Originally published January 1995, in Comics Buyer’s Guide 1995 Annual
Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? If so, it would seem Marvel Comics has managed it.
Category: But I Digress…
TOS vs. TNG
Originally published December 30, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1102
Seeing Star Trek Generations (no, this isn’t another review) pointed out for me, in stark relief, some of the major differences between Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) and Trek of the Next Generation. So I thought I’d point them out to you, too.
Movie review: Star Trek Generations
Originally published December 23, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1101
When Star Trek: The Motion Picture (quickly dubbed “The Motionless Picture”) opened, there was no escaping the fact that it was a Very Bad Movie. Yet many dedicated Trek fans seized on the positives (what few there were) and clung to the fact that it was, at least, Star Trek. That the franchise was being perpetuated, and that the voyages were still continuing.
And so it continues. We may have lost Star Trek the dream or Star Trek the creative vision, but, by God, at least Star Trek the franchise continues unabated. And some apologists and dedicated fans have returned in force, as fresh-faced and well-scrubbed as they were years ago, and they’ve sung the praises of Generations because they want it to be good. They want it to be good so much that it’s almost painful to watch them. I feel like I’m kicking a puppy dog or knocking the crutch out from under Tiny Tim when I am forced to sorrowfully conclude that Generations is, in fact, not a very good movie.
Talking Points
Originally published December 16, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1100
A sort of morbid incredulity has settled, for the moment, over bleeding-heart liberals such as my humble self. Even a bit of distant black humor rears its head. For instance, I was telling a group of comics fans about an upcoming development in Marvel’s futuristic “2099” line of books. I said, “Doom takes over America.” And the immediate response I got was, “Didn’t that just happen?”
In LA for B5, Part 3
Originally published December 9, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1099
Wrapping up my journal of my trip out to Los Angeles for the filming of “Soul Mates,” an episode I’ve written for the syndicated SF series Babylon 5:
In LA for B5, Part 2
Originally published December 2, 1994, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1098
(Continuing my sojourn to Los Angeles to watch the filming of an episode of Babylon 5 written by your humble scribe:)
In LA for B5, Part 1
Originally published November 25, 1994 in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1097
Wednesday, Oct. 26. On the road once more. This time I have journeyed to Los Angeles to watch the filming of my first foray into television: an episode of Babylon 5.
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