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more about #watchmen more comments → heliotrope5: "While your friends geek out about Avatar, give them this to remind them of the time when James Cameron hadn't turned into George Lucas in all the wro... more » EugeniaBSG: What's with this grab bag approach with the Adult Swim figures? Can't I just buy the Monarch and Dr. Mrs. Monarch ones? This is how I ended up with,... more » CodenameV: It's *called* an M41A Pulse Rifle...it's the weapon that brought us back from the brink more » Blue_Thark: 789 pieces? I can't possibly resist building power of that magnitude. more » Raygan: Just be advice about the pre-order on the pulse replica: If this company is new, check with BBB if said company used to have the name Icon. Icon went ... more » Golem100: Hey, I can get the Aliens pulse rifle tax free this weekend down here in SC. Woot! more » Akitsu: Wow... at first that Aliens gun looks appealing, until of course you see the $899 price tag. Sheesh, talk about a buzz kill. "The LED display lights... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Looking at that Devastator reminds me that I saw an ad for Transformers Toys the other day and at the end the V.O. guy quickly said "Actual changing t... more » brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(: For those of us who like to see the Spirit of Christmas sodomized be sure to check out A Very Sunny Christmas, which is the It's Always Sunny in Phila... more » korybing: I enjoyed I Am Legend (the first half at least, I thought it did a good job portraying the desolate loneliness of the world) until I actually read th... more » HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: I didn't mind Ozymandias. I thought his accent was kind of silly, but other than that, he was pretty spot on. I liked the more stoic demeanor in the... more » Stlopus9: I vote Aragorn and Viggo Mortensen. Since when do half elves where 5 O'Clock shadows? more » JesusDeSaad: Conan The Destroyer: Thoth-Amon more » Janice Price: Am I the only one who thought Agent Smith as Elrond in LOTR was dreadfully jarring? more » dead_beat: What about Jim Caviezel?.. Worst Jesus ever!.. ;) more » -
#io9giftguide
15 Toys That Will Help You Survive The Holidays
The Holiday Season is officially on us again, and that can mean only one thing that isn't watching Christmas In Connecticut over and over again: Time to think about gift-giving (and getting). Where better to start than with toys? More » -
#movies
Page-To-Screen Fail: The Worst Live-Action Versions Of Book Characters
We've all had our hearts broken by movie and television versions of our favorite book characters. You know the adaptation will never be as good as the beloved original, but sometimes it's hideously worse. Here are the absolute worst offenders. More » -
#politicalsciencefiction
5 US Presidents Best Equipped To Handle An Alien Invasion
The fourth issue of alien invasion comic Resurrection hit stores this week, introducing President Bill Clinton as a regular cast member. We've already seen current-President Obama fighting aliens, but now we're wondering: Which US President would be best at alien-fighting?
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#moviereview
The Wild Things Don't Really Love You
Spike Jonze is known for making uncomfortable films — I still can't think about the ending of Being John Malkovitch without squirming — but Where The Wild Things Are may be his coldest comfort yet. Major spoilers below... More » -
#celebrityfanzines
Watchmen Creator's New Medium: Fanzines
Having abandoned mainstream comics, Watchmen creator Alan Moore is turning to fanzines for new project Dodgem Logic. The 40-page bi-monthly zine offering (in Moore's words) "subterranean exotica in a bleached-out cultural and social landscape" launches next month. [Bleeding Cool] -
#thisisadisaster
Choose Your Own Disaster!!
Hello friends. Over the past few months I've been telling you what was a disaster, now the time has come for you to pick your own. More » -
#lobo
Watchmen's Comedian Looks To Space For Next Role
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, fresh from starring in Watchmen and currently shooting the movie version of The Losers, wants to stay with comic books for his next project. He's hoping to play DC's intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo in Guy Ritchie's adaptation. More » -
#afternoonreading
Discover The Origins Of 2000AD - For Free
Looking for something to read while you wait for the weekend to finally arrive? What about the first appearances of some of the greatest science fiction comic characters of all time? And what if you could do it for free? More » -
#movies
So What Happened To All Those Dark Knight Imitators?
It's been over a year since The Dark Knight made a billion dollars and revolutionized genre cinema. At the time, everyone said we'd be seeing a spate of Dark Knight-influenced "dark" superhero films. So are any of them still happening?
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#watchmen
Gilliam on Snyder's Watchmen: It Looks Better Than Mine Would've
For years, Terry Gilliam tried to get a movie version of Watchmen made without success, before deciding that the book was unfilmable. So what did he make of Zack Snyder's faithful, CGI-filled version from earlier this year? More » -
#summermovies
Summer 2009: What Just Happened?
With District 9 a bona fide hit and GI Joe amazing all by not crashing and burning, the summer movie season of 2009 has ended just as it began: Surprising a lot of people. What lessons can we learn? More » -
#fanboys
The Greatest Nerdware We'd Steal From Our Favorite Fans
You think your science fiction memorabilia is impressive? The scifi fans depicted in movies and TV have way cooler shit than you do. Here are 10 nerds who don't even exist in real life, and whose collections still pwn yours. More » -
#gijoe
GI Joe Rises At Box Office
Despite expectations of disaster and controversy over a lack of mainstream reviews, GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra looks like it's going to be a hit after all, opening with a surprising $22.3 million box office take on Friday.
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#rant
Why Avatar Can't Fail
You can tell that a lot is riding on James Cameron's Avatar by the fact that people are already talking about the backlash. But are Cameron and the movie studio the only people who can't afford it to fail?
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