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  SPOILERS AHEAD … AND THE BEGINNING OF A GRAND ADVENTURE … AND NAZIS WHO ARE NOBODY’S IDEA OF A GOOD TIME … Many a wise person has remarked that some secrets are best left buried where they lie. Now, you might think this attitude is sadly lacking in chutzpah Continue Reading

  by Mitch Goodwin, University of Melbourne The opening image of Altered Carbon is of a male human form. We see him from below, suspended in the shimmering blue expanse of water, beams of angelic light creating a silhouette of his splayed body. The image evokes Scottie Ferguson on the Continue Reading

  I like to think of myself as being a fairly self-aware kid, in touch with my emotions, willing to think through the big issues, and creatively critical where needed. But hey, at the end of the day, which by the way were sooooo much longer when I was younger, Continue Reading

  SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A FRANTIC NARRATIVE WRAP-UP THAT WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD SPINNING LIKE IT’S JUST BEEN CUT OFF BY A BAT’LETH. So if the frenetic, helter-skelter, conveniently tied-up narrative is any guide, and I think it is, then the producers and writers of Star Trek Discovery were Continue Reading

We are all fond of fairytales. Oh, I don’t mean those charmingly barbed and dark morality plays that we have Disneynified so they are little more than quaint stories with an appealing message; I ‘m talking about those societal-wide delusions that we all take onboard as we grow up, the Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT The world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wiped out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two Danish siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilization gone. Soon they join a group of Continue Reading

  SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A STRONG SENSE THAT EVENTS ARE RUSHING LIKE CLOAKED KLINGON FLEETS TO THE POINTY END OF THE SEASON  Whoosh! That sound you heard, at Warp 10 with a mycelium push, is the penultimate episode of Star Trek Discovery‘s first season screaming past you, clutching a Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT The Church of the Outsiders believe that mankind is about to evolve, to reach out into the stars. Owen Harper believes that Torchwood has to do whatever it takes to stop them. (synopsis via Big Finish) It’s been awhile (10 years in fact) since the original Torchwood team Continue Reading

  SNAPSHOT What if there was something sinister swimming beneath the sea’s surface? In Freeform’s next epic tale, Siren, the coastal town of Bristol Cove, known for its legend of once being home to mermaids, is turned upside down when a mysterious girl (Eline Powell) appears and begins wreaking havoc Continue Reading

  There’s no getting around it – life in the 21st century is frenetic and only gathering steam as it powrs along like a bargain hunter at post-Christmas sales. It wasn’t supposed to be like this of course – thanks to the marvels of technological advancement, we were supposed to Continue Reading