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America: It Had To End Sometime

With America’s economic future looking bleak, now’s the time to read up on what to expect after the country fails altogether. Luckily, there are a whole host of stories about the fall of America, and the ravaging of our nation is a crime with many potential culprits. Here’s the definitive list of suspects who might…

Books & Comics Alex Carnevale

Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid of These Science Fictional Cults

Much like the present, the future has its share of cults and fringe religions. Some are scams, some are a genuine search for enlightenment, and some are simply a fanatical devotion to a single person or task. Want to stay clear of cultish influence? We give you a who’s who of cults from science fiction,…

io9 Lauren Davis

If The Economy Gets Any Worse, The Government Is Coming For Your Cows

Finally, a post-apocalyptic movie where the bogeyman isn’t a nuclear holocaust or plague — it’s just the economy sucking really hard. In The Strawman, an eerily plausible financial ick-fest leads to martial law. And judging from this poster, it’s not a good time to be a cow either.The best part about The Strawman is there…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Your Guy Won’t Look You In The Eye. Could It Be Alien Mind Control?

Wow, I’m kind of excited for They Came From Upstairs, the alien-invasion teen comedy starring High School Musical’s Ashley Tisdale. It sounds like it has everything: mind control, nasty little aliens who want to take over the world, comedy, pathos, action, and maybe singing. In the film, two families are vacationing, and a group of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Who Gains From An Economic Meltdown? Sid And Marty Krofft

Those of you who think science fiction has gotten too gloomy, and there’s too much apocalyptic drama out there, should be very happy that the economy is going proctological. According to futurists Faith Popcorn and Marian Saltzman, our financial slide means people will be looking for more escapist entertainment. That means lots of fantasy with…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

If Megatron Kills Shia LaBeouf On Set, Who Will Play All The Scifi Protagonists?

Disaster rocked the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen set, when a prop injured Hollywood’s only leading man under the age of 28. This will be Shia LaBeouf’s second accident during the filming — the first actually pushed back filming. But never fear Shia, got a few stitches below his eyebrow, and was back on his…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Are Comics Part Of The Left-Wing Media Conspiracy?

You may be wondering exactly what Sarah Palin’s personal policies are, ahead of tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate, and we’re happy to help you with that: Apparently, she’s anti-witch… or, at least, that’s the message that we get from this cover from the October issue of the revived Tales From The Crypt. And, as this year’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Real Economist Studies Virtual Economy in EVE Online

Today’s virtual worlds have their own virtual economies, whether you’re coughing up enough gold to buy an epic mount in World of Warcraft or converting real money to Linden dollars so you can buy realistic genitalia for your Second Life avatar. EVE Online, a sci-fi online game of space warfare and commerce, may have the…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

No Watchmen 2, But Plenty Of Dr. Manhattan’s Blue Junk To Go Round

So when making a movie when one of the characters is half naked for most of the film, when do the discussions about “just how big is too big” start? Movie Web had a chance to ask the director Zack Snyder all about Dr. Manhattan’s man-parts along with a lot of other pressing Watchmen questions.…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Dragonball Teaser Trailer, Shaky-Cam Style

A bootleg of the live action Dragonball movie has been leaked and now you can see all the Tai Chi, make out sessions, Master Roshi Hawaiian shirts and a tiny Piccolo-in-action shot. Looks we’re going to get a lot of wide sweeping action/epic views I’m fine with that as long as they green up Piccolo…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Were Pterodactyls Too Heavy to Fly?

Popular images of the prehistoric world are filled with spiny stegosauri, placid brachiosaurs, and rampaging tyrannosaurus rex. But one image we may need to revise is that of pterodactyls flying overhead. New research suggests the winged lizards were far too massive to stay aloft, although some paleobiologists are inclined to disagree.Professor Katsufumi Sato of the…

io9 Lauren Davis

Q Totally Phones in Bond’s New Quantum of Solace VAIO

Overheard in MI6 4th-floor martini lounge: “Man, it used to be fun heading down to Q’s lab. Shit blowing up all the time, everyone just grinning and shaking their head knowingly (oh, James) when I accidentally incinerated prototype after expensive and high-time-investment prototype. Now? Dude’s just going to down to the high street shops and…

Movies John Mahoney

The Eternal Disappointment Of Megatron

Every child of the 1980s is familiar with the disappointment that came when you realized that Ratchet was so much cooler in the Transformers comics and cartoons than his toy… and that he wasn’t the only one. Now, Topless Robot has put together a list of the 9 Transformers Toys That Most Disappointed When Compared…

io9 Graeme McMillan

What To Expect — And Not To Expect — From Iron Man 2

Iron Man director Jon Favreau gave a lot of insight into what comic-book villains and storylines you might see in the second chapter of the Tony Stark saga. And they’re not necessarily the ones you’d expect. Meanwhile, we have a sneak peek at next week’s Heroes, plus a glimpse of next spring’s “Fugitives” storyline. There…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

JVC Pseudo 3D Glasses Don’t Cause Headaches, Still Look Dorky

Digital tech has reinvigorated the 3D dream since the cardboard glasses and headaches of yesteryear. JVC showed off a nifty prototype TV at CEATEC outside Tokyo that converts high-def 2D video into what it calls “pseudo 3D” in real time. With the eyewear on, it takes a few moments for your brain to adjust, and…

Television Elaine Chow

Evil Needs A Sperm Donor

I can’t believe I left Lady Pervertum out of my list of the greatest dominatrixes in science fiction history. She’s the villain of Star Troopers, aka The Baron Against The Demons, a Spanish post-apocalyptic epic which came out a couple of years ago. It’s the late 21st century, and only the Catholic church and its…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Pop Star Goes Cyberwoman

Not too long after Janet Jackson went for the Tron gear, Janet-wannabe Ciara just sported this Barbarella-inspired getup for her new music video, “Go Girl.” Complete with metal bra and weird cyber-girdle. I like the Drill Thrall look, but I’m not sure how many quatloos I would put on her. And the reaction over at…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Actual Blind Pretty Pissed About Blindness Movie

File this under ‘Bound To Happen’: Blindness, the movie about people being hauled off and quarantined after losing their sight from an epidemic, has ended up really ticking off real-life blind people. The offended are protesting that the blindness epidemic in the movie isn’t a metaphor for the collapse of society, but really just plain…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Heroes Writers Return Behind The Eclipse

Sylar was never supposed to eat brains, all references to The Fly are intentional, and there is only one future in the Heroesverse – Those are just three revelations from the writers of NBC’s superhero drama as Comic Book Resources’ weekly “Behind The Eclipse” column returns, giving you – yes, you – the chance to…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Time Traveling And Falling In Love — For Jesus

Christian romance is one of the fastest growing book genres today, and Christian science fiction is an up-and-comer. So why not combine them? The cutting edge in Christian publishing may well be books about time-travelers who fall in love — and find Jesus along the way. We talked to Christian publisher Sheaf House’s Joan Shoup…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

America: It Had To End Sometime

Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid of These Science Fictional Cults

If The Economy Gets Any Worse, The Government Is Coming For Your Cows

Your Guy Won’t Look You In The Eye. Could It Be Alien Mind Control?

Who Gains From An Economic Meltdown? Sid And Marty Krofft

If Megatron Kills Shia LaBeouf On Set, Who Will Play All The Scifi Protagonists?

Are Comics Part Of The Left-Wing Media Conspiracy?

Real Economist Studies Virtual Economy in EVE Online

No Watchmen 2, But Plenty Of Dr. Manhattan’s Blue Junk To Go Round

Dragonball Teaser Trailer, Shaky-Cam Style

Were Pterodactyls Too Heavy to Fly?

Q Totally Phones in Bond’s New Quantum of Solace VAIO

The Eternal Disappointment Of Megatron

What To Expect — And Not To Expect — From Iron Man 2

JVC Pseudo 3D Glasses Don’t Cause Headaches, Still Look Dorky

Evil Needs A Sperm Donor

Pop Star Goes Cyberwoman

Actual Blind Pretty Pissed About Blindness Movie

Heroes Writers Return Behind The Eclipse

Time Traveling And Falling In Love — For Jesus

Do ‘Disclosure Day’ Prep With a Spielberg Sci-Fi Marathon

How to Watch the F1 Japanese GP 2026 on a Free Channel

Ranking 2016’s Superhero Debuts, 10 Years Later

Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Bans Most Social Media for Kids

How to watch UFC Fight Night Adesanya vs Pyfer live this Saturday

‘Steel Ball Run’ Will Return This Year…Eventually

‘The Mummy 4’ Is Getting the Family Back Together

JD Vance Says UFOs Are Actually Demons

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

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