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Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A nun, who lives out in a convent in the middle of nowhere, is stalked by a world-famous AI algorithm and given a quest to find and destroy the Holy Grail. In exchange, the all-powerful AI will give the nun – who, coincidentally, blames the AI for the […]
My favorite type of ending is one that refuses to tie everything up in a little bow. It’s Buffy looking out over the crater of Sunnydale, offering a small smile, while refusing to answer any of the myriad of questions being thrown her way. It’s not knowing just what fate will befall Paige Jennings as […]
We’ve had a lot of time travel stories over the past few years, and almost all of them fall apart at some point in the narrative. But “A God Walking into Abar” might be the first that actually holds up all the way through while also giving us its own take on the grandfather paradox.* […]
With the 2010s coming to a close, it’s my duty as a TV critic to create a Top 10 List of the best TV shows of the decade. Seriously. Check all the other entertainment sites. We’re all doing it. (And, if I’m honest, we’re all putting a lot of the same shows on our lists […]
The past is something we tend to cling to like a security blanket. When we discuss something awful, we hold it up as a clear mark, a blemish, a black spot on the soul of humanity – something that we won’t do ever again. Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it […]
Remember a few weeks back, when Laurie Blake told Angela Abar that people put on masks in response to some sort of trauma – usually from their childhood or youth? Well, while we may still be waiting to discover why Angela is drawn to her particular masked persona, we definitely understand just what made Wade […]
So remember how I said in my review of the premiere episode of Watchmen that I wasn’t going to delve too much into the past iterations of the source material? It only took three episodes for me to have to break that promise. After an episode as steeped in the history of masked heroes like […]
“Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship” was pretty much what one expects from a second episode: answer some of the questions raised in the series premiere, raise several more, and keep the plot moving forward (which, in the realm of Watchmen, means taking a few trips to the past). It was a smart, competent hour of […]
A bit of housekeeping before I jump into my review of the Watchmen series premiere, “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice.” First up, I’ll be reviewing this exquisite new series on a weekly basis here at Pop Culture Maniacs, and I’m happy you’ve opted to join me on this journey. Next, as with […]