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Hugging Children Equals Death In Pulse 2 Clip

It’s like I’ve always said — kids are no good, and they only lead to trouble, especially in horror movies. Case in point: this poor computer ghost from Pulse 2 (the direct to DVD sequel to Pulse) just wants to reach out and hug her kiddies, and what does the child do? Cause her to…

io9 Meredith Woerner

First Look at the Poster for the Movie Version of Neuromancer

We’ve all been dubious about the idea that anybody could make William Gibson’s classic cyberpunk novel Neuromancer into a movie, but this poster gives me hope. I love the abstract, steampunk-meets-dada look of it. Maybe director Joseph Kahn will give us an extraordinary new vision of the book, which captures both its hard science edge…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Is The Dark Knight Bigger Than Star Wars?

Click to viewThe answer seems to be yes. On Wednesday, Christopher Nolan’s latest Batpic had made $342 million at the US box office in just 13 days, against Star Wars’ total domestic take of $461 million. And that figure includes the various re-releases for George Lucas’ franchise launcher. But is everyone getting carried away with…

Movies Graeme McMillan

What The Best-Dressed Starfleet Officers Will Be Wearing Next Year

Anything can be a spoiler, it seems – even clothing. A new report gives details on the Starfleet uniforms in the new Star Trek movie, including some shocking miniskirt news. Also, you can take in key plot points (and form snap judgments) for Death Race, Disaster Movie and Chuck season two by watching some new…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

First Pics of LG Netflix Blu-ray BD300 Player

LG’s Netflix-streaming, Blu-ray 2.0 playing BD300 made its public debut tonight, and we’re impressed. The box is slim and it won’t take up more space on your shelf than any other player. An LG exec confirmed a September launch for the sub-$500 player, so check out the gallery and start lickin’ your chops. [LG]

Movies Benny Goldman

First Videos of the Life We Found on Mars

If news of the water ice on Mars has got you excited to discover alien life, you’re in luck. Doctor Who has already discovered life on Mars for you, in the form of the whispery, strange-assed Ice Warriors. They only made appearances in a handful of episodes, mostly in the 1960s and early 70s. But…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Put Your Tah Tahs To Work Saving The Planet

In a truly WTF moment, Frank Miller’s superhero movie The Spirit has launched an online campaign to save the planet. Using the Spirit’s biggest weapon, Scarlett Johansson’s breasts, the official site for the upcoming movie now hosts a laundry list of “heroic” things you can do to clean up this town – for example, “utilize…

io9 Meredith Woerner

A Giant Robot Surveys Our Postapocalyptic World

I love the post-apocalyptic ruined look of this giant robot, made out of electronic junk parts. The WEEE-Man is made out of ten kinds of waste electrical and electronic components — the exact amount most of us throw out in our lifetimes — and he stands 7 meters tall, on a steel tripodic framework. But…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Resident Evil Director Confirms Army Of Alices In Resident Evil 4

While doing press for his latest movie Death Race, Paul W.S. Anderson took some time to address one of the most pressing issues of our time: the fourth Resident Evil movie. Would the army of cloned Alices from the end of RE3 appear in the sequel? After much prodding, io9 got Anderson to at least…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Larry Townsend, R.I.P.

We were saddened to hear of the passing of science fiction pioneer Larry Townsend, who helped to invent the queer erotic SF subgenre with his 2069 trilogy in the late 1960s. His most recent book, The Time Masters, is a erotic novel that includes aliens who want to save the Earth from destruction, and a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Every Ultraman You’ve Ever Loved, United At Last

We’ve been waiting for the 1960s Tokyo TV show Ultraman to become a big-screen movie for ages, and finally the Science Special Search Party is reactivating. And thank goodness, the new version is still stuffed to the brim with fantastic kaiju characters. But that’s not even the best part: Ultra 2008 hasn’t contracted Hollywood’s raging…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Yes, There Is Water on Mars — But You Can’t Drink It

Click to viewThough NASA has been reporting for years that there is water ice on Mars, today the US space agency held a press conference to announce definitively that the Phoenix Lander has found traces of water ice on the red planet. As Phil Plait over at Bad Astronomy points out, today’s announcement was really…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Do We Really Need To Know More About Dr. Evil’s Inner Humanity?

Click to viewMike Myers has taken the wrong lesson from The Love Guru’s failure to attain box-office Nirvana: he’s going back to his only non-animated vehicle that still runs. Myers is hard at work on the script for Austin Powers 4… but it gets worse. It’s going to be autobiograhical. Sources told Deadline Hollywood Daily’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Can A Robot, A Superhero And Satan Save The World?

A new play opening in Seattle, Interlace [Falling Star], dares to ask the hard science fictional questions. Like, what do you do when you wake up inside an unending tower with no memory, and the world is about to end? The play follows a young lass stripped of her memory who wakes up in the…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Nobody Want Hulk’s Nose? (Sniff)

What kind of a world is this? Tobey Maguire’s mask from Spider-Man is valued at $55,000 in an auction of superhero props. Ben Affleck’s entire costume from the wretched Daredevil could pull in up to $70,000. But the prosthetic nose that Lou Ferrigno wore every week as the Hulk is valued at between $300 and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

What Should the “I Am Legend” Prequel Be About?

After the tremendous success of I Am Legend, starring Will Smith as a scientist in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-plague-ravaged New York, Warners is going to follow up with a prequel. Director Francis Lawrence confirmed to Shock Til You Drop that the movie would star Smith, and would take place before the rise of the plague that…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Splashdown with G.I. Joe in 1965

G.I. Joe’s 2001-esque trip into space was not his first time in orbit (though it was his first visit to space with lifelike hair). Back in 1965, Joe, wrapped in a foil suit, rode a Mercury capsule into imaginary outer space. Because the capsule floated, realistic splashdowns could be accomplished—as long as you could talk…

io9 Lynn Peril

Gretchen Mol Will Whip “Life On Mars” Into Shape

One of the most frustrating things about the original American pilot for the remake of British time-travel show Life On Mars was the character of detective Annie Cartwright. As played by Rachelle Lefevre, Annie had none of the nervous energy of her British counterpart, a woman trying to prove herself as a police officer in…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Tr2n’s Master Control Program Ditches Original Scribe

Steve Lisberger, who wrote the original Tron, has been working on a sequel script for five years – to no avail. Pixar/Disney animation head John Lasseter, who’s heading up the Tron sequel, has decided to go forward without Lisberger. But Lasseter’s new choice to steer the sequel’s light cycles has us suddenly optimistic for another…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Padmé Wins as Best Star Wars Fan Film of the Year

George Lucas’ favorite fan films are parodies — he’s said in interviews that he thinks a good parody will often lead people back to the original story and turn them into fans. So it’s no surprise that Lucas picked a popular parody, Padmé, as the winner of this year’s Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge at…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Hugging Children Equals Death In Pulse 2 Clip

First Look at the Poster for the Movie Version of Neuromancer

Is The Dark Knight Bigger Than Star Wars?

What The Best-Dressed Starfleet Officers Will Be Wearing Next Year

First Pics of LG Netflix Blu-ray BD300 Player

First Videos of the Life We Found on Mars

Put Your Tah Tahs To Work Saving The Planet

A Giant Robot Surveys Our Postapocalyptic World

Resident Evil Director Confirms Army Of Alices In Resident Evil 4

Larry Townsend, R.I.P.

Every Ultraman You’ve Ever Loved, United At Last

Yes, There Is Water on Mars — But You Can’t Drink It

Do We Really Need To Know More About Dr. Evil’s Inner Humanity?

Can A Robot, A Superhero And Satan Save The World?

Nobody Want Hulk’s Nose? (Sniff)

What Should the “I Am Legend” Prequel Be About?

Splashdown with G.I. Joe in 1965

Gretchen Mol Will Whip “Life On Mars” Into Shape

Tr2n’s Master Control Program Ditches Original Scribe

Padmé Wins as Best Star Wars Fan Film of the Year

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National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

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DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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