Deadshirt is Watching… Secret Wars and Pratt-Falls

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. Dylan Roth is Watching… Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., ABC Season 2, Episode 1: Read More …

Guardians of the Galaxy is an Ode to Boyishness

This weekend’s movie blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy is a comic space adventure starring a trash-talking raccoon, a friendly tree monster, a green alien assassin, a professional wrestler, and a square-jawed manchild who dual-wields laser guns while dancing to classic rock hits, his leather duster blowing in the Read More …

Guardians of the Space Opera—How Marvel Just Kick-Started a Venerable Genre

*insert breathlessly positive review of Guardians here, plus Rocket joke* There, that’s done with. It’s becoming more and more clear that the great mass of reviewers and fans have decided, yup, we like Guardians of the Galaxy. And that’s good. The film unquestionably earns it, Read More …