<![CDATA[Comments from Charlie Jane Anders]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[Comments from Charlie Jane Anders]]> http://io9.com/commenter/charliejane http://io9.com/commenter/charliejane Charlie Jane Anders commented on Pick The Worst Scifi Movie Sequel Of All Time @darundal: Ewoks! Sugary crappy ending. General glucose overload.

]]> http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655204 http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655204 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:17:07 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Pick The Worst Scifi Movie Sequel Of All Time @se7a7n7: Almost included Men In Black II. But I watched it again recently, and it's really not that bad. If you liked Men In Black, you'd probably like the sequel about as much. Neither film is a masterpiece, though.

]]> http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655159 http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655159 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:14:07 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Pick The Worst Scifi Movie Sequel Of All Time @Garrison Dean, King Awesome: I didn't go with direct to video stuff, becuase then the poll would have been ten pages long. And nobody really expects direct to video sequels to be great.

]]> http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655031 http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655031 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:07:24 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Pick The Worst Scifi Movie Sequel Of All Time @diverguy: Batman is sort of an edge case... but there is the futuristic tech. And Mr. Freeze gets turned into some kind of weird cryo-frozen mutant due to an accident with cryogenics. There are tons of scifi-ish characters and plots. Etc.

]]> http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655016 http://io9.com/389376/pick-the-worst-scifi-movie-sequel-of-all-time#c5655016 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:06:33 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer Is The Black Cat! @medeasin: Exactly!

]]> http://io9.com/389333/battlestar-galacticas-tricia-helfer-is-the-black-cat#c5654466 http://io9.com/389333/battlestar-galacticas-tricia-helfer-is-the-black-cat#c5654466 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:43:27 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer Is The Black Cat! @fluxfire: Confusing you is part of our job description! Actually the American Gladiator thing is mostly just a joke... but it is weirdly as if we're living in the Death Race 2000 universe or some other dystopian future. And no, we're still not covering Big Bang Theory.

]]> http://io9.com/389333/battlestar-galacticas-tricia-helfer-is-the-black-cat#c5653621 http://io9.com/389333/battlestar-galacticas-tricia-helfer-is-the-black-cat#c5653621 Mon, 12 May 2008 13:10:13 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on See The Mad Science That Created Captain America @darcymcgee: Try and keep up! The blogosphere has all decided that the shield on the workbench is *real*! And the blogosphere is never wrong. Never!

]]> http://io9.com/389402/see-the-mad-science-that-created-captain-america#c5650636 http://io9.com/389402/see-the-mad-science-that-created-captain-america#c5650636 Mon, 12 May 2008 11:23:31 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on 21 Ways To Eradicate Campiness From Science Fiction @X: The Eliminator: We actually featured that video on io9 a month or so back, in our roundup of the best dance sequences from science fiction! [io9.com]

]]> http://io9.com/384520/21-ways-to-eradicate-campiness-from-science-fiction#c5635686 http://io9.com/384520/21-ways-to-eradicate-campiness-from-science-fiction#c5635686 Sat, 10 May 2008 16:37:53 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on First Look At New Batmobile @bluewyvern: I read the whole thread, and I'm still not sure what it's about! But maybe that's because of the awesome hashish my swedish nuns are serving me.

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]]> http://io9.com/388323/soak-your-head-with-the-greatest-cocktails-from-science-fiction#c5621204 http://io9.com/388323/soak-your-head-with-the-greatest-cocktails-from-science-fiction#c5621204 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:46:30 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on The Greatest Space Strategists In Military History @causeiambetta: Actually I mentioned Ender. Sorry you didn't like the list!

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]]> http://io9.com/377131/the-greatest-space-strategists-in-military-history#c5608259 http://io9.com/377131/the-greatest-space-strategists-in-military-history#c5608259 Thu, 08 May 2008 19:26:37 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Look What's On Tony Stark's Workbench In Iron Man If you guys can't see it, then you're not pure at heart. That's all there is to it.

]]> http://io9.com/388724/look-whats-on-tony-starks-workbench-in-iron-man#c5604847 http://io9.com/388724/look-whats-on-tony-starks-workbench-in-iron-man#c5604847 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:33:46 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Look What's On Tony Stark's Workbench In Iron Man @Garrison Dean, King Awesome: That's why it's intriguing... maybe he already had some ideas about starting a super team... or maybe he had already come across Captain America.

]]> http://io9.com/388724/look-whats-on-tony-starks-workbench-in-iron-man#c5604726 http://io9.com/388724/look-whats-on-tony-starks-workbench-in-iron-man#c5604726 Thu, 08 May 2008 15:27:07 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Dance, Robot Snake Girl, Dance! @Priam: That video is the main evidence the robots will use for why they had to wipe us out. Thanks a lot, buddy!

]]> http://io9.com/388277/dance-robot-snake-girl-dance#c5587422 http://io9.com/388277/dance-robot-snake-girl-dance#c5587422 Wed, 07 May 2008 23:42:29 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Manga Boy Rides On Cloverfield Monster's Head @Aethyr: Suddenly everything makes sense.

]]> http://io9.com/388232/manga-boy-rides-on-cloverfield-monsters-head#c5582316 http://io9.com/388232/manga-boy-rides-on-cloverfield-monsters-head#c5582316 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:13:04 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Where Is The Posthuman Bertie Wooster? @karlsackett: Darn, I thought I remembered something along those lines, but I googled for it last night and couldn't find it... my memory has finally gone kaput, I guess.

]]> http://io9.com/386982/where-is-the-posthuman-bertie-wooster#c5574506 http://io9.com/386982/where-is-the-posthuman-bertie-wooster#c5574506 Wed, 07 May 2008 11:19:34 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on The One Battlestar Plot Twist You Never Expected @darcymcgee: The BSG plot twist I wasn't expecting was Baltar confessing to his role in the genocide. That actually does surprise me, although you can see they've been leading up to it.

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]]> http://io9.com/387904/the-one-battlestar-plot-twist-you-never-expected#c5574213 http://io9.com/387904/the-one-battlestar-plot-twist-you-never-expected#c5574213 Wed, 07 May 2008 11:09:43 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on The Largest Mega-Sentients In The Entire Universe @HomoSapiensRex: Totally missed that one!

]]> http://io9.com/386903/the-largest-mega+sentients-in-the-entire-universe#c5559319 http://io9.com/386903/the-largest-mega+sentients-in-the-entire-universe#c5559319 Tue, 06 May 2008 17:45:55 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on The Largest Mega-Sentients In The Entire Universe @Git Em SteveDave: Marvin is in there!

]]> http://io9.com/386903/the-largest-mega+sentients-in-the-entire-universe#c5559311 http://io9.com/386903/the-largest-mega+sentients-in-the-entire-universe#c5559311 Tue, 06 May 2008 17:45:34 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Hard Science Fiction Isn't About Science After All @dailyread: I totally love When Harlie Was One. Side note, I just recently got a used copy of the "2.0" version and have been wondering if I should read it when I get a sec... is it better or worse than the original? The original is such a demented acid trip, it's hard to imagine the revision doesn't just dilute it...

]]> http://io9.com/387690/hard-science-fiction-isnt-about-science-after-all#c5559225 http://io9.com/387690/hard-science-fiction-isnt-about-science-after-all#c5559225 Tue, 06 May 2008 17:40:45 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on What's The Best Scifi Show To Get Your Kid Hooked On? @valarmorghulis: We're tracking who votes for Lexx, and we'll be calling CPS on you.

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]]> http://io9.com/386903/the-largest-mega+sentients-in-the-entire-universe#c5559119 http://io9.com/386903/the-largest-mega+sentients-in-the-entire-universe#c5559119 Tue, 06 May 2008 17:34:47 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Hard Science Fiction Isn't About Science After All @braak: If you don't understand, it could mean that you're Lost!

]]> http://io9.com/387690/hard-science-fiction-isnt-about-science-after-all#c5555297 http://io9.com/387690/hard-science-fiction-isnt-about-science-after-all#c5555297 Tue, 06 May 2008 14:17:28 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Hard Science Fiction Isn't About Science After All @designguybrown: I've read a couple of good books lately which used cryo-sleep in place of FTL travel. You can also get up to near-light speeds and play with the time differential between the traveler and a stationary observer. But yeah, if you take FTL out of the picture, your options get a lot more limited. I do think it's possible to make speculative leaps forward while keeping a certain amount of scientific realism. You just have to be honest about the scientific challenges involved, and then show how you solved them.

]]> http://io9.com/387690/hard-science-fiction-isnt-about-science-after-all#c5553476 http://io9.com/387690/hard-science-fiction-isnt-about-science-after-all#c5553476 Tue, 06 May 2008 13:13:29 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Hard Science Fiction Isn't About Science After All @dangrgirl: You just don't appreciate the fact that the Lost Boy has saved your world so, so many times... his personal growth is also your salvation!

]]> http://io9.com/387690/hard-science-fiction-isnt-about-science-after-all#c5552227 http://io9.com/387690/hard-science-fiction-isnt-about-science-after-all#c5552227 Tue, 06 May 2008 12:35:51 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Hard Science Fiction Isn't About Science After All @Aethyr: Almost cited wikipedia's definition... but I thought that might weaken my case. :)

BTW I just fixed the mistake in the first paragraph... I know the novel is The Inverted World. Sorry about mixup!

]]> http://io9.com/387690/hard-science-fiction-isnt-about-science-after-all#c5549774 http://io9.com/387690/hard-science-fiction-isnt-about-science-after-all#c5549774 Tue, 06 May 2008 11:17:53 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Doctor Who's New Girlfriend GIves Good Phone @Maldron: I found that moment totally gratutious and annoying... but at least it was a throwaway in-joke.

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]]> http://io9.com/387435/doctor-whos-new-girlfriend-gives-good-phone#c5548024 http://io9.com/387435/doctor-whos-new-girlfriend-gives-good-phone#c5548024 Tue, 06 May 2008 10:22:17 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Doctor Who's New Girlfriend GIves Good Phone @Fwiffo: Somehow I don't think the new Who thinks of itself as mindless family entertainment. It thinks of itself as something terribly clever and brilliant. I'm trying to judge it on its own terms here. But also, when I do watch a piece of mindless family entertainment (like, say, Transformers or Iron Man) I still expect it to make sense and hold together. That's not asking too much, really.

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]]> http://io9.com/384520/21-ways-to-eradicate-campiness-from-science-fiction#c5537035 http://io9.com/384520/21-ways-to-eradicate-campiness-from-science-fiction#c5537035 Mon, 05 May 2008 18:17:14 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on New America Revolts Against The USA @Plague: D00d! Ghost Rider was AWESOME! Plus, it's what Peter Fonda is famous for.

]]> http://io9.com/387315/new-america-revolts-against-the-usa#c5534056 http://io9.com/387315/new-america-revolts-against-the-usa#c5534056 Mon, 05 May 2008 14:54:34 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Play "Spot The Star Trek Actor" On This Week's Shows @CSX321: But is it science fiction? I'm skeptical, to be honest... and I hated Beauty and the Geek, so it'll be hard to make me watch a sitcom version of it.

]]> http://io9.com/387010/play-spot-the-star-trek-actor-on-this-weeks-shows#c5532763 http://io9.com/387010/play-spot-the-star-trek-actor-on-this-weeks-shows#c5532763 Mon, 05 May 2008 14:02:05 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Play "Spot The Star Trek Actor" On This Week's Shows @fluxfire: I still haven't gotten around to watching Big Bang Theory... maybe I'll TiVo it tonight. It sounds pretty heinous, though. Isn't it basically a sitcom version of Beauty and the Geek? Maybe if it had geeky girls in it, I would like it. In any case, I actually did make a point of scanning the episode description for tonight's episode to see if it was remotely science-fictional, and it wasn't. I don't think I'm going to include something that's not scifi just because it has nerds in it.

]]> http://io9.com/387010/play-spot-the-star-trek-actor-on-this-weeks-shows#c5526825 http://io9.com/387010/play-spot-the-star-trek-actor-on-this-weeks-shows#c5526825 Mon, 05 May 2008 10:51:05 PDT Charlie Jane Anders commented on Samuel L. Jackson's Iron Man Cameo Is Already Online @DoctorVenkman: Sorry, it really didn't occur to me that the mere fact of SLJ's brief appearance in the film would be considered a spoiler... you would have to have avoided scanning the headlines for any of the major movie news sites over the past few weeks not to have seen headlines about it. Even so, I would happily remove the info from the head line - except I'm not sure if I can do that at this point without ruining our permalink for this post.

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