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Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World

Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World #2012 #rolandemmerich

Ewan McGregor Finally Made A Decent Star Wars Movie

Ewan McGregor Finally Made A Decent Star Wars Movie #moviereview #menwhostareatgoats

"The Box" Contains A Conspiracy Wrapped In a Mystery Wrapped In 70s Retro

"The Box" Contains A Conspiracy Wrapped In a Mystery Wrapped In 70s Retro #moviereview #thebox

Commie Fringe Scientists Bring Back Deadly Space Souvenir

Commie Fringe Scientists Bring Back Deadly Space Souvenir #fringerecap #fringe

Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama

Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama #exclusive #v

Fan-Made Replicas of Science Fiction's Favorite Land Vehicles

Fan-Made Replicas of Science Fiction's Favorite Land Vehicles #scifivehicles #scienceficitonvehi

Jeff Bridges' Secrets Of Eternal Youth

Jeff Bridges' Secrets Of Eternal Youth #exclusive #menwhostareatgoats

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  • #supernaturalrecap

    Sinister Forces Will Torment You With "Gray's Anatomy" on "Supernatural"

    This week, Supernatural took us into the dark heart of darkest evil. The brothers are trapped . . . in an episode of Gray's Anatomy! And a bad sitcom. And a bad CSI spinoff. And yes, it was awesome. More »
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  • Yesterday - November 6, 2009
  • #futuretransportation

    A Fly-By-Night Operation Is Even Harder If Your Plane Is Solar Powered

    Inventors rolled out this prototype of a solar-powered aircraft today. The Solar Impulse will fly for the first time in December and make a 36-hour flight in 2010. And in 2012, a larger verison will fly around the world. More »
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  • #megapollution

    Portrait of a Polluted Land

    NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of a massive smog bank smothering huge portions of China today. This blanket of pollution has been hovering over the country for over a week now, exacerbated by cool air and smoke from fires. More »
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  • #moviereview

    "The Box" Contains A Conspiracy Wrapped In a Mystery Wrapped In 70s Retro

    Richard Kelly, director of Donnie Darko, has manufactured another dream of paranoid moral confusion with his latest film The Box. An uneasy tale of alien technology and human greed, The Box is science fiction done the emo way. Spoilers ahead. More »
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  • #2012

    Roland Emmerich's 8 Rules For Ending The World

    Director Roland Emmerich knows how to blow humanity to smithereens. He did it in Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow and now 2012. We talked to the apocalypse-master himself, who explained that there are 8 simple rules for ending the world. More »

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    By Meredith Woerner
  • #williamgibson

    William Gibson's Pattern Recognition Is A "Stealth Fashion Bible"

    Coolhunter Cayce Pollard, from William Gibson's Pattern Recognition, is the strangest kind of fashion icon, writes Kat at NoGoodForMe.com: invisible, allergic to brands, impenetrable. "She stands for the ultimate rejection of the Fashion Industrial Complex," but she also defines style.
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  • #books

    U.S. Braces For Angry Robot Invasion

    HarperCollins' new science-fiction imprint, Angry Robot, is invading the United States at last, starting in May — and instead of ramping up slowly, it's hitting us with six titles per month. Horrific afterlife experiences, dark magic, and more... More »
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  • #moviereview

    Ewan McGregor Finally Made A Decent Star Wars Movie

    The Men Who Stare At Goats is about warrior-monks with psychic powers, who call themselves Jedis over and over again. But the movie's structure also echoes the original Star Wars trilogy, and it's full of fun Lucas riffs. Spoilers below... More »
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  • #bookreview

    Enter The Multiple Demented Worlds Of The Perry Bible Fellowship

    Imagine a place filled with giant robot pizza boys, cardboard time machines, hideously mutated crime-fighting mole rats, and apocalyptic destruction. That place is the Perry Bible Fellowship, and now you can visit it with The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack. More »
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  • #inventions

    A History of the Theater Gimmicks Meant to Save Hollywood

    You may not have known you wanted it, but now you're going to get it. 3D redux is here with its biggest tentpole to date, Disney's $180 million Christmas Carol, followed shortly after by the release of James Cameron's Avatar. [Gawker]
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    By Richard Rushfield
  • #cosplay

    io9 Halloween Costume Show: Party Edition

    All I can say is that io9ers know how to make great costumes, and they know how to party. This is our final edition of the io9 Halloween Costume Show, and we've got some standouts. More »
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  • #meetup

    io9 Meetup in NYC on Thursday, Nov. 12

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  • #fringerecap

    Commie Fringe Scientists Bring Back Deadly Space Souvenir

    With the World Series over, Fringe is finally back with a B-movie-inspired episode that plunges us into Russian fringe science, delves into Agent Broyles' past, turns people to ash, and has us wondering what the CIA is up to. More »
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    By Lauren Davis
  • #exclusive

    Morena Baccarin: I Am Not Obama

    We spent ten precious minutes with V's Morena Baccarin, our favorite alien visitor — and she answered all our questions, as long as they painted her in a positive light. Of course, we had to ask her if she's Obama. More »
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    By Charlie Jane Anders
  • #gentlemenbroncos

    The Real Life Inspiration Behind Ronald Chevalier, Revealed!

    Love Gentlemen Broncos or hate it, you can not deny that Jemaine Clement's insane take on science-fiction writer Ronald Chevalier is hilarious. But what if we told you this guy actually exists? Meet the real-life inspiration behind the icon. More »
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    By Meredith Woerner
  • #scifivehicles

    Fan-Made Replicas of Science Fiction's Favorite Land Vehicles

    While some science fiction fans like to dress as their favorite character, some handy fans prefer to dress up their cars as incredibly detailed replicas of movie machines. We take a look at the futuristic vehicles on the road today. More »
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    By Lauren Davis
  • #spaceporn

    The Stormy Heart Of The Pinwheel Galaxy

    This area near the core of the Pinwheel Galaxy turns out to be bursting with newborn stars, some only a few million years old. And there are about 60 supernova remnants, showing the full stellar life-cycle. [Hubble via Wired]
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    By Charlie Jane Anders
  • #independenceday2

    President Obama Inspired Roland Emmerich to Make Independence Day 2

    We've known for a while that Roland Emmerich is readying a sequel to his White House-exploding alien invasion movie Independence Day. What's taken him so long? He was just waiting for the right president to take the Oval Office. More »
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  • #exclusive

    Jeff Bridges' Secrets Of Eternal Youth

    The Men Who Stare At Goats transports you from the Vietnam War to present-day Iraq, that journey through time succeeds largely thanks to Jeff Bridges and George Clooney. We asked director Grant Heslov how they pulled it off. Minor spoilers... More »
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    By Charlie Jane Anders
  • #quoteoftheday

    AI Expert Says We Should Welcome An Economic Takeover By Robots

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  • #exclusive

    Could John Cusack Be Vying For The Preacher Film?

    We talked comic book adaptations with John Cusack, and whether he's ready for his own comic-based film. One particular vampire and killer comic has sparked his interest, and we're wondering: Could it be Preacher? More »
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    By Meredith Woerner
  • #evolution

    Why Aggressive Men Finish Last

    Among the tiny insects known as water striders, males who aggressively attempt to mate with females don't wind up with as many offspring as their more gentlemanly counterparts. How can aggressive mating ever be a losing strategy? More »
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  • #sciencefictionart

    Science Fiction Legends On Black Velvet Part 2: Blacker And More Velvety

    The black velvet smoothness of science fiction art continues, like the blackness of space, only creamier. Artist Bruce White saw yesterday's black-velvet gallery and steered us to his gorgeous portraits from Star Trek, Star Wars, BSG, Doctor Who and more. More »
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  • #residentevil

    First Look At Alice On Set For Resident Evil: Afterlife

    Finally, here's our first good look at everyone's favorite Umbrella Corp resistance leader, Alice. Take a peek at Milla Jovovich and the cast of the next Resident Evil film, looking bad as hell. Plus on-set reports from Milla herself. Spoilers... More »
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  • #morningspoilers

    The First Posters from Kick-Ass, the Latest Spot for Avatar, Smallville's Wonder Twins, and the Hobbit's Unexpected Source Material

    Avatar sees yet another TV spot, and Kick-Ass' superheroes get posters at last. The Hobbit script draws from material not in The Hobbit, and see the Wonder Twins activate on Smallville. Plus, Lost, Star Trek, Harry Potter, and Fringe. More »
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  • Thursday - November 5, 2009
  • #foundfootage

    Bigfoot And Wildboy: The Reason Jimmy Carter Didn't Get A Second Term?

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  • #analysis

    The Darko Mythos

    With The Box hitting theaters this weekend, we're about to get another dose of director Richard Kelly's evolving mythos, which began with Donnie Darko and continued with Southland Tales. So what is Kelly's Darko Mythos? More »
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  • #top10

    Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time

    Attention evil geniuses! Do you know the ten terrible mistakes that can doom your brilliantest imbroglios to bitter failure? Study the examples of the ten most moronic super-geniuses of all time, and avoid their dreadful fates! Don't fear the spoilers... More »
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  • #exclusive

    Why Richard Kelly Is Obsessed With Water, And Won't See the Darko Sequel

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  • #drhorrible

    Prequel Comic Reveals Dr. Horrible's Childhood Origins

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  • #exclusive

    John Cusack's Hot Tub Movie: Sex, Drugs And Time Travel, With No Script

    Hot Tub Time Machine has a killer cast, including John Cusack, Chevy Chase, and Rob Corddry, and a weird premise about traveling back to your R-rated party-boy heyday. The one thing it didn't have, according to Cusack? A script. More »
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  • #machineman

    Max Barry's Weird Cyborg Publishing Experiment Could Be A Movie

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  • #poll

    Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?

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  • #medicine

    Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life

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  • #largehadroncollider

    Bird-Related Accident Suggests the Large Hadron Collider Really Is Doomed

    The LHC has been so plagued by problems and shutdowns that some physicists have wondered if it's being sabotaged by its own future. And the LHC has fallen victim to another bizarre shutdown involving a bird and a baguette. More »
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  • #breaking

    Roland Emmerich On 2012 Sequel: It's Lost Meets District 9

    Just seconds after telling us that he makes disaster movies because he hates sequels, director Roland Emmerich spilled all about his new ABC TV series 2013, that picks up after the waves part. It sounds epic. Spoiler warning. More »
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  • #sciencefictionart

    The Greatest Velvet Paintings Of Science-Fiction Icons!

    Our love for science fiction is so vivid and soars so far into space, regular art just won't convey it. To display our favorite science-fiction characters and creatures properly, you need something special. You need... the black velvet painting. Behold! More »
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  • #youngadultsciencefiction

    YA Authors Explain Everything — Even Twilight — In New York Tonight

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  • #chartporn

    Keep from Getting Lost with Wired's Map of the Future

    The future could be a confusing place, filled with virtual worlds, global infrastructure, new economic systems, and interspecies communication. Fortunately, Wired Italia's latest infographic maps out one possible vision of the future, so you won't get lost amidst the changes. More »
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  • #red

    Warren Ellis Weirded Out By Helen Mirren's "Red" Casting, Plus John C. Reilly and Mary Louise Parker Join the Cast

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  • #conceptart

    Iron Man's Arch Enemy The Mandarin, Like You've Never Seen Him Before

    If the Iron Man movies are leading up to featuring the Mandarin as the ultimate big bad, it could be a bit of a letdown, based on the comics. But concept art for a new animated series gives us hope. More »
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