Dylan Roth
Writer
Dylan Roth is a freelance writer, musician, podcaster, and the most frighteningly lifelike Muppet you've ever seen. The author of over 400 reviews, essays, and interviews, Dylan has been publishing since 2013, when he founded the upstart pop culture commentary site Deadshirt.net. In the years since, his work has appeared regularly on Looper, Polygon, Observer, and more, where he's served as both a critic and a friendly guide to the many multiverses that make up modern media. He also writes fiction and combines his critical and creative skills as the co-host of "Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?", a podcast that imagines a continuation of Universal's canceled horror cinematic universe, one film at a time.
The 10 best Angel episodes, ranked
Angel could be as thrilling, heartbreaking, or hilarious as Buffy, and these 10 episodes stand out among the very best the Whedonverse has to offer.
10 best episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise, ranked
While Star Trek: Enterprise may not be the most popular Star Trek series, the show still has its fans. DT ranks the 10 best Star Trek: Enterprise episodes ever.
10 best Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes, ranked
DT ventures into the Hellmouth and picks the 10 best Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes ever. And yes, The Body is on the list ... but it's not our top pick.
The 10 most underrated Star Trek episodes ever, ranked
From the '60s animated series to The Next Generation to Discovery, these 10 underrated Star Trek episodes are worth watching for the first time or the 50th.
Every Halloween movie, ranked from worst to best
From Laurie Strode's 1978 night of terror to Corey Cunningham's 2022 week from hell, Digital Trends ranks every Halloween movie from worst to best.
The 10 best Star Trek: Voyager episodes, ranked
Star Trek: Voyager is a spinoff that usually played it safe, but that doesn't mean there weren't some exceptional episodes that made us laugh, cry, or scream.
From Westworld to The Creator: 6 sci-fi movies where the ‘evil’ AI was right
From Westworld to The Creator, these sci-fi movies feature artificial intelligence in a positive or ambiguous light that asks the question: Can AI be good?
The 10 best Battlestar Galactica episodes, ranked
Great sci-fi shows never die, which is why Battlestar Galactica continues to be talked about today. DT picks the 10 best Battlestar Galactica episodes ever.
The 10 best lightsaber duels in Star Wars, ranked
From Ahsoka's fight with Darth Vader in The Clone Wars to Rey and Kylo Ren's clash in The Rise of Skywalker, these are the best lightsaber duels in Star Wars.
The 10 best Star Trek: The Original Series episodes, ranked
DT boldly goes where many have gone before by ranking the 10 best episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. And our pick for No. 1 may surprise Trek fans.
The 10 best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes, ranked
Thirty years after its debut, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is finally receiving the respect it always deserved. Here's DT's list of the show's best episodes ever.
How 2023 became the year of the half-movie
With Fast X, Across the Spider-Verse, and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, 2023 is shaping up to be the year of the half-movie. DT explains the phenomenon.
The best action scenes in the Mission: Impossible movies, ranked
From the daring heist in Langley to the jaw-dropping HALO skydive, each Mission: Impossible movie has had memorable action scenes. DT ranks the best of them.
Is My Adventures with Superman worth watching?
After years of evil Superman movies, TV shows, and games, does the new Adult Swim series My Adventures with Superman stay true to the DC character's origins?
The 10 best worlds in sci-fi movies, ranked
Popular sci-fi franchises like Star Wars often display fictional places for their characters to interact in. We rank the 10 best worlds in sci-fi movies.
Every version of The Flash movie that didn’t happen
With The Flash finally in theaters, we look back at the complicated history behind bringing the beloved DC character to the big screen.
How do I get into Star Trek? A guide to how to watch the beloved sci-fi franchise
Star Trek can be an intimidating franchise for newbies, so we've crafted an easy guide on where to start watching the the adventures of the Enterprise crew.
Star Trek vs. Star Wars: which one is better in 2023?
Digital Trends asks the age-old question: Which one is better, Star Trek or Star Wars?
From Khan to Beyond: All the Star Trek movies, ranked from worst to best
Digital Trends ask the toughest question for sci-fi fans: what's the best Star Trek movie of all time?
7 best Spider-Man characters who’ve never been on the big screen
Now that Across the Spider-Verse has introduced a whole brigade of new characters, it's time these 7 Spider-Man characters make their big-screen debuts.
Darth Vader vs. Kylo Ren: which one is the better Star Wars villain?
The classic and modern eras of Star Wars are defined by its two signature villains, Darth Vader and Kylo Ren. Which one is the better antagonist?
The MCU needs the X-Men (but the X-Men don’t need the MCU)
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is in need of a reboot and introducing the X-Men just might do the trick. But does Marvel's merry mutants need the MCU to thrive?
Fast X review: The end can’t come soon enough
While it still has all of the breathless action sequences that made the franchise famous, Fast X has too many characters and not enough story to be satisfying.
All the Fast & Furious movies, ranked from worst to best
With Fast X about to hit theaters, we rank all the movies in the Fast and the Furious franchise, from the 2001 original to Hobbs & Shaw to F9: The Fast Saga.
7 underrated action movies from the 1990s you need to watch
From an underappreciated Sylvester Stallone sci-fi movie to a pre-MCU Disney superhero film, these action movies from the 1990s all deserve to be watched.
Every time we’ve seen Order 66 in Star Wars movies, video games, and TV shows
With The Mandalorian season 3 ending and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor now out, DT tracks each time Order 66 has been shown in Star Wars movies, TV shows, and games.
The best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, ranked
Now that Star Trek: Picard is over, Digital Trends celebrates with a list ranking the best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes ever.
Star Trek: Picard season 3’s ending, explained
Does Jean-Luc Picard die? What's up with Jack Crusher? And why is The Borg Queen back? We explain the ending to Star Trek: Picard season 3.
Apple TV+’s Tetris shows movies about video games are the next big thing
With Apple TV+'s Tetris, movies about video games, from Farmville's origins to the 16-bit console wars of the 1990s, could be the next big thing.