Category Archives: Commentary

‘Star Trek Into Darkeness’ – Do Star Trek Fans Want Star Trek To Be Unsuccessful and Unpopular?

Posted on June 9, 2013 by

In the wake of my review recently, I had a lot of great responses both here and on Facebook from fans and non-fans alike.  It appears that the piece opened up a good dialogue about the subject of Trek-fandom and … Continue reading →

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OBITUARY: Preeminent Film Critic Roger Ebert Dies At Age 70

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

After a long bout with cancer that returned in December, iconic Chicago Sun-Times film critic, Roger Ebert, has passed away.  I’m not going to say a lot about this, I’m simply going to re-post the piece that the Sun-Times did on him, but what … Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL: Nintendo’s Epic Fail: The WiiU And The 3DS “I Am Not A Gamer” Campaign

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

I am seriously getting sick of Nintendo and this is very unfortunate because I love the brand.  Recently, I was made aware of the obnoxious and pretentious campaign for the Nintendo 3DS called the “I am not a gamer” campaign … Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL: An Open Letter To ALL Of The Science Fiction Blogs And Fans: Seriously… Get Over Yourselves

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

About a year ago, I was planning on writing a piece where I had to take issue with Den of Geek for their constant droning on about how’s there’s no Science Fiction on the SyFy channel.  Things happen, life gets in … Continue reading →

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OBITUARY: Alex Karras (1935 – 2012)

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

This is a little late but I wanted to make note of it because the late Mr. Karras was a bit of a pop-culture icon in the 1980s for his role as George Papadopolis on the hit comedy Webster as the dad … Continue reading →

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Nintendo Announces Launch Date, Pricing & Titles For Wii U… Unimpressed Cat Is Not Impressed

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

Last Thursday, Nintendo announced the release date and pricing for its new console, and as curious as I was last year right before E3 when the details were released for what was being dubbed as “Nintendo HD” and officially announced … Continue reading →

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FOX Buys Marvel Comics’ The Punisher Series, Commits To Pilot

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

Deadline is reporting that FOX has handed a put-pilot commitment to The Punisher, a series based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.  The series is from ABC Studios and (former Criminal Minds showrunner) Ed Bernero and marks the first time that … Continue reading →

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Happy 45th Birthday, Star Trek! (Big Announcement!)

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

On September 8, 1966, television history was made when Gene Roddenberry’s idealistic vision of a future without war, poverty, or racism, where mankind worked together to solve its problems and better itself, appeared on our television sets and changed the course of television and science fiction history forever. Spawning five live-action series, one critically acclaimed animated series, 11 feature films, thousands of novels, comic books, video games and billions in merchandising and a dedicated fandom like no other over the course of almost half of a century, as Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura) put it in the Roger Nygard documentary Trekkies, Star Trek truly is our 20th century mythology and now is still going strong into the 21st century. Continue reading →

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South Park Season 15, Part 2 Begins October 5th… Are You Ready?

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

With the fall fast approaching, many popular shows will soon be airing new episodes, prompting people to update their DIRECTV and cable packages and prepare for viewing. With this in mind, it is time to talk about what will surely … Continue reading →

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Gizmodo: Apple Could Kill The Cable Television Industry, The ‘Tastic: Uh… No

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

I just felt it was necessary to give a little commentary about a piece from yesterday on Gizmodo citing a piece on The Wall Street Journal regarding rumor and speculation about Apple’s plans following the resignation of Steve Jobs and the ascension of Tim … Continue reading →

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