Being A Fan Of Firefly In 2022, or: A Nine Year Late Response To “How To Be A Fan Of Problematic Things”
A few weeks ago, Lila Shapiro published an article in Vanity called “The Undoing Of…
The Friday Article Roundup: News for Nerds
This Week You Will Learn: How deep love can go in defiance of the will…
You Want It Darker: Doug Laman (NerdInTheBasement) and wallflower Talk About ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE (2021)
Before: the Story So Far Doug: So here we are again. Five years after…
The Friday Article Roundup: Changing the Story
The FAR would like to workshop that manuscript you’ve been working on. We’re very good…
Ellroycast #6: L. A. Confidential with Tristan Nankervis (Drunk Napoleon)
Three protagonists take a journey that leads to many unexpected destinations. Is it Ellroy’s novel…
Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Season One (First Watch)
I would be comfortable saying that Buffy The Vampire Slayer is the most influential single…
Dollhouse (Year Of The Month)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a story as spectacularly ill-conceived as Dollhouse, and I…
Year of the Month: Miller on Alien: Resurrection
“Hateful day when I received life!’ I exclaimed in agony. ”Accursed creator! Why did you…
A Vestigial Mode Of Time Measurement: DJ JD on Anachronistic Feminism and Firefly
I have a real empathy for creators who have watched time march right past their…
So Much Tasty In Here: DJ JD on the Sexual Utopias of Firefly’s Women
Drunk Napoleon’s excellent longform discussion of Joss Whedon’s beloved and much-missed space Western Firefly brought…