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At Last, A Time-Travel Reset Button We Can All Get Behind [Found Footage]io9 - Nov 25, 2008 If you had a time machine, what would you use it for? Fixing history? Getting rich? Nah. You'd use it to go back in time and rescue your nerdy friends from petty social embarrassments. At least, the awesome Disney … Also tagged: movies, disney, superheroes, found footage, the minutemen |
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Why You Can’t Travel Back in Time and Kill Hitler [Triviagasm]io9 - Nov 20, 2008 Next month sees the release of Valkyrie, a film about Claus von Stauffenberg, the man who tried to assassinate Adolph Hitler. Plenty of time travelers have had the same idea, although their plan was to kill Hitler … Also tagged: books, movies, television, hitler, paradox, triviagasm |
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Heroes' Kring Avoids Time Travel To Return To The Show's Roots [Heroes]io9 - Nov 20, 2008 Hope is just around the corner for those of us burned out on time travel plots in NBC's Heroes, according to the show's creator Tim Kring. Talking to an audience of screenwriters and press at last weekend's … Also tagged: television, heroes, tim kring |
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Trains Erupt with Flowers: Past and Future New York City [Architecture]io9 - Nov 19, 2008 A marvel of industrial efficiency when it was built in the 1930s, New York City's High Line was an elevated train line that chugged up through the lower west side of Manhattan and along the Hudson River. But in the … Also tagged: art, architecture, new york city |
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Sam Tyler, Futuristic Dance Instructor [Life On Mars Recap]io9 - Nov 17, 2008 The American remake of Life On Mars continues to find its own, slightly silly, groove. And it's hit on a new schtick: Sam Tyler, the cop from 2008, teaches the people of 1972 about future pop trends. Here he is … Also tagged: television, life on mars, life on mars recap |
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Doctor Who Gets All Seven Doctors -- Plus A Prince? [Doctor Who]io9 - Oct 13, 2008 The next time we see the TARDIS, the impossibly capacious time machine in the BBC's Doctor Who, it'll once again be crammed to the rafters. But this time, the crowd scene will be all actors who have played the Doctor … Also tagged: doctor who, children in need, bbc |
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The Alternate History of the Discovery of America [Alternate American History]io9 - Oct 12, 2008 We all know that Leif Ericson beat Christopher Columbus to the New World, but Chris gets his own holiday because his voyage marks the beginning of Europe's influence in the New World. But what if someone had beaten the … Also tagged: america, exploration, timeline, alternate history, christopher columbus, alternate american history |
io9 - Aug 30, 2008
Released back in 1979, the Japanese movie G.I. Samurai kicks a ton of ass: in it, a squad of Japan's Self-Defense Forces on maneuvers are thrown through a time rift to 16th Century Japan and have to face warlords …
Also tagged: movies, found footage, sonny chiba, must watch, gi samurai, time slip
io9 - Jul 31, 2008
One of the most frustrating things about the original American pilot for the remake of British time-travel show Life On Mars was the character of detective Annie Cartwright. As played by Rachelle Lefevre, Annie had …
Also tagged: tv, television, casting, gretchen mol, remakes, life on mars, bettie page
io9 - Jul 21, 2008
A few days ago, we asked what would've happened if we had had advanced technology during the Second World War, but a new graphic novel from San Francisco publisher AiT/PlanetLar is going one step further and asking …
Also tagged: aces, alternate history, curse of the red baron