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io9 - Jul 1, 2008
In two of this summer's biggest action movies, the hero's mentor turns out to be a lying, manipulative sack of villainy. And nobody in the audience is surprised, because it's a scifi fact of life: mentors lie to you …
Also tagged: star wars, top, batman begins, batman, wanted, battlestar galactica, the 4400, mentorship, triviagasm, vernor vinge, lying mentors
io9 - Jul 1, 2008
You can put your pitchforks and online petitions down - it's looking increasingly likely that Jon Favreau and Marvel Studios have patched up their differences (read: arguments over money) and that Favreau will, in …
Also tagged: jon favreau, captain america, the avengers, the mandarin
io9 - Jun 30, 2008
Apparently there's something called "spoiler stress" that comes from reading too many spoilers, and it can shorten your life! So handle our new motherlode of spoilers for Hellboy 2 and Journey To The Center Of The …
Also tagged: doctor who, heroes, transformers, smallville, hellboy, hellboy 2, journey to the center of the earth, sarah connor chronicles, transformers 2, morning spoilers, iron man 2, transformers revenge of the fallen
io9 - Jun 29, 2008
The San Diego Comic-Con isn't just the place to go to meet your favorite geek celebrities, hear about the latest comics, movies or television shows or pick up that long-desired issue of Adolescent Radioactive …
Also tagged: star wars, top, heroes, spider man, battlestar galactica, comic con, fracking toaster, san diego s coolest toys
io9 - Jun 29, 2008
The San Diego Comic-Con isn't just the place to go to meet your favorite geek celebrities, hear about the latest comics, movies or television shows or pick up that long-desired issue of Adolescent Radioactive …
Also tagged: star wars, top, heroes, spider man, battlestar galactica, fracking toaster, san diego s coolest toys
io9 - Jun 26, 2008
Jon Favreau may have spilled the unsurprising beans on who the movie version of Marvel’s Avengers consists of, but what does he know? He may not even be making Iron Man 2: This Time, He’s Rusty! We here at io9 would …
Also tagged: top, robert downey jr, the incredible hulk, marvel comics, jon favreau, starfox, wasp, hawkeye, the beast, mantis, black widow, avengers, black panther, tigra, wonder man
io9 - Jun 24, 2008
You might have noticed a distinct lack of female heroes at the movies this summer, Sex And The City aside. It's almost as if the studios decided women couldn't carry a big movie — but nah, I'm sure it's just a …
Also tagged: women, poll, indiana jones, wanted, hancock, wall e, incredible hulk, summer movies
io9 - Jun 17, 2008
We didn't mean to give the wrong impression with last week's examination of superheroes who can't get any — there are plenty of superheroes whose utility belts are covered with notches. From "hairy-chested love god …
Also tagged: spider man, alan moore, batman, top ten, she hulk, the specials, dan slott, superhero action, the huntress, john byrne s next men, slutty superheroes
io9 - Jun 11, 2008
While the comic industry may fret that the box office success of movies like Iron Man, The Dark Knight and Hellboy 2 won't translate into higher sales for the original comics that brought the franchises to life, that's …
Also tagged: the dark knight, estee lauder i hardly knew er, superhero movie marketing
io9 - Jun 11, 2008
Don't start looking for a date for the April 2010 launch of Iron Man 2 just yet. Director Jon Favreau says there's no way he can make that release date unless he makes a terrible movie. Says Favreau, "Neither Robert …
Also tagged: jon favreau, iron man 2