I know that subtitles are divisive. Sure, a lot of people automatically subtitle everything they watch on TV now, but when it’s a foreign language series or film that requires English speakers to rely on those same subtitles to understand the dialogue, for some reason, people can get a bit put off by it. And […]
TV Articles
The Potential and Risks for the Harry Potter TV series
Harry Potter/Wizarding World has been a franchise that has been around for nearly 30 years. It has spanned novels, spin-off books, films, a play, and video games. It has been one of Warner Brothers’ most popular properties and they plan to adapt the original books into a TV series for Max to be released in 2026. […]
The Ten Most Successful Waterloo Road Actors
Waterloo Road is one of the BBC’s popular shows. It currently spans 13 seasons over 18 years of airing. It’s particularly popular with teenage audiences. It has been seen as a more mature version of shows like Grange Hill. Since the show has run for so many years, it has seen a multitude of actors enter the […]
The Traitors is the Best Reality Series – All Three Versions of It
Last year I declared that The Traitors, the new reality competition series from Peacock, was one of the best shows folks weren’t watching. Well, what a difference a year makes! It seems like I can’t go a day without having an in-depth discussion about the ins and outs of the second season of the US […]
Studios, Corporate Greed and Hollywood’s Crisis
Over the past decade, the entertainment industry has seen drastic changes. There has been the rise of streaming services, a focus on big-budget films based on recognisable intellectual property, and an increase in digital media sales at the cost of physical media. In 2023, the Hollywood business model suffered from the detrimental effects of short-term […]
Yuri and Beyond: LGBTQ+ Representation in Animation in 2023
2023 began with a bang, with the premiere of the yuri anime The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady a.k.a. MagiRevo on January 5th, Velma on January 12th, The Legend of Vox Machina on January 20th, and Princess Power on January 30th. It went far beyond those which premiered last year, […]
Burkely’s Top Twenty Anime TV Shows of 2023
In my last post, I chose ten (Western) animated series which I felt were the best of 2023. However, of the over 40 reviews I wrote in the past year, 14 of them were anime. Originally I was planning to make this a top 10 list, but I decided that was too limiting, and added […]
Burkely’s Top Ten Animated TV Shows of 2023
On December 13th, fellow writer Jean Henegan published Pop Culture Maniacs‘ annual Top Ten TV shows list. I decided to put together my own list of my top ten animated series for 2023. I’ll be focusing only on Western animated series, not anime or films. Like Jean pointed out, this year, for television, was tumultuous, […]
Top Ten TV Shows of 2023
It’s that time of year again. The temperature is dropping, the days are growing shorter, and 2023 is drawing to a close. Which can only mean one thing: It’s time for Pop Culture Maniacs’ annual TV Top Ten list! This year in television was a tumultuous one, as it was for all of Hollywood, with […]
Rick and Morty – Wet Kuat Amortican Summer Review
Sometimes Summer is involved in Rick and Morty’s adventures and with “Wet Kuat Amortican Summer” she has her first episode named after her. As a reward for completing her chores for Rick, Summer gets an attribute slider. When Morty finds out he becomes jealous, which starts a chain of events that includes Summer and Morty […]