Category Archives: TV Sci Fi

The Current State of the World

Posted on 16 July 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Two items about the current state of the world: the economy is good; climate change is getting worse, and how conservatives won’t believe either; How Big Oil is more concerned with profits than with long-term consequences; How the Mission: Impossible … Continue reading →

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Shatner on Trek Since Him, and What That Might Mean

Posted on 23 July 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Fish, 21 July 2022: William Shatner Sounds Off on ‘Star Wars,’ Latest ‘Star Trek’ Shows During Lively Comic-Con Appearance Heavy.com, Eric Pesola, 22 July 2022: Is Shatner right? Is Roddenberry ‘Turning In His Grave’ Over New … Continue reading →

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The Invaders — In Color!

Posted on 10 September 2019 by Mark R. Kelly

The past few evenings I’ve watched and rewatched several episodes of the mid-1960s TV series The Invaders. The show began in January 1967 – a mid-season replacement for some other show, presumably, in the same season as Star Trek’s first … Continue reading →

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Link and Comments: NYTBR reviews Kurt Andersen’s FANTASYLAND

Posted on 11 September 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

Just published, a big book by novelist and journalist Kurt Andersen, Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History (Random House), which is in my to-read stack. For the time being, here are some passages from Sunday’s front page review … Continue reading →

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Contemplating a Lost in Space Rewatch

Posted on 22 October 2015 by Mark R. Kelly

So I’m contemplated a “Lost in Space” rewatch – at least as much a rewatch as I can bear. The show greatly affected me when I first saw it at age 10 (it debuted in 1965, a year before Star … Continue reading →

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Jonny Quest Rewatch

Posted on 16 October 2015 by Mark R. Kelly

Speaking of rewatches of favorite childhood shows, I have in fact finished a ‘rewatch’ of one of my earliest favorite TV shows, the 1964 animated series ‘Jonny Quest’, via a DVD set I bought some years ago and haven’t watched … Continue reading →

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Lost in Space, Season 4

Posted on 15 October 2015 by Mark R. Kelly

While sorting through a couple old file cabinets today, deciding what I should keep and what I can toss, I came across a file that I must have discovered some 30 years ago, when I was obsessed with rewatching childhood … Continue reading →

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