Fifteen Load Bearing Posts for the Fanboys We Don't Cater To

io9 is a new blog from the snarky folks at Gawker, dedicated to science fiction and futurism, where they promise (in their manifesto) to "show you a new world that's shockingly different from what you're used to." As a concept it seems sound enough, since a lot of science fiction is about the future, and the future has technology, and technology is scientific... sort of. Yeah.

Their manifesto later goes on to say "io9 is from an uncharted region in futurist culture. Our idea of science fiction includes things like Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica TV series, the architecture of Frank Gehry, and the writing of Michael Chabon. These creators don't cater to fanboys with trivia obsessions, and neither does io9."

Right then. So dear io9 bloggers, please explain this post so endearingly titled, "The Explodiest Outer Space Crashes Ever to Rock Your Movie Theater." Or how about this list of science fiction currency. Oh, that one actually tried to express the value of fictional currency in real-world dollars, which is a truly noble endeavor. In the future. The technological future. In space.

Cranking back the dial we have this list of time machines and "The Greatest Scifi Dance Routines Of All Time" and... oh hell, let's just make a list!

• Seven Habits of Highly Effective Spaceship Captains
• A rundown of "How Pollution Created the Creepiest Movie Mutants"
• A poll on "Who Would Be The Most Science Fictional President?"
• A post about all the different Terminator models ever seen on the big screen, the small screen, and even in novels
• Three of the Greediest Planet-Eating Bastards Ever Created
• Seven Reasons Why Australia is the Most Apocalyptic Country
• Another poll on "What's The Most Overrated Recent TV Show?"

And that's just this week. Digging back a bit further we find gems like:

• Top Five High-Tech Lairs of Evil Masterminds (OK, a Few Good Masterminds Too)
• Who's The Tallest Giant Monster?
• This post titled "Can You Escape Your Fate? Science Fiction Has The Answer!" seemed promising, but spoiler, it's another list! With lots of words.
• And my personal favorite, "Five Ways 9/11 Changed Science Fiction." Because no one had ever made a movie where New York gets trashed before September 2001.

There, there, io9 bloggers... don't cry, they're not bad posts. (Well, not all of them.) Just don't pretend like you don't get paid based on the number of hits they generate. Because we know. Everyone knows.