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How cheesy will Michael Bay’s post-apocalyptic show The Last Ship be?

TNT is going into production on The Last Ship, a TV show based on William Brinkley’s 1989 novel about a U.S. Navy vessel that survives a global catastrophe. (In the book, it’s a nuclear war. But in the TV show, it’s something more complicated. Scroll all the way to the bottom to find out what.)…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Oct 9

Hand-painted Russian scifi and fantasy movie posters will make your eyes bleed

Painted movie posters rules, particularly when they take gonzo creative liberties with the films’ plots, as Ghanaian and Thai posters sometimes do. https://gizmodo.com/more-ghanaian-movie-posters-that-will-melt-your-brain-i-5830694 https://gizmodo.com/80s-thai-horror-movie-posters-will-melt-your-face-5476557 But in each of these hand-painted Russian posters, something is fantastically askew. Maybe it’s Shrek screaming silently at passers-by or Heath Ledger’s Joker looking like he’s extremely bored. Here are a…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Oct 8

The Return of the Monday Commentary Twack!

Post Comic-Con insanity, we’re back — taking it to the tweets to have a little fun with some genre “classics.” Once again, you guys choose the Netflix-able movie and we’ll bring the beer*. (No beer will be provided.) Just like we did two weeks ago (when Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow got the…

io9 Marc Bernardin Aug 2

Screwtopia! The 5 Types Of Erotic Dystopia In Science Fiction

If you think sex in the 21st century sucks, just be glad you don’t live in one of these scifi dystopias. When Big Brother is a peeping Tom and three-penised mutants are eligible bachelors, getting off is a turn-off. Science fiction is filled with examples of folks who can’t get laid without total weirdness transpiring.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Feb 11

Arriving Pre-Spoiled: Why Prequels Suck

BSG spinoff Caprica launches next Friday, but as good as its opening episodes may be (And they are), we’re still worried. Why? Because it’s a prequel, and if science fiction has taught us one thing, it’s that prequels generally suck. It’s easy to point to the Star Wars prequels as an example of the inherent…

Movies Graeme McMillan Jan 17

Best And Worst SF/Fantasy Movies Of 2009

This was a year of extremes: huge CG-heavy spectacles and low-budget gems. Most of all, 2009 made us feel the boundaries of cinema were stretched… for good and ill. Here are the 10 best and 10 worst films of 2009. Best: 10. The Road One of the most significant SF-themed literary novels of the past…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Dec 30

The Lower Class Surrogates We Didn’t See On Screen

This year’s robotic avatar movie Surrogates showed us a world where humans live through beautiful robotic bodies. But the film’s concept designer thought that not everyone might have such glamorous surrogates, as this new concept art reveals. Peter Rubin, whose Iron Rooster Studios provided concept designs for Surrogates, explains his concept for a lower class,…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 7

Surrogates Producers Create Superhero Classwar

Fresh from the release of Surrogates last weekend, Mandeville Films is staying with science fiction comics for its latest project, a movie version of the critically-acclaimed British political superhero thriller Cla$$war. Rumored to be in the works before its official announcement yesterday at this weekend’s Long Beach Comic-Con, Benjamin Shahrabani of publisher Com.X confirmed the…

Movies Graeme McMillan Oct 4

io9 Talks To Surrogates Creator Robert Venditti

With Surrogates hitting theaters this weekend, we spoke to creator Robert Venditti about the origins of the original comic, his career as a writer, and why nothing in the story is as simple as it may seem at first. How does having a movie impact the books? Not just the promotion of the books, but…

Movies Graeme McMillan Sep 26

Surrogates Reviewed: Bruce Willis’ Robot Hair Is Ridiculous

If your weekend plans include checking out Surrogates, you will be interested to know that io9 thought it was fun despite the weak plot—and even weaker Willis’ robo hair. Check it out if you don’t mind the spoilers. [io9] https://gizmodo.com/your-iphone-is-rupturing-bruce-willis-spleen-5367434

Movies Sean Fallon Sep 25

Your iPhone Is Rupturing Bruce Willis’ Spleen

Bruce Willis looks like shit in his new movie Surrogates, and that’s the point. His robot self is cheesy, fake-looking and ridiculous, and the flesh-and-blood body slumped in a neural-net chair is saggy and fragile. Spoilers for Surrogates ahead. Surrogates, opening today, is at its most potent when it reminds us just how much having…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Sep 25

Fake Surrogates News Reel Explains The Rebirth Of Humanity

There’s nothing more wonderful than a movie’s fake explanatory news reel. Dark Knight brought us the tabloid Wayne family tell all, and now Surrogates is building the robot backstory with its own news machine. https://gizmodo.com/bruce-waynes-backstory-dateline-style-396896

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 24

10 Best Robot Bodies To Load Your Brain Into

You can’t be beautiful and immortal until you abandon your meatsack! Surrogates, opening Friday, shows a culture that’s gone over to robot avatars. But here are ten other universes where you could abandon your flesh for a shiny, perfect robo-body. These are the science-fiction universes where you can transfer your consciousness into a robot body…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 23

How To Get Your Future Robot Self High

We asked Surrogates director Jonathan Mostow all the really important stuff about our robot-filled future. Such as: how do we go to the bathroom while attached to a robot? And what kind of drugs are there for my robot half? In Surrogates, people stay at home all the time, and jack their brains into glamorous,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 23

First Glimpse Of New Iron Man 2 Footage, Plus Leonard Nimoy Returns To Fringe

A new Iron Man 2 video gives us Whiplash, Fringe flashbacks give us a second look at Leonard Nimoy, and Doctor Who set photos provide another glimpse of the new Doctor. Plus Toy Story 3, Supernatural, Dollhouse, Lost and Pandorum. Iron Man 2: Entertainment Tonight debuts some new footage from their Iron Man 2 set…

Television Lauren Davis Sep 23

Bruce Willis Likes His Blonde Robots When They’re Bad

It’s high time for the return of the great science-fiction B movie, and who better to usher it in than Fifth Element bad boy Bruce Willis himself? Watch Bruce freak out over his robot problem in Surrogates. There are only two people I want around me when the world ends, and that’s Bruce Willis and…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 21

Download Your Own Surrogate For Free

Can’t wait to discover the world of Surrogates before next week’s release of the Bruce Willis movie? Get a jump on everyone else by downloading the original comic book to your iPhone. And of course, the first hit is free. iVerse and Top Shelf have teamed up to offer the entire first series of The…

Movies Graeme McMillan Sep 19

Secrets Of Jeff Bridges’ Second Character In Tron Legacy, Plus Supernatural’s Visit To the Future

Jeff Bridges takes on two roles in Tron Legacy, Supernatural travels into the future, and Cuddy gets some loving on House. Plus, more details on Dollhouse, seven clips from FlashForward, and Kick-Ass, Fringe, Warehouse 13, and The Green Hornet Tron Legacy Producer Sean Bailey says that the younger version of Jeff Bridges (depicted using the…

Television Lauren Davis Sep 18

Look Who’s Back in the Dollhouse, and More Dead Return to Lost

New Dollhouse photos show one character’s return, and we learn which former locations and cast members will turn up on Lost. Plus, scary clown pics from Zombieland, six clips from Heroes’ premiere, and Pandorum, Fringe, True Blood, and Stargate Universe. Zombieland A new series of stills give us a closer look at our survivalist heroes…

Television Lauren Davis Sep 16

Electric New Surrogates Clips Show The Advantages Of Being Plugged In

A brand-new Surrogates trailer and two clips show all the pros of having your own robot avatar. For example: being able to take a hit from a speeding car, or giving Bruce Willis sexy robo-hair. These trailers and clips feel like the first time we’re actually getting a taste of the Surrogates, and it’s got…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 14

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How cheesy will Michael Bay’s post-apocalyptic show The Last Ship be?

Hand-painted Russian scifi and fantasy movie posters will make your eyes bleed

The Return of the Monday Commentary Twack!

Screwtopia! The 5 Types Of Erotic Dystopia In Science Fiction

Arriving Pre-Spoiled: Why Prequels Suck

Best And Worst SF/Fantasy Movies Of 2009

The Lower Class Surrogates We Didn’t See On Screen

Surrogates Producers Create Superhero Classwar

io9 Talks To Surrogates Creator Robert Venditti

Surrogates Reviewed: Bruce Willis’ Robot Hair Is Ridiculous

Your iPhone Is Rupturing Bruce Willis’ Spleen

Fake Surrogates News Reel Explains The Rebirth Of Humanity

10 Best Robot Bodies To Load Your Brain Into

How To Get Your Future Robot Self High

First Glimpse Of New Iron Man 2 Footage, Plus Leonard Nimoy Returns To Fringe

Bruce Willis Likes His Blonde Robots When They’re Bad

Download Your Own Surrogate For Free

Secrets Of Jeff Bridges’ Second Character In Tron Legacy, Plus Supernatural’s Visit To the Future

Look Who’s Back in the Dollhouse, and More Dead Return to Lost

Electric New Surrogates Clips Show The Advantages Of Being Plugged In

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