After how much I enjoyed the first two books in the Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers, I didn’t even read the blurb for the third book. I just jumped into it, waiting to see where Chambers would take me this time. Record of a Spaceborn Few explores the Exodan Fleet. They were the last people…
Author: TD Rideout
Stargate SG-1 (2002) – Allegiance, and Cure
At Stargate Command’s Alpha Site, problems are arising between the free Jaffa, Earth, and some newly arrived Tok’ra. Tensions that are raised when a naquadria bomb is discovered and suspects start dropping like flies. Written and directed by Peter DeLuise, no time for a cameo though, this episode was first broadcast on 9 August, 2002….
Guns Akimbo (2019) – Jason Howden
Frenetic. Kinetic. and often hilarious, Guns Akimbo is an ultra-violent, gory action comedy starring Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving. Radcliffe, trotting out an American accent for the role, plays Miles. He professionally baits online trolls but when he finds an online fight club that has thousands of viewers across the web, he may have stumbled…
Glass (2019) – M. Night Shyamalan
Glass paired with Unbreakable and Spilt wraps up Shyamalan’s ode to comic books trilogy. It picks up a few weeks after the events of Split, and fifteen years after the Unbreakable. David Dunn (Bruce Willis) is running a security company with his son, Joseph (Spencer Treat Clark). He uses this as an opportunity to use…
Farscape (2000) – Won’t Get Fooled Again, and The Locket
John Crichton (Ben Browder) insists he won’t get fooled again when he seems to be back on Earth, and nothing ever happened. But everyone seems to be there, D’Argo (Anthony Simcoe), Aeryn (Claudia Black), Chiana (Gigi Edgley), Rygel (voiced by Jonathan Hardy) and Zhaan (Virginia Hey). Lurking around the edges is Scorpius (Wayne Pygram) who…
Split (2016) – M. Night Shyamalan
It’s been awhile since I watched a Shyamalan film. I kind of tuned out after awhile. I think Lady in the Water did it for me. But I did remember enjoying his earliest films, The Sixth Sense, The Village, Unbreakable. And it seemed like enough time had past that I could see if I could…
Stargate SG-1 (2002) – Shadow Play, and The Other Guys
Stargate Command is stunned when they are contacted by Jonas Quinn’s (Corin Nemec) people the Kelowans. They are seeking aid, and are offering naquadria in exchange. O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) is less than thrilled with the idea considering how some of the planet chose to paint Daniel (Michael Shanks) as a traitor. Things take an…
Northern Exposure (1993) – The Big Feast, and Kaddish, for Uncle Manny
Joel (Rob Morrow) is a little out of sorts when it seems that everyone in Cicely has been invited to Maurice’s (Barry Corbin) celebratory dinner except him. The Big Feast was written by Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green. It first aired on 22 March, 1993. The whole town is gearing up for the party, but…
A Closed and Common Orbit (2016) – Becky Chambers
I couldn’t wait. I had to dig into the second book of the Wayfarer series by Becky Chambers. The first book was just so powerful in its portrayal of friendships and family set against the stars and sensibilities of space opera. I didn’t want to wait and read something else, I had to devour the…
Stargate SG-1 (2002) – Nightwalkers, and Abyss
Carter (Amanda Tapping), Teal’c (Christopher Judge) and Jonas Quinn (Corin Nemec) go all X-Files in this episode while O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderon) remains off -world with the Tok’ra in search of a host to cure him. Written by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, Nightwalkers first aired 12 July, 2002 and was directed by Peter DeLuise…
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