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more about #apocalypses more comments → EBone: How perfect since she's batshiat crazy. more » The Curse of Millhaven: Arianna is the Jar-Jar of this movie. more » somawiththepaintbox: I saw this headline and was all 'CLOWD ATLAZZ! SQUEE!!11' but no, it's only Arianna Huffington with breast implants on her head. Le sigh. more » drdoombot: Is it more correct to refer to them as the "Wachowski Siblings" now? more » Presidentpez: Lana/Larry...who cares! I'm just happy the Wachowskis are making movies. Plus, am I in the only one who actually liked the Matrix sequels and Speed Ra... more » salthegeek: Will people please stop speculating if Larry had a sex change. It's his business and we should just roll with it. It's not that big a deal. more » Lassus: Huffington's hair does not make me optimistic about this project. more » amygdala: What is that thing on top of Arianna Huffington's head? Is it part of the movie? more » Canoehead: 90 years ago WW I had just ended. Imagine trying to predict modern Germany based on the breadlines and Freikorps of that era? And would you ever pre... more » tonilost: I always will be indebted to Lana for leading me to Buck Angel. more » White_Redeemer: So is "Lana" just Larry dressed as a woman, or did he really have a sex change? I'm really confused. more » ManchuCandidate: T'pau? more » Darklighter: Given the quality of medical science reporting on the Huffington Post, I wouldn't expect her to be alive in 90 years. more » Annalee Newitz: Lana is looking great. Cute as a button. more » Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments...: Is it weird that I feel attracted to this older woman? more » -
#wachowskis
What Is The Wachowskis' Secret Science Fiction Project — Guest-Starring Arianna Huffington?
Did you know the Wachowskis were filming a new "futuristic" movie? Neither did we, until Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington tweeted a series of pictures from the set of the mystery film, which is about Iraq 90 years from now. More » -
#cosycatastrophe
British Books Offer A "Cosy" Antidote To Apocalyptic Horror. Let's Be Civilized, Shall We?
Looking for an alternative to the horrific scenarios of 2012 and The Road? Try the "cosy catastrophe" genre, the Guardian suggests: Stories like Day Of The Triffids and The World In Winter feature a less violent version of the end. More » -
#poll
Which Overused Trope Are We Sickest Of?
There's nothing scarier than deja vu: that feeling that everything we've seen before will keep coming back over and over again, until your head dissolves. Which overused trope are you most sick of: zombies, vampires, alt-universes, post-apocalyptic worlds or steampunk? More » -
#foundfootage
When A Nuclear Holocaust Wrecks Civilization, It's Important To Be A Nipple Connoisseur
Three great moments from 1985's post-apocalyptic Def-Con 4: Three astronauts watch a nuclear holocaust claim the entire world. A post-apocalyptic survivalist demands to know, in great detail, about the female astronauts nipples. And a teenager whips slaves dragging a space-capsule. More » -
#foundfootage
Now This Is A Post-Apocalyptic Ruckus We Can All Subscribe To
Eat your blistery hearts out, Zombieland and The Road. They don't make post-apocalyptic epics like 1985's Wheels Of Fire anymore. Witness skin-peeling punks, a speechifying harem-gathering warlord, and the would-be rapist who gets knifed in the crotch. Plus machine-gun kick-boxing! -
#thehungergames
"The Girl Who Was On Fire" Inspires An Inferno, In Hunger Games Sequel
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins was one of our favorite books last year, and the sequel, Catching Fire, looks even more insane. A new book trailer promises ramped up political intrigue, and an audio excerpt provides a major downpayment. More » -
#rant
How Do We Get New Science Fiction Stories? Have New Nightmares
Tired of the creaky entertainment machine churning out copy-cat stories of zombies, superheroes, apocalypses and cyborgs? Then you need to conjure new dreads and fantasies in the real world, since that's where all our science fiction cliches come from. More » -
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#crapfuturism
4 Ways The United States Could End In The Next 100 Years
The United States is always collapsing in science fiction. The U.S. implodes, explodes, or just declines. But a team of professional futurists sees only four scenarios that could end the U.S.A. — and they've got a chart to prove it. More » -
#wellwrite
Sing Along As The World Ends, With Folkalypse Band We'll Write
As the world ends, who'll provide the soundtrack for the final moments? In all likelihood, apocalyptic British folk band We'll Write, whose music video includes a giant robot taking over the world. More » -
#bookreview
Get Indoctrinated Into Terminator Salvation's Resistance
Suffering from Terminator withdrawal, now that the TV show's on break and the movie's weeks away? Skynet has published a novel and some comics that lead up to Terminator Salvation. We've reviewed them for you.
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#conceptart
Moody Concept Design For "The Road" Is Artwork In Its Own Right
The movie version of Cormac McCarthy's The Road still doesn't have a release date, months after it was supposed to come out. But at least production designer Chris Kennedy's brilliant concept art has appeared online. More » -
#books
As Our World Crumbles, Readers Clamor For Science Fiction
In these troubled times, whether you're looking for some simple escapism or a vision of how things could be even worse, science fiction has the answer. And book sales are starting to reflect that. More » -
#transperceneige
Let The Host's Director Show You How To Rule In Hell
The last survivors of humanity shelter on a train going in circles through an icy landscape, in Transperceneige, the French comic which Bong Joon-Ho (The Host) is adapting into a film. More » -
#pregoldenage
The Most Amazing Book Covers from Pre-Golden Age SF
Some of the most gorgeous, evocative, and strange science fiction art you've ever seen comes from the covers of novels written between 1904-33, in SF's "pre-Golden Age."
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#pregoldenage
The 10 Best Apocalypse Novels of Pre-Golden Age SF (1904-33)
With Wall-E director Andrew Stanton working on a film based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's 1917 novel A Princess of Mars, you need a crash course in books from this seminal era in science fiction.
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#doomsdayvault
Norway Builds Giant Shelter For The End Of The World
Norway's "Doomsday Vault" will open tomorrow, just in time to safeguard our biodiversity against the apocalypse. Carved into the permafrost of a remote Arctic mountain, about 620 miles from the North Pole, the vault has been built to withstand nuclear missiles or a plane crash on top of it, but it's also far enough above sea level that it won't be flooded by melting icecaps. Click through for more images of the Doomsday Vault. More »
