The Virtues of Accepting a Work on its Own Merits
“Oh HELL no, you’re not trolling us with Sucker Punch, Verboon!” shout the indignant Unreality readers in unison. Would I do such a thing? I might. Hell, you know I would. With relish. But hear…
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So When Are Spoilers Okay, Again?
This article contains spoilers. Lots of spoilers. Crazy spoilers. Eeeeeeevil spoilers. Geek culture, man. You can spend your entire life immersed in it and still not understand it completely. Take spoilers, for instance. When are…
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90’s Flashback: Shadowrun
Hoi, chummers; it’s nostalgia time. I’d say don’t call it a comeback, but in this case that’s exactly what we may be looking at. But first let me take you back to a time when…
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Piracy and Me: Is Paying for Stuff for Suckers?
It happens more and more often. Ask somebody what the last CD they bought is and their response is laughter followed with “you still buy CD’s?” Go to a message board and see somebody complain…
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NBC’s Dracula Blurs the Line Between Man and Monster
Bram Stoker’s novel is an immortal cultural touchstone that inspired a bottomless subgenre of bloodsucking entertainment that has persisted in every medium since. That said, it’s been done to death and beyond. There is no…
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Why SyFy’s Bitten Demands Attention
It’s funny how things work out sometimes. Last week marked the return of both Lost Girl and Being Human for Powerful Mondays on the Sci-Fi channel (I will only use the doofy “Syfy” nu metal…
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You’re Doing It Wrong: Five Horrifyingly Lame Villain Adaptations in Marvel Films
Don’t get me wrong, I love me some Marvel flicks. Even the ones other people hate. I own Daredevil, Elektra and both Fantastic Four movies on DVD (all but the last in extended editions) for…
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Utopia Has Your UK Sci-Fi Conspiracy Thriller Television Fix
We should all have a healthy respect for UK television by now. Sure, their seasons are like six episodes tops, but they often get more done is those six episodes than some American shows do…
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Five Essential Films to Prepare You for Godzilla’s Return to the Big Screen
It has been nearly ten years since the last Godzilla film was released. That is the longest drought in the history of a character that has been a worldwide icon since the 1950’s. Next May…