Hit or Miss? Predictions for every new show on NBC this fall
Maybe NBC is right to debut only three shows.
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Top 5 (good guy) movie sidekicks
Throughout history, both in real life and otherwise, there have always been those who seem to be, intentionally or not, subordinate to someone else. The slang expression that describes such a person is “sidekick”. In literature, such characters include Sancho…
Hit or Miss? Predictions for every new show on ABC this fall
It's schmaltz. It's schlock. It's kitsch. It's dreck. There aren't enough words in the entire Yiddish language to put this show in its place.
Hit or Miss? Predictions for every new show on CBS this fall
Yeah, call me a prude but they lost me with all the talk about people’s balls. I think some producer at CBS has some sort of fetish.
3 horrifying Punisher villains Netflix definitely needs to use
It's still a more satisfying fight than anything Floyd Mayweather is in.
Fact vs. Fiction: How to survive the nuclear apocalypse, according to the movies
Most homemade hazmat suit tutorials are purely for costuming purposes and there's not a lot of people who are willing to walk through chemical gases to test if their makeshift suits would protect them from getting burns. Bunch of cowards.
Pulp Masterpieces, Part 7: Flash Gordon (1980)
Aaaaand we’re back! Welcome once more to Pulp Masterpieces, where I take a look at movies that captured the feel of the pulp genre. If you’re new to this series, please check out the other entries where I looked…
How science fiction is becoming reality this week (9/8/17)
Here’s yet another way your mom and dad can eff you up without meaning to.
3 Luke Cage villains that probably won’t show up on his Netflix show
Cashing in on the blaxploitation fad by tossing a street-smart, jive-talking superhero up against the usual mix of comic book villains, which at the time were mostly campy, color-blind disco rejects.
Movies that Predicted Trump: Escape from New York (1981)
As the 1980s began, John Carpenter’s career was at its height. He won critical acclaim with Assault on Precinct 13. This gave him complete creative control over his follow up picture Halloween. The enormous success of that movie…
Star Trek (TAS) “Yesteryear”
We’re coming into the home stretch with our recaps of the animated Star Trek series, with just four episodes left to go. So it should only follow that we’re finally getting around to the episodes we didn’t have much motivation…
How is science fiction becoming reality this week? (9/1/17)
Zapping mice in the brain with lasers isn’t just for fun anymore.
Hit or Bomb? September 2017 movie predictions
September’s here and school is back in session, meaning it’s the time of the year that the studios usually reserve for more mature, adult-oriented films. Which sounds great in theory after a summer full of comic book movies and CGI…
Reboot this! Franchises in need of a comeback (part 3)
So here we are, the third and final installment of the Reboot this! series. And I admit what I’m about to talk about are two dark horses. Of all the franchises I’ve looked at, I think these two have the…
Binge or No? Netflix’s Atypical
Episodes focus too much on how Sam's family members react to his autism--as a tragedy or as a source of shame--but very little on how they react to him as a family member or as a person.
3 horrifying Spider-Man stories they'll never turn into cartoons
With Spider-Man: Homecoming officially in the books as both a critical and financial hit (over $700 million globally), we all know what that means! Okay, yes, a sequel that’s going to suck and make another reboot necessary, but that’s not…
Game of Thrones: We’re going to need a bigger wall!
So, overall the season 7 finale episode was kind of an “L” in the Team Good Guys column, what with (1) the Night’s King and Viseri-Zombie completely demolishing the Wall, thereby allowing the Zombie Army to enter Westeros proper; and…
How is science fiction becoming reality this week? (8/25/17)
Screw your lame smartwatch.
6 real Han Solo EU storylines too wacky for the movies
The standalone Han Solo movie (provisionally titled Han Solo: The Motion Picture) is filming right now as we speak, and it, um… could be going better? Original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street, The LEGO …
Movies that Predicted Trump: The Running Man (1987)
The year is 2017 and everything has pretty much gone down the crapper: the world economy is in tatters, food and oil are in ever-decreasing supply, and the United States of America, once a shining beacon of freedom to the…
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