Television Turmoil is a look at the worst and weirdest series to make their way onto the small screen. It’s hard to say exactly where we would be in terms of special effects without the influence of Tron. The 1982 Disney feature was a modest success at the box office, but quickly captured the imagination of […]
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Spider-Noir finds a new spin on superhero tropes
We’re over 80 years away from the end of the “classic” era of film noir. That’s enough time for the conventions of the genre to become ingrained in pop culture, fall out of fashion, and return to popularity. One could argue that the style and tone of noir never truly fell out. It simply changed […]
Wonder Man adds showbiz satire to the superhero genre
We’re now over two years into Marvel’s promised “reshuffling” of its TV productions, and the results are mixed. The goal was to create more programming focused on being an actual TV show and not a movie split into episodic chunks. So far, we’ve got Daredevil, which returns next month, and Ironheart, a holdover from before […]
Television Turmoil: Manimal’s bad title and worse special effects made it a tough sell
Television Turmoil is a look at the worst and weirdest series to make their way onto the small screen. While it’s often overlooked, the title of a work does a lot of the heavy lifting with our first impressions. A bad or misunderstood name can immediately give a potential audience the wrong idea (just ask Cougar […]
Ironheart: A terrific lead performance bolsters this bumpy ride
I’m endlessly fascinated by the different streaming services and their release strategies. We’re all familiar with the Netflix model of dropping everything all at once, something even they don’t commit to all the time. There’s also the “drop 2 or 3 episodes and then go weekly” model that Prime Video and Apple TV+ are fond […]