Archive for Television
Time flies like a jet
State of the Jed
Discovery
Season 5 of ST:TNG starts out strong
Assorted life updates
Underground’s metadiscussion of slavery narratives
I'm watching Underground season 2, episode 1, “Contraband,” and I just got to a scene in which one of the...
Nichelle Nichols on naming and being cast as Uhura
Nichelle Nichols on naming Uhura and on getting the part (transcribed by me from a making-of segment on the ST:TOS...
SH Flashback: “Prisoners of Uqbaristan,” by Chris Nakashima-Brown
Here's the next Strange Horizons Flashback story: “Prisoners of Uqbaristan,” by Chris Nakashima-Brown A dizzying post-cyberpunk melange of media psyops,...
Agents of SHIELD political commentary
I've been really enjoying the current storyline in Agents of SHIELD. It's doing a virtual-reality take on a sort of...
The Mandela Effect and other memories
I find the whole Mandela Effect thing intriguing. (A group of people remembering something that didn't happen.) Here's one I...
Updates: Knee, sleep, travel, books, etc
A few assorted life updates: My knee injury has continued to heal, but still very slowly. But at least the...