<![CDATA[io9: Natalie Morales]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Natalie Morales]]> http://io9.com/tag/natalie morales http://io9.com/tag/natalie morales <![CDATA[The Cape does what no other TV show has managed in years: Tell a truly original story about terrorism.]]> It's been the golden chalice of television scriptwriting since 9/11: Find something profound to say about terrorism 'n' stuff. Few shows have managed it, and as the years have gone by, it's gotten harder and harder. But The Cape made it look easy last night, with a spin on bioterror that I'm pretty sure nobody else has managed. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5760609&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Discover The Final Fate Of The Middleman, With The Season Finale Reenactment Emergency!]]> Where have all the great heroes gone? We got a chance to see the Middleman, ABC Family's gone-too-soon superhero, one more time at SDCC, as the cast read the script for the unfilmed season finale. And now the video's online. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5329219&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Middleman's Romance With Lacey Almost Didn't Happen]]> One of our favorite parts of superhero-adventure The Middleman is the on-again, off-again romance between the mysterious hero and Lacey, his sidekick's roommate. But Javier Grillo-Marxuach tells io9 he fought that storyline tooth and nail. So what happened? Spoilers ahead. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5310370&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["Bechdel Rule" Should Really Be Called "Ripley Rule," Bechdel Tells io9]]> Everybody's talking about the "Bechdel Rule" all of a sudden, especially as it relates to science fiction. National Public Radio did a story on it the other day. Novelist Charles Stross dissected his own books to see if they passed the test. (Two of them failed.) This guy rigorously applies it to tons of science fiction books, including every single Doctor Who novelization. Just what is the Bechdel rule, and what's its secret connection to scifi? We asked creator Alison Bechdel herself. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5045596&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Middleman's Last Defense Against Monsters Tells All]]> Natalie Morales never knows what to expect next, playing the don't-call-her-a-sidekick Wendy Watson in superhero show The Middleman. One day, you're teaming up with a cryogenically frozen Kevin Sorbo (Hercules), and the next you're up to your elbows in zombie fish. Morales took a break from her seafood-punching lifestyle to share with us some inside dish on her character's inner demons with an absent father, new villains and future love interests. More »
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