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{4.5/5} “I’m also saying you’ve done your job properly, Captain. The people you trained to be the leaders who will stand in your stead whenever you decide it’s time to enjoy your well-earned retirement are more than ready to answer the call. They’re not leaving you; they’re carrying your legacy into the future.” Star Trek: […]
All of the Star Trek novels that take place in the 24th century have been part of a shared, consistent universe for the last 20 years. These novels take place after Nemesis, after “What You Leave Behind,” and after “Endgame.” They fall into the novel series The Next Generation, Titan, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and […]
{5/5} “Old Earth had already been surrounded by a belt of slagged tech, fast-moving wreckage, and miscellaneous debris so dense that it required a skilled pilot with algo assistance to navigate it. The last time anyone had attempted to clear a path they’d accidentally started a conflagration between leave-behind killbots from the sore losers of […]
Ramsey Theory “states that given enough elements in a set or structure some particularly interesting pattern among them is guaranteed to emerge.” And we all know that humans evolved to find patterns. This explains the subset of conspiracy theories where people think that an old text has predicted something. Here’s the explanation on TED-Ed: The […]
{4.5/5} “‘What makes a Loki a Loki?’ ‘Independence, authority… style.” Loki season 1, aired in 2021 When a tesseract is dropped at his feet, Loki grabs it — he thinks he’s free, but the timeline police arrest him almost immediately. Loki has no powers inside the Time Variance Authority. Agent Mobius comes along to offer […]
{5/5} “The universe is a vast and wild place, and in this chaotic variety lies not disintegration, but the means to realize a fuller, more sustained unity of self. In embracing what is different in others, we become more fully ourselves.” The Autobiography of Mr. Spock by Una McCormack, published in 2021 Before his mission […]
{4.5/5} “The people that are left, they’ve become… You don’t know, do you? I do. They’re not the kind of people worth saving.” A Quiet Place Part II, released in 2020 After the attack at their house, the family must move on. But moving is very dangerous. They must be quiet, of course, to avoid […]
{5/5} “Do you think I want to spend my weekend pretending to be engaged to a lunatic rather than tell my parents the truth? … I’ll pick you up in the morning.” — Mary 3rd Rock from the Sun season 3, aired in 1997-98 Sally, Harry, and Tommy have returned to the home planet — […]
Here’s an update to this list. This universe has concluded and there is a new DC universe starting in 2025. Justice League movies Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016 -> 4/5 Justice League 2017 -> 4.5/5 Zack Snyder’s Justice League 2021 -> 4/5 Suicide Squad movies Suicide Squad 2016 -> watched the first half […]
Here’s an updated version of this list. Here are my mini-reviews of the first 5 movies. As usual, Marvel has announced a bunch of exciting movies for the next couple of years. Iron Man movies Iron Man 2008 -> 4.5/5 Iron Man 2 2010 -> 4/5 Iron Man 3 2013 -> 4.5/5 Thor movies Thor […]