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Tower of Babel is up there as one of the coolest Batman stories put to paper. It’s one of those stories that bleed over enough into other kinds of media that everybody who knows anything about Batman and the Justice League knows that Batman has such a tactical mind that he has contingency plans for…

A series of unfortunate and ultimately painful events led me to a startling moment of clarity earlier this week. The village I live in has nothing in the way of jobs. It has been like that for a surprisingly long time — if you won’t work at the Tim Hortons (or in my case, can’t…

It has been said once or twice before in this column that I have a serious case of zombie fatigue. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned it’s because of the massive influx of zombie related media that came out of nowhere in the last decade, but that’s only part of it. The other part which I…

Over the months I’ve been exposed to bits and pieces of the television show Archer, but what little I had seen didn’t seem appealing. When it comes to comedy of any kind I tend to have very specific tastes, and often don’t wind up liking what everybody else seems to like. This past week was…

My grandmother has been watching British television for as long as I can remember. Her show of choice is, and has always been Coronation Street. She knows the characters and even has a massive book detailing the history of the show; a show that has been running for over fifty years has quite a bit…

The formula itself for most television hasn’t changed all that much. It’s starting to, but it’s only creeping forward a small bit at a time.

It’s a show about several strangers, a mysterious island, science, religion, and is TOTALLY NEW WE PROMISE.

Arrrrrrr you ready for some great TV?

Comedies have apparently gotten a lot better in the last few years. They’re the one genre of television show I tend not to go back and re-watch at some point; they’re almost never plot heavy and the highlights are often quotable material, so re-watching them isn’t often necessary. Unfortunately I found myself watching old episodes…

So it’s 2012. It’s a fresh new year and that means fresh new television shows all geared up to blow your socks right into orbit, right? Well, kind of.