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Blood Drive: I Have Questions
There’s a series coming to Syfy this summer called Blood Drive, and it has a relatively simple premise. The world has run out of oil so cars are fueled, naturally, with blood. And while I get that it’s supposed to be intentionally absurd and campy, I’m concerned about the premise. I got questions.
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Detroit-Based Comic Con Suddenly Cancelled Three Days Before Event [Updated]
Midwest Media Expo, a mid-sized comic con in the Detroit area, has cancelled this year’s event due to issues with the hotel... three days before the whole thing was supposed to start.
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(Don't) Stop Asking Neil Gaiman How You Can Watch American Gods
All Neil Gaiman wanted was to help fans watch the upcoming TV adaptation of his book American Gods. So he took steps to make sure they knew where they could do that. Then things went horribly wrong.
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Please Help Me Understand This Horrifying and Confusing Cars Theory
I’m so sorry, but I’m a Cars truther now.
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Even the Guardians of the Galaxy Theme Park Ride Has Its Own Damn Soundtrack
Next month, the world’s first Guardians of the Galaxy theme park ride opens at Disney’s California Adventure in Anaheim, CA. And as the clock ticks down to the opening, Disney just revealed the six songs that make up the ride’s soundtrack.
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The Latest Wonder Woman Drops Hints About Why Diana Can't Get Back To Themyscira
The vast majority of Greg Rucka and Liam Sharp’s Rebirth-era Wonder Woman series has focused on Diana’s search for a path back to Themyscira and her fellow Amazons. In this week’s issue #21, we finally get an idea of where Paradise Island just might be and why she can’t return.
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The Phoenix Force Just Showed Up in the Last Place You'd Expect
The Phoenix Force is one of the deadliest entities in the entire Marvel universe, a roiling mass of pure destruction that leaves nothing but cinders in its wake. Usually, it’s associated with the iconic Phoenix sagas in the pages of X-Men, but now the entity is back—and playing its part in a totally unexpected story.
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Watch Elizabeth Shaw Return in a Short Film Linking Prometheus and Alien: Covenant
What happened after Prometheus? How does that lead into Alien: Covenant? We won’t know for sure until the new film opens on May 19 but a new short film gives us a pretty good idea.
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The Handmaid's Tale Starts Strong, but Stumbles When It Tells Us How to Feel
The Handmaid’s Tale debuted on Hulu with its first three episodes, throwing the audience head-first into the Red Center for a hard education on life in Gilead. It’s largely effective, except for the moments it reminds us it’s effective.
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All the Science Fiction and Fantasy TV to Watch (or Avoid) This Summer
When summer comes, it brings with it lazy days in the sun and kids free of school. It also brings a slew of TV shows, perfect for watching when it’s too hot to leave the air conditioning (which is most of the time). Here’s the io9 guide to everything our beloved nerdy genres are putting up this year.
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In the Cars 3 Trailer, Lightning McQueen Is Urged to Give Up Racing and Become a Corporate Shill
Because... cars? And racing? And it’s for kids, I guess? I gotta tell you, I’m really in the weeds on understanding the world of Cars. This trailer has mooing tractors and it’s honestly more confusing than AP Physics ever was.
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Scientists Are Already Planning the Next Mission to Pluto
The Pluto-shaped void in our hearts has yet to be filled by Planet 9, copious amounts of Ben & Jerry’s, or anything. Ever since the summer of 2015, when NASA’s New Horizons performed a six-month-long reconnaissance flyby study of Pluto and its moons, fans of the dwarf planet have wondered if or when we’d ever go back.…
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Glass, the Sequel Both to Split and Unbreakable, Will Be Out January 2019
Well, spoilers be damned, now it’s out there. M. Night Shyamalan just announced via Twitter that his next movie is called Glass. It’s a sequel to Split and Unbreakable simultaneously and it’ll be in theaters January 18, 2019.
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Batman and Flash's Big Watchmen Mystery Just Took One Hell of a Turn
After months of intrigue from fans, the first big clues as to just what the hell is going on with Watchmen’s integration into the DC universe are slowly being revealed in a new storyline stretching across the pages of Batman and The Flash. This week’s entry didn’t offer much in the way of major revelations, but it did…
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Nebula Wasn't Originally Meant to Survive the First Guardians of the Galaxy
Of all of Marvel’s vaguely defined villains, Nebula was always more of an opportunist than a straight-up believer, which is why her changing sides in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 works. But, according to Karen Gillan, Nebula wasn’t even supposed to be alive to switch sides.
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Today's Best Deals: Amazon Activewear Sale, USB Power Receptacles, Anker Headphones, and More
Anker’s newest Bluetooth headphones, power receptacles with USB ports, and a huge one-day activewear sale lead off Wednesday’s best deals.
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Space-War Is Space-Hell in the New Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Comic
The grim future of Warhammer 40,000 has waged its away across tabletop games, video games, books, and more. But now one of its most beloved iterations is coming to comics in the form of a new miniseries based on the classic RTS video game series Dawn of War—and we’ve got a look inside the first issue.
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Amazon's The Tick TV Show Premieres on August 25
Citizens of the world, I say to you: get hype! The new Tick TV show starring Peter Serafinowicz starts airing on Amazon Prime this summer.
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Marvel's Diablo-Style MMO Plays Pretty Well On Console
Marvel Heroes, Gazillion Entertainment’s Diablo-style comioc book MMO, is making the move to consoles as Marvel Heroes Omega. The PlayStation 4 closed beta launched last weekend, and I’m here to show it to you the only way I know how—with copious amounts of Squirrel Girl.
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It's Already Time to Start Speculating About Game of Thrones' Final Season
Will Smith could join the long-in-development clone movie Gemini Man. A major Riverdale character will look very different in season two. The Lion King remake might have found its Timon and Pumba. Plus, bad news for Powerless. Behold, Spoilers!
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