Browsing: 2000s

“She is a great mom. Graduated high school, worked full time, put herself through school. We’re not friends anymore, but from what I see and hear, she and her child are doing really well. I wish her nothing but the best.”

Britney “Tiger” Morano, Tiffany “New York” Patterson, Abigail “Red Oyster” Kintanar, and Jesselynn “Wire” Desmond from ‘Flavor of Love’ | KMazur/

The 2000s were anime’s golden age — a decade when a single Thursday-night episode could shut down school hallways by Friday morning. At the top of the pile sits Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, a series so precisely crafted that it still holds a score of 9.1 on MyAnimeList from over 2.2 million voters. From the Big…

The 2000s gave us some pretty over-the-top science fiction. But in a fun and entertaining way. There were teenagers who turned out to be aliens. Scientists created monsters. Genetically engineered super soldiers walked around looking better than anybody had a right to look after escaping a secret laboratory. And we watched it all on regular…

The 2000s were the era when anime began to enter the mainstream, with several series emerging during this period, including what would eventually become known as the Big Three. It was an era defined by shonen anime, which ultimately shaped its identity. These series weren’t overly dark or focused on being modern, yet they still…

Editor’s Note:This article is part of a series examining how television has portrayed policing over the decades. From cultural upheaval to procedural realism, each installment will explore how TV crime dramas reflected — and shaped — their times.

Was Preacher‘s mentally challenged, self-pleasuring Jesus clone insufficient to offend your sense of decorum and taste? Did the “Herogasm” episode of The Boys feel like light entertainment? Do we have a comic book adaptation for you. Crossed, even by Garth Ennis standards, is about as dark and indulgent of reprehensible scenarios as comics get. Whatever…

The 2000s were a frenzied turning point for pop culture and the pop celebs in it. As reality television exploded, celebrity blogs and paparazzi photos alike would dominate the internet. Social media then also began to exert influence over how fans would interact with their favorite movie stars. It’s just a different world day by…

New film Primetime, with Robert Pattinson, centres on the divisive series which performed sting operations on would-be abusers. A ratings hit, it caused much debate about TV ethics.

The 2000s were a weird time for superhero TV shows. It was basically the one decade in the lifetime of millennials that didn’t feature a bunch of TV series centered on the concept of superheroes. The ’90s had stellar cartoons like Batman: The Animated Series and X-Men: The Animated Series. The 2010s brought Arrow, The…