Television

Research Funding and Sexual Cynicism on Masters of Sex

The book is out, and the reviews are rolling in. Masters of Sex opens this week with Bill Masters and Virginia Johnson reading each other the spectacular praise from the “new books” pages of medical journals and getting really hot about it. Bill thinks this is the triumph that will finally let their sex research…

Television Diane Kelly Jul 27

Knives, Ruined Lives, and Another Frustrating Week on True Detective

“Church in Ruins” is episode six of True Detective’s eight-ep second season, which has yet to trigger the buzz of season one. (Without a magnetic lead character like Rust Cohle, and the lack of much spooky intrigue, it’s not surprising). But as the closed-loop approaches completion, a few surprises still await. Spoilers … Frank and…

Television Cheryl Eddy Jul 27

Gus the Vampire Slayer Says What We’re All Thinking on The Strain

Namely: “This is bullshit. Why you got me runnin’ around like an asshole?” It’s a valid question that pretty much every character on The Strain deserves to ask of the show. “Fort Defiance” is full of inexplicable decisions on both sides of the camera, and I, having made my peace that this show is a…

Television Rob Bricken Jul 27

On Dark Matter, The Past Is a Minefield

For both the characters and for episode seven. There were two main plots this week, each with good bits. One was touching and the other funny. But these were not two tastes that tasted great together. Spoilers… So you know how last week, I was all about how we didn’t spend a ton of time…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Jul 26

Can A Home Drone Kill You? The Mythbusters Test With A Chicken Says Yes

Tonight’s episode of Mythbusters, Flights of Fantasy features two very different types of flying machines: drones and a Lockheed U-2 spy plane. Show hosts Adam Savage and Jaime Hyneman took a couple of minutes to chat with us about the episode and the rest of the newly-rebooted season of the show. Tonight’s episode sees the…

Television Andrew Liptak Jul 25

Under The Dome Shows The Worst Scenario For A Hillary Clinton Presidency

Hey, it’s me. The Dome. Sorry I haven’t been around much. I’ve been kind of busy. You know how it is. They wanted to bring me to San Diego Comic-Con and put all of Hall H under me, as a publicity stunt. But then people got all squirrely about my plan to put J.J. Abrams…

Television The Dome Jul 24

Wayward Pines Ends With a Bang and a Whimper … And, Yes, a Twist

The association of producer M. Night Shyamalan made everyone assume that Wayward Pines would end with some kind of mind-blowing twist. And lo, there was a twist … but it wasn’t nearly as huge as the one that came midway through the show’s run. Spoilers follow! After 10 episodes, which wrapped up with last night’s…

Television Cheryl Eddy Jul 24

The Opening Number of Disney’s Descendants Is Utterly Insane

Here are the first six minutes of the Disney Channel’s Descendants, a TV movie about the second generation of Disney villains being reintegrated into the happy kingdom of the Beast. It. Is. Completely. Bananapants. I have so many questions about this: Did Kenny Ortega actually clone Zac Efron for the son of Belle and the…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Jul 24

The Latest X-Files Teaser Asks If Scully Is Ready

The second tiny teaser Fox has given us from the return of Mulder and Scully. In it, we finally, finally, get to see our leads talk to one another. Even if Mulder stupidly asks Scully if she’s ready. Scully is always ready. The footage before that little interaction is pretty much the same as the…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Jul 23

Paul Wesley Wishes Stefan Salvatore Would Stop Trying To Fix Everything

There’s one huge reason to be excited about the return of The Vampire Diaries this fall, and that is the on-again, off-again, will-they-won’t-they romance between Stefan and Caroline. And a lot currently depends on whether Stefan can step up his game and win Caroline over, after a tepid showing last season. So when we caught…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jul 23

Which Writer Deserves More Credit For Revolutionizing SF and Fantasy?

Science fiction and fantasy don’t lack for heroes, especially among the writers who’ve helped to shape them. We all celebrate people like Joss Whedon, Frank Herbert and Ursula K. Le Guin. But which writers deserve way more credit for their roles in revolutionizing science fiction or fantasy? Please include a book cover, comics panel, movie…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 23

Mr. Robot Recap: And That’s How You Break Into a Data Center, Folks

The latest episode of USA’s cyberpunk drama Mr. Robot continues to show realistic ways hackers can ruin people’s lives—or save them from diabolical corporations, depending on how you look at it. Learn more in our spoiler-filled recap. The time has finally come for FSociety to infiltrate Steel Mountain data center: a Bauhaus-looking behemoth with its…

Television Bryan Lufkin Jul 23

Let’s Blow Stuff Up: First Promo For the Guardians of the Galaxy Cartoon

This September will see the premiere of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, which will join Disney XD’s comic book-based run of animated shows. We only have fifteen seconds of it, but Disney’s definitely banking on the soul of the movie. Which can only be a good thing. Contact the author at [email protected].

Television Katharine Trendacosta Jul 23

Zoo‘s Animals Launch Their Cruelest Attack In Yet Another Insane Episode

Zoo’s ragtag group of humans has been assembled into a super team to investigate the worldwide animal attacks, so the episode title, “Pack Mentality,” does double duty here. Some key discoveries are made, alliances are forged, and OBVIOUSLY some angry-ass animals swoop in and steal every scene. Spoilers follow! In the Tokyo airport, Jackson admits…

Television Cheryl Eddy Jul 22

Which Series Continued After a Long Hiatus… And Was Actually Good?

Films like Fury Road (which came 30 years after the previous entry in the Mad Max series, Beyond Thunderdome) and TV shows like Doctor Who (over a decade between old and new eras) proved that a series’ return after a long wait can be cause for much celebration. As we all sit with nervously gritted…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Jul 22

VFX Reel Shows How The Flash Put a Giant Evil Gorilla on Television

We’ve told you before how great the Gorilla Grodd episode of The Flash TV show was, and the TV Academy agrees—it gave the episode a well-deserved nomination for an Outstanding Special Visual Effects Emmy. We have the exclusive VFX breakdown of how the show created the battle between speedster and an evil telepathic gorilla. https://gizmodo.com/last-night-s-episode-of-the-flash-was-a-groddamn-deligh-1702587960…

Television Rob Bricken Jul 22

Here’s the Best Proof Yet That Jon Snow Is Alive on Game of Thrones

Despite being stabbed bunches during last season finale, it appears that Jon Snow’s story in Game of Thrones isn’t quite over. Actor Kit Harington was spotted in Belfast, where season six is currently being shot, and not only do we have proof, it doesn’t look like he’s just there for a cameo. The proof comes…

Television Rob Bricken Jul 22

iZombie Is Really Sorry About What Happened With Lowell

One of our favorite new shows of 2015 was iZombie, about a medical examiner whose new zombiedom allows her to see the memories of the murder victims that pass through the morgue. From many of the same people who brought us Veronica Mars, it has the same feel. At a press event, we spoke to…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Jul 22

Watch The Ten Muppetrific Minutes of Footage That Sold ABC on The Show

It’s just so damn fun, I want it on TV now. Right now. Ugh, the wait for fall sucks. If you saw the trailer, you know what you’re in for. It really does feel exactly like what an updated Muppet television show should be: a little meta and a lot of insanity. The Office-style mockumentary…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Jul 22

Adam Savage Just Revealed A Really Cool The Force Awakens Detail To Us

When we caught up with Adam Savage at San Diego Comic Con, he was excited to talk about all things Star Wars. For one thing, he’s got a special Star Wars episode of MythBusters coming up. For another, though, he visited the set of The Force Awakens, and saw something really, really cool. Minor spoilers…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 21

Research Funding and Sexual Cynicism on Masters of Sex

Knives, Ruined Lives, and Another Frustrating Week on True Detective

Gus the Vampire Slayer Says What We’re All Thinking on The Strain

On Dark Matter, The Past Is a Minefield

Can A Home Drone Kill You? The Mythbusters Test With A Chicken Says Yes

Under The Dome Shows The Worst Scenario For A Hillary Clinton Presidency

Wayward Pines Ends With a Bang and a Whimper … And, Yes, a Twist

The Opening Number of Disney’s Descendants Is Utterly Insane

The Latest X-Files Teaser Asks If Scully Is Ready

Paul Wesley Wishes Stefan Salvatore Would Stop Trying To Fix Everything

Which Writer Deserves More Credit For Revolutionizing SF and Fantasy?

Mr. Robot Recap: And That’s How You Break Into a Data Center, Folks

Let’s Blow Stuff Up: First Promo For the Guardians of the Galaxy Cartoon

Zoo‘s Animals Launch Their Cruelest Attack In Yet Another Insane Episode

Which Series Continued After a Long Hiatus… And Was Actually Good?

VFX Reel Shows How The Flash Put a Giant Evil Gorilla on Television

Here’s the Best Proof Yet That Jon Snow Is Alive on Game of Thrones

iZombie Is Really Sorry About What Happened With Lowell

Watch The Ten Muppetrific Minutes of Footage That Sold ABC on The Show

Adam Savage Just Revealed A Really Cool The Force Awakens Detail To Us

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