That would be an interesting turn of events actually. You have all these super genius baddies and mega power monsters. Have a knock down drag out turf war that ignores the heroes. It gives an opportunity to flesh out the baddies and catch the heroes on the wrong foot. You can totally shift the landscape of the…

Yes, well welcome to the dark time we call the Liefeld Years: The Reign of McFarlane.

As someone who’s more interested in comedy than sci-fi lately it’s interesting to read a take on this show from a person more interested in the sci-fi aspect. The show is absolutely brilliant, recurring characters is typical in sketch comedy.

The NBC store merch is NBC branded, they may have a continued licensing deal as it relates to the material that they sell but their involvement is exceptionally minor and more of a foot note regarding the Desilu/Paramount/CBS relationship and their Viacom/National Amusements overlords.

Yeah, wrong, Paramount Pictures bought Desilu studios rebranding it Paramount Television Productions in 1968. At that time they obtained all rights to everything produced by Desilu (including Star Trek). Once NBC cancelled the show they maintained merchandising rights on the programs they released (hence the vast…

Though it does have some pretty misogynistic episodes and it is pretty tokenistic in a lot of ways when it comes to people of colour. The show is pretty bland sitcom fare at best but hardly the horrible crime people claim it to be.

Well, in some episodes it does, it uses actual science as the hub of plot points. It’s a silly thing to focus on instead of story or good character development but they use it to create an air of legitimacy much akin to how Silicone Valley did a scientific paper about giving manual stimulation to people.

I mean the split between multiple companies owning slices of the rights. With Trek for example NBC, CBS and Paramount all own a slice of the show (due to the nature of Desilu which co-produced Star Trek with NBC before being bought by CBS). On top of that you have Paramount also own a slice of it having bought rights…

Archer is a great example of a sitcom doing pop culture right. TBBT it’s either product placement (I remember that season they were playing the FUCK out of Warcraft or the season where Guildwars 2 posters were in pretty much every scene and it annoyed me so much) or toss away references with no real cultural weight.…

The old Cracked website used it, they used to have some pretty problematic writers. I believe I first heard them use it in one of their podcasts. I’ve seen it used here in the comments (probably people inspired by Cracked). I’ve had friends call it Nerd Minstrel shows which I said pretty much the same thing that it…

Ah an ad hominem attack for pointing out the clear editorial bias of the article. An editorial bias I don’t actually disagree with but hey, someone doesn’t just tow the party line ATTACK. You know what would be nice? If people could understand how to think critically about media without assuming that anyone who has a…

It’s akin to the dilemma that Trek faces. When you have a production company and a broadcast company sharing rights it comes down to the contract. In all likelihood there was a clause regarding the rights reverting to Warner at the end of the broadcast period. Since it’s been cancelled it then returns to Warner who…

When they linked out to an article about how it’s a humourless screed that’s a statement of value. When they then also link out to an article about how they thought they were “free” that is also a statement of value. I may not like The Big Bang Theory either but let’s not pretend there’s no judgement going on here.

Here comes the nerd outrage, I remember when “nerds” were lining up to praise this show and say how wonderful it was.

Not enough stars.

Yeah... no. Gunn is many things but paint by numbers is not one of them. I’m very sure many of these people will end up dead. Probably in increasingly hilarious ways and circumstances but paint by numbers will not be how we get there.

Well, Borg was an unexpected addition. I have to say, this is a very intriguing lineup many of whom are funny people I quite enjoy. Please let Peter Capaldi go on a swear tear like he did in The Thick of It.

Here’s the thing, those skaters, surfers and hip-hop enthusiasts have generally not worn it whilst rescinding the promise to give a group that focuses on hate directed at the Jewish people money after repeatedly making hateful remarks and “jokes” as well as having previously dressed up in German military apparel (and…

To say you are naive regarding procedure would not even begin to encapsulate what is wrong here. Great victim blaming you got going on there. There are often sessions where you don’t vote but items are discussed and procedural matters are taken care of. In cases like this events like September 11th memorials would…

They weren’t at home, they were attending to other government business. When an institution operates on norms for decades if not centuries to see that overturned by crass opportunism should come as a shock. That the Republicans are so callow that it is no longer a shock is besides the point.