http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com http://io9.com http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5468338&view=rss&microfeed=true newVideoPlayer("/buttonz_io9.flv", 500, 360,""); If Doctor Who had done a musical episode back in the early 1980s, it might have looked a bit like this. Producer John Nathan-Turner made the cast...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5466298&view=rss&microfeed=true There's no love like the non-canonical love between two characters in a media science-fiction franchise. And there's no love like the love of writers for these pairings. A surprising number of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467747&view=rss&microfeed=true Your body will die, but your name can live on forever... Or for however long it'll take for people to forget about comic creator Mark Millar's next project. He's auctioning off the name of his...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5468179&view=rss&microfeed=true You may be excited about Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, but we're even more stoked about his much-rumored, Disney-produced Ant-Man film. And Stan Lee has once again ignited that...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5468187&view=rss&microfeed=true Just because you're an alien doesn't mean you don't want to hang out and do normal crap, like wear a baseball hat . . . and, um, fold organic matter into geometric shapes. David Jien is an artist...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5468149&view=rss&microfeed=true Scientists may be able to explode individual cancer cells &mdash; by implanting nanoparticles into the cells and then hitting them with lasers to create "nanobubbles," which can grow until they burst...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467699&view=rss&microfeed=true Well, if last week's Chuck clearly marked the darker direction for the rest of the season, last night's episode apparently didn't get the memo. Paranoia subplot: Over after going nowhere! Chuck...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467871&view=rss&microfeed=true Philadelphia's Trocadero Theater is the oldest operating 19th century theater in the US. Last night, it was invaded by zombies. (from left to right: Jason Faris, George Faris, David Evans, and Karen...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467218&view=rss&microfeed=true Every week, we're going to round up the best tips that you post in io9's tips forum. This week, 1960s-style Lost opening credits, undercover aliens, Young Justice, Neill Blomkamp's extraterrestrial...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5468024&view=rss&microfeed=true Number-loving blogger John Redford had a simple question: Do SF writers get better as they age? To find out, he studied the average age that authors won prestigious Hugo Awards, and created this...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5468005&view=rss&microfeed=true Has the classic Stargate been shuttered forever? You'd think MGM and NBC/Universal would welcome another Stargate direct-to-DVD movie after fans greeted the first two with open wallets. But sadly,...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467952&view=rss&microfeed=true You think your love affair is long lasting? Your romance is but an eyeblink compared to that of the characters in Samuel R. Delany's new novel &mdash; which is finally coming out this fall. When we...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467942&view=rss&microfeed=true If all your Ray Harryhausen dreams have been crushed by recent news that dinosaurs actually had fluffy, cute feathers, then we have the online protest campaign for you. Those who refuse to believe in...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467138&view=rss&microfeed=true Yes, these are the Batmen you've been looking for. DC has released the first four covers for their upcoming Return of Bruce Wayne series, featuring the original Batman in all manner of different...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467888&view=rss&microfeed=true Heroes "failed to see a bounce" for its story's climax, says Variety. The show got 4.4 million viewers, barely beating the 4.3 million who tuned into Jay Leno's almost-final 10 PM show. But Heroes...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467345&view=rss&microfeed=true The Green Lantern cast is finally coming together. The latest addition: Tim Robbins as the disapproving father of one of the film's many villains &mdash; a character who's not in the comics. Spoilers...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467341&view=rss&microfeed=true When io9 asked me if I could break away from my busy schedule of being awesome and create some disastrous Valentines . . . How could I say no? I love you all, and dammit you deserve it!!! So view...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467387&view=rss&microfeed=true What's with the preponderence of cat-women, lizard-men, rhino-dudes and Prawns among aliens in science fiction? Heather at the Galaxy Express argues we need to curb our "zoomorphism" or at least find...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467233&view=rss&microfeed=true Will there be comics this week? Maybe: Diamond's HQ has been without power thanks to the East-Coast snowpocalypse, meaning some shipments may be delayed. But if comics arrive, they'll include...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467694&view=rss&microfeed=true Superman is preparing for a cinematic rebirth, and the man behind The Dark Knight is playing midwife. At least, that's the interesting new theory being reported by Nikki Finke, who's saying that...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467374&view=rss&microfeed=true Steven Soderbergh must be awfully excited about his infectious new film Contagion. The director has pushed this flick to the top of his to-do list and snagged some of Hollywood's most prominent...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5466933&view=rss&microfeed=true Continuing the slow drip of announcements about Marvel Comics' new Avengers status quo after the current Siege storyline, the publisher yesterday unveiled the creators and title of a new series......<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467399&view=rss&microfeed=true The Terminator movie rights were finally sold at auction today, and both Lionsgate and Sony were outbid by a hedgefund. Halycon sold Arnold and friends for $29.5 million, to their debtholders...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467207&view=rss&microfeed=true Two weeks ago, I trudged up a steep San Francisco hill through pouring rain, then went through a strange door into another world. A world full of brightly-colored creatures who live in Neon Monster,...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467346&view=rss&microfeed=true Sources may have uncovered the main villain of Ghostbusters 3. Meanwhile, a Transformers villain may be coming back. Lost's Evangeline Lilly reveals the "main man" in Kate's life. Christopher Lloyd...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467332&view=rss&microfeed=true Tonight is the last episode of Heroes. Ever. I have nothing to drink but mint tea. I'm joined by two tea-drinking friends, and my cat Space, who is now out of her TV writing job. Will all the heroes...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467203&view=rss&microfeed=true Robot uprisings, demon armies, women fighting dragons and men striding the cosmos have never looked cooler, or lovelier, than in the pulp magazine cover art going on display at the University of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467205&view=rss&microfeed=true In honor of Comcast's decision to rebrand itself as XFinity, Time Magazine published a list of the 10 worst corporate rebrandings, and the Sci Fi Channel's decision to become Syfy made #3. Writes...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467195&view=rss&microfeed=true Early this morning in the pre-dawn hours, the space shuttle Endeavor shot into space for a two-week trip to the International Space Station. This will be its last nighttime launch. This launch...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467159&view=rss&microfeed=true George Lucas' live-action Star Wars TV series is still moving forward in Australia, and little clues are slowly popping up here and there as to which characters will turn up, and which Star Wars film...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5466686&view=rss&microfeed=true Astro City writer Kurt Busiek shares a genuine piece of comic history at his blog: the original notes for the story that became the return of X-Men's Jean Grey, unseen even by the people who actually...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5466406&view=rss&microfeed=true Futurama showed us a world with space travel, robot sidekicks, and Al Gore riding the Mighty Moon Worm, but what really made hearts beat faster were the downloadable Lucy Liu robots. How close are we...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5466973&view=rss&microfeed=true newVideoPlayer(...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5467036&view=rss&microfeed=true This week, while many humans ready themselves for a consumer-oriented celebration known as Valentine's Day, io9 takes you away from the hearts and candies and into Romance 3000AD. We're going to get...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5466927&view=rss&microfeed=true Phllip Klass, who wrote under the pseudonym William Tenn, was the author of off-kilter, humorous Golden Age stories like "On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi" and "Venus and the Seven Sexes." He died...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5466990&view=rss&microfeed=true The prequel film for John Carpenter's The Thing starts filming next month with newcomer actors Joel Edgerton and Elizabeth Winstead. But does the audience really care what happened to the science...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5466926&view=rss&microfeed=true Benjamin Parzybok's Couch is an epic for the apathetic, a journey to save the world undertaken by the post-college American slacker - for the essential reason that there doesn't seem to be anything...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5466907&view=rss&microfeed=true newVideoPlayer(...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5466765&view=rss&microfeed=true Producer Peter Chernin may believe in his on-again, off-again Planet Of The Apes reboot, but he's having trouble convincing directors to feel the same way. Which big-name helmers have already said...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5466312&view=rss&microfeed=true The Internet may become sentient in Robert J. Sawyer's new novel Wake, but there's one thing it won't do any time soon, according to Sawyer: Allow you to publish your novel without going through...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]