Category Archives: Star Trek

Star Trek: Into Darkness movie review

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I wasn’t sure I wanted to see the Star Trek sequel. I liked the first movie, but didn’t love it. No matter how much JJ Abrams tried to hide it, I knew who the villain would be (and that fed into my reluctance to see it). But, in the end, I went and saw it. While there were some good parts, overall I wasn’t thrilled with it. Warning, there will be spoilers below as I talk about the issues I had with Star Trek: Into Darkness.

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The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison

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The City on the Edge of Forever by Harlan Ellison is Ellison’s big wet raspberry to Gene Roddenberry. Harlan Ellison has many traits that have won him awards and enemies. And one of his biggest traits is a thirst for revenge when he feel he has been wronged. After waiting and fuming for 30+ years with Gene Roddenberry saying his script was almost unfilmable and over-budget and had crew members doing drugs, Ellison waited until Roddenberry died and then published his side of the story.

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