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July 23, 2022
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Ep8, “The Elysian Kingdom”
What can I say? Episode 8 The Elysian Kingdom of Star Trek Strange New Worlds is my absolute favorite. I loved that everyone got to play different, and quite frankly, far more interesting characters than they normally do on the show. Actually Ortegas (Melissa Navia) played pretty much the same character as the warrior fiercely […]
July 21, 2022
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Ep7, “The Serene Squall”
I just finished watching “Star Trek Strange New Worlds” E7 The Serene Squall which I think was more unintentionally humorous than anything else. It also rivaled E5 Spock Amok as the lamest show to date. We start off at a Vulcan penal colony where T’Pring is entering a personal log. Log entries are a great […]
July 20, 2022
Book Review of “The Titanic Paradox” by R.L. Corn
I finished the short book The Titanic Paradox last night. It was written by R.L.Corn and published just last month. I happened upon it by chance when it was being discussed on Facebook (see, social media is good for marketing books). Admittedly, I’m a sucker for time travel stories, especially involving the Titanic and I […]
July 19, 2022
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Ep6, “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach”
I just finished watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S1, E6 Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach. I knew about the topic and the climax ahead of time and it still made me angry. The Enterprise is on a routine mission to the Majalan System when they are hailed by a shuttle that’s come under […]
Review of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021)
Just finished watching Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) last night. It’s about two-and-a-half-hours long, and like a lot of superhero movies, it tries to cram too much into that space. The movie starts out where Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) left off, with the recording of Mysterio/Quentin Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal) saying that Spider-Man (Tom Holland) […]
July 17, 2022
Film Review of “The Batman” (2022)
I watched The Batman (2022) starring Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, and Jeffrey Wright last night on Blu-ray (thank you public library system). It was basically a PG-13 horror film more than a superhero movie. Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne and Batman were both portrayed as terribly dysfunctional. Wayne himself was a noted recluse who ignores the running […]
July 15, 2022
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Ep5, “Amok Spock”
Just finished watching Star Trek: Strange Worlds E5 Spock Amok. I’m fairly certain that Theodore Sturgeon, who wrote both Amok Time and Shore Leave, is spinning in his grave. Oh, they did use the same “combat” music in the dream sequence as we heard when Kirk and Spock were fighting in “Amok Time.” It was […]
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July 14, 2022
Free Promo for “The Fallen Shall Rise”
My 224 Verse novelette The Fallen Shall Rise is being promoted on Amazon. For July 16 – 20, you can download a copy to your kindle device absolutely FREE! The backmatter of the book has been updated to include a reading sample of another of my 224-verse novelettes The Haunting of the Ginger’s Regret. From […]
Review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Ep 4, “Memento Mori”
Just finished watching Star Trek: Strange New Worlds episode 4 Memento Mori. This one has elements of Balance of Terror which actually closely mapped to the 1957 submarine film The Enemy Below starring Robert Mitchum and Curd Jürgens. During World War Two, “an American destroyer discovers a German U-boat, and in the ensuing duel the […]
