The Holodeck Reconsidered
The holodeck in the post-TOS Star Trek is an intriguing bit of future hi-tech, but it may have been used a bit too much as a storytelling device, and sometimes it was just plain annoying.
Category: TV
Finding Elseworlds on the small screen
The Elseworlds (or ‘imaginary story’) concept is a tried and tested formula in comics, but it also exists in other media, although nobody calls it that. In particular, it has frequently appeared in (mainly American) serial television productions since the 1960s at least.
Monkey: It’s a type of Magic.
In 2016 I found myself in the United States of America for a couple of weeks, where I encountered the utterly bizarre part of US culture that is American TV. …
On the Run
How many times DID television producers rip off THE FUGITIVE, anyway? A lot; sometimes badly, sometimes really well. Here’s a (probably incomplete) rundown of TV heroes on the run from one-armed men, ruthless billionaires, shady corporations, and others.
Art takes practice. This shouldn’t surprise people.
One of the things I love about Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is that it acknowledges that being a successful performer takes work. Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) is a 1950s …
How To Design Your Dragon
There are many movies, TV shows, games, and comics out there that feature dragons, those awesome beasts of mythology and magic. They’re flexible in design, and done right are very, …