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Star Trek movie rewatch – The Undiscovered Country 1991

Rewatching the Star Trek movies! The Undiscovered Country (1991) is about the future, and yet it’s also the (mostly) final go-around for the original crew. It’s all a whodunit with cloaked ships, intense mind melds, and you-know-what for knees. Here’s … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Do the wave

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In between issues #11 and #12 of the rebooted FF, we went back to the original Fantastic Four title for the big 50th anniversary issue #600. Gimmie a gimmick: Starting with this … Continue reading

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Star Trek movie rewatch – The Final Frontier 1989

Rewatching the Star Trek movies! Here’s The Final Frontier (1989) in all its broken glory. Shatner directs! Script disagreements galore! Paramount slashed the budget! Sybok! Row your boat! God needs a starship! The fan dance! This one has it all. … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Oops all villains

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Time to start breezing through the rest of Jonathan Hickman’s run multiple issues at a time, with FF #8-11. Fantastic Four’s “lost years” in the 1970s is where things got all confusing … Continue reading

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Star Trek movie rewatch – The Voyage Home 1986

Rewatching the Star Trek movies! After the life and death seriousness of the previous movie, it’s time for the franchise to let its hair down and have some fun in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Here’s what happens: Kirk … Continue reading

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Star Trek movie rewatch – The Search for Spock 1984

Rewatching the Star Trek movies! While Spock’s death in the previous film is moving, everyone doubted he was really dead. Hence 1984’s The Search for Spock.   Here’s what happens: The Enterprise returns to a Federation space station following the … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: Kree will rock you

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Here’s FF #7, the second half of an extended flashback that… Oh, I just can’t.   Recap: Two issues ago, the conflict between four recently-discovered lost civilizations was complicated by four evil … Continue reading

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Star Trek movie rewatch – The Wrath of Khan 1982

Rewatching the Star Trek movies! Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) is considered one of the high marks – if not the high mark – of the entire franchise. But what does it say about our characters? Here’s … Continue reading

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Fantastic Friday: King me

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Is Black Bolt your favorite Marvel character? He’d better be, because FF #5 all about him. Recap: Four evil alternate universe versions of Reed, of the interdimensional Council of Reeds, are running … Continue reading

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Star Trek movie rewatch – The Motion Picture 1979

Rewatching the Star Trek movies! What’s the point of blogging about Trek when every bit of trivia minutiae has already been explored at length? I’m rewatching these in terms of characters, and hopefully sorting out the characters’ arcs over the … Continue reading

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