Some thoughts on HBOâs Watchmen
Despite some inconsistencies and a plot-hole or two, HBO’s much talked-about sequel to the Watchmen graphic novel is still well worth watching.
Category: TV
A Tale of Two TV Producers and How They Switched Places
This is the one where all the Star Trek fans show up to yell at me, probably. But hear me out.
The T in James T. Kirk does not stand for tomcat
Even before Chris Pine gave us a hotheaded, womanizing Jim Kirk in the Star Trek reboot films, lots of people, including Star Trek fans, though of James Tiberius Kirk that …
Good Cop Bad Cop
Thinking about the all the scary events of the last week, and the contribution pop culture might have made to how we got here.
Me, movies and movie books
So last week I signed a contract with McFarland Publishers for a book, due next year, on Alien Visitors (working title): ET invaders, alien/human romance, friendly aliens, alien superheroes, aliens …
Nanananananana Batwoman!
While it’s far from the worst thing about the pandemic, seeing several CW superhero shows (not to mention the network’s Nancy Drew) have to cut their seasons short is frustrating …
‘Hollywood’ Clumsily Rewrites History
Ryan Murphy, the creator of Glee and American Horror Story, has a new seven-episode series up on Netflix, so I gave it a look. Hollywood (co-created with Ian Brennan) turned out to be one of the more frustrating productions I’ve seen in a while. I found it so annoying, in fact, that I’m going to complain about it in detail. [Spoilers] abound.