I leave the Gold Key Treks behind… I know there are more issues to get through, but I don’t have them all yet. So it’s time to boldly go forward with Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Sadly, this will be my only entry in the Marvel Comics version of Star Trek. As of this date,…
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – The Making of the Classic Film (2025) – John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto
I have fallen in love with the Titan Star Trek books. They are informative and comprehensive in their text, and the mass of photography and production art are stunning. I have devoured the books on The Motion Picture, and The Wrath of Khan, and I was overdue to dig into The Search for Spock, despite…
Toronto Fan Expo 2025 – Day 1
It’s that time of year, when things start to get very busy very quickly. In a couple of weeks, it will be time for time, a few weeks after that, vacation, but this weekend… This weekend it’s time to get my geek on and celebrate all the fandoms as Toronto’s Fan Expo gets underway. I…
Monday Musings – A Marvel Comics Super Special
Having recently talked about my love of the movie tie-in novelization, I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t dive into the equally enjoyable Marvel Super Specials that often adapted those same movies, and brought them to life panel by panel – sometimes with stellar art, sometimes not, but always worth collecting. I remember…
Monday Musings – The Movie Tie-In Saga
I’ve always been an avid reader. I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t have at least one book on the go. And, I loved my movies. When I was a kid all the way up through the end of high school I was a devout fan of the movie tie-in book….
Monday Musings – Boldly Going: My Life’s Journey to The Final Frontier
I can remember a time in my life before Star War and Star Trek. There’s a few years of my childhood in the 70s that were untouched by the pop culture events that would play such a huge part in my life. But when I finally ventured to the final frontier, I was drawn into…
Fan Expo 2024 Day 3 & 4
Weekends at Fan Expo are a melange of crowds, celebrities and shopping. Those geeks who had to work all week, those families who were waiting for some time off, all descend on the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to get their geek on. The word of the day, for both Saturday and Sunday, is patience. Shoulders…
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – The Making of the Classic Film (2023) – John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto
I remember seeing The Wrath of Khan in theatres. It blew me away. Even as a child I loved The Motion Picture, the grandeur, the beauty and the effects, but The Wrath of Khan was a completely different experience and I was left stunned by what I had seen. I remember there were a couple…
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022) – Strange New Worlds, and Children of the Comet
Akiva Goldsman wrote and directed the series opener for Strange New Worlds, which was first broadcast on 5 May, 2022. It had to tie in with the established canon of The Original Series, and what had happened in Star Trek: Discovery during season two. It also riffs on The Day The Earth Stood Still, which…
Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Art and Visual Effects (2020) – Jeff Bond and Gene Kozicki
I have loved Star Trek: The Motion Picture since the first time I saw it in 1979. I remember the theatre I was in, I remember being swept up by the music and imagery, it blew my young little mind, and just made me love the characters, especially the Enterprise all the more. My fascination…
The Mind Reels 