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The Monument to Electricity That Never Was
In 1922, eccentric magazine publisher Hugo Gernsback decided that the world needed a 1,000-foot tall concrete monument to electricity. Gernsback imagined that this monument might last for thousands of...
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Remind Yourself How Awesome The Dark Knight Is With These Insane New Posters
Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight came out almost eight years ago. That’s so long! But even though it’s box office dominance feels quaint by today’s standards, it’s still fantastic, and these posters...
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Troma's Latest Horror Comedy, BC Butcher, Was Directed by a 17-Year-Old Girl
Proudly schlocky indie studio Troma Entertainment built its rep on cult curios like The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and Juliet, the latter of which was co-scripted by a pre-Guardians of the Galaxy James...
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Young People Used These Absurd Little Cards to Get Laid in the 19th Century
Victorians loved to communicate via calling card. It was the proper, dignified way to communicate with other people. But wouldn’t you know, young people just had to mess it up. Check out these oh so...
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How Much Does Ex-Walking Dead Showrunner Frank Darabont Hate AMC? So Much,...
Hey, remember how boring season two of The Walking Dead was? All those interminable scenes at Herschel’s farm? It turns out the real drama was happening behind the scenes, according to a recently...
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There Is Nothing More Adorable Than a Stealth Connie Episode of Steven Universe
Steven Universe is never afraid to turn its deft characterization skills to characters other than Steven himself, leading to the entire cast being incredibly well-fleshed out. But the show is always at...
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John Barrowman and His Sister Are Writing Their Own Arrow Comic Book
John Barrowman and his sister Carole have a history of teaming up to work on new stories for characters Barrowman has played in the past (including several stories about his Doctor Who/Torchwood hero...
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Jake Gyllenhaal To Produce Jim Jones Series Because Cults Are Suddenly All...
We’ve been eagerly following the rise of Satanic TV, thanks to new shows like Lucifer and Damien. But it turns out there’s room for another sinister trend: cults! A just-announced, Jake...
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The Shannara Chronicles Starts Off With A Dense And Entertaining Pilot
The next book to be adapted off your bookshelf is Terry Brooks’ The Sword of Shannara Trilogy, which kicked off this week on MTV. We liked how it started off, and it’s a dense, entertaining...
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An iPhone Charging in Midair Is the Coolest CES Demo I’ve Ever Seen
Like calling those two-wheeled, self-balancing monstrosities hoverboards, the term ‘wireless charging’ has been incorrectly used to describe many technologies that really aren’t. But for the first time...
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Scientists Figured Out a Way to 'See' a Black Hole with Just a Backyard...
Black holes are some of the most powerful but difficult to comprehend objects in the universe, operating mysteriously and practically invisibly out of the reach of our sight. Until now, that...
View ArticleYou Can Watch The One Great Scene From Jane Lynch's Angel From Hell Pilot...
Jane Lynch is one of our comedy gods, so it’s too bad her new TV show Angel From Hell is kind of a bust. (Although it could get better.) Luckily, there’s one hilarious scene in the first episode, and...
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Can Emma Stone Fill Cruella de Vil's Dog-Skin Coat?
Disney has already made a fortune off reinventing animated villains like Maleficent in live-action. And now, the latest of these films may have found its star. Emma Stone is in talks to play Cruella de...
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These Kaleidoscopic, Abstract Images Are Trippy And Gorgeous
Sometimes you see the work of an artist and you just want to stare at it for a long, long time. Such is the art of Joe Eisner, whose digital images make mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic work of everyday...
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Could a Society Develop Advanced Technology WithOUT Written Language?
It’s a fascinating question. Over at Charles Stross’ blog, he responds to a reader question: What would a technological society look like without written language? And could such a thing even happen?...
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We're Hunting for Twins of One of the Most Famous Explosions in the Galaxy
After years of thinking the iconic binary superstar Eta Carinae was unique, astronomers have found five possible twins in other galaxies. With more examples to study, it’s looking good we might someday...
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Sorcerer of the Wildeeps Is an Epic Fantasy Unlike Anything You’ve Read Before
We’re living in an exciting era for fantasy literature, with a lot of really interesting approaches to magical worldbuilding. But I’ve still never read anything quite like Kai Ashante Wilson’s novella...
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Guillermo del Toro Might Take A Fantastic Voyage With James Cameron
A modern remake of Fantastic Voyage has had a not-so-fantastic voyage through the Hollywood system. Several writers and directors have taken a crack at the project, which will be produced by James...
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M. Night Shyamalan Is Bringing Back Tales From the Crypt
The iconic horror anthology series Tales From the Crypt is coming back to TV from one of our most polarizing filmmakers. M. Night Shyamalan will produce the reboot as part of new horror-centric block...
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