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Doctor Who or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and See Ethnocentrism

Kristi Grim January 7, 2013 0

A show about an alien whipping through time and space in a blue police box from 1960′s London seems like the kind of thing created only to entertain children. And it does entertain children,

‘Bill Nye the Science Guy’ to return on YouTube

Zak Grim July 31, 2012 0

If you grew up in the mid-90s odds are you learned about science from two places. The first was from your teachers at school, the second was from one of two (or possibly both)

Is This The Future of Content Distribution?

Zak Grim February 15, 2012 0

Online content hubs Hulu and Netflix have long been championed as the future of consuming content. The problem was that both of the services still relied on the traditional content creators to…well…create content. Hulu

‘Comic Book Men’ Series Premiere – Review

Zak Grim February 13, 2012 0

Everyone knows that AMC’s The Walking Dead had its mid-season premiere this past Sunday night; The ‘walker’-filled show’s return is sure to be atop the night’s rating war. AMC premiered another show Sunday night

First Look at Fringe’s Upcoming Astrid-Centric Episode

Gabby Nicasio January 31, 2012 0

Something’s about to happen that I’ve been waiting for since Fringe began: an episode that focuses entirely on Astrid Farnsworth. From background lab workhorse to a more nuanced, integrated team member, Astrid has been a

TV Review: “Hell on Wheels,” Season 1

Nicholas L. Honeck January 17, 2012 1

AMC could make a show about nearly anything at this point and I’d watch it. Truly, I didn’t know what Hell on Wheels was even about when I suggested to my fiance that we

So You Want To Watch Star Trek: DS9? – Season 4

Gabby Nicasio January 3, 2012 6

A Triumphant Return! Oh, Internet, I can’t begin to tell you of the horrors I’ve navigated in order to return to you. Well I can, but I’d rather not. I can summarize: they were horrible.

Avoid the Trapdoor, Become an Archetype: Zooey Deschanel & Television

Nicholas L. Honeck December 10, 2011 0

“Maybe there’s a trapdoor under my chair, and I’ll just disappear.” -Franny Glass in J.D. Salinger’s chronically under appreciated Franny and Zooey Zooey Claire Deschanel was born on January 17, 1980. Her parents named