Category Archives: TV

Star Trek Discovery Takes the “Kobayashi Maru” Test

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Cora

Star Trek Discovery is back for its fourth season, though I’m not sure that I’ll be doing episode by episode reviews again, because Paramount has pulled a true dick move and pulled Star Trek Discovery from Netflix internationally, leaving viewers … Continue reading →

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A Trio of Public Service Announcements regarding the Hugos and Other Stuff

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Cora

As the title says, this post is a trio of brief public service announcements. For starters, voting for the 2021 Hugo Awards closes today. So if you’re a member of DisCon III and haven’t voted yet, you still have a … Continue reading →

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Foundation finally experiences “The First Crisis”

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Cora

And here we thought that we have been in the middle of the first Seldon crisis since episode 3. Anyway, welcome to my review of the penultimate episode of Foundation. Reviews of previous episodes of Foundation as well as two … Continue reading →

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Foundation fails to find “The Missing Piece”, but at least gives us a lot of nearly naked Lee Pace

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Cora

Since we only have two episodes to go, I’m doing episode by episode reviews of Foundation, so here is my take on episode 8. It’s a little late, because I had technical issues and had to wait until I was … Continue reading →

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Foundation discovers “Mysteries and Martyrs” and departs even further from the books

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Cora

Since we only have three episodes to go, I’m doing episode by episode reviews of Foundation, so here is my take on episode 7. Reviews of previous episodes of Foundation as well as two actual Foundation stories may be found … Continue reading →

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Foundation encounters “Death and the Maiden”

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Cora

Looks like I’m doing episode by episode reviews of Foundation – at least for now – so here is my take on episode 6. Reviews of previous episodes of Foundation as well as of two actual Foundation stories may be … Continue reading →

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Foundation realises “Upon Awakening” that the story is still moving at a glacial pace

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Cora

Looks like I’m doing episode by episode reviews of Foundation – at least for now – so here is my take on episode 5. Reviews of previous episodes of Foundation as well as two actual Foundation stories may be found … Continue reading →

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Foundation realises that there are “Barbarians at the Gates”

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Cora

Looks like I’m doing episode by episode reviews of Foundation, so here is my take on episode 4. And yes, the Octocon report is coming, but I had a very busy week. Reviews of previous episodes of Foundation as well … Continue reading →

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Foundation Meets “The Mathematician’s Ghost”

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Cora

I’m still not sure, if this will be an ongoing series of episode by episode reviews, but I did watch the third episode of Foundation, though the review is a little late, because I was also at the virtual Octocon … Continue reading →

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Foundation is “Preparing to Live” and deviates from the books a lot

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Cora

I’m still not sure, if this will be an ongoing series of episode by episode reviews, but I did watch the second episode of Foundation on this shit show of an election night. Reviews of previous episodes (well, just one … Continue reading →

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