Time travel: perhaps the sketchiest of all the pantheon of sketchy plot devices in modern pop culture. Using time travel in a story is like singing Whitney Houston on American Idol–you will either be hailed as a god, or irreversibly crushed by the weight of your own insignificant suckitude. (I sort of apologize for the [...]
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Time Travel
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American Idol, Austin Powers 2, Doctor Who, heroes, Lost, Michael J. Fox, paradox, science, The Lake House, The Time Traveller's Wife, time, time travel on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Heroes: Reinforcing superhero gender inequalities since 2005
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gender issues, heroes, superheroes, tv on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve complained before that while Heroes seems to go well out of its way to maintain a good racial balance, its gender balance leaves more than a little to be desired. And while this is possibly due to blatant pandering for male viewers, I’m actually more inclined to blame an underlying strain of chauvinism. While seasons [...]
