I really enjoyed the first season of Hap & Leonard last year. It was surreal and weird and violent and funny and touching. The bad guys were kinda crazy and there was a touch of – well, not the supernatural,Read more…
The Badass Women of Science Fiction: The Expanse
While The Expanse doesn’t have quite enough women to pass the Bechdel Test every episode, the occasions where two women have been speaking, they usually aren’t talking about a guy (I’ll give a pass for Season 1’s conversation between Holden’s momRead more…
Goodnight and godspeed, Apollo
There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the Universe. With tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians or the Toltecs or the Mayans. That they may have been theRead more…
The Badass Women of Science Fiction: Incorporated
I’ll admit, when I first started watching Incorporated on SyFy, I didn’t expect to really like the female characters. Allison Miller’s Laura Larson, wife of the main character and daughter of the other main character, seemed timid and to tooRead more…
The Badass Women of Science Fiction: 12 Monkeys
Some of the strongest characters on television today are women. And they’re in science fiction shows. Perhaps no show embodies this more than 12 Monkeys. I am a huge fan of the original Terry Gilliam film and was extremely skepticalRead more…
Limitless Live-Tweet!
Join me tonight as I live-tweet along with Limitless. Tonight’s episode, “Stop Me Before I Hug Again” is only the second of the year, as we had to miss last week for the President’s final State of the Union address.Read more…
The Best TV of 2015
I feel a certain glee when I find a TV show that I really love. If the show is science fiction, even better. Some say we are in a golden age of television, and I happen to agree. In fact,Read more…
Amazon Pilot Season: Highston
Well, leave it to me to finish my Amazon Pilot Season reviews after the voting’s ended. But there’s still a couple of shows worth sharing with you. Highston was my hands-down favorite among the comedies, and that surprised me. TheRead more…
Amazon Pilot Season: Edge
I’ll start by admitting I’m not a huge fan of Westerns. That said, I still believe Deadwood was one of the finest series ever made and I’m still pissed off that it was not properly wrapped up. So if aRead more…
Amazon Pilot Season: Good Girls Revolt
At first, I wasn’t all that interested in watching Good Girls Revolt. That’s kind of odd, as I spent 20 years tilting at windmills in the very industry in which these “good girls” find themselves to be second-class citizens. InRead more…