The Warped Shelf: The Office Vs Parks and Rec
Today we compare two much beloved sitcoms and which among the two we think is the better series.
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The Warped SHelf: Getting Into Anime
Anime is a treacherous, uncanny road to walk down without a guide. Today, we’re your chaperones.
Read moreThe Warped Shelf: Remakes
Like Hollywood, we’re going back to the well on today’s episode, and again like Hollywood, we’re drowning.
Read moreThe Warped Shelf: Entertainment in Crisis
With things a little tense right now, we talk about what this means for not only the future of certain entertainment, but how we’re passing the time.
Read moreNetflix Top Picks: Awkward Comedies Edition
With so much content on Netflix it is easy for some titles to just get lost in the shuffle, and someone needs to start sorting this all out. Welcome to Netflix Top Picks, where we select items from Netflix you just have to add to your list. Title: Friends From College Type: TV SeriesRating: TV-MARun Time: 30 min | 246 […]
Read moreDr. Geek: All the Whovians Unhappy in the Whoverse
When Matt Smith announced that he was leaving Doctor Who after the 50th Anniversary Special and the annual Christmas episode, the fans of Who, known as Whovians, took to the Internet to discuss who could, should, and would be the 12th (or — Spoiler! — 13th, actually) Doctor. But more than just bandy about possible actors’ names and place bets on the […]
Read moreDr. Geek: The Fractured Nature of Fandoms
Here we are in the United States of America, having just gotten past yet another July 4th holiday weekend, where you are required to show your official fandom as being an American patriot through draping yourself and your belongings with the flag, eating and drinking as much as you can with the people you love, and crowing over the explosions […]
Read moreDr. Geek: The Fetishistic Turn in My Little Pony
Almost a year ago, I first discovered that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is an amazing show that is capable of generating a fandom that crosses both gendered and generational lines. However, crossing and pushing these borders causes consternation about the bronies who organize because of it. However, bronies appear to welcome their challenge to social and cultural notions about what […]
Read moreDr. Geek: Do Zombies Have Your Brains?
“They’re coming to get you, Barbara!” If you know that line, where it comes from, what the “they” are, then there’s a good chance you are a zombie fan. If you’ve ever argued which is better, the slow zombie of George Romero fame or the fast zombie of Danny Boyle fame – or even which is the “real” zombie — […]
Read moreDr. Geek: The Darker Side of Anime
Although perhaps not as big sales wise as it once was, anime and manga remain highlyinfluential in the United States since exploding unto the scene with the Pokemon universe in the 1990s. The aesthetic qualities and conventions of anime and manga have influenced American artists (I’m looking at you, Joe Madureira) and creators of comic books and animation (see Avatar: […]
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