By far this is my favorite episode of Stargate SG-1. It stands out as the best, not because of any part it plays in furthering the events in the Stargate universe, but because it is an apology by the writing staff for every sloppy storytelling habit they beset on the fans. Of course I assume that other fans were aware of every contrivance employed ( Read more... )

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It's that time of the season when the bygones have gone by and another year becomes little more than a lists of dids and didnts. At least that's where I am this morning, composing three lists that summarize my musical preferences of two-thousand-nine. It's a strange sensation that occupies my body when I look back on a year that's not yet done, but ( Read more... )

Like both Transformers and the new Star Wars trilogy before it, the new G.I. Joe movie was made for kids not fans. Intended to sell merchandise and capture a new generation of followers. I accepted that whatever vague sense of nostalgia I would come to feel would be self-imposed. I understood that before pressing the play-button. I had a firm grasp ( Read more... )

It’s been a hectic week, what with turning thirty and all. Most notably, I’m still here. I was sure that on my thirty-th birthday I was going to cease to exist or wake up from coma I’d fallen into the day my mother passed away. Thankfully, neither was the case (although I did have a list of things I wanted to change, had my auto-time-travel worked ( Read more... )