Fifteen Television Shows That Made An Impact On Me

Building on the list of children's shows that made an impact on me growing up ( https://tombrevoort.com/2025/02/17/twenty-childrens-shows-that-made-an-impact-on-me/), the question arose: what about shows that were ostensibly aimed at an adult audience? And there were a bunch of them, most of which I saw in syndicated reruns on one of the few channels we had back … Continue reading Fifteen Television Shows That Made An Impact On Me →

Twenty Great Classic Anime Openings

As anime began to flourish in Japan in the 1970s, greater and greater attention was paid to crafting the opening title sequences to a given show. Theme songs evolved from being essentially chants that extolled the virtues of the characters or robot or ship that was being featured into legitimate rock numbers that didn't have … Continue reading Twenty Great Classic Anime Openings →

Twenty Children’s Shows That Made An Impact On Me

It's another holiday, so it's time for another one of these semi-purposeless lists. When I was growing up back in the 1970s, the options for entertainment were slim for a kid. There were only three main broadcast channels, plus PBS and a couple of syndication stations. Nothing like today, when there are entire stations dedicated … Continue reading Twenty Children’s Shows That Made An Impact On Me →

The Fifteen Best Projects That I Edited

So here's the sort of mental exercise that I undertake on days when I'm trying to ignore the larger world. I just recently celebrated my 35th Anniversary of being hired to work in Editorial at Marvel. Over the course of those 35 years, I've had the pleasure of working on a huge variety of projects. … Continue reading The Fifteen Best Projects That I Edited →

The Fifteen Best Original Doctor Who Stories

Our recent piece on the Fifteen Best Doctor Who Episodes received a strong response asking for the most obvious follow-up: what would be my list of the fifteen best episodes of the original show? Well, you need wonder no longer. https://tombrevoort.com/2024/11/28/the-fifteen-best-doctor-who-episodes/ A bit of a caveat to start out with. Unlike modern Doctor Who, which … Continue reading The Fifteen Best Original Doctor Who Stories →

The Fifteen Best Doctor Who Episodes

The revival series of DOCTOR WHO has been around now for close to two decades, and has produced any number of wonderful and thrilling episodes. It improves upon the formula of the original 1963-1989 series (while studiously maintaining a tangible connection with it) by putting its greatest emphasis on emotionalism. DOCTOR WHO, the modern version, … Continue reading The Fifteen Best Doctor Who Episodes →

Fifteen Thoughts about Superman: the Movie

For no particular reason, I've been thinking about SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE recently. It's a film that I first saw new back in 1978 and that has been a favorite ever since. What's more, it is clearly the progenitor for all of the big-budget super hero movies' that have come after it, to one extent or … Continue reading Fifteen Thoughts about Superman: the Movie →

Fifteen Thoughts About Spider-Man: No Way Home

I don't usually tend to talk much about the Marvel Studios productions here. And there's a good reason for that: in my position, I'm privy to certain information about these productions ahead of time, and secrecy is always a watchword. So it's best to simply avoid the topic entirely most of the time, so as … Continue reading Fifteen Thoughts About Spider-Man: No Way Home →