SPOILERS FOR AGENTS OF SHIELD & THE MCU FOLLOW While Joss Whedon hasn’t directed an episode since the pilot, and certainly has ceded the leadership (and creation) of the show to showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. feels very much like a Whedonverse show, not only for … Get hard
Increasingly, TV casts are trumping the casts of even the biggest blockbuster movies (non-Marvel division). Strip away all the bullshit (and glorious) philosophizing, and True Detective‘s first season was essentially a dark and murky playground for Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey to play in. Game of Thrones is Shakespeare with the finest British … Get hard
A few months ago, I pre-ranked the 2014-15 superhero/comic book TV shows. Once Agent Carter airs next week, almost all of the superhero-y shows on that list will be at their halfway point, or just past it, for the season. (The lone hold-out is Daredevil, which debuts April 10. I’m also punting the Zombie … Get hard
Because David and I are apparently clones straight outta Project Leda, while I was feverishly culling a list of my top ten most anticipated sci-fi, fantasy and horror movies from io9’s massive genre calendar, David was doing the exact same thing. Like Rambo, he struck first blood, in a post you … Get hard
The indispensable website io9 has compiled a list of 67 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies being released in 2015. The entire list is well worth your perusal, but what if you just want to read one man’s subjective list of which of those movies he’s most excited for? Then you’ve comes … Get hard
There have been 14 movies made in the Air Bud/Air Buddies film franchise, and every single one of them is the greatest film of all time. But which of these titans of cinematic history is the greatest of the great? That’s an impossible question that the rest of the internet … Get hard
It’s almost hard to believe that just a few years ago, the superhero market on television was Smallville and nothing else. Then Arrow debuted, followed by Marvel’s Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and now, we’re in the midst of a full-blown explosion of TV shows based in some way off superhero or comic book properties. (“Superhero show” … Get hard
MINI-SPOILERS ABOUND. During this last watch-through of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (yes, this was Buffy-binge #8) I really had a wonderful appreciation of all the speeches that happened over the course of those glorious seven seasons. There were some funny ones, some touching ones, some angering ones and because I … Get hard
Today, the Netherlands plays Argentina to decide who will face Germany in the World Cup Finals. If we’re lucky, Argentina will win and set up a thrilling match of the German juggernaut machine vs. the world’s best player. If we’re unlucky, Arjen Robben will flop his way to a title. … Get hard
Right now you’d be in your arm chair, a mug of beer in tow, watching the newest installment of HBO’s GAME OF THRONES. Unfortunately, you won’t be doing that this Sunday night. GAME OF THRONES’ fourth season was probably its best yet, which is an impressive statement, since the first three seasons were essentially … Get hard