From Gainax, the madmen who brought us Neon Genesis Evangelion and FLCL , comes Gurren Lagann , the show whose motto is "The only thing better than a mecha is a BIGGER MECHA." My brother had been... It's funny, it's sad, it's ludicrous, it's surprising, it's addictive, it's good times. And I say you should watch it! Is my recommendation not good enough for you? WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?

Over a month and a half ago, I enjoyed Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (is that what we've settled on?) so much that I was inspired to finally watch Star Trek: The Original Series . So using...easy to see why the show is a classic, and its influence on all sci-fi television following it is undeniable. I was interested in it as a cultural text, but I wound up enjoying it as a television show

When I first heard about Leverage , I was mildly interested since it starred Christian Kane and Gina Bellman . But, as so often happens, the first thing I read about it was a middling Entertainment... though, and that's a plus. The second season premieres Wednesday, July 15, on TNT and, having gone through the first season in four days, I don't know what to do with myself until then. Steal the moon

I went into Twin Peaks knowing a few things: it was weird, it got bad after they revealed who killed Laura Palmer, and who killed Laura Palmer. Not that the spoiler really mattered since I didn't know... It's quite a marvel that a show like it lasted 29 episodes on ABC—and at one point was a bona fide hit . Regardless of how good it actually is, it's like ariiadne says: that sure was on TV

Last Exile is apparently quite highly regarded by anime fans, but I had never heard of it until allsunday recommended it to me. She then proceeded to lend it to me . Eight months later, I finally...were likable, if not fully developed. If you're interested, you can totally watch the show online . Sometimes you don't know you've been craving steampunk anime until you're offered it, after all

As everyone knows, Joan of Arcadia was a CBS show about Joan Girardi, a teenage girl living the Maryland town of Arcadia who begins seeing God everywhere and receiving little "missions" from Him/Her...certain pervasive CBSness about it that kept it from being a great show, but I was really impressed with how it managed not to be completely sappy and cliché when by all rights it really should have been