Velvet Was The Night is the latest novel by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia. We’ve talked about several of her books in the past, including Mexican Gothic and God of Jade and Shadows. She has no trouble genre-hopping, going from horror to fantasy to political noir without missing a beat. Through each genre hop, some things remain constant.Continue reading “Why Velvet Was The Night Works”
Category Archives: Why it works
Why Loki didn’t work
We talked about Wandavision, and how it collectively broke us. We talked about Falcon and Winter Soldier, and how it revealed dark truths and personal growth. Now, let’s talk about Loki. I’d describe Loki as the Booberry of the Halloween cereal trinity. It’s fine, but if there’s Count Chocula or Frankenberry I’m grabbing those first. Continue reading “Why Loki didn’t work”
Why Falcon and The Winter Soldier works
Released this spring over six weeks, Falcon and Winter Soldier was a huge hit. I certainly watched every episode. It wasn’t as funny as Loki. It wasn’t as emotionally devastating as Wandavision. But it was great. It was a solid political intrigue terrorist story, with some superhero antics thrown in for good measure. Let’s talkContinue reading “Why Falcon and The Winter Soldier works”
Why Resident Alien Works
Premiering in January of this year, Resident Alien is based on a Dark Horse comic. Proving once again that some fantastic writers are working in comics. It’s funny, it’s emotional, and it’s on our table today. We’re going to break it apart and discuss why it works. The story is simple enough. An alien intendingContinue reading “Why Resident Alien Works”
Why 9 Works
Spoiler warning! We can’t break apart a movie like this without giving away its twist. 9 is a little heard of film from 2009. It’s a dark dystopian film about little dolls left over after all the humans are gone. In this version of the end of the world, we were destroyed by our machines.Continue reading “Why 9 Works”
Why The Good Place Works
I know, I’m behind. But I finally just watched all of The Good Place in the span of like, a week. I went into it knowing almost nothing about the show. I knew it was about ‘the good place’. That was it. If you’ve never seen the show before, click away now. Because you don’tContinue reading “Why The Good Place Works”
Why Picard Works
I’m not going to lie, I was worried about this show. When I heard they were getting Patrick Stewart to reprise his role, I worried this was going to be cringy. I worried it was going to be the science fiction equivalent of The Mule with that ridiculous threesome scene with Clint Eastwood.
Why Lower Decks works
Premiering in August of 2020, Lower Decks is different than the other Star Trek shows we’ve talked about in this series so far. But also not as different when you get into the details. It’s not set on Enterprise, but many of them haven’t been. Lower Decks is set on the U.S.S. Cerritos. Of course,Continue reading “Why Lower Decks works”
Full disclosure. All the other shows in this series have one of two things in common. Either they were a childhood favorite of mine or a recent love. I’ve only seen bits and pieces of Enterprise. And there’s a chance that, even if you’re a big Trek fan, you haven’t seen much of it either.Continue reading
Why it works, Deep Space 9
Welcome to week four of our Why It Works, Star Trek series. This week, as promised, we’re talking about Deep Space 9. This was another that I watched with my grandmother as a child, and then revisited as an adult. Running from January 1993 to June of 1999, it’s the third Star Trek show toContinue reading “Why it works, Deep Space 9”
Paper Beats World 