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SNW “The Elysian Kingdom” – Review

Storytime, now where were we? I oddly admire Akela Cooper, Benny Russell, & Onitra Johnson’s “The Elysian Kingdom.” It is as camp as Brian Blessed marching down the street clad only in a big trans-pride flag shouting obscenities at those saying pride…

SNW “The Serene Squall” – Review

The Orions are totally not overused recently in Star Trek. Returning from episode 2 “Children of the Comet,” we have Sarah Tarkoff, and Beau DeMayo of “Memento Mori” as well as every gay Star Trek fan’s Instagram timeline. These two head up writing…

SNW “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach” – Review

This is the first Strange New Worlds episode with two returning writers, Bill Wolkoff of “Ghosts of Illyria,” and Robin Wasserman with “Spock Amok.” The two are joined by Arrowverse director Andi Armaganian, who also did some work with Discovery, but those are seasons 4…

Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 (Film) Review

Mission Impossible is one of those rare franchises that has actually managed to improve through subsequent entries. The first film, while certainly not bad was nonetheless quite flawed, with an especially confusing plot that made the action less meaningful. Later entries managed…

SNW “Spock Amok” – Review

Think of an awkward comedian, like David O’Doherty. Now spread that out like nails on a chalkboard for an hour. Only then do I think you’ve got Henry Alonso Myers & Robin Wasserman’s “Spock Amok.” Directed by Rachel Leiterman, the mostly second…

SNW “Memento Mori” Review

See Picard, this is how to do titles. Call your episodes something but translate it to Latin, use a line from a poem, or as we’ll see next time use a bit of wordplay. Directed by Dan Liu, best known for some Walking…

SNW “Ghosts of Illyria” – Review

Though I enjoyed “Children of the Comet,” it wasn’t my favorite. However, Akela Cooper & Bill Wolkoff’s “Ghosts of Illyria,” directed by Leslie Hope, is one of the worst episodes. Probably best known as Teri Bauer of 24 or Kira Meru of DS9, Hope’s…

SNW “Children of the Comet” Review

This episode showcases the other half of the showrunning team for Season 1 of Strange New Worlds. We’ve got Henry Alonso Myers & Sarah Tarkoff’s “Children of the Comet,” directed by Maja Vrvilo. Vrvilo is probably best known for some work on…

SNW “Strange New Worlds” – Review

I hate using this specific terminology, but it is time to get to some “proper” Star Trek. Specifically, a series about adults being adults instead of whatever you’ll call Lower Decks. That said, the era of Captain Snogs-A-Lot and his pointy-eared boyfriend isn’t…

Star Trek: Lower Decks “The Stars at Night” Review

The Stars at night are big and bright, especially when the Texas class is committing suicide via independent control. There isn’t much need to recount or set up what we’ve got this time around with Mike McMahan’s “The Stars at Night,” as…