Poddin into the void
In times of war the law falls silent. WE DO NOT.
Julian is contacted by Section 31 to run some spy shenanigans at a conference. We end up discussing more than just this episode, and trying to decipher if DS9 overall is portraying a hard moral philosophy or not.
Continue reading “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges”We got holodeck shenanigans. Sisko has good reason to not want to go to not visit the 60s. We revisit the career of beloved actor Mike Starr.
Waitaminute. Do people not like Vic? Finally: An episode not based on an old movie, right?
Continue reading “Bada Bing Bada Bang”Odo meets one of his people, and their intimate relationship causes some tension with Kira.
Sex vibes for days.
For all that creators have acknowledged in the DS9 doc and elsewhere that the show could have done better with LGBTQ issues, is this episode an example of exploring those questions? Or more about marginalized identites in general? We may not be the best equipped to talk about it, but we’re gonna try.
Continue reading “Chimera”
We watched the highest grossing movie in the history of China, the second highest non English language film in history, and one of the 20 highest grossing scifi movies of all time. How come no one talks about it? It just came out in February.
Is this the Michael Bay movie of Chinese sensibilities? Is this even propaganda? We may or may not agree with each other. Surprise Surprise
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We read and covered Watchmen for patrons. The book Alan Moore will probably be remembered for (sorry, Jerusalem). Here we cover our own history with the comic, and then some details and history of the book and its creators.
All four in depth bonus episodes, covering three chapters a piece is available on the patreon. In episode 4 we go into further details of what we might expect from the upcoming HBO show.
Episode One (issues 1-3)
Episode Two (issues 4-6)
Episode Three (issues 7-9)
Episode Four (issues 10-12)
A killer is on the loose, but does it take a killer to catch a – oh this is something we’ve seen before.
What is the bad part of this episode? Is there any part of it that isn’t just a take on Silence of the Lambs?
Continue reading “Field of Fire”May it be that Disco Home Season 2 is finally over?
Lane and Courtney are nervous. Will Discovery stay in the future?
Let’s talk about the romance. This show’s characters can’t even talk between themselves about their relationships without one being in a coma.
Dream plots and Klingon gods.
And finally, Wade receives final thoughts on Discovery Season 2 from Stefan in the Netherlands. And two guys who didn’t watch the show have a few questions.
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With Discovery fading into the past, and flying into the future, we ask important questions such as: What kind of drug is each Star Trek series, and what was it like to binge all of Season 2 of Star Trek Discovery within a convenient trial size period of time?
Wade is once again joined by two guest companions. This time it’s journalist Ryan Britt (@ryancbritt on twitter), and an entirely new voice to Disco Home Season 2, Adam P. Newton (@dryvetyme).
The Nagus is Missing in the Alternate Universe and Quark and Rom need a cloaking device for the Regent.
It’s the final Mirror Universe episode of Deep Space Nine, and we couldn’t be more upset.
Two of our favorite things. The Mirror Universe PLUS Ferengi shenanigans!
Get ready to talk about evil bisexual tropes.