Twilight Zone

Calvin and Hobbes enter the Twilight Zone

The always awesome Super Punch recently ended its Calvin and Hobbes art contest, which attracted plenty of hilarious and heartwarming artwork. And the winners offer Calvinish takes on Batman, Spider-Man, and The Twilight Zone. Each month, Super Punch holds an art contest on a different theme. For September, the theme was Bill Watterson’s Calvin and…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 9

Bring back The Twilight Zone right now!

The Twilight Zone left an indelible mark on pop culture, but it’s been years since we made a new journey to that dimension of sight and sound. Peter Hall argues that we need Rod Serling’s vision now more than ever. Yesterday was a momentous day for fans of science fiction. Why? Because The Twilight Zone:…

Television Peter Hall -- Hollywood.com Sep 15

Rod Serling on the Twilight Zone: We failed frequently, but we created more than we imitated

A never-before-seen interview with Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling is hypnotic viewing, as he talks honestly about the show’s successes and failures in that deep, reflective voice that narrated your childhood. University of Kansas professor James Gunn interviewed Serling in 1970 for his Centron film series “Science Fiction in Literature,” but the interview never appeared…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 30

The top 20 essential science fiction TV shows

Science fiction has ruled television for over 50 years, but some shows have brightened our screens and supercharged our brains more than others. Here are the 20 science fiction shows that everybody interested in the genre should see. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Cybernetic police officer Motoko Kusanagi keeps New Port City safe…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 26

The science fiction roles of Dennis Hopper

The great Dennis Hopper died today in Venice, California after battling cancer. Hopper was incredibly prolific and starred in numerous scifi films. Even if a film was flawed, Hopper’s mere presence made it memorable. Here are Hopper’s forays into scifi. http://gawker.com/5550872/actor-dennis-hopper-dead-at-74 As neo-Nazi Peter Vollmer in The Twilight Zone (1963, “He’s Alive”). As sailor Johnny…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar May 29

Learn The ABCs Of The Twilight Zone

You’re traveling through another dimension — a dimension not only of painting and sculpture but of mind-bending imagery. Gallery 1988 is readying its latest geek-themed art show, and this promises to take us into The Twilight Zone. Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles and San Francisco has delivered plenty of art shows with science fiction themes,…

Television Lauren Davis May 8

From Star Trek Actor To Chuck Producer: The Evolution Of Robert Duncan McNeill

Robert Duncan McNeill played Tom Paris, the snarky pilot, on Star Trek: Voyager, and now he’s a director/producer on NBC’s Chuck. He talked to us about comedy, Klingon romance, Captain Proton vs. Captain Awesome, and making out with Sarah Silverman. Oh, and there are minor spoilers for Monday’s Chuck below. McNeill has been an executive…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 22

The Rise and Fall of Scifi and Fantasy on TV

The minds over at Geek6 have devised this devilish chart to show the peaks and valleys of genre TV since the dawn of television. According to Josh over at Geek Six: “I’ve compiled a database of 1,000 sci-fi, fantasy and genre shows that have aired in the past 70 years. My first swing at parsing…

Television Marc Bernardin Apr 20

Science Fiction’s Greatest Love Potions And Devotion Rays

Are you facing the prospect of being alone on Valentine’s Day? It’s not too late to make someone fall in love with you. Science fiction’s full of handy ways to make someone swoon into your arms, and here’s a list. Love potions are a common theme in fiction generally. You can brew up a draught…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 12

Finish 2009 In The Company Of Your Television

The last week of 2009 offers a chance to reflect on the last twelve months, reassess our lives and decisions or, alternately, settle down in front of Twilight Zone, Doctor Who and Mythbusters marathons. Guess which we’re choosing? Monday A surprisingly strong start to the week comes in the form of a couple of marathons.…

Television Graeme McMillan Dec 28

Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot

You’ve met someone new, and things are going great, but you start to notice something off about them. Could your significant other be a robot in disguise? Check our list for the possible signs. Now maybe you’re knowingly dating a robot, or perhaps you’ve had one constructed for that very purpose. But if you think…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 10

Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Six: River Vs. The Doctor

Who knew River Tam was such an all-purpose badass? She’s crushed two cybernetic organisms, a legendary starship captain and the Slayer. Can she defeat a Time Lord, who’s lived ten lives and saved the universe? Plus a couple bonus rounds. io9 TV badass smackdown day six: River vs. The Doctor(survey) But on the off chance…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 29

Let’s Do The Time Loop Again. And Again…

If there’s one thing that’s constant in science fiction, it’s time loops, where everything repeats. If there’s one thing that’s constant in science fiction, it’s time loops, where everything repeats. Here’s our list! “A Little Something For Us Tempunauts” by Philip K. Dick features the classic time-loop storyline. A time-travel program is supposed to send…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 10

Elvis Has Left the Planet

Hip-shaking, pill-popping rocker Elvis Presley officially died in 1977, but he keeps popping up, at least in science fiction. Think Elvis lives? We list scifi’s explanations for what really became of the King. He Was Abducted by Aliens Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams: Arthur Dent, one of the token Earthlings traveling through the stars, discovers…

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 30

Leonardo DiCaprio Channels Rod Serling

Apparently Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way is hunting down script ideas for a Twilight Zone movie. We’d love to see DiCaprio as Rod Serling — we know he can do mid-twentieth century weirdos, after Catch Me If You Can and The Aviator. Obviously he’s getting into the mytho-scifi groove, since he’s also rumored to…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 27

What’s The Most Overrated Classic Scifi TV Show?

We’ve all had the experience of looking back at a movie or TV show that rocked our worlds a few decades ago, and going, “Oh.” Suddenly, the awesome classic of the 1970s or 1980s looks kind of cheesy and silly. The robot pets, the speechifying, the Klingons in cowboy hats. You expect the special effects…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Apr 7

Trippiest Twilight Zone Episode Becomes A Movie

Click to viewA classic Twilight Zone episode written by Richard (I Am Legend) Matheson is getting a big-screen update called Countdown. The original episode, “Death Ship,” is about three astronauts who arrive on an alien planet, only to find their own dead bodies, in a crashed version of their own ship. The movie version will…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 25

The Best and Worst Time Travel TV Shows

The first time travel tale to ever appear on television was in 1959 on The Twilight Zone, and since then there have been scads of time-tripping adventures available to viewers, some good and some bad. Here’s a list of some of the best and worst chronoscopic escapades that television has to offer. The Good: The…

Television Kevin Kelly Nov 20

Fast Food Self-Service Kiosks Coming, Silicon Lifeforms Taking Over World

The conquest of the human race by robots marches on, and now the quaint phrase “do you want fries with that?” may be within the province of those cold, silicon-based lifeforms. Fast food giants McDonald’s, Subway, Jack in the Box, Burger King, Taco Bell and Carl’s Jr. are toying with the idea of self-service kiosks…

Gadgets Charlie White Dec 5

Calvin and Hobbes enter the Twilight Zone

Bring back The Twilight Zone right now!

Rod Serling on the Twilight Zone: We failed frequently, but we created more than we imitated

The top 20 essential science fiction TV shows

The science fiction roles of Dennis Hopper

Learn The ABCs Of The Twilight Zone

From Star Trek Actor To Chuck Producer: The Evolution Of Robert Duncan McNeill

The Rise and Fall of Scifi and Fantasy on TV

Science Fiction’s Greatest Love Potions And Devotion Rays

Finish 2009 In The Company Of Your Television

Six Signs You Might Be Dating a Robot

Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Six: River Vs. The Doctor

Let’s Do The Time Loop Again. And Again…

Elvis Has Left the Planet

Leonardo DiCaprio Channels Rod Serling

What’s The Most Overrated Classic Scifi TV Show?

Trippiest Twilight Zone Episode Becomes A Movie

The Best and Worst Time Travel TV Shows

Fast Food Self-Service Kiosks Coming, Silicon Lifeforms Taking Over World

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