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15 Things From Old TV Shows That Would Be Completely Unthinkable Today

Old television shows can be fascinating time capsules, especially when they casually treat something as normal that would make audiences stop and stare today. Some of these things involve technology, workplace behavior, advertising, family life, or the way characters interacted with each other, while others reveal just how different television itself used to be. What feels particularly strange is how rarely these moments were presented as unusual at the time. They were simply part of the world the characters inhabited. Looking back now, these fifteen details can make even familiar shows feel like they came from a completely different television…
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15 Confusing Signs We’re Not Exactly Sure How to Follow

Signs are supposed to make life easier. They tell us where to go, what not to touch, and whether we’re about to park somewhere that will get the car towed. At least, that’s the idea. Every once in a while, a sign manages to create more questions than it answers. Maybe two instructions contradict each other, an arrow somehow makes the directions less clear, or so many rules have been squeezed into one tiny space that following them feels like solving a puzzle. Reddit has plenty of examples spotted in the wild, and some required an entire comment section just…
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15 TV Shows That Were Way Stranger Than You Remember

Nostalgia has a funny way of cleaning up our memories. A show you remember as a perfectly normal part of growing up can look completely bizarre when you watch it again years later. Some series had ridiculous premises that somehow felt ordinary at the time, while others quietly mixed strange characters, surreal storylines, and genuinely unexpected ideas into otherwise familiar television. The strangest part is realizing that audiences once accepted all of this without asking too many questions. Looking back with fresh eyes can reveal just how unusual some beloved shows really were. These fifteen series may have been childhood…
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Lanterns Has Finally Fixed John Stewart’s Backstory

This article contains spoilers for Lanterns season 1 episode 3. Everyone going into Lanterns knew there would be weird stuff. After all, the HBO series adapts a long-running DC Comics franchise about space cops who can make constructs of whatever they imagine by channelling their willpower through a wishing ring. But even the most dedicated GL fan was probably shocked by the opening of the premiere episode, in which John Stewart Sr. stood his young son in front of the family garage, drew his pistol, and shot an apple off the boy’s head. The scene shocks viewers because of the…
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Lanterns Episode 3 Review: Shedding Light on John Stewart

This article contains spoilers for Lanterns season 1 episode 3. For its first two episodes, Lanterns has been very much an HBO show and a Chris Mundy show, mirroring the showrunner’s work on True Detective and Ozark. The addition of Ozark star Laura Linney to the Lanterns cast might seem to reinforce that feeling, but episode three, “OutKast,” gives space for the other two creators to shine, Damon Lindelof and Tom King. Part high-concept surreality in the vein of Lindelof’s work on The Leftovers and Watchmen, and part meditation on war-related trauma in which King specializes, Lanterns lets the mystery…
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Rogue Fortune Puts a Puzzle-Fueled Twist on Dungeon-Crawlers

Between games like Hades and Diablo, the dungeon-crawler space has plenty of fan-favorite titles, but Glowmade is bringing something fresh and vibrantly exciting to the genre with its upcoming game Rogue Fortune. Developed by Glowmade and unveiled as part of Gamescom 2026’s Xbox Showcase, the game is set for a 2027 launch on on Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5, and the Nintendo Switch 2. In addition to the expected hack-and-slash action and exploration with a roguelite mechanic to keep the experience surprising across every playthrough, the game also introduces a puzzle-solving mechanic. Rogue Fortune has players delve into dungeons…
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Beyond The Avengers: Marvel’s Forgotten Other Superhero Teams

Even those most excited for Avengers: Doomsday have to admit that this upcoming Avengers film isn’t really an Avengers film. In fact, none of the Avengers movies past Age of Ultron have really been about a discrete team of Earth’s mightiest heroes. And that’s okay, because the Marvel Universe is vast and rich, but the Avengers have name recognition. So if the MCU wants to capture the feel of a major crossover event, they’re going to have to shove everyone under the Avengers banner, even if not everyone’s a member. The comics don’t have that problem, which means that there’s…
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40 Years Later, People Still Misunderstand the End of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet

When moviegoers walked out of theaters in September of 1986, having just watched David Lynch‘s fourth film, Blue Velvet, they felt a variety of emotions. Some were disgusted by the existence of people like Frank Booth, Dennis Hopper’s aggressive embodiment of evil. Some were angry at suburbs and small towns, the idyllic places that Lynch just laid bare in his film. And some were angry at Lynch himself, for having submitted cinematic scion Isabella Rossellini to such debasement on screen. Few, if anyone, were feeling optimistic. This despite the fact that, for all of its nastiness, Blue Velvet ends on…
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Famous People Who Were Already Successful Before Becoming Famous for Something Else

Some career changes involve starting over at the bottom. These people had already made it surprisingly far before deciding one successful career apparently wasn’t enough. A future sitcom star practiced medicine, a lifestyle icon worked on Wall Street, and one of television’s most recognizable cooks once spent her days working with nuclear policy. Others simply became so famous for their second act that it’s easy to forget the impressive career that came first. A few even managed a third one for good measure. Whether they switched industries completely or turned an existing talent into something much bigger, these famous names…
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14 Movies That Took One Weird Idea and Somehow Made It Work

Some movies start with an idea that sounds completely ridiculous when you say it out loud. A talking animal, an absurd premise, a bizarre character, or a concept that seems impossible to stretch across an entire feature can make you wonder how anyone ever got it approved. Then the movie actually works. Sometimes the strange idea becomes the entire source of its charm, while the filmmakers find just enough heart, humor, or creativity to make the premise feel completely natural within its own world. These fifteen movies pulled off that trick remarkably well, proving that even the strangest concept can…
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Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Carol Freeman Is the Franchise’s Most Competent Captain

When one thinks of the canonical heroes of Star Trek, the names Kirk, Picard, Sisko, and Janeway leap to mind. Each of these captains went on fantastical adventures, inspired the loyalty of their crews, and broke Starfleet protocol more than a few times along the way. Looking at The Original Series, The Next Generation, and most other Star Trek shows, one gets the sense that being a captain is all about following your gut and trusting your instinct, even if that means you make giant messes that you’ll have to clean up later. And that’s exactly why Carol Freeman is…
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Remembering the Failed Green Lantern Movie Starring Jack Black

Brightest day has finally arrived for Green Lantern fans. Despite all the hand-wringing leading up to its premiere, the HBO series Lanterns is finally here and it’s really good. Just as importantly, it’s really strange, filled with way more DC cosmic lore than the early True Detective-style stills led us to believe. Lanterns is so good, in fact, that it finally washes out the bad taste left by the last live-action adaptation, the awful 2011 movie that starred Ryan Reynolds as the most unlikable version of Hal Jordan. Bad as that movie is, the night was almost even blacker for…
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14 Movies That Tricked Us All With Their Marketing

Sometimes the best way to sell a movie is apparently to lie about it a little. Trailers have hidden main characters, made comedies look like horror movies, convinced audiences an actor would survive much longer than they did, and occasionally avoided showing what the movie was actually about. Usually, finding out you’ve been misled would be annoying. With movies, it can make the first viewing even better. The audience walks in expecting one thing, the lights go down, and suddenly the story heads somewhere the posters and trailers carefully avoided mentioning. Looking back, some of these campaigns were almost as…
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15 Movie Secrets Hidden in Plain Sight

Many movie viewers consider themselves experts in catching hidden details, scouring films even on a first time watch to see everything the filmmaker is trying to convey. And yet, even they miss hidden clues and details made by creators that, in retrospect, can only be catched on a second viewing. The best examples are especially satisfying because they’re technically visible the first time around, while at the same time being almost impossible to appreciate without knowing what to look for. These are the kinds of movie secrets that make a revisit feel like watching an entirely different film, because suddenly,…
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15 Incredible Photos from History You May Not Have Seen

History is full of photographs that never made it into textbooks, documentaries, or the collections of famous images we see again and again. Some capture ordinary people caught in an extraordinary moment, while others show familiar places before anyone could imagine what they would eventually become. There are strange details, forgotten faces, everyday scenes, and glimpses of life that feel remarkably close despite being decades or even centuries removed. A great historical photograph does more than show you what something looked like. It gives you a tiny window into a moment that was real, lived, and completely unaware that someone…
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5 More Baby Boomer Childhood Staples Ryan Gosling Should Play

Ryan Gosling may be just Ken, but for a good chunk of his career, he was known for intense characters, full of broiling interiority. He shed his Mickey Mouse Club image by playing a reckless romantic in The Notebook, a drug-addicted inspirational teacher in Half Nelson, and a silent driver in Drive. But lately, Gosling seems to be taking a turn to the goofy. In addition to his acclaimed role as Ken in Barbie, Gosling played a lovable science teacher sent into space for Project Hail Mary. He’s working with Shawn Levy on both Star Wars: Starfighter and the upcoming…
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Dolly Parton Was Already an Advocate in Her First Film Role

When Dolly Parton died yesterday at the age of 80, she left behind an incredible legacy. Not only did she create timeless tunes such as “Jolene” and “Islands in the Stream,” and not only did she appear in films like The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Steel Magnolias—to say nothing of her countless television appearances—but she also left behind hundreds, if not thousands, of lives who were changed by her charity work.

 In addition to her literary program Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and her educational non-profit the Dollywood Foundation, Parton stood up for causes not often associated with country…
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Tim Curry: From Rocky Horror to Clue, A Fearless Character Actor Ham

In the heady Wild West days of 1970s New Hollywood, relatively few people knew what would work. That especially included the older studio executives who still ostensibly ran things. So when the opportunity came to transfer the bizarre, decadent, and delightfully queer curio The Rocky Horror Show from the London stage to the big screen—hence the new title of The Rocky Horror PICTURE Show (1975)—execs were adamant about getting a popular rock star like Mick Jagger or David Bowie to play Dr. Frank-N-Furter, that oh, so sweet, sweet transvestite from transexual Transylvania. (Dated vernacular being his own.) Luckily, there was…
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Hannah Rose May On Navigating Horror From the Runway to the White House

From modeling to acting to writing comics, Hannah Rose May has proven time and time again that her creative expression knows no bounds.  Getting her start with Rogues’ Gallery, illustrated by Justin Mason and colored by Tríona Farrell, May has since become one of IDW Dark’s leading horror voices whose style blends sharp political and social satire with deep, character-driven narratives.    After Rogues’ Gallery, May found her stride writing The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, a White House-set supernatural thriller illustrated by Vanesa Del Rey and colored by Jordie Bellaire, and Smile: For the Camera, illustrated by Miriana Puglia and colored…
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10 Star Wars Rip-Offs That Are Actually Pretty Good

A long time ago—1977, to be exact—Star Wars revolutionized cinema. Not only did it break box office records and revitalize the action figure industry, forever changing the way movie merchandise was sold, but it created a fan base who would show up again and again for all things Star Wars, even when they’re made by Dave Filoni. Star Wars also launched a host of imitators, also-rans who tried to build off the success of the mega-hit. Anyone who saw Orca knows that such knock-offs are to be expected whenever a movie does well at the theaters. But Star Wars was…
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