The 2013 Penguin Awards: Person of the Year
Dec31

The 2013 Penguin Awards: Person of the Year

First off welcome to the Penguin Awards.  This is Rookerville’s attempt to wrap up the year.  The one guarantee about awards shows and end of the year lists is that, inevitably, no one can ever agree on them. Rather than attempting to assign a numerical rank to something so subjective in nature, our approach to quantifying what took place during the previous calendar year is more broad – our own preferences in each...

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The 2013 Penguin Awards: Movie of the Year
Dec31

The 2013 Penguin Awards: Movie of the Year

First off welcome to the Penguin Awards.  This is Rookerville’s attempt to wrap up the year.  The one guarantee about awards shows and end of the year lists is that, inevitably, no one can ever agree on them. Rather than attempting to assign a numerical rank to something so subjective in nature, our approach to quantifying what took place during the previous calendar year is more broad – our own preferences in each...

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The 2013 Penguin Awards: Not-so-Person Of The Year
Dec27

The 2013 Penguin Awards: Not-so-Person Of The Year

First off welcome to the Penguin Awards.  This is Rookerville’s attempt to wrap up the year.  The one guarantee about awards shows and end of the year lists is that, inevitably, no one can ever agree on them. Rather than attempting to assign a numerical rank to something so subjective in nature, our approach to quantifying what took place during the previous calendar year is more broad – our own preferences in each...

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The 2013 Penguin Awards: Villain Of The Year (Non Fiction)
Dec27

The 2013 Penguin Awards: Villain Of The Year (Non Fiction)

  First off welcome to the Penguin Awards.  This is Rookerville’s attempt to wrap up the year.  The one guarantee about awards shows and end of the year lists is that, inevitably, no one can ever agree on them. Rather than attempting to assign a numerical rank to something so subjective in nature, our approach to quantifying what took place during the previous calendar year is more broad – our own preferences in each...

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The 2013 Penguin Awards: Fictional Villain Of The Year
Dec26

The 2013 Penguin Awards: Fictional Villain Of The Year

First off welcome to the Penguin Awards.  This is Rookerville’s attempt to wrap up the year.  The one guarantee about awards shows and end of the year lists is that, inevitably, no one can ever agree on them. Rather than attempting to assign a numerical rank to something so subjective in nature, our approach to quantifying what took place during the previous calendar year is more broad – our own preferences in each...

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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episodes 9 and 10
Dec19

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episodes 9 and 10

Episode 9 is titled “Repairs”. A guy has a crush on a safety inspector so he loosens some bolts to get her attention and the ploy causes an explosion in a power plant. It inadvertently opens a gateway from hell so he floats between reality and hell to haunt her. I do not really care for ghost stories so I am not a big fan of the episode. The aspect of the episode that I do want to comment on is the focus on Agent Melinda May. She has...

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