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Watch a Rocket Launch in Glorious 360 Degrees for the First Time Ever
Watching a rocket launch is the most wholesome and exciting activity besides going on a rollercoaster or eating large quantities of cheese. Today, at around 11:11 am EDT, NASA, in coordination with United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Orbital ATK, will take things to the next level—the agency will be broadcasting the …
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Blade Runner Pistol Is Being Turned Into...A Water Gun
Blade Runner’s blaster already has a number of expensive replicas. This summer, it’s getting a water gun.
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The Amazing Star Wars Homages Hidden in Rogue One's Soundtrack
Composer Michael Giacchino joined Rogue One very late in the game—to the point he allegedly had just four weeks to create his soundtrack for the film. The fact he even managed it was impressive, but as this video shows, Giacchino pulled off a soundtrack filled with intriguing cues and homages to the Star Wars work of…
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A Mad King Consumes Everything in Search of Meaning in This Surreal Scifi Short
In Jakob Schmidt’s Planemah, an impatient king becomes obsessed with a philosophical query that drives him beyond the edge of madness—and into a place of extreme intergalactic turmoil.
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The Crew Sends Their Last Messages to Earth in These Eerie New Alien: Covenant Promos
We’re just over a month away from Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, a film that’s built its marketing strategy not just on teasers and trailers, but viral clips (like “Meet Walter,” an intro to the movie’s android). The latest are a pair of transmissions to Earth from two Covenant crew members.
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I Don't Even Know What's Going On in This Gotham Trailer, But I Love It
At some point since I stopped watching Gotham, the show has embraced the completely buck-wild tone it’s developed over three seasons. And it now seems to have gone off the deep end in the most spectacular way, judging by this new trailer. Honestly, it looks so good, I’m contemplating catching up the moment I finish…
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The Leftovers Is Back, and Doomsday Is Coming
The previous seasons of The Leftovers focused on the devastating aftereffects of the Departure, an event that altered reality and coaxed some mighty strange behavior from those left behind. Season three began last night, and instead of looking back, the world is now looking ahead—to the end.
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Celebrate the Arrival of the Next Saga Collection With Jen Bartel's Gorgeous Pinup Art
More Saga in any form is a good thing in our books, and the upcoming second volume of Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ seminal comic series, due out next week, is no exception. To celebrate, we’ve got an exclusive look at some of the beautiful art created for the new collection, by some of the best artists in…
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James Gunn Will Return to Write and Direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
James Gunn, the man behind the movie iteration of Guardians of the Galaxy—and who may one day win an award for being the man most in love with his job, social media, and talking about his job on social media—has announced that he’ll be back for a third Guardians movie.
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The American Gods TV Series Isn't Afraid to Go Full-On Weird, and That's What Makes It Great
The biggest hazard a show like American Gods can run into is making it feel like you’re just waiting on the freaky cool stuff to happen. That obstacle never presents itself in the first four episodes of Starz’ new fantasy series, which feels quite unlike anything on television right now. Strangeness is always just an…
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Ten Horrifying Deep Sea Creatures, Ranked
The depths of the ocean are festooned with the most nightmarish creatures imaginable. You might think you’re safe, because these critters live thousands of feet down in a cold dark abyss, but the vampire squid, which looks like a nightmare umbrella, and the frilled shark—a literal living fossil—will live on in the…
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Arrival's Eric Heisserer on Diving Into the Valiant Comics Universe in Secret Weapons
You might know Eric Heisserer as the screenwriter behind Arrival, but his next big project is in a different vein: Secret Weapons, a new superhero miniseries for Valiant Comics. We spoke to the writer to see what it’s like writing for the screen and writing for comics, and what’s in store for the Valiant universe.
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Spider-Men II Will Reveal the Miles Morales of the Prime Marvel Universe
Miles Morales might be swinging around alongside Peter Parker these days as Spider-Man, but before that, he came from an alternate reality: Earth-1610, the “Ultimate Marvel” universe. Five years after the company first pondered the question, a new comic will answer who the hell the “original” Miles Morales of…
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24 Years Later, The Sonic The Hedgehog Cartoon Is Still Charming
Between a catalog of killer games on the Genesis and the Archie Comic series, Sonic the Hedgehog was a fixture of my childhood. At the height of Sonic mania, there was a handful of cartoon shows. My favorite was based on the comics and is now affectionately called Sonic SatAM. But is it as good as I remember?
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A New Archie Comic Will Draw Inspiration From Riverdale, a Show Based on the Archie Comics
Artist Dan Parent and writer-inker Ty Templeton are working together on the just-announced Your Pal Archie, which is an “all-ages” book that will modernize the looks of the characters by taking inspiration from Riverdale. If they want to keep the book all-ages, the fashion will have to be all they take from the show.
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'Sonic Screwdriver' Breaks Time and Space in Order to Be Added to the Oxford English Dictionary
Just ahead of the season premiere of Doctor Who, the good people at the OED had a little tie-in to announce: “sonic screwdriver,” the Doctor’s multipurpose magic tool, is getting its own entry.
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Secret Medieval Tomb Reveals Resting Site of Five Lost Archbishops
During renovations at the former site of a medieval church in London, England, construction workers uncovered the entranceway to a hidden crypt. Inside lay 30 lead coffins, including the remains of five former Archbishops of Canterbury. It’s a completely unexpected archaeological finding—showing that even London’s…
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Here Is Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Dressed Up As Pikachu
Yesterday, on Easter, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson chased his daughter around the house wearing a Pikachu costume. And how did you celebrate? Eggs?
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Mark Hamill Had a Great Idea for Getting Luke and Han Together in The Force Awakens
Part of what made Han Solo’s demise in The Force Awakens so upsetting is that he didn’t get one last moment with his dear friend Luke before he died. But Mark Hamill apparently wanted Han’s death to play out slightly differently—in such a way that would’ve probably had us crying even more.
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