Adama (Edward James Olmos) attempts to deal with the loss of twenty-four ships to Roslin’s (Mary McDonnell) religious ploy, leading them to Kobol, where they await Sarbuck (Katee Sackhoff) and the Arrow of Apollo. Home is a two-part story whose first episode debuted on 19 August, 2005. It was written by David Eick. A number…
Band of Brothers (2001) – Crossroads, and Bastogne
Crossroads was written by Erik Jendresen, dramatizing events from Stephen E. Ambrose’s non-fiction book exploring the 101st during World War II. This episode, first aired on 30 September, 2001, and is the halfway mark of the Tom Hanks (who also directs this episode) and Seven Spielberg produced mini-series. The main narrative of the episode follows…
The Butcher’s Masquerade (2022) – Matt Dinniman
The fifth book in the incredibly entertaining Dungeon Crawler Carl series is The Butcher’s Masquerade. It’s also the longest one in the series so far. It’s hefty, and there is a lot going on. There are a lot more emotional blows in this one, right from the off, the company running the crawl attempt to…
Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Resistance, and The Farm
So let’s get some more important subject matter into our sci-fi. This time we delve into even more of the need for democracy in heightened situations as Tigh (Michael Hogan) declares martial law through the fleet, and Roslin (Mary McDonnell) and Apollo (Jamie Bamber) oppose him. Resistance was written by Toni Graphia, and it first…
National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) – Harold Ramis
Harold Ramis directs, John Hughes wrote the original script, and Chevy Chase (despite his off-screen persona) is comedy gold in this 1983 classic. It’s been forever since I watched it, and while I remembered bits and pieces, a lot passed me by, and it was amazing to see it all over again. And oh man,…
Lilo & Stitch (2002) – Dean DeBlois, and Chris Sanders
Ahh, hand-drawn animation. Sometimes you just want to settle in and enjoy the beauty of artists at work, who bring stories and characters to life with pencils and paints, and imbue them with a life that completely enraptures you. Lilo & Stitch, the now classic and arguably iconic Disney film, does exactly that. It’s an…
Smallville (2005) – Thirst, and Exposed
Vampires? I’m sorry Vampires? Come on, man. I’ll let you have your meteor freaks and your metahumans, and yes I know vampires exist in the DC Universe, but this just feels a little silly. And then you make them the sorority that Lana (Kristin Kreuk) is thinking about pledging. Oh boy. Thirst first aired on…
Star Trek: #16 Homecoming (1985)
Mike W. Barr wrapped up his eight-issue Mirror Universe saga in the July 1985 issue of DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek series. He wrote Homecoming, while Tom Sutton delivered pencils and Ricardo Villagran delivered inks. So how does he tie it all up? Let’s find out… Stardate: none listed We are given an opening splash…
Hoppers (2026) – Daniel Chong
This is my kind of Pixar movie. As much as I love a good Toy Story, I find that Pixar does it best when it explores new territory, and Hoppers definitely does that. We are introduced to Mabel Tanaka (Piper Curda), who, thanks to her Grandmother’s (Karen Huie) love and attention, has learned the importance…
Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Valley of Darkness, and Fragged
Bradley Thompson and David Weddle delivered Valley of Darkness which first aired on 22 July, 2005. Things remain severely frakked. After the screw-up with the FTL last episode, there’s a Cylon virus in Galactica’s system that needs to be removed, but there are also Centurions aboard. Adama (Edward James Olmos) remains in a coma, leaving…
The Mind Reels 