Set during Kirk’s original five year mission as portrayed in The Original Series, Heart of the Sun is an interesting exploration of isolationism and its effect, combining two story threads that end up having more in common than you initially realize. The Enterprise has arrived in a remote system, helping restore a planetary database that…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 2: Earth (2006) – Tales of Ba Sing Se, Appa’s Lost Days, and Lake Laogai
Tales of Ba Sing Se is a fun little episode, especially coming after the reveal of the last episode. It’s a collection of short vignettes that delve into the adventures of our various characters around the city. The episode first aired on 29 September, 2006, and has five segments. The Tale of Toph and Katara…
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Book 1: Water (2005) – The Boy in the Iceberg, The Avatar Returns, and The Southern Air Temple
With the live-action series on the horizon, it seemed like an ideal time to take a look at the original animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Throughout three seasons, the story follows Aang (Zach Tyler Eisen), the Avatar, as he learns the skills he’ll need to stop the war with the aggressive Fire Nation and…
Call of the Wraith (2018) – Kevin Sands
Simon & Schuster Canada keeps the adventure coming with the fourth book in The Blackthorn Key series by Kevin Sands. You can collect them individually, or in a gorgeous six book hardcover collection. In book four picking up shortly after the previous story, Christopher wakes up, not knowing where he is, or more importantly, he…
Shin Godzilla (2016) – Hideaki Anno, and Shinji Higuchi
Crunchyroll, the streaming service, doesn’t just have anime series for every taste and genre, it also contains a number of films, among them is Shin Godzilla. I love a good Godzilla film so I was very eager to dive into this one, and was very happy to see that it had more in common with…
Batman (1967) – Ice Spy, and The Duo Defy
It’s the final two-part story of the series, and the last episode of the second season as Mr. Freeze (this time played by Eli Wallach!) returns to Gotham City intent on building an ice weapon that will help him take over and control the world! This two-parter was written by Charles Hoffman and the first…
Batman (1966) – Green Ice, and Deep Freeze
We are introduced to a new Mr. Freeze (Otto Preminger) in this week’s story which was written by Max Hodge. The first part, Green Ice, debuted on 9 November, 1966. But the most interesting thing to watch is Burt Ward as Robin. His right arm spends most of the two part-story in a bandage having…
Star Trek: The Joy Machine (1996) – James E. Gunn
James E. Gunn takes the original story treatment for The Joy Machine by Theodore Sturgeon, who gave us the TOS episodes Shore Leave and Amok Time, and turns it into a novel that feels very much like an Original Series episode. When a couple of Federation investigators disappear on a planet, one that Captain James…
M3GAN (2022) – Gerard Johnstone
So I finally took a look at the Blumhouse horror M3GAN, and was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed a couple of the themes at work in it, the actual need for physical interaction, to get away from apps, screens and interact with those around you. Sure, the climax, and scenes leading up to it, go a…
The Equalizer (1989) – Heart of Justice, and Race Traitors
McCall (Edward Woodward) finds himself on the hunt for a vigilante after an innocent man is arrested for his crimes. Heart of Justice is a very dark story. Written by Gail Morgan Hickman this episode was first broadcast on 11 May, 1989. Michael Gianelli (John Shepherd) wants revenge on the two serial rapists (including Paul…
The Mind Reels 