Let's Get Off This Rock Already!
An Author's Adventures in Space Travel, Science Fiction, and Worlds Beyond
Today we continue our Star Trek adventures with the ninth entry in the series. Picard and crew are back, along with their snazzy new spaceship, the Enterprise-E, that was specially designed for the big screen. This is one of the odd-numbered Star Trek movies, with a reputation to suit; fans generally view it as mediocre,... Continue Reading →
When we last saw the Next Generation crew on the big screen, they took over from Captain Kirk with an awkward, confused, ultimately anticlimactic passing of the torch. Not the film debut they deserved. Thankfully, the next movie got things on the right track again—and boy is it a movie. It's got action! It's got... Continue Reading →
You find the darndest things in the back catalog of Amazon Prime. One of those darndest things is the 1980 feature Saturn 3—a film that tried to ride the wave of late-'70s sci-fi (Star Wars, Alien, Star Trek: The Motion Picture) by deploying ambitious effects, A-list actors, and a dizzily imaginative script. It did not... Continue Reading →
Anyone who has worked retail knows that the customer is often wrong. By extension, the market is often wrong. Nowhere is that truer than at the box office, where a copy-paste rehash can rake in billions if it pushes the right buttons, while audiences turn up their noses at works of genuine beauty and creativity.... Continue Reading →
Event Horizon has long held a special place in my heart, and in my nightmares. Few other films have frightened me quite the way that one did, when I first watched it as an impressionable teenager, and to this day I list it among my very favorite horror movies. Some of you may recall the... Continue Reading →
