Star Trek: Discovery – Is there a universe in which this show is any good?
Out of the mirror-frying pan and into the Klingon fire.
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Posts by Richard Rosenbaum on Overthinking It
Richard Rosenbaum is the author of the novella Revenge of the Grand Narrative; and of Raise Some Shell, a critical analysis of the historical and cultural significance of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles transmedia franchise. Currently he's working toward his PhD in the lucrative field of Communication and Culture, God help him. He is Canadian and so is his website: richardrosenbaum.ca.
Think Tank: What makes a movie rewatchable?
Everyone has their own favorite movies they watch over and over again – but why THAT ONE?
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What Comics Can Do
Not only do comics have storytelling advantages over other media, they’re also good for your brain!
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Star Trek: Discovery – Post-Traumatic Trek Disorder
There’s what this show is doing, and then there’s what it could do.
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Star Trek: Discovery – Where No Mushroom Has Gone Before
Episode 5 of Discovery – is it Star Trek yet?
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Star Trek: Discovery – Hot Takes Incoming
Ideas, anachronisms, social commentary, lens flare. These are some things about the new Star Trek show.
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Everything New is Old Again
Why the explosion of media revivals signals a deep sickness in the west’s cultural psyche
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Hope’s End: Logan and the Death of the Mutant Metaphor
The tenth (and final?) X-Men movie takes a bleak view of western civilization’s founding mythologies
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Race, Class, and Fruity Pebbles
How did a 30 second long, 25-year-old breakfast cereal commercial obsess and confound an entire generation?
The “Look At This Asshole” Effect
When strawmen enter the echo chamber, nothing good can happen