Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

SNW “Wedding Bell Blues” – Review

I do love my gay magic pirate, spoilers for another show, I guess. Returning from last season’s 5th episode, “Charades,” Jordan Canning makes her second of three runs out as director for Strange New Worlds. While the writing credits are something I’m…

SNW “Hegemony, Part II” – Review

I see that I’m the default translator then, fandabidozi (phan-dab-ae-dozi). Directed by Warehouse 13 Seasons 3 and 4, the season 1 finale and season 2 opener of Strange New Worlds, and more than a baker’s dozen of The Magician director, Chris Fisher…

SDCC Doctor Who & Star Trek Rundown

With Nerd-mecca (San Diego Comic-Con) over with for another year, I think it is about time we give a “quick” rundown of two of the major franchises we cover a lot here at Phenixx Gaming. We don’t usually cover everything Star Trek…

SNW “Hegemony” – Review

Two factions stand on either side of an invisible line, secretly sending troops across to attack the other as war is right on the edge of happening. Henry Alonso Myers and Maja Vrvilo lead the season finale, of sorts, for Strange New…

SNW “Subspace Rhapsody” – Review

Do we want to talk about a Black woman being a glorified space telephone operator at the start of the episode? Okay, I’ll move on to Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff’s “Subspace Rhapsody.” Horgan previously wrote for “Ad Astra Per Aspera” while…

SNW “Under the Cloak of War” – Review

See Discovery, you can have a Klingon without trying to make them ridiculous/a caricature that stands on the edge of boot polish and other questionable things. Working on several series you might have heard of, Jeff W Byrd is most notably known…

SNW “Those Old Scientists” – Review

The only TOS episode that’s a perfect 10. Of course “Those Old Scientists” had to be the one directed by Jonathan Frakes, which means it is not only beautiful but makes a lot of visual sense because Frakes knows how to do…

SNW “Lost in Translation” – Review

Kirk & Spock and Zombies, the disappointing Pride & Prejudice sequel. After directing a lot of The Walking Dead, Shadow and Bone, as well as some Picard, Dan Liu helms this run-out. You might remember that he also did “Momento Mori” last season. Not only am I…

SNW “Charades” – Review

Here we go with a Spock episode about his relationships. Specifically with the one we know will die and the one with the blue eyes and platinum-blonde hair. This episode is written by Henry Alonso Myers as well as Lower Decks story editor…

SNW “Among the Lotus Eaters” – Review

This is a good and proper bit of plain and simple Star Trek: No courtroom, no time travel, and no finale to start out the season. This is simply a test of humanity and a highlight of what happens when we lose ourselves. This…