Star Trek Movie Review

The new Star Trek film is more a summertime action blockbuster than a re-imagining of the classic TV series, though it’s clearly in love with the original.

Battlestar Galactica Series Finale: The Eulogy

“Daybreak pt 2″
And that’s that. Five years of sifting through false mythology and conflicting prophecies and in the end, we find out this was the lost episode of “Touched By An Angel.” Jeez.
It was no surprise to me that the series finale would strike me as much of the show did over its run as [...]

Battlestar Galactica season 4 ep 19: Flashback Flashdance

“Daybreak Pt. 1″
I don’t really know how to sum up the beginning of the BSG finale than with a comment in the latest BSG thread over at the AV Club. To paraphrase: it’s an info-dump with explosions!
The explosions, mostly from blaster fire but some probably from STARTLING REVELATIONS, will come next week in the [...]

Battlestar Galactica ep 4 14: OMG! You Killed the Quorum! You Bastard!

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Generally I despise the way politics are presented in speculative fiction, at least on the big and small screens. They are usually gutless – no more so than other forms of fiction – unwilling to take a side on issues, and “extremists,” like BSG’s Zarek, are presented as ultimately self-interested power grabbers who take well-meaning [...]

Manufactured Dissent

I must say I was enjoying reading about/watching my predictions come to light regarding the infighting among Republicans. They did a good job, as usual, of keeping a good public face and appeared as if they were about to marshal in the herd and have them all chewing the same cud.
Then, President Obama tweaked Rush [...]

Battlestar Galactica: Episode 4 13: Blastin’ Fools

And so the mutiny against the fleet has begun, as Gaeta shows how much weight he carries by single handedly making it possible, providing an escape from jail for Zarek, getting weapons to the mutineers to dismantling the ship’s communication systems.
This episode was mostly action and leaves little to discuss or haggle about. As [...]

Battlestar Galactica Ep. 4 12: Head Em Up, Move Em Out

“Disquiet of My Soul”
After the season opening despair and angst, BSG set about setting up conflicts and rectifying a wrong from last season’s plot twists.
After Adama loaded up the wagons and pointed his fleet towards a star, the crew settled down to personal matters, what with Roslin deciding to go commando with her hair [...]

On the Cowboy Bebop Live Action Movie (and Akira, while we’re on about it)

Why do fans of comics and animation feel a need to see live action versions of animated films, tv series and comic books?

Battlestar Galactica – Season 4 Ep 11: I’m a Cylon, You’re a Cylon, too!

“Sometimes a Great Notion”
After the “Earth” the rag tag fleet discovered turned out to be an Earth formerly populated by Cylons, the whole revelation of the final Cylon seemed irrelevant. That revelation was, like most of the scenes in the opening bell of the final season of the show, another piece of the puzzle.
And [...]

Curse You Palin!

What a waste, after all the build up, Sarah Palin’s appearance on Saturday Night Live was really uninspired. It was pretty much like any other time Lorne Michaels invites a previously lampooned person to appear on the show for some vengeance, just like Mark Wahlberg’s similarly sporty but unfunny appearance. “Oh noes! It’s the real [...]