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Ok, just finished “The Last Ship” Season 3. The issue it had with seemingly randomly killing off women to motivate the men evened out a bit- men died to do this, and not just the crew. I’d still call overreliance on this trope a negative, but it did lessen somewhat. And that lessenening allowed for…
“The Proteus Operation” is a time travel/alternate history novel by James P Hogan. The basic plot- History through World War I proceeds as normal. In the aftermath, though, it really becomes the war to end all wars. Peace and prosperity is established worldwide by 2020. Spoilers for the overall plot of the book, though few…
There are rumors that George Kirk will return in some form in Star Trek 4. Flashbacks seem to be the expected way, but… Narada was originally a mining ship, but she was refit by the Tal Shiar with Borg technology. Unclear if it was reverse engineered designs or actual salvaged equipment, if the latter… Well,…
Kirks “surrender” in Star Trek III would be a war crime in a modern war. Scuttling the ship is one thing. You don’t have to let the enemy take your stuff when you surrender. Scuttling with enemy boarders aboard is also OK to prevent capture of the ship. But surrendering with the intent of luring…
I have a fantasy for a Torchwood relaunch. The Doctor pops into the reactor control room right before Owen’s body is destroyed, gets him out of there. And maybe through some Time Lord superscience properly fixes him(or not- though I think involving the Sisterhood of Karn might have the right feel for Torchwood). Moffatt…
There are certain expectations one has when watching an Asylum film. Terrible writing, terrible acting, terrible special effects, all connections the story has to actual reality being laughably wrong, all wrapped up in a package that takes itself utterly seriously. Flight: World War II has the Asylum name on it, but I can’t help…
Source: The Illegitimacy of Aragorn’s Claim to the Throne – The Toast – The Toast Good points. Unless Gondor changed its succession law after the fall of Arnor(and there is nothing I’m aware of to suggest they did), Aragorn has no claim to their throne. By the time Aragorn arrived in Minas Tirith, there were…
Been thinking a little about the declining WoW subscriber base. I’ve seen a few reports down in the 2 million range, the last official count I recall seeing was around 4 million. Which is still huge for a pay MMO, but it hasn’t been that low since a few months after launch. I started in…
I’ve had a fun fan theroy for a while, that the Peter Cushing Doctor is The Doctor of Pete’s World. Suppose that at some point he stumbled across a galaxy in his universe ruled by an evil tyrant, and he realized there was no way he could stop the tyrant. There was a small resistance…
The SWHS makes an “Every scene Jar Jar” edit of the prequels sound like an Oscar worthy idea, and the actual prequels an argument for ending the Oscars as said prequels constitute the best films ever made, or even could be made, in any genre in all their aspects. It flattens out the top end…