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Wow, that's later than I thought. I'd always thought of the UFO episode "Survival" as being another Enemy Mine inspired TV episode, but...

Enemy Mine (the novella, 1979) predates The Return of Starbuck (Galactica 1980, 1980), which predates Enemy Mine (film, 1985). And that...

That's still a colloquialisation of the proper term, jury rigging.

Jerri Rigging, named after the Seven of Nine actress because she's known for being able to jury-rig Borg tech into any problem VOY...

Gomez avoided the Nevermore event. Maybe because he considered that also appropriation but didn't want to call it out in the circumstances?

I did wonder why the Jericho event was considered appropriation but the Nevermore version wasn't. Maybe just because it was less...

One of the reasons I'm glad I've never been fond of realtime games.

Just to point out, in Captain America Civil War they did revisit some of the prior movies' action scenes and show that there was a human...

I preferred season 2. Having the entire Adams Family contribute to the story was more interesting and fun. Felt less like Harry Potter...

That, and a "save and restore muscle memory" feature. A big part of the struggle for me is getting back into the swing of combat and...

Videogames need "previously on" buttons. I often play a game for 10 o 20 hours but then leave it be for a while. What sucks is when I...

I'd argue Lower Decks actually broke the dry spell. Too many people dismiss it as just a cartoon or just going for laughs. But, IMO...

Oh ho, we have a name drop for Matt Decker (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine")!

I did enjoy the episode, despite having some nits to pick. Ortegas is probably the best character to put into a solo situation, I liked...

Overall, I actually like it. They're taking some big swings and pulling much of it off. If anything, I think they're just going for too...