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Summer Not-So-Doldrums

19 June 2013 by 1 Comment
thekilling

As each year passes as a "cordcutter," I find myself watching fewer and fewer TV shows.  It's not intentional, but some shows - like Game of Thrones and Mad Men - just seem too heavy to start up again, so I keep putting them off.  Others, like the US version of The Office, have simply reached their end.  I definitely don't give as many new shows a shot as I used to, and for the past few years the shows I have - Alcatraz, The Secret Circle, Vegas - have all been cancelled, so I'm beginning to … [Read more...]

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Favorite Finds: The Catherine Tate Show

13 March 2013 by 1 Comment
nanchristmascarol

Way back when Catherine Tate first popped up in the TARDIS for a Christmas Special, I had heard she was "a comedienne in the UK" but that was about all I knew.  Later, Donna Noble would become one of my very favorite companions.  There were moments where she was hilarious, but it wasn't a role I'd really call comedic (and her story crushed me in the end).  Now, she's a regular on the US version of The Office, but again, the humor can be a little dry.  So let's talk about a show where … [Read more...]

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Anticipating The Return of Grimm

6 March 2013 by Leave a Comment
grimm

In case you haven't heard, there's finally a new episode of Grimm this Friday!  It feels like it's been forever since I've seen an episode of Grimm - and that's because it kind of has.  The last episode aired on November 16.  Considering that the first season ended in mid-May, and the second started in mid-August, that means we've now had a longer break than we did between seasons.  Oh, and lest we forget, the hiatus began on a cliffhanger.   Actually, that's the problem - I have sort of … [Read more...]

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Spoilers, Sweetie: How to Survive Them

27 February 2013 by Leave a Comment
river

I think I can actually recall the first time I encountered a spoiler.  I must have been in elementary school, watching an episode of The Simpsons (I don't think I was actually allowed to watch the show early on, but somehow I managed anyway. It's a common tale in my generation).  Completely randomly, completely casually, Mayor Quimby revealed a major surprise from the movie The Crying Game.  Now, I was too young to have seen it, but I'm pretty sure it was still a relatively recent movie at … [Read more...]

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TV Terror: Halloween Episodes

31 October 2012 by 1 Comment
monroehouse

Happy Halloween, all!  Growing up, Halloween was a major holiday for me.  I always had a little party in high school, and in college I went all-out, running one of the haunted houses in our campus-wide Halloween festival.  I've gone soft in my dotage - I no longer think it's appropriate to make small children cry - but I can't help but smile when I see others geeking out unabashedly on Halloween. And that includes on TV!  I love me a good Halloween-themed episode, especially when it … [Read more...]

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TV Cancellations: The Final Countdown?

16 May 2012 by 2 Comments
secretcircle

Well, decisions have been made, and hardly anyone is happy.  This week, TV networks have been having their "upfronts" - meetings where they announce their lineups and schedules for the next season to press and advertisers.  That means the hard decisions concerning cancellations have been flying thick and fast.  Now, last season's lineups seemed particularly geek-friendly, with quite a few offerings in the sci-fi and fantasy genres.  Perhaps it's not a surprise, then, that not all of them … [Read more...]

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Smash: Work in Progress

9 May 2012 by 2 Comments
smash2

Let's pretend you're a major, and I mean major, sports fan.  Basketball, to be exact.  And a TV show is being developed about a guy who's relatively low on the NBA draft, who lands on a team that, surprisingly to all, seems to be well on their way to being conference champs.  That in itself would probably draw you in - you love what little bits of life-behind-the-scenes you can glean from interviews and articles - but to make things even more exciting, this will have actual, pro-level … [Read more...]

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Unholy Alliance: Hollywood Anime Adaptations We’re Glad are in Pre-production Hell

17 April 2012 by 2 Comments
cowboy bebop

Hollywood is a strange beast; it’s constantly raiding the cultural toolbox of every other form of fandom out there – from board games to kids toys to comics to Disneyland rides – and yet there are just some things that it never seems to get right. I don’t know whether it’s just a case that they don’t understand the geek culture they’re adapting, or that they get so caught up in making things NEW and FRESH and AWESOME and lose the very thing that makes the original property so … [Read more...]

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Comic Book Men: A More Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy?

22 March 2012 by 3 Comments
Comic Book Men (AMC)

For those who don’t spend the most productive hours of their life watching reality television (but these days, really who doesn’t?), there is a new entry in the category of Men At Work reality shows: Comic Book Men. The hour-long nerdfest follows the staff of Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, the Kevin Smith-owned comic book shop in Red Bank, New Jersey. Like the bastard lovechild of Pawn Stars, Mythbusters, A Night With Kevin Smith, and all those times you ended up in a screaming match … [Read more...]

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Spring Cleaning: TV Cancellations

7 March 2012 by 1 Comment
grimm

The first shot has been fired, and it's come from Fox.  No, I'm not talking about politics; I'm talking about the end-of-season cancellations.  Just because a show has made it past its first - or third, or fifth - season and been renewed in the past doesn't mean its guaranteed another, but a freshman show is certainly most in danger of being cancelled.  Last in, first out, as they say. The first one to go?  Terra Nova.  Now, granted, I never did get around to watching an episode - and … [Read more...]

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