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Revolution: Chained Heat
[If you haven’t watched the episode, stop now, spoilers abound] Revolution’s second episode was a serviceable narrative that moved the action forward a bit, introduced a few new key players, and added...
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Revolution: No Quarter
Need. More. Character. Development. Does that count as a review? It must be depressing to be a television creator on a major network (and I don’t include the CW as major), as you have no time to win...
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Supernatural: We Need to Talk About Kevin
“Change of tone” and “back to the beginning” appeared to be the mantras of Supernatural’s 8th season premiere, “We Need to Talk About Kevin.” Former writer and producer Jeremy Carver has returned from...
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Revolution: The Plague Dogs
[MAJOR SPOILERS – DON’T READ IF YOU HAVEN’T YET WATCHED LAST WEEK'S EPISODE!!] There are so many things that Revolution finally did right in “The Plague Dogs.” In fact, while I would like to call this...
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Supernatural: What’s Up, Tiger Mommy
I was meeting with students last week about their research papers and had asked them what types of narratives they enjoyed, regardless of medium, and one of my students mentioned Supernatural. I...
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Revolution: Soul Train
Oh Revolution. I’m trying so hard to like you, but you’re not totally working with me here. So let’s just cut to the core of the problem. The show is being centered on the character of Charlie – her...
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Supernatural: Heartache
After two weeks of strong episodes about Kevin Tran and the quest to shut the gates of Hell forever, stand-alone story “Heartache” is a nice sorbet to cleanse our palate while we wait for another...
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Review: Young Justice Invasion: Destiny Calling Season 2 Part 1 DVD
Picking up five years after where season 1 left off, season 2 of Young Justice starts off with some new heroes, as well as the old team stepping up to new roles. Right off the bat, though, I was left...
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Are you still watching Supernatural? Part One
Are you still watching Supernatural? If not, you should be. Season 8 is a welcome return to form. Then: What went wrong. Supernatural took a lot of hits when Eric Kripke left after season 5. There was...
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Comic Review: Dr. Who vol. 1: the Hypothetical Gentleman
Comic Review: Dr. Who vol. 1: the Hypothetical Gentleman by Diggle, Buckingham, Seifert, Bond, and many more Review by: Prof. Jenn The Hypothetical Gentleman consists of two story arcs: the title one,...
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Comics Review: Two of Dr. Who
Comics review: Dr. Who Prisoners of Time #4 by Tipton, Tipton, Erskine and Kirchoff & Dr. Who #8 Space Oddity Part 2 by Fialkov, Domingues, Ponce, Gonzalez and Salmon Review by Prof. Jenn ————————–...
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Book Review: Queers Dig Time Lords
Review: Queers Dig Time Lords, ed. by Sigrid Ellis and Michael Damian Thomas Review by: Prof. Jenn Now, when I get a book to review, I always make an effort to read it in its entirety before composing...
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Comics Review: Two of Doctor Who
Comics Review: Two of Doctor Who Skyjacks #2 by Diggle, Robson, Kuhn, etc. Dr. Who Classics: “Nemesis of the Daleks” #s 1-3 by Starkings, Tomlinson, Sullivan, etc. Review by: Prof. Jenn Skyjacks: This...
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Things You May Have Seen Peter Capaldi In Previously
A few hours ago, The BBC announced who the 12th Doctor will be in the hit series, Doctor Who. So that means at this point that the entire internet knows. In case you’re new to the ‘Who, however,...
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USS Loma Prieta and Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator: A Must for Star Trek...
A couple of weekends ago I had the great privilege of hanging out with the crew of the USS Loma Prieta (http://usslomaprieta.org/), a Star Trek-centered science fiction fan club based out of San...
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“Heroes of Cosplay”: SyFy’s “Toddler’s and Tiaras”?
Heroes of Cosplay is the SyFy channel’s new series about cosplay competitions at conventions. The show follows a select few cosplayers behind the scenes of the competition into their homes, studios and...
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Book Review: About Time 7
Book Review: About Time 7 by Tat Wood / Dorothy Ail Review by: Prof. Jenn The About Time series claims to be “the most comprehensive, wide-ranging, and at times almost unnervingly detailed handbook to...
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The X-Files 20th Anniversary
Image Courtesy of SFGate I was 11 years old when The X-Files originally aired on TV. The first episode I watched was “Squeeze,” the first ever and one of the creepiest Monster-of-the-Week episodes. I...
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Comics Review: Doctor Who Prisoners of Time V.2
Review: Doctor Who Prisoners of Time Vol.2 by Tipton, Tipton, Bond, Ridgway, Hopgood, Langridge, et. al Review by: Prof. Jenn This newest collection follows a mysterious cloaked figure as he ports...
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The Walking Dead 4.01 Review
The Walking Dead is back! This is reason enough to celebrate, but it’s even more exciting now that we have seen the premiere episode from new showrunner Scott Gimple. The season 3 finale was packed...
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