The Top 11 Genre Media ...

This is Part 2. You can find Part 1 (and the introduction) HERE. 5. Twilight The runaway success of what is essentially a non-ironic vampire soap opera is vexing for fans of more traditional genre media. It also seems to come without the usual focus on deep story and “realism” that...

The Future Tastes Like ...

When people ask “Where do your ideas come from?” it’s easy to say “everywhere”, but sometimes it’s here, specifically. Wrapping a science fiction story around something like this is a no-brainer: Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can...

The World’s Great...

I’ve talked about the awesomeness that are the Red Letter Media reviews before, and while they’re warming up the next Star Wars review they dropped a quick Avatar review on us. Once again these reviews manage to do an excellent job of deconstructing the film while being...

The Top 11 Genre Media ...

What makes something “genre media”? Anything that replaces our own world with a reality and/or characters of pure imagination, whether it’s the future, the past, or a present where the rules are slightly different than our own… What I’ve listed below are what I think were the...

The Venture Brothers: W...

I’m sure I’ve professed my love for the Venture Brothers on this site at some point in the past. Probably more than once. But sometimes it can be hard to say exactly why this show is one of my favorite things to appear last decade. Hard for me, but not for writing genius Todd...