There's this funny thing that happens with TV shows. Because of the nature of human actors, TV shows are the one type of serialized media where a natural change to the series might be FORCED to occur because forces outside of the narrative require the change of the narrative. That is to say that in a comic book, the Spider-man can go on from issue to issue as long as Marvel wants him to be. If the writers decide to replace Peter Parker with Ben Reilly or Miles Morales that is for storyline reasons and they can change it back whenever they want. But on TV, actors die or move on to other roles. There are contract disputes. People age out of roles. There are budgetary considerations. There are any...
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e240. Reality Twitter? (and Politics)
Running a pop culture podcast isn’t easy. One of the biggest problems is that popular culture is a moving target. There’s just… always stuff happening! We can’t really get to it all. Every once in a while rather than pick a stable topic, we like to get together and just do a sort of free…
Excalibur #76: “Dog Years”
Excalibur #76 “Dog Years” Writing: Scott Lobdell & Richard Ashford Pencils: Ken Lashley Inks: Randy Elliott Colours: Pat Garrahy & Chris Matthys Letters: Pat Brousseau Editors: Suzanne Gaffney & Bob Harris Original publication date: April 1994 When you can teleport and so can your foster sister/girlfriend, going home again should be easy. But when you’re a…
e239. Why Doctor Who?
This is another one of those shows where we wonder how have we done this many episodes of a pop culture podcast without devoting one to this fandom. Doctor Who has been a staple of science fiction for almost 60 years! The franchise has crossed over from television into comics, novels, radios plays, pin ball…
X-Men Unlimited #4: “Theories of Relativity”
X-Men Unlimited #4 “Theories of Relativity” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencils: Richard Barnett Inks: Steve Moncuse Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Dave Sharpe Editors: Kelly Corvese & Bob Harras Original publication date: March 1994 We’re relatively sure the team won’t fire Anna for making them talk about this outrageous and sometimes-funny but also eye-searing and fairly nonsensical comic book. In…
e238. Dragons and Rings and Other Fantasy TV
There’s been a lot of Fantasy TV on the air lately. House of the Dragon and Rings of Power have both been airing as prequels to their respective fantasy genres (Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings) and have given fans of Fantasy TV no shortage of things to watch for the last couple…
Excalibur #75: “Hello, I Must Be Going”
Excalibur #75 “Hello, I Must Be Going” Writing: Scott Lobdell Pencils: Ken Lashley Inks: Randy Elliott Colours: Pat Garrahy and Chris Matthys Letters: Pat Brousseau Editors: Suzanne Gaffney Original publication date: March 1994 This week, we’re talking about Excalibur #75, “Hello, I Must Be Going,” and trying not cry through the loss of a beloved character…
e237. So, We Need to Talk About Kanye…
Three weeks ago, Kanye West decided to premiere a line of White Lives Matter t-shirts at Paris Fashion Week… and somehow with that at the starting point pretty much every day since he has somehow managed to become MORE racist and problematic. And so, in the last few weeks, Kanye has continued a persistent stream…
Excalibur #74: “In the Name of Love”
Excalibur #74 “In the Name of Love” Writer: Richard Ashford Pencils: Ian Churchill Inks: Cam Smith, Harry Candelario & Randy Elliott, Colours: Pat Garrahy & Chris Matthys Letters: Pat Brousseau Editors: Suzanne Gaffney & Bob Harras Original publication date: February 1994 tn-skin=7″> We’re not always in love with 90s superhero art but we are in…
Call For Comments: Doctor Who – It’s Bigger on the Inside!
“Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.”– Dimitri Marianoff, Einstein: An Intimate Study of a Great Man From Wayne: I came to Doctor Who fandom fairly late, which, considering my hobbies and interests, is strange. Even so, I feel like I have always been aware of…
Call For Comments: Wakanda Forever and Replacing Deceased Actors
November 17, 2022
From Mav: So, I saw Black Panther: Wakanda Forever last week and without spoilers, it was basically everything I thought it would be. I enjoyed it a lot. Pretty much from the moment they announced they were still going to make the film, without recasting Chadwick Boseman, it was pretty clear that they were going…