Star Trek for Dummies: Boldly Going

Star Trek: Discovery: Episode 3, "Context Is For Kings"

Aaahhh!! I know! I'm so behind. I'm the worst. I'm going to make lots of excuses. Life, etc, blah, blah, blah. I am not going to make any false promises, like this will never happen again, because we all know that it will. I will try to be better. Without further adieu, let's dive right in.

X-Position: The Gifted Series Premiere Recap

The Gifted, Episode 1: "eXposed"

Considering that the first X-Men film came out in 2000, it's been a long road to get Marvel's Merry Mutants any live action play on the small screen. They have seen quite a bit of success in animated form, from the 90's animated series, which gets a small audio shout out in tonight's series premiere, to "X-Men Evolution" to the more recent "Wolverine and the X-Men." Prior to the debut of FX's mind-bending "Legion" last year, the only true mutant property to get the live-action small screen treatment was "Generation X" and the less said about that disaster the better. 

I've already watched one comic book pilot stink up my television screen in less than a week, "Marvel's Inhumans" I'm looking directly at you, so I was a little trepidatious when I fired up this first episode. After spending an hour with this show, it looks as if, the wait for more flesh and blood X-characters on television was well worth it.

Star Trek for Dummies: Necessary Backstory?

Star Trek: Discovery: Episode 2, "Battle at the Binary Stars"

One thing I failed to mention when I was talking about the first episode of this prologue were the lens flares. Oh the lens flares. After taking a hiatus during "Star Trek: Beyond" they are back in full force. I didn't notice them so much in this episode, but they are pretty distracting and unnecessary. This isn't a JJ Abrams production.

The title of this episode also reminded me of that old '70's/80's show, "Battle of the Network Stars." I kept waiting for the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" to show up and challenge the crew and the Klingons to a three-legged space race, followed by a tug of war.