I remember watching the original Wizard of Oz movie as a child. Even though it was almost half a century old by the first time I watched it, the story was still enjoyable for its imagination. Like any true classic, it’s timeless, able to appeal to audiences even decades after its first release. I found [...]
If you’ve never caught Man vs. Wild or Survivorman, they’re both basically the same. The guy on each show has to survive in some type of harsh wilderness for a few days with little or no resources. In this simulated survival experience, they have to gather food, avoid natural hazards and predators, and often try [...]
I remember seeing the first installment of Fallen some time last year. It wasn’t earth shattering, but it was okay. I also remember being disappointed that they wouldn’t finish the series until some months later. If anyone’s got an answer for that one, please let me know, because it still doesn’t make any sense to [...]
I am admittedly a recent fan of NBC’s Heroes. It’s one of those shows that I always knew would appeal to me but never went out of my way to watch. I finally caught my first episode two weeks ago and loved it, as expected. Thankfully there was a marathon last Saturday, so I got [...]
My wife and I have been huge fans of Japanese anime for years now. Our fascination started in our teens with shows like Dragonball Z, Gundam Wing, and Rurouni Kenshin. Thanks to the good people over at Cartoon Network (tip of the hat to Toonami in particular), we were later exposed to Fullmetal Alchemist, Yu [...]
Just yesterday, Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter himself, died. I, like millions of others, had seen his shows and met the news with a bit of disappointment. After all, he was a very entertaining guy. For many of us Americans, he embodied the Australian stereotype; whenever I think of the word “Crikey!” I think of [...]
If you had asked me when I first heard about this show, I would have said that the show looked dumb and juvenile. And, to a certain extent, I would have been right. It is inherently silly and has some very oddball characters. Despite this, however, One Piece has managed to grow on me, becoming [...]
Much to my wife’s dismay, I have established a short list of television show types that, as a general rule, I don’t like. This list includes all manner of surgery, interior design, and cooking shows, which is regrettably about 95% of her favorites. Rarely, if ever, do I find a show within one of these [...]
I’m a nerd. That much is apparent about me most, if not all, of the time. And while I wouldn’t number myself among the fanatically dedicated Trekkies, I do tend to watch it whenever I get the chance. My wife couldn’t help but roll her eyes when I got excited about our new cable setup, [...]
I ended up going home fairly early on Tuesday thanks to a hereditary migraine and, after languishing in bed for an hour or two, finally managed to shake it off. It was then, while watching television with my son, that I had a chance to watch an afternoon-long SciFi marathon of Firefly. It was a [...]