Nothing stays the dame for long in this fast-moving world of ours, and that truism applies to pop culture icons as much as anything or anyone else. Recognising this salient fact, LA-based artist and cartoonist Jeff Victor who describes himself on his Kickstarter page as a “huge pop culture Continue Reading
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Welcome to the Newpocalypse: Z Nation S5 wants you to know that zombies are people too
SNAPSHOT Warren recovers from the drone crash with handsome, mysterious Cooper; Doc and the others finally arrive in Newmerica, where they meet George, who is helping form the new country. (synopsis via Spoiler TV (c) syfy) As zombie apocalypses go, the one in Z Nation is a hoot! Granted, Continue Reading
Boldly going quickly: Short Treks into a big Star Trek Discovery galaxy
SNAPSHOT Star Trek: Discovery follows the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself. The series features a new ship and new characters while Continue Reading
First impressions: Barry
We’ve all been there. A life choice that seemed perfectly reasonable at first is now onerous and burdensome, an existential noose around the neck that is either going to crush you or choke you, or both, and your only choice is to find an alternative, one you can actually Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “I Lose People … ” (S4, E15 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND HEROIC ACTS AND SWARMS O’ ZOMBIES … There are a couple of things, among many, that you’re unlikely to hear in the midst of the zombie apocalypse. One is “Everything is Awesome!”, the theme for 2014’s The Lego Movie by Tegan and Sara (feat, Lonely Continue Reading
It’s about time! New Doctor Who trailer ushers in an exciting new era
“Doctor Who and I are finished!” Or so I thought in the last two seasons of Steven Moffat’s blighted reign as ill-disciplined writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, a show that came alive in 2005 after being shelved in 1989, after a 26-year run that began in 1963. Continue Reading
Can you tell a compelling character story without an arc? Turns out you can
SNAPSHOT A common piece of writing advice is that your main character must have a character arc. Today, I take a look at a number of well-regarded films where the main characters never change, and why these stories are still compelling. (synopsis via Laughing Squid (c) Sage Hyden) As Continue Reading
Fear the Walking Dead: “MM54” (S4, E14 review)
SPOILERS AHEAD … AND LOTS OF HELPING … WELL, WANTING TO, ANYWAY … “Bad shit happens when you try to help people.” Not exactly the sort of sentiment you’re likely to see splashed across a Hallmark card any time soon, but one voiced in the latest episode of Fear Continue Reading
“Aww c’mon guys, I’ll play nice”: Murphy Brown is back right when we need her
In this somewhat blighted Trump-ian age of “fake news”, opinion as fact and fact as opinion, we have become ever more dependent on and in need of people, particularly journalists and decision-makers who will stand up and tell it like it is even in the face of a barrage Continue Reading
A trio of TV trailers! The Flash S5 + Outlander S4 + The First
INTRO THE FLASH (season 5) I’ll be honest – season 4 of The Flash felt a whole lot like treading water, with a plot that could have been done in half the allotted number of episodes. The Thinker (Neil Sandilands) was annoyingly evil if that makes Continue Reading