Episodes
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'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Is Coming & I'm Not Excited In The Least
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy drops next year. Excited? Sorry, if you are, but I'm not at all. And it wasn't the less than thrilling trailer which cooled any enthusiasm I may have had. Years ago, Harve Bennett, producer of several classic Star Trek movies, proposed a movie one-off or film series...
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'Karate Kid: Legends' Serves Up Slick But Disappointing Nostalgia Throwback
I watched Karate Kid: Legends over the weekend, and sadly, it's all around a pretty weak nostalgia laden effort. Likable new faces do abound. Joshua Jackson is certainly good as an over the hill fight club veteran. All the lead actors also mostly shine, but story/script is truly meh. Not at all...
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Superman's Dog Krypto Is A Digital AI Super Pup! How Depressing.
Krypto! Here, boy, go fetch that super sized bone! C’mon, boy, why are you just staring at me so cute and real looking… and… Wait a minute, that’s right, you’re digital. You’re a fake. Never mind! *Emily Latella Voice* This is what we get in James Gunn’s new Superman flick. We get a fake flying...
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Is It James Gunn's 'Superman' or 'Superfriends'?
Early critique of James Gunn's Superman 2025 is becoming something of a unifying consensus among reviewers of the already divisive film. Kal-El needs constant help from faces familiar to comic readers throughout Gunn’s summer blockbuster. Clark Kent gets his butt kicked savagely and repeatedly....
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Actor Gene Hackman Passes Away At 95
Gene Hackman was truly an actor’s actor. Much like Marlon Brando, Meryl Streep or Al Pacino, Hackman not only became a favorite with movie fans all over the gjobe, but he remained an admired role model for his brilliant performances within the acting community. Sadly, the Oscar winner and his…
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My Sci-Fi Guy YouTube Channel's Two Year Anniversary
Substack motivates the world of newsletters. After joining up, it motivated me to try out podcasting. I really loved it. Recording audio - or video - allows a unique creative freedom of expression which only text articles simply can’t match. Later, I created my Sci-Fi Guy YouTube Channel. Today...
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William Shatner Called Me A B******t Artist
Khaaaaaaaaan! - Admiral James T. Kirk - Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan 1982 After William Shatner called me a b******t artist, it’s the line I screamed, except for one little important change, Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiirk! Being charged with b******t, being called a b******t artist by the great, legendary…
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Sci-Fi Guy Searches For Sasquatch
Bigfoot is a BIG SUBJECT. It fascinates millions. Even Dr. Jane Goodall - one of the world’s most respected primatologists and anthropologists - says there probably is a heretofore unknown hominin species many people see in every country on Earth. Let’s start searching for Sasquatch aka Bigfoot…
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'Alien Nation' - Enjoy This Outstanding Sci-Fi TV Show From Kenneth Johnson
The aliens are coming… The aliens are coming… The aliens are here. That’s the wondrous sci-fi vibe and a truly compelling truth if you love a short lived TV show about exotic extraterrestrial visitors who have been fully integrated into our Earth culture. Alien Nation only ran just one season for...
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'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Cast Net Worth
Engage… Let’s see what cash is out there… These are the words best spoken and recalled when chatting up the financial net worth of the stars of Star Trek: The Next Generation. As one of the most successful TV shows in broadcast and syndicated history, our hard working and beloved cast was...
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Kenneth Johnson - Television Sci-Fi Wizard
Colonel Steve Austin. Jaime Sommers. Bionics. Green behemoths. David Banner. Rodent snacking aliens. V. Aliens roaring drunk on spoiled milk. Input loving robots. Sound a little familiar? Those are just a few of the signature elements connected with the sci-fi TV and film work of the prolific...
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'The Proof Is Out There: Bigfoot Revealed' Experts Analyze Patterson-Gimlin Film
It’s said The Proof Is Out There my fantastic fringe folks. We must only reach out to fully and enthusiastically embrace it. At the very least, we can do the necessary work by watching the assembled video evidence. And now with nifty new digital and A.I. technology, the video footage we have,...
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Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot Film - My Observations
If you have ever even expressed a casual interest in the Sasquatch phenomenon - Bigfoot to his many loyal friends - then it’s a good bet you’ve watched the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin Film or PGF. If you’re like me, you’ve watched it many hundreds of times. No kidding. I’m serious. Yes, I really do…
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A.I. HAL 9000 Returns in '2010: The Year We Make Contact'
HAL 9000 demonstrates to all whom he interacts with as a tightly focused being. He is one artificial intelligent, sentient agent you can’t seem to get away from for very long. He’s like a cyber bad penny - always turning up in the cosmic soup. However, sometimes a completely merciless A.I. can…
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'The Six Million Dollar Man' - Best TV Show Opener In History
With the unending inflation nightmare lately, The Six Million Dollar Man construction might cost sixty million in today’s dollars or even 600 million. How about 6 billion? Whatever the converted cost, the fact remains this iconic sci-fi spy adventure show still jazzes up its loyal fan base. The...
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Alec Baldwin in 'The Shadow' Of One Of His Most Gun Heavy Films
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! In the case of Alec Baldwin, we all know of his long time experience with firearms in movies. The New Mexico District Attorney, who charged the actor with involuntary manslaughter, says Baldwin is guilty of many instances of...
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'A Flash Of Beauty: Bigfoot Revealed' - Best Sasquatch Documentary Ever
When I find a truly satisfying film, I love sharing it with friends and family. The subject of Bigfoot - to our Native Americans, Sasquatch - has always been a fascinating one for me, ever since early childhood. After being introduced to so fascinating a concept - a species of huge, hairy Wildmen...
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Captain Janeway Shows Bad Leadership in Voyager Pilot, 'Caretaker'
We’ve all seen some bad scenes go down in say at work, while on the job or while studying at school. Perhaps even in the clubs or sports teams we are part of, we’ve been witness to people not playing nicely with each other. Bad sportsmanship. Bad leadership. What if such toxic interaction happens...
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Alex 7000: 'The Bionic Woman' Boasted A.I. Like HAL 9000
For fans of 1970’s TV science fiction, Jamie Sommers is The Bionic Woman - a cyborg or a cybernetic woman whose limbs are replaced with highly advanced electronic prosthetic devices, thanks to pioneering scientist Dr. Rudy Wells. Jamie’s ear, both her legs and her right arm are now artificial and...
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HAL 9000: Sci-Fi's Unforgettable A.I. Voice Powerhouse
“I enjoy working with people. I have a stimulating relationship with Dr. Poole and Dr. Bowman.” - HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey Yes, HAL, we’re sure you dearly love working with us - that is before the lethal time it takes for you to deal with our flawed human species in your own unique…
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Chubby Actor William Hootkins in 'Star Wars' as Porkins & Batman's Lt. Eckhardt
Porkins. Lt. Eckhardt. You know both of them. You’ve seen both of them. You may have even watched them many times. Two characters featured in two of the most famous epic blockbuster movies ever: Star Wars and Batman. Both are fan favorites, and today, they are near iconic film characters. Fans…
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Bruce Lee's Hollywood Screen Test
Believe it or not, Bruce Lee did a screen test. Yes, it’s absolutely true. You know, the test filming of a performer to see if you make the cut for a movie or TV series. That’s the old school Hollywood way of testing a performer’s talent and onscreen charisma. But even though they came out of...
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'The Twilight Zone' - Robert Redford, Jack Klugman & Carol Burnett
You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, The Twilight Zone. The bright twinkling lights of classic Hollywood shine in Rod...
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My 'Stark Industries' Cap Gets Me Noticed
“Hey! I used to work for that guy!", someone shouted at me while getting into his car, after spying my cap. “Ah, you’re a big fan I take it?”, I shouted back. “Yeah, of course, love it!”, he replied grinning happily. Several days later, another fan took me aside for a good five minutes describing...
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Giant Mutant Ants - Sci-Fi's Little Big Creatures
Your ant misses you. Call her already. Ah, but which one am I referring to you may ask? The one who made you that delish coffee cake or the one who crawls along merrily inside your glass encased farm. No matter, since calling your Aunt Trudy by an insect name wouldn’t be a great idea in anyone’s...
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Bigfoot Chat With Guest Amazon Alexa
Amazon’s Alexa knows Bigfoot! Yeah, I know just what you’re most likely thinking right now - Alexa knows pretty much everything about everything. She’s a big ole smarty pants. A digital know-it-all. She makes the HAL 9000 look perfectly dopey. While that’s mostly true, sorry HAL, she appears to...
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Bigfoot, Sasquatch or Wild Hairy Humanoid?
Bigfoot is the definition of a household name. He’s one incredibly famous guy - especially for someone who’s still never been proven to actually exist. Call this elusive hairy one Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti or Skunk Ape, but please know that movies and documentaries about him number in the…
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Doctor Mordrid: Doctor Strange Rip-off Impresses
Doctor Mordrid desperately wishes to be like his far more famous magical cousin Doctor Strange. Does he ultimately succeed? Well…. Yes and yes. The good - and old, he’s at least 100 but doesn’t look a day over 85 - magical Doctor played by Jeffrey Combs, hurls powerful energy bolts, leaves his...
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Celebrate A 'Star Trek' Thanksgiving
Turkey dinner with all the trimmings or dining on synthetic meatloaf from a high tech device? Decisions… When you’re many light years from your home planet, settling on eating fake meat for a Holiday dinner may be your only option. For Captain Kirk’s (William Shatner) crew on his USS Enterprise…
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David Bowie's Hypnotic Sci-Fi Musical Magic
Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars. A Space Oddity. Ground Control to Major Tom. The Man Who Fell To Earth. David Bowie rocked us as a spectacular sci-fi entity who seemingly launched from another time, space or even dimension. It’s near impossible to name another musical artist so in tune...
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'Night Terrors' - spookiest Star Trek ever?
You try being half psychic. OK, maybe, just maybe, possessing some psychic power is better than none at all, but for a Starfleet pro such as Counselor Deanna Troi - and her uncompromising commanding officer, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) - the fact that she’s only half psychic alien...
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Lord Of The Rings - The Animated Productions
Amazon’s Rings of Power has effectively stoked the raging fan fires of the fantasy epic, The Lord Of The Rings. It’s been well received by many fans - although completely rejected by more than a few others. Whatever your feelings, if you’re a LOTR fan, you should know that there are several...
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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Trailer - Pacifist Worf
Star Trek: Picard is warping where no other Trek show has gone before - thankfully - into its third and final season. The season three trailer has now dropped for all the geek galaxy to gander at gloriously. Watch it, if you dare, below. Engage! There are more than a few wacky things to unpack....
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Turns 35
Let’s see what’s out there…. Engage! And so a new Star Trek TV show came roaring into our galaxy at warp speed and another starship crew would earn devoted fan adoration as they sought out new life and new civilizations. This one was also created by original Star Trek mastermind, Gene…
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Have Your Heard The Wilhelm Scream?
Dream now oh dreamy dreamer. Dream of the perfect scream. Make your dream come true. Go on, my screeching, screaming screamer. I dare ya. I double dare ya. Act it out for us all like a screaming fool. In fact, scream all you want, for as long as you wish, but it’ll never ever rival one legendary...
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Queen Elizabeth II Loved 'Doctor Who'
The United Kingdom and much of the world is now in mourning. Queen Elizabeth sat on her royal throne and ruled over the United Kingdom for 70 years. It’s an awesomely amazing accomplishment by any nation’s measure or political standard. In that time, she met with other country’s monarchs…
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Labor Day Star Trek - Voyager's 'Workforce'
Labor Day celebrates and acknowledges our dedicated workforce. Hard workers are the foundation of our economy. Those who get up each day to put in their time on their long work shifts to make every industry run - from the carpenters and plumbers to medical doctors and lawyers - compose and…
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Richard Dreyfuss: The Magical Thing About 'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind'
Here, let me give you my full disclosure first, so there’s no confusion on where I’m coming from when analyzing this beloved film. Confession is always good for our cinematic soul. Yes, I dearly love Steven Spielberg movies, and I especially love Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. I love aliens,...
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Franchise Fever: Are We Getting More Of The Same As Genre Fans?
Do you feel swindled? Bamboozled even? Scam sham slammed? I gotta admit, I do. I get more than a feeling of not being given enough choices in pop culture entertainment. Are comic books the only literature we celebrate? Where are the new voices and talents? Why is everything so recycled? Lately,...
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Nathan Fielder's 'The Rehearsal' - Star Trek's Holodeck Realized?
Comedian Nathan Fielder dearly loves running complex life simulations. He loves to rehearse everything from revelatory talks between estranged friends to raising a baby (including robot ones) from the formative infancy stage to the troubled teen years. It’s sort of video game The Sims operating…
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Nichelle Nichols - More Than Star Trek's Lt. Uhura
Star Trek fans best remember Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura, the Starfleet communications officer from the original series. And it’s no wonder she’s so fondly recalled in that breakout TV role. While fans could cheer on the other women characters such as Yeoman Rand (Grace Lee Whitney) or Nurse...
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'The Midnight Sun' - Twilight Zone's Heat Wave Episode
Visionary Rod Serling wrote more Twilight Zone episodes than any other talented writer working on his busy TV production staff. Incredibly, Serling crafted 92 TZ scripts in all. If there is ever a show nurtured with the bold, creative stamp of its creator, it’s The Twilight Zone. His Emmy Award...
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Is Hawk Way Cooler Than Buck Rogers?
Competition always proves fun, especially between the character leads in a TV show. Think Spock vs Kirk in Star Trek, Flo vs Alice in Alice or the Fonze vs everyone in Happy Days. It’s simply pure fun for audiences to root for their beloved TV show favorite. For the actors toiling away on the...
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Space: 1999 Spotlight - Maya The Alien Shapeshifter
Maya, please tell me honestly… Have you ever met Constable Odo of station Deep Space Nine? How about the single minded liquid goo of Terminator’s T-1000? How exactly do you feel about other shape shifters? Yes, you were a pioneer being the first shifter - in a big sci-fi show anyway - and you...
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Sci-Fi Short 'A LITTLE JOURNEY' By Ray Bradbury - A Dramatic Reading
Here’s my dramatic reading of a sci-fi short from 1951, A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury. Bradbury numbers as one of my favorite sci-fi writers. His career spanned the decades with him producing many novels and film screenplays. His many well known works include I Sing The Body Electric…
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'Buck Rogers' Gil Gerard Meets His Idol Mel Blanc
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century remains one of the purely fun sci-fi shows born of the twinkly starscapes of the 1980’s. Star Gil Gerard embodied the legendary spaceman with a twinkle in his eye and a laser blaster gun on his hip. One of the things which really jazzed Gerard was his chance to…
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Star Trek & Star Wars: Why Do They Keep Us In The Past?
Stop living in the past! Is that my life lesson motto to share? Well, maybe… It’s what I’d tell the studios who control Star Trek and Star Wars - CBS/Paramount and Disney/Lucasfilm respectively. Franchises such as Star Trek and Star Wars seem to only be interested in warping into hyperspace and...
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'Beavis and Butthead Do The Universe' Looks As Wonderfully Dumb As Promised
Beavis and Butthead return in a new animated movie coming to the streamer, Paramount Plus. Here in all their idiotic giddy glory comes - The Dumbest Science Fiction Movie Ever Made… Beavis and Butthead Do The Universe. Get ready to go down memory lane and renew your vacant vows to the dopiest duo...
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'Jaws' Monster Shark Inspired By 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks
Did you know that legendary devilish diva of the deep Jaws was born in New Jersey? The famed movie monster from director Steven Spielberg based on author Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel came swimming right out of the Garden State. Three water drenched and blood soaked sequels followed and many...
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Disney 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Feels The Force
Star Wars fans unite! Obi-Wan Kenobi is here! Fans of the Skywalker saga especially will be celebrating this milestone in a galaxy far, far away. We’ve been waiting for this one for a long time now. Disney’s Obi-Wan Kenobi launches tonight on Disney Plus. Listen now to my initial reactions.…
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