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Is Danny McBride’s “Your Highness” the new Army of Darkness?

For everyone waiting for an R-rated Labyrinth, your time has come. We just saw the first footage of the profanity-laced fantasy epic Your Highness. It was pretty funny. And, if nothing else, it’s got Natalie Portman in a golden thong. James Franco and Danny McBride play a pair of bumbling knights, sent on a quest…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 9 '10

Robot Chicken is bringing an Avatar slow jam and a full hour of new Star Wars awesomeness

Seth Green and company previewed next season, teasing more Star Wars silliness than ever before, Avatar’s N’avi love-making music, how they’ll rip into Twilight, their epic Lord of the Rings sketches, and Batman finally beating the Joker to death. Their third Star Wars special will be their biggest and most ambitious yet. After two half-hour…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Oct 9 '10

In “Jim,” one man’s middle-class misery catalyzes the clone apocalypse

The indie flick Jim pinballs between two unlikely, intertwined storylines: a depressed man in the present contemplates suicide, and a clone child gains sentience in a far-off dystopian future. While this dual plot is promising, it ultimately doesn’t coalesce. This review contains some spoilers. This isn’t to say that director/writer Jeremy Morris-Burke’s Jim isn’t intriguing…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 9 '10

The Best TV on the Web This Week

There’s something for everybody this week. From Scare Tactics and Kurt and Courtney to the return of Ask A Ninja, Web TV is crawling with some incredibly fresh finds. TV SHOWS Scare Tactics: Brought to you by Syfy, Scare Tactics is a lot like MTV’s Punk’d, but scarier. 30 Rock’s Tracy Morgan hosts the show…

Television Christina Bonnington Oct 9 '10

How to learn from Tolkien without flat-out copying him: Top fantasy writers speak!

The house was packed last night for NYCC’s fantasy writers panel, where fan favorites like Naomi Novik and Jim Butcher spoke about their influences, and whether fantasy writers are still knocking off Tolkien. The crowd at the fantasy writers panel was far too big for the space allotted. That’s not surprising, considering that Jim Butcher…

io9 Kelly Faircloth Oct 9 '10

Drill Reaches Chilean Miners, Dangerous Phase Of Rescue Effort Begins

After 66 days, the drill has finally reached the 33 Chilean miners trapped half a mile underneath the ground. If all goes well, the miners will be lifted out in a few days. This next phase of the rescue effort will actually be the most dangerous. Since the rescue shaft is only a little bit…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 9 '10

Second-Class Citizens of the Zombie Apocalypse

Despite its title, The Zombie Hunters isn’t really about a group of anti-zombie headbashers. Rather, it’s about a post-apocalyptic salvage team living with the stigma of being infected with the zombie virus. The Zombie Hunters is another webcomic from our “Eight Horror Webcomics to Read in the Dark.” https://gizmodo.com/eight-horror-webcomics-to-read-in-the-dark-5377386 You know how this goes. A…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 9 '10

The Yellow Pages Finally Have A Purpose: They Can Be Used To Build Houses

We think the Yellow Pages are useless and should go die already. But maybe not! A resourceful architect managed to build a shed using just yellow pages. Perhaps those tree killing monstrosities can be reborn as paper bricks. https://gizmodo.com/hey-yellow-pages-its-time-for-you-to-die-5567375 There’s about 7,000 phone books lining the walls of the shed and those pages of numbers…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 9 '10

Behind the Chicken Goop: The Truth and Science of Chicken Nuggets

The twisting pink mass that looks like frozen yogurt infected with ectoplasm might look disgusting. It might be mechanically separated chicken, chicken nuggets in their primordial form. And it is perfectly okay to eat. The goop freaked people out, not only because it looks weird, but because of the description that came along with it:…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 9 '10

Macbook Woodgrain Covers Are Almost Perfect

Ah, why does wood look so good on modern gadgets? These Macbook woodgrain covers mimic the wonderfully warm look of wood. They’re only 10 bucks on Etsy. It’d be a perfect macbook cover if they were made from real wood, like these, but for only 10 dollars, I can’t complain. [Etsy via Design Boom]

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 9 '10

Anyone Can Have A Digitally Enhanced Body Now

Click to view If you dislike the way you look on video, a new kind of image-manipulation software could make you feel better about yourself. Developed by Christian Theobalt of the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, Germany, and colleagues, it allows professional and amateur movie-makers to dramatically alter how muscular, leggy or heavy…

Movies Shanta Barley - New Scientist Oct 9 '10

Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods explains the method behind the magic

Sure, the new documentary Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods has scenes detailing the comic author’s experiences with spellcasting, psychedelics, and alien abduction. But essentially it’s about a quite ordinary fellow who wanted to make comics…and succeeded like a madman. Patrick Meaney’s documentary of Morrison, which debuted yesterday in San Francisco and opens in New York…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Oct 9 '10

Calvin and Hobbes enter the Twilight Zone

The always awesome Super Punch recently ended its Calvin and Hobbes art contest, which attracted plenty of hilarious and heartwarming artwork. And the winners offer Calvinish takes on Batman, Spider-Man, and The Twilight Zone. Each month, Super Punch holds an art contest on a different theme. For September, the theme was Bill Watterson’s Calvin and…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 9 '10

Bored? Lonely? Come To #Whitenoise Right Now!

It’s late night and you’re bored, lonely, or in need of some conversation? Head over to #whitenoise and enjoy a few laughs with the folks there. Go on, check it out. I promise you’ll have some fun.* *If you don’t wind up having fun then go review our commenting guide and then revisit #whitenoise. If…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 9 '10

Your Batteries Could Take Down A Plane

Ready for mass hysteria? Apparently the FAA has acknowledged that airplane cargo holds can get hot enough to cause lithium batteries to ignite. And there’s more! There was a large quantity of such batteries on a plane that crashed recently: The Federal Aviation Administration also acknowledged publicly for the first time Friday that a United…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 9 '10

T3 Scooters and the Cops Who Love Them

The next time you ride NYC subway, you might notice an officer mounting one of four brand new T3 scooters. But the NYPD aren’t nearly the first cops to show off their sweet three-wheelers. Thank goodness. Hoover, Alabama Police Department Likes: Soundtrack; scooting in formation; raw speed. Dislikes: Shopping mall location limited for stunts; gaudy…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 9 '10

Seals Are Helping Chart the Ocean Floor

What better way to learn about the ocean’s depths than plastering this contraption on a wild seal’s head? This guy and 56 of his friends are gathering information about the seafloor to help scientists model the ocean’s reaction to climate change. The 57 elephant seals, which have an electronic tag (which looks more like a…

Tech News Christina Bonnington Oct 9 '10

Art Sleeps With Tech and Makes Some Bizarre Babies

This weekend marks the celebration of the Vimeo Festival + Awards, which brings together experts and achievers in online video. And, some pretty spectacular visual artists, merging DIY tech ingenuity with brilliant sculpture. And we’ve got the highlights below. The exhibit consisted mostly of students from NYU’s famed ITP program—whose awesomeness we’ve covered before—and made…

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 9 '10

The Most Beautiful Girl In The Lab

I once dated a guy who thought that quoting a Flight of the Conchords song was incredibly romantic. While I didn’t exactly agree, I certainly would’ve swooned over an extra geeky parody of the tune. Like this one. If you’re not familiar with the original song, you can watch it here. If you’re not familiar…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 8 '10

Watch the Sikorsky X2 Breaking the World’s Helicopter Speed Record

This video shows the Sikorsky X2 breaking the world’s helicopter speed record: 260 knots—that’s 299.2mph vs the 172mph of conventional helicopters. Bonus: The video shows their X2 Light Tactical Helicopter too. The X2 uses a single T800 engine to power both the rotors and the tail-mounted variable-pitch propeller, which provides forward thrust to enable the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 8 '10

Is Danny McBride’s “Your Highness” the new Army of Darkness?

Robot Chicken is bringing an Avatar slow jam and a full hour of new Star Wars awesomeness

In “Jim,” one man’s middle-class misery catalyzes the clone apocalypse

The Best TV on the Web This Week

How to learn from Tolkien without flat-out copying him: Top fantasy writers speak!

Drill Reaches Chilean Miners, Dangerous Phase Of Rescue Effort Begins

Second-Class Citizens of the Zombie Apocalypse

The Yellow Pages Finally Have A Purpose: They Can Be Used To Build Houses

Behind the Chicken Goop: The Truth and Science of Chicken Nuggets

Macbook Woodgrain Covers Are Almost Perfect

Anyone Can Have A Digitally Enhanced Body Now

Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods explains the method behind the magic

Calvin and Hobbes enter the Twilight Zone

Bored? Lonely? Come To #Whitenoise Right Now!

Your Batteries Could Take Down A Plane

T3 Scooters and the Cops Who Love Them

Seals Are Helping Chart the Ocean Floor

Art Sleeps With Tech and Makes Some Bizarre Babies

The Most Beautiful Girl In The Lab

Watch the Sikorsky X2 Breaking the World’s Helicopter Speed Record

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