When Pokémon first came to our shores, it was immediately dismissed as a fad. 15 years later, it’s fair to say that it has staying power. Like all skillfully-managed franchises, it must strike a balance between appealing to old fans (like me) and attracting new Read More …
The Book Thief opened quietly on Friday, a limited release oddly suited to this film’s gentle, handsome nature. Adapted from the highly decorated young adult bestseller by Marcus Zusak, The Book Thief captures much of the novel’s compelling, wide-eyed sensibility, while enriching it with the Read More …
by James Dunham Watching Joss Whedon and company’s shows and films over the years, one easily picks up some relatively simple patterns of style and tone (so ubiquitous it’s fair to label them tropes), and some of these patterns— for example, the one-liner, the reversal Read More …
By Sarah Gzemski I’m a huge fan of Joss Whedon and of good TV. Personally, I’m a Buffy the Vampire Slayer kind of girl, but rest assured, I’ve been through all of Whedon’s TV work: Angel, Dollhouse, Firefly, and now, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. While S.H.I.E.L.D. Read More …
Last night we conducted our first Twitter meet-up, during which the Deadshirt Staff and some of our friends and readers live-tweeted the first Thor movie! Here are some of the highlights from the party: Pre-game: I’m so excited for @DeadshirtDotNet‘s Date Night this Thursday…should I Read More …
(Editor’s note: the time for the event was originally listed as 7pm by mistake. The correct time is 8pm.) Thursday, November 7th, on the eve of the wide theatrical release of Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World, Deadshirt.net will hold its first live event – Deadshirt Read More …
The trajectory of Maya Arulpragasm’s career is a familiar one. She burst onto the scene with album teasing mixtape Piracy Funds Terrorism, a release that introduced the world to it’s first and only truly 21st century pop star, M.I.A., a punk polemicist with two turntables Read More …
Ratchet: I know this guy. His name was Prowl. Drift: Prowl? Ratchet: Not THE Prowl, obviously. This Prowl changed his name to…Dent, I think, to avoid confusion. Drift: Dent? He called himself Dent? As in—as in DENT? Ratchet: Yeah, well, all the best names are Read More …
Hello readers! We hope you’ve enjoyed A Long Halloween, our month-long salute to Batman, his friends, and his foes. This project was the result of hours upon hours of planning, writing, re-writing, sketching, painting and editing by two dozen people over the course of ten Read More …
Editor’s note: Deadshirt.net staunchly opposes author Orson Scott Card’s hateful stance against homosexuals and marriage equality, and so does this piece, as you’re about to find out. We respect any individual’s choice to boycott the author, his novels, or the new film adaptation of Ender’s Read More …