Brave New World. To those who believe that Star Trek wasn’t concerned with ‘social justice’ issues until the newer CBS All Access series? I’ve got something for you… Deep Space Nine’s 6th season episode “Far Beyond the Stars” (1998) broke a lot of Star Trek’s rules. Rather than deal with racism through the metaphoric lens…
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Rod Serling’s “The Twilight Zone”: 60 years of “shadow and substance”, Part 2…
Part 2: “You’ve just crossed over into…” In “60 Years of Shadow and Substance” Part 1,” I covered seasons 1 through 3 of Rod Serling’s classic TV series, “The Twilight Zone” (1959-1962): The Twilight Zone; 60 Years of Shadow and Substance Part 1 For Part 2, I’m going to discuss “The Twilight Zone” seasons 4…
San Diego Comic Con 2019 Megapost 2: Star Trek, Space Command, and a BIG shark…
Lessons learned; the ecstasy and agony. The first lesson of San Diego Comic Con attendance should be choose where to spend your time wisely. Try to sift through what sounds good versus what has real substance. Of course, it’s difficult to say what is actually worth your while until you’re actually there, right? It’s a…
WonderCon 2019 in Anaheim: Star Trek, superheroes, cosplay and wam-bam, thank you, Shazam!
Welcome to WonderCon 2019! Another WonderCon (my 6th now) comes to a close. Yes, in many ways it’s San Diego Comic Con Junior, but that’s part of its appeal for me; lots of ‘big ticket’ events (and a kick-ass dealer hall) with some of the charm and intimacy of the smaller conventions. The best of…
Gallifrey One 2019; a weekend across ‘time and relative dimensions in space’ (and L.A)…
The annual L.A.-based Doctor Who convention “Gallifrey One” (Feb. 15-17th) has come to a close, and my wife and I were in attendance (as we have done for the last five years). We arrived at our hotel (the Residence Inn, across from the convention) late Friday afternoon, and it was pouring rain (yes, this is…
Marc Scott Zicree, “Mr. Sci-Fi” part 2: More from the Final Frontier, the new adventures of “Space Command” and beyond…
Here’s the link to part one of my two-part interview with “Mr. Sci-Fi” Marc Scott Zicree: Marc Scott Zicree, “Mr. Sci-Fi” part 1: From the Twilight Zone to the Final Frontier… And now, part 2 picks up with Marc Zicree’s experiences making an exceptional episode of the online fan film series Star Trek: New Voyages/Phase…
Marc Scott Zicree, “Mr. Sci-Fi” part 1: From the Twilight Zone to the Final Frontier…
His YouTube channel is called “Mr. Sci-Fi”, and I can’t imagine a more apt nickname for author/television-writer/producer/director Marc Scott Zicree. Zicree started out, like so many of us, as a kid who really loved science fiction television and books. He grew up watching “The Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits” and the show the groundbreaking series that was like no…
Star Trek at Las Vegas, Day Two: August 2nd, 2018…
Here’s a link to the events of Star Trek Las Vegas Day One. Day two began a bit uneventfully. I put on my Star Trek Discovery cosplay, which consists of a “Disco” t-shirt, black sweats and exercise shoes. Before I continue, I wish to say thank you to the producers and particularly the costume designers…
San Diego Comic Con 2018, Day 2 Megapost…
San Diego Comic Con, Day 2 (technically Day 3, if you include Wednesday’s Preview Night) is almost at a close. My plate wasn’t too full today. Comic Con is made a little easier when you stop spending the entire day trying to get into Hall H and Ballroom 20 events, as I’ve done long ago. No…