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Filoni frantically taking notes. Good lord that's somehow far less plausible than I anticipated! Even by Star Wars standards that is...

Yes, I remember reading this back in the day (when Maul just popped up in front of Savage in Clone Wars) and thought "surely the writers...

Mānawatia a Matariki! Since we are talking about Māori culture, today (Friday) is a public holiday here in NZ to celebrate Matariki...

I think this is my favorite line from DS9 and encapsulates a large theme of the series well (in relation to other Trek shows). DS9 is...

Yes, I found the whole “is there isn’t there Trek” thing quite annoying and so have bought bits of series I liked (DS9 5-6, SNW 2, LD 4)...

This one is probably not as good as the ones I’ve covered so far, but at least it’s short. Remarriage and Desires (Netflix, 2022)...

I got tired of DS9 a few months ago, but I was recently considering getting back into it only to find that all Star Trek has gone from...

I guess it depends on where you got tired of DS9.. if you got tired in the first season then I'd say "oh dang, it really picks up in s2...

I was in the middle of "Broken Link", the S4 finale, which was a season or two further than I'd made it the first time back in the 90s...

You can sometimes find them on another service. I recently did (I think I stumbled across it, as I have all the DVDs I wasn't...

Finished It Was All A Lie, a 2019 book by Stuart Stevens, a GOP political consultant and filmmaker for most of his adult life (he...

Generally we tend to have four play modes: investigation, talking, fighting, and downtime. Investigation can be, well, just research...

Just finished watching PONIES. That was a lot of fun. A cool 70s era spy thriller that doesn’t take itself too seriously at times...

Watched the first episode of what is possibly the most dodgily titled Chinese drama on Netflix, Love Game in Eastern Fantasy. Love Game...

The time loop stuff is definitely well done, and I didn’t see the twist coming about it (to be fair, it’s basically irrelevant to the...