Category: Television

  • I Finally Watched Breaking Bad (Season 1)

    *No spoilers, please! I’ve only seen the first season and episode one of season two up to this point! I want to tackle future seasons as blindly as possible! Thank you! Enjoy the review!* Back in middle school, there were three incredibly popular TV shows I couldn’t escape from. The first was Game of Thrones;…

  • Jaime Lannister: Why He Worked and How the Show Ruined Him

    Alright. This one is personal. Throughout the entirety of the first book/season of Game of Thrones, no character seems more villainous than Jaime Lannister. The man who betrayed his king and earned the title of Kingslayer. The cocky bastard who seems overjoyed to attack Eddard Stark and kill his men. The man who fucked his…

  • I Finally Watched Game of Thrones (Season 4)

    We’re at the peak of the mountain, ladies and gentlemen. The writers ran out of good books here and we’re running out of good television. So let’s just appreciate it while it lasts! The War of the Five Kings has reached a stand still. Stannis continues his preparations to resume his assault and the Ironborn…

  • Can True Star Trek Return?

    A while back, I wrote an article complaining about everything modern Star Trek gets wrong. In that article, I lamented that the Star Trek shows of old have been left behind in favor of mindless space action. All the intellect, optimism, and charm of the older shows have been completely forgotten. Today, I’m going to…

  • Varys ‘The Spider’: Why He Worked and How the Show Ruined Him

    Game of Thrones is not a series in which simple people last. Those who are purely good quickly have their intentions taken advantage of and end up dead. Those who are purely evil are quickly assassinated to prevent them from becoming as dangerous as they could in a position of higher power. If you’re too…