Colony Is Getting Really Good, You Guys
It seemed like just another basic cable science fiction drama. Aliens invade Earth, and pretty actors—many of them genre alumni—are forced into colonies where they plot to stop the aliens. The action...
View ArticleThe New Powers Trailer Is Packed With Familiar Faces
Because it’s on the PlayStation Network, it’s shockingly easy to forget about Powers, the show based on the Brian Michael Bendis comic book. The season two trailer, though, is a reminder that there’s a...
View ArticleThese Disney Paintings Are Incredibly Vivid, and Just A Little Bit Creepy
When Walt Disney was at his best, his movies worked on many levels. As family entertainment, they were brilliant. But the subversive themes and winks to the adult audience were there too, and this...
View ArticleHow Many Actors Have Played Your Favorite Superheroes?
Who do you think of as Superman? Christopher Reeves. Iron Man? Robert Downey Jr. Wolverine? Hugh Jackman. Some comic book superheroes will always be associated with one actor. But others? Like who’s...
View ArticleToday's Best Deals: Power Backup, Comforters, the Best Skillet, and More
Fashionable watches, a UPS power backup, and Bluetooth headphones kick off Thursday’s best deals. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DBAA696/Commerce Content is independent of Editorial and Advertising, and...
View ArticleTake a Step into the Surreal World of Rich Tommaso's She Wolf
From Dark Corridor to the likes of Clover Honey or Dry County, you might be more familiar with alternative artist and writer Rich Tommaso’s work in the seedy world of crime books than anything else....
View ArticleEl Niño Is Causing a Worldwide Sugar Shortage
Sea Wave / ShutterstockEl Niño is almost over, but the wreckage of things it knocked over in its wake continues—and one of those things is your sugar supply. Eat your desserts while you still can,...
View ArticleThe Science of Using a Damn Coaster When You Are a Guest in This House
From the series “Vanishing Spirits: The Dried Remains of Single-Malt Scotch,” by Ernie Button.Two years ago, a Phoenix-based photographer teamed up with physicists at Princeton University to explore...
View ArticleIn the Future, Breaking Up Could Mean Blasting Off to Another Planet
In this video for “Embrace,” by ambient musician Helios and directed by Sean Pecknold, a couple has an argument in the desert that we observe from afar. Then the woman makes an emotional exit into...
View ArticleLondon Becomes Its Own Adorable Asteroid in This Beautifully Shot Video
Say goodbye to London, because it’s about to become Earth’s second moon.Using some clever video stitching and a 360 rig, RavenCourt Films was able to to turn locations in London into its own Mario...
View ArticleSterling Archer Reviewing Every James Bond Film Is as Delightful as You'd Expect
Archer’s titular hero is either the greatest spy, or... the worst spy. Let’s be honest, it probably skews a little closer to the latter more often than not, much to our pleasure. But all that...
View ArticleHere's Your First Glimpse of Negan, The Walking Dead's Most Feared Villain
Seeing as The Walking Dead has been teasing the arrival of Negan, leader of the Saviors, for pretty much this entire season, I suppose it was too much to ask to get more than his silhouette or a...
View ArticleBring All Your Gifs to the Gif Party
It’s finally Friday, folks. It’s been a long week and we salute you. Share your own salutes in the form of gifs.
View ArticleThe Supergirl TV Show Wants Lynda Carter to Be Its President
On the show, of course. I don’t think the former Wonder Woman icon is running for office any time soon, as awesome as that would be. But my god, can this be a thing right now, please?Although Carter’s...
View ArticleHubble Photo Shows Galaxies Colliding in the Nightclub of Space
Galactic collisions are a relatively common occurrence in the universe, but every once in a while an entire cluster of galaxies will smash into another one in a massive celestial bang up. And as this...
View ArticleExcellent Supercut Shows the Road to Civil War Is Paved With Tony Stark's...
And punching. The road to Civil War also involves a great deal of punching.If you’ve shared some of our concerns that sometimes it feels like Marvel is escalating to its ginormous comic book storyline...
View ArticleThe Secrets To Handling Passive-Aggressive People
Illustration by Tara JacobyDealing with people who exhibit passive-aggressive behavior is easily one of the most challenging aspects of our social lives. Here’s what you need to know about this...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling's Rejection Letters Are a Lesson to Us All
Mostly a lesson that if J.K. Rowling can get rejected, what is the point of the rest of us trying to do anything? No, okay, I know, it’s meant to be inspirational rather than downbeat. Still...Rowling...
View ArticleA Nightmarish Timeline of What Would Happen to the Earth After a Massive...
A solar flare seen on our Sun / NASAAt first, things could actually be rather beautiful: worldwide auroras! A brighter sun! But then things would rapidly get ugly, with the breakdown of communications,...
View ArticleAll 31 ThunderCats (and Their Foes), Ranked
In the vein of previous judgments of ‘80s toy and cartoon franchises, we now turn to the ThunderCats, the feline protectors of Third Earth. Here are our scientific and completely unassailable ranking,...
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