Anyone that's worked in corporate setting will recognized the type of people portrayed in this show. From the suck up to the boss to the bitter old woman that takes pleasure from pointing out others faults and failures.The show is based on how real people would act not TV tropes making ...
created by Yoshiyuki Tomino, this groundbreaking series brought with it a whirlwind of controversy due to its mature and often grim subject matter; themes that anime had previously avoided. Tomino’s exploration of subjects such as child soldiers, war profiteering, the darker side of capitalism, ...
I avoided this for a couple days, because I haven't been a fan of Michelle Bateaux's standup or supporting roles (Always Be My Maybe). I knew I was gonna watch this eventually, but I never thought I'd binge it in an afternoon! I rated this an 8 up until the literal last minute...
The show could have been more interesting and more mature if it had avoided such an alarming amount of anime tropes and behaviors, and simply been itself.All that said, I would certainly recommend watching it. It IS interesting, it IS different, and it's somewhat of an important meta-...
occasional rogue President. And even when it was rubbish – and sadly the finalLive Another Dayminiseries wasn't great – it was still at least loveable. Despite being the worst plot device in history, it's hard not to have a soft spot for the cougar that menaced Kim Bauer back in ...
The women of Little House were survivors, and watching them every week had a profound impact on every girl sitting in front of her TV with her hair braided in Laura-like pigtails, including this one. 13. Bob’s Burgers, 2011–presentSo much of Bob’s Burgers could be hoary tropes from...
Not only have creators Matt and Ross Duffer — aka the Duffer brothers — repurposed 1980s tropes of friends going on adventures who end up saving the world, but they’ve created a next generation of stars (Millie Bobby Brown, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke and Noah Schnapp, among others) with ...
One of the earliest and most enduring examples of time travel on television. If you have somehow avoided this British program’s feverish cult following, then, in the simplest terms, it’s a show about an alien named Doctor Who who travels through space and time looking for adventures. ...
this story is no different. I was pleased that this vision avoided the more hysterical supernatural elements which have blighted lesser King adaptations. Yet, while it is subtle in delivery, the show isn’t without a number of explosive moments, especially during a bullet-fest of a shootout ...
Hughes makes use of a number of ghost story tropes in this first episode: dripping taps, a black and white photograph ripped down the middle, an old mill, and plenty of howling wind. That’s not to say that the story is as obvious as the devices used. In fact, after this first epis...