(courtesy IMP Awards) As we wade further into the end of Empire (Lee Pace) and empire – the one rules, the other is ruled over but they are on and the same – it’s becoming increasingly clear that the purported saviours of humanity and its shaky grasp on galactic civilisation Continue Reading
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Boldly going in narratively different directions: Star Trek – Strange New Worlds S2, E 6 (“Lost in Translation”) and E7 (“Those Old Scientists”)
(courtesy IMP Awards) One of the thing I have always loved about Star Trek is its capacity for endlessly diverse and vibrantly creative storytelling. Much like the people and worlds that populate it, the franchise is possessed of the ability to be a searing drama in one episode, indicting a Continue Reading
Sci-fi review double: Foundation (S2, E1) and Strange New Worlds (S2, E4 & 5)
(courtesy IMP Awards) Foundation (S2, E1) Cataclysm in slow motion is once again the order of the day as Foundation, base don the work of the great Isaac Asimov ushers in its second season with “In Seldon’s Shadow”. A show known for its lush nuanced stroll towards a civilisational apocalypse Continue Reading
Once a rebel, always a rebel … full trailer drops for Star Wars’ Ahsoka
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTA spin-off from the series The Mandalorian, taking place in the same timeframe as that series and its other interconnected spin-offs after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983). Rosario Dawson stars as Ahsoka Tano, reprising her role from The Mandalorian. The character was created for Continue Reading
Are you ready for one last lesson of Sex Education? Season 4 drops a fun teaser trailer
(courtesy YouTube (c) Netflix) SNAPSHOTFollowing the closure of Moordale Secondary, Otis and Eric now face a new frontier – their first day at Cavendish Sixth Form College. Otis is nervous about setting up his new clinic, whilst Eric is praying they won’t be losers again. But Cavendish is a culture Continue Reading
The chaos and humanity of High Desert: Thoughts on the AppleTV+ series
(courtesy AppleTV+ via IMDb) Streaming platforms of late have developed a rather severe case of BroadcastTV-itis, a terrible disease that compels those who commission programs to cancel them after one season, or sometimes not even that, if they don’t attract 100 million eyeballs in the first ten minutes or so. Continue Reading
Sci-fi review double: Strange New Worlds (S2, E3) and Silo S1 finale (E 10)
(courtesy IMP Awards) Strange New Worlds (S1, E3) As narrative hooks upon which to hang a compelling story, it’s hard to ho past time travel. All that timey-wimey stuff as David Tennant’s Doctor Who used to cutely remark is so far beyond anything we encounter in the spectacularly ordinariness of Continue Reading
Sci-fi review double: Silo (S1, E9) and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (S2, E2)
Silo (S1, E9) BAM! That sound you hear, crashing down with clanging finality through the hundred-plus set of spiral stairs that link the many levels of the eponymous silo, is of an autocratic system finding itself falling apart, one defiant action after another. In the penultimate episode of the Silo‘s Continue Reading
Graphic novel review: Star Trek – Lower Decks #1 by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio
(courtesy IDW Publishing) SNAPSHOTEnsign, report to the bridge! Board the U.S.S. Cerritos for a mission to the enigmatic Qvanti system as the hit Paramount+ animated series comes to comics! Captain Carol Freeman leads her crew on an expedition aimed to build bridges and advance Federation technology, but she and the Continue Reading
Sci-fi review special: Star Trek – Strange New Worlds (S2 E1) and Silo (S1, E 7-8)
(courtesy IMP Awards) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S2, E1 Is it twee and over-devoted to think of the characters on a TV show as family, especially after just one season? Possibly but then when the show is as well-written and skillfully executed as Discovery spinoff, Strange New Worlds, now Continue Reading