By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Infrequent Traveler From Jotunheim By and large, there have been countless colorful, eccentric and oft-powerful beings in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (aka the MCU), ranging from intergalactic genocidal tyrants (re: Thanos, Ego, Hela, Dormammu) to well-intentioned sidekicks (Korg, Mantis, etc.) But sometimes, some of these characters just want…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Former Bedrock Resident During this period of pandemic-related lockdown, it’s not surprising that, given the delays with new Fall TV shows having fallen behind production schedules, that most of us would decide to revisit some older TV properties, if only to keep cheerful and relatively sane. A great…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Ten Forward Regular Fifty-four years ago, an inventive sci-fi series about Starfleet explorers aboard an iconic starship launched an enduring franchise that would see seven spin-offs (with a few more planned), thirteen movies and countless books, graphic novels and memorabilia. Indeed, Star Trek has been to the final frontier and…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and Former Muppets Labs Intern Just think of it: The Muppets have been in existence for nearly 70 years. They’ve been a constant in our pop culture awareness, going back to their modest beginnings in a small TV show called Sam and Friends in 1955, later gaining greater fame through…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and TV Writer After a busy and tumultuous first season, CBS All Access’ foray into the Star Trek universe decided to push the envelope by tapping yet again into well known lore from the original series, while still creating new avenues to explore strange new life and civilizations. And boy oh…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and TV Writer The long-awaited next chapter (or chronologically speaking, the previous?) in the Star Trek canon has now hit the home video format after a successful first season outing on the CBS All-Access premium channel, and like many of its predecessors, it doesn’t disappoint one bit. Despite its…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor and TV Writer Fifty two years into its history as one of the pioneer sci-fi staples of popular culture, Star Trek has seen six TV series, thirteen feature films, one (AHEM) questionable animated cartoon and countless spoofs. Now, with the rising popularity of the CBS hit Star Trek: Discovery, several new projects…
By Dominic Messier, Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Honorary Gallifreyan As the tenth Doctor Who modern season drew to a close with the Christmas Special promising yet another regeneration process towards the Time Lord’s new body, speculation has run more rampant than an accurate description of The Silence race on the popular hit show. While everyone…