The shipping
lists for this week include a couple of noteworthy
items, including Essential Defenders Vol. 1
and Ultimate Fantastic Four #18. Items of
interest I won’t be picking up this week include the
trade paperback versions of Ultimate
Adventures, X-Men: Eve of Destruction,
Spectacular Spider-Man Vol. 5: Sins
Remembered, Human Torch Vol. 1,
Captain Britain, Hawkman: Wings of
Fury, JSA: The Golden Age, Preacher
Vol. 3, Swan Volume 3, Thundercats
Vol. 5, and Superman: The Action Archives
Vol. 4.
Orson Scott Card: Trek is dead? It’s about time!
Daemonik
writes, Orson Scott Card, author of Ender’s Game
amongst many outstanding Sci-Fi novels, has thrown
down the gauntlet in the L.A.
Times and said that it’s about time that Trek has
died. What took so long?
Star Trek, as Card claims, is Sci-Fi as Hollywood saw
it, a throwback to the 30’s adventure stories with no
regard for science or deeper ideas and little interest
in plot arcs or character growth.
That writers like Ellison, LeGuin, Silverberg, Niven
and more were pumping out outstanding science fiction
stories with fertile passion makes the public’s near
religious adulation of Star Trek all the more
questionable. Faced today with examples such as
“Lost”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Firefly” and
“Smallville” to put the spotlight on just how bad Trek
really is, people are still fighting to save this
show.
So I ask you, does the death of Trek fill you with
childish glee or are you storming Paramount’s gates,
Batleths drawn?
Novel Review: Slaughterhouse Five
Listen:
Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.
—Slaughterhouse Five, Chapter Two.
Praised, reviled, declared a classic, and banned by some school boards, Slaughterhouse Five, Vonnegut’s entertaining attack on human stupidity and the absurdity of war—even a war with aims he supports—remains a must-read. It is the second in my ongoing reviews of Vonnegut’s best novels. The review of Sirens of Titans appears here.
Doctor Who: Dalek
A powerful billionaire’s collection of alien artefacts becomes a problem when he acquires the crowning glory – a real, live alien. Unfortunately for him, the alien is a Dalek.
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Charlie Jade: The Power of Suggestion
The terrorist acts lead to a suspension of civil liberties in Capetown, in our universe, and 01 Boxer manipulates the situation to increase his power. The security net tightens on both Charlie and Reena, and new developments threaten Jasmine– over whom much mystery continues to hang.
Firefly Webcomic
Not for all tastes.
Weekly DVD Picks – Tuesday, May 3, 2005
The summer is on the way, which means DVD releases are
either very weak, or they’re chosen to be strong
enough to compete with the theatrical releases. We’ve
got a few strong titles out this week.
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Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (movie)
Alright. How was it? Well, let’s just start off with this: The phrase “never speak to me about this movie again” is not applicable. The phrase “it had its moments” is. Care to see more detail? Come inside. Spoilers, as always, inside ugly font tags.
Enterprise Review: “In a Mirror, Darkly, Part 1”
Is the theme song gone for good? Doubt it.
Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (tv)
Part 3 in our series, the Hitchhiker’s Guide as a British TV show. And all the lovely production value that suggests. Why am I posting it so late? This must be Thursday…I never could get the hang of Thursdays…
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