Charlie Jane Anders's discussions

Mine was, too. It was mostly very vocal people at the preview screening I went to, who were all oohing and ahhing over it in the lobby afterwards. Read more

But the people I talked to who loved the Dark Shadows TV show also loved the movie. I had some really interesting conversations with people who grew up loving the TV show, and they all seemed to think the movie was the best thing ever. Read more

Yeah, Cabin in the Woods is like the major exception to that particular lesson — except that Joss Whedon is almost his own brand at this point. And with Cabin, it was clear from the trailers that this wasn't just a horror spoof, because we knew there were those people in the control room. Read more

Yeah, I really liked ParaNorman a lot. We included it on our list of the year's best films. But for whatever reason, it didn't win over audiences at the box office. Read more

Yeah, I really liked John Carter a lot too — but there's no question that it was one of the year's biggest failures. Sad. Read more

I actually just meant in the sense that both films barely broke even domestically despite being huge Comic Con sensations and followups to beloved nerd movies. And both films were rescued by their overseas box office, as is so often the case nowadays. Read more

Yeah, that is a great way of putting it. Read more

Not sure that "Aquaman is silly" is a broad lesson. :) Read more

I actually would watch the heck out of a Sorry movie. And I would way rather have seen Ridley Scott's cyberpunk take on Monopoly than Battleship. Read more

Yeah and actually one thing that George R.R. Martin says a lot in his interviews, which I didn't manage to include in yesterday's post, is that the science fiction or fantasy stuff in a story is really "furniture" and that the story is actually about "the human heart in conflict with itself." And yet, Martin also… Read more

I talk a lot about television too, and a bit about books. What do you think are the biggest lessons for the publishing industry this year? Read more

I read up on Camille 2000... it seemed to have zero science fiction elements at all. Read more

I've seen Sexmission! I posted a clip from it a few years ago. I guess it sort of counts, yeah. Read more

Yeah, I almost included that, but it's very rapey and is sort of an X-rated action movie rather than a straight-up movie about sexiness. Read more

Hmm... it's sort of a teen sex comedy. I guess it's pretty porny. We paid tribute to it here: http://io9.com/5286711/keep-your-alien-sex-tentacle-out-of-the-girls-locker-room-[nsfw]?tag=dr%27-alien Read more

I think it's usually the last Saturday of the month. The event happens in NYC and LA and a couple other cities as well. Read more

Ooh, thanks for the heads up! That sounds amazing. (Edit: I just checked, and it came out in 2001. Will include it in part 2 of the list.) Read more

Thought about it... I haven't seen it in over 20 years and I don't remember it being all that pornographic. It definitely has nudity in it. Read more

Ha. Excellent point. It was mostly just me going, "Crap I have 28 movies already, and there's another few dozen to go." Read more

Yay! See you soon! Read more