This heady mix of absurdity, romance, fantastic performances from noted comedians guarantees laughter galore as it parodies tropes found in golden age productions; don't miss out on this excellent opportunity to delight in a delightful parody that will bring a smile to your face. Premiered: July...
Charting the intergalactic odyssey of the Robinson family and their trusty robotic companion, this space-age adventure series blended futuristic action with classic storytelling tropes as the lost travelers battled alien creatures and navigated the challenges of their perilous predicament. Tinged with moral...
featuring wild episodes about aliens, time travel, and other sci-fi tropes. But as the show progressed, people started noticing deep themes that resounded with the audience in a practically spiritual manner.
Mr. and Mrs. Smithis a comedically dark espionage series that owes much of its success to its charismatic leads. Donald Glover and Maya Erskine play the titular duo; spies who are paired together (they also have to pretend they're married) to take on missions for the agency that...
a couple on a backpacking trip trying to salvage their relationship, who stumble upon the mysteriously cheerful town of Schmigadoon. As it turns out, the community is stuck in a Golden Age-era musical populated with all the tropes you would expect, including the handsome rogue, the farmer's...
But it made its most important contributions in the field of family-sitcom tropes. Diff’rent Strokes had them all: The cute kid who steals focus from everyone else on the show (Gary Coleman’s Arnold); a case of “very special episode-ism”; rampant use of a catchphrase (“Whatchoo ...
Absolutely a must watch! Long time fan of showtime's QAF I was curious to see if this re- do could live up to them. I will say the first episode grabbed my attention and pulled me in. I am thrilled with the casting, the acting, and the plot line. ...
How Technology Changed TV Tropes Forever Those of us who love TV often take the standard plot devices known as TV tropes for granted, especially tropes that have been around for a while.Yet, some TV tropes can disappear or nearly disappear, and new ones can emerge with the changing times....
While the story itself — an exploration of ambition, the American Dream, and family ties — deals in classic tropes, the show’s presentation blends the greatest stylistic hits of the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s with technological leaps of fancy straight out of a World’s Fair catalog and ...
the lack of humor in the show. Every now and then I'd get a good laugh but a majority of it was dramatic or lame cliché pg jokes. The main reason I stuck it out the entire season was to watch the early work of the future stars. I found it pretty interesting. Also, the lead ...