Welcome to Animation Quick Look, where in short I watch a few episodes of something animated and tell you if it’s worth a damn. While just because of the breadth of content this column will mostly feature Japanese anime. I will definitely be reviewing stuff from other countries if possible, even surprisingly stuff from Northern…
Joe: HBO’s Girls has been a bit of an enigma for me. I’ve seen the marks of high praise given to it by critics, I’ve seen the awards given to the show, and Lena Dunham has been next to inescapable over the past six months. But with all of the praise and public appearances, I…
So this week I continued to get bombarded on multiple fronts with comments like “what do you mean you don’t really like True Detective?”, and “are you kidding me, this True Detective shit is awesome!”. So obviously there is a large disconnect between me and the viewership at large when it comes to this show.…
Oooooooooomg this week I was on the button, which actually isn’t as easy as it seems. I get confused and I picked a show that maybe my fellow screensnarkers did indeed watch instead of one they don’t. I don’t watch toooooo many fuckery weird programs ( okay Shelly okay). For Switch Hitter this week I…
Welcome to animation quick look, in short I watch a few episodes of an animated series and tell you if it’s worth a damn. Last week, I reviewed Attack on Titan. It was fantastic but also brutal so admittedly I was looking for something a little lighter. Blood Lad is about Staz, a powerful but…
1/18-The Spoils Of Babylon “Kicking The Habit”-IFC -This show is so fucking bizarre, you guys. It’s a spoof of all those 70s and 80s mini series events like The Thorn Birds and it is hysterical. Will Ferrell plays Babylon scribe Eric Jonrosh and he narrates us through this ludicrous love story starring Tobey Maguire, Kristen…
So, obviously I’m in the minority, as the series premiere of True Detective didn’t exactly knock my socks off. I’m still a little bit baffled, as I’m not entirely sure what was so captivating about the hour that we saw last week. Yes, there is dark imagery, yes there is a ritualistic murder, and yes…
A lot of people think anything animated (with the possible exception of stuff on Fox/FX) is kiddy fare meant to sell crappy toys. But animation is just a film style. There is kid stuff, drama, sci fi, procedurals, historical epics, comedies and so on (and ok lots of weird ass porn, but this isn’t going…
Joe: Nerd culture is pervasive in modern American society. It dominates the box office, has a solid foothold in television, has a heavy hand of influence in both literature and music, and of course in large part chooses to allow the Internet to function. So as with anything else, when something wields so much socio-economic power,…
HOLY SHIT, WHY DIDN’T MY WIFE TELL ME THIS SHIT WAS SO GOOD?!? I’ve watched the last two episodes of this outstanding sometimes intense drama, sometimes uproariously funny comedy, and even though there are story threads galore happening, most of which trace back through several seasons, I have a pretty damn good idea of what’s…