2 Broken Episodes of ’2 Broke Girls’ – a Review
These past few years have been a boon time for television sitcoms. After Friends and Seinfeld packed it in without downright disappointing finales we entered a void. Everyone was trying to emulate the previous champions but without any originality. The odd hit like Scrubs brightened our day but on the whole the pickings were slim. … Read more
Gone but Not Forgotten TV: Firefly
Number of Seasons: 1 Firefly comes from the mind of Joss Whedon, known of the tv series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the box office/geek cred giant, The Avenger. It follows the misadventures of war hero, Mal Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and his ragtag group of outlaws in the year 2517. They roam space as if they … Read more
Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews – Part 4
Continuing on with the Second Season, we have another missing story, The Crusades, that takes place between The Web Planet and The Space Museum. The only impact this has on the story except that the time travelers are wearing 13th century clothes at the beginning on an episode with explanation. So…away we go! **Woorp Woorp** … Read more
Coming Soon: Revolution Trailer First Reaction
You just can’t keep JJ Abrams down, can you? With the recent cancellation of Alcatraz (not surprising, and only a little upsetting; it was good but it wasn’t ‘grated cheese in a bag’ good) and the impending conclusion of Fringe (also known as ‘this is one of the best SF series on television and if … Read more
Things that Science-Fiction Writers Need to Stop Doing
Do you know what’s awesome? Batman…IN THE FUTURE!!! Batman Beyond, the animated series and the comic series, both focus on a new Batman who lives in the future. It’s pretty cool. Batmans not the only character to reappear in the future either. Buffy, Spider-Man, Hulk, X-Men…there are dozens of re-imaginings of iconic characters with a … Read more
Gone But Not Forgotten TV: United States of Tara
Number of Seasons: 3 United States of Tara follows the life of Tara Gregson (Toni Collete) who lives in a Kansas suburb and suffers from multiple personality disorder. She plays housewife to her landscaping husband, Max (John Corbett). He is an everyman with a great sense of humor and a boatload of patience. She has two … Read more
Review: Justified Season 3
TV shows are usually reviewed episode by episode, but with the continuing popularity of serialized fiction, reviewing tv that way is more like reviewing a book chapter by chapter. Justified is one of the shining examples of the kind of show that should be reviewed as a whole than piecemeal. Justified, for the uninitiated, is … Read more
Remembering Jonathan Frid: TV’s Greatest Vampire (1924-2012)
Long before Buffy stalked the cemeteries of Sunnydale or a vampire, a ghost, and a werewolf moved into a flat together the choices for TV fans looking for episodic gothic horror with a tinge of humor were out of luck. The show that paved the way for many to follow was Dan Curtis’ soap opera, … Read more
Gone But Not Forgotten TV: Veronica Mars
The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow. – Socrates Number of Seasons: 3 Veronica Mars is a unique look at high school as a greater symbol of society, where the population is divided by haves and have-nots. The rich kids are over-privileged and think they can get away with anything, while those with … Read more
Retro ‘Doctor Who’ Reviews – Part 3
Continuing on from the last batch of reviews we’ve entered into the second season featuring the First Doctor. We’ve also taken a bit of a jump from the last story (The Sensorites) as the next two stories are yet to be remastered and released on DVD. So we skip past ‘The Reign of Terror’, the … Read more
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