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Could Spider-man Really Come Over To Marvel's Movie Universe
Published: Wednesday June 19th 4PM
Link: http://io9.com/could-spider-man-re...e-over-to-marvels-movie-uni-514409215
Description: In the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon, Spidey already rubs shoulders with Agent Coulson and the rest of the Marvel Universe. But in his live-action movies, he's on his own because the films are made by Sony, and don't cross over with Marvel's own in-house productions. But that could change.Read more... read more »
How The World's End Lives Up To The Legacy Of Shaun Of The Dead
Published: Wednesday June 19th 4PM
Link: http://io9.com/how-the-worlds-end-...p-to-the-legacy-of-shaun-of-514395127
Description: The World's End is a standalone movie, but it's also the third movie of Edgar Wright's Cornetto Trilogy, with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, as this trailer explains. Following up Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, this movie raises the stakes by ending the world. What do you think Read more... read more »
This Is Why Spider Monogamy Is Terrifying
Published: Wednesday June 19th 4PM
Link: http://io9.com/this-is-why-spider-monogamy-is-terrifying-514336927
Description: In certain species of spiders and insects, females kill and eat their mates after sex. But the dark fishing spider experiences a very odd twist on this gruesome tale.Read more... read more »
Check Out Batman's Weird Enemies And Weirder Head In Beware The Batman
Published: Wednesday June 19th 3PM
Link: http://io9.com/check-out-batmans-w...mies-and-weirder-head-in-be-514380390
Description: first look at Cartoon Network's new CG Batman cartoon, Beware the Batman, isn't terrible. The CG animation is all right, the fights seems well-choreographed, and the new villains look fun. Although since Batman's oddly shaped skull indicates he's apparently a member of Homo Erectus, I'd say Bat-Mite is also involved.Read more... read more »
All Of Your Biggest Pacific Rim Questions, Answered
Published: Wednesday June 19th 3PM
Link: http://io9.com/all-of-your-biggest-pacific-rim-questions-answered-514358535
Description: io9 was on set for the most anticipated movie of the summer Pacific Rim. And this is what we saw and what we learned about the biggest monster movie of the year. Read more... read more »
Jonathan Demme Is Directing The Pilot For Amc's Mysterious New Show
Published: Wednesday June 19th 3PM
Link: http://io9.com/jonathan-demme-is-d...-the-pilot-for-amcs-mysteri-514374823
Description: AMC is building on its Walking Dead cred with a new show about a mysterious plane crash and a weird conspiracy, Line of Sight. And now, they've hired Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme to helm the pilot.Read more... read more »
Looking For An Extra Boost Of Creativity Try Dimming The Lights.
Published: Wednesday June 19th 3PM
Link: http://io9.com/looking-for-an-extr...of-creativity-try-dimming-t-514329029
Description: A new study has found that dim lighting may actually boost your creativity. But here's the best part. The test subjects' creativity was assessed by having them make up a science fiction story and draw aliens. Yes, really.Read more... read more »
Feed Your Inner Maths Nerd With This Ti-83 T-shirt
Published: Wednesday June 19th 2PM
Link: http://io9.com/feed-your-inner-maths-nerd-with-this-ti-83-t-shirt-514284617
Description: Loving this minimalist homage to the greatest mathematical companion/handheld gaming device of all time Falldown, anyone , created by Brooklyn Designer Jonathan Bobrow.Read more... read more »
9 Hipster Zombies Who Took Over The World
Published: Wednesday June 19th 2PM
Link: http://io9.com/9-hipster-zombies-who-took-over-the-world-514317601
Description: Being dead yeah, it's a thing that happened. It was a little awkward. But get over it, OK Use your app, take your meds, whatever. It sucks to be a hipster zombie, but here are nine examples of the hip and partially dead who are totally making the best of it.Read more... read more »
Mechanic Accused Of Inventing A Death Ray For Israel And/or The Kkk
Published: Wednesday June 19th 1PM
Link: http://io9.com/mechanic-accused-of...g-a-death-ray-for-israel-an-514339906
Description: A mechanic who worked at General Electric in New York spent the past several years perfecting a deadly, truck-mounted radiation weapon. According to the FBI, he tried to sell it to some Jews in his area, whom he figured could hand it over to Israel. Failing that, he tried to sell it to some friends in the KKK. Read more... read more »
Millionaire In The Machine
Published: Wednesday June 19th 1PM
Link: http://upgrade.io9.com/millionaire-in-the-machine-514124848
Description: Dmitry Itskov dreams of immortality. It s a dream that the Russian multimillionaire is hoping to engineer into reality in a relatively short 32 years with his creation of the 2045 Initiative a project devoted to the kind of life extension technologies that currently populate science fiction.Read more... read more »
This Breathtaking Short Film Is Becoming A Tv Series
Published: Wednesday June 19th 1PM
Link: http://io9.com/this-breathtaking-s...ilm-is-becoming-a-tv-series-514333351
Description: In Arrowhead: Signal, a mercenary named Kye crash-lands on a desert world, where survival will take everything he's got and he's not alone. This cool-looking short film was intended to lead to a full-length feature, but instead it's spawned a brand new TV series, appearing on Australian TV.Read more... read more »
A Map Showing The Original Meanings Of Place Names In North America
Published: Wednesday June 19th 1PM
Link: http://io9.com/a-map-showing-the-o...eanings-of-place-names-in-n-514283788
Description: Now this is impressive: It's called the Atlas of True Names, and it reveals the etymological origins and translations of familiar place names whose original meanings we've mostly forgotten. Looking at it, you'd think North America was some sort of fantasy novel.Read more... read more »
Every Zombie Headshot Ever Assembled Into One Glorious Supercut
Published: Wednesday June 19th 12PM
Link: http://io9.com/every-zombie-headsh...assembled-into-one-glorious-514312352
Description: There's not really much else to say. Screen Junkies found every single zombie headshot in the entirety of movies and television, and created one 120-second video of nothing but exploding zombie heads. It's simply enchanting. Notice any they missed Read more... read more »
Pixar's Latest Short Will Make You Believe Your Whole City Is Alive
Published: Wednesday June 19th 12PM
Link: http://io9.com/pixars-latest-short...ke-you-believe-your-whole-c-514226345
Description: If you see Monsters University this weekend, you'll be treated to Pixar's newest short: The Blue Umbrella. It's love story between two umbrellas who meet on a rainy evening, with a supporting cast of all the faces you see in the city's inanimate architecture and fixtures.Read more... read more »
With Current Budget, Nasa Will Never Get To Mars
Published: Wednesday June 19th 12PM
Link: http://io9.com/with-current-budget-nasa-will-never-get-to-mars-514301367
Description: At today's House hearing for the NASA Authorization Act of 2013, witness Thomas Young was asked how long it would take the Agency to put a human on Mars with its current budget. His response was unambiguous: Never. Read more... read more »
Here S The Dream Team That Should Be Making The Dark Tower Tv Show
Published: Wednesday June 19th 11AM
Link: http://io9.com/here-s-the-dream-te...hould-be-making-the-dark-to-514284812
Description: A warning: Today s Postal Apocalypse contains so much profanity. I m sorry about that. Not sorry enough to, you know, take out all those curse words or anything, but I do apologize if it makes anyone uncomfortable. What has me riled up Read the first letter and see Read more... read more »
This Is What Happens When You Play With Fire In Space
Published: Wednesday June 19th 10AM
Link: http://io9.com/this-is-what-happen...you-play-with-fire-in-space-514274963
Description: The simple flame is an extraordinarily complex phenomenon, one that involves thousands of chemical reactions. But fire also plays off the effects of gravity. So what happens when you take that gravity away As a recent experiment aboard the ISS has shown, you get a very strange flame, indeed.Read more... read more »
Modern Life Moves Way Too Fast, And We All Take Our Pleasures Sadly
Published: Wednesday June 19th 10AM
Link: http://io9.com/modern-life-moves-w...ast-and-we-all-take-our-ple-514268624
Description: Today's XKCD centers on the human tendency to reflect on the past through an idyllic lens or look toward the future through a foreboding, misanthropic one . It's fantastic.Read more... read more »
Vin Diesel Tells Us Why Riddick Is One Big Game Of Dungeons & Dragons
Published: Wednesday June 19th 10AM
Link: http://io9.com/vin-diesel-tells-us...ick-is-one-big-game-of-dung-514236515
Description: Just how many hells did Vin Diesel have to crawl through to make a third Riddick movie a reality And what sort of future epics about Riddick does Diesel plan to make Here's part two of our report on our visit to the Riddick set, focusing on our interview with the legendary Furyan himself.Read more... read more »
Here's The First Smash-happy Trailer For Hulk And The Agents Of Smash
Published: Wednesday June 19th 9AM
Link: http://io9.com/heres-the-first-sma...-trailer-for-hulk-and-the-a-514268227
Description: Do you like smashing things Do you like the word " being repeated over and over Well, then you have a fair to middling chance of enjoying Marvel's new Hulk and the Agents of SMASH cartoon.Read more... read more »
Holy Crap, Did The Enterprise Just Fly Past The Moon
Published: Wednesday June 19th 9AM
Link: http://io9.com/holy-crap-did-the-e...rise-just-fly-past-the-moon-514255169
Description: Romanian photographer Maximilian Teodorescu recently captured this dramatic photo of the International Space Station ISS as it drifted across the surface of the Moon. But looking at it a bit closer, you could be forgiven for thinking it was the starship Enterprise. Read more... read more »
The Man Of Steel Easter Egg That May Set Up The Sequel
Published: Wednesday June 19th 9AM
Link: http://io9.com/the-man-of-steel-ea...-that-may-set-up-the-sequel-514195155
Description: Anthony Mackie reveals his approach to his Captain America: The Winter Soldier character, while Idris Elba says Heimdall the Gatekeeper has a story in Thor: The Dark World. Pacific Rim screenwriter Travis Beacham explains how the tie-in graphic novel fits in. Plus hints about Under The Dome from the show's stars. Spoilers now Read more... read more »
Maybe Those Doctor Who Missing Episodes Rumors Are True After All
Published: Tuesday June 18th 9PM
Link: http://io9.com/maybe-those-doctor-...ng-episodes-rumors-are-true-514194463
Description: Holy crap. The rumor that a startling 90 episodes of lost Doctor Who material had been recovered seemed too good to be true. So we weren't entirely surprised when it was shot down. But now, the world's biggest expert on missing episodes is saying it's true after all. Could our dreams be real Read more... read more »
Could The Lego Movie Be The Greatest Film Of All Time
Published: Tuesday June 18th 8PM
Link: http://io9.com/could-the-lego-movi...e-greatest-film-of-all-time-514183720
Description: No clue when we'll see a big-screen Justice League movie but we're seeing Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman on the big screen next year. Along with one of the Mutant Ninja Turtles and some NBA All Stars. Check out this astounding trailer Read more... read more »