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io9 - Aug 24, 2008
Last week, we introduced you to Emo Batman. This week? Meet Middle Class Batman. Now that we've seen both new Bat-Versions of the Caped Crusader, there's only one thing left to do: Put them both in a cage match and see …
Also tagged: batman thunderdome, emo batman, middle class batman
io9 - Aug 22, 2008
They don't make supervillains like they used to, as we mentioned the other day. Today's super-villains are more like super-kittens, that you just want to scritch behind the ears. Or else, they're the hero's friend …
Also tagged: star wars, iron man, battlestar galactica, incredible hulk, annals of mediocre villainy
io9 - Aug 15, 2008
We lived through the Obama vs. Clinton YouTube smackdowns, and now we're entering the age of Obama vs. McCain. Already Paris Hilton has contributed to a "grassroots" Obama ad which compares McCain to Yoda (hell, it's …
io9 - Aug 12, 2008
Now that Michael Chabon has won a Hugo, we've completed the process of claiming him as a science fiction author. So who's next? Which author, currently considered "mainstream," should dip his or her pen into the …
Also tagged: augusten burroughs, david sedaris, amy tan, dave eggers, alice sebold
io9 - Aug 7, 2008
The time line for Terminator 4 plops John Connor in the year of 2018, in between Judgment Day and the eventual triumph of the human race in 2029. When you start to wrap your head around the many timelines of the …
Also tagged: terminator, t4, terminator 2, terminator 4, t2, t3, terminator salvation, terminator rise of the machines
io9 - Aug 4, 2008
It turns out some people disagree with our assessment that Supergirl was the absolute low point for the superhero movie genre — even in the face of irrefutable evidence. So it's time to settle this once and for all …
Also tagged: superheroes
io9 - Jul 31, 2008
After the tremendous success of I Am Legend, starring Will Smith as a scientist in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-plague-ravaged New York, Warners is going to follow up with a prequel. Director Francis Lawrence confirmed …
Also tagged: will smith, i am legend, francis lawrence
io9 - Jul 29, 2008
Now that the summer movie juggernaut is starting to sputter, we can start to see which movie franchises are bursting with potential, and which ones are just bursting. Of all the summer blockbusters that helped keep …
Also tagged: movies, the dark knight, batman, x files, summer movies
io9 - Jul 21, 2008
Scientists like Jared Diamond argue that human history is essentially the story of technology. Our technological advancements are what propelled from caves to cities, from gaslight to nuclear reactors, and from …
Also tagged: technology, science, fbi, tesla, inventions, james burke, jared diamond, alternating current, warp drive
io9 - Jul 17, 2008
Remember alien invasions? Strange creatures from beyond the stars, showing up on Earth and attempting to subjugate the heck out of us? Wasn't that cool? What ever happened to those would-be dominators anyway? The only …
Also tagged: independence day, extra terrestrials, alien invasions