Charlie Jane Anders, Author at Gizmodo

In This Rough, Robot-Infested Land, Life Is Much Cheaper Than Dirt

Welcome to the distant planet Nia, an Earthlike world that offers a new energy source that may be the salvation of humanity… if we can only deal with Nia’s robotic natives. This concept art comes from a new MMORPG, Perpetuum. According to the website for the in-development MMO Perpetuum: In the not-too-distant future, a strange…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 27 '09

Fight Pics From Nolan’s Inception, Plus Secrets Of Iron Man 2’s Whip-Wielding Menace

Today’s spoilers may actually rock too much: DiCaprio channels Bale in Nolan’s Inception. More details on Iron Man 2‘s Whiplash armor, and another Megan Fox poster. Dollhouse’s weirdest plot yet. Plus 2012, Lost, Fringe, V, Supernatural, Smallville and True Blood. Inception: We’ve already shown you some set photos of Leonardo DiCaprio looking troubled on the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 27 '09

Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Three: River Vs. Cameron

Yesterday’s io9 TV smackdown had a clear-cut winner — River cut Caprica Six to ribbons. But how will Firefly’s River Tam do against Cameron, the Terminator from the late lamented Sarah Connor Chronicles? Yes, we couldn’t resist the Summer Glau-on-Summer Glau ultimate smackdown. (Don’t worry, the winner won’t face that psychic girl from The 4400…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 26 '09

Is This The Year Urban Fantasy Conquers Science Fiction?

Urban fantasy is swallowing up speculative fiction book sales, according to a new sales chart from Tim Holman, our new favorite chart pornographer. The Orbit Books publisher says that urban fantasy now claims nearly half the SF/F bestselller list. After having just tracked the most popular fantasy book cover art elements, Holman has turned his…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 26 '09

L.A. Is A Magical Cesspit, And Sandman Slim Is Its New Champion

Richard Kadrey was at the vanguard of the noir-tinged cyberpunk back in the day, so it’s only fitting he’s helping to shape noir’s next frontier, urban fantasy. His novel Sandman Slim brings Hellspawn and trash magic to L.A. Spoilers below… Sandman Slim follows the adventures of Jimmy, aka Stark, aka Sandman Slim, who was dragged…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 26 '09

Mary Tyler Moore Stars In Television’s Craziest Alien Invasion Story

Attention Earthlings: You might not make it after all. Mary Tyler Moore is replaced with a walnut-eating, water-breathing alien with eyes in the back of her head. And Dick Van Dyke is the last human alive… for now. I guess Dick losing his thumbs is the first stage of becoming an alien — even though…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 26 '09

TV Shows We Wish Would Swap Writing Staffs

We don’t just love television for the special effects or crackerjack acting, but for the writing. That’s where our heroes get their cool lines and defining moments. And sometimes we wonder: what’d happen if our fave shows swapped writing staffs? That’s right — it’s just like wife swappers, except it’s writer swappers! So put the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 25 '09

Bioshock Movie Gets A New Big Daddy — Verbinski’s Out

Pirates Of The Caribbean director Gore Verbinski won’t direct a Bioshock movie. Instead, it may fall to Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later). Verbinski bailed after the film’s budget was slashed and filming moved overseas for tax reasons. [Variety]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 25 '09

Who’s Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time? Day Two: Six Vs. River

Yesterday’s television grudge match, pitting The Prisoner’s brooding ex-secret agent Number Six against Battlestar Galactica’s Caprica Six, was a hard-fought struggle. Caprica won in the end — but how will she do against Firefly’s River Tam? io9 TV badass smackdown, day one: Six Versus River(survey) Caprica’s raw strength and ruthlessness have served her well —…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 25 '09

Will New Writers Shield Us From A Terrible Hancock Sequel?

Hancock 2 has writers: Adam Fierro and Glen Mazzara worked together on The Shield, and Fiero also wrote for Dexter and 24. So fingers crossed. [THR]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 25 '09

Another So-Wrong-It’s-Right Megan Fox Photo, Plus Secrets Of Spielberg’s Next Alien Saga

Spoiler warning: bigwigs explain how the next Iron Man and Superman movies will differ from the last ones. Megan Fox does a crazy tongue stunt in a Jennifer’s Body image. Plus Zombieland pic, Heroes shocker, and Spielberg’s alien-invasion project filming. Superman: James McTeigue, the rumored director of the next Superman movie, continues to make vague,…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 25 '09

When We All Pledged Our Love To Doctor Who

Doctor Who fans parade around a television studio, rubbing elbows with residents of The Prisoner’s Village, during a 1987 pledge break on a local PBS station. But what is the Master doing leering over that poor woman’s shoulder? If you were a U.S. Doctor Who fan — sorry, Whovian — back in the 1980s, then…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24 '09

Which New TV Show Will Be This Year’s My Own Worst Enemy?

Remember My Own Worst Enemy? Neither do we. Every year, there’s at least one genre show that flames out before it even makes an impression. Which new show this year is doomed to premature extinction? Which new TV show will be this year’s My Own Worst Enemy?(polling) If you can’t remember what all these new…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24 '09

SF Television’s Most Eye-Melting, Ear-Bleeding Opening Credits

Why does science fiction television sometimes get a bad reputation? Oh yeah — because of cheesetastic opening credits like this one, from Jason Of Star Command. Here are a few dozen of the absolute scariest opening discredits in SF television. I actually kind of love the Jason Of Star Command credits, for the whizzy spaceship…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24 '09

Only YOU Can Prevent Time Paradoxes!

Are you a responsible time traveler? New posters from 826 Los Angeles provide some hints about avoiding time travel faux pas that could lead to a faux past. As with the fantastic posters we showed you before, these helpful warnings are the work of Amy Kate Martin, whose Flickr stream includes bumper stickers for two…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24 '09

David Tennant And Russell T. Davies Talk Death, Endings… And The Return Of An Iconic Villain

BoingBoing TV’s Richard Metzger interviews outgoing Doctor Who star David Tennant and producer Russell T. Davies, and they talk about the end of an era. Including some hints about how it happens. [BoingBoing, thanks Xeni!]

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24 '09

Who’s Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time? Day One: Six Vs. Six

Television has beamed some great heroes, and deadly villains, into your home. But who’s the biggest ass-kicker in the television universe? You decide. Today’s match: Caprica Six versus Number Six. Caprica Six, of course, is the sexiest Cylon (unless you’re got a Dean Stockwell fetish) who plays a key role in almost destroying humanity, and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24 '09

All Of Rorschach’s Secrets — Revealed!

The Rorschach test is a hallowed tradition in psychology, and nobody is supposed to have access to those smudges that patients project their psyches onto. But a Saskatchewan surgeon has flouted tradition, by posting all ten inkblot images to Wikipedia. According to the New York Times, there was a debate on Wikipedia over whether one…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24 '09

FlashForward Stars Act Out The “Dancing On The Ceiling” Video

FlashForward’s premise, about a mysterious blackout that grants everyone a glimpse of the future, is kind of hard to convey in advertising. So what do you do? Stick some furniture to the walls, and play “We’re falling sideways!” Based loosely on the novel by Robert J. Sawyer, FlashForward debuts on Sept. 24. [Lyly Ford and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24 '09

Denzel Acts Tough, Eliza Plays House And Doctor Who Treads Water In New Pics

Spoilers reveal all — like revelatory Book Of Eli stills and a 9 video. New Dollhouse promo pics take the show’s title ultra-literally. Plus major Lost casting news. Plus Doctor Who, Fringe, FlashForward, Supernatural, Smallville, V, Heroes and Eastwick spoilers! The Book Of Eli: A few new stills show Denzel stalking the shattered post-apocalyptic landscape…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 24 '09

Charlie Jane Anders

In This Rough, Robot-Infested Land, Life Is Much Cheaper Than Dirt

Fight Pics From Nolan’s Inception, Plus Secrets Of Iron Man 2’s Whip-Wielding Menace

Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time, Day Three: River Vs. Cameron

Is This The Year Urban Fantasy Conquers Science Fiction?

L.A. Is A Magical Cesspit, And Sandman Slim Is Its New Champion

Mary Tyler Moore Stars In Television’s Craziest Alien Invasion Story

TV Shows We Wish Would Swap Writing Staffs

Bioshock Movie Gets A New Big Daddy — Verbinski’s Out

Who’s Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time? Day Two: Six Vs. River

Will New Writers Shield Us From A Terrible Hancock Sequel?

Another So-Wrong-It’s-Right Megan Fox Photo, Plus Secrets Of Spielberg’s Next Alien Saga

When We All Pledged Our Love To Doctor Who

Which New TV Show Will Be This Year’s My Own Worst Enemy?

SF Television’s Most Eye-Melting, Ear-Bleeding Opening Credits

Only YOU Can Prevent Time Paradoxes!

David Tennant And Russell T. Davies Talk Death, Endings… And The Return Of An Iconic Villain

Who’s Television’s Biggest Badass Of All Time? Day One: Six Vs. Six

All Of Rorschach’s Secrets — Revealed!

FlashForward Stars Act Out The “Dancing On The Ceiling” Video

Denzel Acts Tough, Eliza Plays House And Doctor Who Treads Water In New Pics

Before ‘Witch Hat,’ Kamome Shirahama Blessed Us With a Hilarious Romp About Gals Being Pals

Meta Axes Contractors Who Had to Review Explicit Video From Smart Glasses

World’s Slowest Rocket Company Suddenly Wants to Churn Out 60 Rockets a Year

Lego’s May Releases Are Swooshing In

Buying Prescription Smart Glasses Might Not Be Such a Good Idea After All

Spirit Airlines Is Reportedly Moving Forward With Plan to Shut Down

Trump Resurrects Keystone Pipeline Killed Over Climate Concerns

The Old Republic Reigns Supreme in Hasbro’s New ‘Star Wars’ Figures

Everything You Missed From Elon Musk’s Testimony in the OpenAI Trial

New FCC Satellite Rules Could Improve Starlink Capacity to a Surprising Degree

The Best Tech Gifts for Mother’s Day 2026

Asus’ Dual-Display Gaming Laptop Will Ruin Your Single-Screen Lifestyle

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