Permanent Nerd Network

When we aren’t told to dig beneath the surface.

It seems like reimagining the Nutcracker would be nigh difficult. We’re all familiar with the original Russian ballet and the music…

Books that help us find the words to express ourselves.

Welcome home, demons and souls.

What it means to back the wrong literal horse — and costar.

You don’t always need a song, but you do sometimes need a voice.

Curses and cowboys and dinosaurs, oh my!

“Anything your heart desires will come to you.”

Right now things are scary. I’m not going to lie about that. But we can all do our part to reduce the risk of potential spread. That…

This is my copy of The DC Comics Guide To Writing Comics. I remember asking my mother to buy me a copy of it. The script formats that were…

Previously, I talked about Junji Ito characters that endured terrible nightmares but refused to give up or surrender their dignity. In “The…

You never know when the newest superhero show is going to become grim and gritty while deconstructing tropes. Sometimes it can be fun, but…

Secure Your Magic First Before Using It To Help Others.

Not all science fiction stories or apocalypse tales are designed for happy endings or escapism. We sometimes want to know how to plan for…

Hooty doesn’t get enough love in the Owl House. The audience knows it, especially when everyone has punched him in the face. This episode…

Updating the hardboiled detective tale is always tough. While I don’t know the tropes of the genre, I do know the cliches that are…

What catalysts can promise life or death?

When no one beleives in the devil’s daughter.

With a cast boasting Andrea Riseborough, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Jackie Weaver, Damian Bichir, and Lin Shaye, you’d be forgiven for having…

I’m screaming. This episode provided some of the answers to fan theories, and pain. Lots of pain. I regret joking that I wanted Hunter to…

“Every time I look at you, I don’t understand. Why’d you let the things you did get so out of hand?”

Can a fright night with booze reveal unhealthy patterns?

An unreliable narrator horse characterized BoJack Horseman’s most popular tragedy.

“To the Moon wants you to think, and before the credits roll, it wants you to feel.”