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In The Wake Of Tomorrowland‘s Failure, Disney Kills Tron 3
Disney has officially powered down Tron 3. Last night, The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that the company has decided to halt preparations for the third film in the cyberpunk franchise. The move comes just a week after Tomorrowland pulled in a disappointing Memorial Day weekend box office. Earlier this year, word broke that Disney … Continued
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These Cartoon Animals Are The Most Adorable Mech Pilots In The Universe
Artist Evan Palmer draws a mech-filled future that we just want to cuddle and hug. Adorable cats, dogs, bunnies, and pigs pilot colorful and complicated machines — and engage in the cutest battles we’ve seen. Palmer told us over email that he started his animal mechs as a personal project as he got back into … Continued
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This Stretched-Out Wolf’s Pee Smells Like Marijuana
This is a maned wolf. It’s not a wolf. It has ridiculously long legs. And it pees chemicals that smell so much like pot that once the police were called to a zoo to investigate nonexistent pot smokers. The maned wolf is generally a welcome addition to zoos. It’s near-threatened in its native Brazil and … Continued
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How Did The Ancient Vikings Make This Super-Strong Sword?
When we look at the history of new technologies, we tend to think of only our most recent past. But more than a thousand years ago, blacksmiths succeeded in making a set of ultra-strong swords — that are tricky to re-create even today. After reading about the technology behind the legendary swords of Damascus, Kinja-user … Continued
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A Medical Procedure Has Violent Side Effects In We Ate The Children Last
It’s called Porsicure, a procedure where a person’s digestive organs are replaced with those of a pig. But in this short film, based on a story by Life of Pi author Yann Martel, the breakthrough becomes popular long before the medical community understands the disturbing side effects. Andrew Cividino directed We Ate the Children Last, … Continued
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Lumberjanes Is Being Turned Into A Live-Action Movie!
Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson, and Brooke Allen’s Lumberjanes was one of our favourite comics of 2014 — and now, it might end up becoming one of our favourite films too. Fox is planning to turn the comic into a movie, and it’s bagged The Munchkin’s Will Widger to write the script. https://gizmodo.com/why-its-the-absolute-best-comics-and-graphic-novels-o-1676118717 Lumberjanes, … Continued
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What’s The Worst Science Fiction And Fantasy Date Movie?
It’s almost Friday night, which means it’s date night for many of us! And there’s nothing better than taking your sweetie (or prospective sweetie) out to the movies. But which science fiction or fantasy movie is least likely to result in nookie or happy fun times on a date? Please include a picture, poster, clip … Continued
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What The @#$% Is Happening In These Chinese Agents Of SHIELD Coke Ads?
The Agents of SHIELD take on a new mission—shilling Coca-Cola—in these delightfully surreal Chinese commercials. I have absolutely zero idea what’s going on in them. All I know is that if Agent Ward doesn’t take orders from a polar bear in season 3 I’m gonna be seriously disappointed. Here’s a slightly less wacky but still … Continued
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Our Closest View Yet Of Ceres’ Pockmarked Surface
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is getting progressively closer to Ceres. And we’re getting some amazing views — this remarkably detailed shot shows the dwarf planet’s cratered surface from a distance of only 3,200 miles (5,100 km). This shot, taken by Dawn’s OpNav9 camera on May 23, shows some previously unseen features, including secondary craters formed by … Continued
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The Best YA Vampire Romance Series You Will Ever Be Privileged To Read
The passing of Tanith Lee made me think about my own favorite genre authors from childhood. While there were a few that I liked, there’s only one whose books have really stuck with me throughout the years. It’s Meredith Ann Pierce, author of the amazing Darkangel trilogy. I’ve hesitated mentioning this series because it’s from … Continued
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io9 Newsstand: This Ted Chiang Story Will Make You Cry, Guaranteed
This week’s stories are about the things we overlook — such as ghosts and intelligent life. They’re also about parents — the ones we cling to and the ones we pull away from. Also: Parrots, monkeys, and turtles. The Great Silence by Allora & Calzadilla & Ted Chiang | e-flux journal The universe is so … Continued
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Ash’s Chainsaw Is Already Bloody In Teaser For Ash Vs Evil Dead
This is just a tiny little snippet, but it’s good to see that Bruce Campbell’s chainsaw is primed and ready for deadite-slicing action when Ash vs Evil Dead. In a recent interview, Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi told us that Campbell has been holding onto his chainsaw rig for the last 30 years so that … Continued
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The New Poltergeist Has One Redeeming Feature: It’s Only 90 Minutes Long
The new remake of Poltergeist was a modest box office success in its opening weekend, and it’s pretty much already made back its production budget. But it’s not a good movie, even if you divorce it from the 1982 movie. It’s not horrible, either. But its best feature is that it’s mercifully short. Full disclosure: … Continued
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The Town’s Mystery Deepens (And Gets Even Weirder) On Wayward Pines
We’re up to Wayward Pines’ third episode, and despite its title, “Our Town, Our Law,” it features multiple instances where Sheriff Pope tells one of the Burkes that “this is MY town!” But whoever’s town it is, it’s just keeps getting weirder. Spoilers follow! The ep picks up immediately where last week left off. We … Continued
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Someone Will Livetweet Vox Day’s Debut Novel For Charity
Before Theodore “Vox Day” Beale was the central figure in the Sad/Rabid Puppies Hugo Awards hacking, he wrote a series of religious-inspired fantasy novels for Pocket Books. And blogger Natalie Luhrs is going to live-tweet his debut novel, Eternal Warriors: The War in Heaven, for charity. Here’s how it works: You donate money to RAINN, … Continued
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How Chess Has Changed Over The Last 150 Years
The rules of chess have remained consistent since the early 19th Century, but that doesn’t mean our approach to the game has stayed the same. Here are some intriguing and surprising ways the Game of Kings has changed its shape over the past 150 years. The history of chess dates back 1,500 years, but it … Continued
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Captain America 2 Animatics Reveal An Alternate Fate For Arnim Zola
You might recall that Arnim Zola’s fate in Captain America: The Winter Soldier was rather final, after Hydra dropped a bomb on the digitised doctor’s hidden facility in an attempt to take out Cap and Black Widow. But according to these animated storyboards, that wasn’t always the case. These are a couple of weeks old, … Continued
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4 Lessons We Learned From This Year’s Superhero TV Series
Best year of superhero TV ever? Best year of superhero TV ever. While not every show was perfect, there was a plethora of excellent comic TV series this past season, and they’ve provided four clear lessons for the future. So, next season’s show? Listen up. Warning: May include spoilers for the most recent seasons of … Continued
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Carbon Nanotubes Were An Ancient Superweapon
There’s a reason why we call it the “march of progress” instead of the “moonwalk of progress.” Technology is meant to move steadily forward, but there are still plenty of times when tech has inexplicably reversed course on us. One of the most striking examples are Damascus swords. Damascus swords are the stuff of legend … Continued
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This Is What The Aurorae Look Like On Mars
The aurorae here on Earth are a pretty impressive sight to behold, but, just like Earth, it turns out that Mars also has aurorae visible to the naked eye — with one pretty startling difference. NASA, ESA, and several researchers joined together to figure out, first, if Mars had visible aurorae, and, second, just what … Continued
By Ria Misra