Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2022 Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Carl Wilson In answer to the evolutionary portrayals of superheroes in our … More
Tag: Television
Aliens in Popular Culture: ‘Firefly’/’Serenity’
Prior to Firefly (2002–2003), creator Joss Whedon had written demons (in the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer), mutants (in … More
‘Serenity: Leaves on the Wind’ and Developing the ‘Firefly’ Family
Leaves on the Wind has one central theme that stretches throughout its galactic core and on towards its border planets: Family. … More
‘The Sopranos’: Mythologizing the Gangster Genre
In a 1933 publicity piece for the film Blondie Johnson, Warner Brothers declared that, “The value of [gangster] films now … More
‘Sherlock’: “The Six Thatchers” Goes Beyond Disappointing Into Downright Nonsense
Holmes’ abductive methodology, through which an observed inference is arrived at through considering the known facts, may prove useful in … More
The Best TV of 2016: Preacher
Preacher occupies the foul-mouthed and gore-soaked terrain somewhere between NBC’s cancelled Constantine (2014) and the Starz network’s Ash vs Evil Dead (2015-). All three shows … More
The Best TV of 2016: Planet Earth II
Planet Earth II is a six-part British nature documentary from the BBC, but only considering it as such would be as … More
The Best TV of 2016: Game of Thrones
When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. When you play the game of thrones, you … More
Future Technology in the ‘Star Trek’ Reboots: Complex Future(s)
With our first explorative adventure in Future Technology in the ‘Star Trek’ Reboots:Tethered and Performative, we examined how, through looking … More
Future Technology in the ‘Star Trek’ Reboots: Tethered and Performative
As human beings, we are constantly developing, and exploration is one of the ways in which we can expect to … More
New Additions to Netflix Worth Watching in August
To loosely paraphrase the lyrics from a 1964 classic: “Summer’s here and the time is right for shutting the curtains … More
The Turner Prize: A Brief Introduction to Film and Video (and Disappointment in 2016)
In between the commencement of this year’s Festival de Cannes — arguably the most important showcase for European film and … More
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