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· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 20, 2021

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 1 of 7): The rise and fall of Uther Pendragon

Our film opens with text: It is the Dark Ages The land was divided And without a King Out of those centuries rose a legend… of the sorcerer, Merlin… of the coming of a King… of the Sword of Power……

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 17, 2021

Never go full Pakled: Star Trek: Lower Decks “The Spy Humongous”

Since the writers keep insisting on some semblance of a recurring plot arc, the Pakleds, the underwhelming villains from “No Small Parts”, are back again. Freeman has landed on Pakled Planet, and that’s really what the Pakleds call their planet,…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Sep 15, 2021

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a film that for many defines the term “midnight movie”. Based on the 1973 stage musical of the (almost) same name, this parody of science fiction and horror initially had a lackluster release, but…

Agonizer / Comic Book Review / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 13, 2021

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 5 of 5) Batman #442

Last week: Batman and Nightwing teamed up to take down Two-Face, but Harvey’s uber-elaborate trap proved to be too much for the pair. Meanwhile, Alfred, alerted by Dick’s foresight, knew where they were and that something had gone wrong because…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 10, 2021

Model officers: Star Trek: Lower Decks “An Embarrassment of Dooplers”

No cold open this week. We jump right into Freeman’s captain’s log, where she narrates that she’s on a TOS-style state dinner with a species that has some bizarre characteristic they have to be very careful to accommodate. In this…

Agonizer / Comic Book Review / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 7, 2021

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 4 of 5) New Titans #61

Last week: The stalker—who we can now openly call Tim Drake—explained how he met Dick the day the Flying Graysons died, and how he figured out who Batman and Robin are just by watching news footage on TV. Meanwhile, Batman…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 3, 2021

Domo arigato, Mister Mugato: Star Trek: Lower Decks “Mugato, Gumato”

The cold open occurs in the gym, a part of the ship so rarely seen in the Next Generation era that I had lowkey assumed that ships had gotten rid of them entirely in favor of holodecks. (I guess Starfleet…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Sep 2, 2021

RoboCop 2 (1990)

Disappointing sequels to classic movies are certainly nothing new. Often, the knock against sequels is that they simply redo their predecessors without offering anything dramatically different. In the case of RoboCop 2, however, its crime isn’t that it simply…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 30, 2021

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 3 of 5) Batman #441

Last time: Dick Grayson returned to Haly’s Circus when he found out it was closing down. With the aid of his mystery stalker—a kid that was not Jason Todd (whom we all know is Tim Drake)—he uncovered a conspiracy of…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 27, 2021

Shaxs and awe: Star Trek: Lower Decks “We’ll Always Have Tom Paris”

This episode opens in the galley, where the recently-created Boimler 2 is ready to retake his undignified place as the ship’s Charlie Brown-esque whipping boy. Ransom explains to him that security measures have been tightened up in the wake of…

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· by Steven Birkner · Aug 25, 2021

Netflix’s Lost in Space vs. the original: The bold and the bland

The show’s called Lost in Space, but it could just as easily be called “Lost on Planet”, as due likely to budget constraints, the Robinson family spends much of the original 1965 television show on a few…

Agonizer / Comic Book Review / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 23, 2021

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 2 of 5) New Titans #60

Last issue: Batman’s slow slide into mindless brutality was arrested by Alfred’s salient observations regarding the Dark Knight’s inability to cope with Jason’s death. As a result, he finally figured out Two-Face was back. Meanwhile, a mystery stalker who seemed…

Text / TV / TV Recap

· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 20, 2021

Darmok time: Star Trek: Lower Decks “Kayshon, His Eyes Open”

Just judging by the title alone, this episode is going to be an homage to the “Darmok” episode of The Next Generation, where our enterprising Enterprise crew encountered an alien species with a language consisting entirely of recontextualized references…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Aug 19, 2021

A.I. Artificial Intelligence turns 20: a look back

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s first film of the 21st Century: A.I. Artificial Intelligence. His previous film, Saving Private Ryan, was originally planned to be followed up by Minority Report, but a number…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 17, 2021

Timeline bling: Loki “For All Time. Always”

Previously: After trying and failing to ascertain the origins, leadership, and ultimate purpose of the Time Variance Authority by going through its ostensible leaders the Time-Keepers, Loki, Sylvie, and Mobius are reset and dumped into a big temporal void with…

Agonizer / Comic Book Review / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 16, 2021

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 1 of 5) Batman #440

So Tim Drake, AKA Robin, Red Robin, Drake, and now Robin again, has been in the news recently for coming out as gay bisexual. Is it shameless pandering? A desperate attempt to garner publicity? A sign that the editors at…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 13, 2021

Can’t keep a god man down: Star Trek: Lower Decks “Strange Energies”

For all you who may be new around here: I did not care for the first season of Star Trek: Lower Decks. And what with all the free time we’ve had this past year, I did a lot of…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Aug 12, 2021

The Goonies (1985)

With the recent passing of director Richard Donner, I decided to take a look at a classic film of his, The Goonies. The film, produced by Steven Spielberg, begins with a prison breakout. Specifically, a counterfeiter named Jake Fratelli…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 10, 2021

Withnail and Lok-I: Loki “Journey into Mystery”

Previously: Loki and Sylvie are trying to spread the word among the TVA agents that they’re all mind-erased variants from extinct timelines pressed into TVA service. Sylvie’s nemesis, Judge Renslayer, seems to know something about this, as she’s been busy…

Movies / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 9, 2021

Tom’s Unpopular Opinion: Spock should’ve stayed dead

So here’s a question for you: why is Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan widely considered the best Star Trek movie? I mean sure, there may be new fans who like the J.J. Abrams stuff, and there are fans…

Category: Text

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 1 of 7): The rise and fall of Uther Pendragon

Never go full Pakled: Star Trek: Lower Decks “The Spy Humongous”

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 5 of 5) Batman #442

Model officers: Star Trek: Lower Decks “An Embarrassment of Dooplers”

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 4 of 5) New Titans #61

Domo arigato, Mister Mugato: Star Trek: Lower Decks “Mugato, Gumato”

RoboCop 2 (1990)

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 3 of 5) Batman #441

Shaxs and awe: Star Trek: Lower Decks “We’ll Always Have Tom Paris”

Netflix’s Lost in Space vs. the original: The bold and the bland

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 2 of 5) New Titans #60

Darmok time: Star Trek: Lower Decks “Kayshon, His Eyes Open”

A.I. Artificial Intelligence turns 20: a look back

Timeline bling: Loki “For All Time. Always”

Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying (part 1 of 5) Batman #440

Can’t keep a god man down: Star Trek: Lower Decks “Strange Energies”

The Goonies (1985)

Withnail and Lok-I: Loki “Journey into Mystery”

Tom’s Unpopular Opinion: Spock should’ve stayed dead

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