I am not a fashion-nazi. I am not going to complain because the hem is a bit off or you’re not using the right buttons. I’m not going to quibble over whether that dress is from the 1550s or the 1560s. Nor am I expecting a CW show to haveContinue Reading
When the CW announced it was going to do a historical drama in the form of Reign, I knew it was going to be bad. Maybe not Noah bad, but bad. First hint? While the show is clearly about a royal character, the advertisements never said which royal character…as ifContinue Reading
My husband and I have seen the Noah trailer before. That’s why the new ending had us in tears today. I start laughing. Jerry, paying slightly less attention to the TV, asks why, and I tell him to replay the ad. He gets only that last line: “We believe theContinue Reading
First, let me be clear: wide-release movies are not meant to be documentaries. There will be deviations of history, and I’m fine with that. I will also say that I greatly enjoyed Braveheart as a movie. However, if you’re going to make a historical movie, you might want to includeContinue Reading
If you don’t want spoilers, don’t read. I would say if you want warning, go ahead and read, but even the worst review in the world is not going to keep a Whovian from an episode, much less a regeneration episode. And it’s not the worst review I could give…Continue Reading
Originally, this post was going to be simple pretty straightforward. Today, I came across this: This is, of course, all of the Doctors from Doctor Who re-enacting Leonardo DaVinci’s Last Supper. When people do these, I always wonder how much thought they put into who they put where. Clearly, itContinue Reading
The TV show Supernatural is significantly focused on the fighting of demons and, more and more often, angels. As such, they use a wide variety of symbols that at least look like they are legit magical symbols. Some of them are, many of them aren’t, and others history-influenced, but notContinue Reading
While I disagree with some of the specifics,What Steven Moffat Doesn’t Understand About Grief, And Why It’s Killing Doctor Who illustrates the power of death in fiction and, arguably, why Doctor Who needs more of it. When the new series started, the Doctor had been forced to kill two warring racesContinue Reading
First of all, for all of my concerns, the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who was amazing. I was left more than satisfied. Indeed, the only major complaint I have with it is its treatment of Queen Elizabeth I. The Marriage Proposal In 1562, the Doctor is suspecting that shape-changingContinue Reading
Whatever is going to happen this weekend for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary, it is expected to be big. Clearly it is pulling together a variety of threads from many years of the show. If you’re less than a die hard fan but have still seen some of it, thisContinue Reading