Carl Binder penned Ghost in the Machine which first debuted on 15 August, 2008. Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and his team are returning from a mission (flying monkeys ) when something happens to their puddle-jumper as they attempt to pass through the gate. Tumbling away into space, they find out what happened. Something is affecting their…
Author: TD Rideout
Star Trek: The Psychocrystals (1975)
Issue 34 of Star Trek from Gold Key Comics was ready for fans in October 1975. It was once again written by Arnold Drake. It featured art by Alberto Giolitti and George Wilson continued to churn out wonderful cover paintings. The issue’s splash page shows Kirk and Scotty in an underground chamber. They and the…
Heads of State (2025) – Ilya Naishuller
The thing that I found the hardest to believe in the action-comedy Heads of State, is the idea that the U.S. President could be compassionate, universally liked and form complete and coherent sentences. But I guess that says more about the reality of the world we live in than the film itself. Heads of State,…
Klute (1971) – Alan J. Pakula
I tuned in for Donald Sutherland, and stayed for the fantastic performance by Jane Fonda. So good in fact, that she took home the Best Actress Oscar. It’s a stunning turn, and she’s so good in it. Sutherland plays the titular Klute. John Klute, a detective. He’s trying to rundown lead on a friend who…
Smallville (2003) – Fever, and Rosetta
Martha (Annette O’Toole), in an effort to hide the ship key, falls ill after breathing in toxic meteor spores. And that’s just the beginning of trouble in Fever. Written by Matthew Okumura, this episode was first broadcast on 18 February, 2003. Things go badly, and get complicated when the Disease Control Agency wants to conduct…
KPop Demon Hunters (2025) – Chris Appelhans, and Maggie Kang
Okay, I’ll openly admit that it took me a while to get to this one. Sometimes you just have to be in the right mood for something, and this one’s time had finally come. Sony, when it wants to, can deliver really solid animated films, I’m looking at you Spidey, and now, the KPop Demon…
Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – Broken Ties, and The Daedalus Variations
Broken Ties is a Ronon (Jason Momoa) story that was written by Joseph Mallozzi an Paul Mullie an first aired on 25 July, 2008. He’s captured by his old friend, Tyre (Mark Dacascos), who last time he appeared we learned is a devout Wraith worshipper now. He’s hands Ronon over to the Wraith who work…
Get Smart (1967) – The Spy Who Met Himself, Viva Smart, and Witness for the Persecution
Season three of Get Smart got underway on 16 September, 1967. It was written by Phil Leslie and Keith Fowler. The impersonator division of KAOS is going to cause Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and CONTROL a lot of problems as they infiltrate the spy agency. There are doubles running around everywhere, and who can be…
Strange Pictures (2022) – Uketsu
I think the cover of this book is a little misleading, it calls itself a mystery horror sensation. And while there are elements of mystery to it, it’s not what I would call traditional horror in any sense. It does have some cool ideas and I like how they are presented. A quick, short read,…
Stargate: Atlantis (2008) – Search and Rescue, and The Seed
The fifth and final season of Stargate: Atlantis got underway on 11 July, 2008. Written by Martin Gero the story finds Atlantis engineers working to free Ronon (Jason Momoa), Sheppard (Joe Flanigan), McKay (David Hewlett) and Lorne (Kavan Smith) from the building collpse that gave us the ending of the previous season. But Michael (Connor…
The Mind Reels 