Star Trek

What Abrams Did (Long) Before Star Trek…

…And before Fringe, Lost and Alias, for that matter. The always-wonderful ScriptShadow blog has made Abrams’ unproduced 1994 sci-fi movie script Shelter online, for a peek at the awkward early days of the new Main Man. [ScriptShadow]

Movies Graeme McMillan

Killers, Cardassians And Christmas In This Week’s Comics

From magical realism to those forced to kill in order to survive, it’s as if comics this week have taken on the very properties of the holiday season. There’s even a Holiday Special, just for the traditionalists! It’s a strange mix of new releases this week, as the industry seems to be slowing down for…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

The Absolute Most Important Development in Twitter Yet

140 characters. Automatically translated into Klingon. The future. (Note: technically, you’re limited to 100 characters to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of Klingon phonetics, but explaining that sorta kills the dramatic presentation of this post.) [Tweet in Klingon via Mashable via ShinyShiny]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Today in the musty sub-basement of Gizmodo we call Remainders, Star Trek’s Simon Pegg is having AppleCare difficulties, Santa gives you GPS directions, Star Trek: TNG gets bizarrely and hilariously re-dubbed, Adult-Swim-style, and Sony renames their ebook store. Apple, Why Must You Make Simon Pegg So Sad? Twartered by Simon Pegg (star of Hot Fuzz,…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Star Trek TNG Remix Is Pro Apple Juice And Against Panda Rape

A comedy troupe matched random words with the lip movements of Picard and Number One in Star Trek: The Next Generation, the result is weirdly addictive — and hilarious. You can’t miss the aptly titled “Happy in Paraguay.” [via Laughing Squid]

Television Meredith Woerner

How To Jog Your Memory, The Science Fiction Hero Way

The busier you get, the more stuff you forget, and navigating that mental clutter can be worse than steering through an asteroid field. Luckily, lots of intrepid galactic heroes have faced faulty memories, and created some handy techniques for remembering. Here’s a complete list of all the methods we found for jogging your memory from…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?

Looking back at the fictional stories that defined the last decade, you might think of things like The Dark Knight, Battlestar Galactica, or failures like Bionic Woman and Speed Racer. Was this the decade we ran out of original ideas? Okay, that’s obviously not completely fair; after all, this last ten years have also seen…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Why Harlan Ellison May Be A Good Thing For New Trek

Oh, how we laughed when we heard that Harlan Ellison had offered to write the sequel to JJ Abrams’ Star Trek, despite a recent lawsuit over his previous work on the franchise. But then we realized it could work. Ellison may have a reputation as someone who doesn’t suffer fools gladly, and he may have…

Movies Graeme McMillan

DVDs To Give The Fan Who Has Everything

Nothing makes a better gift for the science-fiction fanatic in your life than some cool-looking DVD box sets that can keep him/her up all night for weeks. Here are some boxsets your loved ones will want to crawl inside. We focused on big, awesome, brain-eating box sets for this roundup — so, for example, we…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Magnetic Shields to Protect Spaceships From Re-Entry and Klingon Attacks

Do you know why James T. Kirk is happy? Because those crazy Europeans are developing a magnetic shield that will protect spaceships when entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Well, that and because he’s thinking about doing naughty things with Uhura. The new magnetic heat shield—developed by EADS Astrium, the German aerospace center, and the European Space…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Watch Hamlet’s Soliloquy Recited in the Original Klingon

We all know that you haven’t really heard Shakespeare until you’ve heard his works in the original Klingon. So one fan took it upon himself to dress as the Klingon prince Khamlet and recite the play’s classic soliloquy. [via Topless Robot]

io9 Lauren Davis

Gift Ideas for the Ten Major Species of Science Fiction Fan

Stumped on what to get the Doctor Who fan in your life? Still need gifts for lovers of Star Wars, zombies, and Transformers? Our gift guide has plenty of ideas for ten species of science fiction fan. We’ve selected ten types of science fiction fans, offering you great gift ideas for fans of the big…

io9 Lauren Davis

For the Star Trek Fan

Star Trek Movie DVD Relive JJ Abrams’ reboot of the original Star Trek crew, plus get all those scenes that didn’t make it into the movie. $23.49 for the 2-disc DVD on Amazon Original Motion Picture Collection Shopping for a fan who’s more of a purist? You can grab them this collection of all six…

io9 Lauren Davis

Webcomics Artists Take on Commander Riker and His Amazing Beard

Commander William Riker is a true Renaissance Man of the 24th century: poker player, jazz aficionado, Kirk-level lover of the ladies, and sporter of fantastic facial hair. No wonder a crew of webcomics artists have chosen to pay him tribute. The Tumblr blog Number One has a healthy obsession with images of Star Trek: The…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

Celebrate The Holidays With Starfleet Cookies, A Klingon Christmas, And Abrams-Inspired Trek Novels

Today is a good day to watch the Klingon translation of A Christmas Carol, or just to eat some Starfleet cookies. And in other Trek news, J.J. Abrams‘ alternate timeline has spawned its own line of alternate-universe tie-in novels. Geeky Cookies has the how-to on making this holiday full of Klingons and Star Trek goodies,…

io9 Meredith Woerner

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

Ilya Probe Considers Headwear And The Meaning Of Life in Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Spock and Kirk Discuss Savvik’s Half-Romulan Heritage in The Wrath of Khan: Kirk Drops In from Star Trek: Generations: Holodecks Are Unsafe in Star Trek: Generations: Geordi Is Captured In A Brand New Uniform from Star Trek: Generations (Terrible Quality):…

Movies Graeme McMillan

15 Toys That Will Help You Survive The Holidays

The Holiday Season is officially on us again, and that can mean only one thing that isn’t watching Christmas In Connecticut over and over again: Time to think about gift-giving (and getting). Where better to start than with toys? Whether you’re buying for loved ones, loathed ones, ones you barely know but feel an obligation…

io9 Graeme McMillan

For Play

GI Joe Movie Swords What better way to re-enact the excitement of your favorite blockbuster guilty pleasure than with a ninja swordfight using foam swords? Hasbro has heard the pleas you didn’t even know you had, and created a Snake Eyes foam sword as well as the accompanying Storm Shadow foam sword. We recommend digging…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Captain Kirk And Batman Team Up In Ancient Greece

It’s the pilot that brought William Shatner and Adam West together in the early 1960s for some manly Greek historical action. Click through to watch Alexander The Great, the show that could’ve destroyed Star Trek and Batman. Thank Mark Waid’s podcast for the heads-up about this failed pilot starring a pre-Trek Shatner and pre-Batman West.…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Star Trek

What Abrams Did (Long) Before Star Trek…

Killers, Cardassians And Christmas In This Week’s Comics

The Absolute Most Important Development in Twitter Yet

Remainders – The Good, Bad and Ugly Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

Star Trek TNG Remix Is Pro Apple Juice And Against Panda Rape

How To Jog Your Memory, The Science Fiction Hero Way

Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?

Why Harlan Ellison May Be A Good Thing For New Trek

DVDs To Give The Fan Who Has Everything

Magnetic Shields to Protect Spaceships From Re-Entry and Klingon Attacks

Watch Hamlet’s Soliloquy Recited in the Original Klingon

Gift Ideas for the Ten Major Species of Science Fiction Fan

For the Star Trek Fan

Webcomics Artists Take on Commander Riker and His Amazing Beard

Celebrate The Holidays With Starfleet Cookies, A Klingon Christmas, And Abrams-Inspired Trek Novels

40 Unseen Moments From Your Favorite Movies

Star Trek

15 Toys That Will Help You Survive The Holidays

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Captain Kirk And Batman Team Up In Ancient Greece

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