<![CDATA[io9: common]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: common]]> http://io9.com/tag/common http://io9.com/tag/common <![CDATA[Shot-By-Shot Breakdown Of Terminator Trailer's Mayhem]]> No wonder John Connor is always so pissed: his calendar is full of Terminator slaying, leading a rebellion, running from giant harvester bots, and a whole lot more.

We sat down and broke apart every little detail from the new trailer that we think is worth pointing out, including Kyle Reese's mannerisms, details on the love life between John Connor and his wife... and who may be still standing at the end. Plenty of screencaps, and spoilers, below.

Up top you've got the one and only John Connor, ladies and gentlemen: he lands his helicopter on the Terminator then shoots it in the head, just to be sure, multi-tasking is tricky, and what is that head piece? Hello Stargate.


Baby Kyle Reese is played by the adorable Anton Yelchin — and it appears he already has the Michael Biehn toothy smile down pat.


In the future, everyone drives jeeps or trucks that look like they belong in the Road Warrior, and all is as it should be.


Amazing zooming moto-terminators with what looks like a couple of side arms and the terminator red-eye problem. Check out the harvester in the background — bring it!


Looks like the humans have been forced to live underground again, with Common.


Holy hell, those are some awesome Terminators. What's with the doohickies above their heads? Can they fly? They can fly, can't they? I mean, we know that the big ones can fly, but personal flying Terminators would be amazingtastic. UPDATE: All right, maybe it is a factory.


One muddy man, who I'm assuming is Sam Worthington's character Marcus after he escaped the evil Terminator labs, I mean Bale is big, but I don't know if he's that big.


Look at all the face scars on tied-up Marcus, John Connor doesn't trust him... nor should he!


Speaking of the evil Terminator labs, it looks like the humans are getting crushed in a giant trash compactor.


With Spikes!


Check this out: someone who is presumably naked just beat the hell out of a Terminator, and is about to use the arm gun to bust his naked ass out, I'm assuming this is all part of Marcus' great escape. Update: tsunamitomi made a good point that this could also be a portal or a time travel, so feasts your minds on that.


The freeing of the humans. This is a little Oz "Brand New Day" for me.


Connor snuggles a little too close to a Terminator face.


Lovers running! Moon Bloodgood playing Blair Williams runs with her alleged lover Marcus, but why is she smiling? Bad acting, or does she know something we don't?


Wheelies! If there is a god, this is Bale.


Ack, Connor is hurt. Quick, Common and Marcus — carry him to his wife before something bad happens.


Oh crap something bad happened, slo mo screaming is never a good sign. But I will say, Bryce Dallas Howard is looking like one hot Mrs. Connor.


Oh, and SHE'S PREGNANT. What?


What is this place? A secret lab for turning people into robots, possibly? Hey, it's been suggested. And who's that guy? Are there still humans working for the Terminators?


Hydro bot wrasslin'.


Please tell me who this is. Is it John or is it Marcus? Because one of them is clearly dead, by the looks of it.


More Harvester action.

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<![CDATA[We Want Our Green Lantern To Be Common]]> As the Gunsmith in Wanted, rapper Common may have looked more wooden than co-star Morgan Freeman, but with a role in Terminator Salvation, a new scifi-inspired album and a fledging relationship with Serena Williams, we're convinced that his star is on the rise. We're so convinced, in fact, that no longer can we even consider another actor nabbing a big part in the next SF blockbuster: we demand the man they call Common as our Green Lantern, and for every role thereafter.


As Meredith has already pointed out, the video for new single Universal Mind Control proves that Common clearly already has an affinity for science fiction. Easily better than Alex Proyas' entire I, Robot, the recent 3:30 clip is just one example of the way in which he's integrating science fiction-based fashion into his style (He's not the only member of the hip hop community doing so - Kanye West, who's been working with Common since 2005's Be album, made his Glow In The Dark tour into a space opera about an astronaut bringing creativity back to Earth) - ideal for a space cop who has to defend not only Earth but an entire sector of the galaxy.

The Matrix aside, reliable old Hollywood can usually be counted on to trot out the same small group of talented African-American actors. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we're keeping Morgan Freeman and Samuel L. Jackson's financials in order because they're both wonderful at what they do, but hip hop has its own exciting roster of young, charismatic stars ready to follow in the footsteps of Mos Def (and Ice Cube - hey, Ghosts of Mars and XXX2 count - and many others) and bring some new blood to the silver screen. Common's roles in Wanted, Terminator: Salvation and Keanu Reeves/Hugh Laurie team-up crime vehicle Street Kings were a good start, but we want to see him make those Green Lantern rumors come true. Not every black superhero has to be played by Will Smith, after all.

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<![CDATA[Captain Jack vs. Common's Robot: Music Video Throwdown!]]> A heap of new music videos represent for science fiction. But the stand-out video this time around is Common's "Universal Mind Control" video, featuring Pharrell as a robot. Not only is the track a hit, but the dancing robot's moves are far and away some of the best robot strides I've ever seen. I dare you not to dance along to this video. Also, Torchwood's John Barrowman has got his own album coming out, and we're bringing you the cheese-tastic video. Who wins — Common or Captain Jack?

Common featuring Pharrell - "Universal Mind Control"
If you can't dance to this then your heart is made of stone. This could very well be my new favorite singing robot. The track is from the album this Invincible Summer.

Locksley - "All Over Again"
Don't smoosh our new rockstars, giant beast. "All Over Again" is from the album Don't Make Me Wait, and the title track is yet another good track from Locksley.

Arsenal - "Estupendo"
Great dance-animation which made me think of Tron.

John Barrowman - "What About Us"

The man rhymes "don't wanna blame ya" with "we're In Danga." Barrowman's album Music Music Music is out November 24th. Swoon, Torchwood fans, swoon over these ridiculously saccharine lyrics that actually fit quite well with baby-face Barrowman's shtick.

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  • New production photos of Reposession Mambo tell us absolutely nothing about the more serious of the two organ-repo movies coming next year. You can see allegedly "futuristic" cars and some buildings. Yawn. [ShockTillYouDrop.com]
  • The new Justice League movie is being "cast as cheaply as possible," says New York Magazine. It's semi-official that total unknown Armie Hammer will play Batman in the League. That's in addition to the previously leaked cast: Scott Porter as Superman, Megan Gale as Wonder Woman, Common as Green Lantern and Adam Brody as Flash. "In other words, a D-list cast is set to portray the world's oldest, most iconic superhero team," Matthew Perpetua kvetches. [NYMag]
  • Newly released clips from I Am Legend reveal no spoilers, but prove the film will live or die depending on how much you enjoy Will Smith talking to himself. [IESB]

Ron Moore's new projects and Stanley Kubrick's biggest mistake below the fold...



  • Battlestar Galactica co-creator Ronald D. Moore has two new TV series in development: one that he's developing for NBC/Universal, and one that he's supervising for Fox Broadcasting. He's also writing a sequel to iRobot, and a new version of The Thing for Universal. The new Thing will be linked to the 1982 version somehow. [Eclipse Magazine]
  • Fans who want to see more of George Takei's Sulu as a starship captain in his own right had better not blink during the new Star Trek movie. The older Captain Sulu will appear in a brief scene with Leonard Nimoy's Spock. [TrekWeb]
  • Brian Aldiss spent ten years trying to convince Stanley Kubrick not to turn AI into a dumb PInnochio story. "But you might as well try to persuade this table to be a chair as persuade Stanley of anything," he complains. In the end, Kubrick died and Spielberg turned AI into non-sensical "crap," says Aldiss. [London Times]
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