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Remember last week, when we said Alcatraz was getting sorta interesting? Well... we may have spoken too soon. "Paxton Petty" was an exceedingly dull outing, in which the criminal mastermind of the week was a mad bomber, with like four bombs. More »
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Everybody is getting laid and dead on Being Human. At first glance, this seemed like a jam-packed episode of Syfy's supernatural soap opera. But on further inspection, we're not sure if the copious side-boob and smoke-monster sessions actually put an interesting plot into this week's episode. But then again, there were copious side boob and smoke monsters. More »
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The latest on-set video from Game of Thrones takes us beyond The Wall to the wilds of the Frostfangs Iceland. Watch as the Night's Watch tromps around a glacier and looks extremely fricking cold. No filming at an indoor ski slope for these guys. Hat tip to Radiosilence! More »
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Check out the first seven minutes for the TV show we've been waiting all year for, NBC's Awake. Jason Isaacs stars as a detective who's stuck in two realities that diverged after he had a car accident with his wife and son. In one reality his wife survived and his son died, but in the other his son survived and his wife did not. The first episode will air on March 1st at 10PM. More »
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This is Garrison Dean, io9's resident viscount of photoshopperie, reporting in. Much like your significant other, I've been distant, busy with work, and just not fulfilling your needs. But it's Valentine's Day! And on Valentine's Day, I can make up for all my shortcomings and patch our fragile relationship with a short, cheap, burst of branded sentiment. And that is exactly what I have for you here!

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A dramatization of Doctor Who's origins seems like the sort of thing that would be perfect for the show's 50th anniversary next year. Mark Gatiss, interviewed on Graham Norton's radio show, seemed to be denying that any such thing was in the works — but his denials are still being taken as hints that he might actually be developing a TV biopic, which could air on BBC 4 in the U.K. More »
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Celebrate Valentine's Day, Westeros-style — with these incredible Game of Thrones V-day cards by illustrator Chris Bishop. When he's not doing children's illustrations or working for PBS Kids, Bishop is apparently trying to think of ways to celebrate incest, murder and horrific mutilations in greeting card form. More »
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This week on television, Nathan Fillion's Castle joins the CIA, to save America from an international conspiracy. And Ridley Scott explains just how Isaac Asimov changed the world, in Prophets of Science Fiction. Plus Ben Edlund writes a new Supernatural, and there's an especially heartbreaking Adventure Time. More »
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Space: 1999 occupies a special place in many of our memories — so when we heard that a reboot called Space: 2099 was in development, many people had mixed feelings. How would this show handle the original show's mixture of horror and kitschiness, not to mention the somewhat nonsensical premise? More »
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The Walking Dead is back, and it's ready to deal with the fallout from Hershel's big secret. How will our gang of can-do survivors pick up the pieces? What's Lori's new hilarious nickname? And why the hell is this episode named "Nebraska?" Spoilers! More »
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The midseason premiere of The Walking Dead is here, which means it's time to return to Hershel's farm and deal with the aftermath of the last episode's zombie bloodbath. Want to talk about the show? Park yourself right here. More »
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We had high hopes for Legion the 2010 apocalyptic thriller pitting humans and the archangel Michael against the heavenly host, but we were sorely disappointed by the clichéd characters and mile-wide plot holes. But now it looks like we'll get a second chance to see Heaven's war on Earth with Syfy's Legion TV series. More »
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There was a lot to like about last night's new Fringe. There was a taut new mystery, a creepy town, a Crazies-style madness epidemic that turned out to have a cooler explanation, a real sense of jeopardy until the end, and some major hints as to where all this is going. More »
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Say you were a regular Fringe watcher at some point during the past, but you've dropped off in the past year in the face of one contrived plot twist too many. In that case, tonight's episode would be an excellent place to jump back on. Without going into spoilers, tonight's episode feels like old-school Fringe, in all the important ways: More »
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We've often wondered what you would call a remake of Space: 1999, the 1970s series about a Moonbase on the loose, and now we know. The show is being remade by a team that includes the same studio that brought you the V remake, and they're calling it Space: 2099. More »
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Behold a collection of lovely images from the second season of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones. Get your first look at Bran Stark's new legs, Hodor, Balon Greyjoy, Brienne and a whole new clan of Baratheons. More »
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Like many people, I've been slowly rewatching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ever since it popped up on Netflix. And one thing becomes clear: in many ways, 2012 has already overtaken DS9 as The Future goes — barring, of course, space travel and replicators. Culturally, at least, we've zoomed right past Star Trek's version of the 24th century, by the second decade of the 21st. More »
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It's been a fairly depressing morning, what with all that incurable gonorrhea and feline mind control. Here's some more toe-tapping news. This spring, Smallville will take a cue from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and resurrect itself as a comic by former story editor and Batgirl scribe Bryan Q. Miller. More »
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Adventure Time has gone from a shiny new distraction to a major freaking part of our lives. We can no longer remember a time before Adventure Time, and it feels as though Finn and Jake are more real than most of our friends. More »
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The latest issue of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer comic book grapples with some unusually serious subject matter — even for the often-controversial Buffy series. But instead of glossing over the difficult decision making process that comes along with this topic, Joss Whedon and his writers dove into the mind of Buffy Summers. More »
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Not every scifi film can star a Brobdingnagian shark or lizard. Some movies must make due with giant livestock, vermin, and apes who aren't named King Kong. Here are 10 of the most superfluous creature features ever made.

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What if the symmetry-obsessed, muted-palette-loving director took on The Dark Knight? More importantly, who would Jason Schwartzman play? Behold Alfred Pennyworth, the Life Nocturnal. More »
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You've seen the creepy ghosts hiding beneath the water of ABC's new series, The River. But what horrors could possibly be lurking in the shadows? We chatted with actor Joe Anderson (a.k.a. the former deputy from The Crazies) about playing Bruce Greenwood's surly son and what scares him deep in the Amazon. More »
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Every TV show has an emotional core, something that all the action revolves around. After last night's episode, it's clear that Alcatraz's core is the Madsen family, with all of its unfinished business. What's more, there's actually some hope that there might really be a cool story to tell about these dysfunctional peeps. More »
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Last night's Being Human featured a lot of talk, and not a lot of supernatural walk. Until the very end. Thank goodness for that. Each character (well not really Josh, but a pair of new werewolves, so that counts) went off on a supernatural binge. Which we've happily grabbed and posted, so you can enjoy it as well. Plus werewolf cocaine? We're listening. More »
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Produced by Steven Spielberg, and created by Paranormal Activity writer/director Oren Peli, new TV series The River boasts some pretty great credentials out of the gate. But can one-hit-wonder Peli, whose movie we loved, really handle a weekly horror series? We've seen the two-hour premiere of the show, which airs tonight, and we've got a spoiler-free assessment for you right here. More »
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What's in comic shops tomorrow? Well, two of the internet's favorite things are smushed together head-on at the spinner racks! Also, new Conan the Barbarian, Fantastic Four, and the end of Jason Aaron's run on PunisherMAX! More »
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There's been a lot of buzz the past few days about the possibility that the creators of the Munsters reboot, now known as Mockingbird Lane, could get a Star Trek TV show off the ground. More »
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The Walking Dead comes back this week, and the show's creators are promising the fast-paced action you've been craving. But that's not all television has in store for you — there's also the series premiere of The River, a unique horror series from the creator of Paranormal Activity. Find out why we thought The River's first episode was the best pilot we've seen in ages. More »
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Finally! After two episodes of CG monster face of the week, Grimm is back and getting its hands dirty! I was genuinely surprised and highly entertained by the route and translation of this week's fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel. Instead of a cannibal witch hungry for the flesh of little boys and girls, Nick must fight an underground organ harvesting gang who get off on the screams of their victims! This was easily the best episode of Grimm yet. More »
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I like to watch teenage Amazons eat weirdly poop-looking chunks of human flesh as much as the next person, but still last night's Supernatural didn't do much for me. "The Slice Girls" was a welcome respite from the heavy, depressing arc following Bobby's death, but it also gave us weirdly flat monsters who might have been more at home in a Hammer film circa 1970. That said, this episode gave Jensen Ackles a chance to shine as we watched Dean sliding deeper into depression and desperation. More »
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We couldn't help giggling at this scene where the Olivia Dunhams of two universes both check out Peter Bishop, and then debate whether he's either of their types, in last night's Fringe. It's also a nice reminder of just how great Anna Torv is at differentiating the two Olivias — the one diligently searching for the link between the latest freak-of-the-week's victims, the other goofing off and speculating that maybe it's all just random. More »
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Last night's Person of Interest, "Root Cause," was a number-of-the-week tale of political intrigue and 1337 haX0r drama. And you know we can't resist 1337 haXORz. That's why we're raising our scotch glasses to Root, a hacker with good taste in nailpolish and a fiendish interest in getting Finch stuck in her honeypot. More »
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NBC's new drama starring Draco Malfoy's Dad, Jason Isaacs, is finally getting a start date! The show revolves around a detective (Isaacs) who wakes up from a terrible car accident in split worlds. In one world his wife survived the crash (but his son didn't), and in the other, only his son survived. Torn between two very sad worlds, Isaacs tries to avoid upsetting the balance in his mind so he can continue living with both his wife and his son. More »
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Astrid is one of the coolest characters on Fringe, but she's never gotten much time in the spotlight. Walter Bishop can't even get her name right, and we've only seen where she lives once or twice. So it's really exciting that tonight, we're finally getting an Astrid-centric episode of Fringe. More »
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The Vampire Diaries has elevated twisting the knife to an art form. And last night's episode was a non-stop barrage of bitter ironies, in which everybody got tortured for our amusement. Honestly, this show doesn't get enough credit for how clever it is — some of the little reversals in last night's episode were actually quite subtle, and yet steeped in the characters and their lore. More »
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This adorable Star Trek webcomic by Caldwell Tanner and Patrick Cassels — titled "Unforeseen Consequences" — reveals exactly what the Enterprise looks like through Geordi La Forge's visor. What is seen can't be unseen!

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J.J. Abrams' next big TV series sounds like Fievel Mousekewitz and the American Apocalypse! NBC has just picked up Abrams' new pilot Revolution, which happens to be about a separated family after the end of the world. More »
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In the spirit of such cartoons as Silverhawks, Thundercats, and Wheeled Warriors comes Space Stallions, a pitch-perfect tribute to the flamboyant animation of yesteryear. Space Stallions was made by a group of Danish film students — here's the synopsis to this keytar orgy: More »
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This year, February has an extra day, and it's packed with more excitement than you can possibly handle. There's a new Anne Rice book. Our favorite new TV show, The River, debuts. John Scalzi and Dan Dos Santos are at Boskone. The fantastic superhero movie Chronicle comes out, plus there are inexplicable sequels to Ghost Rider and Journey to the Center of the Earth. More »
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