Episode 3 of season 3 was a solid slice of Star Trek, with an interesting story and good Starfleet moralising. In this episode we get to see Discovery return to Earth only to find that things are not as they once were. We are introduced to the United Earth Defence Force and a very isolationist... Continue Reading →
ST: Discovery: Far from Home – A TV Review
After the two handed first episode with Burnham and Book it was reassuring to be back with the Discovery and the rest of the crew. Burnham is an interesting character but now she is away from her Vulcan heritage and story lines she less spark. For me the real heart of the series of is... Continue Reading →
ST:Discovery: That hope is you Pt 1 – TV Review
Season 3 of Star Trek Discovery has hit our screens over the past few days and it seems to have started strong if a little one-sidedly. Of all the incarnations of Star Trek Discovery has suffered the most from fan backlash. I am not an apologist for the show but I am able to overlook... Continue Reading →
The Boys Season 2 – A TV series review.
The Boys is one, if not the most watched shows on Amazon Prime and in many ways this is very worrying for society. The Boys is filled with sexual innuendo, prolific hard line swearing and violence, lots and lots of gory violence. Having now castigated it for its lack of moral fibre I will now... Continue Reading →
Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy by Timothy Zahn – A Book Review
Thrawn is one of Star Wars greatest characters. Spawned by Timothy Zahn back in the 90's in the expanded universe for a long time it was possible that he had been lost in the great Disney Purge. Luckily he was brought into Star Wars via Rebels and then given a new back story by Zahn... Continue Reading →