Charlie Jane Anders, Author at Gizmodo

First Official Description Of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse!

We have a new official plot description for Joss Whedon’s fledgling show Dollhouse, which gives way more concrete details about the hows and whys of his dystopian future of brainwashed slaves. That’s just one of the as-yet-untold stories which we unravel in this morning’s dose of spoilers. We also have new clips from Lost and…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 4

Science Fiction’s Army Of Rupert Murdochs

Fifty years ago, nobody could have imagined that one person would wield the mind-shaping power Rupert Murdoch now holds. His print and electronic media empire is in itself science fictional, so it’s no surprise that scifi is full of Murdoch stand-ins. Click through to find out which science fiction creator named his lethal tumor after…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 3

Save Sarah Connor — By Getting Drunk!

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles won’t get a much-deserved second season unless it shows a ratings surge for tonight’s two-hour finale. But how can you convince all your friends and coworkers to give the show another chance? By introducing them to our fun and socially lubricating Sarah Connor Chronicles drinking game. (Note: This time it’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 3

What Franchise Should Joss Whedon Take Over?

We’re still sad that we’ll never get to see Joss Whedon’s Wonder Woman movie. After all, he’s created some of the most memorable science fiction universes, including the space-western Firefly and his forthcoming programmable-amnesiac show Dollhouse. We’d still like to see Joss put his auteur-mojo to work on someone else’s universe. Which longstanding science fiction…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 3

“Sodomized Electrons” Flatten Cows, Celebs Warn

“Wild electricity” from particle accelerators is leaving Sri Lankan teenagers just eight inches tall, British celebrities warn in this awesome clip from British satire show Brasseye. To demonstrate the effects of this fake science, playwright (and James Bond villain) Steven Berkoff takes a hammer to a bunch of figurines while shouting “This could be your…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 3

Tron Sequel Throws Its Glowy Discs In Your Face

That long-rumored Tron sequel is finally coming in 2011… and it’ll be in 3-D. Joseph Kosinski, who’s done a lot of ads including the cuteHalo 3: Starry Night, will direct. And maybe a 3-D version of the 80s video-game movie will keep the whole thing from looking quite so dated. [SciFi Scanner] https://gizmodo.com/tron-sequel-will-feature-cutting-edge-special-effects-322998

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 3

Galaxies’ Swan Dive May Give New Clues To Dark Energy

One day, we’ll use images like this waterfall of galaxies to figure out where to refuel our ships with dark energy. That’s because this computer simulation of millions of galaxies flowing towards the red zone, the area with the highest mass, gives some clues to the location and nature of dark energy and dark matter.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 3

TV This Week: Sarah Connor’s Last Stand!

The biggest thing on TV this week is tonight’s two-hour season finale for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — which may also be a series finale unless the show manages to bring a few million more viewers back in time. But there are also new episodes of Lost, Kyle XY, Stargate: Atlantis and Torchwood… plus…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 3

Starbuck Freaks Out, And So Do We All

The more footage we see from Battlestar Galactica season four, the more excited we get. This new promo spot gives away some more developments from the new season, including a startling ultimatum from Starbuck and a problem with Anders. If you want to stay spoiler free for the new BSG, you may have to avoid…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 3

Learn Why James Cameron’s New Movie Is Called “Avatar”

Welcome back to morning spoilers. We’ve got some juicy rumors about James Cameron’s new movie Avatar, which come with a new photo of an alien life form. And we’ve got the inside scoop on a shocking plot twist in the Wolverine solo movie, with a few new set photos to back it up. And there’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 3

Get Your Own Glam-Rock Cyborg

Someone’s got their priorities straight. The first wave of action figures from the BBC’s campy Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood won’t include figures of main characters Owen, Tosh or Ianto. But the toys will include the absolutely essential glam-rock Cyberwoman, who’s sort of Torchwood’s mascot. Tosh actress Naoko Mori takes the news pretty well — but…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 29

The Secret Scifi Love Affair Between Almodovar And Spillane

When I was in college, I had two obsessions: art movies and pulp novels. The art movies were everything foreign or indie, from Almodovar to Egoyan to Greenaway. The pulp novels included some science fiction, but also a bunch of Mickey Spillane and Richard Stark. They were opposites, high and low culture, but they actually…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 29

The Best Scifi Songs To Yell At The Karaoke Bar

Hey, it’s Friday! And if you’re like me, you’re heading out to the Karaoke to guzzle $1 PBRs and holler into a super-echoey mic at a crowd of people who (hopefully) are even drunker than you are. But being an enlightened, forward-looking person, what you really want is to bellow a science fiction song into…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 29

What Do You Look For In Science Fiction?

Science fiction is really a jumble sale of about twenty different genres. We use the term “science fiction” to label a whole range of material, from space opera to near-future dystopias. But what really matters is what you get out of reading or watching it. What do you look for in your science fiction? Click…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 29

The Best Little Mad Max Clone In Texas

When Mad-Maxian bikers team up with riot cops with lion badges to attack your little town, what are you going to do? You’re pretty much screwed. That’s the message of 2020 Texas Gladiators, a post-apocalyptic action movie filmed in Italy. (You know it’s Texas because they occasionally write “TEXAS” in big letters on the buildings.)…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 29

Peter Petrelli Channels Sylar In New Movie

Milo Ventimiglia is getting away from the “lost little boy” look of Peter on Heroes, and playing a nasty dude in Game, the new Gerard Butler-starring dystopian action movie. His character is a “sick fuck” named “Rick Rape,” he says. He says Game takes place in a “futuristic society” where prisoners fight on a battlefield…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 29

Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules

Just because Eliza Dushku will be an amnesiac with occasional false personalities in Joss Whedon’s new TV show Dollhouse, doesn’t mean she won’t have friends. A new casting sheet for Dollhouse includes a whole raft of morally gray characters, including friends, mentors, bosses and a love interest. Click through for a list of the show’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 29

New Iron Man Trailer Now More Rockin’

Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow have an even spicier relationship in Iron Man than we’d expected, judging from this newly released trailer. And the use of AC/DC lets us know this movie will have big balls. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.) More importantly, the new trailer gives us a way clearer sense of the movie’s arc.…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 29

New Battlestar Clips, Plus Rampaging Hulk Art!

We learn a bit more about the newly revealed Cylons — and what other Cylons think of them — in these two new clips from Battlestar Galactica season four, which turned up online yesterday. We also have new Hulk concept art, spoilers for Joss Whedon’s X-Men… and what the Star Trek movie is about. So…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Feb 29

Torchwood Has Finally Broken Our Brains

How you feel about this clip probably determines what you think of last night’s Torchwood. If you think this is a moment of supreme bathos and ranty drama, which spoon-feeds you what you’re supposed to be learning about the characters, then you probably won’t be too fond of “A Day In The Death Of.” On…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 28

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First Official Description Of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse!

Science Fiction’s Army Of Rupert Murdochs

Save Sarah Connor — By Getting Drunk!

What Franchise Should Joss Whedon Take Over?

“Sodomized Electrons” Flatten Cows, Celebs Warn

Tron Sequel Throws Its Glowy Discs In Your Face

Galaxies’ Swan Dive May Give New Clues To Dark Energy

TV This Week: Sarah Connor’s Last Stand!

Starbuck Freaks Out, And So Do We All

Learn Why James Cameron’s New Movie Is Called “Avatar”

Get Your Own Glam-Rock Cyborg

The Secret Scifi Love Affair Between Almodovar And Spillane

The Best Scifi Songs To Yell At The Karaoke Bar

What Do You Look For In Science Fiction?

The Best Little Mad Max Clone In Texas

Peter Petrelli Channels Sylar In New Movie

Meet The People Who Give Eliza Dushku Her Brain Modules

New Iron Man Trailer Now More Rockin’

New Battlestar Clips, Plus Rampaging Hulk Art!

Torchwood Has Finally Broken Our Brains

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