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The South Korean Presidential Election, as Told Through the Medium of Game of Thrones
Exit polls from South Korea’s presidential election indicate that liberal candidate Moon Jae-in will be the country’s next leader. Although the latest election was done in the wake of a massive corruption scandal, at least one South Korean news service decided to have a bit of fun with the results.
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Orlando Jones on American Gods' Incredible Mr. Nancy Speech and Racism: 'He’s Just Laying Out What the Fuck It Is'
This past Sunday’s episode of American Gods introduced us to Mr. Nancy (Orlando Jones), a smooth-talking African trickster god who manifests in the cargo hold of a slave ship making its way from Africa to America. It’s dark, foreboding, painful, and some of the best television I’ve seen in a number of years. I had to…
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Graphic Novel About D&D's Creator Is Enchanting, But Falls Into A Familiar Trap
Storytelling was never the same after Dungeons & Dragons. When players, guided by a dungeon master, knit a dense narrative whose many threads are each supported by their neighbors, it makes the case that many voices are greater than one. This is the pitch on which Dungeons & Dragons stakes its brand.
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Nightwing Will Go After DC's Heroes in New Order, Because Being a Fascist Is Hot Right Now
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but a beloved comic book hero is going to turn into a jackbooted thug for a government attempting to impose fascist rule in a new series. At least with this new one, we’re being told from the get-go that they’ll come to realize the error of their ways.
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Turns Out King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Is a Lot Better Than Anyone Expected
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword isn’t really about King Arthur. It’s more the origin story of a boy named Arthur, one who will eventually become a king. So it’s fitting that the best parts of the film have nothing to do with swords, kingdoms, knights, or anything like that. King Arthur is primarily a medieval…
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Will Intelligent Aliens Actually Give a Shit About Us?
With Ridley Scott’s latest installment in his classic Alien franchise, now’s the perfect time to wildly speculate about extraterrestrials. In Alien: Covenant and so many other movies like it, our cosmic neighbors turn out to be real assholes. They’re always trying to conquer Earth, or eat humans, or do other weird…
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According to The Last Knight, Transformers Have Been on Earth Forever and Also Fought Nazis
Wait. Does that mean the Decepticons fought on Hitler’s side?
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RIP Stanley Weston, the Man Behind G.I.Joe
The man who first pitched the idea of G.I.Joe to Hasbro passed away earlier this month at the age of 84, according to a statement from his family
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Senator Uses Logan to Perfectly Explain the Future of America's Job Market
California senator Kamala Harris is the second black woman ever elected to the Senate, a huge policy wonk, an unabashed proponent of dropping f-bombs, and, as luck would have it, a huge X-Men fan. So when she was asked recently about the future of the American job market, she saw an opportunity to use Logan as a…
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Today's Best Deals: Instant Pot, Dremel, Sous-Vide, and More
The newest Instant Pot pressure cooker, a $109 sous-vide circulator, and a discounted Dremel starter kit lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.
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You Can Listen to 30 Hours of Doctor Who Adventures Right Here
We all know that some of the absolute best Doctor Who stories weren’t actually put on television—instead, they’re the province of the audio dramas. And if you have more than a day to spare to listen to some of them, then boy do we have good news for you.
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Jeff Goldblum on Thor: Ragnarok and Dr. Malcolm's Return in Jurassic World 2
A Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 villain will definitely return for the third movie. Doug Liman discusses why he left Gambit for Justice League Dark. Plus, Mike Colter on the villains of The Defenders, rumors on the future of two Once Upon a Time stars, and creepy new pictures from Doctor Who. Behold, Spoilers!
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Hellboy Creator Announces R-Rated Film Reboot, Sans Guillermo del Toro
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola announced on Facebook that there will be an R-rated big screen reboot for the demonic hero, this time starring Stranger Things’ David Harbour. Sadly, Guillermo del Toro seems to be nowhere in sight.
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A Museum Visit Takes a Freaky Turn in This Funny Scifi Short
Strolling through a gallery, a mustachioed man pauses before a large sculpture—which, as he studies it, reveals a remarkable secret hidden within. (His “Oh shit!” moment is priceless.) In just two minutes, Jonathan Djob Nkondo’s The Last Exhibition manages to be as delightfully weird as it needs to be.
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Of Course, Guy Ritchie's Live-Action Aladdin Will Be a Musical
With songs like “Arabian Nights,” “Friend Like Me,” “Prince Ali,” and “A Whole New World,” it would have been very surprising if the upcoming live-action Aladdin film wasn’t a musical. But just in case, the director has officially ended any doubt.
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The Weird, Dumb Reason April's Bestselling Comic May Not Actually Be April's Bestselling Comic
You might have heard that there’s been a bit of a kerfuffle over what was actually the bestselling comic last month—but the real question isn’t whether it matters if Marvel’s first issue of Secret Empire or DC’s special issues of Batman and The Flash came out on top. It’s more like, why is it so hard to get accurate…
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Barry Allen Is His Own Worst Enemy in the Grim Trailer for The Flash's Season Finale
Last week, The Flash revealed its latest villain. Now, shit is about to hit the fan in some spectacularly speedforce-y ways that are not also just peak Flash, but suitably depressing, if this new trailer for the last few episodes of the season are anything to go by. Also, you really shouldn’t watch this unless you’re…
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Andy Weir's Follow Up to The Martian Is Coming in November
And it’s about Moon crimes.
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All the Mysteries Hidden in the Blade Runner 2049 Trailer
We got our first full-length trailer for Blade Runner 2049 today and while it tried to hide any possible answers it might have, no movie is safe from io9's sleuthing. We scanned and enhanced the footage to not only figure out the general shape of the film, but also to find the many allusions to its predecessor.
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In Chunri, a Woman Rises Up to Combat Mumbai's Underworld of Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery
In Kamathipura, Mumbai’s oldest red-light district, it’s estimated that there are currently some 20,000 sex workers doing business out of brothels. Oftentimes the “women” who are offered up by pimps and madams are are actually young girls who’ve been sold into sex slavery. In Baber K. Khan and M. Basit Ansari’s …
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