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What if Game of Thrones characters had Dungeons & Dragons alignments?

As any Dungeons & Dragons player knows, it’s crucial that a new character’s ethical alignment be established before entering into a campaign. It’s a kind of moral compass that guides each player through the game. So how cool would it be to assign these same kind of alignments to the characters of Game of Thrones?…

Television George Dvorsky

Why Invader Zim‘s GIR should be your favorite robot sidekick

Science fiction has portrayed its fair share of glitchy and bumbling robots over the years, but none hold a candle to Invader Zim’s GIR. Quite possibly the most erratic and unhelpful robot to ever hit the screen, GIR has become one the most loved and oft-quoted characters to appear in a sci-fi cartoon in years.…

Television George Dvorsky

NBC’s “Free” Olympics Livestream Is Misleading and a Bummer

The ad for the NBC Olympics Live Extra service is so awesome it turns me on. 3500 live hours of sports online or on my tablet or smartphone? Incredible! But like a clever temptress, NBC neglects to mention one thing: Unlike primetime NBC, NBC Olympics Live Extra isn’t free. Remember how excited we got right…

Television Mario Aguilar

What’s in store for Black Widow after The Avengers? Plus Peter Jackson defends his The Hobbit footage!

Marvel Studios head honcho drops some more hints about various Avengers’ futures — including two missing mutants. Get the lowdown on the first footage from Tom Cruise’s Oblivion. Plus tons of Battleship clips, and the first footage from Futurama’s new season! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from The Hobbit. The Avengers Here’s a…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Sony Stalls Its Streaming TV Service Because Cable Controls Data

Sony finally confirmed that it’s working on a broadband TV service to compete with the reviled cable companies. Great! Except that the project is on hold over concerns about cable companies, data caps, and net neutrality. That means fewer choices for you and more power to big cable. Sony’s service was rumored to be a…

Television Mario Aguilar

Jimmy Kimmel Makes Fun of How Barbara Walters Says “Tweet,” Babs Strikes Back

As host of this year’s White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Jimmy Kimmel did not hold back at zinging celebrities and politicians alike. Most were able to brush of Kimmel’s digs, but one Barbara Walters was unabashedly unamused at a joke aimed at her phonetic tendencies. Come on, Barbara, it’s all in good fun! [Jimmy Kimmel Live]

Television Michael Hession

Once Upon A Time finds its heart in the utterly disturbing CG face of Pinocchio

Once Upon A Time has finally found its sweet spot, yanking on the easy-to-reach heart stings of America. And not a moment too soon — we were one more CG cricket away from walking away from this series forever. But now it’s back, and doling out the schmaltz with horrifying wooden boys and fairies in…

Television Meredith Woerner

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus might actually get an R rating!

A major question surrounding Prometheus is how it could live up to the intensity of the original Alien — while still getting that all-important PG-13 rating. But now, the head of Fox revealed he won’t compromise the movie for the sake of hitting the PG-13 mark. Plus an original Trek star might be in the…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Dalek mysteriously materializes atop MIT computer science building

After CalTech pranksters adorned MIT with a runaway TARDIS a while back, it was only inevitable the Daleks would show up. And appear they did last week, atop MIT’s Stata Center — a lightning rod for pranks — which houses the university’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Check out the below photos to see…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

Holy Crap MacGyver’s Floating House Is For Sale!

At the beginning of MacGyver season 3, Angus MacGyver moves into a floating house. Twenty-five years later your can move in to the very same home because it’s up for sale. Time to get your eBay bidding skills on. According to the listing, the 1200-square-foot floating home currently resides on the Fraser River in British…

Television Mario Aguilar

Panasonic Steals Crown for Giant 8k TV That Will Melt Your Face

We thought Sharp’s eye-skewering, 85-inch 8k TV ad CES was an act of Zeus. It literally made us nauseous, it looked so good. But that’s nothing, as of right now: Panasonic just dropped a 145-inch 7,680 x 4,320 mega-set. https://gizmodo.com/sharps-8k-tv-is-like-standing-in-the-presence-of-a-wrat-5875261 The plasma set is a prototype, of course, and the 8k technology itself is still…

Television Sam Biddle

Brand new videos for Amazing Spider-Man, Brave and Snow White and the Huntsman!

See a video of The Amazing Spider-Man’s mechanical web-shooters in action. Find out which queen we’ll be meeting on Doctor Who this year. And learn which show is casting Chloe Sevigny as a character named “Shelly the Nymphomaniac.” Plus celebrate the Fringe Season five renewal with spoilers! Speaking of which, spoilers below… Top image from…

Television Michael Ann Dobbs

Fringe gets a fifth and final season

We’ll get to see the final chapter of the saga of Walter, Walternate and the Observers after all. Fringe has been renewed for an astounding fifth season of 13 episodes — just enough to bring the show up to 100 episodes. Says Fox’s Kevin Reilly: Fringe is a remarkably creative series that has set the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Watching 56 Star Trek episodes all at once is strangely hypnotic

It turns out that watching the first two seasons of original Star Trek all at once is kind of addictive. Really, try it. You won’t be able to look away. It’s something about the way the theme tune comes on pane by pane, in staggered increments, so that the soaring opera wail appears over and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Star Trek is where your favorite creators went to grad school

It’s been seven years since Star Trek went off television, but the Star Trek alumni still own your television screens. If there’s a television show rocking your world or challenging your preconceptions, chances are there’s a former Trek producer in the mix somewhere. Or someone who learned from a Trek producer. This is why we’re…

Television Charlie Jane Anders and Ben Vrignon

A Hobbit Guest Star Confirmed. Plus Who Won’t Return in Iron Man 3 and Doctor Who season 7!

Robert Downey Jr. explains how The Avengers fits in thematically with the Iron Man solo films… and drops some Sherlock Holmes 3 hints. Chris Pine tells us what to expect from Star Trek 2, and hints he might star in a most unlikely genre film. There are huge hints for Iron Man 3 and The…

Television Michael Ann Dobbs

This is what a TARDIS dildo looks like

Ok, we gotta hand it to the creators of this Doctor Who dildo — it’s pretty clever. Bear in mind, we’ve seen a lot of miserable dildos (hello sparkle vampire cock). And this still might be one of the weirdest yet. https://gizmodo.com/twilight-inspired-sparkle-sex-toy-heralds-the-coming-ap-5344802 Officially called “The TARDIS Ticker,” this toy shows that people are thinking outside…

Television Meredith Woerner

How Syfy Will Bring Science Fiction Back to Television

Is Syfy getting back to its science fiction roots? Last night the channel debuted their new slate of original scripted programming for their yearly upfront presentation. What they promised was a surprising break from their current line-up of magical dramas and charmed artifact programming. Instead, we were teased with potential shows about time travel, lunar…

Television Meredith Woerner

Major New Developments for Amazing Spider-Man 2, Iron Man 3 and Catching Fire!

Today we learn who Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk is really based on, Samuel L. Jackson makes us laugh and Stretch Armstrong gets gritty. Sansa Stark talks about her first day on set and Vampire Diaries new tagline raises questions. Spoilers beyond this point! Top image from The Dark Knight Rises. Avengers The Avengers’ publicity juggernaut won’t…

Television Michael Ann Dobbs

Eureka finally does something genuinely shocking

There are many reasons to love Eureka, but massive plot twists aren’t usually among them. Well, the end of last night’s episode definitely qualified, as our heroes tried to figure out the dangerous secrets of virtual reality. Major spoilers ahead! While last week’s episode restricted itself solely to the Astraeus crew’s computer-simulated prison, “The Real…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

What if Game of Thrones characters had Dungeons & Dragons alignments?

Why Invader Zim‘s GIR should be your favorite robot sidekick

NBC’s “Free” Olympics Livestream Is Misleading and a Bummer

What’s in store for Black Widow after The Avengers? Plus Peter Jackson defends his The Hobbit footage!

Sony Stalls Its Streaming TV Service Because Cable Controls Data

Jimmy Kimmel Makes Fun of How Barbara Walters Says “Tweet,” Babs Strikes Back

Once Upon A Time finds its heart in the utterly disturbing CG face of Pinocchio

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus might actually get an R rating!

Dalek mysteriously materializes atop MIT computer science building

Holy Crap MacGyver’s Floating House Is For Sale!

Panasonic Steals Crown for Giant 8k TV That Will Melt Your Face

Brand new videos for Amazing Spider-Man, Brave and Snow White and the Huntsman!

Fringe gets a fifth and final season

Watching 56 Star Trek episodes all at once is strangely hypnotic

Star Trek is where your favorite creators went to grad school

A Hobbit Guest Star Confirmed. Plus Who Won’t Return in Iron Man 3 and Doctor Who season 7!

This is what a TARDIS dildo looks like

How Syfy Will Bring Science Fiction Back to Television

Major New Developments for Amazing Spider-Man 2, Iron Man 3 and Catching Fire!

Eureka finally does something genuinely shocking

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