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IT Trailer Comparison Floats Remake Alongside Iconic Miniseries
The IT remake trailer is the latest one crowned “Most Popular,” surpassing The Fate of the Furious as the most-viewed trailer in a single day. This trophy will likely be passed to another soon, but in the meantime, let’s take a second to appreciate how much the trailer pays homage to its source material. I’m not…
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SFF Net Shuts Down After 20 Years
SFF Net, the online community where authors, publishers, editors, and fans shared their love of science fiction and fantasy for two decades, officially shuttered its doors on Friday.
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Saturday's Best Deals: Tax Software, Cordless Vacuum, Loose Leaf Tea, and More
Your favorite men’s underwear, H&R Block tax software, and loose leaf tea lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web.
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Marvel VP of Sales Blames Women and Diversity for Sales Slump
Marvel Comics aren’t doing well. Sales have declined, even as Marvel has pushed out every major event and crossover it can over the past two years. In a recent interview during the Marvel Retailer Summit, Marvel VP of Sales David Gabriel decided to ignore all the problems and criticism in order to place the blame on…
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Lotus Sent An April Fools' Press Release About Race Helmets For Cats And I'll Take Three
Alright, Lotus. Did you really think you could get away with this? Not the joke, obviously—any journalist knows a press release embargoed for April 1 is meant for trickery. But did you really think you could get away with releasing photos of cats in cute race helmets for April Fools’ Day and not start selling them?
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This Collection of Weird Shorts Is Just the Thing to Lead You Into Your Weekend
It’s been a long week, hasn’t it? Twist the knob on your brain from “work” to “Friday niiiiight” with Neurocircuit, a collection of fast-paced micro-shorts from animator Nog. Some of these are mildly NSFW—there’s one cartoon dick and several gory acts of wanton violence, so be warned.
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The Creature From the Black Lagoon Remake Has Emerged From the Murky Depths With a Screenwriter
The dreaded day is here. There’s momentum building on the long-rumored Creature From the Black Lagoon remake, the one Universal Horror title we hoped against hope would slink unbothered along the muddy bottom of the studio’s shiny new shared universe starring its classic monsters.
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io9 Roundtable: How Ghost in the Shell Fumbles Race and Identity
Ghost in the Shell is finally in theaters, after months of backlash and even more backtracking from the movie’s cast and crew. The film has been accused of whitewashing the Major so they could cast a Caucasian actress, perpetuating decades of erasure for Asian Americans in film.
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Is Blue Origin's Tourist Capsule Sexier Than SpaceX's?
The dick measuring contest space race between tech titans Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk has been brewing for years, but recently, things have intensified to comic book levels of absurdity. Almost immediately after SpaceX announced it’d be sending two private citizens around the moon next year, Jeff Bezos fired back by…
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Sweet Christmas, Marvel's Bringing Back Digital Redeem Codes
Earlier this year, Marvel made the sudden decision to stop including free downloads of digital copies of single issues with physical issues of its books. Thankfully, the publisher has since had a (correct) change of heart.
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Orlando Bloom Is Looking Very Crusty in New Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Footage
After a couple of trailers and teasers, a behind-the-scenes video that revealed Will Turner’s son, and news that Orlando Bloom would be back as Will in the fifth pirates movie, we finally have a good look at him. And things have gone wrong.
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What Legion Should Do in Season Two
We’ve got about a year before the second season of Legion, which will likely have 10 episodes and debut in spring 2018. Legion positioned itself as one of the most artful and unique superhero shows on television, where our hero discovered his abilities and faced the monster inside him. There are plenty of ways the…
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Report: The Handmaid's Tale Graphic Novel Is Coming
Next month sees the premiere of the Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s classic speculative fiction novel The Handmaid’s Tale. A just-announced radio drama will also revisit the dystopian reality, as well, but did you know that a graphic novel has been in the works, too?
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Jonathan Coulton Fights 'Nicey-Nice Fascism' with Text Adventure Music Video and Graphic Novel
Musician Jonathan Coulton has debuted the first video for his upcoming album, Solid State. It’s a glorious send-up of classic text adventure video games, as well as a cautionary tale against the encroaching surveillance state. As a bonus, the album has its own graphic novel.
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A Gorgeous Aliens Motion Tracker, and More of Our Favorite Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's roundup of all the coolest new toys around (at least this week). This week: a totally lavish Aliens prop replica, an anime-style Kamala Khan, Pac-Man power for your phone, and a very elaborate Batmobile from Batman v Superman. Hide your wallet and check out all the good stuff below.
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Doctor Who's New Companion Is Gay
The modern continuation of Doctor Who has not shied away from LGBTQ characters—but aside from recurring guest characters like Captain Jack or River Song, the show has yet to feature an ongoing, permanent LGBTQ companion. That is until season 10 and the arrival of Bill.
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Rainn Wilson Is Going to Bring Harry Mudd to Star Trek: Discovery
If anyone is going to do justice to Roger C. Carmel’s most glorious Star Trek character, it’s going to be Rainn Wilson.
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Oh My God, Look at Saturn's North Pole
Recently, Gizmodo space writer Rae Paoletta called Saturn “the golden retriever of the solar system,” and I’m not here to dispute that characterization. But it was a lot easier to think of Saturn as a golden retriever when the planet’s defining hue was, y’know, gold. Not blue. Not electric, alien protomolecule-blue.
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Feast Your Eyes on All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Coming Out in April
Feast your eyes on this huge list of April releases, and maybe consider dabbling in weird science to grow an extra pair of peepers. There are tons of amazing new scifi and fantasy books on the way, including a dystopian tale from Cory Doctorow and a very highly anticipated Star Wars novel.
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It's Time to Throw a Gif Party
It’s Friday, and while it’s not our eleventy-first birthday, it’s still time to celebrate. As long as by “celebrate,” you mean “put gifs in the comments.” So, come on everyone, let’s party!
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