It’s Day Two of the Top 25 TV Shows of 2021, a feature I’m happy to turn into a week of content. This time it’s eleven through fifteen, and we’re in the thick of it now. Let’s get to it! 15. Girls5Eva (Peacock) – I mentioned in the previous list […]
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The Top 25 TV Shows of 2021 – Part One
It’s that time of year – time for the annual Best Of Lists. This year, I have a Top 25 TV shows. Frankly, that’s a lot of shows so I’m going to break this up over several days. This time, it’s 16-25. And let’s be honest, there’s not really a […]
Dealing with Sopranos Disappointment
John Hodgman always says that nostalgia is a toxic impulse. That feels true but also I’m a nerd and part of that means liking the same thing for decades and then it gets tricky to delineate what’s nostalgia and what’s identity. And is that even a necessary delineation? That’s beyond […]
Moving On
This is a thing I’ve been thinking about for a while and I’ve been trying to put it into words. But those words not only seem unnecessarily stark and also sort of mark a fundamental change in my identity: I don’t think I like DC Comics anymore. I know that […]
The Enthusiasm List for August 2021
It’s been a while, but with entertainment products being reliably released once again, it’s time to look at what I’m excited about this month. TV, movies, books, podcasts, video games, comics – I’m picking the things that I’m looking forward to. Time to get pumped! The Suicide Squad (August 6) […]
Welcome to the Ape Hive
Welcome! If you’ve come here as a former reader of Spunkybean, I’m glad to have you back. I worked on that site for fourteen years and the reasons for shuttering it and starting something new are both myriad and boring. But I can assure you that although the archive is […]