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Watching the Franchises I Hate: ‘Transformers’
The current Hollywood system orbits around one goal: finding the next hit franchise. The Marvel Cinematic Universe, the ‘Bond’ series, the ‘Harry Potter’ series…every studio is looking to launch the...
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What the Marketing for ‘Suicide Squad’ and DC Movies Are Doing Wrong
Today sees the debut of DC’s latest entry in the Superhero Movie War, Suicide Squad, which promises to be a madcap, action-packed romp filled with demented and colourful characters. At least, it was...
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Watching the Franchises I Hate: The ‘Percy Jackson’ Series
If you didn’t catch my first foray into pointlessness, here’s Transformers. My interest in the Percy Jackson movie series at their time of release was…nonexistent. I hadn’t read the books and they...
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10 Times Gamers Got Burned By Pre-Orders
Yesterday I found myself in the local outlet of that massive games retailer (you know the one) exchanging the new Lego Dimension’s ‘Harry Potter’ Team Pack. We’d bought it the previous day but the...
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What’s The Future of Movies?
How we watch movies has made a quantum leap over the last fifteen years. Video on demand, multiple streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu, torrenting, and in some cases even watching new...
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10 Shitty Fictional Presidents Who Would Be Better Than Trump
So. Here’s the thing. Those in the good ol’ USA would occasionally see Trump campaign ads turning up on this very site. We got some complaints and looked into taking them down, but it was a long...
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Let’s Talk About the Last Scene of ‘Split’
Have you seen Split? That new Shyamalan film getting decent reviews where McAvoy plays a crazy person with 24 personalities? No? Then you’d better leave. The movie drops a massive twist at the end and...
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How the ‘Justice League’ Trailer Lost My Interest in 20 Seconds
Oh look! It’s the first big trailer for Justice League! This time it’s not a made-for-promotional purposes showreel, it’s a trailer that will give us nerds a real sense of what the movie will be like!...
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Nine Games That Damage the Game Industry
Now you may be assuming that this list is going to comprise of the very worst games. Some of these do suck, yes, but that’s not enough. These are the games that are embarrassments to both developers...
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Is ’13 Reasons Why’ Dangerous?
Netflix released a new original series in recent weeks called ’13 Reasons Why’, based on the book of the same name by Jay Asher. There has been much public discussion about the potential impact of the...
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Marvel Legacy WTF?
On June 22nd Marvel released a statement claiming that they would be making an announcement about their much teased Marvel Legacy. Not only would this be an announcement this was to be an announcement...
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The Real Argument Against The Doctor Becoming a Woman
There isn’t one. Seriously, when you broflakes start getting angry at SJWs it’s impossible to determine who’s the whiniest. Unless you’ve had your head stuck in the sand this past 24 hours, the...
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6 Good Things About ‘Game of Thrones’ Ending for the Year
It’s done. Game of Thrones, possibly the biggest pop culture phenomenon seen on television since M*A*S*H, has concluded for another year. There’s going to be some sour faces in the break rooms of the...
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Harry Knowles: Why He Was Significant and Why He’s Terrible
One big story flooding the nerd news outlets and even the mainstream media this week regards Harry Knowles and his tendency towards grabbing at women who don’t want to be grabbed at. There has been...
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I Watched a ‘My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic’ Marathon – Some Thoughts
Any mention of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic on the internet is going to conjure up one image: The Bronies. If this is your first time online (welcome, avoid the YouTube comments section),...
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How the Media Helped Create One of the Most Toxic Groups on the Internet
So here’s the thing. This article will make you unhappy. We’re going to talk about a truly horrid group of people and there’s a chance you haven’t heard of them. It you see some of the nasty things...
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Warner Bros. Don’t Know What We Want From Superhero Movies
To date the DC Cinematic Universe has gone from the divisive Man of Steel to the disastrous Batman V Superman and Suicide Squad and then to the sliver of hope that was Wonder Woman. Using this last...
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Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer* Is Anti-Conservative Liberal Propaganda
Greed is good. We live in a volatile political climate right now. Daily I have to watch fake news outlets like CNN, MSNBC, CBS, The Washington...
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Not a Better Love Story Than ‘Twilight’: Harry Potter
See? Actually funny. Guys. We gotta talk. Not about Twilight, necessarily, but about love stories. I frequently hear the phrase “still a better love story than Twilight”, and usually it’s funny, but...
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The Emotional Rollercoaster of Backing a Failed Kickstarter
Kickstarter has some had an amazing impact of the creative community. Now independent artists can go straight to the audience and ask for financial support rather than going through the traditional...
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