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This Video Essay Breaks Down Why Pacific Rim's Costumes Are So Damn Good
Pacific Rim is pulpy, schlocky sci-fi at its best: utterly earnest, sincere in its emotionality, and, of course, cool-ass giant robots and giant monsters smacking each other in the face. But for a movie that is so in your face, one of its most clever and understated visual cues is in its thematically discordant…
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21 Great Sci-Fi Christmas Ornaments From Hallmark
Is it really Christmas if you don’t have a little sci-fi on your tree? Hallmark would say no.
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The Mandalorian Chapter 13 Spoiler Discussion Zone Is Right Here
No more sidequests. No more bounties. Is this the day a legend of the Clone War and Rebellion alike meets Din Djarin? It’s time to gird yourself for The Mandalorian’s next chapter.
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Toy Watchdog Says Hasbro's Star Wars Darksaber Is Too Dangerous…Because It's a Plastic Sword
Please, this holiday season: be careful when your children enter ritual combat for the right to become Mand’alor.
Source: io9 – Toy Watchdog Says Hasbro’s Star Wars Darksaber Is Too Dangerous…Because It’s a Plastic Sword
Stan Lee Celebrates the Art of Cursing In This Cute Animated Short
Yes, Stan Lee was known for punctuating his commentary with a hearty “excelsior!”. But this cute animated short, using some archival recordings from the Marvel Comics legend in action, sees him express a fondness for a shorter, equally emphatic bit of profanity.
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Cannibal! The Musical Has No Right Being as Good as It Is
Having watched Cannibal! The Musical is one of those things that feels like a badge of honor. The movie was not something anyone saw first in theaters. It had to be discovered. You had to find it or be told about it by a friend. When you finally watched, you were rewarded with proof of pure genius—a film that by all…
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Report: Godzilla vs. Kong Could Be the Next Big Movie to Debut On Demand
Hollywood has been thrown into a tumultuous crisis by the covid-19 pandemic. Production on movies has come to a standstill, and those that have attempted restarts have faced struggles and stalls as the industry attempts to reckon with the mass crews required on blockbuster bread-and-butter complying with new safety…
Source: io9 – Report: Godzilla vs. Kong Could Be the Next Big Movie to Debut On Demand
5 Virtual Ways to Have Safe and Geeky Fun Over the Thanksgiving Holiday
For millions of people, Thanksgiving is going to look a little different this year. Because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, I’ve chosen to stay home instead of traveling for the holiday and interact with my family over video. But it doesn’t just have to be making an awkward toast to “These Strange Times” before…
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Turns Out, Star Trek: Discovery Does Want Michael to Have It Both Ways
Last week’s episode of Star Trek: Discovery put Michael Burnham in a hard place. At a crossroads between the potential new life she’d found in the 32nd century and her commitment to her family in Starfleet, our hero faced the consequences for trying to have it all. This week, the show decides that the actual solution…
Source: io9 – Turns Out, Star Trek: Discovery Does Want Michael to Have It Both Ways
This Is the Way for 20% off for a LEGO Star Wars Boba Fett Helmet
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Outlaw Star and the Joy of Discovering Things That Are Extremely Your Shit
We live in a world of media oversaturation. There is so much stuff out there now that, even in a year where we’ve had (slightly!) fewer new things to watch, there’s been the chance to dive back into familiar favorites, things we missed, and drown ourselves ever further. Sometimes it’s just to distract, something to…
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The Mandalorian’s Katee Sackhoff Was Challenged to Bring Her Clone Wars Character to Live-Action
Katee Sackhoff is no stranger to the small screen. Having played Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica, she excels at big fight scenes and intimate character moments. But what about adapting a character typically voiced in a sound booth? According to The Mandalorian’s latest guest star, that comes with its own set of…
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Please Join Us for This Gobble Gobble Gif Party
There’s something about this Thanksgiving that makes you want to pull a Wednesday Addams—or, at the very least, express thanks that the year is almost behind us. For this blessedly early gif party, we’re thankful for good times, fun memes, and saying farewell to the hellscape otherwise known as 2020.
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Magical Girl Friendship Squad Is a Potent Shot of Millennial Wish Fulfillment
Syfy and Kelsey Stephanides’ Magical Girl Friendship Squad is about a pair of well-meaning but aimless roommates who spend their days stressing about paying the rent on time, holding down jobs to pay said rent, and, occasionally, transforming into a pair of magical girls tasked with protecting the planet from…
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The Art of The Mandalorian Says ‘Peekaboo’ in This Exclusive Preview
The Mandalorian has always put its concept work front and center—from behind the scenes looks in shows like Disney Gallery, to literally every episode of the series itself, since its end credits highlight the concept work that helped bring what you just watched to life. Now, as we journey through the second season, a…
Source: io9 – The Art of The Mandalorian Says ‘Peekaboo’ in This Exclusive Preview
Memory Loss and a Pandemic Are a Horrifying Combination
It’s tough to hear about any stories covering fictional pandemics, since we’re going through an all-too-real one right now, but the one in Little Fish is more of a metaphor for something else. In the first trailer for this new sci-fi film, Ready Player One’s Olivia Cooke struggles to keep her marriage intact during a…
Source: io9 – Memory Loss and a Pandemic Are a Horrifying Combination
We Almost Got to See Bill and Ted as Little Dudes
Feel-good movie of the summer Bill & Ted Face the Music just scored a Grammy nomination for its soundtrack, featuring Weezer and (of course) Wyld Stallyns. While that air-guitar-worthy news isn’t a total surprise, a little script edit revealed by co-writer Ed Solomon is a bit more startling: we almost met kid Bill…
Source: io9 – We Almost Got to See Bill and Ted as Little Dudes
The Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Choose Your Own Adventure Lawsuit Is Finally Over
“If you’d like to end the lawsuit, turn to page 93.” Netflix has reached a settlement with children’s book publisher Chooseco LLC over trademark issues with its 2018 interactive special, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, bringing the saga to a logical if unsurprising conclusion. I mean, come on, there wasn’t even a surprise…
Source: io9 – The Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Choose Your Own Adventure Lawsuit Is Finally Over
Marvel's Japanese Spider-Man Documentary Is a Joy at the Strangest Time
Last Friday, Disney+ dropped Marvel’s 616, a new documentary series examining the ins and outs of many Marvel aspects, from how toys are made at Hasbro to how comics writer Dan Slott is really, really bad at hitting deadlines. But its debut episode gave a look inside the making of one of its most delightful televisual…
Source: io9 – Marvel’s Japanese Spider-Man Documentary Is a Joy at the Strangest Time