The problematic Joss Whedon wrote Our Mrs. Reynolds which had an air date of 4 October, 2002, and introduced a character that not only had a huge effect on Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), but also on viewers. The stunning Christina Hendricks appears as Saffron, a woman who shows up on Serenity claiming to be Mal’s…
Get Smart (1969) – Leadside, Greer Window, and The Not-So-Great Escape: Part 1
Leadside debuted on 8 March, 1969. It was written by Lloyd Turner and Gordon Mitchell. Leadside (Ronald Long) is a wheelchair bound mastermind who is working to destroy CONTROL and kill Maxwell Smart (Don Adams). Max has apparently ruined a number of Leadside’s plans before, and now, Leadside is going to take on CONTROL one…
Star Trek: Across the Universe (1999) – Pamela Sargent, and George Zebrowski
Sometimes I just want to travel with old friends. And the oldest of those friends, are the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Captain James T. Kirk commanding. As the Pocketbook series continued, the stories have gotten stronger, tying in with the ever-expanding franchise’s continuity. Across the Universe takes place during the original five-year mission. The…
Firefly (2002) – Shindig, and Safe
Since Fox had already screwed up the airing order of Firefly, it’s no surprise that despite Shindig being the fifth episode aired sixth after episodes that would come later in the timeline. Morons. Written by the talented Jane Espenson, this episode was broadcast on 1 November, 2002. Mal (Nathan Fillion) and company need a job….
What About Bob? (1991) – Frank Oz
For some reason, I wasn’t really interested in watching this one when it came out. I remember it being on the loop tape constantly in the video store I worked in. Maybe that was why. I mean, I like Bill Murray, and I like Richard Dreyfuss, both of whom famously did not get along on…
Angel Heart (1987) – Alan Parker
It has been forever since I saw this film. Maybe early 90s during my video store years. So I decided to take another look at it. And I loved it. It’s dark, twisted, but done so well. Set in the 50s, Mickey Rourke plays a private investigator, Harry Angel. And honestly, this is one of…
Smallville (2004) – Crusade, and Gone
The season four opener picks up three months after the season three finale. It launched on 22 September, 2004, and was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. Welcome to the show, Lois Lane (Erica Durance)! She comes to Smallville to investigate her cousin Chloe’s (Allison Mack) death. And ends up, during her arrival in…
Star Trek: #4 Deadly Allies (1984)
Issue 4 of DC Comics ongoing Star Trek series hit spinners in time for May 1984. Mike W. Barr concludes the story he started in issue one, while Tom Sutton, penciller, and Ricardo Villagran, inks, provided the art, and the cover. I also had this one as a kid. Stardate: 8151.7 The issue’s splash page…
Horror in the High Desert (2021) – Dutch Marich
This one started out solidly enough, but by the time it ended, I was wondering how it spawned a number of sequels. The last fifteen minutes of the film, the real found footage part of the story, is shoddy at best. The story follows a series of talking heads, as they attempt to delve into…
Firefly (2002) – The Train Job, and Bushwhacked
The Train Job was the first episode of Firefly to be aired, because Fox didn’t want to start with the pilot, Serenity, they wanted something that had more action. So the script had to be reworked quickly to not only introduce the characters anew, but have solid action beats. It launched the series on 20…
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