This is a guest post from Matthew Warren, who operates Sci-Fi-Stuff.com, an online store devoted to science fiction. He also administrates the Science Fiction Forums found there. The soft science fiction metaseries Bakugan Battle Brawlers has seen adaptations in animation, comics, video games and the more famous physical game. By December 2008, plans for a [...]
Kelsey Grammer plays Tom Kane, mayor of Chicago. As is a common enough trend in edgy drama lately, he’s the bad guy we nonetheless root for. The pilot begins with a terminal diagnosis for Kane, which he can barely process against the life of a politician. The main (sort of) plot line is about [...]
I caught up last night with the first two episodes of American Horror Story. So strong were my simultaneous positive and negative reactions, I stand at a loss as to how to evaluate it. I will say this: It has stuck with me. Every few hours, I find myself googling it, I suppose hoping some [...]
Tim Allen is a man’s man who likes man stuff. Non-manly stuff offends him. He likes bacon. But he has three teenage daughters! Hilarious. His job as a photographer for a sporting goods magazine is threatened when the boss decides to shut down the print version and focus on the web. To survive, he must [...]
There have been several requests for shorter pieces. So here’s my attempt at something you can perform in about a minute. I try to be the kind of writer who gives an actor room to play. It’s risky; my writing looks brilliant in the hands of talented thespians, and just okay when done by a [...]
2 Broke Girls–There’s this hard-as-nails waitress whose new coworker is this once-was uber-wealthy heiress. But the heiress lost everything when her daddy is arrested for a ponzi scheme. It’s decent. I was surprised. I had the show playing from CBS.com in the background, and all three episodes played without me getting fed up and turning [...]
It’s raining this morning. Los Angeles is hilarious in the rain. The local news will run teasers all day. ”What’s with all this rain, and WHEN will it finally END? Details at 11!” (To mock evenly, Seattle is the same way about snow.) People change their plans. ”I know we were supposed to do lunch [...]
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