Today's Judgment

Wait! Have You Not Seen… eXistenZ?

That up-and-down case thing ThE KiDs do WiTh TheiR tYpIng sTarTeD HeRe, DiDn't it?

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Ensign Crunch

Some writers look back at their early stuff and blanch, but I look back on the stuff I once wrote and marvel how good it came out given the resources and abilities I had available to me at the time.
Unbelievably, the 8-foot filming model for the ALIEN ship was unceremoniously dumped in Bob Burns’ driveway almost thirty years ago.
Neill Blomkamp’s cyberpunk political allegory Elysium is exactly the kind of movie I used to dream about in the middle of the night on-shift cutting granite in rural Georgia in 1986 as I looked up into the night sky in-between rock loads.
In which a stray comment by EJ Feddes asking me if I was interested in any props from the Lost Auction practically forced me to design a Dharma spacesuit.
I’m going to have to start some kind of decent pop culture review site because everything is clickbait nonsense or drivel from morons or both.
The crew takes a look at the lighter side of the Star Trek Strange New Worlds episode, Spock Amok. Warning: we might need a...
The crew continue their examination of the backrooms of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the liminal space it occupies in the mind of Trek fans everywhere.
The crew of the USS Fred Mertz continue to boldly explore the furthest reaches of the galaxy in search of pithy commentary.

Pike’s Peak

The crew looks at episode 2 of Strange New Worlds and whatever else the sci-fi world has to offer this week.
Join the crew as we explore strange new visions of Star Trek and both revel in and make fun of the smorgasbord of entertainment the world has become.
When Dantron goes missing from the landing party, Captain John Siuntres beams Larry and Price out and saves our asses.

Netflix and Kill

The Crew talk about what the new landscape of streaming services means for the brave new world of pop culture flotsam and jetsam.

Welcome to Dork Court

I’m going to have to start some kind of decent pop culture review site because everything is clickbait nonsense or drivel from morons or both.

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