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Even Neo-Nazis Are Surprised by Trump’s Latest Charlottesville Comments [Updated]

Since the deadly gathering in Charlottesville, where torch-wielding neo-Nazis faced off against counter-protesters, the president has pinned blame for the bloodshed on “many sides.” During a press conference on Tuesday, Trump drew false equivalence between a non-existent “alt-left” and the pathetic aberrations who terrified a city, senselessly beat a man in a parking garage, and…

Tech News Avery Ellis Aug 15 '17

One of the Most Puzzling Dinosaurs Ever Discovered Just Got a Major Rebrand

Paleontologists uncovered a strange new dinosaur a few years ago—a crazy, patchwork quilt of a creature dubbed Chilesaurus diegosuarezi. Its bizarre and often conflicting characteristics defied classification, forcing scientists to make an educated guess about its place on the dino family tree. New research suggests the initial attempt to classify Chilesaurus was wrong, and that…

Tech News George Dvorsky Aug 15 '17

The Creator of Dear White People Is Making A ‘Horror Satire’ Called Bad Hair

Director Justin Simien made a name for himself in 2014 with Dear White People, a comedy-drama tackling the often-fraught landscape of race relations on predominantly white college campuses. Simien’s since adapted the film into a Netflix series, and now he’s working on horror project called Bad Hair. According to Deadline, Simien is partnering with the…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Aug 15 '17

This Lincoln Memorial Graffiti Is Either Islamaphobic, Anti-Police, or Total Nonsense

Around 4:30am Tuesday morning, officials discovered that the Lincoln Memorial had been vandalized with red spray paint. What the hastily scrawled message actually says, however, has become the subject of fierce online debate. The National Park Service told reporters today that they are working to remove the graffiti, which they believe says “[expletive] law.” Most…

Tech News Jennings Brown Aug 15 '17

In This Art Show, Every Letter of the Alphabet Gets a Hilarious Pop Culture Print

Two artists have teamed up for a 52-piece art show that gives each letter of the alphabet a pop culture twist. Figuring out what’s depicted in each piece is only half the fun. “Alphabitz” is a two-man show by Tom Whalen and Dave Perillo, opening Friday, August 18 at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, CA.…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 15 '17

President Trump on Murder at White Supremacist Rally: ‘I Think There’s Blame on Both Sides’

Speaking to a room of stunned reporters on Tuesday, President Trump doubled down on his belief that the violence in Charlottesville this weekend was as much the responsibility of the “alt left” as neo-Nazis. Point for point, Trump repeated popular alt-right and far right talking points on the events, equating anti-fascist counter-protestors with the neo-Nazis…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Aug 15 '17

MoviePass’ New Unlimited Movies in Theaters Deal Sounds Amazing—But There’s a Catch

What is the sweet spot for getting people to join a movie theater ticket subscription service? For six years, MoviePass has struggled to answer that question and now, under former Netflix exec Mitch Lowe, it’s introducing a radical plan: Selling customers’ data and charging $10 a month for all the silver screen action you can…

Tech News Rhett Jones Aug 15 '17

Get a Look at the Special Effects Work That Went Into Alien: Covenant

Alien: Covenant may not have been the movie that everyone wanted but, at the very least, Ridley Scott kept up his long tradition of working with practical effects. A new, behind-the-scenes featurette shows part of the process for making the ooey-gooey xenomorph eggs in Alien: Covenant. The video below shows creature effects supervisor Adam Johansen…

io9 Evan Narcisse Aug 15 '17

Sounds Like a ‘Twisted and Dark’ Gremlins 3 Might Actually Happen

The idea of a third Gremlins film isn’t something people are begging for—but with the right idea and people behind it, we’d probably all show up anyway. Speaking to /Film, the writer of the original film, Chris Columbus, revealed he’s written a script for a third installment in the series, one that he’s proud of…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 15 '17

Shrek Footage Perfectly Synced With the Thor: Ragnarok Trailer Will Break Your Mind

Full disclosure: I’ve had a fair amount of cold medication today. But this mashup a) works far better than it has any right to; and b) Donkey as Loki may have actually caused me to get sicker when the shock destroyed my immune system. This… thing, which must have sprung from nothing more than the…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Aug 15 '17

In Batman: Creature of the Night, an Orphaned Boy Dreams of Becoming the Dark Knight

Batman’s origin story exists in something of an odd place within the grand comic book canon. It’s a tale we all know the general details and various specifics of. But writers seldom spend time on the timeframe of Bruce Wayne’s life as a young, newly orphaned kid. While we know that witnessing his parents’ murder…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Aug 15 '17

The Future of Politics Is Devastatingly Bleak in This Excerpt From Malka Older’s Infomocracy Sequel

Last year, Malka Older released Infomocracy, a scifi thriller about a world without nations where global elections are controlled by a powerful search engine called Information. In the aftermath of that election, the story continues with sequel Null States—and we’ve got an exclusive excerpt to share. When she’s not penning critically acclaimed novels, Older is…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Aug 15 '17

Yup, This Is Exactly the Blueprint for a Blockbuster Movie Trailer

Ever get the sense that every trailer you see is the same? At least the trailers for big budget, visual effects heavy Hollywood blockbusters? Well, the Auralnauts have put those tropes all together…into a trailer. At first, watching this video I was only mildly into it. But then the cover of “You Spin Me Round”…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 15 '17

Unintended Experiment Tracks a Solar Eruption to the Outer Reaches of the Solar System

On October 14, 2014, our Sun let out a great big burp, a coronal mass ejection that swept through the Solar System at an incredibly fortuitous angle. Several spacecraft (and one intrepid Martian rover) detected the solar blast, resulting in an unprecedented experiment that stretched all the way from Venus to outer reaches of the…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Aug 15 '17

Why I’m Excited to See What the New Batman Video Game Does With One Particular Villain

Telltale Games’ ongoing creation of its own unique Dark Knight continuity—which began with last year’s Batman: The Telltale Series—has been fascinating to play through. The changes made to the people in Bruce Wayne’s double life have been surprisingly dramatic and the best one may be yet to come. Released last week, the first episode of…

io9 Evan Narcisse Aug 15 '17

Here’s What the Stranger Things Creators Still Can’t Believe They Got Away With

Though it easily could have become an overly-reverential love letter to ‘80s movies, the Duffer brothers, who co-created Stranger Things, took special care to strike a balance between nostalgic dreaminess for the past and a sharp, novel take the various genres the series was clearly influenced by. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter,…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Aug 15 '17

Here Are the Messages NASA Should Not Beam Into Deep Space

NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is one of the universe’s only unproblematic faves. For over 39 years, it’s been cruising along in space, flying by Saturn and the Kuiper Belt, doing nothing but beaming back beautiful photos and scientific research. Now, the intrepid spacecraft—skirting serenely in interstellar space—is being bombarded with requests for nudes, the pee…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta Aug 15 '17

The UK Wants You to Know They Can See the Eclipse, Too

Eclipse fever is raging across the United States. Eclipse glasses and hotel rooms are selling out. Seemingly every university in the country has issued a press release in case I had somehow forgotten that, despite happening fairly regularly somewhere on Earth, this time the Moon is going to block out the sun in AMERICA. Not…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 15 '17

I Survived a Trip Through the Neibolt Street House From Stephen King’s It

Hollywood and Vine is one of the most famous intersections in the world. It’s a place packed with crazy Los Angeles characters, but even Hollywood and Vine doesn’t feel ready for Pennywise. From now until September 10, the corner sports a terrifying addition: the Neibolt Street house from It. Based on the popular novel by…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 15 '17

Uber Agrees to Years of Audits to Settle Claim It Lied About Privacy Protections

Uber has agreed to implement a “comprehensive privacy program” as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which alleged that the ride-hailing company stored data in an unsecured cloud service and didn’t monitor how often its employees looked at user data. The FTC’s complaint stems from activity at Uber in 2014, when employees…

Privacy & Security Kate Conger Aug 15 '17

Even Neo-Nazis Are Surprised by Trump’s Latest Charlottesville Comments [Updated]

One of the Most Puzzling Dinosaurs Ever Discovered Just Got a Major Rebrand

The Creator of Dear White People Is Making A ‘Horror Satire’ Called Bad Hair

This Lincoln Memorial Graffiti Is Either Islamaphobic, Anti-Police, or Total Nonsense

In This Art Show, Every Letter of the Alphabet Gets a Hilarious Pop Culture Print

President Trump on Murder at White Supremacist Rally: ‘I Think There’s Blame on Both Sides’

MoviePass’ New Unlimited Movies in Theaters Deal Sounds Amazing—But There’s a Catch

Get a Look at the Special Effects Work That Went Into Alien: Covenant

Sounds Like a ‘Twisted and Dark’ Gremlins 3 Might Actually Happen

Shrek Footage Perfectly Synced With the Thor: Ragnarok Trailer Will Break Your Mind

In Batman: Creature of the Night, an Orphaned Boy Dreams of Becoming the Dark Knight

The Future of Politics Is Devastatingly Bleak in This Excerpt From Malka Older’s Infomocracy Sequel

Yup, This Is Exactly the Blueprint for a Blockbuster Movie Trailer

Unintended Experiment Tracks a Solar Eruption to the Outer Reaches of the Solar System

Why I’m Excited to See What the New Batman Video Game Does With One Particular Villain

Here’s What the Stranger Things Creators Still Can’t Believe They Got Away With

Here Are the Messages NASA Should Not Beam Into Deep Space

The UK Wants You to Know They Can See the Eclipse, Too

I Survived a Trip Through the Neibolt Street House From Stephen King’s It

Uber Agrees to Years of Audits to Settle Claim It Lied About Privacy Protections

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