Mar 12, 2012

I cannot tell a lie. As a high school teacher in my late twenties, I’ve often used music to connect to my students and retain youthful credibility. For years, my remedial knowledge of Lil Wayne, Drake and the pop infused flavor of the week (I’m looking at you, LMAFO), have kept me in the inner circle of teachers who have “swag” and “know what’s...

Mar 6, 2012

“Winter Is Coming.” The newest inheritor of the fantasy genre’s transition from page to screen is the HBO series Game of Thrones, the show’s title and first season being based off of George R.R. Martin’s first novel in Song of Fire and Ice. While lumped into the “fantasy” genre due to its sword-and-shield style, it hardly seems fair to dub...

Feb 26, 2012

The opening scene in “When the Guns Come Out” was pretty terrifying. It likely set in motion what’s going to end up being a hell of a season. Boyd’s oxy clinic was hit and he’s left wondering who it was, and so are we until the end of the episode. This was an event that seemingly involved every group in the show. Obviously the...

Feb 25, 2012

  I’m going to be blunt, I’m still not sure I understand everything that is going on in this show. Serial Experiments Lain is the most complicated thing I’ve ever come across. Evangelion is a cakewalk in comparison. I am more certain of my interpretation of House of Leaves than I am of this. I’ve watched it three times, and I just now think I might...

Feb 23, 2012

Currently in its first season, The Secret Circle is bewitching quite a few heads (and hearts) and gaining its loyal band of followers. It’s a teenage drama  mixed with a modern take on the powers of witchcraft, raging hormones and the adventures of growing up; combine them all and you get one hell of a ride with this series. Starting off the story is...

Feb 22, 2012

I cannot tell a lie. As a high school teacher in my late twenties, I’ve often used music to connect to my students and retain youthful credibility. For years, my remedial knowledge of Lil Wayne, Drake and the pop infused flavor of the week (I’m looking at you, LMFAO), have kept me in the inner circle of teachers who have “swag” and “know what’s...

Feb 21, 2012

“Repo Man” is the darkest episode of Supernatural in a while. There’s a slight return to the first few seasons with a big focus on demon hunting from a case they thought they’d solved years ago. It was really cool to see them still able to pull a scary demon hunt after all this time away from them. It’s always interesting to see the...

Feb 21, 2012

ABC is working hard to recreate the lightning it bottled with Lost. With The River they’ve used the same basic strategy of drawing inspiration (read: stealing major ideas) from blockbuster films, but to no avail. It’s like ABC is baking cakes, but instead of buying fresh ingredients for new cakes, they’re just using the stuff you digested and shit out. The...