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Carl and Beth discuss the afterlife in Walking Dead deleted scene

It’s actually a shame that this scene from Season 3 of The Walking Dead didn’t make it onto television. It’s a great moment between Carl and Beth in which they discuss grief and how the afterlife works with zombies. We saw earlier this week that another rather emotional sequence was trimmed from Season 3: Morgan’s…

Gene Roddenberry’s 1968 memo on improving Star Trek‘s characters

As Star Trek embarked on its final season, creator Gene Roddenberry issued a memo directing the writers on how to approach the characters of Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Chekov. It’s a great peek into Roddenberry’s management of the show. Mission Log Podcast came across this memo, from April 1968. It’s fascinating to see what Roddenberry…

Brilliant art posters celebrate Star Trek: The Animated Series!

This Sunday the beloved Star Trek: The Animated Series turns 40! And to celebrate, CBS Consumer Products will be releasing a collection of poster images, one for each episode. We’ve got the first two posters exclusively, right here! The posters will be available for purchase in the future (but no date has been set yet,…

Mark Pellegrino is excited to play a sinister evolutionary biologist

You might know Mark Pellegrino from, oh… just about every genre TV show ever. He was Jacob on Lost. Lucifer on Supernatural. The only fun character on Revolution. Etc. Now he’s playing an evil evolutionary biologist who hunts mutants on The Tomorrow People, and he told us why he’s over the moon. Minor spoilers ahead……

What is Star Trek: Terran? Someone registered the domain names StarTrekTV.com and StarTrekTerran.com a couple weeks ago. And they’ve posted a mysterious September date. What’s it about? No clue, but a Paramount rep tells us it’s nothing to do with the studio. [Thanks, David!]

Our Toughest Question About The Originals: What does Marcel want?

There are a lot of question marks hanging over The Originals, the spinoff of The Vampire Diaries coming to television this fall. But when we talked to star Charles Michael Davis, we just had one burning question for him: What exactly does your character, Marcel, want? It seems like Marcel already has everything. He’s in…

People Staring at Blank Television Screens

Be it in an ad, article, or product announcement, there’s a good chance that—at some point—your eyes have darted over the discomforting image of a person gaily laughing and emphatically gesturing towards the cold, vacuous oblivion of a blank TV screen. And you probably didn’t even notice it! But once you do, things start looking…

How will the Sleepy Hollow show be different than Tim Burton’s movie?

Sleepy Hollow might be our favorite new pilot airing this fall, thanks to a note-perfect cast, some really funny writing and some edge-of-your seat scares. But how will this show distinguish itself from Tim Burton’s iconic movie? And what’s next for these characters? We talked to the show’s creators and star, to find out. https://gizmodo.com/scary-charming-sleepy-hollow-series-might-be-your-new-873744298…

Continuum VFX reel shows the secrets of creating Vancouver in 2077

It’s pretty amazing how much eye-candy Continuum boasts, considering it’s a relatively low-budget Canadian import. This effects reel from the VFX studio, Artifex, shows just how much digital wizardry they manage to pack into every episode. Including some stuff you probably didn’t know was CG. For example, I didn’t realize that Old Julian was a…

We called James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes a “Hollywood blockbuster in book form” — but now instead of a movie, it looks like it’s becoming a TV series, with a pilot written by the writers of Iron Man.

What’s the most heartbreaking victory that cost too damn much?

Sometimes, our escapist fantasies take a dark turn, and the “good guys” only win at unthinkable cost. Sometimes, a heroic victory actually feels like a defeat. What’s the most heart-rending example of a heroic win that comes with too high a price tag? Please include a picture or clip, so we can share your pain!

The Biggest Unanswered Questions About Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD

In just three weeks, we’ll be seeing the debut of Joss Whedon’s brand new TV show about the Marvel Universe’s superspy organization SHIELD. But even though we’ve seen the show’s pilot, we still have lots of lingering questions. We caught up with the show’s creators and cast at Comic-Con, and got some answers. https://gizmodo.com/the-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-pilot-hits-the-ground-walkin-843133981 How…

Sony Launches the First 4K Download Service With 70 Titles

The biggest problem with all the big fancy UltraHD televisions practically every major manufacturer has released over the last year is that there’s practically no 4K content out there. Thanks to Sony’s new Video Unlimited 4K service, now there are 70 films you can rent or download. Sony had promised the new service would go…

A new Arrow season 2 promo gets to the point

Get it? Point? Arrow? Whatever. Here’s just a reminder that if you’re not watching the CW’s still bafflingly great Green Arrow show, you might want to DVR Arrow’s season 2 premiere on October 9th. We’ve got Ollie moving from vigilante to hero, more backstory on the island, more DC cameos… I have no doubt it’s…

What dangling plot thread would you kill to see resolved?

Science fiction and fantasy thrive on unanswered questions and strange riddles. And sometimes, going down the rabbit hole can be fun in its own right. But sometimes, you just never get the resolution you desperately crave. What’s the most annoying unresolved plot thread in science fiction and fantasy? Please include a picture or clip so…

Enjoy scifi maestro Judith Merril’s Doctor Who science lessons

In the late 70s and early 80s, scifi author Judith Merril did a series of educational spots for Canadian TV, which aired right after Doctor Who. Dubbed the UnDoctor, Merril dissected the science in each episode, offering loopy humor along the way. Merril is best-known for editing over a dozen “year’s best” science fiction anthologies…

How Almost Human does for robots what Fringe did for mad science

Welcome to Fall TV Week at io9, where we’ll be giving you the inside scoop on some of the upcoming TV shows. First up: Almost Human, the new show from Fringe’s Joel Wyman and J.J. Abrams. We talked to stars Karl Urban and Michael Ealy about how the show makes you root for androids the…

The next season of True Blood will be its last

It was announced today that True Blood will die the true death in 2014. The 7th season of True Blood will be its last. We are not taking this well. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that HBO has announced that True Blood will end its run after the seventh season in 2014. The final 10 episodes…

We demand Stripper Shoes for Tinkerbell on Once Upon A Time

Earlier today we revealed the first look at Once Upon A Time’s live action take on Tinkerbell. And to our horror, she’s being presented SANS MANDATORY LUCITE FAIRY STRIPPER HEELS. Therefore by the laws of Once Upon A Time, she’s obviously not a real fairy. The latest image shows Tink walking with young Queenie (before…

Here’s a deleted scene from The Walking Dead‘s best episode ever

Turns out the greatest scene from The Walking Dead’s greatest episode ever — season 3’s “Clear” — was only part of the story. Here’s an extended version of Morgan’s troubled tirade to Rick, and it’s a powerful reminder of how amazing TWD can be when the show completely gets it right. I’m not sure if…