Game of Thrones
New Year, No Shunning: Best of 2013
Happy New Year, suburbanites and enviable non-suburbanites! As is the custom, I’m kicking this year off by listing out some of last year’s best (I avoided the temptation to list worsts, because positivity!) You can find these lists anywhere, but this one is mine. So: Best Using Your Brain TV: BBC America’s Orphan Black One […]
The List: October 2013 Edition
Things to Love Good Will Hunting. Guys, do you even remember how good this movie was? Not only is it totally fahkin’ Bahston-y and hilarious, but it will make you cry real tears when Matt Damon and Robin Williams finally hug it out. So real! I recommend everyone re-watch immediately and ruminate on academia, friendship, […]
Once Upon A Time: A Falling-Out-Of-Love Story
Once upon a time, there was a very promising ABC family drama (not to be confused with an ABC Family drama, which is a very different – and, shockingly, much edgier – thing.) It proposed to tell stories about our favorite fairytale characters, both trapped in our own world and living out familiar experiences – […]
Love>Shun?
Being happy is far less fruitful for blog-fodder than being depressed. See: eight gazillion posts about hating my job. But thing have been looking up, I’ve got sort of a plan, I’m pumped about my sister’s impending wedding, and summer is off to a fun (if humid) start. No one likes to hear about this […]
Game of Thrones Footnotes: Episode 3.2
God, remember when it felt like every episode opened with one of Bran’s dreams about that damn three-eyed crow? Ugh. The worst. Those are even worse in the books, I promise you. But in this one, at least some intrigue! Bran pre-sees a character he’ll meet later, and gets told cryptically that the three-eyed raven […]
Game of Thrones Footnotes: Episode 3.1
Game of Thrones is the greatest thing ever. That’s just that. Even staunch fantasy-haters like my sister have gone so far as to subscribe to HBO just to watch! But as good as it is, it’s still a sprawling, dense, complicated story. Luckily for you, I read all the books so you don’t have to […]
The Walt Effect
When the mysterious Flight 815 crashed down on a (still largely unknowable) island, it marooned some 20 characters (and a dog). Later, Lost would add a half dozen from the tail section of the plane, plus countless Others. But even at its inception, the seminal mythology-driven drama was about an ensemble, their disparate pasts, and […]
We Need to Talk About Theon
It’s time I explained myself. For as long as I have been a diehard Game of Thrones fan (basically since the moment I set eyes on it), I have been defending my steadfast fondness for the often-reviled Theon Greyjoy. Up against widespread and vehement opposition, I have been reduced to referencing such gems as “You […]
A Magic-Imbued Dreamcatcher Skimmed Across a Dalmatian’s Back: A Once Upon a Time Recap
It’s winter premiere season, folks, and that means a big welcome back to the Enchanted Forest. And Maine. Putting aside the annoyance of “winter finales” and “winter premieres” (we get it, our show’s gonna be in reruns for a month), and ignoring the general inconsequentiality of Once Upon a Time‘s past half season, let’s look at Hook posing […]
Gritty vs. Silly: Trends in Genre Film and TV
I finally saw The Avengers yesterday, so good on them for re-releasing it to theaters for Labor Day and getting my money after all. I have also, through the insidious influence of Pinterest, decided to love and devote myself to a new sci-fi franchise in the form of Doctor Who. While discussing these new pop […]
Living La Vida Suburbia 