I was born just a bit too late to see the original broadcasts of the Wonderful World of Disney. I can remember an incarnation of the show from my younger years, but […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Arena – Kirk Plays Gladiator with a Lizard
Written by Gene L. Coon, Frederic Brown, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney Sometimes, when I watch previews of Star Trek episodes, I get a feeling based on these snippets of whether […]
Book Review: The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
After my son Kyle Ferriera van Leer declared his major in Egyptology at Yale in 2010, he mentioned the Book of Two Ways in passing. Without knowing a thing about it, I […]
And So It Goes
Yesterday I was driving around, doing the various errands that needed to be done, when this song came on Classic Rewind. I thought about the events this was chronicling It was a […]
Babylon 5 – The Complete Fourth Season: No Surrender, No Retreat
Babylon 5 was an amazing series from start to finish. Set approximately 250 years in the future on a space station five miles long, it carried a five-year long story-arc which stayed […]
Corona Virus Diaries: January 27, 2021
It’s the coldest part of the winter for us here in the White Mountains. In years past, we’ve seen negative temperatures quite frequently this time of year. That’s not happening so much […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Squire of Gothos – A Precursor to “Q”???
Written by Paul Schneider and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Don McDougall Many fans of both the original Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation have picked up on similarities in some of […]
Sharpe’s Regiment – Sharpe Takes on Military Corruption Instead of the French
Written by Charles Wood and Bernard CornwellDirected by Tom Clegg Spain, 1813: After victory at Vitoria, Wellington prepares to invade France. The depleted South Essex face heavy opposition at the French frontier […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Galileo Seven – Poor Writing Fails a Decent Premise
Written by Oliver Crawford, Shimon Wincelberg, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Robert Gist There are Star Trek episodes that are great. Then there are Star Trek episodes that should have been great, but […]
Book Review: Star Wars Attack of the Clones by R.A. Salvatore
The novelization of the second film in the Star Trek prequel series continues to add depth to the story on the screen. It fills in many gaps in the story and actually […]
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