Captain James T. Kirk and the stalwart crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise take on a Trek-verse version of the vampire legend in this novel written by J.M Dillard. Set during the third season of The Original Series the Enterprise responds to a distress call from the remote Federation outpost of Tanis. What they discover is…
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The Twilight Zone (1964) – The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross, Number 12 Looks Just Like You, and Black Leather Jackets
There’s the signpost up ahead! It’s time to turn to The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series, as I continue exploring the iconic show, available now on blu-ray from Paramount Pictures. First up in this week’s trio of episodes is The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross. Jerry McNeely penned the teleplay based on a short story by…
Star Trek: Enterprise – The First Adventure (1986) – Vonda N. McIntyre
Long before the 2009 reboot author Vonda N. McIntyre penned this non-canon telling of the first adventure of Captain Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Scott Sulu and Chekov as they are united for the first time aboard the Enterprise. James Kirk has just been given command of the Federation flagship, and is looking forward to a…
Star Trek: The Original Series (1966) -Where No Man Has Gone Before and The Naked Time
Captain’s Log: Stardate 1312.4 The famed second pilot for the proposed series, Where No Man Has Gone Before was written by Samuel Peeples from Gene Roddenberry’s creation and found its way to the television sets everywhere on 22 September, 1966. This was an episode that I loved, and continue to love. It fostered the sense…
Issues Vol. 12a
Kirk is on well-earned vacation with his family this week, but the comics at West End Comics keep on coming! So it was with great excitement that I dug into this week’s pull list, though it was rather smaller than my usual haul, it was still food with great stuff!! Escape From New York (Boom…
The Orphan Black S03E10 – History Yet to be Written
And just like that Season 3 of Orphan Black came to an end. Sure it aired on Saturday night, sure it’s Tuesday now. The Film Festival I was at kept me busy, but when free time allowed, I was wondering whether or not to watch it right away… I mean now that I have,…
Orphan Black S03E08 – Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method
Buckle up Clone Club! Here comes the terrifying run to the season finale!! And this episode definitely starts to ramp up the tension! Delphine (Evelyne Brochu) discovers another Leda clone in the form of a blonde beautician named Crystal (Tatiana Maslany). She seems like a bit of a flake, but may be smarter than she…
Orphan Black S03E07 – Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate
Orphan Black continued its fantastic run last night on Space, giving us what may be the lightest episode to date, while still advancing the characters and storyline and ending with a painfully heartbreaking moment for Cosima (Tatiana Maslany). It’s a great episode that gives us almost time to catch our breath before plunging into the…
Orphan Black S03E06 – Certain Agony of the Battlefield
Wow what a kick in the gut last night’s episode of Orphan Black was huh? The emotional punches and revelations just kept coming, and constantly stunned me over and over… Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) still being held in Dr. Coady’s (Kyra Harper) compound (which Mrs. S (Maria Doyle Kennedy) has learned is in Mexico) and…
Orphan Black S03E04 – Newer Elements of Our Defense
Orphan Black is everywhere – they were picked up for their fourth season this week, issue 3 of the comic book from IDW is on the stands (and it is canon after all), the amazing Funko figures (which I still need to pick up) so I was giddy sitting down to watch what happens this…
The Mind Reels 