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Faith Fiction and Folklore Episode 3: Random Talk 1

Spaceman: Along Came a Spider and Sat Down… Well, Maybe

Faith Fiction and Folklore Episode 2: When Science Ignores Nature

Spaceman: World Is Ending. Worse, an Astronaut’s Wife Wants Out

Faith Fiction and Folklore Podcast Episode 1: Teleporting Bigfoots

Dune, Part Two: A Good Movie But a Bad Set-Up for Part Three

Alien: Romulus (2024): Parting Thoughts on the Movie, Franchise

Dune, Part Two: At Last, Feyd-Rautha Becomes Relevant

Alien: Romulus News Flash: Ripley Didn’t Kill Her First Alien

Dune, Part Two: Paul Becomes a Hero — Very Reluctantly

Alien: Romulus: Andy Turns Bad — Thanks to an Old Friend

Dune Part Two Succeeds Brilliantly — But Dooms Plans for Part III

Alien: Romulus (2024) Wait! This Movie is Actually Good?

Dune 1984 Offers A Strong Finish to a Unique Adaptation

Alien Covenant (2017) Could’ve Worked. Here’s How

Dune (1984) vs the Classic Sci-Fi Novel: What Worked, What Didn’t

Alien: Covenant (2017): All’s Well That Ends Well for the Embryos

Where Did Dune 1984 Succeed? Where Did It Fail?

Alien: Covenant Part 5: Wake up, Daniels! It’s Obviously David!

Alien Resurrection Part 4: The Good, the Bad, and the… Bizarre

Alien Covenant (2017): Dr. Frankenstein in Space

Alien Resurrection (1997) Part 3: Call Up the Reluctant Robot

Alien Covenant (2017): David the Malicious Robot… Returns!

Alien Resurrection, Part 2: Trying to Recover After a Retcon

Alien: Covenant (2017): When the Prophet Fails

Alien Resurrection, Part 1: This Movie Pays for the Sins of the Last One

Alien: Covenant (2017): A Story Driven by Stupidity, Coincidence

Alien 3 Review, Part 4

Prometheus (2012): In the End Did Dr. Shaw Really Learn Anything?

Alien 3 Review, Part 3

Prometheus (2012): Oops. Our Alien Creators Now Want to Kill Us

Alien 3 Review, Part 2

Prometheus (2012): Don’t Touch the Aliens’ Stuff!

Alien 3 Review, Part 1

Sci-fi Film Explores Idea That Earth’s Life Was Seeded From Space

Aliens Review, Part 3

Interstellar 2014, Part 5: Time Travel Saves — But Also Destroys

Aliens Review, Part 2

Interstellar (2014), Review Part 4: So Who Are “They” Anyway?

Aliens Review, Part 1

Interstellar (2014): Dr Mann Uses Nature to Justify Murder

Alien Review, Part 3

Interstellar (2014): The Plot Thickens—Well, Relatively…

Alien Review, Part 2

Interstellar (2014): Starting Out at the End of the World

Alien Review, Part 1

Megan Review, Part 3

Megan Review, Part 2

Megan Review, Part 1

Dune Review, Part 3

Dune Review, Part 2

Dune Review, Part One

Arrival Review, Part 3

Arrival Review, Part 2

Arrival Review, Part 1

Wrapping Up the Westworld Series

Westworld Episode 10 Review (Part Two)

Westworld Episode 10 Review (Part One)

Westworld Episode 9 Review

Westworld: Episode 8 Review

Westworld: Episode 7 Review

Westworld: Episode 6 Review

Westworld: Episode 5 Review

Westworld: Episode 4 Review

Westworld: Episode 3 Review

Westworld: Episode 2 Review

Westworld: Episode 1 Review

The Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Part 3

Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Part 2

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Review, Part 1

Ghost in the Shell, Part 3

Ghost in the Shell, Part 2

Ghost in the Shell, Part 1

Her, Review 3

Her, Part Two

Her, Part One

The Last of Us: Final Thoughts

The Last of Us, Episode 9

The Last of Us, Episodes 7 & 8

The Last of Us, Episode 6

The Last of Us, Episode 5

The Last of Us, Episode 4

The Last of Us, Episode 3 (Part 3)

The Last of Us, Episode 3 (Part 2)

The Last of Us, Episode 3 (Part I)

The Last of Us Review: Episode 2

The Last of Us Review (Part 1)

Jurassic World: Dominion Part 4

Jurassic World: Dominion (Part 3)

Jurassic World: Dominion Review Part 2

Jurassic World: Dominion Review Part 1

Galaxy Quest Review Part 2: The Show Goes On

Galaxy Quest Review Part 1: Bumbling Actors in Space

Final Thoughts on The Orville Season Three — What Went Wrong

Orville Episode 10: You’ve Heard of Saving the Best for Last?

Should a Woman Die in Order to Save a Race of Robots?

Is It Technically Genocide If We Kill a Planetful of Robots?

The Orville 3 8: The Writers Finally Figured Out Moral Ambiguity

Orville: Isaac Gets To Be a Real Boy … for 30 seconds

The Orville, Season 3, Shows Its Authoritarian Side

The Orville: The Moral Conundrums of Time Travel, Part 1

Orville Episode 5: Bad Allegory — But Competent Writing

Orville Episode 5 Is an Allegory Done Right… Accidentally

Episode 4: The Orville Writers Try Their Hand at Woke Messaging

The Orville Crew Sails Into Hallucinations From Deathless Beings