I got into a discussion with someone about movies, but we were soon talking about tastes in general and why I find myself disliking so much of the Hollywood output.  I realized after the discussion that these can easily be applied to books, games, etc. and still have the same impact so I thought I’d [...]

Usually when I review non-English shows, they’re Japanese but sometimes it’s good to be reminded that there good (and bad) shows everywhere.  We often think of Japan as being the sole home of the sentai-style show, after all, they created the “five good looking friends from all walks of life” model, a model that the [...]

If you’re creating a new television show, or even just kicking around some ideas that you hope to someday make into a series, do us all a favor and think farther ahead than next week.  Please?
I think that’s the biggest problem with most shows that fail, the show runners have no idea where the show [...]

To be honest, the initial descriptions of this series didn’t sound all that promising, it seemed more like a show my wife would enjoy, she gets into oddball detective shows featuring the weird and unexplained.  I should have had more faith in the Japanese producers though, Kiina is actually a fun, if a bit “out [...]