Review
Rectify 2x04 "Donald The Normal" We open, unexpectedly, to Daniel on a bus. We’ve seen Daniel in so many prison-coded places--in particular, prison--but now he’s going somewhere. That somewhere is soon revealed to be Atlanta. Daniel being Daniel, dumbphone owner before it was
Farscape
Farscape 2x05 & 2x06 The Way We Weren’t What do you call a grey version of sepia? Greepia? Okay, greepia it is. We open to a greepia view of Peacekeeper marines, led by a hot guy scientist, marching down the halls of Moya to Pilot’s lair. But it’
Review
Back at the beginning of the year I informed you, my loyal readers, about Frogtown Radio of St. Paul, Minnesota. But perhaps you don’t have the appropriate passion for contemporary homegrown Minnesotan jams. That’s on you, but luckily I have other material prepared. May I offer you Radio
Book Review
Approaching Samuel Delany’s Conan/Semiotics Slash Fiction Have you ever wished Conan the Barbarian were the kind of guy to read critical theory? No? Too bad, because today we’re discussing the first volume of Samuel Delany’s Nevèrÿon stories. Nevèrÿon is a sword-and-sorcery-and-semiotics series
Cinema
Today was supposed to be the premiere of Season Two of my XOXO, Puppet Girl Farscape reviews, but unfortunately my evil hand took the wheel instead. Look for Puppet Girl to return this Thursday. Fuck you to fuck me, Markiplier On Sunday my friend persuaded me to see Markiplier’s
Farscape
What Was Farscape Season One? It was 22 episodes of science fiction television, each about 48 minutes long. It was not that remarkable. If Farscape had been cancelled at the end of season one, we would have no cause to discourse here, because Farscape would be another Earth-2 or
Farscape
Farscape 1x21 & 22 Bone to Be Wild We have a light episode now. Moya and her baby hide together in an asteroid field, trying to avoid detection by Crais’ Command Carrier. Stark’s fucked off somewhere (though he’ll be back) so we’ve returned to Moya crew equilibrium.
Farscape
Farscape 1x19 & 1x20 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! It’s like Christmas, but better: Scorpius is finally here. Nerve Aeryn is training hardcore, and John points out that maybe she shouldn’t be training so hard with a recent abdominal wound. She aggros him, then she vomits blood. Then she collapses. John tries
Farscape
Farscape 1x17 & 1x18 Through the Looking Glass The crew gathers in the dining room for dinnertime discourse (triggering to the recent Thanksgiving attendees among us): Zhaan, Rygel, and D’Argo want to abandon Moya because her pregnancy continues to interfere with her ability to starburst and thus escape pursuers.
Science Fiction
Farscape 1x15 & 1x16 Now we’re through the doldrums, the show can get good again. We’re going to immerse ourselves in puppet trauma and human drama. Durka Returns Moya has a minor traffic accident as her starburst malfunctions due to her pregnancy. When she allows the ship she
Television
Farscape 1x13 & 1x14 Well, here it is: the episode widely regarded as worst Farscape ever. But first--"Rhapsody in Blue", an episode of which I have no memory. Rhapsody in Blue Everybody awakens from sexy but sad dreams. We only see John’s directly: it’s a
Television
Farscape 1x11 and 1x12 Both episodes this week are rather dismal, yet we’re still one installment of this blog away from the episode widely considered Farscape’s worst. First seasons of science fiction television shows are functionally endurance tests. Til the Blood Runs Clear When Zhaan is in extremely