Science fiction
Taken
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Review
Science fiction
Taken
I am trying my hand at reviews again, analyzing and grading the episodes of Taken. Spoilers ahead!
1 Beyond the sky
2 Jacob and Jesse
3 High hopes
4 Acid tests
5 Maintenance
6 Charlie and Lisa
7 God'e equation
8 Dropping the dishes
9 John
10 Taken
Grades:
Couldn't even stand to watch it once.
1 ...
8 August, 2006
Voyager, Season 7
Tags: Science fiction
Star Trek
Unimatrix zero, part II. A daring plan. Romance.
30 June, 2006
Next generation, movies
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Star Trek
Number / Name
Why I liked it
1
7
Generations
Fantastic opening, with the spinning bottle.
Journalists!
Old/new. Old/young. Retired/active. Experienced/not. Dead/alive.
Fun with time. 2nd chances.
The ultimate hero finally running out of luck.
Humor.
The emotionless learning abo ...
7 January, 2006
Original series, movies
Tags: Science fiction
Star Trek
Number / Name
Why I liked it
1
The motion picture
The search for absolute logic, absolute non-emotion. But
emotions are necessary.
Being demoted. Does the new old captain know his job? Is he too obsessed?
A rare transporter accident.
An old love affair ...
7 January, 2006
Deep Space Nine, Season 7
Tags: Science fiction
Star Trek
Number / Name
Why I liked it
551, 7:1
Image in the sand
Vision. Interpreting it, following it.
Mourning. Helping a friend. Religion, ritual.
Song.
Disturbing news about mother.
A kind member of an arrogant race.
552, 7:2
Shadows and symbo ...
31 December, 2004
2:17 The probe
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Outer limits
Review
Science fiction
Plot / themes
A plane. A hurricane. Crashing on water. Fog. And now the lifeboat is suddenly in a building. And experiments are conducted, and an alien supervises. Sorry, an alien rat interferes. Oh, who cares?
Plot in short
Relevancy of plot
Why is that alien sniffing about? Is that supposed ...
15 October, 2004
2:16 The premonition
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Outer limits
Review
Science fiction
Plot / themes
A test pilot. A crash landing? To the pilot and his wife, the rest of the world is now frozen in time, slightly in the past. Or almost frozen. Their daughter about to be run over by a truck. And with a deadline, or they will be trapped in this limbo.
Is there a creature in this weir ...
15 October, 2004
2:15 The brain of colonel Barham
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Outer limits
Review
Science fiction
Plot / themes
Equipping a spaceship with a computer won't do - so they also have to add a human brain. The brain of an intelligent, educated, bitter, physically sick man. But what about the wife? Is the experiment even possible?
And then it turned cheasy... The brain in the bowl can zap a person, ...
15 October, 2004
2:14 Counterweight
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Outer limits
Review
Science fiction
Plot / themes
An experiment - letting passengers on a long, fake spaceflight, to see how they react. Is there a "stow away"?
Plot in short
It will be relevant one day.
Relevancy of plot
How much is fear based on reality, and how much on what's in our heads?
Plot is thought provoking
Realisti ...
15 October, 2004
2:13 The duplicate man
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Outer limits
Review
Science fiction
Plot / themes
An intelligent, aggressive alien. (Argh! The hostile alien is out to get me! Groan.)
A mad scientist and an escaped alien. The scientist duplicates himself, so the copy can hunt the alien. But then it turns into another fight, as either copy or original will have to die. Or both!
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15 October, 2004
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