#genxnoir

Review: Star Trek: Discovery – Lethe

One thing Star Trek: Discovery is going to have an issue with me is playing fast and loose with its own history. If this was a new show altogether without the Star Trek brand, or took place after events in Star Trek: Voyager, it might be easier to accept some of the changes, but the recent episode Lethe had me working extra hard to fit the new information into the 50 year timeline. First off,…

A Reflection of Cinema in 1982

When I did the review of the new Blade Runner last week, I recalled I saw the original the same week I saw Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan and ET: The Extraterrestrial. I thought about how many films I saw in a theater that year. I went online and checked the list and my goodness did I see a lot of films that year! Making Love Quest for Fire Swamp Thing Porky’s Cat People Conan the Barbarian Dead…

Movie Review: Blade Runner 2049

When I realized there was going to be a Blade Runner 2049, I went on semi information silence. I obviously was curious about the new project, but I didn’t want to closely follow the production and obsess about every detail of the production. Blade Runner, like Star Wars, was a defining moment in my geek development. Much like Star Wars, it was a defining moment for a lot of people who caught the…

Marvel’s The Inhumans – I finally got a chance to see the much maligned 2 hour premiere of this show. I’m a little behind because I haven’t watched last Friday’s episode, which I will catch up to by this weekend. There’s not a lot I can recommend about this show because I found it boring. There was no Marvel excitement, no real drama and it was just there, I didn’t hate it, didn’t like it or love…

I feel guilty because I will have to wait to see Blade Runner 2049 next Wednesday. There was no time to see it Thursday and I’m at work every day until Wednesday. I haven’t heard much about the movie, other than watching a few trailers. When I saw the original version, it was at a small theater in San Diego, can’t remember which one, and I saw the movie before I saw ET: The Extraterrestrial. I…

Some quick observations from TV shows I saw last week: The Blacklist – Raymond Reddington is an interesting character with style and flair. The character is almost unbelievably over the top, with many of his exploits bordering on farce, but with the joy of James Spader chewing up the scenery it was giddy fun. Now that the worst kept secret in TV in recent years has been solved and the toppling of…

My Star Citizen Spaceships

I have been thinking about my career path in Star Citizen, specifically about what ships I wanted in game. I keep revisiting the ships I want, trying to focus on the gameplay I want in game and to have more bang for my buck in using multi-role ships. Still, I get those times when I want to have those vanity ships. I just joined the subscriber program for Star Citizen, and part of the program is…

Movie Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

I saw Star Wars in 1977. I was 13 years old. I learned about Star Wars from Starlog magazine, which I happened to pick up at the base commissary. I’ve said it many times and will continue to say Star Wars shaped my childhood and put me on the path I’m on now. While I was a fan of science fiction with Star Trek, UFO and Space:1999, Star Wars opened my eyes and made me the middle aged somewhat…