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io9Movies10 Nerdy Things to Watch on CBS All Access (Besides Star Trek)
We love Star Trek. And Star Trek is clearly the number one reason to get a CBS All Access account, especially with the 60-day free promotion the streamer has going on at the moment. But what else does CBS’s online hub have, besides Picard and other Treks, and, like, NCIS spin-offs? We did some digging for you. … Continued
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io9Toys & CollectiblesTiny DeLoreans, Big Bugs, and Yet Another Baby Yoda Are Among the Week’s Best Toys
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round-up of the latest and greatest toys and merchandise. This week, a very buggy action figure, Pokémon gets its skate on, and Hot Toys makes a promise to bring so much Baby Yoda into your life. Check it out! Scalextric Back to the Future DeLorean Slot Car Slot … Continued
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io9Toys & CollectiblesWe Love These Trading Cards Based on Real (and Fake) Sports in Movies
Fictional merchandise based on movies is the best. There’s just something special about owning a trinket based on, or from, a movie or TV show that you never thought possible, or maybe never even thought of. Imagine a poster from a movie inside a movie, a t-shirt of a fake band, the watch a certain … Continued
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io9TelevisionUpdates From Detective Pikachu, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and More
There’s wild casting reports for both the animated Scooby-Doo and the live action Dora the Explorer movies. Billy Batson reveals his secret in a new clip from Shazam. Jake Busey hints at the future of Starship Troopers. Plus, a tiny sliver of new Avengers: Endgame footage, and what’s to come on Doom Patrol. To me, … Continued
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io9MoviesThis Video Explores Starship Troopers’ Messy Satirical Relationship With Fascism
Starship Troopers is a seductive satire. Let’s dig into why, and how. In a thoughtful new video posted by YouTube channel Wisecrack, the creators of the channel take a deep look at Starship Troopers, Paul Verhoeven’s adaptation of Robert Heinlein’s classic novel. Troopers is a complicated film, a satire that’s so straightforward that some people … Continued
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io9MoviesFootball Has Its Super Bowl, But These Sci-Fi Sports Are Actually ‘Super’
As sports fans around the world gear up for this year’s Super Bowl, you may think, what makes it so “super?” There aren’t any robots. No one flies. Everyone lives at the end. Sure, it’s the two best football teams playing for a championship, but is it really “super?” We say “No!” At least, not … Continued
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io9TelevisionIs the Candyman Remake Close to Finding a Star?
Patty Jenkins thinks her third Wonder Woman movie will be set in the present. Anthony Daniels has wrapped on Star Wars: Episode IX. Plus, Bo Peep returns to Toy Story, a new look at Krypton’s Lobo, and a wild Black Panther 2 rumor comes in courtesy of…Angela Bassett’s husband? Spoilers get! Candyman Super Bro Movies … Continued
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io9MoviesThe 7 All-Time Worst Dudes in Outer Space
Between the alien monsters, the crazed androids, and the malfunctioning ships, space is already totally scary before you start factoring in humans and all their potential awfulness. And yet, there’s something about space that seems to attract a lot of assholes. Case in point: All seven of these guys. 7) Lt. Zander Barcalow, Starship Troopers Planet Earth … Continued
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io9Movies20 Years Later, Some Killer Starship Troopers Behind the Scenes Footage Is Now Online
One of the many reasons Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 film Starship Troopers still holds up is its blend of practical and digital effects. And while digital effect videos can obviously be entertaining, there’s something extra special about seeing a cool practical effect created. Especially 20 years after the fact. To celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary, Amalgamated … Continued
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io9TelevisionOur First Look at the Han Solo Movie’s Take on Lando Calrissian
Ant-Man and the Wasp adds a mysterious new star. Silver and Black could be recruiting some very obscure Marvel heroes. Rian Johnson revealed a word from Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s opening crawl. Plus, tons and tons of Comic-Con posters, glorious new images from Black Panther, and Aquaman starts building a lighthouse. Spoilers now! Han … Continued
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io9TrailersIf Starship Troopers Was Serious, Its Trailer Would Look Like This
Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers is a timeless movie because it works on so many levels. Is it a kick-ass science fiction action film? Yes. Is it a subversive allegory about war? Yes. Does it have complete control of its weirdness? Absolutely. And yet, it can still be more. As a child, editor Tim Gonzales saw … Continued
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io9MoviesYou Only Have One Chance to See the Animated Starship Troopers Sequel in Theaters
Starship Troopers—that movie that you debate with your friends about whether it’s very brilliant satire or very dumb action—has had a number of sequels. The latest one is Starship Troopers: Invaders of Mars and of course it’s a CG-animated cartoon. That makes sense. I mean, it makes sense when you realize that Starship Troopers has … Continued
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io9An Appreciation of That Weird Football Scene in Starship Troopers
Before Johnny Rico goes off to become a bug-busting legend in the mobile infantry of Starship Troopers, he’s the star of his high school’s—well, let’s call it “space football” team. It’s weird, it’s ridiculous, and even in the short time its portrayed, the sport makes absolutely no sense. And that’s why we love it. Just … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Starship Troopers Remake Just Got New Life
Would you like to know more? In 2011, after a slew of successful direct-to-video sequels, Hollywood decided it wanted to bring Starship Troopers back to the big screen. Thankfully, that hasn’t happened yet, but now a new pair of writers have come on board, breathing fresh life into the project. The Hollywood Reporter says writers … Continued
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A Tour of the Many, Many Posters I Own That Aren’t Even On My Walls
So far for Senior Week, we’ve already well established that I’m a freak. Cold Han Solo, waiting in lines for hours, but this is where I go over the edge. The fact that, as a compulsive poster collector, I have more posters in my flat file than I have on my walls. So I figured … Continued
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io9Movies13 Terrifically Terrible Sci-Fi Movies to Watch on a Long Weekend
You know that great line from Party Down: “I’m into hard sci-fi. Fantasy is bullshit.” That’s me. Well, that’s me for the most part. There’s nothing quite like kicking back on a much deserved weekend, closing your curtains, and suspending disbelief for hours at a time. And to really escape, you need a cocktail that … Continued
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Get Rich Now So You Can Buy These Amazing Original Film Props
The screen-used film prop is the holy grail of movie collecting. It doesn’t get any better than owning something that was actually used in making your favorite movie. The only way to do that, however, is usually via auction—and there’s a big one coming up with some insanely awesome props. Next month, the Prop Store … Continued
