Category Archives: TV

Yet more thoughts on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. now that it finally got good

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Cora

Like many people, I had some initial problems with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. such as the fact that the main characters were mostly bland, the vast majority of antagonists in the early episodes were people of colour, which was made all … Continue reading →

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Eurovision 2014 or It ain’t over till the bearded lady wins

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Cora

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest not just offered a surprising number of decent songs and performances (they probably weeded most of the bad ones out during the semi-finals), but also struck a blow for tolerance, equality and non-binary gender, when … Continue reading →

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The Annual Hugo Nomination Reaction Post

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Cora

There are certain debates that reoccur with clockwork-like regularity in the SFF world, e.g. the gender debate, the race debate, the grimdark debate, the genre versus literary fiction debate, etc… However, there is only one debate that reoccurs at exactly … Continue reading →

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It’s dead, Jim – On the Cancellation of “Wetten Dass?”

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Cora

Yesterday evening, I flipped through my TV listings magazine, switched on the TV, surfed right over public channels, found an episode of NCIS, realised that I had seen it before and remembered it pretty well, switched off the TV to … Continue reading →

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The media spin machine at full power or This is totally not what happened

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Cora

We’re still talking about the eight hour stint of Jonathan Ross as Hugo host and indeed the debate about the whole issue has now lasted much longer than Jonathan Ross ever was the official Hugo host (for my previous posts … Continue reading →

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More on Jonathan Ross and the Hugos

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Cora

The debate about Jonathan Ross and his brief reign as Hugo Awards presenter is still going on and has in fact lasted longer now than Ross has actually had the job. Still, while I’m waiting for the Oscars to begin … Continue reading →

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The eight-hour Hugo host

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Cora

It’s certainly hard to be an SFF fan these days, since the genre can’t seem to go two weeks without a major uproar. This latest go-around started around noon on Saturday. I’d just had lunch and went onto the Internet … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on the 2013 Nebula Nominees

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Cora

The nominees for the 2013 Nebula Awards have been announced. Once again, it looks like a good and pleasantly diverse shortlist with lots of women and writers of colour included. But then, the Nebulas have generally been better with regards … Continue reading →

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Saint Barbara Day Linkdump

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Cora

December 4 is the feast day of Saint Barbara, a martyred virgin and Catholic saint. It’s the only saint feast day that I – not being Catholic – can name without looking it up*, partly because my Mom’s first name … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Prequel

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Cora

The BBC has released a mini-prequel to the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special. We get a few glimpses of the time war, plus seventeen years after the 1996 TV movie and eight years after the premiere of the new series … Continue reading →

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