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We were lucky enough to catch up with Robert Picardo, who's joined the cast of Stargate Atlantis full-time as the obnoxious Richard Woolsey. He told us what it's like to take over command from Amanda Tapping's Samantha Carter. We also talked to Picardo about working with notorious comedian Andy Dick on Star Trek: Voyager, plus the differences between his holographic Trek character and Data the android. More »
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Jewel Staite is best known for playing the mechanic Kaylee on grungy space-opera show Firefly. But if the writers of Stargate Atlantis have their way, she'll become better known for being bound and gagged in the woods. She mentioned on the Stargate panel at Comic-Con that her character, Dr. Keller, is in bondage in a few upcoming Stargate episodes, not to mention being pinned to a bed by an alien spore recently. We had to ask her about this, plus the differences between Firefly and Stargate. And what she thinks Kaylee is doing right now. More »
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The unsung hero of time-travel show Doctor Who and its spin-offs isn't K-9 the tin dog, it's executive producer Julie Gardner. She's kept the flashing light from flying off the top of the Police Box time machine since the beginning. We were lucky enough to sit down with her at Comic-Con and ask her about Doctor Who's success, the evolution of Torchwood, and why Sarah Jane Smith is still . The interview includes spoilers for the Sarah Jane Adventures. More »
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We had two chances at Comic-Con to talk to James Callis about his cult following as Battlestar Galactica's Gaius Baltar. The first time, he told us about his amazingleadership secrets, and explained the difference between political and religious leadership. The second time, he talked to us more about the choices he makes in playing Baltar, and what it's like to be Battlestar's "teflon man." Transcript is below. More »
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When even party politics finds itself dressing up in outlandish outfits and pretending to be a superhero in order to convince grown adults to exercise their democratic right to vote, that's probably a pretty good sign that geeks really have taken over the world. How else to explain the presence of Campaign Boy and Campaign Girl at last week's Comic-Con? More »
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It was the con that, it seemed, confounded a lot of people. Press shut out of panels, celebrities turned away from parties, comic publishers vowing never to return and 125,000 fans all in one building for four days without end. Every year, San Diego Comic-Con ends with people griping that it has gotten to be too big and that something has to change, but was this the year that lived up to the complaints? More »
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Yes, I know that we showed you some of the best Comic-Con fan costumes yesterday, but that wasn't the only fashion parade during last week's nerdfest. Marvel Comics - never one to play down a marketing opportunity - held their own fashion show during the con, and we've got the pics to prove it under the jump. More »
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We caught up with Stargate stars Ben Browder and Amanda Tapping at the Sci Fi/EW party at Comic-Con, and got a chance to ask them some fun questions. We talked to Browder about what it's like to embody the heroic archetype, and whether he'd ever want to play a supervillain. And Tapping told us the difference between Stargate and her new show, Sanctuary. More »
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We tried our best to bring you the highs, lows and news from last week's Comic-Con, but there was one essential part of the experience that we've kept from you... until now. Under the jump, some of the best costumes from the show, courtesy of Maximum PC's "Ultimate Geek Gallery." More »
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Tahmoh Penikett plays the only character on Battlestar Galactica who always does the right thing, no matter what. (And he was very happy when we told him that, because apparently people are still mad at Helo for stopping the Cylon plague in season three.) But in Joss Whedon's new show Dollhouse, we're going to get to see a different side to Penikett — a dark side. We caught up with him at Comic-Con and learned the terrible truth about FBI agent Paul Ballard. More »
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Mad-science-ville show Eureka is back on Sci Fi tonight, and we had a chance to talk to star Colin Ferguson and producer Jaime Paglia the other night. Ferguson shared some insights about why straight-and-narrow sheriff Carter might have so many bohemian relatives. Click through to find out what's going to be new and different in Eureka season three. More »
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We were lucky enough to talk with Tricia Helfer, who plays the gorgeous Cylon infiltrator Six on Battlestar Galactica. And we wanted to ask her a question inspired by Charles Stross' new novel Saturn's Children: if the Cylons succeeded in wiping out the human race, would Six feel sad that there was nobody left to appreciate her beauty? Was Six designed to be the most beautiful of the Cylons? This actually turned into an interesting discussion about how Six uses her beauty to attain her objectives on the show, but really wants to be appreciated for her brains. More »
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Josh Friedman is the creator of Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, one of last season's most interesting scifi shows, complete with time traveling, kickass Terminator fights, and Heathers riffs. Plus, next season, the cast will be joined by Shirley "Garbage" Manson and Busy "Freaks And Geeks" Phillips. We had a chance to sit down with Friedman for a one-on-one talk at Comic-Con, to talk about where the show is going. And he told us the one word you'll never hear on his show. More »
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Comic-Con was psychotic, exhausting and wonderful. We're sorry if you got turned away from our packed io9 panel on "science fiction that can change your life," but we've summarized it to mollify you. More importantly, we've broken down our coverage from Comic-Con into bite-sized, easily-navigated chunks below. Find out what we discovered about everything from the upcoming Watchmen and Terminator movies, to Marvel's most obscure new comic book and what's next for Dr. Horrible. More »
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The Astro Boy booth at Comic Con reshaped the minds of manga fans by remaking their hairstyles into Astro-dos. But besides making over the droves of fans, the booth also showed off a life-size Astro Boy suspended in mid-air, and a few new Astro pictures. Click through to check out the gallery, including a powered-down robot. More »
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Matthew Fox played two guys in Lost season four: the confident, take-charge Jack on the island, and the haunted, addicted Jack in the future. We got a chance to talk to Fox one-on-one about how he went back and forth between those two Jacks. And also how he's going to play a more "spiritual" Jack in season five. We also talked about the complex relationship between Jack and Locke. Click through for part two of our interview video. More »
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This cast of a sexy new alien from Stargate Words was on display at the Stargate booth at Comic-Con. Stargate Worlds is a new MMO game that connects gamers through an inspired SG-1 universe. If this is the direction of the new video game, sign me up. I can't get enough sexy alien warriors. Click through for the head-to-toe look at our new alien friends, or enemies depending on what side of the Gate you're on. More »
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Much to everyone's surprise, yesterday's Fringe panel - featuring Star Trek director JJ Abrams and Star Trek writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman - didn't include a special sneak preview of next summer's reboot of Space and The Final Frontier. It's not that any such preview had been announced (just the opposite, in fact), but that's not stopping some insiders from calling conspiracy anyway. More »
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Smallville season eight will be even more comic-booky than we suspected, judging from today's panel at Comic-Con. Action Comics writer Geoff Johns will write an episode that introduces some of Superman's most colorful friends from the comics. And it looks like Clark's biggest battle yet could cause a lot of collateral damage. Click through for details and spoilers. More »
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After JJ Abrams had finished answering all the official questions about his new series Fringe, and his upcoming Star Trek prequel, I had just one crucial burning question left. About monsters. Abrams is known for being a monster-lover — after all, he helped conceive of Clovie from Cloverfield — and I needed to know just one thing. Here's his answer, in the video above. More »
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How cameo-laden is the new animated feature Hulk Vs. Wolverine DVD? Let's just say that I kept expecting an 800 number to pop up at the bottom of the screen, and the Hulk to croon a Burt Bacharach song. Not that that stops it from it being a violent and funny way to watch your favorite superheroes beat the crap out of each other. More »
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A new redband trailer for plague-ridden building film Quarantine premiered at Comic-Con, and IGN has posted it online. It shows more crazy zombie action, including a fairly shocking transformation. But it also gives a really clear sense of the movie's anti-establishment spin, where the government not only traps people in a zombie building, but also lies about it on television. Shocking! [IGN] More »
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Saving the biggest news of the convention until the last few hours, DC Comics' second DC Nation panel confirmed the rumors that Neil Gaiman is going to be taking on the Dark Knight following Batman RIP. More »
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Now it's not only onscreen that the Terminator has two different futures; IDW's announcement yesterday of a Terminator: Salvation prequel comic book (along with an adaptation of the movie itself) means that Dynamite Entertainment's ongoing line of Terminator comics (Itself separate from Dark Horse's Terminator: Omnibus collections) will no longer have the sole four-color future for John Conner and post-Skynet humanity. More »
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Saturday's Chuck panel at Comic-Con was full of hints about what to expect as the show heads into its second season, and if you were hoping for more action, more Nerd Herd and much more Awesome, then it looks like you're in luck when NBC's accidental supercomputer/human hybrid returns this fall. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5029632&view=rss&microfeed=true According to the trailer for the comic version of The Stand premiered at Marvel's Ultimate Universe (Yes, it has nothing to do with the Ultimate Universe, I know; I wasn't the one who played it), Stephen King is "the greatest science fiction, fantasy and horror writer of our generation." Now, I'm tempted to give him the title of "Highest Selling Fantasy And Horror Writer of our Generation," but science fiction? Really? I'm not convinced that King deserves that title - Does The Tommyknockers really give him the edge into the SF genre? - but who does? Use and abuse the comments section below, people: I want to know. More »
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Kyle XY is back in January, and we got the goods on the next season straight from the super genius' mouth. Where does the new season start? What about Kyle's love life? Are we ever going to learn more about the Mada Corporation? Matt Dallas let's io9 into Kyle's mind, and lets us know what's on his plate for the latest season. Apparently this season is going to get heavy into the science, but still leave some room for love. More »
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One of the most alluring booths on the floor of this year's San Diego Comic-Con for toy geeks is Sideshow Toys' impressive collection of Star Wars, Aliens and Hellboy collectables. Especially if you've ever wanted to see superdeformed remixes of everyone's favorite Dark Lord of the Sith. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5029616&view=rss&microfeed=true Confirmed on today's Ultimate Universe panel at San Diego, Marvel's Ultimates line is beginning to look very like NBC's Heroes. With the exception of Brian Michael Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man series, the entire line will be written by writers from NBC's hit show; Executive producer Jeph Loeb is already writing The Ultimates, while Aron Coleite will take on the final issues of Ultimate X-Men and his Heroes-writing partner Joe Pokaski will finish off Ultimate Fantastic Four, both series finishing as a result of November's Ultimatum mini-series. More »
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In the panel devoted to JJ Abrams' new spooky mytho-scientific show Fringe, Abrams revealed that there are already a lot of clues about the show floating around out there, but that he won't reveal what they are or where you can find them (those "non-humans banned" signs, leading to a mystery URL around Comic-Con aroused some audience members' suspicions). Yes, it's shades of Cloverfield, but that makes us weirdly happy. What also makes us happy is that Massive Dynamics, the evil/scary giant company in the show, is apparently modeled on IBM, which Abrams described as "a company that seems to own everything." You've got corporate conspiracies, publicity conspiracies, and even more awaiting you in the show that Abrams said was largely inspired by terrific 1970s flick Altered States. More »
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Today's Battlestar Galactica panel left us with some lingering questions about the show, including how its ending ties in with prequel series Caprica. Luckily, we had a chance to sit down with producer David Eick and some of the stars of BSG and ask a few questions. Click through for Gaius Baltar's leadership secrets, plus a gallery of cool new BSG political posters from Laurent-LX. More »
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Terminator Salvation blasted into Comic Con with a life size T-600, and director McG. The panelists talked about how the futuristic world will be bleak, burned up and completely free of race and sex stereotypes (the revolution is multiracial and powered by ladies). But more importantly, they debuted a new trailer for T4 which showed more characters, more Terminators, and a fantastic back and forth between Marcus Wright and John Connor. Click through for a gallery of panel pics, and a recap of the trailer. Beware spoilers. More »
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The one mysterious ingredient in the second half of the final season of Battlestar Galactica? Ass-kicking. In the trailer for the final ten episodes of the show shown at the start of Saturday's BSG panel at Comic-Con, what stood out most was the artillery displayed by a surprising number of cast members as the show hurtles towards a destructive conclusion. And as the cast members discussed their memories of the show during the panel, the best moments of shooting also involved... well, shooting. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5029608&view=rss&microfeed=true The effects of Marvel's Secret Invasion will be felt far beyond the invaded Earth, according to Saturday's Secret Invasion panel. Starting this fall is something called War of Kings, a mysterious event that will bring in plot threads from all of Marvel's recent series set in space (Books like X-Men: Emperor Vulcan, Nova, Guardians of The Galaxy and The Inhumans). Details and things like creators, plots or even series titles weren't given, but we were told to watch for the start of the event in August. More »
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Comic-Con took a break from media frenzy to have a thoughtful moment with a panel featuring some of the most interesting contemporary science fiction writers in print right now: Robert J. Sawyer (Rollback), Ann Aguirre (Grimspace), Tobias S. Buckell (Ragamuffin), Alan Dean Foster (author of more than 100 books), Charles Stross (Saturn's Children), and John Zakour (Dangerous Dames). Moderator Maryelizabeth Hart, from Mysterious Galaxy, did a great job steering the table packed with writers into interesting discussions about whether scifi can keep up with scientific and social changes — and changes they predict we'll see in the future. More »
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Lost season five doesn't begin shooting for another few weeks, so there was no new footage at Comic-Con's Lost panel. But that didn't mean there was a shortage of theatrics. The panel was "sponsored" by the Dharma Initiative, the shadowy science cabal that is connected to many of the island's weirdest mysteries. And the Dharma kerfuffle led to a major spoiler about the future of the show. More »
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The first episode of Heroes season three screened at Comic-Con, and it has as many twists and turns as any three episodes from season two. The show hits the ground running, with a spicy blend of action and theatrics, topped with a huge helping of cheese. It's nothing but Heroes spoilers, after the jump.
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Longtime fans of superheroes will be very happy with two announcements made at Saturday's DC Universe panel - Not only will J. Michael Straczynski be responsible for bringing the 1960s Archie Comics superheroes back into comics since the 1990s Impact line, but Dwayne McDuffie will also bring Static and the other Milestone characters back. More »
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One of the most eagerly-anticipated series to hit airwaves early next year will be Joss "Firefly" Whedon's Dollhouse, starring Eliza "Buffy" Dushku and Tahmoh "BSG" Penikett. It's the tale of "actives," people who volunteer to have their personalities wiped and new ones implanted for clients who need special tasks done (from romantic ones to spy stuff). We're here, liveblogging at the Dollhouse panel with Whedon, Dushku, and Penikett. Updates below. More »
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One of the mysterious viral messages seen around the San Diego Convention Center at this year's con has been "Seek The Six," which has appeared as stickers in restrooms, decoded messages on giveaways and even skywriting above the con yesterday afternoon. But what does it mean? A quick Google search seems to give the answer, as savethesix.com comes with tags including "I Am Not A Number". Welcome to the first signs of marketing for AMC's remake of The Prisoner, everyone. [Seek The Six] More »
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