Over the years I’ve been to Disney World many times. I still remember a time before Disney’s Animal Kingdom existed. One thing I never miss is the Kilimanjaro Safari ride. Over the […]
What You’ll See on Safari at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Star Trek: The Original Series: This Side of Paradise – It Sure Don’t Look Like Eden
Written by D.C. Fontana, Jerry Sohl, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Ralph Senensky Paradise is different things for different people, but the finding of an idyllic world seems to be a topic worth […]
Movie Review: Luther – Going With His Conscience and Going Against His Religion
Written by Camille Thomasson and Bart GaviganDirected by Eric Till As we are on the cusp of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America issuing a statement on the blessing of same sex […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – A Taste of Armageddon – Kill the People, not the Places
Written by Robert Hammer, Gene L. Coon, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney Something I remember hearing quite a bit about during the Cold War when I was younger were bombs that […]
Book Review: Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim
I’ve had this book on my “to read” list for a while. In addition to knowing the author from her role on one of the television shows of my youth, Little House […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Space Seed – Welcome to Fantasy Island, Eugenics Style
Written by Gene L. Coon, Carey Wilber, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels It’s pretty much a given among Star Trek fans that Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is one […]
Movie Review: In The Heat of the Night (1967)
Written by Stirling Silliphant and John BallDirected by Norman Jewison It’s hard to believe that fifty years ago conditions like these still existed in the United States. Although racism still exists in […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Return of the Archons – Technology Runs Amok
Written by Boris Sobelman and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney A theme that ran through many of the science fiction shows in the 1960’s was the fear of technology taking control of […]
Book Review: Out of the Darkness: A Novel of the World at War by Harry Turtledove – Which Costs More, Winning or Losing?
Harry Turtledove has taken the Second World War and masterfully translated it into a fantasy world of dragons and behemoths; of ley lines and magic; of sticks and eggs which release sorcerous […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Court Martial – Star Trek or a Bad Sixties Legal Show?
Written by Don Mankiewicz, Steven W. Carabatsos, ad Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels Every now and then it seems that Star Trek has to remind us that as much as us fans […]
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