Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and 99 (Barbara Feldon) find themselves in a temporary detente with Siegfried (Bernie Kopell) and Straker (King Moody) in Spy, Spy, Birdie. Written by William Raynor and Myles Wilder, the episode was first broadcast on 9 March, 1968. The agents of CONTROL and KAOS are on the lookout for A.J. Pfister…
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Gulliver’s Fugitives (1990) – Keith Sharee
It’s been a bit since I read a Next Gen novel, but I do like spending time with the Enterprise D and her crew. Gulliver’s Fugitives is an interesting concept, but not executed as well as it could have been and a little flawed. Troi is having some troubling visual experiences following a screening of…
Stargate: Universe (2009) – Life, and Justice
Carl Binder wrote Life, which debuted on 20 November, 2009 and has the crew discovering something new aboard the Destiny, a neural interface, i.e. a very familiar looking chair. Rush (Robert Carlyle) has discovered a planet in the database with naquadria. The crew continue using the stones to visit home, where discoveries are made. Scott…
The Mighty Quinn (1989) – Carl Schenkel
I don’t think The Mighty Quinn ever found the right tone. They don’t quite get the island life vibe right. A film that is supposed to be a mystery, thriller and comedy has to walk a fine line, and it never seems to be able to do that. It’s no fault of the cast, Denzel…
The Amityville Horror (2005) – Andrew Douglas
Okay, it’s not a great film, but wow what a cast; Ryan Reynolds, Melissa George (who I’ve made no secret about the crush I have), a young Chloe Grace Moretz, Rachel Nichols, and Philip Baker Hall. Best on the alleged true story, we are given yet another version of the story of the Luz family…
Smallville (2003) – Perry, and Relic
A comet impacts the sun, and a huge solar flare causes some problems with Clark’s (Tom Welling) abilities, and brings a familiar DC character crashing into the series in a new way. Welcome Perry White (Michael McKean). Perry was written by Mark Verheiden and was directed by Jeannot Szwarc who directed Supergirl. This episode first…
War (2007) – Philip G. Atwell
War is a fairly generic action thriller featuring the pairing of Jason Statham and Jet Li. The pair have made five films together! In this one, Statham is Crawford, an FBI agent tracking down a mysterious assassin known as Rogue (Li), who killed his partner. Set in San Francisco (read as Vancouver) the film features…
Stargate: Universe (2009) – Earth, and Time
Martin Gero pens the teleplay for Earth from a story developed alongside series creators Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper. First broadcast on 6 November, 2009, things take an interesting turn for the Destiny crew. Young (Louis Ferreira), and Camile (Ming-Na Wen) use the communication stones to report in to Homeworld Command on Earth. They…
Get Smart (1968) – 99 Loses Control, The Wax Max, and Operation Ridiculous
Perhaps 99 (Barbara Feldon) got tired of waiting for Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) to make his move. In 99 Loses Control 99 seems to be in love, and agrees to marry her new beau, Victor Royal (Jacques Bergerac) in this episode that debuted on 17 February, 1968. It was written by William Raynor and Miles…
The Future Was Now (2024) – Chris Nashawaty
1982. What a summer at the movies. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, E.T the Extraterrestrial, The Thing, The Road Warrior, Tron, Poltergeist, Blade Runner and Conan the Barbarian. Eight movies, all opening within weeks of each other, some on the same day, and a summer that brought geek culture into the mainstream in…
The Mind Reels 