One of my favorite Tarantino films is the up next thanks to the What Else to Watch list in DK Canada’s The Movie Book, which recommended the previously reviewed Pulp Fiction. His only film to date that is based on previously published material, Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard, Tarantino’s film is top-notch and lets the…
Tag: 1997
Star Trek: Voyager (1997) – Scientific Method, and Year of Hell
Captain’s log: stardate 51244.3 Lisa Klink pens the teleplay for this episode from a story by Harry Doc Kloor and Sherry Klein. It first aired on 29 October, 1997. There are a number of strange illnesses and events occurring on the Voyager. The Doctor (Robert Picardo) and Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) are the only…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – Favor the Bold, and Sacrifice of Angels
Station log: stardate unknown Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler pen the next part in The Dominion War arc, that sees Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) developing a plan to retake the station, and wrest it from the joint forces of the Cardassians and the Dominion. Meanwhile, aboard the station Rom (Max Grodenchik) is charged as…
Star Trek: Voyager (1997) – Revulsion, and The Raven
Captain’s log: stardate 51186.2 Lisa Klink pens this Doctor (Robert Picardo) episode that first aired on 1 October, 1997. The Voyager receives a distress call from a lone survivor aboard a damaged ship. The crew is stunned to discover that the survivor, Dejaren (Leland Orser) is a sentient hologram, not so dissimilar from their own…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – Sons and Daughters, and Behind the Lines
Station log: stardate unknown The Dominion War arc continues this week in this episode written by Bradley Thompson and David Weddle. It first aired on 13 October, 1997. With Worf (Micheal Dorn) currently serving on a Klingon vessel commanded by Martok (J.G. Hertzler), he is shocked to see his son, Alexander Rozhenko (Marc Worden) joining…
Star Trek: Voyager (1997) – Day of Honor, and Nemesis
Captain’s log: stardate unknown Airing on 17 September, 1997, Day of Honor, written by Jeri Taylor, did a lot to advance the B’Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) – Tom Paris (Robert Duncan MacNeill) storyline. Never one to celebrate Klingon tradition, Torres is ready to forget the whole thing, Her day gets more complicated when the Voyager’s…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – A Time to Stand, and Rocks and Shoals
Station log: stardate unknown Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler pen the season six opener, that picks up shortly after the end of the events in season five. It first debuted on 29 September, 1997. Captain Sisko (Avery Brooks) and his crew, now without a station, as the Cardassians have reclaimed it, use a stolen…
Star Trek: Voyager (1997) – Scorpion Part II, and The Gift
Captain’s log: stardate 51003.7 Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky pen the season opener that sees the Voyager crew making a deal with the devil, i.e. the Borg, for safe passage through their space, in exchange for information on how to stop Species 8472. First broadcast on 3 September, 1997, it also sees the introduction of…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – In the Cards, and Call to Arms
Station log: stardate 50929.4 Micheal Dorn directs this, the penultimate episode of the fifth season. It was written by Ronald D. Moore, from a story by Truly Barr Clark and Scott Neal. It debuted on 9 June, 1997. This episode is a bit of a breather before the plunge into the season finale. It follows…
Star Trek: Voyager (1997) – Worst Case Scenario, and Scorpion
Captain’s log: stardate 50953.4 Kenneth Biller pens this episode that first debuted on 14 May, 1997, and gives the Voyager crew and the audience a “what if” scenario. A holo-program depicting a Maquis mutiny aboard the Voyager is discovered, and it seems everyone is playing it. It also leads to a really nice teaser when…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – Blaze of Glory, and Empok Nor
Station log: stardate unknown Eddington (Ken Marshall) returns in this episode written by Ira Steven Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe that first aired on 12 May, 1997. The Maquis are planning on launching a bio-weapon assault against Cardassia, who since their alliance with the Dominion has made things more desperate for the Maquis. Captain Sisko…
Lost Highway (1997) – David Lynch
Porn, crime, tailgating, doppelgangers, murder, transmigration of the soul, and time travel all seem to play some part in the next title on the What Else to Watch list in DK Canada’s The Movie Book following my screening of Blue Velvet. David Lynch gives us another raucous ride as we meet Bill Pullman’s Fred Madison,…
