‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): In episodes 9-21 of Season 3, the writers tentatively branch beyond homages to expand the Turtles’ own world.
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): The writers begin an ambitious (in terms of quantity) season with fun and funny premises in episodes 1-8.
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Writer Michael Reaves stabilizes the formula as “TMNT” shills toys while maintaining its energy and sense of humor.
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): The writers stop overtly cribbing from the comics and instead riff on Eighties films. The rushed nature of these five episodes is evident.
TV review: The documentary has built-in appeal by being about colorful superheroes, but it shies away from deep dives.
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Eastman and Laird created the Turtles, but David Wise popularized them among kids with these five animated episodes.
Superhero Saturday (Book review): Leaning toward laudatory, Tye’s book offers a thorough overview of Supes in pop culture and his comics narrative.
2022 television: The landscape of TV is being flattened – fewer episodes, but more shows. That makes narrowing this list to a mere 10 quite a challenge.
First episode impressions (TV review): Homelander’s evil and Starlight’s heroism take center stage as “The Boys” masters superheroes-as-parable.
‘Buffy’/ ‘Firefly’ flashback (Book review): Joss Whedon is an imperfect human, but his sometimes near-perfect work is worth discussing.