Sorry superhero fanatics out there but I am not one of you, much as I like much of the storytelling that happens in that space. I often enjoy many of the movies but I am not, by any stretch, any kind of super fan. What I do love, and Continue Reading
Book review: Everfair by Nisi Shawl
Alternate histories are an interesting fiction genre. Emboldened by the endless openendedness of “What if?”, they surge forward along an entirely new part of the time/space continuum, merrily playing Sliding Doors with history, asking us to imagine how different the world would be if one crucial aspect at one Continue Reading
Firefly takes to the galactic skies again! In book form at least …
Ah Firefly, I still mourn your prematurely-ended run, your brief 13-episode run of intra-galactic adventure and derringdo flickering out and foundering far before any of us were ready for it. Thankfully while TV may be done, with you, the rest of the pop culture-o-sphere is not, with a movie Continue Reading
Movie review: Lady Bird
Figuring out life is challenging for the best of us, and if we’re really honest with ourselves, we can often find ourselves defeated in the attempt. But that comes much later (or if you’re lucky not at all), and when you’re young like Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), Continue Reading
Now this is music #103: Car Seat Headrest, Young Fathers, Ariel Beesley, Black Light White Light, Club 8
Life is too short, way too short, to waste it on artists and songs that say nothing of any consequence. That’s not say that every song you listen should be a philosophical treatise set to music – having some mindless, go-with-the-groove fun can be good for the soul – Continue Reading
“Danger, Will Robinson”: Jupiter 2 set to get Lost in Space all over again
SNAPSHOT Lost in Space is a Netflix Original dramatic and modern reimagining of the classic 1960’s science fiction series. Set 30 years in the future, colonization in space is now a reality, and the Robinson family is among those tested and selected to make a new life for themselves Continue Reading
Comics review: The Snagglepuss Chronicles (issues 1 & 2)
When news first emerged that DC Comics were going to re-interpret a sizable array of Hanna-Barbera’s most iconic stars such as The Flintstones and Scooby Doo and give them a modern makeover, there some doubt expressed that this could be achieved with any sort of creative substance. After all, delightful Continue Reading
Take down Mechno-Hive! Join the fight with The Axiom Chronicles
SNAPSHOT On a dystopian planet in the far reaches of the cosmos, an evil sentient mechanical entity known as the Mechno-Hive has enslaved the organic races as their labor force. By controlling an ancient and mysterious crystaline power source known as the Axiom, they exert their tyrannical will on Continue Reading
First impressions: Stargate Origins (episodes 1-3)
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
Whimsical, charming and deliciously strange: The unique world of Satellite Girl and Milk Cow
SNAPSHOT An out of commission satellite picks up a lovelorn ballad on her radio antenna and descends to Earth to find the source of such sincere emotions. But on the way she is caught in the crossfire of a raging magical battle and is transformed into Satellite Girl, complete Continue Reading