What’s the Story Morning Glories? – Interview with Comic Co-Creator and Artist Joe Eisma
by Damon Martin (image) If you haven't heard of the comic book series Morning Glories from Image, then you might want to rush to your local comic...
Ur W33K 1N G33K (May 24 – 30)
by A.J. Focht (video) The release of X-Men: First Class is just days away, marking the second of four major super hero movie releases to come this summer.
Ur W33K 1N G33K (May 17 – 23)
by A.J. Focht The weekend came and went with no signs of raptors or the rapture (except this). In fact, no apocalypse of any kind occurred, much to the...
Dedicated Follower of Fashion: Eurovision Special
by Secretary This last weekend Europe united for the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual event which a whole continent loves to hate, and, like a car crash,...
Ur W33K 1N G33K (May 10-16)
by A.J. Focht On May 13, the longest running superhero based television series, Smallville, came to a close. The final episode brought back many of the...
Red or Blue, Wonder Woman’s Boots Were Made For Walking
(image) by Bob Suicide It's official: NBC told Wonder Woman to grab her redesigned hooker boots and take the walk of shame off their network. But what...
William Shatner’s Searching For Major Tom: It’s More Than An Album – It’s A Happening!
by Blogbot (image) [William Shatner, pictured with his wife Elizabeth Martin, whom he claims is "the real headbanger" in his household] SuicideGirls...
Win An iPad 2 Pre-Loaded With Ultimate Digi-Novel App Dark Prophecy Courtesy of CSI’s Anthony E. Zui
by Blogbot To celebrate the release of his groundbreaking Level 26 app, Anthony Zuiker is giving away an iPad 2 pre-loaded with Dark Prophecy via Twitter.
The Doctor Who Experience: Secretary Takes On Daleks and Weeping Angels – And Lives To Tell The Tale
by Secretary I’ll let you in on a little secret. I’m a massive Doctor Who fan. The longest running science fiction series in the world, it was first...
Republicans Tell Big Bird and All Things Considered To Bugger Off
by Damon Martin According to the Republicans if you’re following Big Bird, you’re following a leftist liberal who will walk you straight into an abortion...
Brad Warner’s Hardcore Zen: The Human Potential Movement Can Suck My Ass
by Brad Warner A couple weeks ago when I was in Durham, my friend Catie showed me an episode of the TV show Family Guy called “Brian Writes a Bestseller.”...
Armchair Politics: WikiLeaks, Sarah Palin, and Super Bowl XLV
by Brett Warner It’s not easy being the only smartass, largely uninformed Social Democrat in a family of complacent, church-going conservatives – but...
A Look At Shameless and Episodes (Can Somebody Please Explain Showtime To Me?)
by Edward Kelly I pride myself on knowing quite a bit about TV. Sure, the shows I have backed this season have been canceled (Lone Star and Terriers) and...
The Demise of Cable
by A.J. Focht As the New Year begins, a lot of people are looking for ways to cut their spending. If you’re one of these people, you might want to start...
True Grit and Other Universal Stories: In Defense of (Some) Remakes
by Edward Kelly My friends and I used to hang around in parking lots quite a bit. Loitering was something of a past time, but not because we were latchkey...
The Potential of Terriers and Why We Love Canceled TV Shows
By Edward Kelly Hank and Britt made their promises. For Hank, it was an understanding with his ex-wife that he would move on. He tore down the evidence...
Warped Werewolves, Venal Vampires, And The Top 5 Myth Bastardizations
by A.J. Focht Today’s media is overrun with rehashed tales of old myths. It is nearly impossible to come across a fantasy story that doesn’t re-use...
A Whedon-Less Buffy? Say It Ain’t So!!!
by Damon Martin Star Wars without George Lucas? The Godfather without Al Pacino? Jay and Silent Bob without Kevin Smith? Any of those scenarios would just...
Of Penny and Premises: A Polite Request to The Big Bang Theory
By Edward Kelly A funny thing happened recently over at The Big Bang Theory. At the start of this season, CBS was so confident in the sitcom that they moved...
Conan O’Brien: It’s Good To Have You Back
By Edward Kelly Intimate is not usually a word used when describing late night talk shows. Generally, a better track to take is to simply focus on the...
Five Comics That Have Walking Dead TV Potential
by Damon Martin After a stunning debut that drew in over 5 million viewers last week, AMC’s new series The Walking Dead has been picked up for a second...
Jerry And Tom And Me: A Eulogy to Film Snobbery
By Edward Kelly Chances are you won’t know what I’m talking about. If you think Jerry and Tom refers to a certain incorrigible cartoon mouse and his...
When There Is No More Room In Hell, The Dead Come To TV
by Damon Martin On Sunday night, the The Walking Dead came to life on AMC bringing with it masses of the undead to stalk Sheriff Rick Grimes and his happy...
The Film Strain’s Top 10 Horror Films
by Andrew E. Konietzky October is my favorite month because locked in the gooey insides is my favorite holiday, Halloween. Before I head off to some of...
Sweet Transvestites
by AJ Focht The time warp has flipped and landed The Rocky Horror Picture Show at its 35th anniversary. Marking three and a half decades as the premier...
Overblown Question: Is Steven Moffat the Next Joss Whedon?
By Edward Kelly Consider it Conversation Starting 101. To get a group’s attention you need to know three things: what does everyone like, what do some...
Office Politics
By Matt Dunbar In a depressingly pointless attempt to integrate the two activities occupying most of my time these days – Politico and Hulu (yes, I’ve...
Level 26: Dark Prophecy – A Puzzle for SG from CSI’s Anthony E. Zuiker
by Blogbot On October 14th, CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker will unleash a new Level 26 serial killer. Picking up where his first digi-novel*, Dark Origins,...
This Weeks Video Blog!
(video) Tomorrow morning at 11:00am PST log on to to chat with Missy in her very first IAMA. You can ask her (almost) anything… and welcome her to the...
Greg Giraldo 1965-2010
By Dave Anthony (a.k.a. FearTheReaper) As most of you probably know, Greg Giraldo passed away yesterday. He was, far and away, one of the best comedians.
The Economics of Friday Night Lights
by Brett Warner Whether viewers are avoiding hard economic truths or simply uninterested in a show that markets itself as a football drama is anyone’s...
Oh Look, An Arbitrary List: Top 7 Premiere Week Moments
By Edward Kelly Fall is here, finally (but tell that to the oppressive heat wave Los Angeles is currently experiencing), which means it’s time for the...
What Donald Glover Can Teach Us About The Nature of Identity
By Edward Kelly On paper, it seems like a no-brainer. Comedy and rap should, in theory, go together like Shakespeare and the stage – or CBS and derivative...
The Art of Conception
by Lisa Brady Thanks to a new wave of reality TV shows like MTV’s Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, and ABC Family’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager,...
Fallen Heroes
by Damon Martin It seemed like such a winnable premise. A comic book come to life on the small screen, with genuine comic book writers being an integral...
Live Together or Die Alone: The Story of Lost
by Damon Martin Why did we get Lost in the first place? So that we could get lost again, and again, and again. It’s a show that will be ageless because...
The Friggin’ Awesome High Art That Is Jersey Shore
by Edward Kelly First, I’m going to take you back—all the way back to the not-so-halcyon days of 2003. Reality TV was just starting to become a truly...
50 Greatest TV Icons, 50 Cheap Shots
(image) Entertainment Weekly and TV Land have teamed up to bring you the top 50 of TV's Greatest Icons. I'm giving you 50 half-assed opinions.
You're Doing It Wrong, Baby
(image) When I woke up this morning, I thought, "You know, Fluxy, what the world really needs is another article on parenting written by a childless...
Chris Gore's Footage Fetishes: Why TV is Better than the Movies
Ive been a film fan my entire life. For me, the television was always a way for me to view my favorite films on home video. But lately I find myself...



