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![What Is "The Aquaman Problem"? [Steal This Pitch]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/1/e/6/4/e/9/0/a/a/9/2d5ef57f8f0a2c99c25460.jpeg) |
What Is "The Aquaman Problem"? [Steal This Pitch]io9 - Nov 25, 2008 Apparently, people don't want to spend their money on a superhero who spends all of his time looking wet and smelling of fish. That's one possible conclusion to be drawn from the fact that DC Comics can never manage to … |
![Is Woody Allen Finally Going Back to Science Fiction? [Woody Allen]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/7/6/5/4/3/3/a/f/d/a/933da58fb4904aa4243d45.jpeg) |
Is Woody Allen Finally Going Back to Science Fiction? [Woody Allen]io9 - Nov 5, 2008 In the latest New Yorker, Woody Allen has a near-future tale of smart drugs that feels like it was written to be the beginning of a pharmaceutical comedy-drama. His first-person story is called "Think Hard, It'll Come … Also tagged: movies, short stories, woody allen |
![What Familiar Face Should Show Up On Heroes Next? [Steal This Pitch]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/3/c/9/5/3/e/6/5/b/e/df271dce105a053188de0c.jpeg) |
What Familiar Face Should Show Up On Heroes Next? [Steal This Pitch]io9 - Oct 19, 2008 From the very start of NBC's Heroes, the show has excelled in indulging the more geektastic casting decisions seen in mainstream television. We've seen fleeting appearances from Shaft, Uhura, and even Lana Lang from … Also tagged: feature, top, heroes, washed up heroes of our youth |
![What Other Classics Need To Given The Odyssey Treatment? [Steal This Pitch]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/a/2/6/7/4/b/6/c/a/8/e3ece3f48c8275efa5a04a.jpeg) |
What Other Classics Need To Given The Odyssey Treatment? [Steal This Pitch]io9 - Oct 18, 2008 News of a possible Brad Pitt sci-fi version of The Odyssey got us thinking. No, not about how quickly we could leave the planet in case said movie ever actually came out, but about what other classic literature could … Also tagged: feature, top, romeo and juliet, jane austen, the bible, the odyssey, tom sawyer, a tale of two cities |
![Cthulhu Needs a Perky Blond Sidekick [Steal This Pitch]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/9/1/d/3/2/e/7/c/1/5/3e683e8e28d754f9c24df5.jpeg) |
Cthulhu Needs a Perky Blond Sidekick [Steal This Pitch]io9 - Oct 15, 2008 Sure, a talking dog movie is money in the bank, but what about a talking Great Old One movie? Cthulhu is all the rage these days - there are freaking Cthulhu bunny slippers, for Yog-Sothoth's sake! And since … Also tagged: top, martin lawrence, cameron diaz, lovecraft, cthulhu, terry hatcher, beverly hills cthulhu, great old ones |
![Joe Haldeman's Back Catalog Could Make Hollywood Billions [Joe Haldeman]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/e/6/b/f/b/5/3/0/e/2/ca0d17928751046ca4666c.jpeg) |
Joe Haldeman's Back Catalog Could Make Hollywood Billions [Joe Haldeman]io9 - Oct 15, 2008 With The Forever War that much closer to the big screen, maybe it's time for Hollywood to take a closer look at Joe Haldeman's other works as well. Haldeman is already talking about trying to have more creative input … Also tagged: books, movies, ridley scott, joe haldeman, the forever war |
![NBC Needs To Make Their White Male Boredom Pay Off [Steal This Pitch]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/7/7/6/4/7/0/0/6/4/f/a9c5e1f55e33afc48306b1.jpeg) |
NBC Needs To Make Their White Male Boredom Pay Off [Steal This Pitch]io9 - Oct 14, 2008 We weren't the only ones underwhelmed by the premiere of My Own Worst Enemy, NBC's latest attempt to deal with white middle class male disappointment over how their life has turned out by pretending that they're really … Also tagged: top, chuck, my own worst enemy |
![5 Ways To Make Star Trek More Like Star Wars [Steal This Pitch]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/e/c/3/0/3/2/b/2/d/7/c5832a3120a32845ffb4d9.jpeg) |
5 Ways To Make Star Trek More Like Star Wars [Steal This Pitch]io9 - Oct 12, 2008 So we've been told that the writers of next year's Star Trek reboot want to "bring more Star Wars" to Gene Rodenberry's brightly-colored vision of America's interstellar tomorrow. But what does that actually mean? … Also tagged: star trek, star wars, feature, top, jj abrams, nerd bondage fantasies |
![We Are In Dire Need of a Scifi Sitcom [Steal This Pitch]](http://imageserver.news.speeple.com/1/d/4/d/3/b/8/b/2/4/d292f6562b33f19a3a5f18.jpeg) |
We Are In Dire Need of a Scifi Sitcom [Steal This Pitch]io9 - Oct 10, 2008 CBS' Two and a Half Men, with 14,073,000 viewers last week, crushed Heroes (which reeled in only 8,198,000 viewers). Plus Heroes' lead-in, the dorkcom The Big Bang Theory, also destroyed the 112-character Tim Kring … Also tagged: television, heroes, situation comedy, alf |
io9 - Sep 28, 2008
With ratings apparently in freefall for an underwhelming, overcompensating third season premiere last week, it's fair to say that NBC's Heroes may look as if it's in trouble. But if there's one thing that we've learned …