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io9 - May 6, 2008
We don't talk much about the cloak-and-dagger genre here at io9. We haven't touched on the new James Bond movie, despite the scifi-sounding title (Quantum Of Solace.) We've barely even talked about Get Smart. (We did …
Also tagged: james bond, get smart, moonraker, spy movies
io9 - Apr 30, 2008
Science fiction has a long and honorable tradition of straying over the lines, from the noir of Neuromancer to the space-western of Firefly. But there are still a few genres that science fiction hasn't lifted from, in …
Also tagged: genres
io9 - Apr 29, 2008
Battlestar Galactica supremo Ron Moore could be the busiest science fiction producer in Hollywood, if all of his post-BSG projects come to fruition. He's writing at least three big movie projects, one of which is a …
Also tagged: ron moore, caprica, restoration, the thing, career advice, i robot, virtuality
io9 - Apr 25, 2008
The greatest scifi antiheroes aren't just ruthless and hard as nails — they're also crafty. You'll never know what they're thinking, or whose side they're on, or how many aces they've slipped into nano-pouches …
Also tagged: anti heroes
io9 - Apr 23, 2008
Now that Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner are remaking The Incredible Shrinking Man as a comedy, maybe we'll see the start of a trend of comedy remakes of scifi classics. After all, a version of The Day The Earth Stood …
Also tagged: green lantern, the green hornet, the day the earth stood still, the incredible shrinking man
io9 - Apr 18, 2008
With science fiction becoming more mainstream all the time, it should be easier and easier to find people who share your interest, right? At least, there are more big SF movies than ever, and literary writers are …
Also tagged: science fiction
io9 - Apr 17, 2008
With more big summer spectacles exploding, laser-blasting and CGI-ing all over the place, is serious, thoughtful science fiction being pushed out? Have movies like Transformers or Star Wars tractor-beamed the genre of …
Also tagged: star wars, transformers, e t, blockbusters, independence day, summer movies
io9 - Apr 12, 2008
If a race of quasi-immortal cyborgs came and wiped out 99 percent of the human race, would you ever really forgive them? Let alone learn to live in harmony with them? Battlestar Galactica starts with an unthinkably …
Also tagged: cylons, battlestar galactica
io9 - Apr 8, 2008
It's sad but true: we'll probably never see another Aliens vs. Predator movie, now that AVP2 failed to set last Christmas on fire. But that doesn't mean Hollywood can't revive some other moribund franchises by forcing …
Also tagged: tv, movies, television, space 1999, babylon 5, robocop, aliens vs predator, time cop
io9 - Apr 8, 2008
We've all had the experience of looking back at a movie or TV show that rocked our worlds a few decades ago, and going, "Oh." Suddenly, the awesome classic of the 1970s or 1980s looks kind of cheesy and silly. The …
Also tagged: doctor who, tv, television, star trek, the next generation, twilight zone, lost in space, quantum leap, sliders, the prisoner, deep space nine, outer limits