Alexandrea Callaghan
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Certified nerd, super geek and very proud fangirl.
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9-1-1
Season 2 of 9-1-1 definitely found its footing. Season 1 was so shaky I definitely didn’t have much hope for it. But luckily it looks like in season 2 they stabilized their writers room, this absolutely improved the quality of the writing and the viewing experience as a whole. I am fully convinced that Buck is super gay and no one can convince me otherwise. I am in fact not crazy because tumblr has validated all of my feelings. Now if Eddie isn’t gay I will riot because that is insane. Those two have more romantic chemistry with each other then they have ever had with any woman they interact with on screen. The season finale of season 2 was weird and kind of shoehorned in but it did end with our couples getting a happy ending. Maddy and Chim get together and Athena and Bobby get married.
By Alexandrea Callaghan5 days ago in Geeks
MCU Rewatch
As a companion series to An Idea of All Time my husband and I decided to rewatch all of the MCU movies in chronological order. This serves several purposes; 1) there is going to be a bit of an MCU drought for the next year as far as new releases go. 2) We want to properly place Shang-Chi in the MCU not just ranking it by quality but contextualizing it based on the existing universe. 3) We want to analyze how many of Shang-Chi’s problems are project specific and how many are MCU bred. So in addition to watching Shang-Chi every week we will be watching another MCU movie every week. We are of course starting with Iron Man.
By Alexandrea Callaghan5 days ago in Geeks
Game of Thrones
It has been 5 years since we were subjected to the shit show that was season 8 of Game of Thrones and still fans are bitter. What could have gone down as one of the greatest shows of all time instead concluded as one of the worst. It is impossible to watch season 8 and think that anyone’s ending was acceptable. The writers did a great job of assassinating every single character…even the ones I hated. So we are going to go ahead and list every single thing wrong with season 8.
By Alexandrea Callaghan6 days ago in Geeks
9-1-1
Season 1 of 9-1-1 is shaky at best. The show had no structure, no sense of organization, the character development was shoddy and none of the relationships were built up properly. Season 2 jumps right in and honestly the first episode of season 2 is about 1000X better then anything that was produced in season 1.
By Alexandrea Callaghan8 days ago in Geeks
An Idea of All Time
My husband and I decided that we would plan the next 4 and half or so years of quality time. He listens to a podcast called the worst idea of all time, the hosts watch a decidedly bad movie every week for a year. Now I am aware that I do not have that kind of will power. So our version is a tad more mild than that. We will be choosing a mediocre movie and to make it more interesting we will be choosing movies with numbers in the title. We are starting with Shang Chi: Legend of the 10 Rings. And we will be watching for as many months as there are numbers. We are almost done with our first month so here is a quick recap of what we have commented on as well links to the episode if you are interested.
By Alexandrea Callaghan8 days ago in Geeks
9-1-1
On a journey to writing a very long essay about queer representation in media I am throwing myself into very necessary research. So in light of recent events we will be starting 9-1-1. I have seen many clips of this show on TikTok but I have yet to actually watch a full episode. That said I will be taking my thoughts season by season, as I do, on my way to writing this much longer essay, also Angela Bassett is in it and that’s enough reason for me to watch anything. So here we go with the first season of 9-1-1.
By Alexandrea Callaghan13 days ago in Geeks
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
As a huge fan of Amy Palladino I have been meaning to watch The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for quite a while now and I just haven’t gotten a chance to do so yet. And by haven’t gotten a chance I mean I accidentally keep rewatching things I’ve already seen 12 times. Now I think anything Palladino does is gold and I have really only heard and seen good things about this show so I couldn’t wait to dive in.
By Alexandrea Callaghan20 days ago in Geeks
Ricky Stanicky
Amazon Prime has kind of been cranking out the original content lately and though not everyone is going see these hilarious and creative movies they are actually pretty good. Our latest endeavor includes Zac Efron and John Cena in the cast and quite honestly that is all I needed to know before deciding to watch this movie.
By Alexandrea Callaghan20 days ago in Geeks
X-Men '97
The first two episodes of the new Disney+ series X-Men ‘97 were a hit! The show is very well executed and seems to be very well received on the internet. We left off the second episode with Storm leaving the mansion due to the sudden loss of her powers and a duplicate of Jean collapsing in front of the team.
By Alexandrea Callaghan21 days ago in Geeks
Girls5Eva
Not sure how this show slipped under my radar for so long but Girls5Eva is amazing. We have talked about how women seem to have an expiration date in Hollywood. They are either young and hot, this normally caps out around 30. Or they are old and bitter and this doesn’t really start until 50+. So there is kind of this dead space for actresses where if they don’t create their own work, they don’t work. It's wildly upsetting because there isn’t anything even remotely comparable for men. So the casting and message of Girls5Eva is needed on so many levels. Let’s get into it.
By Alexandrea Callaghan24 days ago in Geeks
Comics and Censorship
Once upon a time in a land not so far away, the Comics Code Authority regulated and censored the content that comic books produced. There was what the industry considered “The War on Comics” and it resulted in books being canceled, and a seal of approval being required for anything that went to print. We then move to a time of book burnings, something that could be dated back to any point in societal conscious memory. Whether it be the actual content created or what society deems appropriate, censorship has always existed. Unfortunately we are returning to a time where censorship is a problem.
By Alexandrea Callaghan27 days ago in Geeks