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This is where Falling Skies starts to get really good

Falling Skies has shown tons of potential, and some fascinating story threads, ever since the post-apocalyptic alien occupation show started. But last night’s intense “Sanctuary Part 1” was the first time this show really felt like it delivered. All of a sudden, this feels more like a real knife’s-edge show about humans on the edge…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 18

Yee-Haw! Pew Pew! It’s the motherlode of Cowboys & Aliens stills!

We’ve got a giant heaping of Cowboys & Aliens stills for you fine cowpoke. Watch as “Cantankerous Land Owner” Harrison Ford steely-eyes the shit out of “The Man With The Black Hat,” Daniel Craig. So many cowboys! Not enough aliens — can’t wait until the big reveal on July 29th.

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 14

50 glorious screencaps from John Carter offer your first real look at the Tharks!

You’ve seen the amazing trailer for John Carter — now let’s pick apart this alien world, image by image. Stare into the eyes of the green alien beasts from Mars, meet the people of Barsoom and behold the teenaged Edgar Rice Burroughs! https://gizmodo.com/john-carter-trailer-rips-you-open-with-the-sword-of-mar-5821222 1866, the year Edgar Rice Burroughs discovers his “Uncle John Carter’s” journals.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 14

Hypsometry: Find out how high you are using only water and a thermometer

Say aliens have abducted you. After probing you for a while, they get bored and drop you off wherever they choose. You look around you and see nothing but forests and snow-capped mountain peaks. And the only instruments you have on you are your lucky lighter and a thermometer that they left in your .…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 13

This Harry Potter Crop Circle Maze Definitely Wasn’t Created By Aliens

Neither aliens nor goblins had a hand in creating this “maize maze” near York, England—the farmer “Top Pearsy” (that’s a name, yes) owned up and said he merely wanted to mark the ending of the Harry Potter moviethon. Thank god he didn’t carve the four Sex and the City women’s likenesses in his corn fields…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 13

Infographic lays out your chances of surviving an Alien vs. Predator film

Steven Taubman’s handy infographic breaks down your chances of survival should you be caught in the middle of an Alien Vs. Predator film (although I wouldn’t put a lot of stock in the “facehugger deflection via paper bag” technique). [Steven Taubman via Reddit]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 9

How Many of You Really Think There Are Aliens On Earth?

People love aliens. It’s a fact. But it’s one thing for them to be beyond the farthest reaches of the galaxy and another for them to live next door. So GOOD and Column Five Media created this graphic to illustrate just how many people believe aliens walk among us. According to a survey conducted by…

Tech News Kwame Opam Jul 9

Make your own Alien facehugger pillow

Instructables user Kaisei13 may have outdone the Tauntaun sleeping bag with these diabolical Alien slumber accoutrements. Who wants to tuck their kids into a xenobiological egg? https://gizmodo.com/have-sweet-dreams-resting-in-the-innards-of-your-own-ta-5194300 Explains Kaisei13: My daughter is obsessed with the AvP game. She has beat it at least 20 times and loves to run around the house hissing and trying…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jul 6

What’s the difference between slavery and symbiosis?

The most interesting part of Falling Skies, so far, is the relationship between the Skitters and the children they’ve taken captive. And the more we learn about the harnessed children, the more interesting they get. Just check out this utterly creeptastic scene, in which Ricky appears to choose slavery. (Which is several times more creepy…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 4

Concept art shows how Green Lantern’s Parallax could have looked cooler

Still disappointed by how Green Lantern brought the cosmic fear villain Parallax to life? Check out some early concept art from the film which shows a much more alien alien. Plus a Green Lantern costume that looks more like armor. What do you think: better, or worse? For even more GL concept art, head over…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 30

A chronicle of architecture from the lost civilization of Areth

Nobody is sure why the cities, farms, and remote monasteries of the Earthlike planet Areth were abandoned. But the Areth Research Commission is devoted to documenting what it can about Areth civilization, based on the architecture it left behind. With his online science fiction art book Areth: An Architectural Atlas, artist Adam Ryder has created…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jun 22

Help the search for extraterrestrial intelligence by funding the Allen Telescope Array

In April, we were saddened to find out that SETI’s Allen Telescope Array (ATA) had lost its funding and would have to shut down the world’s biggest, longest-running experiment in searching for extraterrestrial intelligence. https://jalopnik.com/with-seti-shut-down-is-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-5795888 Now a group called SETIStars is working to crowdfund the telescope array and bring the search for alien life back…

Tech News Annalee Newitz Jun 21

The Coolest Scene of Alien-Fighting from Last Night’s Falling Skies

Steven Spielberg’s new show Falling Skies launched last night on TNT, and the good news is, it got gangbuster ratings for a basic cable show: 5.9 million viewers, more than The Walking Dead’s first episode on AMC. The bad news is, the opening two parter has a lot of storytelling weaknesses, and it’s hard to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 20

New Attack the Block trailer beats the piss out of Super 8

Finally, an Attack The Block trailer that demonstrates exactly how brutally hilarious Joe Cornish’s alien action flick is. After watching this red-band spot, I think we all know now who would win in a fight between the block kids and J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 teen movie crew. Here’s the synopsis: ATTACK THE BLOCK follows a…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 16

Ben Stiller: Our Last Defense Against the Alien Invaders?

Ben Stiller may be ready to save the world from suburban alien mayhem in the movie Neighborhood Watch. But can a pack of overweight Dads fleeing from ET make you laugh? The Neighborhood Watch script has been around for ages, and we always thought it would get made by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. But…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 15

Angelic squid descends over Argentina, bringing tentacled confusion in its wake

Here’s another addition to the burgeoning Argentinian UFO files. An angel and/or space squid was recently unveiled by Argentinean news, and it unabashedly waggled its cosmic tendrils at a confused cameraman. Saucy cephalopod seraphim, taunting us Earthlings with your appendages! https://gizmodo.com/ufo-sightings-in-argentina-on-the-rise-5810591 [Via Real UFOs]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Jun 14

An astounding collection of Super 8 concept art for the Spielberg fetishist

Looking as gorgeous as Drew Struzan’s Super 8 poster, this new batch of concept art images shows J.J. Abrams’ early vision for his creature feature (and reveals a few things that changed along the way). https://gizmodo.com/super-8-poster-5810003 Minor spoilers ahead… Drawn by Jamie Rama, a wonderful artist who we’ve highlighted before for his work on X-Men:…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 13

UFO sightings in Argentina on the rise

Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard about several UFO sightings and mysterious animal mutilations in Argentina. Here’s the latest UFO sighting. Shot by journalist Nestor Sanchez about 180 kilometers west of the city of Salta, this object hovered over a hill and disappeared so quickly that Sanchez didn’t see it until he looked over…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jun 13

The year’s best alien invasion movie hits the U.S. this summer!

It’s been months since we’ve heard anything about Joe Cornish’s alien-invasion flick Attack The Block — but now there’s good news. Screen Gems is finally releasing the picture in the U.S.! The movie is slated for July 29th, with screenings in even more cities in August. Fingers crossed they can drum up a full-scale marketing…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 10

First Set Pics from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus: Is this your new gritty alien underworld?

Very little is known about Ridley Scott’s Alien-esque movie Prometheus (penned by Damon Lindelof, based on an old Aliens prequel script by Jon Spaihts). Until now. Could these be the first ever images from Scott’s mysterious production? Spoilers below…. While we’re still speculating on whether or not Prometheus will play with the Alien mythology created…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 9

This is where Falling Skies starts to get really good

Yee-Haw! Pew Pew! It’s the motherlode of Cowboys & Aliens stills!

50 glorious screencaps from John Carter offer your first real look at the Tharks!

Hypsometry: Find out how high you are using only water and a thermometer

This Harry Potter Crop Circle Maze Definitely Wasn’t Created By Aliens

Infographic lays out your chances of surviving an Alien vs. Predator film

How Many of You Really Think There Are Aliens On Earth?

Make your own Alien facehugger pillow

What’s the difference between slavery and symbiosis?

Concept art shows how Green Lantern’s Parallax could have looked cooler

A chronicle of architecture from the lost civilization of Areth

Help the search for extraterrestrial intelligence by funding the Allen Telescope Array

The Coolest Scene of Alien-Fighting from Last Night’s Falling Skies

New Attack the Block trailer beats the piss out of Super 8

Ben Stiller: Our Last Defense Against the Alien Invaders?

Angelic squid descends over Argentina, bringing tentacled confusion in its wake

An astounding collection of Super 8 concept art for the Spielberg fetishist

UFO sightings in Argentina on the rise

The year’s best alien invasion movie hits the U.S. this summer!

First Set Pics from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus: Is this your new gritty alien underworld?

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