Star Trek is an enormous and complex cultural entity whose impact on politics, technology, and storytelling are undeniable. It’s also a flawed and problematic as any other massive media franchise. Lifelong Trekkie and Deadshirt Editor-in-Chief Dylan Roth attempts to make sense of it all for die-hards and outsiders Read More …
The last decade has seen unprecedented growth and diversity of content from Cartoon Network. While they’ve never been strangers to emotion and heart in their work, even classics like The Powerpuff Girls or Dexter’s Laboratory generally kept their pathos in check with low stakes and low continuity. On the Read More …
Deadshirt Is Watching…is a weekly feature in which Deadshirt staff, contributors, and guests sound off on the television shows we’re tuned into, from intense dramas to clever sitcoms to the most insane reality shows. This week: Supernatural, Constantine, Gravity Falls, Parasyte, and Gotham! Christina Harrington is watching… Supernatural, The CW Read More …
The scene is familiar to anyone who’s watched a reality dating show in the past decade: the host stands with his arms at his back, addressing the twenty beautiful men and women in front of him at the end-of-week “matching ceremony.” Tonight, our host is actor Ryan Devlin, Read More …
When we finally meet a sentient alien species, will it be on our terms? Will we be alike? Or will we be so different as to find the very idea of each other grotesque? Perhaps the most important part of this question is whether we will Read More …
Deadshirt Is Watching…is a weekly feature in which Deadshirt staff, contributors, and guests sound off on the television shows we’re tuned into, from intense dramas to clever sitcoms to the most insane reality shows. This week: Mulaney, The Mindy Project, Doctor Who, and Real Housewives of Atlanta! David Lebovitz is Read More …
Star Trek is an enormous and complex cultural entity whose impact on politics, technology, and storytelling are undeniable. It’s also as flawed and problematic as any other massive media franchise. Lifelong Trekkie and Deadshirt Editor-in-Chief Dylan Roth attempts to make sense of it all for die-hards and outsiders Read More …
Deadshirt Is Watching…is a weekly feature in which Deadshirt staff, contributors, and guests sound off on the television shows we’re tuned into, from intense dramas to clever sitcoms to the most insane reality shows. This week: Arrow, Madam Secretary, and Fake Off. Dylan Roth is Watching… Arrow, The CW Read More …
Deadshirt Is Watching…is a weekly feature in which Deadshirt staff, contributors, and guests sound off on the television shows we’re tuned into, from intense dramas to clever sitcoms to the most insane reality shows. This week: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Steven Universe, Gotham, and Star Wars Rebels. Dominic Read More …
By Kate Collison Only three episodes into the fourth iteration of American Horror Story, and I am already 1000% more invested in these freaks than I ever was in the lackluster characters of Season Three’s Coven. Writer/Producer Ryan Murphy is at his best when portraying the struggles of the Read More …