Netflix's Ad-Supported Tier is Messing with Its Anime Catalog
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--2R3GE5lL--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/kemqd44zxophmrmmd6ly.jpg"><p>Similar to what <a href="https://gizmodo.com/hbo-max-will-now-let-you-pay-them-10-to-watch-ads-1846927825">HBO Max</a> did back in 2021, <a href="https://gizmodo.com/netflix-netflix-with-ads-streaming-services-1849738107">Netflix</a> launched an <a href="https://gizmodo.com/netflix-ads-streaming-service-1849654654">ad-supported</a> plan at the start of November. At a cheaper price, it’s the streamer’s way of bringing in more users to balance out its <a href="https://gizmodo.com/netflix-q2-earnings-how-many-subscribers-1849196952">loss of subscribers</a> from earlier in the year. That alone would be notable, given Netflix’s <a href="https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/netflix-no-interest-advertising-business-1203475144/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">prior comments</a> about bringing ads…</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/netflix-basic-with-ads-anime-consequences-1849823031">Read more...</a></p></div>
Despite Wakanda Forver's Success, Namor's Still Off Limits for a Solo Film
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--m2gXI5v0--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/5ea184d7d50504c13d17f3246e72534a.jpg"><p>Before <em>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever </em>released in theaters and became a juggernaut in the way <a href="https://gizmodo.com/black-panther-wakanda-forever-box-office-open-1849777950">most Marvel movies</a> do, there was plenty of anticipation to see how the film would handle <a href="https://gizmodo.com/black-panther-wakanda-forever-marvel-tenoch-huerta-namo-1849484575">Namor the Sub-Mariner</a>. Now that the film has come out, the character’s received a new surge of attention thanks to his portrayal by <em></em>…</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/black-panther-wakanda-forever-namor-solo-story-1849823391">Read more...</a></p></div>
Tony Gilroy on Andor's Post-Credits Scene and Season Two Time Jumps
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--JG4fqdu1--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/740e875ffe2d311d4d4274019b9f3f85.jpg"><p>It doesn’t feel like that long ago that the idea of Diego Luna’s <em>Rogue One </em>character <a href="https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-andor-diego-luna-disney-plus-lucasfilm-1849555939">Cassian Andor</a> getting a solo series felt strange. But over the past two months and change, <em>Andor </em>has proven itself to be a pretty great show. Not just “great for <em>Star Wars</em>,” but <a href="https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-andor-hulu-abc-fx-freeform-disney-plus-1849779695">legitimately great</a> in a way that could easily make you…</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/andor-tony-gilroy-season-1-finale-post-mortem-1849822764">Read more...</a></p></div>
Rian Johnson on Knives Out's Future Inspirations and Keeping the Franchise Fresh
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--yfH1hn85--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/7535180241a379135369558abec1da0b.jpg"><p>When the original <em>Knives Out </em>released in 2019, it received such a strong, mostly positive reaction that it wasn’t a surprise when a follow up was eventually announced. <a href="https://gizmodo.com/hell-yeah-knives-out-for-2022-baby-1848405067"><em>Glass Onion</em></a><em>, </em>which recently began its one-week theatrical run before it goes to Netflix on December 23, is the first of two <a href="https://gizmodo.com/you-know-what-good-for-rian-johnson-1846593985"><em>Knives Out </em>sequels</a> that…</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/rian-johnson-knives-out-franchise-future-1849823560">Read more...</a></p></div>
Let’s talk about the hypothetical Wednesday season 2
Image: NetflixAll the creepy, kooky shenanigans to dig into next season
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The best movies leaving Netflix, Hulu, Prime, and HBO Max at the end of November 2022
Image: Warner Bros. Home EntertainmentWatch these 7 movies before they leave streaming services
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Elon Says He’ll Make His Own Phone If Apple and Google Deplatform Twitter
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--ZhacZrPL--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/3cd6052ee139621b94271abe5a0baed2.jpg"><p>Twitter’s new ruler Elon Musk makes so many pronouncements on the platform, it’s hard to keep track. This week alone, Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595473875847942146?s=20&t=H0OIlUYBDsmJAm86L_9z7g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">polled Twitter users</a> over whether he should provide “general amnesty” to suspended accounts and got into a <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1595551706749624321?s=20&t=H0OIlUYBDsmJAm86L_9z7g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">public fight</a> over whether the disgraced founder of FTX, <a href="https://gizmodo.com/missing-money-crypto-houses-and-emoji-payments-heres-1849797923">Sam Bankman-Fried</a>, owns a part of…</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-alternative-phone-apple-google-ban-twitter-1849822836">Read more...</a></p></div>
Leonor Will Never Die rethinks Being John Malkovich for an era of movie obsession
Photo: Music Box FilmsIt’s a strange, surreal fantasy, midway between The Wizard of Oz and a scrappy meta-movie comedy
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DROP's Gorgeous Lord of the Rings Keyboard Broke My Elvish-Loving Brain
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--2ylOPLZ9--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/b502d867fc1aca23ef8de9381e49b088.png"><p>When I first received my <a href="https://drop.com/featured/lotr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">DROP x <em>Lord of the Rings</em></a> keyboard, it was one of those packages that you come home to after a trip: a delightful surprise, and one I had been looking forward to since I had first agreed to write a review of the new <a href="https://gizmodo.com/lord-of-the-rings-keycaps-dwarvish-elvish-one-ring-1849425911"><em>Lord of the Rings</em> special edition</a>. I debated between the <a href="https://drop.com/buy/drop-the-lord-of-the-rings-elvish-keyboard" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Elvish</a> and the <a href="https://gizmodo.com/lord-of-the-rings-rings-of-power-explained-1848387578">Dwarvish</a></p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/lord-of-the-rings-mechanical-keyboard-drop-1849801723">Read more...</a></p></div>
Brilliant Self-Stacking Lego Domino Machine Is Perpetually Mesmerizing
<div><video poster="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--O53ufkDq--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/bcc29537461212d41c55147a3f4d8585.jpg" loop="" autoplay="" muted="" playsinline=""><source type="video/mp4" src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--tp4Bu4Jf--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/bcc29537461212d41c55147a3f4d8585.mp4"></video><p>Although it’s a game that can trace its origins back over 700 years, most people know Dominoes as a fun chain reaction toy that’s actually only fun when it comes to knocking them down, not the stressful process of stacking them up. With that in mind, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@GrantDavis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Grant Davis</a> built a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkP6TM1Fptc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">self-stacking and self-toppling domino machine</a>…</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/brilliant-self-stacking-lego-domino-machine-is-perpetua-1849820984">Read more...</a></p></div>
Transformers: Earthspark Twists the Franchise In a Great Way
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--U_vJBycb--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/758e97e4b68787e23fab08f64445fae3.png"><p>The new <em>Transformers</em> animated series, <a href="https://gizmodo.com/comic-con-trailer-marvel-dc-wakanda-hulk-dungeons-groot-1849327100"><em>Earthspark</em></a>, is doing a lot of things that might make dyed-in-the-wool fans wary at first. It’s <a href="https://gizmodo.com/a-new-transformers-show-about-found-family-is-coming-to-1846354292">a family show</a>, in that its primary focus is on its robotic heroes as they sit hand-in-hand with two young kids and their parents. It’s also not about Autobot/Decepticon conflict, in so…</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/transformers-earthspark-megatron-continuity-paramount-1849814396">Read more...</a></p></div>
NASA Successfully Maneuvers Orion Into Its Target Orbit Around the Moon
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--5BYQhZXm--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/22773d9eb3f00d85a8c79d004d816aa3.jpg"><p>The uncrewed Orion capsule has reached its ultimate destination, a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. The spacecraft successfully executed a short trajectory correction burn earlier today. </p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/nasa-place-orion-target-orbit-moon-1849822327">Read more...</a></p></div>
Nina West on the Importance of Kindness and Embracing Being a Fantastical Fan
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--0clbu8ve--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/e0f015ac421de6aa370e2cfbbaf3cd5d.jpg"><p>Being a multi-hyphenate performer is something Nina West knows well. Winning Miss Congeniality on <em>Ru Paul’s Drag Race </em>season 11, partnering with Dolly Parton on a kindness campaign, making music for kids, acting opposite Daniel Radcliffe in <a href="https://gizmodo.com/weird-al-yankovic-movie-daniel-radcliffe-nycc-2022-1849636852"><em>Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</em></a><em>, </em>becoming the LGBTQ face of <a href="https://gizmodo.com/disney-dont-say-gay-howard-ashman-lgbtq-1848619996">Disney’s Pride</a>…</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/nina-west-drag-star-disney-pride-icon-new-kids-book-1849817738">Read more...</a></p></div>
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Movie: The Retro Review
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--lzANt3XS--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/561e0f2085cf04dd88ff941f9e11a8e0.jpg"><p>So much has happened to the <a href="https://gizmodo.com/io9/movies/star-wars"><em>Star Wars</em></a> franchise in the last 14 years that it can be difficult to remember that the new canon actually began with Dave Filoni’s <a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-essential-clone-wars-stories-every-star-wars-fan-sh-1842597580"><em>Clone Wars</em></a><em> </em>cartoon. It was retroactively added into Disney’s new <em>Star Wars</em> stories by virtue of being a pretty good show helmed by the guy who would eventually…</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-clone-wars-movie-io9-review-retro-1849822103">Read more...</a></p></div>
This Weeks Toys Rip, Tear, Swindle, and... Comfort?
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the coolest toys around on the internet. This week: Star Trek’s 1/6 figure line goes to Deep Space Nine, the hottest anime of the season gets a hot new figure, and sit back and relax Pokémon style. Check it out!Read more...
Leonor Will Never Die rethinks Being John Malkovich in an era of movie obsession
Photo: Music Box FilmsIt’s a strange, surreal fantasy, midway between The Wizard of Oz and a scrappy meta-movie comedy
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Every Marvel Cinematic Universe TV show, ranked
Graphic: Pete Volk/Polygon | Image sources: Disney, Marvel StudiosNow with The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, She-Hulk, and Werewolf by Night
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What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong About the Future of Transportation
This article originally appeared in Protean Magazine, a leftist print magazine of critique, fiction, poetry, and art. Read more...
7 Obscure Government Podcasts You Never Knew Existed
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--zTMgcbYm--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/920720ac73d3798e99d488e442b6837d.jpg"><p>As a serial podcast listener, I can confirm what you all already know: Everyone has a podcast now. As we learned this year, that “everyone” <a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-cia-is-podcasting-propaganda-1849575488">includes the CIA</a>, which hopes its show, <em>The Langley Files</em>, will make you forget some of the very bad things it’s done. (The title makes it sound a lot more interesting than it…</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/7-podcasts-us-government-fbi-cdc-fda-social-security-1849717581">Read more...</a></p></div>
At-Home Ketamine Treatments Could Be a Game-Changer—or a Big Problem
<div><img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Ki7qNRs7--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/f1f6e2bb16be4626197da572fecd9fe0.jpg"><p>Around 2.8 million Americans <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33989464/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">suffer</a> from treatment-resistant depression, and though research has shown that IV ketamine can significantly improve their quality of life, these ketamine treatments are expensive, and access to them is limited. Early in the covid-19 pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Agency loosened…</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/at-home-ketamine-treatment-depression-1849816251">Read more...</a></p></div>