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Fantastic Friday: The retcon of Doom

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Writer Matt Fraction continues his time travel epic by revisiting the characters’ own origins in vol 4, issue #9. What is Dr. Doom’s real origin story? Gimmie a gimmick: Where deep in … Continue reading →

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Forgotten TV shows I still like – Mighty Orbots 1984

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Forgotten TV shows I still like. Time to blast off into space and get robotic with… Mighty Orbots! It’s the distant future. Mankind has spread across the stars as part of the United Planets, living peacefully with aliens and robots. … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Crunch time

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. The previous issue took us back to the big bang. This issue, vol. 4 #7, takes us all the way in the other direction, to the end of time. That’s quite the … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Party down at the internet café

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Let’s catch up with the replacement team and the Future Foundation in FF #6. And let’s do it at the local internet café! The Fantastic Four’s year-long expedition through time and space … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Four First Steps 2025

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. But this week, a new movie came out! It’s Fantastic Four First Steps. Let’s face it, a Fantastic Four movie is something of an uphill climb. To begin, these characters are a … Continue reading →

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Star Trek movie rewatch: Section 31 2025

Posted on June 2, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Star Trek movie rewatch! Between the time I started working on this series and now, Paramount went and released a new Trek movie?!? Here’s Section 31. Here’s what happens: Starfleet Captain Phillipa Georgiou is not who she seems. She’s really … Continue reading →

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Star Trek movie rewatch: Star Trek Beyond 2016

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Rewatching the Stark Trek movies! The alternate timeline established in the 2009 movie comes to a end (of sorts) as the Enterprise crew goes… beyond. Here’s what happens: It’s halfway through this new Enterprise’s version of the fabled five-year mission. … Continue reading →

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Star Trek movie rewatch: Star Trek Into Darkness 2013

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Star Trek movie rewatch! We’ve established a new timeline with a new Kirk and Spock, so where do we go now? We go… into darkness. Here’s what happens: Starfleet is ready to demote Kirk for being too reckless, but then … Continue reading →

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Star Trek movie rewatch — Star Trek 2009

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Star Trek movie rewatch! Star Trek (2009) gives us a whole new Kirk and Spock, a new timeline – new everything, really. Here’s what happens: A gigantic Romulan ship travels back in time, resulting in a whole new universe in … Continue reading →

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Star Trek movie rewatch – Insurrection 1998

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Mac McEntire

Rewatching the Star Trek movies! Insurrection (1998) is a bit of an oddity, more like an episode of the week rather than a grand cinematic adventure. But hey, everybody sings Gilbert and Sullivan! Here’s what happens: Data goes haywire while … Continue reading →

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