May 6, 2023 “The Next Phase” Allowed The Next Generation to Explore Death and the Afterlife With all of the requisite technobabble, of course.
May 2, 2023 Imagining Wes Anderson’s Star Wars with AI The trailer works as well as it does because of Anderson’s easily identifiable — and easily replicable — aesthetic.
Apr 24, 2023 Picard and Riker’s Relationship Was the Best Part of Star Trek: Picard One reason Picard worked as well as it did was that it reveled in the camaraderie between these two old friends.
Apr 19, 2023 The Break!! RPG Captures the Vibe of Your Favorite Anime and JRPGs If you’ve ever wanted to play a Battle Princess or a hapless isekai hero, then Break!! is the game for you.
Apr 7, 2023 How does the world work in the John Wick movies? Do politics, religion, and the insurance industry still matter in a world ruled by the High Table and its killers?
Jan 15, 2023 Into the Manifold: Exploring the Philosophical Sci-Fi of David Zindell’s Neverness Novels With striking imagery, heady metaphysics, and meandering plots, David Zindell presented a fascinating (and frustrating) vision of the distant future.
Nov 22, 2022 This Retro Intro for Andor is a Work of Art Andor’s been pretty great as is. Turns out, all it’s really been missing is a ’70s-style intro.
Nov 4, 2022 Genrefication Now you can find all of my “shoegaze,” “synth-pop,” “martial arts,” et al. reviews with just a click.
Oct 19, 2022 The Rings of Power, Season One: Flawed, yet Faithful to the Spirit of Tolkien’s Mythos Amazon’s Tolkien adaptation is not without issues, but its heart (and sense of ambition) is in the right place.
Sep 28, 2022 Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 3: Exterminating Evil A darkness and sense of tragedy lurk on Doctor Who’s edges, ready to storm in without warning.
Sep 22, 2022 Does the Church Have Room for Science Fiction? Author Sandra Miesel notes the numerous Catholic authors that have made contributions to the “speculative fiction” genre.
Sep 13, 2022 What’s the deal with The Rings of Power’s opening credits? The series’ opening credits are a clever, and meaningful, Tolkien deep cut.
Sep 9, 2022 Remembering Newtype USA During the early-to-mid ’00s, Newtype USA served up all of the anime coverage an American otaku could want, and then some.
Aug 29, 2022 Character Flaws and the “Final Frontier” How Star Trek dropped the ball by making its characters a little too perfect.
Aug 17, 2022 How Star Trek Can Shape a Life We run a risk when we write off the TV shows we watch as merely trivial entertainment.
Aug 15, 2022 Reading Ms. Marvel Made Me a Better Dad (No, Really) When parenting gets hard, I want it to be my way or the highway.
Aug 15, 2022 Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Rethinks Regret In the fourth season, the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are forced to face one of their greatest foes yet: their own regrets.
Jul 24, 2022 Diane Duane’s The Wounded Sky is Star Trek at Its Most Bizarre and Breathtaking (Review) This 1983 Star Trek novel contains a threat to two universes, bizarre alien technology, and a deeply emotional view of the Enterprise crew.
Jul 22, 2022 Trailer Alert: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Seeks to Bring the Classic RPG to Life Owlbears, mimics, and displacer beasts, oh my!