The Search for Space? The annual Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, renamed ‘the 56-Year Mission’ due to a lost license with Paramount/CBS, has returned to Las Vegas, has returned to the strip, but in a different venue this year–Bally’s Hotel and Casino–due to the refurbishment of its traditional host, The Rio, just down the…
Month: August 2022
The case for Marvel’s “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” (2022)…
******BIG GREEN SPOILERS!!****** Old School Smash. As a kid, I was a huge fan of the comic books and TV series based on Marvel’s “The Incredible Hulk” (1977-1982). The TV series kicked things up a notch by taking the story of latter-day Jekyll & Hyde, Dr. David “Bruce” Banner (an amazing performance by the late…
Scanning all Star Treks (1966-present)…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD!***** With the annual Star Trek Las Vegas convention (aka “the 56 Year Mission”) right around the corner, I thought this might be a good time to take an overview of the entire televised Star Trek franchise. I’d previously examined all of the Star Trek feature films, so I thought I might explore…
The Orville: New Horizons, S3.10: “Future Unknown” wraps things up in a bow…
*****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** With its renewal on the bubble, “The Orville: New Horizons” has just wrapped its third and possibly final season. So, how does “The Orville” conclude? With a cliffhanger space battle? A deadly disease that threatens to wipe out the ship’s crew? The Planetary Union in peril? Thankfully, none of the above. Series creator/producer/writer…
Hulu’s “Prey” (2022) is worth pursuing…
*****SAVAGE SPOILERS!***** “Predator” (1987) Couple of things. First, I’m not a huge fan of the “Predator” movies. I enjoyed the first film well enough, and I own it on DVD, but its sequels and offshoots are a textbook case of diminishing returns, with each new entry feeling increasingly repetitive, and too often trotting out the…
“Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe” sends the boys into a black hole. Huhuhuh … ‘hole’
*****SPOILERS!!***** 1990s Guilty Pleasure Back in late 1993, I remember my sister telling me about a new cartoon series on MTV called “Beavis and Butthead” (1993-1998), which chronicled the misadventures of two aimless, idiotic teenage boys who created all kinds of chaos in between mocking music videos. Before then, I vaguely remembered hearing of Beavis…