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There's an early holiday present waiting for you online. Javier Grillo-Marxuach, creator of The Middleman, has written a new story in which the Middleman and Wendy meet up with a mysterious traveler in a blue Police Box. The box is bigger on the inside, the traveler wears a bow tie, and there's a lovely B.T.R.S./sonic screwdriver showdown. Monday suddenly seems a bit brighter. [Grillo-Marxuach Design Bureau] More »
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The biggest criticism of Torchwood: Miracle Day, now that we're more than halfway through, has been its slow pacing. And after last night's clogged drain of an episode, it's hard not to feel like that's a valid critique. More »
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With his recent appearance on Doctor Who, Mark Sheppard cemented his place as science fiction's greatest character actor. But we've been loving Sheppard for years...and we assembled this video of every last one of his scifi roles to prove his awesomeness. More »
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It's been the golden chalice of television scriptwriting since 9/11: Find something profound to say about terrorism 'n' stuff. Few shows have managed it, and as the years have gone by, it's gotten harder and harder. But The Cape made it look easy last night, with a spin on bioterror that I'm pretty sure nobody else has managed. More »
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Warner Bros. had half the right idea with their Buffy the Vampire Slayer remake. It's about time somebody picked up the baton Joss Whedon dropped seven freaking years ago. But we don't need more Buffy, just more heroes like her. More »
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Last night's Warehouse 13 was a Pete-centric episode, which could have been pretty horrifying. But it was actually a pretty fun episode — especially the first half, in which we got to see Pete being both paranoid and competent. Spoilers! More »
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Last night's season premiere of Warehouse 13 reminded us why we're glad Warehouse is Syfy's biggest success story right now. It's got heart. It's full of hope for our strange world. And it's in love with science fiction. Spoilers ahead... More »
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People act like the worst accusation you can hurl at storytellers is "They made it up as they went along." As if having a Master Plan is the same as good storytelling. In fact, it's frequently the other way around. More »
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Now that we know which shows we'll see during the 2010-2011 TV season, the real work can begin: writing them. Six genre-show pros — veterans of shows like Lost, BSG, and Fringe — reveal what happens behind closed doors. More »
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Science fiction is an endangered species on the "big four" U.S. networks — Lost is ending, and pretty much every other show is in ratings freefall. Which trend should we blame for this turn of events? More »
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The complete collection of The Middleman episodes is out on DVD, and now you can discover this tragically-canceled, brilliant show for the first or tenth time, along with tons of goofy extras and strange PSA messages. More »
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Where have all the great heroes gone? We got a chance to see the Middleman, ABC Family's gone-too-soon superhero, one more time at SDCC, as the cast read the script for the unfilmed season finale. And now the video's online. More »
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The Middleman, one of the greatest and craziest shows ever to bludgeon television with awesomeness, finally got the finale it deserves. The cast read the unaired finale script, and it was like the greatest rock concert ever. More »
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One of our favorite parts of superhero-adventure The Middleman is the on-again, off-again romance between the mysterious hero and Lacey, his sidekick's roommate. But Javier Grillo-Marxuach tells io9 he fought that storyline tooth and nail. So what happened? Spoilers ahead. More »
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Javier Grillo-Marxuach created The Middleman, last year's best (and most upbeat) TV show. Now he's moving on to Day One, NBC's series about global Armageddon. Has his Middle-optimism deserted him? We asked him. Minor spoilers ahead. More »
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It's the announcement we've been hoping for since we learned that there would be a Middleman panel at San Diego Comic-Con - Mark Sheppard has confirmed rumors that the panel will include a cast reading of the unmade final episode. More »
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With the announcement that Futurama is coming back as a series six years after its cancellation - mirroring Family Guy's resurrection - we got to thinking about which SF shows could use a little animated spell to get healthy again. More »
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How do you explain the awesomeness of The Middleman, ABC Family's shortlived series about a young artist who gets apprenticed to the world's most strait-laced superhero? That's the dilemma Shout Factory faced in creating a cover for the DVD set, and they considered a dozen psychedelic options. Gallery below. More »
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Great news! Javier Grillo-Marxuach, creator of last year's coolest show, The Middleman, has joined the staff of NBC's post-apocalyptic drama Day One. Now we're way more excited for the show, in which the residents of the same Van Nuys, CA apartment building cope with the end of days. More »
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If you're looking for a job, here's a list of successful, influential corporations you might want to work for. That is, as long as you don't ask too many questions.
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The RMS Titanic sank almost a century ago, but it's still sailing through the imaginations of science-fiction writers and artists. Here are 10 Titanic tales, including Douglas Adams, Arthur C. Clarke, and Doctor Who. More »
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Science can't explain magic - but that doesn't mean science can't detect it. Modern fantasy is full of cool gizmos that can identify sources of mystical power... and even track them down. Here's our list. More »
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We've been obsessing for months about the lost season finale of world-saving show The Middleman. And now it's finally coming out... as a graphic novel. More »
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Some new photos showcase an upcoming episode of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse in which Matt Keeslar, aka The Middleman, hires Eliza Dushku's mindwiped shell. Unfortunately, Keeslar's not in his milk-drinking, wisdom-expounding mode. Spoilers and gallery below. More »
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If you're suffering from The Middleman withdrawal as badly as I am, then rejoice — the implausibly awesome superhero TV show is coming to DVD at last. More »
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Just to torment us, The Middleman creator Javier Grillo-Marxuach posted one page from an unfilmed script... and OMG. It's the darkest, weirdest Middle-moment yet. How can we not see how this turns out? [The Middleblog] More »
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While talking to the mighty Hercules, Kevin Sorbo, about his upcoming Illuminati movie and comic, we couldn't help asking if he'd ever make another guest appearance as frozen-in-time 1969 secret agent, Guy Goddard, on our favorite superhero comedy The Middleman. Sorbo dropped not one but two giant bombs about our beloved show: he'd been in talks for a Goddard spin-off at one point, and the Middleman may be no more. We went straight to the source, Executive Producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach to find out if Hercules' oracle spoke the truth. More »
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It was just two months ago that the Middleman was showing us how to use traffic cones to keep unsuspecting civilians away from a hole in time and space. Now The Onion News Radio's latest headline is "City Places Orange Traffic Cones Around Space-Time Portal." Is someone a fan? Or will the Middleman have to deliver one of his stinging lectures about the evils of plagiarism? [Onion News Radio] More »
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Everybody's talking about the "Bechdel Rule" all of a sudden, especially as it relates to science fiction. National Public Radio did a story on it the other day. Novelist Charles Stross dissected his own books to see if they passed the test. (Two of them failed.) This guy rigorously applies it to tons of science fiction books, including every single Doctor Who novelization. Just what is the Bechdel rule, and what's its secret connection to scifi? We asked creator Alison Bechdel herself. More »
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This is so not fair. Not only did The Middleman season one end on a new high note with last night's bizarre alternate universe story — making us feel clawing hostility at the thought that it could be the last ever episode — but it also left way, way too many loose ends laying around. Loose ends that may never be tied into tidy bows of resolution. We enumerate the loose ends, and praise last night's Middleman along the way. More »
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It had to happen: the cranky android Ida finally loses her patience that uppity Interrodroid 3000. How could the ID3K ever have thought it could compete with Ida? It doesn't have nearly as cool hair, for one thing. This exclusive clip also includes Ida's brilliant solution to a classic Star Trek dilemma, and show creator Javier Grillo-Marxuach narrating the episode's plot. (Sort of.) More »
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Some new photos this morning aren't just spoilery, they're also sort of giddy-making. There's our first look at the new supporting cast of the American Life On Mars, who look a lot like the British version, plus sexy cast photos from Sarah Connor Chronicles, Chuck and Joss Whedon's Dollhouse. Not only that, but we have a scary new plot synopsis of Frank Miller's The Spirit. We learn the shocking secret of Death Race's ending. And there's some surprising news about who's back — and who may not stick around — on Lost. Speaking of which, Knight Rider may have a thrilling double cameo. There are also new hints about Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Fringe, Smallville, The Middleman, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Spoilers ahead, next 1000 words. More »
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I'm still reeling from the revelations in last night's new Middleman episode. Well, two revelations in particular, both involving Lacey, the show's unsung star. I almost had a temperomandibular joint disorder from having my jaw drop so many times. To be fair, the episode's main plot was one that I could take or leave — except that it led to an amazing payoff. Click through for spoilers and jaw-thuds. More »
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If you couldn't get enough of Romo Lampkin, the Blues Brothers-esque attorney who saved Gaius Baltar and hallucinated about his dead cat on Battlestar Galactica, then rejoice! Actor Mark Sheppard is playing the villainous Manservant Neville in the last two episodes of The Middleman season one, and he's also set to appear in multiple episodes of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse. Sheppard is a scifi stalwart, having played the shifty Badger in Firefly, the shifty Anthros in Bionic Woman, and (probably shifty) characters in Star Trek: Voyager, Jake 2.0 and the awesome M.A.N.T.I.S. [IMDB and Dollverse, thanks Thom!] More »
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Sweet muppety Odin! Tonight's episode of The Middleman dares to go where Joss Whedon has gone before, judging from this exclusive new clip. But fear not: the Middleman's version of the vampire-puppet storyline looks as though it'll be completely different than the puppety episode of Angel. For one thing, Vlad is more like a ventriloquist's dummy. And the bit at the end of the clip, where the puppet-vampire makes his getaway, really must be seen to be believed. More »
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Today's spoiler roundup is full of mysteries, like: Which huge action movie stars a character who's sort of like Dorothy from the Wizard Of Oz? Also, an actor talks about how a crucial Watchmen plot point will translate to the movie, and another actor sheds some light on the most perplexing part of Terminator 4. There's a new clip from the dystopian goth movie Repo! The Genetic Opera and the new Knight Rider. And new pics from Life On Mars, Sarah Connor and True Blood may contain important clues. Tons of details about Lost season five are starting to leak out, including your chance to join the show's cast. And we have another batch of all-important but unsubstantiated Doctor Who rumors. And there are some new details on upcoming episodes of Chuck, Heroes, The Middleman and Stargate Atlantis. Venture down the rabbit hole into spoiler-land! More »
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A 1960s hero gets cryogenically frozen and wakes up in 2008. In the hands of most TV shows or comics, this storyline would have been full of silly fish-out-of-water jokes. Oh, he doesn't understand the internet! He's never seen an ipod! Etc. But The Middleman sidestepped all that stuff and went for the really interesting thing about its Sean Connery-inspired 60s hero: his attitudes to his job and to the opposite sex, as personified by Wendy. More »
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It's a heavy week for tie-ins at the comic store this week, with prequels, sequels, adaptations and source material for movies, video games and our favorite TV show hitting shelves tomorrow. There's even the re-appearance of the much-delayed Halo comic for its third "monthly" issue in the space of a year, but that's just one of the many cross-media treats waiting for you under the jump. More »
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Tonight's episode of The Middleman will be the greatest yet, judging from this exclusive clip that ABC Family sent us. Kevin Sorbo plays a Middleman from 1969, who's been cryogenically frozen for 40 years, and he's got some very important advice for sidekick Wendy Watson about love and supervillains. It's a surreal slapstick moment that reminds me of Dr. Horrible. There's also a special message to you, the readers of io9, about how you can support The Middleman. (And there's more info here.) Spoilers below. More »
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The most spoilery spoilers this morning have to do with the past, not the future — like, we've learned a secret about Captain Kirk's beginnings that could change everything. (Yes, even your lunch plans!) Also, we've seen a new Clone Wars trailer and a new Fringe video that made us oddly excited about both of those properties. Seth Rogen and Samuel L. Jackson explained their movies Green Hornet and The Spirit — and you'll never guess which one of them will look like George Clinton. And new photos from Life On Mars, Knowing, Heroes, The Middleman and Stargate Atlantis give away the goods big time. The goods, I tell you. Also, there are new tidbits about Sarah Connor and Knight Rider. Yay for omnitemporal spoilers! More »
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