CW’s The Flash is one of the most popular debuts of the 2014-2015 television season, which owes a lot to the fact that it’s a DC superhero property that’s unabashedly fun and self-aware. Of course, it would be. You have villains like Captain Cold, Rainbow Raider, and Pied Piper up against a superhero dressed in…
#WWACTV: A Discussion Of Netflix’s Marco Polo
Marco Polo is an epic adventure that follows the early years of the famous explorer as he travels the exotic Silk Road to the great Kublai Khan’s court. But Marco soon finds that navigating the Khan’s world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue, and rivalry will be his greatest challenge yet, even as he becomes a…
#WWACTV – Rape On Television: How The Newsroom and Reign Got It Wrong
*Trigger Warning: This post will discuss the rape scene in episode 9 of Reign‘s second season and a discussion of rape between two characters in Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom. As a woman, I find rape hard to talk about. It’s difficult because, growing up, I was told by many people in my life that, as a woman, I…
WWACTV: When Ardo’s away…
The #WWACTV chat is where the casual TV viewer and the self-professed (or in denial) addict discuss the newest shows and old favourites. Our poor Ardo was feeling under the weather for last night’s #WWACTV chat. With get well wishes for Ardo and cocktail in hand, Megan P. took the reigns. Though she’s not on…
#WWACTV: Doctor Who Offers Some Zzzz, Legends is Bean’s Orphan Black & The Honourable Woman Takes A Bow
The #WWACTV chat is where the casual TV viewer and the self-professed (or in denial) addict discuss the newest shows and some old favourites. Our latest chat occurred on August 24th when we looked at two weeks of television goodness (August 11th-August 24th), but there weren’t many shows I was checking out that premiered or had a finale in…
#WWACTV: The Honourable Woman Is A Must Watch and Martin Lawrence Doesn’t Bring The Funny
The #WWACTV chat is where the casual TV viewer and the self-professed (or in denial) addict discuss the newest shows and old favourites. Since we cancelled the July 27th chat, we had four weeks (July 13th-August 10th) worth of premieres and finales to look at as well as some great TV moments. During the chat, I asked what people…