Tag: sci-fi
REVIEW: Westworld, Season 2, Episode 6 “Phase Space”
“We each deserve to choose our fate. Even if that fate is death.” *Spoilers* “Phase Space” begins with something familiar: Bernard and Dolores discussing her potential and what choice he should make. However, this time it turns out to be Dolores testing Bernard rather than the reverse. Later...
Read MoreREVIEW: Lost in Space, Season 1, Episode 7 “Pressurized”
“My name’s not Smith, it’s June Harris.” *Spoilers* In “Pressurized,” Judy calls Dr. Smith and tells her she knows who she is, in spite of Don’s recommendation that she just wait and tell Maureen in person. Will reveals that the robot made him a gun, and that was the one An...
Read MoreREVIEW: Treasure Planet (2002)
“You’re something special, Jim. You’re going to rattle the stars you are.” When directors John Musker and Ron Clements pitched Disney’s The Little Mermaid to the company’s executives, they also pitched a movie called Treasure Island in Space. Then-chief of Walt Disney Studios Jef...
Read MoreREVIEW: Westworld, Season 2, Episode 5 “Akane no Mai”
*Spoilers* “Akane no Mai” opens with Karl Strand telling the Delos team to find and bring Peter Abernathy to him. One underling tells him that a third of the hosts they’ve analyzed don’t have any data to pull. In Shogun World, things don’t go Maeve’s way as she and her friend...
Read MoreREVIEW: Lost in Space, Season 1, Episode 6 “Eulogy”
*Spoilers* “Eulogy” opens with Maureen informing John of a black hole that will eventually envelop the sun. The colonists hold a meeting to discuss what to do with the robot, and Angela reveals that it killed her husband in front of her. Dr. Smith, of course, uses this to her advantage, telling ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Lilo & Stitch (2002)
“Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” Atlantis: The Lost Empire wasn’t Disney’s only shot at science fiction in the early 2000’s. In fact, the next two films to come out of Walt Disney Feature Animation, Lilo & Stitch and Treasure Planet, were both di...
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