The penultimate episode of season two finds Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) and his team discovering that some new possible allies not only have ancient tech, they may have an ancient warship. Inferno was written by Carl Binder and debuted on 3 March, 2006. While McKay (David Hewlett) helps Norina (Brandy Ledford) with the planetary defense shield,…
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Stargate: Atlantis (2004) – Rising
Stargate: Atlantis launched with a feature length debut episode on 16 July, 2004. It was written by Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright. O’Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) and Daniel (Michael Shanks) shows up to assist in the launch. It’s fun, looks great and expands the Stargate universe. Dr. Weir (now played by Torri Higginson) has…
Highlander II: The Quickening Director’s Cut (1991) – Russell Mulcahy
No matter which version of Highlander II you choose to watch (and why would you choose either?) the film is a mess. It screws the previous film either way you look at it, either by making the immortals a race of alien exiles, or just an ancient forgotten, technically advanced race in the prehistory of…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2009) – Mystery of a Thousand Moons, Storm Over Ryloth, Innocents of Ryloth, and Liberty on Ryloth
“A single chance is a galaxy of hope.” The blue shadow virus threatens the Republic in this episode written by Drew Z. Greenberg that first aired on 13 February, 2009. Ahsoka (Ashley Eckstein), Padme (Catherine Taber) and countless clones (Dee Bradley Baker) are infected with the virus, and it’s up to Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter)…
Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (1980) – Brian Daley
Smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca have lit out of Corporate Sector space to avoid some of the problems they have been happening and find themselves on some of the furthest outreaches of the galaxy in a region of space known as the Tion Hegemony. Here, Solo and his wookie co-pilot bump into Han’s old mentor…
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994) – Homeward, and Sub Rosa
Captain’s log: stardate 47423.9 Surprise! Worf (Michael Dorn) has another brother, a foster one, Nikolai Rozhenko (Paul Sorvino) – and he is violating the Prime Directive! This episode was written by Naren Shankar from a story by Spike Steingasser. It first aired on 17 January, 1994. And for the first time, we see Dorn in…
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993) – Frame of Mind, and Suspicions
Captain’s log: stardate 46778.1 Frame of Mind is a Brannon Braga scripted tale that first aired on 3 May, 1993, and is a Riker (Jonathan Frakes) centred story. The Enterprise’s First Officer is afraid he is losing his mind, as he seems to be slipping between realities – he is by turns aboard the Federation…
Ultimate Marvel (2017) – Adam Bray, Lorraine Cink, Melanie Scott, and Stephen Wiacek
Need to settle an argument? Want to know when Iron Man made his first appearance? Want to know what the Clone Saga was about? It’s all here at your fingertips as DK Books unleashes their comprehensive guide to all things Marvel with their release of Ultimate Marvel. Serving as a fantastic companion piece to books…
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988) – When the Bough Breaks and Home Soil
Captain’s log: stardate 41509.1 This duo of episodes is a tough one, it’s like they decided to put the worst two episodes together to make it that much harder to get through. When the Bough Breaks was written by Hannah Louise Shearer this episode first screened for audiences on 15 February, 1988. On the upside…
Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014) – Anthony & Joe Russo
Marvel titles just keep coming! And this entry into the Marvel-evrse shows that the world and its characters are continuing to grow, and that, as of yet, the studios aren’t sacrificing story for spectacle. Chris Evans returns as super-soldier Steve Rogers in his first solo mission (that we’ve seen) since the events in New York…
The Mind Reels 