Any comics fan is familiar with the dead parents trope. Batman is the obvious, most well known example, but the history of superhero stories is littered (figuratively and literally) with the bodies of fallen forebears. But, just because they’re gone, it doesn’t mean their stories can’t come back to haunt our heroes in increasingly strange…
Rick and Morty generally isn’t very subtle with its references. Almost every episode is named after a famous movie, TV show, or book title with either “Rick” or “Morty” inserted, the show’s concept is based on a spoof animation co-creator Justin Roiland made parodying Back To The Future, and quite often the show directly states…
Although National Lampoon first began as a humor magazine, it quickly grew into a franchise that expanded across mediums into radio, television, and film. Today, the National Lampoon movies are widely regarded as comedy classics, with Vacation and Christmas Vacation both in the top three on Ranker’s fan-voted list of the All-Time Greatest Comedy Movies….
Mean Girls almost immediately entered the pantheon of the best teen movies upon its release in 2004. Based on a non-fiction book (Queen Bees And Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman) taking an ethnographic look at high school cliques, Mean Girls has more on its mind than the average teen movie, and with a script by Saturday…
The Predator franchise began with mercenaries trying to defeat a strange extraterrestrial hunter while deep in a secluded rainforest. Soon enough, the science-fiction franchise would expand as more of these extraterrestrial hunters were encountered around the world. These alien lifeforms would come to be known as Yautja and they’d soon begin terrorizing everywhere from the…
The Star Trek franchise began in 1966 with Star Trek: The Original Series, and all these years later, Trekkies continue to obsess over the esteemed characters of the Starfleet. As unforgettable as the several series and films of the Star Trek franchise may be, it’s Star Trek‘s costuming that continues to astound Trekkies and non-Trekkies alike….
Released in 1986, the first Legend of Zelda game introduced gamers around the world to the lovable and noble hero Link as he attempts to save princess Zelda from evil. As more and more games were released over time, it became clearer and clearer that the Legend of Zelda universe was not so easy to understand….
“Old versus new”? You don’t even have a clue. Humans have always been interested by the progression of time, whether that’s in philosophy, in music, or waiting at the DMV. Jokes aside, many people take interest in the physical changes of things as time progresses. There are even multiple subreddits and communities dedicated to it…
Are you my mummy? The Gebelein Man, located in the British Museum, is a naturally mummified corpse that dates approximately 5,000 years. Moreover, this artifact was preserved naturally through the environment, as opposed to more deliberate and natural measures that mummies are usually known for. For all you history nerds and non-history nerds alike, the…
Movies can often be the perfect escape from even the hardest, most depressing days. When the outside world continues getting darker and scarier, feel-good movies just keep on having that unique power of making everything seem at least a little better. These lighthearted movies can span all kinds of genres from animation to family dramas….
