Tuesday, June 28, 2022

From MadCap's Couch - Quantum Leap: "The Right Hand of God"

I aaaaaaam the greatest!

"Yer gonna eat lightning and yer gonna crap thunder!!!"

... seriously, why haven't I reviewed any of the Rocky movies yet?

Monday, June 27, 2022

MadCap's Reel Thoughts - "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996)


Alright, so now that we're back on the horse...

Last time, we had a so-so adventure link the past and the present together sort of, but not really. Captain James T. Kirk got his last big hurrah until it was time for Captain on the Bridge and bridged he was. Oh, also Doctor Loomis from the terrifying Rob Zombie timeline was trying to get into a mystical Hallmark dimension using missiles, no doubt because he was trying to escape being pulled back into the Rob Zombie timeline.

It also occurred to me, since doing that review, how little Picard actually cared about the people who had died under his command as well as how absolutely crap the man is at using the resources allocated to him.

Saturday, June 25, 2022

MadCap's Fiction Corner - "The Champions of Zobek" (Chapter 10)

image credit to Andreas Flouris

"In this corner! She comes from the planet of Concord Dawn! A warrior who has won many, many matches in this very arena! Mona Awaud!!!" Pirc's voice chirped over the intercom system. The crowd was going nuts, clearly looking forward to the match to come.

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

From MadCap's Couch - Quantum Leap: "Star-Crossed"

Hey, baby, I'm Jonathan Archer.
Don't you wanna say you hooked up with Jonathan Archer?

Well, looks like we're picking up right where we left off. Last time, Sam Beckett had scored the winning run and brought the Waco Bombers to a victory before leaping into the body of a college professor in a room full of nubile young students. What's he going to do next?!

... get your mind out of the gutter.

... I mean, it is the 1970s.

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

What If... Mace Windu survived his fight with Palpatine? (Part 17)


So, unlike last time, I have actually watched the first two (and will have watched the third by the time this goes live) episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

... yeah, it's alright. Some issues, but nothing that completely takes me out of it.

Also, last time, the Jedi had managed to spring the trap and get to Mas Amedda, who revealed to them the terrible truth they had already known: somehow, Palpatine has returned. Mace, Anakin, and Obi-Wan were all brought to a new Death Star orbiting the forest moon of Endor, where they encountered a much younger, more able Palpatine. And it is here that we picked up with our story already in progress...

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

From MadCap's Couch - Quantum Leap: "Genesis" (Part 1 & 2)


Alrighty, well... Twitter has spoken (not that I gave it much choice) and here we are to jump into a brand new series! After four series worth of watching and reviewing the adventures of a man who travels haphazardly through time and space, setting right what once went wrong and hoping that each leap would be the leap home (despite the fact he blew it up), I have decided to take the bold next step and... watch and review the adventures of a man who travels haphazardly through time and space, setting right what once went wrong and hoping that each leap would be the leap home.

But the American version!

Saturday, June 11, 2022

MadCap's Fiction Corner - Seattle By Night: "If It Wasn't For Bad Luck..." (Part 8)

"I'm just... I'm so confused."

She sat there, staring at the man up to his neck in wax. Ben didn't move, didn't breathe, didn't blink. She knew he couldn't breathe, knew it all too well, in fact. Largely because she wasn't doing it, either. It had taken Angelica Knox some time to adjust to that reality. She didn't breathe, she didn't... anything. She just... was. And what she was was... hungry. She'd eaten at Ben's apartment, but afterward she still felt that hunger gnawing at her gut.

"What are you confused by?" Angelica nearly jumped out of her skin as she heard Nathaniel behind her.

Saturday, June 4, 2022

MadCap's Fiction Corner - Seattle By Night: "If It Wasn't For Bad Luck..." (Part 7)


"Wait, so it's like..."

"Like that movie Wanted, yes." Nathaniel explained as the torpor-stricken body of Ben Grayson was laid into the pool of wax and vitae. "I hate how that somehow managed to get into a film."

"It was a graphic novel first." Samuel interjected.

"Nobody reads anymore." Hugo quipped.

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

What If... Mace Windu survived his fight with Palpatine? (Part 16)


What's that? I'm doing this just because the Kenobi series came out with its first two episodes (which I have not watched at the time I'm writing this) and am trying to appease the algorithm?

Why must you be so cynical? It's so uncivilized!