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Tagged: Patrick Stewart

· by Steven Birkner · Nov 4, 2021

Dune: Then, now, and beyond

There’s a saying about the topics of religion and politics, and how they may make polite dinner table conversation trickier. Maybe so, but they do make great topics for science fiction, as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Babylon 5…

· by Thomas Stockel · Nov 1, 2021

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 7 of 7): Final thoughts

Normally when I talk about a film, I start with background on the movie and then end with my thoughts. But in the case of Excalibur, there was so much for me to unpack that I couldn’t imagine trying…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Oct 18, 2021

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 5 of 7): The Grail

Last time: Goaded by Morgana, the knight Gawain accused Queen Guinevere of adulterous intent with Lancelot. Lance defended her honor, but the two succumbed to their feelings for one another. Arthur found them as they slept but couldn’t bring himself…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Oct 11, 2021

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 4 of 7): Morgana ascendant

Last time: Arthur met and nearly killed his future champion and best friend Lancelot. The King then went about securing his kingdom, building his castle and marrying his bride Guinevere. But cracks in the foundation of his realm had already…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Oct 4, 2021

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 3 of 7): Lancelot!

Last time: A tournament was held to see who might be worthy of pulling the sword Excalibur free. Arthur, now grown into a… boy? Man? Arthur, no longer a baby, yanked the blade free and through skill of arms, bravery,…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 27, 2021

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 2 of 7): The Boy King

Previously: In the Dark Ages, the land was without a king until Merlin gave Uther Pendragon the sword of power, Excalibur. But Uther let his lust rule his head and ruined the alliance. Merlin stole away with the result of…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Apr 21, 2021

Tom’s Unpopular Opinion: Logan is overrated

To this day, I can recall the low expectations I had for the first X-Men film released in 2000. With a modest budget, a director not known for doing superhero/action movies, and a cast largely unknown to me, as well…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · May 27, 2020

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Tapestry”

Just a few weeks after “Q-Less” aired, Q returned to The Next Generation for the next installment of… The episode begins with Crusher receiving emergency patients, including Picard, Riker, and Worf, who are being beamed up after a surprise attack…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · May 13, 2020

Star Trek: The Next Generation “True Q”

Fans ended up waiting over a year after “Qpid” for the next installment of… …as the character was conspicuously absent from TNG’s fifth season. There were reportedly plans for an appearance but storylines couldn’t be worked out. However, Q would…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · May 7, 2020

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Qpid”

“Qpid”, the latest installment of… …has the same lighthearted tone as the previous entry, “Deja Q”. The episode begins with the Enterprise arriving at Tagus III, where Picard is set to give a lecture to a group of renowned Starfleet…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 30, 2020

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Deja Q”

By the time of “Deja Q”, the fifth installment of… …the character of Q had become beloved by fans. Some likened him to Harry Mudd in terms of his annoying playfulness (I’m only referring to the Mudd played by Roger…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 23, 2020

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Q Who”

Q returns for “Q Who”, which is in the middle of The Next Generation‘s second season. This season, overall, proved superior to the show’s first season, despite clunkers such as “Unnatural Selection”, “Up the Long Ladder”, and the second…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 16, 2020

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Hide and Q”

Q’s promise to return at the end of “Encounter at Farpoint” excited fans. Hence, it was a pleasant surprise when we didn’t have to wait long for that return, which came just eight episodes later with “Hide and Q.” The…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Apr 9, 2020

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Encounter at Farpoint”

We finally meet Q himself in the second installment of… We also meet the entire crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation, because this is the premiere episode of that series, “Encounter at Farpoint”. The series begins with a…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Mar 26, 2020

Star Trek: Picard “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2”

Last time on Picard with a Vengeance: Picard watched helplessly as the android woman he saved because her enemies were convinced she was going to usher in the apocalypse ushered in the apocalypse. Dick move there. If I were…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Mar 20, 2020

Star Trek: Picard “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1”

Last week on Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Synths But Were Afraid to Ask: Grizzled, past-his-prime starship captain William Adama Jean-Luc Picard, on the run from a group of genocidal zealots, seeks a lost planet inhabited by…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Mar 14, 2020

Star Trek: Picard “Broken Pieces”

Previously on Star Trek Into Oldness: Picard rescued Small Wonder from the Borg Cube, and his heroism inspired Hugh to start a Borg revolution on the cube, which apparently he’d just plain never thought of doing before. Tragically, he…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Mar 6, 2020

Star Trek: Picard “Nepenthe”

Previously on Picard 2: Picarder: Picard showed up on the Borg cube to rescue Soji at the exact same moment that Narek finally got the location of the android home planet out of her and tried to kill her.…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Feb 28, 2020

Star Trek: Picard “The Impossible Box”

Previously on Grumpy Old Captains: They finally found Maddox and discovered the location of Soji, but Jurati secretly killed him because of something scary Commodore Oh told her Soji was gonna do. Raffi is depressed after an acrimonious encounter with…

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· 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…

Tagged: Patrick Stewart

Dune: Then, now, and beyond

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 7 of 7): Final thoughts

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 5 of 7): The Grail

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 4 of 7): Morgana ascendant

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 3 of 7): Lancelot!

Excalibur (1981), a recap (part 2 of 7): The Boy King

Tom’s Unpopular Opinion: Logan is overrated

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Tapestry”

Star Trek: The Next Generation “True Q”

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Qpid”

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Deja Q”

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Q Who”

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Hide and Q”

Star Trek: The Next Generation “Encounter at Farpoint”

Star Trek: Picard “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2”

Star Trek: Picard “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1”

Star Trek: Picard “Broken Pieces”

Star Trek: Picard “Nepenthe”

Star Trek: Picard “The Impossible Box”

Star Trek: Picard “Stardust City Rag”

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