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How Superhero Movies Are Making Comic Books Better [Superhero Movies]io9 - May 15, 2008 Everybody talks about how superheroes have come to dominate movies in recent years. These days, summer is spandex season, and it's only going to get more superpowered in the next few years. But the success of movies … Tagged: movies, feature, comics, top, heroes, spider man, x men, batman, warren ellis, decompression, superhero movies |
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Read England's Secret UFO Documents [Ufos]io9 - May 15, 2008 Britain's Ministry of Defence (MOD) has released the first batch in a series of the government's UFO files. Now available on the internet, the papers include a number of claimed sightings, detailed descriptions and the … Tagged: ufos, ministry of defence |
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Zombies Will Eat Your Brains... In 3-D! [Dawn Of The Dead]io9 - May 15, 2008 When will the 3-D beast's lust for destroying movies be satisfied? Fangoria is now reporting that George A. Romero's legendary 70s classic, Dawn of the Dead, is getting rereleased in 3D. But at least they are … Tagged: dawn of the dead, george romero |
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How To Train Your Robot To Recognize You [Mad Robotics]io9 - May 15, 2008 When you come home from work at night, does your robot greet you at the door expectantly, or does it sit there impassively in its recharging node because it can't tell the difference between you, the mailman, and … Tagged: robots, science, emilio estevez, ai, face recognition, mad robotics |
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Marvel's Baby Boom Just Latest In Long Line [Genext]io9 - May 15, 2008 If creator Chris Claremont gets his way, GeNext - Marvel's new series about the children of today's X-Men, which launched on Wednesday - is just the start of a new line of comics where we find out about the children of … Tagged: x men, marvel comics, mc2, chris claremont, genext |
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The Savage Colors of Naked, Toxic Sea Snails [Mega Sea Creatures]io9 - May 15, 2008 There is a kind of soft, toxic snail that lives in the sea called a Nudibranch. The many kinds of Nudibranch all have intense coloration and weird shapes — so weird, in fact, that National Geographic just devoted an … Tagged: photography, science, biology, gallery, snails, nudibranch |
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Discover The Secret Of Lost. Maybe. [Lost]io9 - May 15, 2008 The secret to Lost may be the kind of thing that Samuel Beckett knows a thing or two about. Not Samuel Beckett the writer, however; I'm talking about Scott Bakula's displaced scientist from 1980s time-hopping show … Tagged: lost, time travel |
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First Look At Anna Torv In Fringe And Hiro's New Foe! [Morning Spoilers]io9 - May 15, 2008 Today's spoilers include clips from the next episodes of castaway drama Lost and time-travel adventure Doctor Who. And another early review of M. Night Shyamalan's apocalyptic movie The Happening gives away most of its … Tagged: doctor who, lost, heroes, smallville, stargate atlantis, chuck, fringe, kyle xy, the happening, morning spoilers |
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Loni Anderson Explains About the Time Hulk Cried [Found Footage]io9 - May 15, 2008 When you look back at the 1970s TV series The Incredible Hulk, with Lou Ferrigno playing the big green guy, you feel in your bones how wrong it is to make the upcoming movie version of the monster CGI. How could any … Tagged: television, clips, loni anderson, found footage, hulk |
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7 Reasons Why Scifi Book Series Outstay Their Welcomes [Scifi Sagas]io9 - May 15, 2008 Why do so many amazing novels sprawl into so-so trilogies? Let alone blah tetralogies, or dull ten-book series? Blame "Herbert's Syndrome," in which a great writer gets tempted to keep writing about a popular universe … Tagged: top, smallville, orson scott card, douglas adams, ender s game, isaac asimov, native tongue, frank herbert |