‘The Expanse’: 5 Reasons Why Amazon Needs to Save the Sci-Fi Drama
When IndieWire asked me if I’d like to write a piece on why The Expanse should be saved, I downed a shot of Ganymede whisky, and cried to ta ge im!!
Speaking Event: Keynote Talk at the International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling
If you happen to find yourself in Madeira Portugal in a couple of weeks, I’ll be delivering one of the conference keynote talks:
Podcast: Flushing Transit Authority
For a change of pace, Will Stegemann and I have started a podcast - Flushing Transit Authority - to talk about what its like to be lifelong Mets fans. Other podcasts can give you game recaps, statistical analysis and predictions; we’re trying something different. We’ll be focusing on the narrative and our experience as fans. And we plan to have some fun.
Indiewire: Mr. Robot, Season 2 reviews
A compilation of my reviews for the second season of “Mr. Robot" for Indiewire, including a panel discussion on the depiction of hacking on screen: :
Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episodes 1-2: eps2.0_unm4sk.tc
Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 3: k3rnel_pan1c.ksd
Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 4: eps2.2_init1.asec
Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 5: eps2.3_logic-b0mb.hc
Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 6: eps2.4_m4ster-s1ave.aes
Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 7: eps2.5_h4ndshake.sme
Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 8: eps2.6_succ3ss0r.p12
Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 9: eps2.7_init_5.fve
Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 10: eps2.8_h1dden-pr0cess.axx
Review: ‘Mr. Robot' Episode 11: eps2.9_pyth0n-pt1.p7z
Indiewire: Game of Thrones, Season 6 reviews
Now that season 6 of Game of Thrones is done, here’s a compilation of my reviews for Indiewire. HBO did not make screeners available this season. Rather than do traditional episodic recaps, they convened a group of writers to provide short, rapid responses to each episode. I was honored to join a roundtable of really great critics including Hanh Nguyen, Sarah Mesle and Eric Deggans. And as the resident book-reader of the group, I also got to write a longer essay looking at how the show did after surpassing the source texts.
‘Game of Thrones’: Meet Indiewire’s Panel of Critics For Season 6
Review ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 1, ‘The Red Woman,’ Reviewed: Ladies Night
Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 2 ‘Home’ Celebrates Resurrections
Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 3, ‘Oathbreaker’ Could Have Done More
Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 4, ‘Book of the Stranger’ Gets Lit
Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 5, ‘The Door,’ Opens Up Many Secrets
Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 6, ‘Blood of My Blood’ Is Full of Face-Offs
Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Episode 8 ’No One’ Keeps The Violence Off Screen As Battles Build
Essay: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Channeled George R.R. Martin Without Him, For Better and Worse
Review: ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Finale ‘The Winds of Winter’ Unleashes Epic, Hardcore Vengeance
Speaking Event: Digital Hollywood 2016
If you find yourself at Digital Hollywood in Los Angeles next month, I’ll be on a panel with some other multi-platform rabble-rousers.
Our panel is called Visionary Transmedia: VR - Gaming - Sci-Fi - Music Video - Horror - Space – The Multi-Level Experience (Wow, I guess we’ll be covering a lot.) Thursday, May 5th from 1-2 PM.
Indiewire: Downton Abbey, Season 6 Reviews for Indiewire
The fine folks at Indiewire engaged me to write recaps of the final season of Downton Abbey. I said, “You want me to tell people what I think? About a television show? And you’ll pay me? Sign me up!”
This was fun and engaging challenge, to find the sweet spot between simply summarizing events and including my own reactions and opinions. Especially with a show that I’ve found problematic and frustrating over its last few seasons.
I’ve assembled all the links into this one master post, in case one day I want to re-live the never-ending slog that was the hospital plot line.
6x06: http://www.indiewire.com/article/review-downton-abbey-season-6-episode-6-tries-to-get-meta-20160207
6x07: http://www.indiewire.com/article/review-downton-abbey-season-6-episode-7-goes-up-in-flames-20160214
6x09: http://www.indiewire.com/article/downton-abbey-series-finale-review-season-6-episode-9-20160305
Speaking Event: Prime Time in Ottawa | Breakout: Exploring Innovations in Storytelling
I’ll be speaking at Prime Time in Ottawa on February 4th. First time in Ottawa!