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Author: Tyler Peterson

· by Tyler Peterson · Feb 21, 2020

Star Trek: Picard “Stardust City Rag”

Previously on Star Trek: The Previous Generation: The Gang pick up Seven of Nine who rescued them from a warlord they encountered while recruiting a Romulan ninja nun to serve as hired muscle while they pick up Dr. Bruce Maddox…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Feb 14, 2020

Star Trek: Picard “Absolute Candor”

Previously on Jean-Luc Picard: An Erotic Life: Picard got attacked by the motorcycle aliens from Under the Skin and had to go on the run in a cherry red space hog piloted by a ruggedly handsome, demographic-friendly Latino named…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Feb 7, 2020

Star Trek: Picard “The End is the Beginning”

Previously on Star Trek: Picard: A whole lot of not-a-lot happened that probably should have just been wrapped into an extra-long pilot. Picard is caught up in the midst of a conspiracy of an ancient Romulan book club…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Feb 1, 2020

Star Trek: Picard “Maps and Legends”

Previously on Star Trek: Picard: Romulus is blown up, the Romulan people are scattered, and rather than celebrate the effective end of hostilities with its oldest enemy, the Federation is less chill than ever. After a freak terrorist attack,…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Jan 24, 2020

Star Trek: Picard “Remembrance”

Star Trek may take place in the future, but like all science fiction, it’s really about the present. The original Star Trek was suffused with Kennedyan optimism and a very ’60s faith in the power of science, Western-style democracy, and…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Jan 11, 2020

Star Trek: Short Treks “Children of Mars”

The run-up to Star Trek: Picard officially kicks into high gear with “Children of Mars”, a new Short Trek directly tying in to the events of the series I just mentioned. The verdict: less than promising. We start off with…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Dec 24, 2019

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Power Play”

Welcome to a surprise bonus edition of… Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to stumble across a great essay by Nicasio Andres Reed talking about a particular detail that sets the Star Trek franchise apart from its peers. He…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Dec 10, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Time’s Orphan”

Oh gosh, it’s been such fun. Miles is the kind of wholesome, kindhearted lug your inner sadist wants to see kicked until he screams. But today we draw the curtains on our sad bumbling hero with our final installment of……

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· by Tyler Peterson · Nov 21, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Honor Among Thieves”

Top o’ the mornin’, you cheeky monkey! Welcome back to… Today’s episode, “Honor Among Thieves”, checks off several different Trek boxes. First, there’s the well-worn trope of Chief O’Brien being assigned to a task that’s either well above his pay…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Nov 5, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “The Assignment”

Hello DSNiners, and welcome to another spot of… In a previous installment of the Trials of Miles, the Star Trek franchise engaged in an all-too-brief bit of self-reflection in the form of a stray line of dialogue from Dr.…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 22, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Hard Time”

Bloody hell, it’s another wee bit of… “Hard Time” is considered a landmark Star Trek episode and regularly dominates “best of franchise” lists in the way that only an episode featuring a man almost killing himself with a Dirt Devil…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 8, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Visionary”

Listen: Miles O’Brien has come unstuck in time. Yes, we’re doing “Visionary” this week. One O’Brien’s worst ordeals, this episode features the long-suffering chief catapulted through time, on each occasion trying to correct a horrible misfortune, only to return to…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 24, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Tribunal”

Fire up those tin whistles, because it’s time again for… Season 2 of Deep Space Nine has really put O’Brien through the wringer, hasn’t it? He got stranded on a hostile planet and infected with a biological weapon that turned…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 10, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Whispers”

Welcome once again to… This Trial of Miles occurs only one week after the last one, “Armageddon Game”, in which Miles almost died from exposure to chemical weapons. “Whispers” finds O’Brien growing increasingly desperate and paranoid in the midst of…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 27, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Armageddon Game"

Welcome to another Hibernophobic installment of… This episode, Chief O’Brien and Dr. Bashir are on another field trip. The cold open happens with both men on a cruiser belonging to the T’Lani species. Dr. Bashir narrates that the T’Lani have…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 13, 2019

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “The Storyteller”

Chief Petty Officer Miles O’Brien. What is to be done with you? The only regular Star Trek character who’s in Starfleet but not an officer. A blue-collar toiler living incongruously in a post-scarcity utopian future. A loser. A dum-dum. A…

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· by Tyler Peterson · May 29, 2019

Terminator: Dark Fate’s trailer hints at a surprising twist

The teaser trailer for Terminator: Dark Fate, the sixth movie in the Terminator franchise, dropped last week, and uh… it’s pretty wild: Before this dropped, we knew a total of two things about the movie: one, it was going to…

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· by Tyler Peterson · May 16, 2019

Your Game of Thrones takes are bad

Apparently some people have some feelings about what’s happening on Game of Thrones this season. Every Monday these days is Bitch About The Show That We Won’t Just Stop Watching Day on social media. I haven’t seen so many fans…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Jan 8, 2019

Warcraft (2016): a recap (part 7 of 7)

Previously on Warcraft: The hell, guy? You just started reading here? What gives? The demon’s death causes an explosion of Fel magic that radiates from the top of Medivh’s penthouse and expands, denuding trees for miles around. Khadgar and…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Dec 31, 2018

Warcraft (2016): a recap (part 6 of 7)

Last time on Warcraft: The relentlessly plot-driven narrative continues to toss our hapless characters around like mice in a dryer. Durotan’s tenure as a clan leader has come to a dramatic end, Draka’s on the run with their baby,…

Author: Tyler Peterson

Star Trek: Picard “Stardust City Rag”

Star Trek: Picard “Absolute Candor”

Star Trek: Picard “The End is the Beginning”

Star Trek: Picard “Maps and Legends”

Star Trek: Picard “Remembrance”

Star Trek: Short Treks “Children of Mars”

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Power Play”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Time’s Orphan”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Honor Among Thieves”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “The Assignment”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Hard Time”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Visionary”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Tribunal”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Whispers”

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Armageddon Game"

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “The Storyteller”

Terminator: Dark Fate’s trailer hints at a surprising twist

Your Game of Thrones takes are bad

Warcraft (2016): a recap (part 7 of 7)

Warcraft (2016): a recap (part 6 of 7)

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