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Alien Gods Make Wonder Woman Nervous

While Wonder Woman may have been magically made from clay, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t any science fiction in her world. Check out the exclusive preview of the opening of this week’s issue to see a nervous Amazon full of foreboding as her gods return home from a trip into outer space. Wednesday’s issue,…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Harbingers of the Cute-o-pocalypse

When you see these tiny metal “Apocalypt-Ephunts” you’ll know the truth about the end of the world. It will be signaled by the arrival of cute, miniature elephants bearing cannons. These intriguing and bizarre creatures made by Los Angeles artist Amanda Visell go on sale today, and you can get them in a variety of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Jeff Bridges’ Iron Man Set Pics Are Ghostly, Shiny

Jeff Bridges wasn’t too busy almost stealing the show in Iron Man — he also found time to take a ton of gorgeous black-and-white pics of the filming of the armored-avenger movie. Including a peek inside Stan Winston studios, and Bridges having his head shaved to play Obadiah Stane. Click through for a few of…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Tibetan Glaciers Melting Faster Than Expected

Glaciers high in the Himalayan mountain range are melting faster than their counterparts at ground level. Geologists taking samples from the remote glaciers discovered that they had melted all the way down to ice that hadn’t been exposed to air in over half a century. Over at Discovery News, io9 pal Michael Reilly has a…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Dark Knight Batarangs: To Match Those Hockey Pads

As we learned in the opening scene of The Dark Knight, Christian Bale wouldn’t like you buying these solid stainless steel batarangs. But you know what? Christian Bale is just an actor, some guy who gets paid millions of bucks when he’s on vacation between colonic cleansings. You, on the other hand, despise carrot juice…

Movies Mark Wilson

Benjamin Button’s Backwards Love Story (And Score) Will Melt Your Heart

David Fincher’s new backwards-aging movie is at heart a love story, and the new international trailer for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button reveals the perils of falling in love with someone who ages in reverse. Good deal for you — but bad for them when you get old and wrinkled and they still look…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Can Seth Green Save Heroes? Can Apes Save Thanksgiving?

This week is the first half of a major two-parter for Heroes. The show is throwing out even more curveballs than usual, starting with Sylar getting all personal with Veronica Mars, and ending with a kick-ass cameo by Seth Green and Breckin Meyer. Also snuggle up with aliens and take in some ape movies, while…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Second Life Foresaw the US Banking Crisis

Yet another financial casualty: Citigroup just became the latest institution to come crawling to the feds for a bailout. Where will it all end? As industry experts become desperate for any kind of divining rod, some observers pointed out that the failure of unregulated banking has already played out — in Second Life. The rise…

io9 Lauren Davis

Heroes Creator Finds New Way To Insult Viewers’ Intelligence

Tim Kring, creator of NBC’s Heroes has found the culprit for the super-mutant soap opera’s problems — its most loyal viewers. In an interview, Kring called viewers who watch the show live “saps” and “dipshits.” Strong (and sort of weird-uncle-ish) words, but Kring was grappling to explain a change in viewing habits that could sink…

Television Meredith Woerner

The Tidal Wave That Destroys Us At Last

A surreal tidal wave as high as a skyscraper is about to bear down on this city and destroy it forever. No it’s not ripped from the pages of a climate change report – it’s one of the many worlds designed by British design student Jon McCoy, who revels in the apocalyptic. Though McCoy has…

io9 Annalee Newitz

James Marsters Saddles Up For Alien Western

Genre workhorse James Masters is getting back into harness one more time. Our beloved vampire and gay time traveler will be killing big fat alien bugs out West amongst the coyotes and dirt roads in a new Sci Fi Channel original movie. Marsters plays an outlaw who escapes death thanks to some dangerous aliens, but…

Television Meredith Woerner

Bryan Singer’s New Series Punishes The Net-Needy, Stupid

Superman Returns and X-Men director Bryan Singer is coming back to science fiction, with new project H+ – a web-series based around a future worst-case scenario for everyone who spends a little bit too much time online.According to the Hollywood Reporter, H+, which will be produced by Singer’s Bad Hat Harry Productions company for Warner…

io9 Graeme McMillan

New Pics Confirm Gonzo Plot Twists On Lost And Heroes

Today’s spoilers include a desription of some Star Trek concept art that was on display in L.A., and yet another batch of Transformers toy pics. There are new pics for Day The Earth Stood Still and new synopses of Special and Timecrimes. Plus a new hint about the hypothetical Hulk 3. An extra from Lost…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Golden Toast And Gods Waiting For The Bus Teach Us Valuable Lessons

This week, we learned all about the moral responsibilities that come with a toaster that makes golden toast and waited with Thor for the last bus. Plus, we’re giving you yet another completely amazing trailer from Inhabited Island with more new footage of the blondie Russian space traveler and his new alien pals.We found an…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Can Our Hearts Withstand Another Strike?

Here we go again. After last year’s 14-week struggle between the Writers Guilds of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — one that ultimately caused the untimely death of Pushing Daisies and the unravelling of Heroes, among other disasters — it looks like Hollywood is still far from happy. Yesterday, the…

io9 Nivair H. Gabriel

Apparently, Everyone Wants To Suggest Some Bad Hair Days

Apparently, we should write about bad hair days for the undead more often. In the midst of all our Twilight coverage, Annalee’s little post about the problems of coiffure care when you can’t see yourself in the mirror certainly caught the attention of you lot… even if a lot of you were very focused on…

io9 Graeme McMillan

I Was Trapped In A Movie Theater With Teenage Twilight Fans

It was, without a doubt, the strangest movie preview I’ve been to. Sure, there were lines of fans for Clone Wars, and The Dark Knight has people already proclaiming it to be the greatest movie ever made before the lights had gone down, but Twilight’s lines were full of teenage girls dressed for prom bitching…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Trailer for Mega Man Fan Movie Filled with Robot on Robot Violence

Director Eddie Lebron announced this summer that he was producing the definitive Mega Man fan movie, based on the original video game for the Nintendo. This weekend, he released the film’s full-length trailer, which introduces the movie’s back story, shows off its multicolored battle robots, and gives us a taste of its impressive special effects.Lebron…

Movies Lauren Davis

Five TV Thanksgiving Specials We’ll Sadly Never See

This Thursday, America shuts down to celebrate Thanksgiving, a day of either remembrance of the hardships endured (and survived) by the Pilgrims when they first came to the country (Admittedly, the native Americans may have helped more than a little bit there), or of getting a day off of work. As a non-American, I learned…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Actually, These Are The Droids (And Others) You’re Looking For

What would Star Wars look like a long, long time ago? It’s a question that’s been asked many times before, but that didn’t stop us from being excited by some of these fan-made CG-renderings of steampunk Star Wars characters. Apparently it’s still nice when someone gets their design aesthetic peanut butter in your science fiction…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Alien Gods Make Wonder Woman Nervous

Harbingers of the Cute-o-pocalypse

Jeff Bridges’ Iron Man Set Pics Are Ghostly, Shiny

Tibetan Glaciers Melting Faster Than Expected

Dark Knight Batarangs: To Match Those Hockey Pads

Benjamin Button’s Backwards Love Story (And Score) Will Melt Your Heart

Can Seth Green Save Heroes? Can Apes Save Thanksgiving?

Second Life Foresaw the US Banking Crisis

Heroes Creator Finds New Way To Insult Viewers’ Intelligence

The Tidal Wave That Destroys Us At Last

James Marsters Saddles Up For Alien Western

Bryan Singer’s New Series Punishes The Net-Needy, Stupid

New Pics Confirm Gonzo Plot Twists On Lost And Heroes

Golden Toast And Gods Waiting For The Bus Teach Us Valuable Lessons

Can Our Hearts Withstand Another Strike?

Apparently, Everyone Wants To Suggest Some Bad Hair Days

I Was Trapped In A Movie Theater With Teenage Twilight Fans

Trailer for Mega Man Fan Movie Filled with Robot on Robot Violence

Five TV Thanksgiving Specials We’ll Sadly Never See

Actually, These Are The Droids (And Others) You’re Looking For

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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