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What to Expect on the Fringe

Have you been wondering about those radio ads that prompt you to find "the pattern"? What about the posters wheatpasted in several major cities that feature fake X-ray images of frogs, apples, and a six-fingered handprint (left, reminiscent of the X-Files handprint of yore, right)? Well, I think we've found a pattern for you: it's all part of Fox's not-so-stealthy stealth marketing campaign for Fringe, a new series about a mega-spy and her gang of mad scientists coming this fall from the brain of J.J. Abrams. Part of that stealth marketing campaign also included leaking pristine copies of the series pilot online. We've watched it, and have the scoop on what you can expect. Spoilers ahead. More »

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Sleeper Agent Soul-Searching in Battlestar Season Premiere

We've had a chance to watch the premiere episode of Battlestar Galactica's fourth and final season, and it certainly didn't disappoint. To keep this spoiler-free, I will speak in vagueries about what's in store and why things are going to get ooky as well as spooky this season. Like the very best BSG episodes, this one balances out interesting character developments with seriously kickass space battles. And of course, there's the mystery we were left with at the end of last season: Why has Starbuck returned? More »

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Why Battlestar Galactica is the Best Political Drama on TV

This exclusive new preview clip for Battlestar Galactica season 4 reminds us why the science fiction series' violent moral ambiguity has made it the most compelling political drama on TV. Sure the show is about humans fleeing for their lives from cyborgs in space, but it has a realistic, ripped-from-the-headlines urgency that 24 could only dream of. Even the basic BSG premise sounds familiar: Separatists with a burning desire for religious purity have launched a coordinated nuclear attack on our heroes, who are themselves struggling in a mire of corrupt political leadership and a military gone mad with power. It just so happens that the separatists are cyborgs called Cylon and the heroes are from a star system halfway across the galaxy from us. More »

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Our Picks for WonderCon

Maybe you're heading out to annual scifi/comic book convention WonderCon in San Francisco this weekend, or maybe you're just going to be reading our coverage of it and cursing us for being lucky enough to drink shots off the stomachs of cosplayers. Either way, you might not want to wade through the entire conference program trying to figure out what to do next. That's why the dorks at io9 have whipped up this handy, slightly-annotated program for you. It's full of what we consider the highlights of the weekend, though we couldn't include ALL the cool stuff — so be sure to check over the WonderCon program yourself to make sure we haven't skipped over your favorite things. Check out our picks below. More »

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4100 Years of Star Wars in Vector Crossover Comic

Sure, the six movies featured a fairly coherent storyline running across two different time periods, but Dark Horse Comics has decided to go two better and give the world a Star Wars storyline that spans 4100 years in four different series. Called Vector, the twelve-part story - beginning in this week's Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic #25 (set more than a millennium before the original movie) - promises to follow the search for a particularly dangerous Sith artifact across the entire history of George Lucas's money-making franchise, and we've had a chance to take an early peek at the first chapter. More »

"It's Kinda of a Grayish-Yellowish-Off-White Looking Thing" Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News attended a screening of Cloverfield tonight, and he spills it about the monster: "It has a tail, it has teeth and freaky eyes...it's kinda of a grayish-yellowish-off-white looking thing. But more important than the creature is what this fucker does. He basically goes bug-nuts." Oh, and the lice monsters? They're real.