The Genius of the RPG Episode
Ah, yes. The “RPG Episode.” A staple of a television comedy. The cast of characters take a break from their everyday lives to play an RPG (or MMORPG). It’s entirely meta – characters playing characters…
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Three Lesser-Known British Shows You Should Watch
British television has really been knocking it out of the park lately, especially with popular and critically acclaimed shows like Luther, Misfits, and Sherlock. We’ve mentioned them before on Unreality, so if you have not…
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Why Arrested Development Fans Need To Know The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret Is The Best Show They’ve Never Seen
If you guys are anything like me, and let’s be honest, you are, when you finally wrapped up the BRILLIANT fourth season of Arrested Development, you felt a slight twinge of panic rising up in…
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A Compilation of Al Bundy’s Best Married with Children Insults
This current generation will know Ed O’Neill as one of the ensemble stars of ABC’s Modern Family, the hit that just so far isn’t losing any steam. There he plays a wise-cracking patriarch, which is…
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WGA Finally Gives Sci-Fi The Credit Its Due
You know, we could debate ‘lists’ all darn day, but I saw an article last week that – as a sci-fi fan – I thought gave us cause for celebration. Science fiction often gets dismissed…
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The Cheshire Doctor
Our favorite cheerful artist James Hance is back with a whimsical look at Doctor Who. The series has always been a bit of a fairy tale story in disguise, and sometimes not really all that…
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Star Wars Meets Game of Thrones At Last
It’s the battle of the new school nerd fanbases versus the old school ones. Game of Thrones vs. Star Wars. But why fight, when you can simply combine the two? That’s the idea that artist…
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Five Upcoming Shows You Should Be Looking Forward to
by Lyle Smith Another TV season has come and gone, with the Game of Thrones being the poignant bookend. But do not worry! Some of television’s best shows air during the summer (e.g. Breaking Bad,…
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90’s Flashback: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Today I’ve decided to go back in time and deliver unto the readers of Unreality something very near and dear to my heart; that rare work of animated fiction that deserves a spot on a…