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more about #tvatemybrain more comments → Wookie1972: Wow. It's just.... wow. more » Doug Nelson: So, which pitch won? more » Wookie1972: So, um, is the poll over? more » astrogirl: Most if not all of that Mythbusters promo was from old eps, not new ones. The cannon and explosion is from the Youtube special back in april and if I ... more » OribelVintage: @phantom_KP: The night is mine! more » Andy Channelle: I had an argument with some of my students, who were creating a sort of superhero version of Facebook, about the nature of being a superhero. The argu... more » TheGreenRanger: Apparently I've missed some rounds, but this is a tough one...Tam or The Dark Knight ( I admit I'm thinking of the movie version here) Both beloved ch... more » twophrasebark: Delete. more » rebelj12a: ok everyone debates over maybe we should just let the wookie win.... id rather keep my arms.... more » Wookie1972: Damn, I'm really trying to leave well enough alone here, but anyway... I want to give a shout out for the Adam West Batman. People like to rag on it, ... more » Wookie1972: Yeah, okay, I'm going to try to leave it with this. But anyway... 1. I realize that the vast majority of the Browncoats on the board legitimately bel... more » Pinkhamster: I love the Browncoat "blame the victim" logic going on. Browncoats were "spurred on" to stuff the ballot box and defend their honor because people sa... more » Alasdair5000: So...bets on this cracking 100K before midnight GMT? more » Stlopus9: What kind of contest is this? Of course, I'd rather have sex with River Tam. Oh wait...what? more » Edac2: Now it's time for an "Aliens vs..." In the spirit of River Tam, how about Aliens vs Reavers, for starters? more » -
#megatheory
Six Theorists Explain What TV Is Doing To Your Mind
How does watching television change you? Can it affect your identity or change your perceptions of reality? Theorists have been asking those questions for fifty years. Here are six books to get you started asking the thorny questions. More » -
#io9smackdown
Television's Biggest Badass Of All Time, Final Round: River Vs. Batman!
River Tam: a child prodigy, subjected to weird brain experiments and turned into an unstoppable killing machine. Who can stand in her way? Maybe the guy who trained since childhood to become the greatest detective and the greatest fighter?
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#io9smackdown
Television's Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Six: River Vs. The Doctor
Who knew River Tam was such an all-purpose badass? She's crushed two cybernetic organisms, a legendary starship captain and the Slayer. Can she defeat a Time Lord, who's lived ten lives and saved the universe? Plus a couple bonus rounds.
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#pleasegodno
10 TV Shows That Should Never, Ever Be Made Into Movies
Hollywood may have shown lack of judgment when it comes to adapting television shows into movies - Land of The Lost, anyone? - but that doesn't mean we're content to stay quiet and not warn them off certain shows nonetheless. More » -
#pitcharama
Pitch Us Your Best TV Shows
All this week, we've been talking about the TV that ate our brains, but now we want to know about the TV that's eating yours... Not that it exists yet. We want to know what your ideal TV show is.
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#smallville
Smallville's Ninth Season To Feature Classic Comic Clash?
What is going on over at Smallville? Yesterday, Geoff Johns - who'll be writing an episode of the show's ninth season - teased this pic and added "Had an amazing week at Smallville! JLA vs. JSA!!" Interesting... [Twitter] -
#futurama
The Cutest, Sexiest, Weirdest And Wrongest Futurama Porn [NSFW]
Few science fiction shows inspire so many naughty ideas as Futurama. Go looking for regular images of the Planet Express crew, and you'll probably stumble across porn quickly. We sifted through and found the absolute sexiest and weirdest. It's NSFW! More » -
#bestoftheweek
The Shiniest Stories On io9 Last Week
This week we all fell in love with our televisual screens and discovered new depths between the pixels. So what did you miss from our TV Ate My Brain Week? We've got the best of the best lined up right here. More » -
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#tvisevil
Great Masterpieces of Anti-Television Storytelling
Although science fiction has been a mainstay on television since the mid-twentieth century, the genre has been consistently critical of television's power to brainwash the masses. Here are the classic anti-TV tales from science fiction. More » -
#30rock
30 Rock Salutes Science Fiction: Every Great Clip
We've all seen the big spoofs of scifi classics. Family Guy just recreated Star Wars and the Simpsons' Prisoner tribute was perfection. But nobody salutes science fiction better than 30 Rock's sly one-liners, which just slip it in there. More » -
#rant
What's The Matter With Story Arcs On Television?
Used to be, your television heroes explored the edges of the universe and confronted unimaginable nightmares. And then they'd end up back where they started. Now television gives us arcs, that continue from week to week. Is that really better?
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#unseentv
Original Pilot vs. Official Pilot: Which Shows Changed the Most?
While most shows' pilots air as their first episode, some shows get a do-over to make creative changes, improve production, or appease the network. We look at some of the pilots that didn't make it and how the shows changed. More » -
#io9smackdown
Television's Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Five: River Vs. Buffy
Is there anybody who can stop River Tam's slaughter of television's greatest ass-kickers? How about Joss Whedon's original heroine, Buffy? The Slayer has stopped the apocalypse more times than you can count — surely she can take on one girl?
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#doctorwho
Doctor Who Set Pics Reveal A Historical Figure And An Old Enemy?
British time-travel show Doctor Who's taking us back to one of the Doctor's favorite historical eras, judging from some new set pics — and we'll be meeting one of history's greatest legends — and one of Doctor Who's worst villains. More » -
#television
The Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Shows Of All Time
Science fiction and fantasy have ruled television for over 50 years, but some shows have brightened our screens and supercharged our brains more than others. Here's our list of the 100 greatest science fiction/fantasy shows of all time. More » -
#chartporn
At Last, A Graph That Explains Scifi TV After Star Trek
When have TV aliens been more popular than magic? Do shows featuring time travel fare better than those about space exploration? We chart the popularity of television's most common themes, and see how scifi television has changed since 1970.
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#guestblogger
The Questions You Shouldn't Answer, And The Answers You Can't Let Go Of
I was lucky enough to be talking with one of my favorite scifi novelists the other day, and I asked him a question he didn't know the answer to.
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#guestblogger
What The Hell Happened to the Mid-Sized Scifi Movie?
This is a weird post. Maybe even a rant. And my ire could be significantly misplaced, but WTF - This is something I've been thinking about all summer: Where is the middle? I'm talking movie budgets here. More » -
#io9smackdown
Television's Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Four: River Vs. Kirk
The battle of the Summer Glaus was long and fierce — but we're calling it. River Tam vanquished her robotic twin, Cameron. But how will River do against the man who doesn't believe in the no-win situation: James T. Kirk?
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#bewitched
From Enchantress to Vamp Slayer - How "Bewitched" Created "Buffy"
A blonde hides her supernatural powers from the rest of the world while her show deals with social issues through metaphor and analogy... Sounds like Joss Whedon's Buffy, but Elizabeth Montgomery was there thirty years earlier with classic sitcom Bewitched.
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