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Are You This Guy, and Are You Dead?
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 21:10:00 GMT
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Today's Best Deals: JetBlue Flights, FreshWorks Containers, Burt's Bees
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:55:00 GMT
A powerful-but-quiet generator, Rubbermaid’s popular FreshWorks containers, and Burt’s Bees products lead off Wednesday’s best deals.
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The Disappointments Room Has a Cool Premise, a Scary Trailer, and a Terrible Title
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:30:00 GMT
A general rule of thumb is, if you buy a new house and discover a spooky room that’s not on the floor plans, you run away as fast as you can. But if that happened in horror movies like The Disappointments Room, there wouldn’t be much of a story, would there?
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Christoph Waltz Could Join Robert Rodriguez's Alita: Battle Angel
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:55:00 GMT
The long-in-development
manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel now has its third piece of the puzzle. First, producer James Cameron hired director Robert Rodriguez. Rodriguez then hired Rosa Salazar to play the lead. Now, he’s about to sign Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz to play her mentor. -
These Comic Book Formal Suits Are Wonderfully Bonkers
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:15:00 GMT
Recently Fun.com announced a series of Marvel and DC “secret identity” suits, which let you wear fancy threads with a hidden bit of comic-book geekery
. The company’s latest suits, however, throw all that subtlety out of the window in favor of full-on suit insanity. -
The Sight of Chris Hemsworth's Body Convinced John Krasinski Not to Be Captain America
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 21:30:00 GMT
It’s hard to imagine after years of Chris Evans in the role that John Krasinski was at one point incredibly
close to becoming Marvel Studio’s Captain America. Krasinski dropped out at pretty much the final hurdle, but according to him, the reason he knew he wouldn’t get it? Chris Hemsworth’s abs. -
The Concourse Donald Trump Says Leonardo DiCaprio Isn’t “Very Hot Anymore” | Jezebel Leslie Jones’ P
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 20:20:54 GMT
The Concourse Donald Trump Says Leonardo DiCaprio Isn’t “Very Hot Anymore”
| Jezebel Leslie Jones’ Personal Information and Photos Reportedly Exposed in Horrific Website Hack | Gizmodo New Earth-Like Exoplanet Could Be Discovery of the Century | Jezebel University Opts to Sue Its Own Newspaper to Avoid Releasing Documents on Prof’s Alleged Assaults | -
This Fast & Furious-Star Wars Mash-Up Proves Every Movie Is Better With Lightsabers
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 21:00:00 GMT
Seemingly every Fast & Furious movie builds up to one moment: Vin Diesel fighting the big bad guy. Usually, that big bad guy is also, well, big—someone like the Rock or Jason Statham. And as cool as that moment usually is, a new video proves one word can make it so much better: lightsabers.
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New Civil War Deleted Scene Reveals a Playful Nod to the Comic Book Captains America
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 20:30:00 GMT
In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steve Rogers is the only Captain America—but that’s not the case in the comics, where many people have come to wield the shield. This fun little deleted scene from Civil War reveals that the movie was going to make sly reference to a few of those non-Steve Captains.
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How Aluminum Changed the World
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:10:00 GMT
Aluminum started as one of the world’s most expensive materials because it was difficult to refine—even though it made up 8 percent of the world’s crust. But eventually aluminum became one of the cheapest materials after methods of mass producing it were invented in the 1880s. It went from $1200 per kilogram down to a dollar in 50 years.
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Mad Max, Harry Potter, Walking Dead, and More Are Adorably Badass in This Amazing Art
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 20:00:00 GMT
Whether it be Twitter, Facebook, your text messages or just general web surfing, it’s almost certain you’ve seen the work of 100% Soft. The artist has become the go-to person in terms of pop culture emojis
because his style is so perfectly suited to it. This weekend, he’s having his second solo art show, and we’re excited to debut some of the pieces. -
Save $10 on Your Next Movie Night With This Discounted Regal Gift Card
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:05:41 GMT
If your movie theater of choice is operated by Regal, this discounted gift card essentially amounts to ten free dollars. In most cities, that’s like a free ticket!
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Hang This Awesome Stranger Things Poster Next to Your Christmas-Light Alphabet
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:30:00 GMT
Fro Design Company’s new poster, “The Upside Down,” really captures the misty, watery terror of the neighboring dimension that haunts the characters of Stranger Things. The monster is, of course, front and center—and Eleven’s looking especially badass with that Terminator-ish right eye.
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Cloak & Dagger May Be the Most Messed-Up Kids Movie of the '80s
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 19:00:00 GMT
“Do you remember the movie Cloak & Dagger?” my editor asked. Immediately, I froze. Did he know I used to be obsessed with that little-known ’80s movie about a kid and his imaginary spy friend? He didn’t; it was just a random question, but it made me sit down and do one of the scariest things you can do as an adult film fan: re-watch a movie you loved as a kid.
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Just a reminder: We are always looking for futuristic concept art to feature on io9.
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:55:23 GMT
Just a reminder: We are always looking for futuristic concept art to feature on io9. Please email tips@io9.com if you’d like us to showcase your art! You can also send news and info to that address. Also, check out our official user forum, Observation Deck. And please don’t forget to like us on Facebook!
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Libra: The 21st Century (Libertarian) Space Colony
Posted:Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:59:00 GMT
There's nothing hotter right now than starting your own libertarian-minded community from scratch. Or at least threatening to do so.
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Yep, the Original Captain America Is Going Full Supervillain
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:45:00 GMT
Steve Rogers is a whole lot more than just saying Hail Hydra and taking orders from the Red Skull. He’s got plans. Straight-up evil plans.
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Literally Everything Is Connected in the Manic Teaser for BBC America's Dirk Gently
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:30:00 GMT
Say a word. Is it connected to the mystery in BBC America’s version of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency? According to this teaser, probably!
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Famous Comic Artists Take on Literary Icon Margaret Atwood's New Superhero, Angel Catbird
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:15:00 GMT
Beloved author Margaret Atwood is turning her talents to comics next month, alongside artists Johnnie Christmas and Tamra Bonvillain, for the wonderful-sounding Angel Catbird
. To celebrate, we’ve got an exclusive look at some of the “pin-up” pieces included in the graphic novel of other artists’ take on this strange new hero. -
Doctor Strange Has Additional Scenes Written by the Co-Creator of Rick and Morty
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:00:00 GMT
We’re a few weeks away from meeting the newest Marvel movie hero, Doctor Strange, and it seems the character got a last minute assist. The Hollywood Reporter says Dan Harmon, the co-creator of Rick and Morty, was called in to write some additional scenes after principal photography was finished.
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Doug Liman Will Direct the Justice League Dark Movie, But Has Left Gambit
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:58:00 GMT
Warner Bros. has tapped Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) to direct Dark Universe, the title given to the Justice League Dark movie written by Guillermo del Toro. Meanwhile, Liman’s no longer directing the X-Men standalone movie Gambit.
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Astronomer Avi Loeb Is Here to Talk to You About Exoplanets
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:40:00 GMT
By now you’ve heard the exciting news
that astronomers have discovered an Earth-like exoplanet a mere four light years away. It’s a promising candidate for harboring life , and it’s close enough to Earth to make a robotic exploratory mission feasible within a generation. -
io9's Guide to the Overwhelming Amount of Awesome New Comics Coming This Fall
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:30:00 GMT
Summer is nearly at it end, and as publishers put away its big events and crazy twists for the latter part of the year, getting ready to replace them with... well, more big events and crazy twists! Here’s our guide to the very best new comic series you’ll want to curl up with in the cooler months. Warning: There are a lot.
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How Life Could Survive on the Newly Discovered Exoplanet Proxima B
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:15:00 GMT
After a week of rampant speculation
, astronomers have officially announced the discovery of Proxima b, a potentially habitable world circling our nearest neighboring star. But even as engineers prepare for an interstellar voyage to scope out Proxima b for signs of life, some experts warn that M dwarf systems like Proxima Centauri may be unable to support life at all. -
New Earth-Like Exoplanet Could Be Discovery of the Century
Posted:Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:00:00 GMT
In what’s being hailed as one of the biggest astronomical discoveries
of the century, scientists with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) today confirmed the discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri—our nearest neighboring star. Details of the team’s discovery were just published in Nature.
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