Classic Coverage looks back on the episodes of past shows from a modern perspective.
Je suis desole, mes amis – your faithful author watched his self-imposed deadline approach, then waved it on by as it sailed right over his head, which means I’m a week late on this, but eh bien, what can one … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S13E01 “Elephants Can Remember”
Attention on heck! Don’t try to adjust your viewscreens, person-hell and boo-tenants! What you’re seeing isn’t a creepy clone, a hellish hologram, or a strangely specific alternate universe! For the month of October, we’ll be taking a spine-chilling stroll through … Continue reading You Spooky Trek to Me? – “Juggernaut”
Showtime aired the anthology horror series Masters of Horror for two seasons. From 2005 to 2007, established and emerging horror directors from around the world were invited to direct original one-hour horror films with seemingly no restrictions. This turned out … Continue reading Masters of Horror: S2E13 “Dream Cruise”
Season 24Written by Stephen WyattDirected by Nicholas Mallet In a 2009 poll, “Paradise Towers” was voted the eighth-worst Doctor Who story of all time. In 2013 it had a burst of popularity and ascended the list a whole two places. … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S24E02 “Paradise Towers”
Darkness Falls In my prefatory paragraphs about the The Legend of Korra I made note that the response to the show was similar to the response to The Last Jedi. A mixture of indignation at changes to the world’s lore, and for some, awe … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “Darkness Falls” & “A Light in the Dark”
The better season nine episodes create a consistent reaction in me where my short term reaction is that they’re wildly entertaining and yet much dumber than they used to be. “Girly Edition” sits just above “The Trouble With Trillions” in … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Nine, Episode Twenty-One, “Girly Edition”
Night of a Thousand Stars I remarked in the article on “A New Spiritual Age” that the final act of this season is mostly gobbledygook slathered over with an amazing coat of paint. If the first half of this narrative … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “Night of a Thousand Stars” & “Harmonic Convergence”
“Romantic Expressionism” originally aired on NBC Thursday night, February 4, 2010 “Romantic Expressionism” is a near-flawless episode of television, and the strongest outing this show has had since “Comparative Religion”, so naturally i want to open this article with some … Continue reading A Community Notification For This: S1E15, “Romantic Expressionism”
Attention on heck! Don’t try to adjust your viewscreens, person-hell and boo-tenants! What you’re seeing isn’t a creepy clone, a hellish hologram, or a strangely specific alternate universe! For the month of October, we’ll be taking a spine-chilling stroll through … Continue reading You Spooky Trek to Me? – “The Man Trap”
In 2005, Showtime began airing Masters of Horror, an original anthology horror series. Each episode’s a one hour horror film directed by established or emerging horror directors. The second season ratcheted everything up to new extremes, exploring a wide variety … Continue reading Masters of Horror: S2E12 “The Washingtonians”
The Guide In the post about “Beginnings” I speculated that the season might have been helped if the story of Wan had been placed earlier, allowing Korra to have a clear goal to pursue rather than dither about in malformed … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “The Guide” & “A New Spiritual Age”
Am I the only species in creation that doesn’t thrive on conflict? “Throne for a Loss” isn’t a good episode that lost its way—probably, the best version of this episode was always going to be a little dry—but it definitely … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×04, “Throne for a Loss”
I’m finishing these reviews with the end of season nine (after which I will follow up with an essay that both finishes off The Simpsons as a whole and analyses the pilot of Futurama), but when I announced that, people … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Nine, Episode Twenty, “The Trouble With Trillions”
Part One I don’t think there’s a cure all solution to fix this season of television. The production was too distraught and the resulting story too messy to find a panacea for the myriad of issues that plagues the screen, … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “Beginnings”
Attention on heck! Don’t try to adjust your viewscreens, person-hell and boo-tenants! What you’re seeing isn’t a creepy clone, a hellish hologram, or a strangely specific alternate universe! For the month of October, we’ll be taking a spine-chilling stroll through … Continue reading You Spooky Trek to Me? – “Empok Nor”
In 2005, Showtime debuted the anthology horror series Masters of Horror. Each hour long episode is an original horror film from an acclaimed or emerging horror director. A few directors came back for a second episode in season two, exploring … Continue reading Masters of Horror: S2E11 “The Black Cat”
Peacekeepers Throughout the entire Avatar franchise the show has hewn pretty closely to a few basic rules to keep its characters looking consistent with one another. There’s the general art design put forward by Bryan, but there’s other things as … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “Peacekeepers” & “The Sting”
We’ve been riding a pretty good high for a while, but sadly this episode falls back into the season’s bad habits. The first act of this episode especially feels really slack in a way I don’t think the show ever … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Nine, Episode Nineteen, “Simpson Tide”
Part One One of the fascinating things about Korra as a character is that she has a full and (semi) functioning family. In most fantasies of this sweep and scale our hero is severed from filial ties in one way or another, … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “Civil Wars”
Mais oui, we find Our Belgian’s mood lightened ever so much this week, n’est ce pas? A pre-war tale with the Soviet baddies from the original book swapped out for a pack of German sympathizers and spies, and a bit … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S12E04 “The Clocks”
“Interpretive Dance” originally aired on NBC Thursday night, January 21, 2010 Back in May, we ran a “Best Episode Of Community” tournament. Perhaps predictably, it was the gimmicked-up concept episodes that proved to be most popular. Chances were, if voters … Continue reading A Community Notification For This: S1E14, “Interpretive Dance”
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