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Second Trek

I went to see the new Star Trek film at the Genesis for a second time. It is very rare for me to do this but I thought this was a film that deserved a second viewing. The last time I did this was for the Lord of the Rings films, which I enjoyed much […]

For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky

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I did it. I went to see Star Trek. Was it as good as I wanted it to be? No, it could never be. Is it a good film? It is a bloody great film.
JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot is a masterpiece of SF […]

I’m A Doctor, Not An Escalator

In the few months before the release of the new Star Trek film I am trying to watch a number of episodes of the Original Series, or TOS if you prefer. One I watched recently was called Friday’s Child. It was an average episode about the crew of the Enterprise becoming entangled in a planet’s […]