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io9 - Sep 5, 2008
So the new Star Trek movie isn't exactly a reboot, or a prequel. It's more like a "preboot." And the recent Incredible Hulk was sort of a sequel to Hulk, but sort of a reboot. So everyone described it as a "requel." …
Also tagged: star trek, top, superman, batman, dc comics, incredible hulk, fan service, fanservice, crisis on infinite earths, friday meanness, fan jargon, fake complexity
io9 - Aug 30, 2008
The first season of Torchwood featured hot sex with lesbian aliens, a giant dinosaur-like Rift Beast, and even a bit of British war history. The second season brought us a kissin' fightin' James Marsters, a Doctor Who …
Also tagged: torchwood, mickey, martha jones
io9 - Aug 16, 2008
For years I got blank stares when I told people that The Day the Earth Stood Still was my favorite movie. "It's this black-and-white science-fiction film from the 1950s," I'd say, and when they just gazed back at me …
Also tagged: keanu reeves, the day the earth stood still, robert wise
io9 - Aug 15, 2008
Whenever I hear that a favorite author of mine is working on a young adult novel, my heart sinks. "Oh, that won't be for me," I say to myself, "I am not a young adult." Sure, I know adults can read YA fiction: I read …
Also tagged: books, top, counterpoint, ya fiction, young adult fiction
io9 - Aug 13, 2008
On Monday I said I was a little disappointed that Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union won the Hugo Award for best science fiction novel in 2007. Though I think the novel is excellent, and certainly qualifies …
Also tagged: michael chabon, hugo awards, io9 commenters rule, i was wrong
io9 - Aug 3, 2008
Everyone always thinks of James Tiberius Kirk as the resident ladykiller of the starship Enterprise, but has another member of Starfleet's most celebrated crew been hiding his pointy-eared light under a bushel? A …
Also tagged: enterprise, star trek, feature, zachary quinto, leonard nimoy, spock
io9 - Aug 1, 2008
What was X-Files writer, director and producer Chris Carter thinking with this latest movie? The box-office for I Want To Believe proved that no-one wants to watch hours of pointless character babble. So Carter says …
Also tagged: fox, movie, x files, chris carter, scully, x files i want to believe
io9 - Jul 31, 2008
There's no getting away from it - the smash hit of Comic-Con was Watchmen. In the absence of any presence from the rest of next year's big SF movies like Star Trek or Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, Zach Snyder's …
Also tagged: top, 300, warner bros, zach snyder, watchmen
io9 - Jul 23, 2008
If you're making a new piece of pop culture and you expect it to reach a mass audience, or even just a subcultural audience, you'd better have an ARG. What's that, you say? ARG stands for “alternate reality game,” and …
Also tagged: feature, top, arg, alternate reality games
io9 - Jul 10, 2008
One of the things that made Chris Claremont's run on the X-Men such a groundbreaking success was his adamant refusal to let any female character play the stereotypical sexpot role no matter what. As Terry Dodson's …
Also tagged: comics, sex, x men, jezebel, terry dodson, uncanny x men