The Foundation of the NBA and the NFL with the terror of killer robots and killer humans. Oh way more than The Summer I Turned Pretty; this is #SetTheVCR.
Tag: Star Trek
257 | Mark A. Altman (Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to producer/writer Mark A. Altman a co-creator of Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982 a docuseries streaming on The CW App.
Morning Tea: Captain Kirk Takes Up Social Media Space…
What’s popping in popular culture? Sammy steeps some seriously serious tea which prompts reflections.
217 | Michael Robbins (Walkman)
My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to poet and writer Michael Robbins whose latest poetry collection is Walkman.
Morning Tea: Star Trek: Voyager Documentary
Star Trek: Picard isn’t working. It’s partly the cheap Millennialization (which is frustrating because it’s not for you. On this point I side with the gatekeepers). Tragically Picard may end up in the collection of Star Trek failures: Enterprise and Discovery. Good writing is good writing. So yeah it’s fairly easy to classify them as…
Picard’s First Tea
Ok. Are we gonna discuss last night’s Picard debut??! Barely 3 minutes into the first episode Jean-Luc Picard says in that forceful Patrick Stewart way: “Let’s behave like civilized men.” And then pours a cup of tea before he gets a response. Tea out the gate. Fresh! I have other feelings but man to see…
Quality Time is TV’s Love Language
Star Trek: Picard is a love letter to the back in the day 22…24…even 26 episodes per television season. A fascinating aspect of Picard’s return jubilation is it is partially because he was in 178 Next Generation episodes (and 4 movies.). From September 28, 1987 to May 23, 1994 we had quality time together every…
#SetTheVCR: January 19-25, 2020
Welcome back to a new #SetTheVCR and a new streaming service. The latest New Kid on the Block is Peacock from NBCUniversal (a subsidiary of Comcast. So clearly they got lots of “content” to offer.). The service will launch on July 15, 2020. Is TV getting stressful? Aren’t you glad you have the following TV recommendations to make your life easier? You’re welcome!
Together, America, We Will Say Goodbye To Cory Booker
The 2020 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Cory Booker was announced on February 1, 2019. Booker suspended his campaign on January 13, 2020.
The Bedazzled Nerd
N*E*R*D means No-one Ever Really Dies. Just ask Pharrell Williams.