Monthly Archives: May 2009
The Ten-Episode Mission: A Star Trek Primer (10 of 10)
In the wake of JJ Abrams’s new Star Trek, I am giving a ten-episode list (one a day) of the Original Series episodes to watch if the movie’s gotten you interested. Primer #10: “The Trouble with Tribbles” The Enterprise‘s mission … Continue reading
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The Ten-Episode Mission: A Star Trek Primer (9 of 10)
In the wake of JJ Abrams’s new Star Trek, I am giving a ten-episode list (one a day) of the Original Series episodes to watch if the movie’s gotten you interested. Primer #9: “Journey to Babel” The Enterprise must escort … Continue reading
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In Defense of a Whedon-less Buffy
So the news has just broken that Hollywood is apparently contemplating making a Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie…without that series’s creator, Joss Whedon. Anyone remotely familiar with Whedon and his work (Buffy, its spin-off Angel, the shouldn’t-have-been-canceled Firefly, and the … Continue reading
The Ten-Episode Mission: A Star Trek Primer (8 of 10)
In the wake of JJ Abrams’s new Star Trek, I am giving a ten-episode list (one a day) of the Original Series episodes to watch if the movie’s gotten you interested. Primer #8: “The Apple” On a beautiful but lethal … Continue reading
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The Ten-Episode Mission: A Star Trek Primer (7 of 10)
In the wake of JJ Abrams’s new Star Trek, I am giving a ten-episode list (one a day) of the Original Series episodes to watch if the movie’s gotten you interested. Primer #7: “Who Mourns for Adonais?” Kirk and his … Continue reading
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The Ten-Episode Mission: A Star Trek Primer (6 of 10)
In the wake of JJ Abrams’s new Star Trek, I am giving a ten-episode list (one a day) of the Original Series episodes to watch if the movie’s gotten you interested. Primer #6: “Amok Time” Spock must return to his … Continue reading
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The Ten-Episode Mission: A Star Trek Primer (5 of 10)
In the wake of JJ Abrams’s new Star Trek, I am giving a ten-episode list (one a day) of the Original Series episodes to watch if the movie’s gotten you interested. Primer #5: “The City on the Edge of Forever” … Continue reading
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The Ten-Episode Mission: A Star Trek Primer (4 of 10)
In the wake of JJ Abrams’s new Star Trek, I am giving a ten-episode list (one a day) of the Original Series episodes to watch if the movie’s gotten you interested. Primer #4: “Devil in the Dark” The Enterprise arrives … Continue reading
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16 Reasons Why the Shadow of the Colossus Movie Will Be Better than the Game
[This entry is also posted on my GameSpot blog.] In 2007′s Reign Over Me, in which Adam Sandler played an uncharacteristically but surprisingly effective dramatic role as a man who lost his family in the 9/11 attacks, Shadow of the … Continue reading
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The Ten-Episode Mission: A Star Trek Primer (3 of 10)
In the wake of JJ Abrams’s new Star Trek, I am giving a ten-episode list (one a day) of the Original Series episodes to watch if the movie’s gotten you interested. Primer #3: “A Taste of Armageddon” The Enterprise finds … Continue reading
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