Annals of the Homestarmy

Covering Quantico and Grandfathered.

Since Sideshow already sent them in, we'll go for Blood and Oil and The Grinder next. Continue reading "Dueling Reviews #6"

Covering Life in Pieces and Lucifer.

Next up we will be watching Quantico and Grandfathered.

Before we get to these reviews, we have a new participant.

Continue reading "Dueling Reviews #5"

This time, we're discussing FX's The Bastard Executioner and the CBS' Supergirl.

Next up we will be watching Life in Pieces and Lucifer. Continue reading "Dueling Reviews #4"

This time, we are reviewing the frustratingly good Heroes: Reborn double-length premiere as well as The Player.

Next up we will be watching FX swing for the Westeros-style fences with The Bastard Executioner and the CBS trying to play in the superhero genre with Supergirl.
Continue reading "Dueling Reviews #3"

In which Joey publicly suffers an identity crisis, and Sideshow tells us how he REALLY feels about Lea Michele.

This time we're reviewing the Scream Queens double-length premiere as well as Fox's execrable Rosewood.


Next up we will be doing Heroes: Reborn episodes 1 and 2 (they aired back to back, billed as a double-length premiere episode) and the Wesley Snipes star vehicle The Player. Continue reading "Dueling Reviews #2"

This time we're reviewing Limitless and Minority Report, and Sideshow chimes in on the latter.

Next up we will be doing Scream Queens episodes 1 and 2 (they aired back to back, billed as a double-length premiere episode) and Rosewood. Continue reading "Dueling Reviews #1"

Editor's note: I accidentally left off Aaron's pre-episode thoughts on The Muppets and The Making of the Mob; it's been fixed.

Before we start, Aaron had this to say about the project as a whole:

I made the mistake of encouraging my brother to review the upcoming TV shows. The result is a project Im sure will end the same way as my attempt to cool down the deep fat fryer with a pitcher full of cold water.

(I will be leaving his typos and other mistakes intact.)

The first 3 shows we will discuss are Blindspot, The Muppets, and the AMC documentary The Making of the Mob: New York. The juicy bits are below the fold... Continue reading "Dueling Reviews - Installment #0"

Some of you may remember a time when I was doing a preview of the shows coming up in the new fall season - like this one from 2012. I haven't done one in a while, and with TrekWest5 on indefinite hiatus, I have been thinking of a new project to start. Thus, it is with great pleasure that I introduce you all to the 2015 TV Project.

Here's the plan. Here is a list of shows. If there's a new show starting in Fall of 2015 that's not on that list, let me know so we can add it.

No matter how execrable the subject matter may seem, I am going to watch the pilot of every single one of these shows*. Before I start each episode, I will write down my expectations based on trailers, things I've read or heard, and so forth. I will then summarize as much of the story as I can in no more than 200 words. I will also provide a rating on a scale of 0-10, with decimals being allowed (just because Pete loves them so much.) I will also make a prediction about how long the show will last.

Here's the REALLY exciting part - Aaron will be doing the same things for each episode. We will not discuss our thoughts or share our writing with each other prior to it going live here on this blog, so that you get the undiluted experience from each of us.

Want to join in? We'd love to have you - if you need my help acquiring any of these shows, reach out. I have a very capable DVR from Google Fiber that can do wonderous things (*EIGHT* tuners!)

Are we missing a show you'd really love to torture (or enliven - that's allowed too!) us with? As long as this is the show's first season, let us know and we'll put it on the list.


*: I am assuming that I have not missed any of the pilots, or am able to find resources which will allow me to fill any gaps needed. If I legitimately cannot find any way to watch the episode, we'll just do our "initial thoughts" and "series length predictions."

I woke up this morning with 6 different story ideas in my head. Knowing I'd never remember them all, I put down the broad strokes of the ideas as quickly as I could, and then went back and started back-filling what details I could remember. I got only as far as this idea, and have done ZERO research on the names or editing my use of archaic speech. This is what it is - hopefully, I will be able to remember the rest enough to come back in and finish the tale. Lots of thanks to Anne for helping me with the boy's name - she endured both my horrible texting skills and my effusive, self-aggrandizing description of the plan for the series, and gave me a name I'm quite pleased with.

All the rough sketches have been filled in now. Enjoy!


Many thousands of years ago, during the Xiaomin dynasty, the Emperor Wu ordered a Fox hunt, for he had heard many tales of the powerful magics held in Fox's tail, and desired this power to protect his legacy. For years, many men chased Fox, desperate to gain the reward and favor that would grace the one victorious; but none succeeded. Continue reading "The Iron Khan"