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Imagination Glands And Mutated Teddies Haunt Chadam Teaser Art

It’s been too long since we’ve heard word from the creepy-beautiful CG series Chadam. But now we’ve got these exclusive screen shots showing buddies of our blockheaded hero Chadam. Take a closer look at the citizens of Vulture City where the people are under attack from a mysterious virus and Chadham must use his massive…

Television Meredith Woerner

Wonder Woman Writer Gail Simone Talks Movie Rumors

With Beyonce making a bid for the title role and rumors of McG being considered for the director’s chair, it’s beginning to look as if the Wonder Woman movie may finally be about to move out of the limbo that it’s been in for too long. With that in mind, we asked the current writer…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Trek Posters, Transformers Toys And Terminator Nightlife

Welcome to spoiler Valhalla, where the greatest spoiler warriors go for their reward. Two new Star Trek posters reveal quite how serious Kirk and Spock are. And a blurry Transformers snap may reveal the look of one of the movie’s most anticipated new characters. Meanwhile, Summer Glau’s Terminator has been sneaking out at night, and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

20 Classic Toys That Aren’t Movies (Yet)

Click to viewThe toy movie has finally arrived. Two of the biggest movies next summer will be based on toys – G.I. Joe and Transformers 2 – and more are on the way. Fantastical stories that sprung from the dreams of Hasbro and Mattel are no longer regarded as automatically childish or dumb. So what…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Best Worm Sex Death Scene in the Galaxy [NSFW]

This scene from 1981 Z-movie Galaxy of Terror will destroy your moral center and make you see giant worms in a whole new light. You’ve got your classic scifi horror plot where a ship crash-lands on a planet answering a distress call . . . and discovers an alien thingamabob that manifests their greatest fears!…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Minority Traffic Report Detects Accidents Before They Happen

Two miles ahead, a construction crew is closing down the right lane on a busy stretch of road. A truck stalled on the left shoulder is slowing down drivers who stop to look. In the minivan to your right, a distracted dad is paying more attention to his kids than to the road. Unfortunately, you…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

True Blood Serves Up Vampire Justice

Let this be a lesson to you vampires: if you mess with your own, then you must stand trial in front of a bunch of goth rejects and be judged. This week on True Blood, we got to see what happens to the undead fangers that misbehave. And of course, it’s sexy bloody justice.This week…

Television Meredith Woerner

Forbidden Planet Movie Won’t Be Retro After All

With the liberally revamped version of The Day The Earth Stood Still opening next month, it seemed weird that J. Michael Straczynski was rumored to be writing a retro Forbidden Planet movie that kept the peachy keen 1950s look of the original intact. And now it turns out the rumors were wrong — Straczynski piped…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Exhaustive Guide to All the Possible New Doctor Whos

Losing track of your potential new Doctors? British website Digital Spy has taken pity on your confusion and provided a handy-dandy scorecard of possible future timelords from Chiwetel Ejiofor to Sean Pertwee, even throwing an unexpected new name (Dexter Fletcher? Really?) into the mix. Now watch as the newbie Gallifrian turns out to be none…

Television Graeme McMillan

Your Best Ideas for Predator and Aliens Novels

Last week, Jeff VanderMeer celebrated the publication of his new Predator novel by asking you guys to come up with your own pitches for a Predator or Aliens novel. Now he’s announced the winners, and we’ve got their ideas for you below. Some of these book ideas actually sound pretty good! Couldn’t possibly be worst…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Own a Piece of Morbid Medical History

If you’ve been looking for electrosurgical equipment, engravings of venereal diseases, or cringe-worthy gynecological instruments for your collection, you’re in luck. Next week, the PBA Galleries in San Francisco are auctioning off the medical library of Gerard Sugarman, a treasure trove of medical books, tools, and paraphernalia that go as far back as the 15th…

io9 Lauren Davis

The Most Demented Novel Of All Time

If someone put a gun to your head and said you had to write a book that lived up to the title Time Snake And Superclown, you might just kiss your brains goodbye and have done with it. But not Vincent King, author of the cult novel Candy Man. His 1976 classic more than lives…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Zombies are Red, Vampires are Blue

Could it be that the Democrats are responsible for the rise in vampire tales on TV and the big screen of late? In the wake of Obama’s election, the San Diego Union Tribune’s Peter Rowe asks whether vampires are the monsters of Democratic eras, and zombies of Republican ones. He talked to a bunch of…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Googly Eyed Reporter Coming Back To Smallville

Linda Lake, the worlds most annoying reporter who can turn into water, is coming back to Smallville. Tori Spelling is rumored to be making another cameo as the gossipy crazy-face reporter who knows Clark Kent’s big secret. What’s really sad/interesting about this is that Spelling is appearing on a CW show that isn’t the 90210…

Television Meredith Woerner

When Dr. Manhattan Yells Inyuk-chuk

Finally revealed – Zack Snyder’s true inspiration for his Watchmen adaptation isn’t really Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ original series – but is, instead, classic 1970s/80s cartoon Super Friends. Unconvinced? Check out this trailer for a very special episode of Super Friends and tell us that you don’t see the similarity. Okay, so it may…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Survivors On Ecstasy!

The first trailer for the BBC’s remake of the 1970s post-apocalyptic show The Survivors is up, and… it’s very pretty. The music and the sort of noodling bits of dialogue make me think this show is going to feature the last survivors of a deadly plague holding hands and maybe putting pieces of fruit in…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

John Cleese Explains Why The Compaq II Is Better Than A Dead Fish

Let’s see, to begin with, the fish weighed 22 pounds. So did the Compaq Portable II computer (in retrospect, perhaps “luggable” is more accurate). Here, in a British commercial from 1986 or so, former Python John Cleese lays out the rest of the argument for the computer’s superiority – including its big 4.2 megabytes of…

io9 Lynn Peril

Liberation Is A Better Novel Than Anathem, Says Amazon

The best science fiction novel of 2008 was Brian Francis Slattery’s Liberation, according to Amazon.com’s new top 10 list, compiled by io9 contributor Jeff VanderMeer. The story of a gang of super-criminals reuniting to save a fallen America that’s reinstated human slavery beat out Neal Stephenson’s Anathem (which came in at number five), Jeanette Winterson’s…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Live-Action Akira Remake Script Surprisingly Faithful to the Original

Ever since Warner Bros. announced its plans to remake the 1988 anime Akira as a pair of live-action films, fans have been understandably nervous. Although Katsuhiro Otomo, the creator of both the original Akira manga and its animated adaptation, is on board as the film’s executive producer, some fear that Hollywood will water down the…

Movies Lauren Davis

Hounsou Is TV’s Black Panther

We’ve known about Marvel’s Black Panther cartoon since July, but it was only this weekend that the studio announced who would be providing the voice of Wakanda’s warrior king. Now we know who will be heating up his own prime-time series next year: Blood Diamond and Alias star Djimon Hounsou.Commenting that “[i]t’s a blessing for…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Imagination Glands And Mutated Teddies Haunt Chadam Teaser Art

Wonder Woman Writer Gail Simone Talks Movie Rumors

Trek Posters, Transformers Toys And Terminator Nightlife

20 Classic Toys That Aren’t Movies (Yet)

The Best Worm Sex Death Scene in the Galaxy [NSFW]

Minority Traffic Report Detects Accidents Before They Happen

True Blood Serves Up Vampire Justice

Forbidden Planet Movie Won’t Be Retro After All

Exhaustive Guide to All the Possible New Doctor Whos

Your Best Ideas for Predator and Aliens Novels

Own a Piece of Morbid Medical History

The Most Demented Novel Of All Time

Zombies are Red, Vampires are Blue

Googly Eyed Reporter Coming Back To Smallville

When Dr. Manhattan Yells Inyuk-chuk

Survivors On Ecstasy!

John Cleese Explains Why The Compaq II Is Better Than A Dead Fish

Liberation Is A Better Novel Than Anathem, Says Amazon

Live-Action Akira Remake Script Surprisingly Faithful to the Original

Hounsou Is TV’s Black Panther

Don’t miss out: Bitdefender, One of the World’s Best Antiviruses, Is Now on Sale

The Secret to Better Sperm? It’s Probably Already on Your Schedule

Lego Is Leaning Into Your Marvel Memories With a New Helicarrier Set

Toshiba’s 65-inch Smart Fire TV Now Matches 43-Inch Pricing After 44% Drop on Amazon

Kash Patel’s Email Account Hacked, Iran-Linked Group Takes Credit

Repair Workers Accidentally Stumble Upon Lost Remains of Legendary ‘Fourth Musketeer’

Dreame Aero Pro Wet Dry Vacuum Mop Drops 20% Shortly After Launch in the Spring Cleaning Sale

Darth Maul’s Legs, Ranked

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

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