Tag: sci-fi
REVIEW: Star Wars Resistance – Season 1, Episode 15 “The First Order Occupation”
*Spoilers* This week on Star Wars Resistance, Synara discovers that the First Order is locking down the station as they search for a spy. The stormtroopers try to arrest an innocent man who can’t provide identification, but Kaz and Neeku distract them until he finds his ID. Kaz wants to tell P...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 6 “A Happy Refrain”
One of the strengths of science fiction is that it can encompass virtually any other genre. Star Wars, for example, incorporates classic fantasy elements in its galaxy far, far away; Blade Runner is a hardboiled detective noir involving androids; Alien is a horror movie in space. The Orville, like S...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 5 Episode 12 “Memorabilia”
andrewrodriguez | Jan 31, 2019 | 0
Last week, Team Flash decided that, moving forward, they would make it their goal to appeal to Cicada’s heart by saving Grace form her coma. In “Memorabilia,” we see the results of that plan going south when a major speed bump is thrown in their way. Sherloque Wells brings a memory mac...
Read MoreREVIEW: Star Wars Resistance – Season 1, Episode 14 “The Doza Dilemma”
*Spoilers* In “The Doza Dilemma,” the First Order’s pirates on the Colossus demand more pay in exchange for getting Doza’s cooperation. The First Order agent agrees and tells them they’ll have to steal something close to Doza, something precious to him. Meanwhile, Synara rendez...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 5 “All the World is Birthday Cake”
After its first few slower episodes, The Orville is back in the zone, following up last week’s excellent “Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes” with “All the World is Birthday Cake,” another Trekian morality play that stretches the Union edict to respect all cultures to its limits. The c...
Read MoreWhy I’m Excited: Men in Black: International
I loved the Men in Black movies as a kid, initially because of Will Smith. Other than George Clooney, Smith was the only actor that I not only enjoyed but also recognized from other projects. There was something about that familiarity that I found very comfortable. When the second one came out, I k...
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