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Doctor Who Just Did One of Its Most Daring Episodes in Ages
By its very nature, Doctor Who is a formulaic show. You’ve got the Doctor, you’ve got a companion, they go on an adventure, there’s a scary monster, they overcome it , and are back in the TARDIS in time to do it all over again. But its latest episode did something to twist that: it gave some major consequences to the…
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Today's Best Deals: Programmable Switches, Memory Foam, Anker Gear, and More
Anker’s new DashCam and the PowerCore Fusion, a memory foam mattress and pillow, programmable switches, and more lead Monday’s best deals.
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On American Gods, Belief Is Starting to Make the Impossible Happen
Humans have a hard time coming to grips with death, prompting them to come up with deities and beliefs that revolve around being judged and leaving a legacy. The newest episode of American Gods offers up a poignant spin on the mythological afterlife and teases ominous consequences for those who refuse to pass over to…
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Superman and Watchmen's Dr. Manhattan Will Clash in Doomsday Clock
At the start of the year, Geoff Johns teased his return to comics writing with a simple teaser image: The glowering brow of Watchmen’s Dr. Manhattan. Now we know just what he’s up to, and it has huge ramifications for the DC comics universe.
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GRRM Sets the Record Straight About HBO's Five(!) Potential Game of Thrones Spin-Offs
Even though Games of Thrones will conclude after its eighth season next year, HBO is currently developing a whole mess of new shows set in Westeros. In a new Livejournal post, though, George R.R. Martin sheds new light on the five pilot scripts in the works and explains why he doesn’t like calling the projects…
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I Demanded Answers From The Bosses At Pixar About How The World Of Cars Works
As you may be aware, I’m very interested in the rich, complex world Pixar has created for the Cars series of movies. Maybe a little too interested. The movies, while enjoyable as simply fun animated movies about cars, nevertheless bring up a great deal of complex issues when given greater scrutiny. Now I’ve finally…
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One X-Men Star Won't Be Part of the New Mutants Movie After All
Woody Harrelson continues to tease his Han Solo character. Supergirl talks about Cat Grant and Superman’s return. A Star Wars legend could be coming to Rebels’ final season. Plus, crazy new pictures from Gotham and Flash, new peeks at Thor: Ragnarok and Wonder Woman, and Riverdale has found its new Reggie. Spoilers!
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First Full Trailer For Bryan Singer's The Gifted Has Links To the X-Men and Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
We’ve known for a while now that Fox’s upcoming X-Men spinoff tv show The Gifted would tell a classic story of mutant persecution with a handful of well known characters like Blink, Polaris, and Thunderbird thrown in for good measure.
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The Coolest Cosplay From Houston Comicpalooza 2017
Houston Comicpalooza is making waves in Texas this weekend, and Canada’s getting its cosplay on with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. io9's Evan Narcisse was in Houston to check out some of the awesome cosplay coming out of the Lone Star State. And since none of us are in Toronto (and there’s always more cosplay than…
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Dim the Lights and Feast Your Eyes on Netflix’s Jughead Hamburger Porn
Netflix has confirmed it’s adding the first season of CW’s Riverdale on Thursday, giving everyone a chance to dive into one of the weirdest teen dramas on television. But, Netflix knows what’s been missing from the first season, and decided to grant fans their deepest, darkest desire: Jughead hamburger porn.
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If We Live Another Billion Years, a Lot of Crazy Shit Is Going to Happen
Let’s just throw this one in the science fiction category. Everyone knows humans aren’t even going to survive the next few decades. But what would happen if we did live another billion years? Some really cool things with a healthy dose of horrific disaster.
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Developers of the MP3 Have Officially Killed It
MP3, the digital audio coding format, changed the way we listen to music and drove the adoption of countless new devices over the last couple of decades. And now, it’s dead. The developer of the format announced this week that it has officially terminated its licensing program.
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NASCAR's Wonder Woman Car Totaled in Fiery Wreck
Danica Patrick’s Wonder Woman-branded NASCAR was engulfed in flames after getting into a wreck at the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday. The powers of Princess Diana of Themyscira seemed to protect Patrick, who walked away unscathed, but another driver was injured in the crash.
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Alcoholism Saves Rick and Morty From a Face Hugger in Alien: Covenant Crossover
You know what they say, kids: Don’t use drugs. That is, unless it would save you from getting killed by an alien.
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Marvel's Cancelling Black Panther & The Crew, One of Its Most Important Comics Right Now
When Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yona Harvey’s Black Panther & The Crew launched earlier this year, it proved that big publishers like Marvel can, in fact, still tell timely stories about real world issues, like how police brutality devastates black communities. But now, after a mere two issues, Marvel has cancelled the…
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Sunday's Best Deals: Coleman Gear, Cuisinart Grills, Motion-Sensing Lights, and More
Mini versions of OxyLED’s super-popular motion-sensing lights, a Charbroil Grill Gold Box, rechargeable batteries, and more lead Sunday’s best deals.
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Frequency and No Tomorrow Get Series-End Epilogues, Including Reveal of Frank's Fate
Fans of Frequency and No Tomorrow were collectively crushed when CW revealed that neither freshman series would get a second season. While neither show is getting a last-minute save, like NBC’s Timeless, fans are getting a bit of closure with some surprise epilogues to close out the stories.
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Let's Talk About That Breathtaking Doctor Who Reveal in the Spoiler-Packed Discussion Thread
Tonight’s Doctor Who gave us some really dark moments—and we’re not just talking about the space zombies. We need a moment to unpack that moment. You know the one we’re talking about. Take a breath and let’s jump in, shall we?
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Incoming, a Scifi Horror Short, Gives Body Snatchers WiFi
What if an alien invasion could be done remotely, ordering humans to do all the dirty work for you from the comfort of your alien spaceship? A new scifi short is about humans achieving First Contact, but the signal basically turns you into one of The Infected from The Last of Us.
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Yo Ho, Pirates of the Caribbean Fans, It's Paul McCartney as a Pirate
Jack Sparrow, meet your match. Sir Paul McCartney has unveiled the first look at his character for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. And I’m kind of at a loss for words.
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