Terminator

John Connor’s Trophy Room

This is exactly how I picture the den of John Connor, savior of the human race: full of baby Terminator heads. This digital masterpiece titled “Wake Up” by internet artist Canis Loopus was found on Deviant Art, a network of budding scifi-minded artists. Click through to see more of Loopus’ awesome work. [Deviant Art]

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 16

Britain Launches Final Real-Life Skynet Satellite, Dubs it Skynet with No Sense of Irony

The UK has just sent up a new communications satellite that’s completed their Skynet, the highly-advanced network that’s going to give them the ability to allow robotic military units at long range. You know, like in the apocalyptic vision of the future from the Terminator movies. The network’s name in those movies? Skynet. Have you…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jun 13

Sarah Connor Has Failed — the British Just Built Skynet

With the launch of a new communications satellite, the British military has completed a highly advanced network that will allow robotic military units to be controlled at long range. Sound vaguely familiar? They actually named the thing Skynet. When the T-1000s come knocking, keep an eye out for the “Made in UK” sticker. Skynet 5…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Jun 13

Why Is Optimus Prime Getting Religion?

Spoiler alert: A new Hancock clip reveals the movie’s final big twist, and a ton of new Hulk clips show exactly what Liv Tyler is doing in this movie. A new Dark Knight TV spot reveals that… ummm, the Joker is weird, I guess. And a new Doctor Who clip is just plain intriguing. There…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jun 12

She’ll Be Back: First Set Pics Of Terminator Season Two

Sarah Connor is looking a bit the worse for wear in the first pictures of the filming of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles season two, which debuts Sept. 8 on Fox. Click through to find out why our future freedom fighter is so jacked up — and to see who else is back for season…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 6

Leaked Terminator 4 Ending Is False, Says Director

That rumor we posted earlier today? About what happens to John Connor in Terminator 4? It’s totally not true, says director McG in a new entry on his production blog. “By the way, there are only three people who know the ending,” he says. And then he tries to change the subject with some info…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 3

Rumor: John Connor Meets An Alarming Fate In Terminator 4

Ain’t It Cool News claims to have gotten wind of the ending to robot-apocalypse film Terminator 4, which just started shooting. If it’s true, it could set up some very weird directions in the fifth and sixth movies, which Christian Bale is already signed up for. And it would make the Terminator saga even more…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 3

How Will You Stop the Flood of Spam in 20 Years?

Every day somebody releases a new spam solution, but just as often you hear dire predictions about how spam loads are growing exponentially. How will future generations deal with spam floods in 2030? Though some pundits claim email is becoming obsolete, it’s unlikely that most people are going to give up on what is still…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 30

Shirley Manson Rocks Out For Skynet

Shirley Manson, lead singer of Garbage, will join the cast of post-apocalyptopera Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles this fall, but what’s really shocking is the role she plays. She’ll be Catherine Weaver, the CEO of a high-tech company (which I’m guessing has something to do with the development of the show’s future cyber-dictator, Skynet.) Here’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 29

Terminator Salvation Starts Filming, Website Launching (Soon!)

Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins has started production in the New Mexico desert, with Christian Bale and Sam Worthington on board to star in the film as John Connor and Marcus Wright, respectively. The movie website is currently a blank page, but there’s a strong possibility it will launch sometime tomorrow. (So keep refreshing, fanboys!)…

Movies Adrian Covert May 22

3 Chances To See Christian Bale Time-Travel Naked

The producers of Terminator 4 plan to keep Christian Bale around as John Connor in three Terminator movies total. T4 producer Derek Anderson revealed to the BBC that “he [Bale] read the script and he loved it, so he’s signed on for all three.” Another producer, Victor Kubicek, says he’d doubted whether Bale would be…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 20

Terminator 4 Will Be Like The Matrix Sequels

Like the Matrix sequels, Terminator 4 will leave behind the original movie’s weird mixture of present-day action with futuristic intrigue. Instead, it’ll be set entirely in the land of machines, designer Miles Teves said in an interview with Fanboy Confidential. But the Terminators in the new movie will be older versions (because these are among…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 16

Terminator 4’s PG-13 Rating Will Mean More Dumb Explosions

First they gave us a sub-standard Teminator (T-X) that kicked 75% less ass than Terminator 2’s T-1000. Then they added Claire (Shopgirl) Danes to the equation, and the result, T3, was a poor person’s Terminator 2. The only thing that kept hope alive was the promise that Christian Bale would blow us all away as…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 5

Sex Secrets Of Hancock And Smallville’s Clark Kent

Spoiler fiends are the truest afficionados of media SF. We’re endlessly curious about everything: we actually care about drunken superhero Hancock’s sex life, and exactly what Mulder and Scully’s status is in X-Files 2. We pore over toy announcements to decipher the secret of Doctor Who’s season finale, and read between the lines to dope…

Television Charlie Jane Anders May 5

Terminator Ad Looks Like a Rip-Off, Makes Sarah Connor Chronicles Even Worse (NSFW)

We like Terminator as much as we hate companies who rip-off the work of artists without even crediting them. This is apparently what happened with the poster used to promote the bland Sarah Connor Cronicles TV series: some blogs are reporting that the Fox channel’s poster was allegedly copied straight from a striking montage created…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 3

Surprising Twists On BSG, Smallville And Doctor Who

This morning’s spoiler roundup lets you know how the new Star Trek movie ends, just in case you were wondering. Our spoiler-bash also includes even more hints about the inevitable Iron Man sequel, plus some clues about the slightly less inevitable Superman Returns sequel and the Wolverine prequel. And there are new clues for Battlestar…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 30

Please Don’t Let Arnold Schwarzenegger Do Terminator 4

The producers of the fourth Terminator movie dismissed rumors that Arnold Schwarzenegger would put in an appearance in the film months ago, but now Arnie himself is stirring them up again. He told a reporter that he hasn’t had any talks with anybody, but he’s really interested in appearing in T4, as long as it’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 23

Secrets Of Battlestar, Sarah Connor And Lost

Spoiler alert: Fans got hold of some script pages from one of the very last episodes of Battlestar Galactica, and they give a lot of spoilers for how the show will look in its home stretch. Also, producers tell us what to expect from the next Superman movie and season two of Sarah Connor Chronicles.…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 23

Terminator’s Bleak Future Will Keep Growing

Rumors that the unstoppable Terminator franchise was being deactivated have turned out to be totally false. Various sites reported last week that Terminator 4, the post-apocalyptic robot-fighting sequel starring Christian Bale as John Connor, was cancelled. But now it’s just been announced that Moon Bloodgood (the smirking time-traveler from TV’s Journeyman) will co-star in T-4…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 21

The Most Badass Robot Army Dream Team

We’ve talked about the toughest scifi soldiers, but those were made out of blood, muscle and bone. What about their robotic counterparts? It’s goes without saying that if the Bot Army met the Meat Popsicle Army, the robots would clean house. If you had access to unlimited funds and a lot of time-traveling doohickeys, then…

io9 Kevin Kelly Apr 17

John Connor’s Trophy Room

Britain Launches Final Real-Life Skynet Satellite, Dubs it Skynet with No Sense of Irony

Sarah Connor Has Failed — the British Just Built Skynet

Why Is Optimus Prime Getting Religion?

She’ll Be Back: First Set Pics Of Terminator Season Two

Leaked Terminator 4 Ending Is False, Says Director

Rumor: John Connor Meets An Alarming Fate In Terminator 4

How Will You Stop the Flood of Spam in 20 Years?

Shirley Manson Rocks Out For Skynet

Terminator Salvation Starts Filming, Website Launching (Soon!)

3 Chances To See Christian Bale Time-Travel Naked

Terminator 4 Will Be Like The Matrix Sequels

Terminator 4’s PG-13 Rating Will Mean More Dumb Explosions

Sex Secrets Of Hancock And Smallville’s Clark Kent

Terminator Ad Looks Like a Rip-Off, Makes Sarah Connor Chronicles Even Worse (NSFW)

Surprising Twists On BSG, Smallville And Doctor Who

Please Don’t Let Arnold Schwarzenegger Do Terminator 4

Secrets Of Battlestar, Sarah Connor And Lost

Terminator’s Bleak Future Will Keep Growing

The Most Badass Robot Army Dream Team

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