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more about #overmind more comments → cylon_conspiracy: I can't read the review just because I don't want to be spoiled, but I have been watching Hitchcock films at a furious pace lately, so that has piqued... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Any stories about declining reimbursement, increasing workloads, doctor's leaving the profession and people dying due to lack of access? Didn't think... more » Dresan: I am waiting so very impatiently for this movie. I loved the book (so funny, so sad!) and basically it's the only movie I want to see in a while. more » MargaretMoony: I am so excited to see this movie! more » Lassus: I probably won't see the movie - just not that interested - but I really want to give John Shirley credit for an excellent and well-written review, wh... more » korybing: You had me at "Hitchcock Meets Dali". I love visually-crazy movies, so I am very excited about this flick. more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I cant wait to see this. Ive liked Jackson before LOTR. I was a big fan of the Frightners, so im seriously looking forward to this! Also...anyone who... more » msAnthrope: I got less of an apartheid takeaway from District 9, even though it's shot in South Africa, than I did a "weapons dealers are the scum of the earth" m... more » Klebert L. Hall: "Futurism/Cyberpunk: building upon the cyberpunk influences of recent years, some designers have thrown an element of dark futurism into the thigh-hig... more » Klebert L. Hall: "Marvel Comics' reaction to 9/11 was both heartfelt and far-reaching," Of course, that's where the money was, at the time. "So what to make of Siege... more » ♠ Final ♠: No, sorry. Jay Cutler already blew up and took out Soldier Field. Try harder House of Ideas. more » TomSkylark: What is even happening on that page with the attack? I'm trying to figure out what the artist is trying to get us to understand, and all I can get is ... more » ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: Rihanna wore that gray dress in # 2 during Paris Fashion Week. It doesn't look as cyberpunk on an average sized woman. more » Bill-Lee: Why do fashion models always look like they're about to die? Why does number 6 look like the sleazy fetish magazine I...er...a friend told me about? more » MargaretMoony: First, am I the only person who does not like Sasha Grey? Because I seriously don't. Second, I love boot so yay! more » -
#moviereview
The Lovely Bones: Hitchcock Meets Dali In Purgatory
The man who managed to film Lord Of The Rings has chosen to adapt introspective afterlife novel The Lovely Bones, and once again he's taken some liberties. But the result is a surprisingly seamless fusion of Hitchcock and Salvador Dali. More » -
#scifashion
Thigh-High Boots Are The New Cyberpunk Hotness
Now that Sasha Grey has portrayed Molly in a staged reading of William Gibson's Neuromancer, it's time for her to step up and portray a cyberpunk heroine on the big screen. Luckily, the fashion industry has her back. (Or legs.) More » -
#exclusive
Neill Blomkamp Wanted District 9's Aliens To Be As Disgusting As Possible
Just like E.T., the aliens in District 9 wanted to phone home... but maybe they weren't quite as cute. Weta's David Meng tells us he aimed to make the creatures disgusting, and they weren't originally going to be CG.
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#rant
How Marvel Learned To Stop Worrying About 9/11 And Love Slaughter
Wondering how long it'd take for the events of September 11th to go from real life tragedy to thoughtless plot McGuffin? Marvel's new mega-event Siege demonstrates that the answer is "eight years, and we can kill even more people."
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#triviagasm
How To Jog Your Memory, The Science Fiction Hero Way
The busier you get, the more stuff you forget, and navigating that mental clutter can be worse than steering through an asteroid field. Luckily, lots of intrepid galactic heroes have faced faulty memories, and created some handy techniques for remembering. More » -
#decadeinreview
Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?
Looking back at the fictional stories that defined the last decade, you might think of things like The Dark Knight, Battlestar Galactica, or failures like Bionic Woman and Speed Racer. Was this the decade we ran out of original ideas? More » -
#flashforwardseasonrant
Why FlashForward Fails
With this week's episode being the last we'll see for awhile of the show hyped as "The New Lost," it seems like a good time to look back at what we know about FlashForward and ask, What went wrong? More » -
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#startrek
Why Harlan Ellison May Be A Good Thing For New Trek
Oh, how we laughed when we heard that Harlan Ellison had offered to write the sequel to JJ Abrams' Star Trek, despite a recent lawsuit over his previous work on the franchise. But then we realized it could work. More » -
#genres
Is Fantasy The New Literature Of The Future?
Whenever people remark on the fact that fantasy books are slowly eclipsing science fiction, it's viewed as a fear of the future, because fantasy is all about the past, right? Not necessarily, says one blogger. More » -
#spiderman
The Top 10 Wackiest Norman Osborn Weird-Outs
Today's release of Siege: The Cabal marks the beginning of the end of Norman Osborn's Dark Reign over the Marvel Universe. Let's reminisce over the on-again, off-again Green Goblin's stranger moments of murder, mayhem, and flagrant disregard for contraceptives. More » -
#dollhouse
Dollhouse's Creative Battles Were Over Sex, Not Mythos
We all know Fox wouldn't let Joss Whedon tell the stories he wanted to tell in his mind-bitches-for-money show Dollhouse, resulting in some hit-and-miss early installments. But in a new interview, Whedon explains that Fox's biggest problem was with sexuality. More » -
#bookreview
Steampunk Comes Of Age With Westerfeld's "Leviathan"
Plenty of young-adult novels feature teens reaching adulthood in a world that adults have royally buggered. And there's no shortage of books about a British Empire with improbably high technology. But Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan makes both of those themes epic.
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#whuffiebank
You're Rich! In Reputation, Anyway. The Whuffie Bank Is Here At Last.
If you wished you could live off your sterling reputation, like the people in Cory Doctorow's Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom, then rejoice — the Whuffie Bank has arrived. More » -
#rant
Reclaiming Your Humanity Means Killing A Whole Lot Of People
Wolverine, out on DVD recently, is a great example of one of the silliest clichés in escapist entertainment: someone reclaims his/her true humanity and unique individuality — by killing everyone in sight. What the hell is this about?
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#megaengineering
The Wild Center Of Our Galaxy Could Support A Mega-Civilization
Could a super-advanced civilization live inside the acretion disk, the super-dense area around the black hole at the center of a galaxy? Author Mike Brotherton has played with this idea, and a couple of scientific papers say it's possible. More » -
#io9backgrounder
Before They Fall, Meet The Hulks
Why are there now seven Hulks (Three of whom are children of the original Hulk)? What are the differences between them all? And where did this all get started? We explain all for beginners and Hulk-curious bystanders. More » -
#top10
12 Movie Adaptations That Did The Books Justice
Whether or not you loved The Road, most people seemed to feel it captured Cormac McCarthy's novel. Sadly, most adaptations do violence to the original books, but not all. Here are 12 SF/fantasy adaptations that did right by the books. More » -
#deletedscenes
40 Unseen Moments From Your Favorite Movies
Just as you finish up your t(of)urkey leftovers, we thought we should share some movie leftovers with you. Say, 40 deleted scenes from movies like Star Wars, The Dark Knight and Star Trek? Click through for excised joy. More » -
#io9giftguide
15 Toys That Will Help You Survive The Holidays
The Holiday Season is officially on us again, and that can mean only one thing that isn't watching Christmas In Connecticut over and over again: Time to think about gift-giving (and getting). Where better to start than with toys? More »
