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Finally, You Can Be Possessed by The Thing in Board Game Form
You never really thought of it, but John Carpenter’s The Thing lends itself really well to a board game. One person has been consumed and while they try to fool everyone, everyone else is trying to figure out who’s the monster.
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The New Jean Grey Comic Wants to Show She's More Than Just an X-Man, Love Interest, or Phoenix Host
Jean Grey is one of those comic book characters that people either unabashedly love or despise with a burning passion. She’s been the focal point of some of Marvel’s most convoluted, retcon-packed storylines and after over 50 years of saving the world, she’s finally getting a chance to be a three-dimensional person in…
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The Struggle Is Surreal For a Student Who Can't Stay Awake in This Animated Short
We’ve all been there—midway through a boring lesson or meeting, maybe after a late night or not enough caffeine, the simple task of staying awake becomes a mighty struggle. Seoro Oh’s Afternoon Class, about a student’s failing efforts to just keep his eyes open, has a lot of weird fun with this scenario.
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What the Hell Is This Space Council Mike Pence Is Going to Lead?
When considering vice president Mike Pence, one might be inclined to recall that time he voted against recognizing Pi Day, or his alleged tendency to refer to his wife as “mother.” In his latest ascension within the Trump administration, Pence—who is ostensibly a creationist—will be given the responsibility of leading…
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Captain America Is No Longer a Supervillain, He's a Monster
The road Marvel Comics has taken to Secret Empire has seen Steve Rogers turn from sleeper agent to full-on supervillain. But Secret Empire #1, out today, goes well beyond that: it makes Captain America complicit in horrors so extreme it’s hard to see how the character can ever return to being the hero he once was.
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How Two New Rogue One Novels Expand the Star Wars Canon
Two Rogue One prequel books are on the shelves: the Jyn Erso-focused Rebel Rising and the Baze Malbus and Chirrut Îmwe-starring Guardians of the Whills. As you would expect, both books drop a fair bit of new canon knowledge and help flesh out Rogue One. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Meatloaf and Vincent D’Onofrio Are Co-Starring in a Syfy Show Called Ghost Wars
And, really, do you need to know anything else?
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Everything the Defenders Trailer Tells Us About What's Going on in Marvel's New York
We got a good look at Netflix and Marvel’s Defenders today. As usual, we’ve broken down the trailer and examined every scene, comparing it to what we know for certain and what we’ve heard rumored. Join us, won’t you?
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The Flash Has Finally Revealed Its Big Villain: Its Own Formula
After months of speculation, The Flash finally unmasked its latest villain, a big bad speedster, and gasp! It’s someone Barry Allen already knows. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, which you most definitely have if you’ve watched the past two seasons of The Flash, because yes, we’re doing this thing again.
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Chill Out to This Galaxy-Sized Wave of Hot Gas Swirling Through the Void
It’s another casual day in space discovery: Apparently, an international team of scientists has found a giant wave of hot gas chugging along through the Perseus galaxy cluster, located about 250 million lightyears away. By combining data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations and computer…
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Here Are a Bunch of People Mark Hamill Freaked Out During 'Force For Change' Promo
Let’s face it: If any of us were doing a promo video for Star Wars’ “Force For Change” charity drive and Mark Hamill showed up to deliver some of Luke Skywalker’s most famous lines, this is exactly how we’d react, too.
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The Handmaid's Tale Gives More Proof That Men Are Monsters
I’m guessing the fourth episode of The Handmaid’s Tale will go down as the slowest episode of the season. It’s a lot of set-up and world-building, going further into the role that women are forced to play in this man’s world. However, that’s kind of a blessing. In a horrific dystopia like Gilead, sometimes you need to…
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The First Look at Hulu's Runaways Is Full of Angsty Teens With Terrible Parents
The Defenders trailer gave you a team of foul-mouthed adults with bad coping skills, and now the first look Runaways are its lighter teen equivalent. Less binge drinking, similar amounts of angst, and a whole lot more mommy and daddy issues. Also, one of these kids is clearly an outspoken feminist.
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Today's Best Deals: QHD Monitor, $20 Hand Vac, Whitening Toothbrush, and More
A QHD monitor, the outgoing Ecobee thermostat, and a $20 hand vacuum lead off Wednesday’s best deals.
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A Second Giant Crack Has Appeared on Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf
A 80-mile-long crack along Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf has remained stable since February, but scientists have now detected a new branch, one that’s extending about six miles from the main rift. It seems like only a matter of time before the 2,000 square mile ice shelf plunges into the sea.
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The Secret to How Hollywood Makes an Actor Vomit Massive Amounts of Blood
Adam Savage and the Tested crew recently had the opportunity to visit the sets of Alien: Covenant, and in their latest video they not only get some hands-on time with many of the weapons used in the upcoming prequel, they also learned the secrets of how alien-infected actors are able to vomit so much blood.
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The Handmaid's Tale Renewed for Season 2
The Handmaid’s Tale is only in its second week, with four episodes released so far, but it looks like we’re not leaving Gilead anytime soon. Hulu announced the show has been renewed for a second season.
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New Details on a Wild Chase Scene in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
James Gunn is already on to teasing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The first story details for Dwayne Johnson’s Rampage movie are here. There’s a very ridiculous amount of speculation about a villain for the Batman movie. Plus, behind the scenes on Once Upon a Time’s musical episode, and a very crunch clip from …
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Feast Your Eyes On The First Defenders Trailer
We’ve seen Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist all individually do battle with the evil that plagues Netflix’s corners of the Marvel Universe. Now, for the first time we get a look at all four of them fighting together as the Defenders they were destined to become.
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Two Worlds Collide in the Explosive First Trailer For The Dark Tower
After what feels like ages, our first look at The Dark Tower is finally here—and it takes us into another world of death, destruction, and some very fancy gunwork from Idris Elba’s Roland the Gunslinger.
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