The Aquaman movie has found another potential villain, in the form of Aquaman’s half-brother: Orm the Ocean Master.
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Ocean Master Will Menace the Seas in the Aquaman Movie
Day: December 12, 2016
We Want To See All the Scifi Movies on the 2016 Black List
The Golden Globes may have been the biggest news in Hollywood today, but second was the release of the Black List. It’s an annual list where Hollywood tastemakers vote on the best unproduced screenplays floating around town. And this year, as expected, there’s a good amount of science fiction.
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The Exact Thing Standing Rock Protesters Didn't Want to Happen Already Happened
The key concern of protesters at Standing Rock has been and remains the environmental hazard posed by Energy Transfer Partners’ 1,200-mile pipeline, which would have the potential to taint local water supplies and destroy sacred grounds. Confirming those exact fears, a pipeline in North Dakota has spilled some 176,000 gallons of crude into a creek 150 miles north of the protest encampments.
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Denise and Michael Okuda on Releasing New Star Trek Footage 50 Years After the Show Aired
With Star Trek: The Original Series celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, you wouldn’t think there was still more new footage to be found. You’d be wrong, and the experts behind the Star Trek Encyclopedia have spent nine years working to show it to us. io9 spoke with Denise and Michael Okuda about what there still is to discover about Star Trek.
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Here Are the Amazing Comics You'll Be Reading For Free Comic Book Day 2017
Free Comic Book Day is already a good deal—after all, there is no better deal than “free comics.” But it’s an even better deal when the comics made available for the annual event sound absolutely incredible, and 2017's output is shaping up to be very interesting. Three words, you guys: Mirror. Universe. Picard.
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Dungeons & Dragons’ Gradual Shift Away From Monster Boobs
Dungeons & Dragons has historically used attractive monsters, and especially of the female persuasion, to appeal to potential players. Busty demons and lithe wood maidens populated its source material, namely its Monster Manual, throughout the last 40 years.
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Ash vs Evil Dead Season Two Did Everything a Kick-Ass Sequel Should Do
The first season of Ash vs Evil Dead was nonstop insane mayhem, continuing a story that began 35 years ago in the most rewarding way possible. How could the second season possibly top that? Sam Raimi had the answer: raise the stakes, allow certain characters to evolve, and make everything at least 10 times gorier.
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Star Trek: Discovery Has Found Its Klingons
CBS All Access’ show has added three new castmembers—all reportedly playing Klingons—to Star Trek: Discovery. This tells us that instead of the traditional rotating cast of Klingons, we’re going to have an ongoing focus on specific members of the Klingon Empire.
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The Ultimate Social Network Goes Rogue in Rob Reid's New Scifi Novel Forever On
Rob Reid’s 2012 novel Year Zero drew from his experiences as the founder of the music-streaming service that became Rhapsody. His new book, Forever On: A Novel of Silicon Valley, is similarly tech-obsessed—though from what we can tell, there aren’t any aliens in this one. But we’ve still got an exclusive excerpt to share below.
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Surprise! Netflix's Trippy New Metaphysical Drama Starts This Friday
Sometimes, really cool-looking TV shows appear our of nowhere. The freshly revealed Netflix drama The OA is one of those and it looks eerie and good.
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