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The X-Files of the Wild West, Supernatural Has Possessed Me

The Dukes of Hazzard had its General Lee. Knight Rider, its talking car K.I.T.T. And while it doesn’t leap impossible chasms or talk to its owners, the black ’67 Impala on Supernatural is every bit a main character as brothers Sam and Dean Winchester. My wife recently started watching Supernatural while exercising, and I jumped in just as she began unearthing season two. A quick rundown of the storyline and I was sucked right in. Like a …

13 Reasons I Just Can’t Look Away from Lemon Snicket’s Unfortunate Events

by Andrew Kardon

From the very opening of Netflix’s original series Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, viewers are told to look away. A deadpan narrator practically begs and pleads with us to watch no more as an endless series of unfortunate events awaits three beautiful children. No happy ending. No good to counter the bad. Just look away. Of course, like most humans, when you’re told to look away, what do you do? Yeah, you look …

Supergirl Brings Out My Inner Comic Geek

by Andrew Kardon

I have a secret to tell you. I know it’s hard to believe, but I”m kind of a big comic book geek. No, no. It’s true. Thing is, as much as I love comic books, my least favorite superhero of all time has always been Superman. By extrapolation, that includes Superboy, Supergirl, Krypto the Super Dog and yes, even Beppo the Super Monkey. So while I am in love with the CW’s The Flash (best …

To Counter All the Hate, Here’s 101 Things I Truly Love

by Andrew Kardon

There’s a lot of hate going on in the world these days. I’m not going to start talking politics here at all, nor am I blindly ignoring the reasons behind all this hate. Instead, however, I’m preaching love. Love. Compassion. Caring. You can do all of that while still disagreeing with one another on things. That said, I’m doing my part to spread as much positive vibes as I can these days. I know it’s …

Joss Whedon’s Firefly Shines Brightest Among Sci-Fi Series

by Andrew Kardon

Say what you want about Joss Whedon. The guy knows how to handle an ensemble cast. You either know him from his high “stakes” TV thriller Buffy the Vampire Slayer or more recently from directing Marvel’s Avengers film. But he also put together one of the greatest, but most short-lived sci-fi series ever told: Firefly. Like the lightning bug itself, Whedon’s Firefly shone bright but was sadly too short lived, lasting only 14 episodes. Fans …