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Author: Sam Flynn

Wasting oxygen since 1992, Sam thanks the gods he doesn't believe in everyday his parents didn't discard him as an infant. It would have been the sensible thing to do.

Netflix’s Daredevil: Season 1 Review

I’ll start with this: I enjoyed Daredevil. But like its hero, it is flawed in profound ways. It’s hard to say what keeps it from being a great show: the flat-attempts at comic relief, the ambiguous and redundant plot, or character inconsistencies. The best praise for the show comes a…

Game of Thrones 5.1: The Wars to Come – Review

This review presumes the viewer has not seen the further 3 episodes that leaked ahead of yesterday’s premiere. Now, I would never give in to temptation and illegally watch one of my favorite shows given the opportunity . . . but I’m a Millennial, I barely even know the concept of…

Back After the Commercial Interruption

Guess who’s back, back, back again . . . I couldn’t resist. Bad news: some WiFi troubles left me Internet-less (which is both better and worse than you think it is). Good news: I was able to get work done on my novel Tears of Elmaya. Combine them and what…

Consuming Nostalgia: The Re-packaging and Selling of Our Cultural Identity

Say ’em with me, one breath: Alien, Predator, Terminator, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Beetlejuice, Beverly Hills Cop, Blade Runner, Mad Max, Planet of the Apes, Die Hard, Triplets, Conan the Barbarian, Ghostbusters, Jurassic Park (ragged breath) . . . 3 versions of Sherlock Holmes, 3 versions of Robin Hood, 2 films of…

Sam Flynn’s 7: Pop Culture News from March 16-23

My weekly analysis of pop culture news, trues, and lose(ers). 7. X-Files limited series revival?  This week, a ton of good news for TV, which ties in to an upcoming Slogged column I’m writing about the future of visual storytelling. In that trend, FOX is considering a 6-10 episode limited…

Does The Walking Dead Have a Game of Thrones Problem?

Both based on beloved source material by iconic creators, both arguably the top television shows in the world, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead have redefined genre television for a new generation, adding dramatic weight and heft in telling a human story in fantasy worlds, whether the world is…

Sam Flynn’s 7: March 9-15

Table of Contents Ghostbusters Cinematic Universe? Star Wars spinoff and sequel details confirmed Suicide Squad movie scoop First photo from production of Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur film Burton to direct a live-action Dumbo Tron 3 to film this fall? Kevin Smith announces his upcoming films 1. Ghostbusters Cinematic Universe? This just…

Sam Flynn’s 7: Mar. 1 – 8

1. Jeremy Renner returns as Hawkeye in Captain America: Civil War, will shoot Story of Your Life this summer I love Jeremy Renner news, mostly because it involves Jeremy Renner. He is a franchise singularity; the underrated and underused Avenger, partner to impossible mission master Tom Cruise, the worthy(?) successor…

House of Cards Season 3 Review (SPOILERS!)

Kevin Spacey’s devious Frank Underwood spent two seasons climbing the Washington D.C. ladder to President with the help of his partner-in-crime and wife, Robin Wright’s Claire. The boiling anticipation came from seeing the fruition of their dream as they did the things we can only dream of in the pursuit…