Iphigenia in Westeros: Greek Tragedy Meets Game of Thrones
February 5, 2016
When HBO Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode 9, ‘Dance of Dragons’, first aired, in June 2015, viewers with an interest in Greek myth recognised the harrowing scene of the death of Shireen Baratheon as a re-telling of the story of Greek princess Iphigenia. In texts featuring the stories surrounding the Trojan War, and most …
The Continuing Legacy of The X-Files
January 25, 2016
On Sunday 24th January The X-Files returned to TV screens after a 14-year hiatus. While the new series has aired in the US to mixed reviews, the original was a landmark in US television. First broadcast on the Fox network in 1993, the series followed the investigations of two FBI agents into cases of paranormal …
Algorithmic Flows: Binge-watching and the Televisual
January 8, 2016
Binge-watching, the practice of watching multiple (if not every) episode of a television series in one go, is seemingly becoming the de facto way to watch episodic content. ‘Binge-watch’ was declared the 2015 word of the year by Collins dictionaries, a sign that the concept has, thanks to the proliferation of online viewing services like …
