Star Trek

Digging Deep: 24 Science Fiction Archaeologists

What’s the best part about living in the distant future? There’s so much more past for you to explore! We take a look at some of science fiction’s most illustrious antiquarians. It’s pretty much impossible to discuss fictional archaeologists without talking about Indiana Jones, but until a year ago he arguably wouldn’t have belonged on…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Star Trek’s Future San Francisco Would Never Get Past The Board Of Supervisors

Most people saw the massive cityscape in the new Star Trek trailer, and drooled. But not San Francisco activists, who’ve battled to keep mega-buildings out. Did Starfleet scrap our zoning laws? They ask. [SFIst]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Star Trek iPhone Is the Definitive iPhone (If You Are Picard or Jason Chen)

Reader Andrew Aitken saw the article on the iPhone prototype’s user interface and sent us this: A video detailing a complete—and absolutely cool—Star Trek: The Next Generation makeover for Apple’s cellphone. https://gizmodo.com/what-if-the-iphone-got-invented-in-1990-5167294 I saw your call for a total ST:TNG makeover of the iPhone, and wanted to show you (and the world) mine! It is…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

What Really Wiped Out The Dinosaurs?

In the wake of our asteroid near-miss, people keep claiming that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. But we all know it was the Cybermen. Or time-traveling hunters. Here are science fiction’s best dinosaur-extinction theories. Time travelers hunted them to extinction: “Big game hunters from the future may have wiped out the dinosaurs,” suggests Arthur…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Learning Curves For Thor And Sulu, Plus Dollhouse’s Trashiest Imprint Yet!

Spoiler outrage! There’s a Thor casting call, and new hints on Star Trek and Green Lantern. Plus crazy pics from Battlestar and Dollhouse. All that, plus Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Doctor Who, Lost, Supernatural and Reaper. Thor: Is Marvel looking to cast an unknown as Thor, in the wake of their money issues? In any case,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Wolfram Alpha Search Engine Will Answer All Your Questions, Take Us to Infinity and Beyond

Get ready, because the world as we know it is going to change in May 2009, when Wolfram Alpha—a computational search engine that belongs in the Enterprise’s computer—appears, giving you precise answers to everything. That’s what this thing is going to give us: A natural way to plug into the vast pool of information of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Kick-Ass Spock Scene You Won’t Be Seeing In Star Trek

Zachary Quinto explains how physical Star Trek‘s Spock gets, plus actors spill Green Hornet, G.I. Joe, Battlestar and Witch Mountain secrets. Plus Lost/Heroes set pics. And major spoilers on Caprica, Torchwood, Smallville, Chuck and Supernatural. Star Trek: Spock was originally supposed to have a hand-to-hand fight with around six people in the movie, but it…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

High-Tech Gadgets That Detect Magic

Science can’t explain magic – but that doesn’t mean science can’t detect it. Modern fantasy is full of cool gizmos that can identify sources of mystical power… and even track them down. Here’s our list. Everything in Ghostbusters. This is the movie that perfected the magic-handling gadgets motif, from the “ghost sniffer” to the ghost…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Latest Star Trek Trailer Officially Sucked Me In

Every new Star Trek trailer has done more to pique my interest, but this latest clip, teasing how Kirk takes the helm and boasting the most eye candy yet, has activated full-out fanboy mode. [YouTube via CrunchGear]

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson

Pics And Clips From Wolverine, Sarah Connor, Dollhouse, Star Wars And Dragonball!

Greetings, spoiler junkies. Wolverine character posters show a dapper Gambit. New videos illuminate Dragonball, Dollhouse, Terminator: SCC, Clone Wars and Reaper. New Iron Man/Star Trek scoop! Plus Doctor Who, Lost, Fringe, Smallville, Supernatural and Heroes. X-Men Origins: Wolverine: Here are some new character posters showing a better look at some of the movie’s 10,000 mutant…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Spock Needs A Hug, In New Star Trek Trailer

We saw Spock throttle Kirk in a previous Star Trek trailer, and now he’s hugging Uhura. It may be illogical, but he’s a tactile Vulcan. Oh, and there are kick-ass space battle scenes. Fire everything!

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Major Star Trek And Doctor Who Scoopage, Plus A Watchmen Rumble

Spoiler-mania continues. The Star Trek novelization’s back-cover copy gives away plot points. Plus there’s new Watchmen action, and excellent Dragonball news. A Doctor Who writer explains the 2009 specials. Plus Lost, Dollhouse & Clone Wars! Star Trek: TrekMovie posted the cover and official synopsis for the movie’s novelization, by Alan Dean Foster: One grew up…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Genesis Of Nero’s Star Trek Quest. Plus Rorschach Opens Up.

Today’s spoiler assault includes new Star Trek continuity porn! Watchmen and Dragonball clips! Doctor Who set pics and Lost hints. Plus mega-spoilers from Sarah Connor, Heroes, Chuck and Reaper. The spoiler clock stands at 11:55! Star Trek: In the movie, you won’t find out how Nero knows all about the original-timeline Captain Kirk, which leads…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

A Bizarre Star Trek Rumor That You May Wish Was True

Did a Wondercon panel give away major Star Trek dirt? Also, there are tantalizing details about Robert Rodriguez’s Nerveracker. Plus pics and giveaways from Wolverine, Dragonball, BSG, Reaper, Terminator:SCC, Lost, Chuck, Smallville and Supernatural. Star Trek: You know that the new movie features Old Spock and an evil Romulan, Nero, traveling back in time from…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

New Star Trek Trailer Shows A Slightly Warped Kirk

Star Trek’s new trailer showed a week early at Wondercon, and it reveals more of James Kirk’s struggle to become Captain Kirk. Plus J.J. Abrams beatboxed and Chris Pine talked his favorite Trek episodes. OMGspoilers! The new Trek trailer will play before Friday’s Watchmen release, but we got a sneak peek at it. Here’s my…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Devise Your Ultimate Star Trek Story — On Your Bedroom Wall!

When we posted our zany flow chart for how to create your own original Star Trek story, you asked if you could have it as a poster. So here you go! All proceeds go to our awesome designer, Stephanie Fox. https://gizmodo.com/create-your-own-original-star-trek-story-5136738

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Captain Kirk And Batman Confront Their Arch-Enemies

Today’s spoilers include a picture of a major Star Trek moment, and new Wolverine posters. And we’ve got sneak peeks from Knowing, BSG, Sarah Connor, and Brave And The Bold. Spoilers: your window into futureland. Star Trek: A new image from TotalFilm shows Kirk and Spock coming face to face with the movie’s Romulan villain,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

TV.com iPhone App Streams Free Full-Length CBS and Showtime Shows

Today CBS pushed out a streaming video player for iPhones and touchy iPods, with smooth navigation of all the content available on TV.com, including for the first time impressive full-length episodes of some—but not most—shows. I loaded it and clicked on a Star Trek Original Series episode (“Menagerie”). There I was show six 8-minute segments…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

ST: TNG Cast Reunite In Cartoon Form

Seven years after they last shared a screen together, the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (Yes, even Wil Wheaton and Denise Crosby) are reuniting… for an episode of Fox’s Family Guy. The crew of the Enterprise-D will get back together for, of all things, a Star Trek convention in next month’s “Not…

io9 Graeme McMillan

Iron Man 2’s First Scene! Plus Star Trek And Transformers Clips! Oh, And BSG’s Ending!

NPR, harbinger of crazy spoilers, has given away the opening scene of Iron Man 2. There’s splodey new Transformers video, plus a look at Star Trek’s bridge. Plus V, Dollhouse, T:SCC, Battlestar, Lost and Smallville. Iron Man 2: Designer J. Michael Riva gave away what happens in the movie’s very first scene: Tony Stark, wearing…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Digging Deep: 24 Science Fiction Archaeologists

Star Trek’s Future San Francisco Would Never Get Past The Board Of Supervisors

Star Trek iPhone Is the Definitive iPhone (If You Are Picard or Jason Chen)

What Really Wiped Out The Dinosaurs?

Learning Curves For Thor And Sulu, Plus Dollhouse’s Trashiest Imprint Yet!

Wolfram Alpha Search Engine Will Answer All Your Questions, Take Us to Infinity and Beyond

The Kick-Ass Spock Scene You Won’t Be Seeing In Star Trek

High-Tech Gadgets That Detect Magic

The Latest Star Trek Trailer Officially Sucked Me In

Pics And Clips From Wolverine, Sarah Connor, Dollhouse, Star Wars And Dragonball!

Spock Needs A Hug, In New Star Trek Trailer

Major Star Trek And Doctor Who Scoopage, Plus A Watchmen Rumble

The Genesis Of Nero’s Star Trek Quest. Plus Rorschach Opens Up.

A Bizarre Star Trek Rumor That You May Wish Was True

New Star Trek Trailer Shows A Slightly Warped Kirk

Devise Your Ultimate Star Trek Story — On Your Bedroom Wall!

Captain Kirk And Batman Confront Their Arch-Enemies

TV.com iPhone App Streams Free Full-Length CBS and Showtime Shows

ST: TNG Cast Reunite In Cartoon Form

Iron Man 2’s First Scene! Plus Star Trek And Transformers Clips! Oh, And BSG’s Ending!

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