what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{5/5} “There are great times on the way, days of gold and nights cool and sweet-smelling. This isn’t the only happiness, this world turning under us. Look up tonight, see them all out there… See them burning, smiling…” Star Trek: Harlan Ellison’s City on the Edge of Forever — the Original Teleplay adapted by Scott […]
{4.5/5} “This isn’t ‘some planet,’ this is your planet! These monsters murdered my crew, cut into their brains! You’ve got to do something! You don’t believe me, talk to Cornelius and Zira! They’ve seen it all, and they saved me!” Star Trek / Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive by Scott Tipton, David Tipton […]
{4/5} “The freedom to be who we are. To express our humanity, each in our own unique way! This is what our Federation of Planets believes.” Star Trek: New Visions (8 volumes), written & photomontaged by John Byrne, published in 2013-19 When the Enterprise receives a signal from Delta Vega, Captain Kirk knows that his […]
Another species of human ancestor has been discovered in the Philippines. It has some similarities to modern humans but also some features that existed in much older ancestors — finds like this tell you there’s much more to be discovered about our history. There’s a chart that shows you where it fits in the family […]
{4.5/5} “I feel like these metaphors have not been cleared for this pep rally.” Sorry to Bother You, released in 2018 Cassius gets a new job as a telemarketer. The old guy next to him gives him a suggestion — use his “white voice.” Once he starts doing that, he makes a lot more sales. […]
{5/5} “Would you believe me if I told you I was sent here from the future?” X-Men: Days of Future Past, released in 2014 In the future machines called sentinels are wiping out mutants and all who help them. It’s a war that’s being lost. Professor X and Magneto come up with a plan — […]
{4.5/5} “Most captains didn’t keep the same people around them for decades, or even a few years. Fame had awarded him that. He and his merry band were an asset to Starfleet when they were together, not apart. Starfleet had never enacted its commonsense right to reassign.” Star Trek: New Earth — Challenger by Diane […]
{4.5/5} “Not since the merge. Now it’s all like, ‘Do your job. Show up on time. Quit challenging Terrence to rap battles.’” — Kimchee Kim’s Convenience season 3, aired in 2019 Mrs. Kim buys a new dishwasher but Mr. Kim has a plan for buying the same one at a cheaper price. Jung finally decides […]
{5/5} “The only thing that can move across dimensions like time is gravity.” Interstellar, released in 2014 Cooper was a pilot, until the world didn’t need pilots any more. It needed farmers, so he became a farmer. Until a gravity anomaly led him to a top-secret facility — NASA — where they want him to […]
{4.5/5} “Anybody else want to negotiate?” The Fifth Element, released in 1997 Evil is threatening the galaxy, and only the Fifth Element can stop it. Through a complicated series of events Leeloo, the Fifth Element, crashes into Korben Dallas’s taxi and he rescues her instead of turning her over to the police. They travel to […]