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Tag Archives: Torchwood
“USS Callister” and the Successful Mutiny Against Toxic Masculinity
A few days ago, I wrote a lengthy post about the treatment of mavericks and mutineers in recent science fiction, using the characters of Michael Burnham in Star Trek Discovery and Poe Dameron in The Last Jedi as examples (there’s … Continue reading
Posted in Film, TV
Tagged award geekery, Black Mirror, Doctor Who, gender, Hugo Awards, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, Star Wars, The Last Jedi, The Orville, Torchwood, UK TV, US TV
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Star Trek Discovery – Now with Sweet Gay Kisses, Full Frontal Nudity and Klingon Prison Rape
Yes, this is the obligatory rambling post about episode 9 of Star Trek Discovery a.k.a. the mid-season finale, though it’s more like the two thirds of a season finale. For those following along at home, previous posts in my mostly … Continue reading
Posted in TV
Tagged "quality" television, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy/Angel, Galaxy Quest, gender, grimdark, gritty does not equal good, LGBT, opera, Outlander, race, relentless darkness, science fiction, sexual violence, space opera, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, The Orville, Torchwood, US TV
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Gotham, Agent Carter and expanding universes
We’re currently experiencing something of a golden age of comic book adaptations both on the big and the small screen. As a longtime comic book reader, I’m thrilled about this, though I realise not everybody is. For example, I just … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, TV
Tagged Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Arrow, Avengers, Batman, Battlestar Galactica, Berlin film festival, British TV, CSI, DC Comics, Doctor Who, family, Fifty Shades of Grey, gender, German cinema, Gotham, Mad Men, Marvel, NCIS, Star Trek, Stargate, superheroes, The Flash, The X-Files, Torchwood, US TV
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Quadruple 50th Anniversary Linkdump
November 22/23 sees the fiftieth anniversaries of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the debut of Doctor Who and the deaths of C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley. However, at least the first two have been extensively discussed and written about, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Links
Tagged Doctor Who, gender, history, Joss Whedon, pulp, Star Wars, The Hunger Games, Torchwood, toys, Twilight, urban fantasy, x-men, YA fiction
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A Few Thoughts on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Nice to see that Ruth Negga who played Curtis’ doomed girlfriend Nicki in Misfits is not just still dealing with superpowers but has even been promoted to super-villainess in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Actually, I’m wondering if she is supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, TV
Tagged Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Alarm für Cobra 11, Avengers, Doctor Who, German TV, Iron Man, Marvel, Misfits, race, superheroes, The X-Files, Thor, Torchwood, US TV
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Time Travel and Gender
Back in July, Anna Smith asked at The Guardian “Why can’t women time travel?” and laments that mainstream time travel movies almost always feature male protagonists. My initial reaction to that article was: But women do time travel. There are … Continue reading
Posted in Books, TV
Tagged Doctor Who, gender, Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes, Outlander, race, science fiction, speculative romance, time travel, time travel romance, Torchwood
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Rise of the Valeyard
The BBC has announced who will play the Twelfth Doctor and has chosen Scottish actor Peter Capaldi. Now Capaldi is undoubtedly a fine actor and supposedly a fan. Nonetheless, I think it’s a horrible decision. Part of the reason for … Continue reading
Posted in TV
Tagged British TV, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, relentless darkness, Torchwood
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Making my Peace with the God of Thunder – Of Marvel’s Thor, Richard Wagner and Cultural Appropriation
Tor.com has some more amusing post Comicon reporting such as a whole lot of photos and videos of John Barrowman a.k.a. Captain Jack Harkness kissing a whole lot of more or less famous people of various genders and species. The … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Film
Tagged Avengers, cultural appropriation, fairytales, German culture, Marvel, music, mythology, opera, Star Wars, superheroes, Thor, Torchwood, Wagner
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Too Bloody Hot Linkdump
Tor.com sums up all the important stuff that happened at this year’s San Diego Comicon. Love Loki assembling his army in the middle of a “Marvel films” panel. I never much cared for Loki in the comics (or Thor for … Continue reading
Posted in Links
Tagged Buffy/Angel, Firefly, history, judge a book by its cover, linguistics, linkdump, mythology, science fiction, Thor, Torchwood, vampires
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Cora’s Reflections on Doctor Who – Nightmare in Silver
As I’ve mentioned before, I gave up regularly watching Doctor Who sometime towards the end of the Tennant era. Nonetheless, I come back for the occasional really special episode. And last Saturday’s episode Nightmare in Silver promised to be one … Continue reading