cured with Placebos

In one of those weird moments in corporate science, pharma mega-corp GlaxoSmithKline has funded a Swedish study that looked into the genetic underpinnings of susceptibility to placebos. Turns out that certain people are more easily cured by fake sugar pills (placebos) than others. Is Glaxo trying to figure out which people it needs to eliminate…

io9 Annalee Newitz

A Piece Of The Terminator Action

Top ho! It’s a 1920s Terminator speakeasy party, with flappers doing the Charleston and some positively ripping cocktails. I’ve been excited for the killing-machine-meets-Valentino episode of Sarah Connor Chronicles since I read some pages from the script, and it was just as mold-breaking as I’d hoped. I’m beginning to think this show’s at its best…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

How You’ll Get Around in Style After the First Global Superwinter

We’re all worried about climate change, but few of us have really considered the cool new vehicles we’ll get to use when the world become a snow-blanketed mess like in The Day After Tomorrow. Luckily, the Russians are all about getting through the 100-year winter in style. Here’s a late-50s Victory aerosled design by Russian…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Can ABC Do Justice To Sawyer’s Mind-Bending Novel?

The new ABC drama Flash Forward is picking up the first members of its cast. And it sounds more and more as though the show, based on a novel by Robert J. Sawyer about a worldwide prophetic blackout, will be a worthy companion in weirdness to ABC’s Lost and Life On Mars. Courtney B. Vance…

Television Meredith Woerner

Choose Your Wonder Woman

Having already chosen a lead actor for the Captain America movie, Newsarama.com are asking their readers to now pick who should play Wonder Woman, if her movie ever makes it out of development hell. But while we’ve got no problem with two of the three choices (The odd one out is Megan Fox – Sorry,…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Why Is It So Hard To Start A New Franchise?

Click to viewIn an alternate universe, we’re all obsessing about the impending release of The Matrix V and Chronicles Of Riddick 9. Even as we’re drowning in retreads of things that launched in the 1960s, just think of all the more recent works that tried – and failed – to launch a franchise. Why is…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Question of the Day: How Far Back Do Your TiVo Shows Go?

According to CNN, you are not the only one who may have “TiVo guilt.” Plenty of people keep shows on there forever. So, how far back do your unwatched TiVo / DVR shows go? How Far Back Do Your Unwatched TiVo / DVR Shows Go? ( polls) Results from “Who is Most to Blame For…

Television Sean Fallon

Video Game Re-Animates Lovecraft’s Herbert West

In H.P. Lovecraft’s proto-zombie story “Herbert West – Reanimator” the titular doctor uses a serum to whip reanimated corpses into frightening violence. In a new free game online, you get a chance to become West. Your mission: Bring the dead back to a semblance of life while making sure no one gets eaten. In “Carrion…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Kristin Kreuk Lets Her Chun-Li Legs Fly, Yuuup Yup!

Workin’ the pole to her advantage, Chun Li yup yups some deadly power kicks straight into the faces of her assailants, in the new live-action Street Fighter movie. Kotaku got their hands on a few new action stills from Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, showing our main lady kicking some ass with her infamous…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Who’s That At Kate’s Door, In Lost Season Five?

Why is Kate packing her suitcase in a hurry, in all those Lost season five trailers you’ve been seeing? It’s probably not why you think. Here’s a clip from the upcoming season opener, that explains just what kind of crazy scrape she’s gotten into this time.

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Eleventh Hour Gets Fourteenth Through Eighteenth Hours As Well

It may not be a favorite around these here parts, but Eleventh Hour has proven popular enough with the rest of America to be given a full-season order by CBS… Well, an almost full season, anyway. Variety reported Monday that CBS has given an order for the “back five” episodes of the season – bringing…

Television Graeme McMillan

Peter David’s Star Trek Soap Opera Sails Onwards

Can you believe the Star Trek: New Frontier book series has already been going for 20+ books? It’s hard to imagine. The longer Peter David’s little corner of the Trek universe has gone on, the more soap-operatic it’s gotten. And the trend looks set to continue with the forthcoming Treason, which just announced a pub…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

A Peek Into The Anti-Lost Backlash Of 2011

Here’s a flash-forward, featuring Lost producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse talking about the show’s fourth season from a few years in the future, after their fans have turned on them and gouged Lindelof’s eye out. They showed this hilarious featurette as part of an online conference promoting the show’s season-four DVDs, which will include…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Optimistic Scifi Story Stars Videogamer with Martian Dreams

Earlier this year, science fiction writer Jason Stoddard wrote a manifesto calling for “positive” science fiction that’s optimistic about the future and features protagonists who can effect real change. The manifesto started a debate about whether positive science fiction could create compelling stories. Stoddard’s latest short story “Willpower” is his attempt to prove his point…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Fearless Meteorite Hunters of Saskatchewan

After a 10-ton meteor exploded in a spectacular fireball over the Canadian province Saskatchewan two weeks ago, the hunt was on to find fragments of the space rock. Researchers and local enthusiasts descended on the area around Marsden, Sask, and have found dozens of fragments like the one pictured here – discovered on an icy…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Is George Miller’s Justice League Officially Dead?

Reports are hitting the web that director George Miller is no longer attached to Warner Bros’ planned Justice League movie, owing to a change of direction that’ll make the movie into a bigger-name rival to Marvel’s Avengers. Could it be true? What’s making us curious about the validity of the news is that all of…

Movies Graeme McMillan

On Heroes, Everything Is Back to Normal

Last night’s episode of superhero freakout show Heroes, part two of “Eclipse,” brought an unexpected plot development. Everybody went back to normal. And I don’t just mean the plot arc from this two-parter about how an eclipse (which, strangely, takes place everywhere in the world) temporarily robs our heroes of their powers. I mean that…

Television Annalee Newitz

What If Disney Remade Akira?

Take a look at this hilarious and pretty scary cartoon, showing what it’d be like if Disney got their hands on the ultra violent anime Akira. Gone are the blood splatters and super bad-ass weaponry, replaced with G-rated themes, adorable gangs, and tons of product placement. I’m not sure what scares me more: Kaneda Washington…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Tamsin Greig Is The Most Powerful Force In The Universe

Red Reduces Prices, Announces Trade-In Program

Drug-Maker Funds Study Showing Why Some People Can Be Cured with Placebos

A Piece Of The Terminator Action

How You’ll Get Around in Style After the First Global Superwinter

Can ABC Do Justice To Sawyer’s Mind-Bending Novel?

Choose Your Wonder Woman

Why Is It So Hard To Start A New Franchise?

Question of the Day: How Far Back Do Your TiVo Shows Go?

Video Game Re-Animates Lovecraft’s Herbert West

Kristin Kreuk Lets Her Chun-Li Legs Fly, Yuuup Yup!

Who’s That At Kate’s Door, In Lost Season Five?

Eleventh Hour Gets Fourteenth Through Eighteenth Hours As Well

Peter David’s Star Trek Soap Opera Sails Onwards

A Peek Into The Anti-Lost Backlash Of 2011

Optimistic Scifi Story Stars Videogamer with Martian Dreams

The Fearless Meteorite Hunters of Saskatchewan

Is George Miller’s Justice League Officially Dead?

On Heroes, Everything Is Back to Normal

What If Disney Remade Akira?

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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