P.T. Barnum is Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds: How Velma Ate Your Hatred and Crapped Out a Season Renewal

There are few things on this earth worth caring about less than Scooby-Doo. As mentioned on the Twitter, Scooby-Doo is entertainment for bored children of the 1960’s -70’s who didn’t huff enough Carbona to sit through H.R. Puffenstuff. It’s a cut above other Hanna-Barbera product of that time, such as Honeymooners, BC and Atomic Age… Read More P.T. Barnum is Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds: How Velma Ate Your Hatred and Crapped Out a Season Renewal

20 Jan 2023 Andrew1 Comment

HBO’s Chernobyl is Misery Porn, and Therefore Largely Inaccurate

In retrospect, both of the statements in this headline invite a “duh” response. HBO’s current stock-in-trade is prestige TV series, and it’s been apparent since the second season of True Detective that prestige television is an exercise in miserabilism. Nothing good can happen and everyone of value has to die or lose what they love unless… Read More HBO’s Chernobyl is Misery Porn, and Therefore Largely Inaccurate

13 Jun 201913 Jun 2019 Andrew1 Comment

‘Watchmen’ Pilot is a Thing. Saints Preserve Us.

I had no idea HBO was even doing this, and my instinct is to scrunch up my nose at it. I like the original graphic novel and found the film merely okay (among other things, they didn’t do the Comedian right). It was a provocative examination of super-hero tropes at the time, but I don’t… Read More ‘Watchmen’ Pilot is a Thing. Saints Preserve Us.

29 Jun 2018 AndrewLeave a comment