sábado, 20 de novembro de 2021


TKO Studios and Their Comics are Coming to TV

Posted: 20 Nov 2021 12:20 PM PST

These days, it seems almost like a guarantee that a comic book will eventually become a TV show or movie. Though most of the heavy hitters are from publishers owned by big name corporations, the more independent and less flashy ones can still get a deal off the ground, and that's what's happening with TKO Studios.

Read more...

John Cho's Cowboy Bebop Injury Almost Made Netflix Do a Face/Off

Posted: 20 Nov 2021 10:30 AM PST

When John Cho was initially cast as Spike Spiegel for Netflix's Cowboy Bebop adaptation in 2019, the reaction was pretty positive. After all, people love themselves some John Cho and consider him a reliably engaging actor. Come six months later, Cho had an on-set injury that saw production being halted while he took…

Read more...

Enjoy a Highlight Reel of Doctor Who's Weeping Angels, But Don't Blink

Posted: 20 Nov 2021 09:30 AM PST

After three weeks of various ups and downs, Doctor Who: Flux reaches the second half of its truncated run this week with the return of some old foes. "Village of the Angels" sees the Doctor and her entourage hop over to the county of Devon in November 1967 to investigate a series of disappearances that may be from…

Read more...

Is Spider-Man: No Way Home a Movie, or an Ego Trip?

Posted: 20 Nov 2021 07:30 AM PST

For better or worse, each of the different "Phases" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has had a goal for its various films to strive for. The first brought our disparate heroes together, while two and three showed them fracture and eventually reassemble for a saga of infinite proportions. Because nothing could really…

Read more...

Privacy-Protective Internet Browser Tor Is Running Low on Servers

Posted: 20 Nov 2021 12:34 AM PST

The Tor browser, arguably the best privacy-protective internet browser available for most people, is running low on bridge servers. The decline in servers affects the browser's ability to combat censorship and provide a gateway to the open internet in places where governments and other entities tightly control access…

Read more...

Last Words Looks Kind of Like a Post-Apocalyptic Cinema Paradiso

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 05:00 PM PST

There are people who think it's silly to dedicate your life to movies. Movies are frivolous. Fleeting. Unimportant. To that, writer director Jonathan Nossiter says, those might be your famous Last Words.

Read more...

All This Week's Toys Just Want to Sit in the Gengarmchair

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 04:00 PM PST

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's weekly excuse to flop into a Gengar-shaped chair and read the latest toy and merchandise news. Don't have a Gengarmchair, you bemoan? Well, good news: this is the week for you! Especially if you also like Mandalorian toys, pricey turtle vehicles, and more. Check it out!

Read more...

Deepfakes Maybe Not Quite the Political Apocalypse We Feared, MIT Researchers Find

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 03:06 PM PST

Ever since we've seen deepfakes cropping up across porn, e-commerce, and literal bank robberies, there's always been concern that this same tech could be used to interfere with future elections. Well, according to one new study, that might be tougher than we thought. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of…

Read more...

Grab Your Benadryl, Batwoman's New Poison Ivy Is Here

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 02:40 PM PST

If you've been watching Batwoman, you know things have gotten... thorny for Dr. Mary Hamilton (Nicole Kang), Kate Kane's stepsister, illegal Gotham City clinic operator, and O.G. member of the Batwoman support team. Poor Mary was infected by one of Poison Ivy's vines and turned into, well, Poison Ivy. That's a shame…

Read more...

The Plague Is More Likely Now Thanks to Climate Change

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 01:50 PM PST

The risk of the plague spilling over from humans to animals in the western U.S. has increased since 1950 thanks to climate change, a new study has found. Importantly, the research gives valuable insights into how this deadly disease has historically moved and developed in the U.S., which can help us understand more…

Read more...

Star Wars Rebels' Sabine Cast for Live-Action Ahsoka Series

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 01:40 PM PST

Clan Wren flies once more: Lucasfilm's Mandalorian spinoff revolving around the post-Return of the Jedi life of Ahsoka Tano has found another rebel ally for the force user.

Read more...

U.S. Workers Are Realizing Life's More Than Just a Job

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 01:35 PM PST

If you're the type of person who finds fulfillment and meaning from your job and can't shut up about it at the bar, congrats, but it seems you're among a dwindling minority. At least that's the sense from a recent massive Pew survey which found a 7% decline in U.S. adults who said they derive meaning and purpose in…

Read more...

Netflix's Cowboy Bebop Finally Debuts Its Radical Edward

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 01:00 PM PST

Cowboy Bebop fans have been waiting for the live-action Netflix adaptation to reveal the fourth member of the Bebop crew (well, fifth if you count Ein the Data Dog). It took until today, the day Cowboy Bebop premieres on Netflix, for the streamer to do so, but it has finally announced newcomer Eden Perkins has nabbed…

Read more...

A Man's Seizures Turned Out to Be Caused by Dead Tapeworms in His Brain

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 12:45 PM PST

Coming down with seizures would be a scary experience no matter what, but for one unfortunate man, that experience was compounded by the discovery that dead tapeworm cysts lodged in his brain for decades were the root cause. Thankfully, his seizures were treated successfully, and the man seems to have made a recovery…

Read more...

Crypto-Fueled Plan to Buy the U.S. Constitution Ends With a Big Pool of Money and No Constitution

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 12:35 PM PST

After raising nearly $49 million in ether in just a few days, the ConstitutionDAO that galvanized blockchain idealists did not win a copy of the US Constitution at Sotheby's. Last night, the document, one of 13 surviving first edition copies, hammered for $43.2 million (going to—sigh—hedge fund billionaire Ken…

Read more...

Warhammer 40K’s Creators Needed to Renounce Real Monsters Long Ago

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 12:20 PM PST

Games Workshop has had a long time to reckon with just how explicit the "Grimdark" satire of its tabletop wargaming universe is. It portrays a fascist, zealous imperial regime as heroic—in a universe of demonic horrors and alien invasion—to players who might find themselves fond of such ideals in real life. But the…

Read more...

A Quarter of U.S. Roads Could Be Regularly Flooded in 30 Years

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 12:10 PM PST

The U.S. recently passed a $1 trillion bipartisan spending bill aimed at improving and repairing the country's decaying infrastructure, but a new report on flooding risks resulting from climate change warns even more investment might be needed.

Read more...

Android May Soon Translate iMessage Reactions Into Emoji for Green Bubbles

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 12:00 PM PST

If you have an Android phone, you're probably used to seeing a line from an iPhone-using friend or family member that they've "emphasized" your previous message. What does that even mean? In iMessage speak, that's a double exclamation mark, or the ‼ emoji.

Read more...

Your Ghostbusters: Afterlife Spoiler Zone Is Creeping This Way

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 11:20 AM PST

Though it's been over five years since Paul Feig's reboot of Ghostbusters, it's been 32 years since audiences first spent time in a world where Peter Venkman, Ray Stanz, Egon Spengler, and Winston Zeddemore existed. That changes today as Jason Reitman's Ghostbusters: Afterlife finally hits theaters.

Read more...

Nenhum comentário:

Postar um comentário