******GREAT WHITE SPOILERS!****** Fifty years ago, in that long ago summer of 1975, eight-year old me was piled along with my siblings and parents into our family’s Volkswagen bus, headed to a local SoCal drive-in to see “JAWS”; the blockbuster flick from the as-yet-unkown Steven Spielberg (hard to remember a time when he wasn’t a…
Author: A Middle Aged Geek
I am a happily married, progressive-minded, middle-aged science fiction geek. My interests included photography, reading, movies, Halloween, and all kinds of nerdy-niche things. After months of prodding from my wife (and my friends), I decided to 'throw down' with a blog of all of my nerdiest of nerdly thoughts and musings... here's hoping you enjoy!
1987’s “Robocop” packs an even more powerful punch today…
******CYBERNETIC SPOILERS!****** I remember going to see “Robocop” theatrically back in the summer of 1987. Judging from its exploitation flick title, my expectations were middling, but enough to get me into a theater (in those days, we didn’t need much of a push to go to the movies, since the average home TV screen was…
Mixed emotions regarding the trailer for “Superman” (2025)…
******KRYTONITE-LADEN SPOILERS!****** Warner Bros recently dropped the latest three minute trailer for “Guardians of the Galaxy” writer-director James Gunn’s new “Superman” reboot movie (arriving in theaters July 11th), and while there were a number of elements that piqued my interest, the trailer had many of the same issues plaguing the current superhero movie sub-genre, as…
‘Jetpack Jules’ rules at Comic Con Revolution 2025 in Ontario, California…
Welcome to the Revolution… The Inland Empire’s Comic Con Revolution (CCR) is a sci-fi/fantasy/comic books convention based in the city of Ontario, California. It first sprang into existence in 2017 as a garage sale in a nice venue; with few attractions and scant attendance. But over the past eight years, this ‘little’ convention has dramatically grown in size…
Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Relics” builds a sentimental bridge to the past…
******STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** It’s been nearly 33 years since I eagerly rushed home from work one night in October of 1992 to catch a new, special “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (TNG) episode. From its teaser trailer airing the previous week, “Relics” promised to be a well of classic Star Trek love, with the return of…
Happy Star Wars… Month?
I’d like to open with the hope (not a new hope) that my fellow Star Wars devotees enjoyed ‘Star Wars Day’ this past Sunday, May the 4th, and that the Force was strong with you in whatever way you chose to observe it. On a personal note I’m facing a leg surgery soon and I’m…
Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” (2025) gives much more than is borrowed…
******BLOODSUCKING SPOILERS!****** Written and directed by Ryan Coogler (“Fruitvale Station,” “Black Panther,” “Creed”), “Sinners” is a mashup of wildly different genres; Depression-era gangster flicks, Jim Crow-era dramas, and vampires. That’s a challenging mix, and “Sinners” admittedly borrows many beats of its story from 1996’s crime-drama/vampire mashup “From Dusk Till Dawn.” “Sinners” even owes a nod…
Star Wars’ “Andor” launches the first three episodes of its second (and final) season…
******DEATH STAR-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Originally planned for five seasons leading up to the events of 2016’s “Rogue One,” Disney+ has streamed the first three episodes of Disney+’s “Andor” season 2, which is now being billed as its final season; due in part to the time requirements needed to shoot this feature film-quality series. Personally, I’m okay…
Retro-Musings: Gene Roddenberry’s “The Questor Tapes” (1974)…
******CYBERNETIC SPOILERS!****** After the original Star Trek’s premature cancellation in 1969, its creator/producer Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991) whipped up a slew of sci-fi TV movie pilots he’d hoped would sell as a series. Several of them involved a cryogenically frozen 20th century man named ‘Dylan Hunt’ (Alex Cord/John Saxon) waking up in a dystopian future. The…
Doctor Who, S2.1: “The Robot Revolution” is standard issue Who…
******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** With the return of former showrunner Russell T. Davies, “Doctor Who” was due for a much-needed regeneration after several years of mediocre scripting and missed opportunities under previous showrunner Chris Chibnall. However, last year’s batch of eight new episodes under Davies weren’t necessarily the franchise’s best, and with a few that were just…
Spotlight on screen-used sci-fi/fantasy movie & TV props, costumes and miniatures…
“Gain Strength from the Sharing…” With a nod to Spock’s half-brother Sybok, the purpose of this particular column is to share; to share in the good fortune I’ve had in my life as a semi-professional geek to see a virtual treasure trove of actual screen-used props, costumes, miniatures and other such cool stuff over the…
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” has a teaser trailer (and vague release date) for Season 3…
******POSSIBLE STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** This past week, Paramount+ released a teaser trailer for the third season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” (SNW), with a nonspecific summer release. There’s a lot to unpack in this short trailer, which begins with James Kirk (Paul Wesley), Christine Chapel (Jess Bush) and Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia) in campy costumes…