The surprisingly strong link between Star Trek and Cheers
As a massive fan of Star Trek, Cheers and Frasier, I was aware of the crossover between them but never realised just how interlinked they were. A lot of this … Read More
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The Umbrella Academy (Netflix show)
The Umbrella Academy was originally a comic book series. Like nearly all the best Tv shows and movies these days. (See The Boys.) It had been on my ‘list’ for … Read More
Terminator: Dark Fate
There is yet another Terminator film on the way. This one is called Terminator: Dark Fate, which admittedly sounds better than Terminator 6. It looks ok. I must admit, I … Read More
Star Wars 9 trailer The Rise of Skywalker
Yesterday saw the arrival of the new trailer for Star Wars 9 aka The Rise of Skywalker. A few days ago there was the new trailer for The Mandalorian TV … Read More
The Boys Tv series
Recently, my Facebook feed was suddenly full of friends talking about how great The Boys was on Amazon Prime. It was a good call because the show is absolutely brilliant. … Read More
Judas Unchained by Peter F Hamilton
Judas Unchained is the second part of a story that began with Pandora’s Star. You should read both this review and that book first. Obviously, I loved it or I … Read More
I have become an influencer and other news
The other day I got an email about being an influencer on Amazon. I hate the term influencer and all it entails but I do love sharing great science fiction, … Read More
Ad Astra trailer
I will confess that I had never heard of this Ad Astra film before, but it looks pretty cool. It stars Brad Pitt, who is always good, as an astronaut … Read More
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The original Dark Crystal film came out in 1982. I was 10 and obsessed with fantasy at the time – mostly the Lord of the Rings and Conan the Barbarian … Read More
Star Trek versus Star Wars. Franchise fight!
I have been posting a lot of Star Wars related material recently and it is time to perhaps redress the franchise balance a little with an info-graphic I cam across. … Read More