Tag Archives: science fiction

Meh the Force Be With You: Review of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Posted on 2019 December 28 by mongreldogs

Spoilers for the final chapter in the Star Wars Saga.

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The power of the dark side

Posted on 2018 January 14 by mongreldogs

[amazon_link asins=’0785192557,0785192565,0785199772,0785199780,0785197893′ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’gilroy0-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’0a4327d5-eb7a-11e7-a142-c169eec473c4′] No, this is not a political post.  🙂 I absolutely tore through the omnibus Kindle editions of the Darth Vader comic (one of several in the rebooted Marvel line).  I guess it really paid off for … Continue reading →

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Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

Posted on 2016 February 16 by mongreldogs

{originally written 2013 May 23, then banished to the Drafts folder for no good reason when I never got around to finishing it.} Spoiler-free review:  A solid sophomore outing for the NuTrek crew, but it’s no Wrath of Khan. ====== Spoilers … Continue reading →

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Review: Serenity Found

Posted on 2008 July 16 by mongreldogs

Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon’s Firefly Universe edited by Jane Espenson Rating: 3 out of 5 What can I say? Meh. Another collection of essays (following the superior Finding Serenity) discoursing on the deep meanings to be … Continue reading →

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Star Wars at 31

Posted on 2008 March 30 by mongreldogs

Apparently Spike TV is running all of the Star Wars movies as a “mega saga event” over the course of the next weekend. I happened to come across their “ultimate trailer” online, which stitches together bits from all six movies. … Continue reading →

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Lunacon 51 (2)

Posted on 2008 March 15 by mongreldogs

Lunacon 51 (2) Some thoughts on my second con (should that be “sec-con”?), jotted down at midnight, though they’ll be posted much later. The first panel I intended to attend was “Yesterday’s Tomorrows”, a documentary on the failed vision of … Continue reading →

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Lunacon 51 (1)

Posted on 2008 March 14 by mongreldogs

Well, here I sit in the Hilton Rye Town waiting for Lunacon to get started. If you are paying more attention to this blog than you should be, you’ll recall that I attended Lunacon 50 last year as well. This … Continue reading →

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Another propaganda poster

Posted on 2007 August 26 by mongreldogs

As has been usual, this is another exhortation to “Work to Win”. My “study” of WWI and WWII posters indicates that almost all fell into the “Work harder” or “Buy more bonds” categories. True to form, this poster says, “Victory … Continue reading →

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The Mongrel Dogs at Sea (4): Review: Next

Posted on 2007 August 8 by mongreldogs

Insta Rating: 4 out of 5 OK, it’s a little odd to be reviewing a movie when I’m supposed to be off on a wonderful cruise. But as mentioned before I was pretty wiped out, so I decided to take … Continue reading →

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New Poster: Ready?

Posted on 2007 July 27 by mongreldogs

I’ve got a new, rarer “landscape” poster ready. It shows two Zarkov rockets at a docking tower, with crew running to man the ships. A DV snub fighter is lifting in the background, and the ever-lovable jetpack guy has just … Continue reading →

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