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40 Unseen Moments From Your Favorite Movies

Just as you finish up your t(of)urkey leftovers, we thought we should share some movie leftovers with you. Say, 40 deleted scenes from movies like Star Wars, The Dark Knight and Star Trek? Click through for excised joy. Star Wars Whether it’s Han Solo’s unseen girlfriend, Anakin preparing for a podrace or a very human…

Movies Graeme McMillan Nov 29

Star Wars

Luke’s Original Intro from A New Hope: Biggs Tells Luke About The Rebellion from A New Hope: Meet Han Solo’s Girlfriend And Some Cockney Aliens In The Original Cantina Scene from A New Hope: The Original Jabba The Hutt from A New Hope: Han Charms Leia in The Empire Strikes Back: Luke Builds His Lightsaber…

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 29

Countdown Science Fiction’s 10 Most Murderous Robots

It’s one thing to talk about Killer Robots, but which ones have actually managed to really rack up the senseless slaughter? Here are our choices for the ten deadliest robots for you to avoid. Now, we know that this list is going to upset more than a few of you (Especially if you disliked the…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 19

Could’a Been Contenders…

Wondering where Daleks, Cybermen and the Borg are? They’re over in the “Do cyborgs really count as robots?” corner, although it’s arguably worth pointing out that Daleks aren’t really robots at all, just aliens inside weirdly-shaped suits of armor… that may as well be robots for all we actually care. I’m sure there will be…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 19

#1: The Manhunters

How deadly are they? They destroyed all life within Space Sector 666 because of a “programming glitch.” How big is a Space Sector? Unknown, although the entire universe is split into at least 3601 of them, and Final Crisis claims that there are “thousands of worlds” within Earth’s sector. So let’s just say that’s a…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 19

#2: Unicron

How deadly is he? He eats planets for breakfast. And lunch. And dinner. And if they’re populated, all the better; it adds texture, apparently. Who’s responsible? It very much depends who you ask; Unicron has been given multiple histories throughout the years, including being a fallen god who somehow became a robot, a murderous robot…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 19

#3: The Cylons

How deadly are they? They destroyed the twelve colonies of humanity, committing genocide on a scale unimaginable to everyone except Glen A. Larson and Ron Moore. Who’s responsible? It depends on which version you’re asking about. The original series had the robots built by a dying alien race also called cylons, whereas the recent reboot…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 19

#4: Separatist Battle Droids

How deadly are they? Apparently, an unstoppable killing machine that continually causes trouble for the Republic and their Jedi forces during the many years of Star Wars’ Clone Wars. Despite their apparent ineffectualness, the war continued for many years, therefore the estimated high kill-rate and higher ranking on this list. Sorry, prequel haters. Who’s responsible?…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 19

#5: Skynet/The Terminators

How deadly are they? They took over the Earth and are pretty much trying to destroy all human life, starting with a successful nuclear annihilation of three million people. You’ve seen The Terminator movies, right? Who’s responsible? The military. Sure, you could blame original creators Cyberdyne Systems, but I’m blaming the bulk of the problems…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 19

#6: Sentinels (The Matrix)

How deadly are they? They took over the Earth and keep humans around only as batteries. Which, you know, is potentially an environmentally solution to the whole need for energy (Although they did start out with solar power. Who’s responsible? Humanity en masse. The robots that ended up taking over the world started out as…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 19

#7: Sentinels (Marvel Comics)

How deadly are they? They almost eradicated the mutant race, killing millions in one afternoon’s work by destroying the island of Genosha. There’s also a much-visited future where the Sentinels have taken over the world and killed the X-Men and many other superheroes. Who’s responsible? Humanity’s intolerance and fear. Oh, and Dr. Bolivar Trask, a…

Movies Graeme McMillan May 19

#8: Ultron

How deadly is he? He singlehandedly slaughtered the inhabitants of the fictional European nation of Slorernia, before enslaving the alien robot race the Phalanx and taking over countless planets as a result, for his own nefarious ends. Who’s responsible? Hank Pym (the superhero known as Ant Man, Giant Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket and, currently, the Wasp)…

Movies Graeme McMillan May 19

#9: ABC Warriors

How deadly are they? As deadly as you want them to be; in the future’s Volgan war (When the west goes to war with the fictional Russian-analog “Volgan Republic”), human soldiers are slowly replaced by robots created to fight wars. Slowly enough, in fact, that the ABC Warriors get more than a few kills in…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 19

#10: Mechagodzilla

How deadly is he? He rampages continually against Japan and fights Godzilla on a regular basis, with his laser eyes and flamethrower breath. I’m guessing there’s got to be some level of collateral damage going on there. Also, he kills giant monsters, which can come in handy. Who’s responsible? Originally alien monkeys the Simians (who…

Movies Graeme McMillan May 19

5 Things We Want To See In The Clone Wars TV Show

By now you’ll have seen the movie – or, perhaps, decided that you don’t want to see the movie because even just the idea of Ahsoka has scared you off – and know what kind of thing to expect from the upcoming Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV show: Anakin Skywalker frowning a lot and…

io9 Graeme McMillan Aug 16

The “Star Wars Kid” Was As Popular as “Revenge of the Sith”

Remember the Star Wars Kid, that high schooler in Quebec who viddied himself doing Jedi moves with a pole? And then the jerks at his school stuck the video on Kazaa, and somebody else added special effects to make his pole look like a real light saber, and then suddenly the video was all over…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 22

40 Unseen Moments From Your Favorite Movies

Star Wars

Countdown Science Fiction’s 10 Most Murderous Robots

Could’a Been Contenders…

#1: The Manhunters

#2: Unicron

#3: The Cylons

#4: Separatist Battle Droids

#5: Skynet/The Terminators

#6: Sentinels (The Matrix)

#7: Sentinels (Marvel Comics)

#8: Ultron

#9: ABC Warriors

#10: Mechagodzilla

5 Things We Want To See In The Clone Wars TV Show

The “Star Wars Kid” Was As Popular as “Revenge of the Sith”

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