Charlie Jane Anders's discussions

I love Madison, I go there every year for Wiscon! And the cheese is excellent. Read more

Yeah, except we drew the line at horror — otherwise this list would have been twice as long and much much more revolting. Read more

Huh. I haven't seen that in a long time but I'm pretty sure it's not porn at all. It's Roger Corman remaking one of his cheesiest early films. This was when Traci Lords was trying to get past her whole "underage porn star" scandal and reinvent herself as a real actor. Our clip from it is here:… Read more

YAY. Amazing costume. You rule! Thanks for sharing... Read more

Nope! That's 1994. We'll get to that! Read more

If you want something done right... Read more

Plenty more at the links, actually. Read more

Yikes. Fixing the typo now. Read more

This is an excellent point — an all-powerful hero has to have a more stringent code to avoid just swatting people like flies, and that's more interesting to watch. I liked that about the Spectre, back when Ostrander was writing him. Read more

Yeah, agreed that there's a reason for that ultra-sanitized violence... but the dissolving into liquid thing is becoming another one of the show's new cliches. And yes, it is a show for little kids, and we're a lot less forgiving than we used to be about scarring children for life. Read more

Yeah, exactly. I still think it's a funny coincidence, if it is a coincidence. Read more

Yup, they really lean on that motif a lot. There are a number of motifs that get leant on quite a bit, including the "monster picks up a random phrase that someone said and repeats it over and over," which we've seen before a few times. And creatures/monsters dissolving into clouds of liquid. Read more

It would be great if she just dies in every episode. That would rule. Read more

I would still give the edge to "A Christmas Carol" because it had a somewhat better overall story, but I liked this one wayyy more than last year's Narnia-thing. Read more

Yeah, you're right. The show gives Damon a free pass so often, I fell into that trap myself. Thanks for pointing this out. Read more

Very true. Read more

Yeah, I didn't just want this to be a list of superheroes. So I mixed it up a bit. And honestly, Spider-Man and Captain America don't get into nearly as many brawls as Wolverine, for my money. Read more

Fixed. Thanks! Read more

But he did it with STYLE. Read more

Plus, he's invulnerable and can fly and can stop you from a hundred miles away with his super-breath and his heat vision. He doesn't really have to get his hands dirty most of the time. Read more