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…
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Star Trek: The Original Series (1968) – For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky and The Tholian Web
Captain’s log: stardate 5476.3 I’ve always loved the title of this episode and the imagery it conjures in my head. Written by Hendrik Vollaerts under a pseudonym this ends up being a solid, if slightly flawed episode, that aired on 8 November, 1968. Things get underway when Dr. McCoy (DeFrorest Kelley) is diagnosed with a…
Ghost In The Shell (1995) – Mamoru Oshii
The 101 Sci-Fi Movies brings us another anime classic, based on the manga of the same name, this one dealing with the idea of what it means to be living and how we define life. Set in the oh-so-distant year 2029, corporations and city-states have taken over the world, nations have collapsed, and the…
The Mind Reels 