Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus was written by Ben Rodgers and first aired on 13 October, 2022. The episode gives us another holodeck movie, and you just know that’s going to be a lot of fun. It also means there are going to be lots of easter eggs and deep cut trivia. There’s a nod to…
The Regulators (1996) – Stephen King as Richard Bachman
Reading Desperation and The Regulators back to back is a fun experience, and once again ties in with Dark Tower/Talisman ideas of echoes, twinners and the like. Ka, man, it’s all Ka. Of the two books, The Regulators is the darker and more violent of the two, which is saying something because both books lean…
Battlestar Galactica (2008) – The Hub, and Revelations
Jane Espenson wrote The Hub, which first aired on 6 June, 2008. Aboard the rebel Cylon baseship, things are happening. The Hybrid (Tiffany Lyndall-Knight) keeps jumping the ship, and Roslin (Mary McDonnell) is having visions because of it. She sees herself on her deathbed, surrounded by Cottle (Donnelly Rhodes), Adama (Edward James Olmos), Starbuck (Katee…
Club Paradise (1986) – Harold Ramis
On paper, Club Paradise should have worked like gangbusters. Directed by Harold Ramis, it’s filled with comedy legends like Robin Williams, Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Joe Flaherty, and Brian Doyle-Murray. It also has reggae superstar, Jimmy Cliff, screen icon, Peter O’Toole, Joanna Cassidy, Carey Lowell, and Twiggy. It’s a fun cast, a perfunctory…
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) – Jay Roach
Coming hot on the heels of The Spy Who Shagged Me, Mike Myers and Jay Roach teamed up for a third outing of Austin Powers (Myers). Austin Powers in Goldmember is the biggest film of the three, and arguably the least satisfying, though still incredibly funny. It has a slew of cameos; in fact, the…
Smallville (2006) – Rage, and Static
Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer delivered Rage, which debuted on 9 November, 2006. Lex (Michael Rosenbaum), in a move that surprises no one anymore, has been involved in crafting experimental pharmaceuticals, and surprise, surprise, Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley) is taking them. It gives him a superhuman ability to heal himself, but it also comes with…
Star Trek: #27 – Around the Clock (1986)
Robert Greenberger wrote Around the Clock, issue 27 of DC Comics’ ongoing Star Trek title. It was on comic spinners for June of 1986. Tom Sutton continues to deliver pencils, with Ricardo Villagran delivering inks. Mike Barr served as a guest editor, perhaps making sure the story fell in line with canon, or perhaps just…
Funny Farm (1988) – George Roy Hill
Life in the country isn’t what Andy (chevy Chase) and Elizabeth Farmer (Madolyn Smith Osborne) thought it was going to be. They are moving out of New York and settling into a small town, Redbud, so that Andy can work on his first novel. Unfortunately, life has other plans, and nothing goes right, from phone…
Battlestar Galactica (2008) – Guess What’s Coming to Dinner, and Sine Qua Non
Michael Angeli wrote Guess What’s Coming to Dinner, which first aired on 16 May, 2008. The opening of this episode is awesome; it sees the rebel Cylon baseship and the Demetrius jumping into the fleet, but the Demetrius arrives late, and tensions are insanely high. Tigh (Michael Hogan) orders a weapons hold before the Demetrius…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2022) – Reflections, Hear All, Trust Nothing, and A Mathematically Perfect Redemption
Reflections debuted on 22 September, 2022. It was written by series creator and showrunner Mike McMahan. Mariner (Tawney Newsome) and Boimler (Jack Quaid) are working a recruitment booth at a job fair, and you know that is just going to be the launching point for wackiness. The booth next to them, has an Archeologist Guild…
