Star Trek Review

I saw Star Trek this weekend and it was excellent!! Lots of explosions, evil aliens and attractive people. It was just a fun, fun movie.

This Star Trek movie really has a lot for folks who have experience with the Trek franchise and those who know nothing about it. I love how they put all [...]

X-Men Origins & Movie Reviews

The early critics’ reviews of the new movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as well as a perusal of Rotten Tomatoes have not been good. The PG gave it 1 1/2 stars. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an aggregate 37%, with the top critics landing it an abysmal 18%.

This reminds me of a [...]

BSG and the Human (SF) Condition

I’ll go ahead and say it – I’m a Battlestar Galactica fan.

Such an admission instantly conjures images of acne-scarred nerds being thrown into a dumpster but that’s ok. Most folks don’t understand the true power of science fiction. It’s not about mysterious histories, fast starships or hot alien women (though BSG has all those). [...]