<![CDATA[io9: Contest]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Contest]]> http://io9.com/tag/contest http://io9.com/tag/contest <![CDATA[ Remix The Moaning Ladies Of The Spirit ]]> Scariest movie marketing ever: Frank Miller brings together his gaggle of gals from The Spirit and has each of them give a little soundbite when you mouse over her poster. Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Jaime King and Sarah Paulson lay the verbal cheesecake on thick, moaning and purring a sexy innuendo or pick-up line. I have an awful mental image of Miller in the darkened sound booth demanding the girls to sound more seductive. This piece of marketing trash is just begging for a "Justify My Love"-esque Madonna-style remix and we here at io9 want you to come up with it. Click through for more contest details.

This collection of pop-up sounds is so ridiculous, we're left wondering if any of our intrepid readers could make our dreams come true by creating an overly sexy song, voiced by The Spirit's sirens. Trust me it's quite enjoyable — my filthy giggly mind spent minutes running the mouse over Jamie King and hearing her do her phone-sex impression. This is trying so hard to be sexy, it's comedy gold. What's next Miller, a car wash in white t-shits to promote The Spirit? Please submit your sexy Spirit sounds in the comments below, either in a URL or embedded youtube. We'll pick the best one and post it later in the week. Check out the ad at Yahoo and roll your mouse over each poster to hear the reactions.

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Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:20:00 PDT Meredith Woerner http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5018698&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Win a Copy of Appleseed: Ex Machina on DVD ]]> We've told you all about the John Woo produced, Shinji Aramaki directed, anime version of Shirow Masamune's Appleseed: Ex Machina. We've spoken to the director and found out about plans for a possible sequel, we've attended a screening, and we've given away tickets to it as well. Now, we're offering up not one but two copies of his futuristic cyborgs-in-love story for you to take home for your viewing pleasure. What do you have to do to win? Just leave a comment on this post. Sounds simple, right? Find out more inside.

Just leave a comment on this post, and we'll be using a random number generator to pick out two winners. We'll cover the shipping, and you do the watching. Please limit yourself to just one entry, otherwise you'll be unfairly stacking the pack. If we find out you've been leaving more than one comment, we'll pull your plug faster than you can say "Neo." We'll select two different winners on this Wednesday, April 9th, so comment away, cross your fingers, and good luck!

Update! We have our two winners: DWolvin and Angryride were selected at random by a non-sentient random number generator. Make sure you contact us with your full name and mailing address so we can send your DVDs along.

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Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:23:01 PDT Kevin Kelly http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=373704&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ We Have a Winner in the Fake Star Trek Footage Contest ]]> Thanks to our intrepid, geektastic pals at Trek Movie, we have a winner in our fake Star Trek footage contest. Remember, this got started with this piece of fake footage, allegedly from JJ Abram's upcoming Star Trek reboot. So we turned to you for more fake footage, because we just can't get enough of it. Without further ado, here is our winner: Daniel Broadway, whose footage you see above. What's great about this short clip is that it looks like the pre-CGI animatics that Abrams is fond of using, and it also solves the mystery of where the heck they built the saucer portion of the ship (in space!). Plus, Broadway actually based this on the new model of the Enterprise being used in Abrams' flick. Check out a few of our honorable mentions below.

Runners-up worth mentioning include Rick Kelvington and Spockboy's superlative reenactment of the footage that originally led to this contest. You can see the full clip and more from the dynamic duo here.

And my personal favorite is this footage, by Poroto Parker, of a nacelle plummeting out of the sky to the ground. The sound is great, and the nacelle looks like a cool model rather than bad CGI. Plus, it's kind of an homage to the way many of us feel about the next Trek movie: it may be less like a movie, and more like a chunk of spaceship engine smashing to Earth and catching fire. I could watch this over and over, and in fact I have.

There are lots of other weird, fun, and downright pointless entries in the contest, and you can see most of them here, though one notable entry, dealing with Shatner's secret cameo in Abram's new film is here:

Thanks to Anthony Pascale of Trek Movie for being our co-judge. We did have to fight for it, but luckily we made up over Romulan Ale jello shots. The winner gets a box of cool Trek swag, courtesy of Pascale, but not until after he recovers from the shots.

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Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:57:20 PDT Annalee Newitz http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=376979&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Enter io9's "Fake Star Trek Footage" Contest ]]> You've got one more week to enter io9's contest — cosponsored by geekgasmic site Trek Movie — to create the very best fake footage from the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie. It all got started last week when we stayed up way too late drinking, saw this fake footage (included above) allegedly from the new flick, and thought it might be real. We posted it, Trek Movie laughed at us, and we decided we needed to see some Truly Kickass fake footage. Shit that would fool professionals. Think you can whip up fake Trek footage that looks like it was stolen from J.J. Abrams' secret vault? Enter the contest!

Your footage must be fake, and it must either look incredibly realistic or be so funny that we will forgive you for anything.

Send what you've got to faketrek@io9.com before Saturday, April 5th, midnight Pacific Time.

The winner gets a brilliant box of Star Trek swag courtesy of Trek Movie.

It's almost the weekend, which is when all the good Trek nerds power up their animation software and get down to business. Engage!

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Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:26:20 PDT Annalee Newitz http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=373508&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Contest: Make the Best Fake Footage from New "Star Trek" Movie ]]> fakewesuck.jpg We're tired of waiting for leaked footage from the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie, and so it's time to make some up. Over the weekend, we got our knickers in a bunch about some fake footage allegedly from the new Star Trek flick, and the guys over at Trek Movie subsequently hired a Romulan senator to make fun of us. But the whole experience just made us hunger for more fake footage. That's where you come in. Enter the io9 fake Star Trek footage contest — details below.

We know you can whip up a bit of footage that looks way more realistic than the one that fooled us at 2 AM after we'd been drinking Romulan ale for 12 hours straight. We want a snippet of something that looks ripped from from J.J. Abrams' secret vault — something that would fool the guys at Trek Movie and Ain't It Cool News. Or maybe just something that's plain goofy and will make us laugh away the pain of having no actual footage to slake our thirst for more Enterprise.

UPDATE: We've persuaded the excellent Anthony Pascale, editor of Trek Movie, to be a judge in the contest. And he persuaded us to give you more time. Contest now ends Saturday, April 5, at midnight PST. To enter, you must mail your footage to faketrek@io9.com. You can also post it on YouTube and then paste the YouTube clip into the comments below so everybody has a chance to judge its greatness. (Just pasting the YouTube URL into comments will make the video appear.) But remember, to be considered a real entry, you must also mail the footage to faketrek@io9.com.

We will announce the winner, with great fanfare, Monday, April 7. The prize? An awesome swag box full of Star Trek goodies (thanks, Anthony!). Plus, everlasting internet fame and the satisfaction of having designed awesome fake footage.

Alright, humans and aliens, engage!

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Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:30:33 PDT Annalee Newitz http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=371444&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Want To See Appleseed: Ex Machina On The Big Screen for Free this Weekend? ]]> If you've been wanting to see the John Woo produced cyborg war romance Appleseed: Ex Machina on the big screen, and you happen to live in New York, then this is your lucky day. We're giving away five pairs of tickets for a midnight screening of the movie at IFC Center in NYC for either Friday or Saturday night, take your pick. We've been vocal about our love for the movie, and although the movie will be out on DVD starting next Tuesday, it really takes a huge screen to appreciate the animation. Find out how you can take yourself and a friend (or just put your feet up) inside.

If we had the time, we might torture you again with another caption contest... but more than one a week might be a bit too taxing on the funnybone. So, if you want to win, please just let us know in the comments below. Please note that you need to live in or extremely close to New York City to take advantage of these, so enter only if you really plan on using these tickets.

We'll be providing a list of the winners to the organizers of the event, and they'll have your name on a list and you'll be good to go. Please note that we'll select the first five comments from folks in the NYC area who want to see the movie. For the rest of you, set your Netflix for Tuesday, March 11th, and enjoy.

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Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:13:59 PST Kevin Kelly http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=364493&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Can You Make A Science Fiction Film In Two Days? ]]> bg_header.jpgIf you're in the U.K. and have always wanted to make a scifi movie in two days with a bunch of your pals, it's time to test your fast-movie fu. Scifi film geekfest Sci-Fi London is launching its "48 Hour Film Challenge" on April 5th at the Apollo West End. Entrants will be given a randomly-generated film title, some dialog and a prop. They have two days to turn those ingredients into a movie "no shorter than 3 minutes, and no longer than 5 minutes" by April 7th. Those conditions don't sound much worse than what B-movie directors of the 1950s and 60s dealt with.

Other than those restrictions, the sky's the limit. Well, there is one other thing. According to the rules:

Use of a time machine or other similar instrument to stop the normal passage of time, giving you say 3 weeks to make a film in what seems like just a weekend to the rest of us - well, that is cheating and we won't stand for it - unless of course you use some kind of mind control and erase any knowledge of this rule or your cheating or the fact that the time machine was invented...
So you could use your time machine for ill-gotten gains, or just slip the judges (including director John Landis) a roofie for the same results.

Winners get a video camera. What? No Dalek-shaped chocolate cake?

Sci-Fi London [official site]

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Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:46:56 PST Kevin Kelly http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=363626&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Caption this Photo to Win A Cyborg-Sized Load Of Terminator Gear ]]> The two-hour season finale of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles airs tonight on Fox, starting at 8pm (so set those clocks early, folks) and we're giving away a giant chunk of swag from the show. See the photo above of John and Cameron sitting at the table? All you have to do is come up with a funny caption. You can try to come up with a deeply moving caption if you want, but it'll probably be easier to come up with something funny than something that will make us re-think out lives. What will you win?

TermySwag.jpg We've got Terminator shirts with silvery writing on the front, military style hats, light-up red glowy bracelets, and Terminator eye window-clings, and Terminator flashlights that throw cool LED logos of the show into dark areas.

Simply submit your caption in the comments below, and you're officially entered. Be as long or as brief as you want, but above all try to be funny. Heck, we'd even take a good Firefly or Buffy joke. Just go nuts, folks. The contest will be open until roughly 10:30pm Pacific Time, right after tonight's finale ends on the West Coast. We'll pick a winner at that time and announce it tomorrow. The contest is open to everyone, unless you're living on the moon, and we'll pick up the shipping charges. However, we are not responsible if actual robots from the future start chasing you.

The window clings are massive and aren't pictured in the top photo, but they'll be included. You'll be the envy of all your friends, or you can just open your own Terminator merchandise store. The future is not yet written.

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Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:33:45 PST Kevin Kelly http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=363005&view=rss&microfeed=true