Extinction first aired on 15 October, 2003 and was written by Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer. It walks a fine line, introducing a vigilante who is killing meteor-infected people, including Smallville High students. It’s a fine line, because in the open, Lana (Kristen Kreuk) is saved from a potential stalker and killer, who also had…
Category: Did You See That?!? (Tv & Film)
Action Jackson (1988) – Craig R. Baxley
Carl Weathers and iconic 80s producer Joel Silver teamed up for Action Jackson, a big budget, explosion-filled blaxploitation film that is absolutely packed solid with familiar faces. Despite an over-complicated plot, it’s a fun ride, resting on Weather’s charm. He plays a cop on hard times. He’s been busted down to sergeant, isn’t allowed to…
Stargate: Universe (2009) – Air: Part 3, and Darkness
Creators and showrunners Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper delivered Air: Part 3 to viewers on 9 October, 2009. With only a twelve hour window before Destiny jumps back to FTL, Rush (Robert Carlyle), Eli (David Blue), Scott (Brian J. Smith), Greer (Jamil Walker Smith) and others pass through the gate and find themselves on…
Get Smart (1968) – The Little Black Book: Part 1, Part 2, and Don’t Look Back
Is there a list of KAOS agents in Smart’s (Don Adams) little black book? He’s going to find out by arranging a number of dates in The Little Black Book. Part 1 first aired on 27 January, 1968 and was written by Jack Hanrahan and Phil Hahn. He is joined by his old Army buddy,…
Stargate: Universe (2009) – Air: Part 1, and Part 2
Not quite a year after Stargate: Atlantis ended, the third series, Stargate: Universe was launched. The first two episodes, of a three part opener aired on 2 October, 2009. It was written by series creators, Brad Wright, and Robert C. Cooper. On one of Stargate Command’s off-world bases, Icarus, a team is working to unlock…
What Lies Beneath (2000) – Robert Zemeckis
FIlmed partway through Cast Away (allowing Tom Hanks to lose weight for the role) director Robert Zemeckis teamed up with Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford to deliver a creepy ghost story. Technically excellent, and practically Hitchcockian in its execution and style, What Lies Beneath is something to watch featuring solid performances by Pfeiffer and Ford,…
The Running Man (2025) – Edgar Wright
Arnold’s Running Man was an 80s cult classic, not great, but fun. Edgar Wright’s 2025 version stays closer to the source material, a novel by Stephen King (under his Bachman name), and definitely leans into the political messaging of the book as well as the modern era. Set in a not too distant future, Ben…
Smallville (2003) – Exile, and Phoenix
The season opener for Smallville picks up three months after the events of season two. Clark (Tom Welling) is living in Metropolis, and thanks to the red kyptonite ring he’s been wearing, he is living a carefree life committing crimes, and living large. He’s calling himself Kal, and working to forget his past. And Lex…
Cold Storage (2026) – Jonny Campbell
David Koepp has his fingerprints on some of the biggest movies ever, he’s scripted some very succesful films. You know he can tell a story. His novel, Cold Storage has been on my to be read shelf for quite some time now. So long that it seems he’s had time to make a movie version…
Stargate: Atlantis (2008/2009) – Vegas, and Enemy at the Gate
Here we go, the penultimate episode of Stargate: Atlantis. Written and directed by Robert C. Cooper, Vegas first aired on 19 December, 2008. When another body turns up dead in Las Vegas, and a police detective is called in to investigate. John Sheppard (Joe Flanigan). What’s going on here? The bodies have strange chest wounds,…
The Mind Reels 