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…
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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…
War of the Worlds (1988) – The Second Seal, and Goliath is My Name
Team Blackwood has its hands full this week as the War of the Worlds continues. Patrick Barry pens the first episode up this week, that originally aired on 7 November, 1988. The Mortheren, still referred to as Martians at this point, attempt to take over a military base that may store information about the 1953…
Star Trek: Voyager (1997) – Distant Origin, and Displaced
Captain’s log: stardate unknown Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky pen this smart episode that has a call back to Basics, and also gives us a fun theory about what may have happened sixty five million years ago… We are introduced to a new species called the Voth, who may have evolved from dinosaurs! The episode…
The Mule (2018) – Blu-Ray Review
Clint Eastwood stars, produces and directs The Mule, which is available now from Warner Brothers. Inspired by a true story, the film is a huge step up from the iconic legend’s previous film, the lackluster, The 15:17 to Paris. Eastwood stars as Earl, a Korean vet, and horticulturalist who gets mixed up in the drug…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – Soldiers of the Empire, and Children of Time
Station log: stardate unknown LeVar Burton directs this episode that was written by Ronald D. Moore, and sees Martok (J.G,. Hertzler) get his first assignment following his arrival on the station and his escape from the Dominion internment camp. Worf (Micheal Dorn) joins him as his first officer aboard a klingon bird of prey, the…
War of the Worlds (1988) – A Multitude of Idols, and An Eye for an Eye
As I dug into this week’s episode, I suddenly had a flashback to my youth that I had completely forgotten about. I, of course, set the home VCR to record each week’s new episode, and when a tape was full, I’d label it, put the titles on it, and use images from my Starlog to…
Bumblebee (2018) – Blu-Ray Review
This may be the first live action Transformers I have enjoyed since the original animated movie back in the day (and there’s a nice musical nod to it). And without Micheal Bay directing, Travis Knight is in the chair here, you can actually see what is happening the action sequences. So it is with great…
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1997) – Ties of Blood and Water, and Ferengi Love Songs
Station log: stardate 50712.5 Debuting on 14 April, 1997, Avery Brooks directs this episode that was penned by Robert Hewitt Wolfe from a story by Edmund Newton and Robbin L. Stocum. Serving as a follow up to the episode, Second Skin, Tekeny Ghemor (Lawrence Pressman) arrives on the station. Because of the events of Second…
War of the Worlds (1988) – The Walls of Jericho, and Thy Kingdom Come
The war of the worlds truly gets underway this week as the aliens attempt to cement their position on the planet, and come up with a way to survive the radiation poisoning plaguing them (by constructing creepy looking suits). The Walls of Jericho was written by Forrest Van Buren (an alias, most likely for Greg…
The Mind Reels 