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Better than Bender’s Game but not as good as Bender’s Big Score or The Beast With A Billion Backs.

I love, love, love Futurama, but if it ended here, well, that might be a good place for it. I question if bringing the band back together as the rumors have it right now is a good idea.

One of the more famous collections of “psychedelic” science fiction. From a man, of course, who never touched psychedelics.

The titular story is fantastic, a few others are interesting. And others still are completely forgettable. Harlan Ellison is terse, sometimes, to his own detriment. These are short short stories – oftentimes just enough to get some kooky idea across and then move on.

Some real stupid and, at times, angry stuff. Worth checking out.

I dunno. For some reason, three years after it came out, I suddenly decided I had to see this movie. The dude has a pyramid for a head after all.

Well – much of the imagery is tremendous, I must concede, but there really is next to nothing else going on. Kind’ve a shame.

This might very well be the last very famous movie I’ve never seen. Well, had never seen before last night. I watched it last night. It’s garbage.

When I first saw this film I gave it a B+, probably because I just didn’t know what to expect. This time, however, I was really blown away. Considering this came out a full decade before Koyanisqaatsi, this film deserves to be more well known.

Mildly entertaining, but when you compare it to The Thing or Assault on Precinct 13 it just makes you realize how low Carpenter has sunk.

Better than I remember, but still a fundamentally joyless, humorless affair. And what’s with all the wailing? Put Keitel in this against Eric Roberts in Pope of Greenwich Village and see who wins! I’m all for a performer laying it all out on the line, but, come on, a director needs to go in there and reel them back sometimes.

Anyway – not a bad film – and points for its economic script – but not quite worth the cult following.

I’m stunned by how much I liked this.

A real review (and other coverage) is coming.

It is hard to believe the clown who is about to suck up the joint with A Christmas Carol ever made a movie as good as this.

There may have been a time when I thought this movie was perfect – but I can’t deny that the music is overbearing, some of the effects at the end are a little lame (although most are still absolutely stunning,) James Woods’ performance is completely one-dimensional and, well, fundamentally, Matthew McConaughey is a problem. But. . . .put all that aside.

Can you believe this was a major Hollywood release? What balls! Audacity from top to bottom. And really fucking smart. (Although, if I may nitpick, why don’t they just stick someone else in the big ball & see if that person goes to a wormhole, too? Or is that covered and I missed it?)

When you are trying to make a movie about The Universe, you are bound to stumble. So eff me for pointing out the flaws. This is a great movie that makes me proud to be human. And the sound effects are awesome. And so is William Fichtner.

And so is Jodie Foster! She shoulda retired after this and ended on a perfect note.

It’s over. It’s all over.

Somewhat hard to put into words how I feel about this. If Trek is my hobby, my silly passion, my extra curricular activity, and the second-half of DS9 is its apex then this all must have some kind of meaning.

Sure, there are the Season 8 “novels” but they aren’t the same.

Revisiting DS9 like I’ve done in The Star Trek Project has been a true rewarding experience for me. And while Voyager and Enterprise may have some highlights for me, I know that it is basically downhill from here.

Like Jake, I’ll be staring out the window from the Promenade at the Celestial Temple, wishing it could all come back.

Damar will fight! And Garak and Kira will help him?

All loose ends are waiting to get tied up (as is the Dominion War) but not before Zek and Moogie split for Risa, leaving Rom (not Quark) as the Grand Nagus.

Voyager finds her Pegasus – it is the Equinox, with John Savage’s Captain Ransom as Admiral Cane.

They, too, got zapped to the Delta Quadrant by the Caretaker, but they are getting back By Any Means Necessary. Even if it means draining the life-juice out of intra-dimensional slime monsters.