Season 2 of Superman’s (Tim Daly) animated adventures comes to a close this week, with the two parter, Little Girl Lost, which introduces the DC Animated Universe to Kara (Nicholle Tom), better known as Supergirl. The story aired as a whole on 2 May, 1998. The first part sees Superman rescuing the sole survivor of…
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Superman: The Animated Series (1997/1998) – Warrior Queen, and Apokolips… Now! Parts I & II
Superman (Tim Daly) has problems of a different sort in the first episode up this week. Warrior Queen aired on 22 November, 1997 and has the arrival of Maxima (Sharon Lawrence) to the fair planet Earth in hopes of marrying the one man she believes worthy of her… The Man of Steel. Behind the scenes…
Doctor Who (Sylvester McCoy) – Remembrance of the Daleks
Season 25 gets underway this week that sees the return of the Doctor (McCoy) to 76 Totter’s Lane as well as the return of his most nefarious foe, the Daleks! This four part story ran from 5 to 26 October, 1988 and was written by Ben Aaronovitch. The Doctor and Ace (Sophie Aldred) arrive on…
Men in Black II (2002) -Barry Sonnenfeld
Jay (Will Smith) is back as I check in with the Men in Black for this sequel as I continue my time with the Sci-Fi Chronicles. When Earth is menaced by Serleena (Lara Flynn Boyle) Jay has to pull Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) out of retirement, even though he has no memory of his work…
Alien Nation (1988) – Graham Baker
Before District 9, Earth took in the Newcomers, and as they attempted to fit into our society, despite racism, prejudice, and simple confusion in customs, a pair of cops, one human, one newcomer, try to work together. This one is the next stop in the Sci-Fi Chronicles as I spend some more time with James…
Superman: The Animated Series (1997) – Father’s Day and World’s Finest Parts I & II
Darkseid (Michael Ironside) returns in the first episode of the week, Father’s Day. Airing on 3 October, 1997, the episode sees Darkseid’s son, Kalibak (Michael Dorn), eager to impress his father. The New God wants to travel to Earth and confront, and beat Superman (Tim Daly). Darkseid says no, but Desaad (Robert Morse) sends Kalibak…
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) – Roland Emmerich
Happily with this film, my time with Roland Emmerich comes to a close, as I take a look at The Day After Tomorrow for the Sci-Fi Chronicles book. A glossy, A-list star (how does that keep happening in his films?), slick looking piece of filmmaking that renders global warming and catastrophic destruction of our environment into a…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979) – Douglas Adams
After re-watching the movie earlier this week, I thought it would be nice to go back and read the original novel (based on the BBC radio play penned by Adams) and go travelling with Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect again. This book first came into my hands decades ago, in the early 80s when I…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005) -Garth Jennings
Grab your towel and Don’t Panic! Douglas Adam’s classic tale gets a big screen adaptation, of his book/screenplay, which had previously been so well used by the BBC as a miniseries, and before that a radio programme. There are things that work in this version, and things that don’t, but the effort is there to…
Doctor Strange (2016) – Scott Derrickson
Benedict Cumberbatch settles rather nicely into the Marvel universe, as he dons the cloak and mantle of the MCU’s (Marvel Cinematic Universe) latest superhero. Doctor Strange. Easing into an American accent, as easily as he does Strange’s costume, Cumberbatch fits the role perfectly, bringing to life the doctor’s arrogance, ego, and eventually his humbled, giving…
