The future is a bizarre and wonderful place — When I used to imagine what the future would look like, I pictured the normal kinds of stuff: flying cars, robotic servants, maybe even real lightsabers. Roomba and Alexa aside, we’ve fallen far short of those childhood dreams. …

Ranked by order of deadliness because why not — Each season of Stranger Things has introduced new antagonists that our heroes name after a Dungeons & Dragons monster. Thus, we’ve gotten the Demogorgon, the Mindflayer, and now Vecna. It’s safe to assume the final season will return to this well. What if, instead of another ruthless, bloodthirsty monster, Stranger…

8 novels compressed into a 90-minute runtime — who thought that was a good idea?! — Thunderdome is a Fanfare series where our writers good-naturedly debate some matter of pop culture and then leave it to the readers to decide. Read each post and vote at the bottom! The Dark Tower is a series of novels written by Stephen King that take place across alternate Earths…

Scott: put the hammer down and take a nap, I beg you — My new neighbors are the industrious sort you watch refurbish houses on HGTV while stuffing your face with pork rinds and quietly reassuring yourself that ‘I could do that’ while your actual, real-life house molders around you, stinking of neglect, but fortunately you don’t notice the smell because of the…

I love him but Taika Waititi wasn't the right guy for this story — Spoilers, obviously. There’s no way to say this without sounding like a huge dweeb, so I’m just going to come right out with it: the ‘God Butcher’ story arc from the comic books is one of the finest I have ever read. I admittedly don’t read a ton of comics…

1990s Hollywood propaganda hits different in present day America — I had no intention of watching Independence Day, the 1996 film, on Independence Day. I tend not to make a big to-do about the 4th of July. I like freedom as much as the next guy — it certainly beats the alternative — but as holidays go, Independence Day is…

The Broadcast for July 9, 2022 — I just got home from a long trip out of town, and as they say, boy are my arms tired. Not that I flew or anything. But after that much time in the car, my everything is just sort of meh. So this will be a short-and-sweet newsletter, as opposed…

“Mr. Stark, you’ve become part of a bigger universe.” — Thunderdome is a Fanfare series where our writers good-naturedly debate some matter of pop culture and then leave it to the readers to decide. Read each post and vote at the bottom! When we landed on ‘best adaptation’ for this Thunderdome, I quickly tossed out the MCU as my topic…

10 songs, sorted from least to most specific — For the longest time, Michigan was primarily known for two things: automobiles and music. That was probably 60 years ago. I honestly couldn't tell you what Michigan is best known for these days. Crime? (Detroit was ranked the most dangerous city in America in 2020.) The drinking water in Flint…