Charles Martin Smith plays Farley Mowat, in Carroll Ballard’s adaptation of Mowat’s classic novel, Never Cry Wolf. A book that actually changed the way we viewed wolves. Mowat is a government researcher, and he’s got his assignment. Head north, like way north, and dig into the ahem menace that wolves pose to the environment, particularly…
Stargate: Atlantis (2006) – Common Ground, and McKay and Mrs. Miller
Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) has his hands full in Common Ground. Written by Ken Cuperus, this episode was first broadcast on 25 August, 2006. Sheppard is not only captured by the Genii and Kolya (Robert Davi), but finds himself imprisoned alongside a Wraith (Christopher Heyerdahl). Capturing Sheppard is only the first step in Kolya’s plans. Ladon…
Star Trek: Spectre of the Sun (1971)
In May of 1971, Gold Keys delivered another installment in their Star Trek adventures. This is story writer Len Wein’s second issue. Alberto Giolitti continues to deliver art that is slowly embracing more of what we have seen in the series (as well as some odd additions). This issue, Sceptre of the Sun eschewed the…
Get Smart (1966) – Smart the Assassin, I’m Only Human, and Stakeout on Blue Mist Mountain
Both Smart (Don Adams) and the Chief (Edward Platt) are in trouble in this episode! Smart the Assassin first aired on 19 February, 1966 and was written by Budd Grossman. KAOS gets their hands on Smart and hypnotizes him in order to have the agent assassinate the Chief during their nightly chess game. His trigger…
Star Trek: Vulcan’s Heart (1999) – Susan Shwartz, and Josepha Sherman
Vulcan’s Heart is a pretty expansive story, and a good one, even if it felt a little overlong at times. Set in the 2340s, the novel ties in a number of classic episodes into one tale. There is The Enterprise Incident from The Original Series, and The Next Generation episodes Yesterday’s Enterprise and the Unification…
Stargate SG-1 (2006) – Counterstrike, and Memento Mori
Things with the Ori have a huge escalation, when the Jaffa use a weapon that wipes out all ten thousand Ori followers in one shot. Bra’tac (Tony Amendola) brings the news of it to Landry (Beau Bridges) while SG-1 aboard the Odyssey investigates the planet. And Stargate Command is going to find themselves right in…
Star Trek: The Legacy of Lazarus (1971)
Len Wein takes over writing duties for Gold Keys Star Trek title, while Alberto Giolitti continues delivering wonderful art (even if the characters and locations don’t always look the way the should). Found on comic spinners for February 1971, Wein’s first story was The Legacy of Lazarus. The splash page makes fans recall The Savage…
The Producers (1967) – Mel Brooks
Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder star in Mel Brooks’ Oscar winning comedy The Producers. Scoring the Academy award for Best Original Screenplay, this one is a hoot from beginning to end. It also saw Wilder get a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Mostel stars as Max Bialystock, a producer, who will do anything to make…
Dressed to Kill (1946) – Roy William Neill
This is it, the final Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson adventure to feature Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce in the iconic roles. While it is another original story, it does lift elements from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories A Scandal in Bohemia, and The Adventure of the Six Napoleons. The mystery centers around a trio…
Smallville (2002) – Rogue, and Shimmer
Rogue debuted on 15 January, 2002. It was written by Mark Verheiden. This time, it looks like Clark (Tom Welling) is in some real trouble, cause there’s nothing worse than a dirty cop. In this case it’s Sam Phelan (Cameron Dye) who stumbles onto Clark’s secret. Phelan attempts to blackmail Clark into stealing some internal…
The Mind Reels 