Charlie Jane Anders, Author at Gizmodo

Does This Transformers 3 Game Concept Art Hint At The Movie’s Alien Worlds?

An artist who’s reportedly working on the Transformers 3 tie-in game has posted a ton of concept art on his blog, including a couple of strange planets where some action takes place. Does this reflect the movie’s storyline at all? Artist Frankell Baramdyka posted two giant collections of Transformers concept art on his blog recently.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 9 '10

A Better Look At Iron Man And War Machine’s New Armor, Plus A New Thor Synopsis

Get a closer look at Iron Man’s next-gen armor, and learn why Thor comes to Earth. Vera Farmiga talks Duncan Jones’ Source Code. Yet another Lostie returns. More Doctor Who pics! Plus Kick-Ass, Supernatural, Smallville, FlashForward and Stargate Universe spoilers. Iron Man 2: New theater “standees” give us a better look at Iron Man’s new…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 9 '10

Doctor Who Filming 3/4 and 3/6

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io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 9 '10

Planet Hulk’s Mad Genius Has A Radical Solution To Global Warming

We loved Greg Pak’s robot-themed anthology film Robot Stories, and now he’s crafted a bizarre, clever short film set in our eco-apocalyptic near future. “Mister Green” is one of 11 movies about future America that you can watch for free. https://gizmodo.com/20-greatest-sf-movies-of-the-past-decade-5426147 Pak, of course, is the writer of Planet Hulk, one of our favorite superhero…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 8 '10

Yves Saint-Laurent’s Designs Will Inspire The Robot Civilization That Survives Us

Yves Saint-Laurent was more than just a groundbreaking fashion designer — he was a robot visionary whose weird, angular designs and bold colors will be copied by the artificial intelligences of the distant future, a new retrospective shows. Saint-Laurent’s inspirations include painters like Mondrian and 1940s dresses — but he also went pretty wacky with…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 8 '10

The Best Klingon Art To Hang On The Halls Of Sto’Vo’Kor

Today is a good day for art! This amazing Klingon painting, depicting an eyepatch-wearing Klingon leader going into battle, comes from Star Trek Online concept artist Chris Legaspi. Check out more of our favorite epic Klingon art below. According to Legaspi’s blog, Star Trek Online submitted this incredible Klingon painting as the cover of the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 8 '10

This Vast Ocean City Was Supposed To Be Our Salvation, But It Could Be Your Tomb

In the near future, we’ll all live in tightly packed arcologies, including ocean cities — where we’ll shoot at each other and fire rocket launchers in the air. This gorgeous “seagoing eco-city” comes from the first-person shooter Brink. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-the-beginnings-of-the-first-megacity-5412939 In a new blog post, Lead Writer Ed Stern explains how the writings of BLDGBlog writer…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 8 '10

James Cameron’s First Science Fiction Movie Script Was Also His Preachiest

You may have thought Avatar was a tad heavy-handed with its environmentalist messages, but apparently that’s nothing compared to Paradise, the short screenplay Cameron wrote in high school. In Paradise, the U.S. government legalizes drugs at some point in the early 1970s, leading to a decade of heavy drug use. And then a new injected…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 8 '10

Alien Prequel In 3-D? Spider-Man Reboot Delves Into Mythology. And Lost Plays With A White Pebble…

Today’s spoilers include new hints about the Spider-Man reboot and Alien prequel. Splice is getting re-spliced. Doctor Who plays a mean football, and Lost toys with our emotions. Timbaland joins FlashForward. Plus Kick-Ass, Paranormal Activity 2, Caprica, Supernatural and Chuck. Spider-Man: New director Marc Webb explains his fascination with the wall-crawler: I think that there’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 8 '10

First Glimpse Of Tron Legacy Trailer Online

The Tron Legacy trailer, packed with glowing discs and family secrets, won’t go online until sometime soon, probably tomorrow. But if you can’t wait that long, people have captured digital images using ocular devices. We’ll post the official version ASAP. Update: Rumor has it the official version won’t be online for a good while —…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 7 '10

What Do The Pyramids Look Like From Space?

If you ever wondered whether the pyramids were visible from space, wonder no longer. Astronaut Soichi Noguchi twittered this picture of the pyramids as seen from the International Space Station. [via BadAstronomer]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 6 '10

The Publisher Who Refused To Publish Asimov’s Foundation And I, Robot Books

Frederik Pohl is blogging about his relationship with Isaac Asimov, which began as teenagers and turned into Pohl being Asimov’s agent. Learn why a publisher wouldn’t touch Asimov’s Foundation and I, Robot, and the weirdest question in Asimov’s Phd orals.

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 6 '10

And The Cameo Oscar Goes To… Stan Lee!

Everybody’s obsessed with whether Meryl Streep will get her thousandth Oscar this weekend, but what about Stan Lee? He works hard too. And in this new Oscar-campaign video, he makes a compelling case for his movie cameos as High Art. Stan Lee’s Oscar Campaign from Stan Lee [via Funny Or Die, True Believers!]

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 5 '10

Don’t Remake These 21 Movies, Film These Books Instead!

There’s only one thing Hollywood loves than a movie based on a toy: remakes. Dozens of science-fiction classics are slated for do-overs. But instead of remaking films that were fine the first time, here are 20 books Hollywood should film. Seriously, after watching The Day The Earth Stood Still, we’re even more convinced than ever…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 5 '10

Rage, Rage Against The Heat Death Of The Universe?

Are you missing the era of cosmic SF, trippy epics about huge godlike entities and vast eras? Check out “The Final Now” by Gregory Benford, in which twin deities confront their mortal creation as the universe itself winds down. [Tor.com]

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 5 '10

Almost The Last Chance To Guess What Lost’s Island Is

We could soon be discovering the truth about the nature of Lost’s mysterious island. In fact, we’ve already gotten some pretty heavy-duty hints. Can you decipher them before the show reveals the truth? Spoilers ahead… E! Online’s Watch With Kristin has claimed that we’ll learn what the island is in the ninth episode of the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 5 '10

New Details On The Aliens Who Sink Your Battleship! A Lost Star Returns! Plus Doctor Who Filming Pix!

Today’s spoilers include details of Battleship’s aliens, a Tron pic, and another Lost star returning. Could Green Lantern include the comics’ most controversial story? Tons of Doctor Who pics and Chuck/Caprica/FlashForward clips. Plus Captain America, Kick-Ass and Jonah Hex spoilers. Battleship: Fantastic artist Jock has been doing some concept art for this new alien-war movie,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 5 '10

Genetically Engineered Terror Blooms In The Middle Of Summer

This summer’s movie slate just got a lot more interesting: Warner Bros. is releasing Vincenzo Natali’s Splice on June 4. We’ve been dying to see this gene-splicing horror for ages, since we saw the NSFW concept art. [BoxOfficeMojo via Collider] https://gizmodo.com/see-tony-starks-house-wolverines-new-claws-and-adrien-380772

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 4 '10

The Idea That Jews Don’t Write Fantasy Is A Fantasy

A new essay claiming that Jewish authors don’t write fantasy literature has caused a firestorm of criticism online, including an impressive list of Jewish fantasy authors. Is Christianity really embedded in the DNA of the fantasy epic? Noting that neither C.S. Lewis nor J.R.R. Tolkien was Jewish, Michael Weingrad writes in the Jewish Review Of…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Mar 4 '10

Once Dolphins Are Recognized As People, Will We Send Them Into Space, Or Kill Them?

The webzine Crossed Genres has started a new blog, Science In My Fiction, aimed at encouraging people to put real science into their storytelling. And the first post asks what’ll happen when we recognize dolphins as people. Notes writer KT Holt: If it ever happens, it’ll be a politically, morally and ethically charged occasion, to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 4 '10

Charlie Jane Anders

Does This Transformers 3 Game Concept Art Hint At The Movie’s Alien Worlds?

A Better Look At Iron Man And War Machine’s New Armor, Plus A New Thor Synopsis

Doctor Who Filming 3/4 and 3/6

Planet Hulk’s Mad Genius Has A Radical Solution To Global Warming

Yves Saint-Laurent’s Designs Will Inspire The Robot Civilization That Survives Us

The Best Klingon Art To Hang On The Halls Of Sto’Vo’Kor

This Vast Ocean City Was Supposed To Be Our Salvation, But It Could Be Your Tomb

James Cameron’s First Science Fiction Movie Script Was Also His Preachiest

Alien Prequel In 3-D? Spider-Man Reboot Delves Into Mythology. And Lost Plays With A White Pebble…

First Glimpse Of Tron Legacy Trailer Online

What Do The Pyramids Look Like From Space?

The Publisher Who Refused To Publish Asimov’s Foundation And I, Robot Books

And The Cameo Oscar Goes To… Stan Lee!

Don’t Remake These 21 Movies, Film These Books Instead!

Rage, Rage Against The Heat Death Of The Universe?

Almost The Last Chance To Guess What Lost’s Island Is

New Details On The Aliens Who Sink Your Battleship! A Lost Star Returns! Plus Doctor Who Filming Pix!

Genetically Engineered Terror Blooms In The Middle Of Summer

The Idea That Jews Don’t Write Fantasy Is A Fantasy

Once Dolphins Are Recognized As People, Will We Send Them Into Space, Or Kill Them?

Apple’s Incoming CEO Makes His Earnings Call Debut

Spotify Will Now Verify Non-AI Artists

‘Macross Plus’ Is an Ultra-Romantic Classic That Refuses to Age

Stick It to Jeff Bezos by Turning Your Defunct Kindle Into the World’s Worst Typewriter

‘De-extinction’ Startup Wants to Revive Antelope Killed Off by South African Colonists

The Best Toys of April 2026

Dreame L60 Ultra Robot Vacuum and Mop With 35,000Pa Suction Is Now Over $400 Off as a Launch Exclusive Deal

Under-Oath Elon Musk Seems to Run a Different Company Than Public-Figure Elon Musk

Ambitious Experiment Aims to Test Tiny Nuclear Reactors for AI Data Centers

Here’s the Very Normal Reason the ‘Lanterns’ Trailer Disappeared

Steam Controller Review: Trackpads Change Everything for PC Gaming

Soundcore Space 2 Review: A Shockingly Stellar Value for Budget ANC Wireless Headphones

Anker’s UV Printer Can Handle Almost Anything… If You Know What You’re Doing

HP’s EliteBoard Keyboard-Computer Proves We Can Stick a PC in Anything

Sleep-Tracking Earbuds Didn’t Fix Me, but They Did Open My Eyes

I’ve Tested a Lot of Bad Smart Glasses and These Are the Worst Yet

Roborock’s Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Is the Ultimate Robot Mop—If You Don’t Have Corners or Walls

Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages