Television

Even Lost’s animators had no idea what the smoke monster was

Did you know that Lost ‘s smoke monster was voiced by cicadas and the click-clacks of a New York City taxi receipt printer? Also, Smokey’s animators had no clue what the foggy beast was when they animated him! In a recent interview with Popular Mechanics, Smokey’s illustrators fessed up that they too were in the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 23

Make your own Oceanic Airlines ticket for tonight’s Lost finale

Need a ticket for tonight’s Lost finale? Print out your own with this handy-dandy Oceanic Airlines ticket template. Just don’t sit in the tail section. Here are the directions from Max Pictures Blather: How do you go about printing your own Oceanic boarding passes? It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. 1.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 23

Maybe Lost season six should have been more like Harry Potter book seven?

Would Lost’s final season have been more compelling if it had been like the final Harry Potter book? Just a random thought. Both Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince and Lost’s penultimate season end with the nice mentor figure being killed, and the monstrous villain in the ascendant. (Dumbledore in Potter, Jacob in Lost.) In…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 23

Will the Doctor always choose humans over other races?

After watching “The Vampires of Venice,” a bit of a mini-theme is starting to emerge in this season of Doctor Who: the Doctor having to choose between humans and other intelligent species. What gives him the right? Spoilers below. Sometimes on Doctor Who, the choice is pretty clear-cut. The nasty Sontarans come barreling down and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 22

The second-to-last FlashForward recap…guest-starring Mark Benford!

I was going to recap the penultimate episode of FlashForward, but I was sidelined by an unexpected guest. The star of the show, Mark Benford, materialized on my doorstep drunk as a skunk and totally despondent about his show’s cancellation. It was a balmy Friday afternoon. The birds were warbling in the arbors. The muskrats…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 22

Catch up on 6 years of Lost (in 24 hours) with this infographic

Need a crash course on Lost before tomorrow’s finale? Steve Murray’s interactive graphic – “Loved & Lost” – offers a Cliff Notes biography of almost every character. Fact: more than 75% of the entire cast is now dead! [National Post]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 22

The best Lost memes, videos, t-shirts, fan art, and more

While waiting for Lost’s final mindfrak this Sunday, spend some time looking at all the brilliant artwork, videos, and photoshopperie this epic show inspired. Check out our massive round-up. Lost Memes, Photoshops And Brilliance Lost Videos Lost T-Shirts Lost Art Let me know if I forgot anything, and I’m sure I did, in the comments!

Television Meredith Woerner May 21

Things to think about on the long wait for Fringe season 3

Fringe season two didn’t end with a gonzo shock like the undamaged Twin Towers at the end of season one. But that’s okay, because it gave us a zillion things to think about, especially in its final moments. Spoilers ahead… Our heroes succeeded in rescuing Peter Bishop, after he’d already figured out that his birth…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 21

Listen to the full vampire-centric True Blood soundtrack

With songs like “Howlin’,” “Bad Blood,” and “Fresh Blood,” what’s not to love? All jokes aside, the new True Blood soundtrack is full great tunes from Lucinda Williams with Elvis Costello to the Eels. Take a listen. [EW]

Television Meredith Woerner May 21

Fringe shows us its very own alternate DC Universe

The Fringe season finale took us back to the slightly alternate universe – but this time it wasn’t just the characters and Earth’s history that were different. Meet Red Lantern and Red Arrow, two flagship heroes of Earth-2’s DC Universe. The above image, taken from a mock Red Lantern/Red Arrow cover recently released by DC,…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins May 21

The Simple Props of LOST

LOST may be full of insanely twisted plots, crazy tech, and supernatural mystery, but an exhibition of some props from the show appears to be full of simple, low-tech goodies—the important bits. https://gizmodo.com/the-pipe-labyrinth-behind-lost-5530188 Letters, pictures, costumes—all the basic-yet-essential items that moved this crazy show’s plot-lines along were present at a showcase organized by the Vilcek…

Television Rosa Golijan May 20

The 5 laws of making a story complicated without creating an ungodly mess

What’s the difference between an overcomplicated story with a ton of detours, and a brilliant tapestry? Often, it boils down to whether all your added complications fit within a theme. Here are five rules of thematic storytelling that may help. Watching the last batch of episodes of Lost, it’s been occurring to me just how…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 20

First hints about Supernatural season six, plus your first clip from Nikita

The CW is shaking everything up. Supernatural is moving to Fridays, and the super-spoilery sixth season description has been released. Smallville plans a big blow-out ending, and the new spy show Nikita will kick ass on Thursdays. Nikita CW’s new line-up is relying pretty heavily old shows on their last legs, except for the secret…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 20

A blow-by-blow review of Earth: Final Conflict: “I only want to touch your species.”

Having withdrawal symptoms from television aliens after V’s season finale? Superblogger Kalinara is recapping every episode of Earth: Final Conflict in insane detail. Discover 90s hair, betrayals, brain needles and “women in underwear shooting things.” Here’s the first installment. [Kalinara]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 20

Lost’s Hurley and Carlton Cuse are ready for the fan backlash

Jorge Garcia and Carlton Cuse took a few moments to talk about the finale with us, and how they both were choked up by what happens. Plus, DVD finale secrets and readying for the inevitable fan backlash. While mulling through the amazing Lost prop auction in NYC’s Vilcek Foundation, and debating how much rent money…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 20

Google TV Combines TV, Android and All of the Internet

Google is launching something called Google TV. It brings regular TV and web video to your TV. Plus, Android apps. Apps! Live Updating Google says there are two worlds now, the web, which lives on your laptop and your phone, and the TV world, which lives on your TV. But why aren’t the solutions today…

Tech News Jason Chen May 20

Your prayers are answered! Betty White will star in the Lost finale, according to Cuse and Lindelof

Want to know what happens in Sunday’s Lost finale? Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse went on David Letterman to reveal all. Sort of. The “Ben” moment is genuinely awesome and proves that Michael Emerson is a comic genius. And here’s another funny Lost spoof. Jorge Garcia appeared on George Lopez to present an alternate ending…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 20

How to find a Lost party in your hometown – and what to do when you find it

You’ve baked your famed asiago-jalapeno fish biscuits, filled your iTunes with Drive Shaft’s greatest hits, and hidden your heroin in your grandma’s Virgin Mary statue. It’s Lost finale party time! Post meet-ups for io9ers here! Also, the finale drinking game! We have no idea what the final episode of Lost (which airs Sunday 5/23 from…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 19

A whole lot of killing and WTF on V season finale

In the V season finale, we finally reached the place where the show should have begun: With open hostilities mounting between the V and humans. But this triumph was undercut by cheesy, incoherent mumbling. Why is this show so bad? Before I answer that question, let me outline for you the salient plot features of…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 19

Supernatural’s showrunner Sera Gamble talks about God and endings

Last week, Supernatural ended with an apocalyptic season finale called “Swan Song” where angels fought Lucifer – and got audiences debating the true identity of God. We talked to showrunner Sera Gamble about what it all meant. https://gizmodo.com/supernatural-finale-justifies-our-love-for-an-absent-5539243 io9: Did you guys change “Swan Song” at all after you got picked up for another season?…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 19

Even Lost’s animators had no idea what the smoke monster was

Make your own Oceanic Airlines ticket for tonight’s Lost finale

Maybe Lost season six should have been more like Harry Potter book seven?

Will the Doctor always choose humans over other races?

The second-to-last FlashForward recap…guest-starring Mark Benford!

Catch up on 6 years of Lost (in 24 hours) with this infographic

The best Lost memes, videos, t-shirts, fan art, and more

Things to think about on the long wait for Fringe season 3

Listen to the full vampire-centric True Blood soundtrack

Fringe shows us its very own alternate DC Universe

The Simple Props of LOST

The 5 laws of making a story complicated without creating an ungodly mess

First hints about Supernatural season six, plus your first clip from Nikita

A blow-by-blow review of Earth: Final Conflict: “I only want to touch your species.”

Lost’s Hurley and Carlton Cuse are ready for the fan backlash

Google TV Combines TV, Android and All of the Internet

Your prayers are answered! Betty White will star in the Lost finale, according to Cuse and Lindelof

How to find a Lost party in your hometown – and what to do when you find it

A whole lot of killing and WTF on V season finale

Supernatural’s showrunner Sera Gamble talks about God and endings

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