Film and TV

Thoughtful, articulate, and extremely absurd and subjective reviews of films and television series that are so old that you either have no interest in them or an unwavering preexisting opinion.

Stargate Battlemeh

by Jason Thomas Kocher December 27th, 2009 Culture » Film and TV »

Near the end of the spectacular-but-for-its-ending Battlestar Galactica, panic reasonably began to creep into the cybernetic hearts of its loyal geeks. What to do when its all over…MAN!?

SciFi, the network prior to rebranding as the less logical and only slightly more catchy moniker of SyFy, seemed to be making attempts to preemptively fill your hole with a [...]

The Doctor Who Christmas Boycott

by Jason Thomas Kocher December 21st, 2009 Culture » Film and TV » Philosophy » Politics »

Ba Humbug!?

Perhaps.

Yes, I am indeed and certainly going on a Doctor Who hunger strike protesting the replacement of David Tennant with one Matt Smith. Surely…days away from already filmed and edited swan song of The End of Time…there is still time for my mighty one-man protest to have its desired effect.

And…no…that’s not really reality…

However, I will [...]

THE SPORADICAL INSTITUTE’s 2009 Fuck It Peace Prize

by Jason Thomas Kocher October 22nd, 2009 Culture » Culture » Film and TV » Philosophy » Politics »

And the recipient of
THE SPORADICAL INSTITUTE’s 2009 Fuck It Peace Prize is…
PAUL LYNDE

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What!? Why?!

Because…

Well…

Fuck it…he just is, alright? SCREW!

Get your own goddamn peace prize and you can give it to whoever the hell YOU want…

Or are we gonna fight about it?! Huh? Punk!

An Ideal Husband

by Jason Thomas Kocher August 15th, 2009 Culture » Film and TV »

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I am, on a regular occasion, obsessed with both John Astin and Patty Duke. I loved both of their most famous roles, John Astin as Gomez Addams on The Addams Family and Patty Duke as Patty and Cathy Lane on The Patty Duke Show. I sadly have [...]

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