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2013.04.27: TV Thoughts
By numerical date it’s the two-year anniversary of The Tornado; by day, though, that will always be a Wednesday. It’s not the same if you’re not huddled in the basement of BB Comer as the power and internet and phones … Continue reading
[XF/M] S3E12 & S6E12: “The Sound of Snow” and “One Son”
M: Love and hate here. XF: Ms. S did not see that coming.
[XF/M] S3E11 & S6E11: “Collateral” and “Two Fathers”
Tuesday evening we returned to our rotation. First: John Locke, Spike, and Art Bell in one episode … I can’t take credit for that way of looking at it, though, as it’s part of the A.V. Club review. Then: over … Continue reading
Posted in X-Files / Millennium / Lone Gunmen
Tagged Millennium, patriarchy, The X-Files
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The Supernatural vs. the Supersensible: ‘Bones’ and “The Pathos in the Pathogens”
No crime scene this week, no body dump … we begin with biohazard containment. A blogger has been killed by an unknown pathogen and dumped in a pile of veterinary waste. Her fiance, a source in the pharmaceutical industry, and … Continue reading
[XF/M] S3E10 & S6E10: “Borrowed Time” and “Tithonus”
Monday we took in the latest episode of ‘Mad Men’ (a men-vs-women episode featuring ketchup, a swinging couple married 18 years, and Harry being his terrible self) as well as our normal rotation of ‘Millennium’ and ‘The X-Files’.
Posted in X-Files / Millennium / Lone Gunmen
Tagged Mad Men, Millennium, Tennyson, The X-Files
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2013.03.15: “No matter how paranoid you are, you’re not paranoid enough.”
It’s an all ‘X-Files’ and ‘Millennium’ entry today.
‘Darmok’ and ‘Arena’: Some Thoughts
At the beginning of October a friend sent me an email about the TOS episode ‘Arena’ and how the TNG episode ‘Darmok’ might be seen as a less-macho gloss on it. Originally my reply was going to be a sentence … Continue reading
… and Dinosaurs … IN SPACE!
We always catch things a day late. Or several days late. It’s wibbly-wobbly-2012-DVR-timey-wimey stuff. And so: Sunday evening we got around to the latest Doctor Who episode, the delightful “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.” Talk about truth in advertising.
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ST:TNG S02E07: Unnatural Selection
I’ve never hated Dr. Pulaski as much as many Trekkies seem to, and I do not wish to imply that one ought to dislike her. I can sort of understand the antipathy many feel, as she replaced Dr. Crusher, who … Continue reading
ST:TNG S01E18: Home Soil
“Ugly bags of mostly water” … yay! At first I did not recall this episode, but once they were on the planet it came back to me. But that aside, even if I hadn’t seen it, I could have predicted … Continue reading