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Powerful Video Shows Why Ghost In The Shell Whitewashing Has Real Consequences

It can be easy to dismiss issues of representation in the abstract. Casting Scarlett Johansson as the lead in Ghost In The Shell was portrayed as part of the business, and many who criticized it as whitewashing were told they were over-reacting. After all, “it’s just a movie.” But as one video shows, there’s nothing…

io9 Beth Elderkin Mar 4

35-Year-Old Teen Casey Neistat Says a Few Stupid Things

After creating a pointless app no one used and then selling it (and himself) to CNN for a reported $25 million, vlogger-to-the-stars and sentient pair of distressed Ray-Bans Casey Neistat became the poster boy for failing upward. What remains unclear—for Neistat’s 6.5 million subscribers and perplexed members of the media (me)—is what shape this joint…

Tech News Avery Ellis Mar 1

Prominent YouTubers Find Great Anti-Semitic Hill to Die on

YouTube, we need to have a talk. It’s been nearly two weeks since Felix Kjellberg—better known as PewDiePie, the single most subscribed personality in YouTube’s history—was dropped by Disney’s Maker Studios over jokes that were perceived as anti-semitic, following an investigation by the Wall Street Journal. To defend Kjellberg, a hashtag was deployed over the…

Tech News Avery Ellis Feb 27

Butch Hartman Draws Deadpool Invading Disney… and Our Hearts

Some Deadpool fans might still be licking their wounds in the wake of tonight’s Oscars (the movie did get snubbed, after all), so here’s a little something to ease the hurt. After all, Disney is the the place where dreams begin. Animator Butch Hartman, the guy behind Fairly Oddparents, has turned his attention to foul-mouthed…

io9 Beth Elderkin Feb 26

J. Jonah Jameson Cleans Up the Daily Planet in Hilarious Mash-Up Video

Superheroes really like working for the same newspapers that cover their (mis)deeds, which is basically the worst conflict of interest since, well, insert latest NYT headline here. Luckily, we can always count on J. Jonah Jameson to maintain the fourth estate’s integrity… even against the most powerful alien in the world. YouTuber DrMachakil, who previously…

io9 Beth Elderkin Feb 19

Jason Segel Is the Only Person Who Can Stop This Guy From Eating Paper Forever

Jason Segel—actor of How I Met Your Mother, Freaks and Geeks and Muppets fame—is in a unique position: he’s the only person alive that can save one very strange man from a lifetime of gastrointestinal discomfort. The YouTuber, who goes by the pseudonym Dog Shit, uploaded a video yesterday called “I Eat a Picture of…

Tech News Avery Ellis Feb 17

Everyone’s Smiling When The Dark Knight Joker and Suicide Squad Joker Fight to the Death

As played by the late Heath Ledger in Batman: The Dark Knight, and Jared Leto in Suicide Squad, the latest recent live-action versions of the Joker have been among the most debated iterations of the character. A new fan-produced short has them fighting each other. The folks at the ismahawk YouTube channel throw two very…

io9 Evan Narcisse Feb 16

YouTube Stars’ Defense of PewDiePie Is Bullshit

It’s been a rough week for YouTube’s biggest star. Felix Kjellberg—better known to his 53 million subscribers as PewDiePie—was dropped by Disney earlier this week after a Wall Street Journal inquiry regarding Kjellberg’s use of racial humor and Nazi imagery; yesterday YouTube itself cut his channel out of “Google Preferred” advertising. Big names on the…

Tech News Avery Ellis Feb 15

Tom Cruise ‘Falls’ Into Avengers, Harry Potter, and Tons of Other Movies

Tom Cruise is freeeeeeeeeee, free fallin’! YouTuber DrMachakil grabbed some footage of Cruise taking a plunge in Vanilla Sky and digitally inserted it into a slough of other films. While on his vertical journey, Cruise fights the Balrog in The Two Towers, annoys Obi-Wan Kenobi in Attack of the Clones, and is finally (and violently)…

io9 Beth Elderkin Feb 11

YouTube ‘Bug’ Has Been Screwing Users’ Subscriber Counts

The trolls over on 4Chan’s politics board noticed a curious YouTube glitch this week that allowed them to drive down subscriber numbers on any channel their tiny hearts desired. Today, the Team YouTube Twitter account announced that uh, yeah, there’s a bad bug rapidly dropping subscriber counts. 4Channers on /pol/ realized that they could target…

Tech News Rhett Jones Feb 8

Power Rangers Trailers Get Morphed Into Original Intro

The second trailer for the upcoming Power Rangers flick may have been less foreboding than the first, but the movie still promises to be a dark and gritty reboot of the original series. Isn’t it time we had a little more fun with it? YouTuber Sebastian Hughes recut the first two trailers as the intro…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jan 22

Brave Hero Saves His Comics As SUV Plows Through Comic Book Shop

Just picture it: You’re chilling at the comic book shop, picking up some new releases, maybe getting ready to head to the counter to buy them. Then…GIANT SUV RIGHT IN YOUR FACE. Yet, despite the trauma, you don’t drop a single page. That’s the mark of a true hero. DeeP Comics & Games in Huntsville,…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jan 7

How to Turn YouTube Into the Ultimate Music Player

YouTube’s not just for toy dissections and mannequin challenges, it’s the world’s biggest jukebox too, though it may lack some of the refinements of your favorite desktop music player. Here’s how to queue up an endless list of songs you’ll love, old and new, without having to constantly search for and select each track at…

Gadgets David Nield Jan 2

What 2016 Would Look Like as a Horror Film

This year has been pretty fucking horrifying. Dozens of our favorite celebrities died; a gorilla was shot dead in front of children at the zoo; and a former professional wrestling star was elected president. If all of this sounds like the worst nightmare ever, you’re completely right. That’s why it makes perfect sense that 2016…

Sploid Michael Nunez Dec 29

Doctor Who Helps Save Wretched Holiday Song with “12 Doctors of Christmas”

Is there seriously any other holiday song that’s more infuriating enduring than “12 Days of Christmas?” It’s long, repetitive, and features the worst gift list in humanity’s existence (except the 10 lords a’leaping, I’ll gladly take those). At least this version has lots of Doctors in it. Wait…doctor who? https://gizmodo.com/the-doctor-is-back-in-a-new-trailer-for-the-doctor-who-1789911467 Doctor Puppet’s released its latest…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 24

Massive Drone Carries CNN Employee Into the Sky for a Ludicrous Ad

Casey Neistat was a vlogger. Now, he lives among the clouds. More accurately, he recently quit daily vlogging after selling himself and his app Beme—a product which almost found any good use for—to CNN for something like $25 million. In his most recent video he partnered with Samsung—the company Apple have been suing for the…

Sploid Avery Ellis Dec 20

Autotuned Star Wars Musical Finally Gives Us Darth Jar Jar Binks

The “Songify The News” crew has tackled the Star Wars anthology, sharing what they call previously unreleased musical numbers from the entire series. That includes the most shocking reveal of all: Supreme Leader Snoke is actually Jar Jar Binks. Twist! The video, presented as a Criterion Collection-style discussion, shares several of the bigger hits and…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 18

YouTube Bans North Korea’s Propaganda Channel

YouTube recently blocked the channel of North Korean state television, due to American sanctions on the country. The ban could be a big blow to the country’s propaganda efforts—as well as those researching them. As a report in the The Washington Post explains, North Korea’s YouTube channel wasn’t taken down because of the actual propaganda produced…

Tech News William Turton Dec 14

Big Reveals Seem Stupidly Obvious After Watching the Westworld Dubsmash Mix

Who knew the Westworld cast was spoiling the first season all along…and on Dubsmash? Hey, guess what, there were multiple timelines, William was the Man in Black, and Dolores is going on yet another murderous rampage. Every single one of those reveals didn’t come to light until the final episode of season one; that is,…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 10

Viking Larper Fights Ninjas with Odin in Funny Short Film

It’s basically what you get when you combine The History Channel’s Vikings with Geek & Sundry’s LARP. Vikings & Pirates has released its first short film, Total Awesome Viking Power, on YouTube. Directed by Morten Forland, it’s about a Viking Larper who’s sentenced by his crew to the Land of the Dead for breaking the…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 10

Powerful Video Shows Why Ghost In The Shell Whitewashing Has Real Consequences

35-Year-Old Teen Casey Neistat Says a Few Stupid Things

Prominent YouTubers Find Great Anti-Semitic Hill to Die on

Butch Hartman Draws Deadpool Invading Disney… and Our Hearts

J. Jonah Jameson Cleans Up the Daily Planet in Hilarious Mash-Up Video

Jason Segel Is the Only Person Who Can Stop This Guy From Eating Paper Forever

Everyone’s Smiling When The Dark Knight Joker and Suicide Squad Joker Fight to the Death

YouTube Stars’ Defense of PewDiePie Is Bullshit

Tom Cruise ‘Falls’ Into Avengers, Harry Potter, and Tons of Other Movies

YouTube ‘Bug’ Has Been Screwing Users’ Subscriber Counts

Power Rangers Trailers Get Morphed Into Original Intro

Brave Hero Saves His Comics As SUV Plows Through Comic Book Shop

How to Turn YouTube Into the Ultimate Music Player

What 2016 Would Look Like as a Horror Film

Doctor Who Helps Save Wretched Holiday Song with “12 Doctors of Christmas”

Massive Drone Carries CNN Employee Into the Sky for a Ludicrous Ad

Autotuned Star Wars Musical Finally Gives Us Darth Jar Jar Binks

YouTube Bans North Korea’s Propaganda Channel

Big Reveals Seem Stupidly Obvious After Watching the Westworld Dubsmash Mix

Viking Larper Fights Ninjas with Odin in Funny Short Film

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