Wej Duj, Klingon for ‘three ships,’ was written by Kathryn Lyn and was the penultimate episode of season two. It debuted on 7 October, 2021. A Vulcan ship and a Klingon ship have troubling encounters with another starship, and the Cerritos may be next in line. But first, it’s rather quiet on the Cerritos as…
Tag: 2021
Howard’s Mill (2021) – Shannon Houchins
None of the posters designed to promote this film that I came across on IMDB do this film justice. Some hint at the strangeness that plays out in the later part of the film, and arguably spoil some of it. And the ones hinting at the missing and the mystery at the heart of it,…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2021) – The Spy Humongous, Where Pleasant Fountains Lie, and I, Excretus
The Spy Humongous debuted on 16 September, 2021. It was written by John Cochran. The Pakled situation is continuing to be a minor problem for the Federation. So the Cerritos and Captain Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) are sent to work on negotiating a peace. Things are complicated by the arrival of a Pakled on the Cerritos…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2021) – We’ll Always Have Tom Paris, Mugato, Gumato, and An Embarrassment of Dooplers
M. Willis wrote We’ll Always Have Tom Paris which first aired on 26 August, 2021. The episode features the return of Robert Duncan McNeill not only as Voyager’s Tom Paris, but he also played Nick Locarno from TNG as well, important? We’ll find out. There are tons of Voyager nods, from episode references to music…
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020/2021) – No Small Parts, Strange Energies, and Kayshon, His Eyes Open
The first season of Star Trek: Lower Decks came to an end on 8 October, 2020 with No Small Parts. It was written by series creator Mike McMahan and it sees the crew take on a familiar enemy, and deliver lots of Trek deep trivia cuts. The weird toy from the 60s, The Spock Helmet…
The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook (2021) – Matt Dinniman
Book three of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series sees Carl, Princess Donut, Mongo and Katia enter the fourth level of the dungeon, as they continue to garner intergalactic viewers, sponsors, bounties and loot boxes. They find themselves in the Iron Tangle, an interweaving collection of train and subway lines with stations, rest areas, and oh…
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario (2021) – Matt Dinniman
Book 2 of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series picks up where the first installment left us, Carl, Princess Donut, and Mongo the raptor have just made it to level three of the Dungeon World that was once Earth. It was converted into an 18-level dungeon, where the last survivors of the planet have to work…
Horror in the High Desert (2021) – Dutch Marich
This one started out solidly enough, but by the time it ended, I was wondering how it spawned a number of sequels. The last fifteen minutes of the film, the real found footage part of the story, is shoddy at best. The story follows a series of talking heads, as they attempt to delve into…
The Shadow of the Gods (2021) – John Gwynne
The Shadow of the Gods, is the first book in a fantasy trilogy, collectively called The Bloodsworn Trilogy, that uses Norse mythology as it’s launching point. The gods are dead, their bones litter the landscape, trapping power within them. It is a world of magic and monsters and introduces the reader to a trio of…
Blood Red Sky (2021) – Peter Thorwarth
It’s taken me a while to get to this one, but once the mood hit I was ready for it. And man, I got a kick out of it. It plays with some tropes, has an exploration of motherhood and parenting, and oh yeah, let’s enjoy the blood and gore. Nadja (Peri Baumeister) and her…
