TV Review
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From Deerstalker Hat to Black Wool Overcoat: Timelessness in Sherlock Holmes’ Speculative Stories and Drama
This review contains spoilers. BBC’s Sherlock is my favorite TV series. The 2012 reboot of the Victorian detective solving mysterious crimes retains the curious aura…
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The Walking Dead: No Sanctuary
This review contains spoilers. Walkers. Blood. Family. Walkers have taken over the world. Everyone is infected. Blood is spilled in every episode, whether it be…
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“Are You Enjoying the Time of EVE ?”
This review contains spoilers. “In the future, probably Japan. ‘Robots’ have long been put into practical use. This is a time not far after…
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Deep in the Flesh: Zombies Like Never Before
In The Flesh is one of those shows. You know the type. The kind that makes you want to go up to strangers and start…
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Online Again: a Critique of Sword Art Online, Seasons One and Two
If you watch anime at all, you are probably already aware of the massively popular Sword Art Online. For those who are not familiar with it,…
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Appall To Appeal: the Nature of Sexual Violence Against Women in Game of Thrones
Warnings: spoilers for Game of Thrones (up to mid season 4); discussions of sexual violence, rape. I cannot count the number of times a Game…
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Asian (Mis)Representation in Speculative Film Culture
The fact that I had such a difficult time coming up with a list of Asian (especially East Asian) characters in speculative works is a…
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Many Sides of the Same Genes: Examining Diversity in BBC’s Orphan Black
This review contains spoilers up to late season two . Needless to say, when I began watching a show whose core premise was “clones, clones everywhere,”…
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