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Even Shape-Shifting Aliens Will Love This Gorgeous Art Inspired by John Carpenter's The Thing
It’s been 35 years since Kurt Russell, Keith David, Wilford Brimley, and the rest of the salty McMurdo crew fought an interstellar invader in deepest Antarctica. A new book celebrating John Carpenter’s The Thing shows how inspirational the scifi horror film has become for artists with wildly diverse styles.
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Henry Cavill Screen-Tested for Man of Steel in Christopher Reeve's Iconic Superman Suit
The Man of Steel Superman costume is a perfectly fine rendition of Superman’s classic look, if a little muted in color. But somewhere in an alternate world Henry Cavill took to the silver screen in the classic Superman costume of the original comics, just like Christoper Reeve, and I bet it looked as fantastic as this…
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Meet the Hugo-Nominated Author of Alien Stripper Boned From Behind By the T-Rex
The Hugo Awards nominations were released this week, featuring some of the best and brightest works in science fiction and fantasy— most of which are relatively well known. Then, there’s one nominee for Best Novelette, a short story hardly anyone had even heard of... until now. It’s called Alien Stripper Boned From…
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How Good Are the 'Best' Star Wars Books, Really?
Next week, Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn, a book about the rise to power of everyone’s favorite grand admiral, will be released. I’ve never anticipated a Star Wars book more, and now seems like the right time to look back at the books that introduced him and evaluate if they really were as great as popular wisdom says they…
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These Are the Wildly Advanced Space Exploration Concepts Being Considered by NASA
Earlier today, NASA announced funding for 22 projects as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. From a planet hopping laser-driven sail and a solar powered Venusian weather balloon to an autonomous rover on Pluto, the future of space exploration looks incredibly bright.
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These Posters for Indie Horror Film The Void Are Video Store-Ready, If That Was Still a Thing
The indie horror film The Void opens on demand and in limited release today. To celebrate, three new posters have been released. Evocative, creepy posters that would have fit in perfectly at a video store in the 1980s or 1990s.
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God Willing, One Day Fast and Furious Could Head to Space
It probably won’t but it’s not totally, hypothetically, 100 percent off the table. And that’s good enough for us.
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Marvel Would Like You to Know Captain America's Turn to Fascism 'Has Little to Do' With Politics
In a few weeks, Marvel will kick off Secret Empire, the culmination of a year-long arc that has seen Steve Rogers, a walking symbol of American exceptionalism and patriotism, revealed as a life-long agent of a fascist supervillain organization. But aside from that minor detail, they’d really like you to know that…
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A Figure With Han Solo's Best Shit-Eating Grin, and Other Cool Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's round up of the best toys we’ve seen all week. This time we’ve got tons of new Lego minifigures, the most amazing Magneto cape, entirely unrelated magnetic building blocks, a spectacularly poseable Spider-Man: Homecoming figure, and yes, the best grin on a Han Solo action figure ever.
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The Gif Party Will Not Be Denied
Some weeks are long and full of fear and horror. That’s why the gif party is here for you to have a bit of a release. Fill the comments with the gifs you want to see.
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After Jumanji and Rampage, the Rock Will Fight Even More Animals in Jungle Cruise
For two years, Disney has had a deal in place with Dwayne Johnson to make a movie based on its iconic theme park ride, Jungle Cruise. Just when it was starting to seem like it would never happen, he’s now officially signed on—and production will begin in 2018.
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Scientists Want to Do Some Crazy Physics Using Scrapped Medical Equipment
An old MRI machine took a several-week boat journey around the world last week. Scientists are going to gut it, replace the bed, and try to understand the secrets of the universe with it—because, why not?
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Take a Gander at Some of Game of Thrones' New Costumes
HBO just released a couple of general promo videos, where characters from different shows come out and praise how it’s not TV, it’s HBO. However, the seemingly innocuous advertisements do have one super cool feature: New costumes for Game of Thrones!
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A New Anthology Will Explore Every Inch of the Star Wars Universe
Following in a grand tradition for Star Wars books, Del Rey, Lucasfilm, and Disney have announced a new 40-story anthology which will explore the stories of background characters from A New Hope.
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Orphan Black Promo Hints at Cosima and Delphine's Wedding Day
It’s a wedding! At least, I hope it’s one. Given Orphan Black’s tendency to give us a glimmer of hope, only to later snatch it away, one can never be too careful.
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I’m Still Trying to Figure Out How I Feel About Mass Effect: Andromeda
The new Mass Effect game is big, sprawling, and a little intimidating. It’s also needlessly complicated and oddly frustrating in places. Nevertheless, I can’t stop playing it. Allow me to try and figure out why.
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SpaceX Wants You to Start Saving for Your (Possibly Deadly) Trip to Mars
Elon Musk wants to take you to Mars, but he also wants your sweet Earthling dollars to do that—hundreds of thousands of them, at least. With SpaceX’s most recent success, in which the company launched a reused rocket into orbital space for the first time ever, Mars enthusiasts and billionaires alike are buzzing to…
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Today's Best Deals: Waste Kings, 25% Off Chocolate, JBL Flip, and More
Amazon’s annual chocolate sale, Waste King garbage disposals, and a JBL Bluetooth speaker lead off Friday’s best deals.
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This Mind-Blowing Stellar Explosion Is a Beautiful Mess
When it comes to cool space pictures, supernovae get all the credit. After all, who doesn’t love a good star death? But new images from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile reveal a stunning star birth that gives those supernova snaps a run for their money. It looks just like a firework,…
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Even Brian Michael Bendis is Confused By Peter's Best Friend in Spider-Man: Homecoming
Peter Parker’s best bud in Homecoming might have the name of a familiar comics character—Ned Leeds—but his role in the film and his appearance are far more in line with another Spider-Man character: Ultimate Spider-Man’s Ganke. Fans are confused as to why Miles Morales’ best friend is now Peter’s... and turns out, so…
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