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“Galactica 1950” Gets A Green Light

We’ll get to discover the tangled family traumas behind the creation of the Cylons after all. The Sci Fi Channel finally gave the greenlight to Caprica, the 1950s-style Battlestar Galactica prequel. And the Sci Fi Channel hopes the show will get a broader audience than BSG, because it doesn’t have spaceships. Here’s what Sci Fi…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Titus Pullo Joins The Post Apocalyptic Book Of Eli Cast

Ray Stevenson of Punisher: War Zone played bad boy Titus Pullo in the fantastic Rome series on HBO. Now he’s hooking up with the megawatt cast of postapocalyptic flick The Book Of Eli, which already includes Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman. Stevenson is an awesome madman, and he plays the role of the enforcer who…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Schoolgirls And Movies Rule This Week’s Comics

If you’re heading to your local comic book store on Thursday, I have one word for you to remember: schoolgirls. Yes, this week sees the usual amount of heroes, monsters and super-this-and-that, but the best books of the week? They’re about girls in school. And not like that, perverts. Let’s go through the non-teen girl…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Hubble Celebrates the Holidays with Cosmic Cards

For those looking to mix a little space porn with their holiday cheer, the folks at the Space Telescope Science Institute offer a small gift from the cosmos. They’ve made templates for two dozen holiday cards available free for download, each featuring an image from the Hubble Telescope. Each of the cards is available on…

io9 Lauren Davis

Liev Schreiber’s Victor Creed Will Wipe The Floor With Pretty Boy Jackman

Can we please talk about how Liev Schreiber is going to beat the piss out of Wolverine? Forget the anger about Gambit’s stripper shirts and the fact that a lot of the characters have no business in this story. A new crop of pics from what appears to be the X-Men Origins: Wolverine trailer are…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Was Early Earth a Fiery Hell or Packed with Life?

Conventional wisdom among geologists has always been that the first several million years in Earth’s 4.5 billion-year history were an age of lava and fire. Nothing could possibly live in on the burning planet until at least 3.2 billion years ago – or so scientists thought. A new study of 4 billion-year-old rocks (at left…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Frank Miller Teaches Us About Modern Noir – And Hats

The latest Spirit featurette shows off Frank Miller’s idea of “modern noir” which apparently consists of men in hats, old timey cars and sexily dressed ladies. Yeah, basically Miller’s erotic dream about Will Eisner’s 1950s comic. Luckily, there’s also a peek at some new Spirit butt-kicking as well. What I find most interesting about this…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Torchwood’s Captain Jack Exposes Himself, Appalls One Briton

Torchwood star John Barrowman exposed himself live on the BBC this weekend, earning all of one complaint from a concerned viewer, and sparking off Google searches all across the world from everyone who missed it live. Barrowman shared his meat and two veg with the world via webcam during an apparance on BBC Radio 1’s…

Television Graeme McMillan

First Picture Of Felix Gaeta’s Steamy Hookup On BSG!

OMG major spoiler explosion! First of all, we’ve got tons of details on the Battlestar Galactica webisodes, including your first pic of Gaeta and his new friend. And a new BBC video includes some tantalizing new Doctor Who footage. Eliza Dushku shows off the Dollhouse set and lets out a major spoiler. Also, writer Paul…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

It’s The Brig!

Doctor Who has launched a thousand spin-offs lately, but there’s been no sign of the quirky time traveler’s biggest sidekick, the man who put the “deadly” into “deadpan.” (Okay, you know what I mean.) Until now, when Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart showed up on the Sarah Jane Adventures, and brought verve to an otherwise standard…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Did We Really Need a Robo-Serial Killer? [NSFW]

The arthouse gore hounds behind Machined have answered a question you never knew you had: How about a robo-serial killer made from scrap metal in a machine shop? I think the answer is still a tentative “no” even after seeing this mini-epic about a creepy, hairy, shirtless dude who turns a guy he hit with…

io9 Annalee Newitz

v-Pod: Beer and TV, Together At Last

Sure, most of us have enjoyed a cold one while watching TV. But there’s nothing worse than running off to the fridge during Sex and the City reruns the game. Now that hassle is over. Because the Micro Matic v-POD is both your TV and your beer dispenser. Constructed of stainless steel and loaded with…

Television Mark Wilson

Guillermo Del Toro Dances With Roald Dahl’s Witches

Now, here’s an idea that will give me nightmares for years: Guillermo Del Toro is going to direct the stop-motion feature adaptation of Roald Dahl’s fantastic novel The Witches, where a small boy gets trapped in a hotel while the annual convention of witches is taking place. The brilliant Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men), was…

io9 Meredith Woerner

An Orbital City Converts Solar Energy Into Decadence

The Jumpgate Evolution MMO won’t be out until next year, but it’s already spawning some fantastic concept art, including this image of the Solrain SolCore. It looks like some kind of huge orbital sin hub, powered by solar energy and the hunger of deep-space pilots. More concept art below. The extension of NetDevil’s Jumpgate franchise,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Why You Should Never Call Science Fiction “Sci Fi”

What’s in a term? Apparently a lot, if this discussion from 1997’s SF Vortex is anything to go by. Never mind the excitable host. Watch the debate between writers J. Michael Strazcynski, Harlan Ellison, Yvonne Fern and Herbert Solow (the man who not only developed Star Trek as a television series, but also gave Gene…

Television Graeme McMillan

A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy Features Ninjas Fighting Mimes

Nick Harkaway’s first novel, The Gone Away World, proves that you can only talk about the really important things in the world by resorting to science fiction. At the heart of this silly, horrifying romp is a brilliant science fictional conceit for talking about the senselessness of war: a super-weapon that isn’t just senseless, but…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Planet of the Apes Gets Serious and Goes Hard Science

Fox is close to nailing down its new entry in the Planet of the Apes franchise: Called Caesar, it’s a flick about the super-intelligent monkey who is an ancestor of the new rulers of Earth. Scott Frank will be directing and writing, which is a good sign: He wrote the amazing reincarnation thriller Dead Again,…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Doobiebot is Harbinger of a Future Where Pot is Legal

I love this little bot whose fingers are made of roach clips. In the future, when pot is legal and alcohol-drinking is for people who experiment with dangerous retro-drugs, you’ll be able to choose from a whole line of doobiebots who scoot around with burning joint-ends and say things like “Dude, don’t bogart that joint!”…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Genetic Testing Promises to Reveal Your Child’s Sports Aptitude

For $149 dollars, Atlas Sports Genetics will test your child’s DNA and send you a report listing the sports where your child is likely to succeed. Some parents see it as a way to steer their child toward an activity that is a good match for their abilities. But psychologists and ethicists fear that assigning…

io9 Lauren Davis

Exclusive Clip Shows Why Keanu Can’t Fill Original Klaatu’s Boots

Michael Rennie, stoic actor and first to don the silver spaceman duds in the 1951 classic The Day The Earth Stood Still, has left Neo some mighty big space boots to fill. Don’t take our word for it — just check out this exclusive clip from one of the featurettes from the new TDTESS DVD…

io9 Meredith Woerner

“Galactica 1950” Gets A Green Light

Titus Pullo Joins The Post Apocalyptic Book Of Eli Cast

Schoolgirls And Movies Rule This Week’s Comics

Hubble Celebrates the Holidays with Cosmic Cards

Liev Schreiber’s Victor Creed Will Wipe The Floor With Pretty Boy Jackman

Was Early Earth a Fiery Hell or Packed with Life?

Frank Miller Teaches Us About Modern Noir – And Hats

Torchwood’s Captain Jack Exposes Himself, Appalls One Briton

First Picture Of Felix Gaeta’s Steamy Hookup On BSG!

It’s The Brig!

Did We Really Need a Robo-Serial Killer? [NSFW]

v-Pod: Beer and TV, Together At Last

Guillermo Del Toro Dances With Roald Dahl’s Witches

An Orbital City Converts Solar Energy Into Decadence

Why You Should Never Call Science Fiction “Sci Fi”

A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy Features Ninjas Fighting Mimes

Planet of the Apes Gets Serious and Goes Hard Science

Doobiebot is Harbinger of a Future Where Pot is Legal

Genetic Testing Promises to Reveal Your Child’s Sports Aptitude

Exclusive Clip Shows Why Keanu Can’t Fill Original Klaatu’s Boots

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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