Today marks the first official day of summer, (though if you live anywhere like us you’ve already been experiencing summer levels of heat for a few weeks now) and thoughts start to turn to vacations and relaxing instead of work or school. And while I’m not in school anymore and summer vacations seem like nothing […]
Television
A Look Back at This Season’s Returning Shows
We’ve tried to keep our discussion broad, but it goes without saying that there may be spoilers in this post for all shows listed. Tread carefully, ye who enter here. Before the 2015 TV Season began, we posted about our hopes for the season’s new and returning shows. Now that the season has come to […]
A Look Back at This Season’s New Shows
We’ve tried to keep our discussion broad, but it goes without saying that there may be spoilers in this post for all shows listed. Tread carefully, ye who enter here. Before the 2015 TV Season began, we spent some time outlining our hopes and excitement for new and returning shows. Now that the season has […]
Sarah watches TNG: Part 2
And I’m back with this week’s recaps! I’ve made it all the way through Episode 10 without quitting, so I’m considering this a mini-victory. Especially after episode 7. Wow. That one was something else. Weird sex aliens are a thing, who knew? I still don’t feel like I know the crew that well and I’m […]
Five by Friday: Top Characters on Current TV Shows
Welcome to Five by Friday! All of us here at Avenging Force watch a good amount of TV, and love it when we find a show where the characters feel like fully-formed people. Some of them we want to be best friends with, while others should probably be kept at a safe distance, but every one of these characters keeps us faithfully […]
Sarah Watches TNG: Part 1
I officially began my Star Trek: The Next Generation watch through last week and I’ve made it through the first five episodes. Which, let’s be honest, if this show was airing today the network would have cancelled the show before all five of these episodes even made it to air. (Thank goodness network execs were […]
Top 10 Standalone Superhero Films
It’s a good time to be a superhero nerd. We’re currently in the heyday of a superhero renaissance, with screen adaptations of beloved DC and Marvel characters exploding into theaters every other month, superhero TV shows dominating prime time, and even YA superhero novels being announced left and right. It used to be that the biggest actors of […]
A Book Reader’s Review of Hulu’s 11.22.63
This article contains spoilers for 11.22.63, both Stephen King’s novel and the Hulu adaptation. Last Monday, the final episode of Hulu’s adaptation of Stephen King’s 11.22.63 went up. I read the book as soon as King released it, and I really enjoyed it. I would argue that it’s one of the best books he’s written […]
What We Want from the Gilmore Girls Revival
Amy Sherman-Palladino is back to write the much-anticipated Gilmore Girls revival, which will be airing on Netflix in four parts. Most of the original cast is back, and they have announced a slew of new roles as well. We are elated that we get to spend more time in Stars Hollow with this beloved cast […]
What is it, to be a (Super)hero?*
First of all, I want to say how stoked I am to officially be joining Avenging Force! I’ve contributed to some posts in the past, and have left several dissertation-length thoughts down in the comments section, but am super excited to now be a bona fide Avenging Forcer. (Force Avenger? Hmm.) For my first non-guest post, […]