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The Prisoner May Be The One Scifi Show Worth Remaking

Before there was Lost’s Dharma Initiative there was The Village from the trippy/paranoid 1960s TV series The Prisoner. And now a six-part miniseries is in the works remaking this spy-trapped-in-paradise show, starring Jim “Jesus” Caviezel as Number 6 and Ian McKellen as his main adversary, Number 2. More details about the future fantasy Prisoner after…

io9 Meredith Woerner

EVE Online Goes To War

The uneasy peace shared by four massive galactic empires has shattered as the EVE Online MMORPG enters a new era of conflict. Corporations, mercenary groups and freelancers are joining faction militias and star systems have turned into battlegrounds with the release of Empyrean Age, the latest EVE expansion. Battles won and lost by the game’s…

io9 Ed Grabianowski

New Heroes Babe Is One of Us

With only three months between us and the start of a new season of Heroes, the hype machine is ratcheting up to try and remind us just why we should care about NBC’s superhuman soap one more time. So far, its phasers are set on “shallow,” and the message is this: “That new nemesis of…

Television Graeme McMillan

Farmers Put 220 Acres Under Glass to Create Vast Artificial Environment

On the chilly Isle of Thanet in Kent, England, farmers are placing 220 acres of land under glass so they can grow vegetables all year round. The greenhouse, when completed, will house 1.3 million plants and increase the UK’s crop of green vegetables by 15%. Called Thanet Earth, the project will be a series of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Robocop Is Back

MGM announced its intentions to resurrect the Robocop franchise earlier this year, but you know Hollywood, it’s all just meaningless backseat fellatio until we see the first promotion poster/they call us back about that role. And from the looks of it, Robocop isn’t losing the 80s style…but he is getting a red Cylon-eye makeover. Oohh,…

Movies Mark Wilson

What The Hulk Did Next… In Space

Sure, everyone’s all excited about the new Incredible Hulk movie – well, aside from the killjoys who want to point out that it’s not scientifically possible – but what about the people who’d rather see Bruce Banner’s Mean Green alter-ego get into some gladitorial action in deep space without paying $40 for the Planet Hulk…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Why Is Optimus Prime Getting Religion?

Spoiler alert: A new Hancock clip reveals the movie’s final big twist, and a ton of new Hulk clips show exactly what Liv Tyler is doing in this movie. A new Dark Knight TV spot reveals that… ummm, the Joker is weird, I guess. And a new Doctor Who clip is just plain intriguing. There…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

I Hate It When I Go On a Date and De-Evolve Into Homo Erectus

Poor William Hurt. Although he looks young and tasty and naked in Altered States (1980), he has a big problem. After chowing down on mega-hallucinogens and sitting in a sensory deprivation tank for hours on end, he starts de-evolving into a more primitive form of homo sapiens after boning some nice student in one of…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Did Brainiac Create Superman?

Brainiac and his city-shrinking ways are back in Action Comics with his own five-issue arc, courtesy of writer Geoff Johns. So what’s going to happen in the first issue, and what type of Brainiac are we going to see? Comic Mix interviewed with Johns and he let slip that Brainiac may have more to do…

io9 Meredith Woerner

See Robots Dance and Kill This Weekend

It’s time once again for the inimitable RoboGames in San Francisco. This weekend, June 13-15, you can pack the bots in your hovercar, zoom out to the west coast of the United States, and spend 3 action-packed days ringside while robots small, medium, and sumo-sized beat the crap out of each other with saws, fire,…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Space Madness Strikes Security Guard

A painting of space, based on satellite imagery, freaked out a museum security guard so much, he slashed it and ruined it. Vija Celmins’ painting may be called “Night Sky #2,” but it depicts empty space, with no view of the ground or any other reference point, and it’s based on images from space. Carnegie…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

New Star Wars: Clone Wars Trailer For The Ladies

The new Star Wars: The Clone Wars trailer is a slow burn, but reveals a few close calls with our beloved Jedi women. The new Jedi apprentice, Ahsoka, looks beat and her master Anakin is worried. She’s too cute not to get hurt in this war, especially with the square chinned CGI Anakin as her…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Find an io9 Movie Gang: Want to See Hulk This Weekend?

Want to see The Incredible Hulk during opening weekend, but need some people to sympathize with your fannish excitement/pain over the Big Green Guy? We’re testing out a crude new social networking method by offering you this thread to make plans with other io9ers in your town who are going to see Hulk this weekend…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Captain America Disses The Hulk!

Wondering what happened to the Captain America cameo we were promised in The Incredible Hulk? It’s gone, thanks to Marvel’s busy editing scissors. You may also notice some key scenes that were in the movie’s own trailers don’t show up in the theatrical release. Marvel cut a full 70 minutes of agonizing Bruce Banner guilt…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Top Ten Most Realistic Planets in Science Fiction

One of the worst examples of unrealistic science in movies is the overly simple alien planet. Oftentimes, our heroes will visit the desert planet, or the Irish planet. But the best extraterrestrial worlds in science fiction are the ones with variety and a realistic ecosystem. They have cities as well as countryside, and a range…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Zanak

The main thing we learn about Zanak (from Doctor Who’s The Pirate Planet) is that it goes where you want it to, thanks to giant teleportation engines and a hollowed-out core. But actually, when the Doctor takes to the skies and zooms over the planet’s surface, we see a fair amount of different scenery, including…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Camazotz

Of all the planets in this survey, Camazotz is the most similar to Earth. It even has Earth trees, like maples, pines and birches. But it’s also the least varied — but only because the disembodied brain called IT has enforced super-conformity, in A Wrinkle In Time. Which could have its good points: just put…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Vulcan

It’s Spock’s crib, and who doesn’t want to hang out with Spock? True, a lot of the land is dangerous and a little unfriendly but the good Vulcans are smarter than you and have built glorious cities, with a very unique architectural style, and forested wildlife preserves for you to play in. All nearby provinces…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Meet Some Rebooted and New io9ers

Things are always changing here at io9, especially since we got those awesome new biosynth vats. Now that I’m done making glowing kitties with wings, I’d like to introduce some new staffers too. First of all, we have upgraded Graeme McMillan’s brain implant and turned him into a full-time editor. He’ll start his duties as…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Naboo

I could deal with the annoying Gungan neighbors if I could get to visit a landscape like the Naboo falls. The city is gorgeous and so are the lake vacation spots. Naboo would be my number one choice for a planet home away from home. And more importantly, just one visit to Naboo reveals a…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The Prisoner May Be The One Scifi Show Worth Remaking

EVE Online Goes To War

New Heroes Babe Is One of Us

Farmers Put 220 Acres Under Glass to Create Vast Artificial Environment

Robocop Is Back

What The Hulk Did Next… In Space

Why Is Optimus Prime Getting Religion?

I Hate It When I Go On a Date and De-Evolve Into Homo Erectus

Did Brainiac Create Superman?

See Robots Dance and Kill This Weekend

Space Madness Strikes Security Guard

New Star Wars: Clone Wars Trailer For The Ladies

Find an io9 Movie Gang: Want to See Hulk This Weekend?

Captain America Disses The Hulk!

Top Ten Most Realistic Planets in Science Fiction

Zanak

Camazotz

Vulcan

Meet Some Rebooted and New io9ers

Naboo

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