In September of 1970, Dick Wood and Alberto Giolitti delivered issue number eight of the Gold Keys Comics Star Trek series. And while it makes no sense in relation fo the series, I do like the image of the captain’s log being transcribed into an actual log book. Though the stardates are still ridiculously wrong….
Author: TD Rideout
Get Smart (1966) – Back to the Old Drawing Board, All in the Mind, and Dear Diary
Back to the Old Drawing Board introduces a fan favorite character to the series. Hymie. Played by Dick Gautier, Hymie is a humanoid robot, with super strength, a computer for a brain, and he’s bulletproof. Sure, the idea is silly, but this is Get Smart right? The episode was written by Gary Clarke under the…
Battlestar Galactica: Warhawk (1998) – Richard Hatch, and Christopher Golden
Richard Hatch’s second installment in the continuation of the original Battlestar Galactica moves a little better than the first one. The characters have been introduced now, but even so, there are few things that happen that makes it feel like the stories are falling back on what has already happened as opposed to taking things…
Tron: Ares (2025) – Joachim Ronning
I was there in 1982. I remember sitting in the Odeon in Kingston. It was me, my sister, and my father. It wasn’t my dad’s thing. I was gobsmacked by the idea of being able to go inside a computer, and live in this new world of video games, which, at the time, were just…
Stargate SG-1 (2006) – Uninvited, and 200
Mitchell (Ben Browder) and Landry (Beau Bridges) are both spending some time out at O’Neill’s cabin – don’t get excited, there’s no appearance by Richard Dean Anderson here (stay tuned) – for a chance to decompress. The rest of the group is supposed to be there, but… Teal’c (Christopher Judge), Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Vala…
Star Trek: The Voodoo Planet (1970)
Of all the Gold Key stories I’ve read so far, I like this one the least. It’s not very Star Trek, it’s just an issue of silliness using voodoo dolls, chants and magic potions. Not very Trek at all. The writing is once again by Dick Wood, and Alberto Giolittie continues to deliver the art…
Mr. Majestyk (1974) – Richard Flesicher
Hard working director, Richard Fleischer delivers a fairly standard action-drama that puts Charles Bronson in the spotlight. He’s surrounded by a score by Charles Bernstein and a script written by Elmore Leonard. Bronson is the titular Mr. Majesytk. He’s got himself a melon farm, and is looking to recruit some migrant workers to help him…
Terror by Night (1946) – Roy William Neill
Terror by Night is the penultimate adventure of Basil Rathbone’s and Nigel Bruce’s Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It lifts elements from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s works, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, The Adventure of the Empty House, The Disappearance of Lady Carfax, and The Sign of Four, but is predominantly an original story….
Smallville (2001) – Craving, and Jitters
Hey look! It’s Amy Adams in a fat suit! Craving first aired on 27 November, 2001 and was written by Micheal Green. Jodi (Adams) is a little overweight. She’s body shamed at school, though both Pete (Sam Jones III) and Chloe (Allison Mack) are there to help defend her. Clark (Tom Welling) is off getting…
Gator (1976) – Burt Reynolds
Gator marked Burt Reynolds’ first-ever sequel. And it was also his first time settling into the director’s chair. Hal Needham joins him behind the camera, serving as a unit director, and Burt and his mustache star opposite Jerry Reed, who signs the title theme. Sounds alright? I’ll openly admit to being charmed by stunt man…
The Mind Reels 