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io9 - Jun 13, 2008
The moment we learn how to time travel, the first thing we're all going to want to do is go back in time and kill our own grandparents as children. It's like picking at a scab, you can't resist. A big part of the …
Also tagged: time travel, time paradoxes, temporal mechanics, this will teach grandpa to tell fart jokes at grandma s funeral, grandfather paradox
io9 - Jun 12, 2008
It seems like the superhero movies are an unstoppable force, their radiation-blasted muscles pushing past all obstacles. Increasingly, the summer belongs to men and women in silly outfits flying around zapping each …
Also tagged: movies, comics, batman, marvel, captain america, incredible hulk, the avengers, superhero movies
io9 - May 30, 2008
The reboot of gritty robot-apocalypse show Battlestar Galactica was a breathtaking revelation, with its complex characters and hard-edged political allegories. And we didn't miss any of the glitzy 1970s baggage that …
Also tagged: tv, television, starbuck, bsg, caprica, battlestar galactica, jumping the shark
io9 - May 23, 2008
Star Wars already showed us how the Clone Wars end, in Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith. And we saw some awesome Tarkovsky cartoons that filled in the gaps, a few years ago. Not to mention the great Dark Horse comics by …
Also tagged: star wars, batman, jar jar binks, clone wars
io9 - May 23, 2008
Now that it's official that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is venturing into science fiction territory, with funky Grateful Dead-skulls, there's no going back. Indy has a whole universe of "B" …
Also tagged: doctor who, movies, indiana jones, b movies
io9 - May 16, 2008
So you're watching a politician debating or giving a speech on television — or, Lords of Kobol forfend, you're actually in the audience. And your would-be leader is being even more specious and demented than is usual …
Also tagged: politicians, telekinesis, telepathy
io9 - May 15, 2008
Will City Of Ember be the first post-apocalyptic movie aimed at kids? Based on Jeanne DuPrau's young adult novel, Ember features two kids discovering there's a world outside the dying underground city that they've …
Also tagged: mad max, wall e, waterworld, city of ember, post apocalyptic, future dystopias
io9 - May 12, 2008
Now that we're already discussing Iron Man 3, and filming may soon start on the Superman Returns sequel, it's a good time to look at science fiction's wreckage-strewn history of bad and weird sequels. From the crazy …
Also tagged: movies, top, spider man 3, sequels, robocop 3, batman and robin, highlander 2
io9 - May 7, 2008
I saw Speed Racer last night, and though I can't tell you much about it yet (full review on Thursday!), I can say this: It might actually be better than director/producer pair the Wachowskis previous effort, The …
Also tagged: movies, top, the matrix, wachowski brothers, speed racer, wachowskis
io9 - May 6, 2008
It's never too early to produce the next generation of science fiction consumers. If they're old enough to walk, they're old enough to start obsessing about the finer points of space combat. (In fact, any kid worth her …