Since we are well and truly in the lead up to Christmas, I thought it quite apropos to title this post TV yet to come … Granted this is just a drop in the bucket of the seeming millions of new TV shows coming our way in 2018 – Continue Reading
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On 5th day of Christmas … I re-watched Gilmore Girls: “Forgiveness and Stuff” (S1, E10)
If there’s one family that isn’t belting out a rousing rendition of Paul McCartney’s “Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time” with brio and eggnog-enhanced joy, it is the Gilmores of Stars Hollow and Hartford, Connecticut. Fresh from Rory’s (Alexis Bledel) innocent misadventure post-formal Chilton dance (“Rory’s Dance”), where she Continue Reading
Dance! Dreams come magically true in The Supporting Act
Christmas isn’t called the most wonderful time of the year for nothing. There is something inherently magical about the season, a sense, whether justified or not (I’m a Christmas junkie so guess which side of that equation I fall on), that anything can happen. More importantly that if it Continue Reading
On 3rd day of Christmas … I watched “Scary Christmas” (Be Cool Scooby Doo)
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo is one those rare franchise-reimagined success stories. Reinventing the characters, both visually and in their approach, while still gleefully honouring one of Hanna-Barbera’s breakout shows that has been around since 1969, the producers have given the venerable cartoon series a whole new lease of life. All Continue Reading
On 1st day of Christmas … I decorated my tree with 5 new pop culture ornaments
When you’re a pop culture tragic such as myself – “Hi, my name is Andrew and I’m a pop culture addict”, it tends to infiltrate every part of your life. Your T-shirts display your favourite characters. Your book shelves are lined with books on your favourite TV shows and Continue Reading
Snuggle up and listen as David Tennant reads The Christmas Bear
Quite frankly, such is my love and admiration for British acting wunderkind, David Tennant – he portrayed my favourite Doctor Who for a start plus he is, as you will no doubt have noticed, rather easy on the eye – that he could read a grocery list or the directions Continue Reading
Tick tock! How time travel is represented in fiction
SNAPSHOT For ages I’ve been thinking about doing a video analyzing time travel in fiction and doing a comparison of different fictional time travels – some do use wormholes, some relativistic/faster than light travel with time dilation, some closed timelike curves, some have essentially “magic” or no consistent rules Continue Reading
First impressions: Travels With My Father
Even if you get along brilliantly well with your father, and I am thankful that I did while my dad was alive, the idea of travelling with them anywhere, let alone on a kid of replacement gap year, is fairly intimidating. After all, it’s one thing to share a Continue Reading
Ready to get scarily generous? Sesame Street’s Sharing things gets you in the mood
Oh Sesame Street, take me to the Snackside Down! I’m not usually a fan of scary horrific alternate realities but when they’re part of an alternate Sesame Street parody reality where Stranger Things, Netflix’s hit show where up is down and down is up and your laundry bill to Continue Reading
Game of Thrones: How symbolism is used to represent its various houses
Any way you look at it, Game of Thrones is a clever, complex, multilayered show. Part of its appeal is that it invest meaning in every scene, every characters words and actions, with nothing left to chance. As the knowledgeable people at ScreenPrism beautifully explain, this extends to its use Continue Reading