Rowan Kaiser's posts

I regretted last week's framing of Misfits' first two episodes as proof that the show was getting tired. I wasn't…

Finally, Elijah.

1. The Fugitive finds the sweet spot between box office and critical acclaim
Blockbusters haven’t always been…

“Season Five, Episode One”

Misfits has always relied on surprise and the unexpected. From the very beginning, with…

A new TV show needs to develop two things to become sustainably good. First, it's gotta have a structure, something…

The worst case scenario when The Originals was announced was that it would be like The Vampire Diaries' worst…

Who doesn’t love a surprise slasher? Here are 17 unexpected tributes to slasher films.

Mind control is a storytelling problem. By taking away characters' agency, mind control removes them as characters.…

The Vampire Diaries built its reputation and fanbase on a foundation of fast-moving plots. For a year and a half or…

The overriding question facing The Originals remains “Who is the main character of this show?” There’s been a…

It's gotta be hard to start a spinoff to a heavily serialized TV show.

The “science” side of speculative fiction has been largely missing from American television for several years. Back…

This week’s question comes from reader Stefan Robak:

Building a television ensemble is a tricky proposition. There must be enough outsized characters to keep the laughs…

Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…

This week’s question comes from reader Wade Carney:

1. Dennis Miller
More closely linked to post-9/11 right-wing conversion than Tony Curtis was to Sidney Poitier in The…

“Z’ha’dum” (season three, episode 22; originally aired 10/28/1996)

This week, reader Matthew Bernat asks: “Not that anyone living outside of Massachusetts’ I-495 would know, but this…

Well, that was fantastic.