Aug 18, 2022 Grilled Cheesus or the Absent God? “All of this was brought to mind when I watched a recent episode of Glee entitled Grilled Cheesus.”
Aug 15, 2022 The Comic World as We Know It, Thanks to Stan Lee (1922-2018) Stan Lee’s greatest legacy will be that he never treated comics and superheroes as mere disposable entertainment.
Apr 26, 2022 Adam West Returns as Batman, With Some Help From Corridor Crew Corridor Crew gives the world’s greatest Batman his rightful due.
Apr 12, 2022 Republicans vs. Twisted Sister, or the Need for Good Cultural Hermeneutics You can enjoy whatever you want. Just don’t try and make it mean whatever you want.
Jan 28, 2022 A Delightful Promo for Studio Ghibli’s Theme Park The theme park opens on November 1 in Japan’s Aichi Prefecture. I want to go to there.
Dec 27, 2021 My 2022 Pop Culture Outlook Just a few of the albums, movies, TV shows, and books that I hope to enjoy in 2022.
Sep 2, 2020 Reacting to Reaction Videos Who knew that watching somebody else enjoy something could be enjoyable in and of itself?
Jun 27, 2020 Is it blackface to portray a dark elf on TV? Community is the latest TV show to pull an episode over concerns of racist blackface content.
Dec 7, 2019 The New Fundamentalism (Same as the Old Fundamentalism) The fundamentalism I experienced in the religious circles of my youth can now be found in progressive and “woke” circles.
Mar 8, 2019 Pop Culture Is More Than Mere Entertainment Inventors, engineers, scientists, and astronauts have been inspired by Star Trek, so why not politicians?
Nov 18, 2018 Bill Maher vs. Comic Books Maher’s crankiness and contrariness has, by now, become incredibly predictable.
Mar 31, 2018 Random Nerdery: The City and The City, Higher Power, FLCL, The Expanse, Legion China Miéville, shoestring budget superheroics, crazy anime, gritty sci-fi, and mutant psychic weirdness.
Feb 5, 2018 Justin Timberlake, Prince’s Hologram, and the Tensions of Fandom Also, what does a tribute to the Purple One have to do with Star Trek?
Jan 5, 2018 G.I. Joe’s Phantom X-19: The Best Toy Stealth Fighter It’s a shame that a vehicle so cool never figured more prominently in the G.I. Joe mythos.