Epilogue to Rossum’s Universal Robots
My big finish as Alquist in a Zoom-based production of R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots).
Final Mission (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 9) Picard and Wesley bond on a Desert Planet
Rewatching ST:TNG after a 20-year break. The plot, such as it is, quickly gets Picard and Wesley separated from the Enterprise and in the company of a mining shuttle pilot who challenges Picard’s authority. After a few on-location scenes in a bleak desert, the story shifts to the standard generic cave set, where some falling chunks of foam and an avalanche sound effect puts Picard out of commission, setting up…
Enjoy the showmanship as a 94yo woman performs in a dance competition.
Future Imperfect (ST:TNG Rewatch, Season Four, Episode 8) Riker Van Winkle
Rewatching ST:TNG after 30 years. After playing the trombone at his birthday party and passing out on a gassy planet, a gray-flecked Riker awakens in sickbay, where he learns 16 years have passed and he is now the captain of the Enterprise. After the requisite medical technobabble (virus, amnesia, blah blah), Dr. Crusher tries to usher him to his quarters, but Riker instead heads to the bridge, where he’s startled…
Someone I know very well is in the trailer for Midnight (2020)
Headlines: Why editors matter in journalism.
Headlines are important. (Send an editor some love.)