by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 10, 2018 | Culture, Not Politics, Opinion
George Carlin had a fun bit about unidentifiable leftovers, which I won’t spoil apart from mentioning that his wife would have him smell that which he couldn’t identify in order to determine its provenance and viability. We all get the gag, of course, and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Feb 7, 2018 | Culture, Not Politics, Opinion
Netflix recently released its next bit of original content, a 10 episode adaptation of Richard K. Morgan’s superb science fiction novel Altered Carbon. The story, which takes place 500 years hence, is of a world where alien technology has been used to enable...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 29, 2017 | Not Politics, Opinion
The deluge of original television programming, from the networks, from cable channels, from Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other streamers, and from innumerable other sources, is one of the great byproducts of the Internet age. But, just as the universe of information...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 20, 2017 | Not Politics, Opinion
This past Friday brought the debut of the newest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): The Defenders. A Netflix original limited series, an 8 episode story arc, it became available in its entirety in traditional Netflix style. Being a fan of most of the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 21, 2017 | Not Politics, Opinion
As a casual but long-time Marvel fan, as a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and having thoroughly enjoyed Netflix’ three previous MCU offerings (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage), I was rather eager to watch “Iron Fist,” the latest...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 3, 2017 | Not Politics, Opinion
One of the countless bounties of the digital age is the emergence of serialized television as an art form that routinely exceeds movies in its ability to present meaningful, in-depth character studies. Cable television, with early masterpieces such as The Sopranos and...
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