Our Very Disturbed Man Flint (Review: 'Star Trek' 3.19, "Requiem for Methuselah")

You can tell the episode has a messed up concept when Spock needs to step and erase someone's memory.

Three years of war between Ukraine and Russia

It feels longer in a way to me. I imagine it must feel like an entirety for those involved in one war or the other, including the refugees that I know are in my area.

I don't think anyone wants this war to go on; Ukraine just wants a peace that will keep its country secure in the long-term, because it seems that Putin wants at the least a client state and at most to end Ukrainian independence. They might want to do a mineral deal, but not at the price of becoming an American vassal.

Trump has done vast damage to European security in his first month in office. It appears that we will now have to defend Europe from Russia largely on our own, with implications for public spending in other areas, not to mention taxation.

In any event, it seems Putin is not willing to compromise on anything meaningful and produce a peace deal that Ukraine should accept, so I guess the suffering will continue on both sides for a while longer sadly. Many more people will die or suffer life-changing injuries because one man wants to recreate an empire, regardless of cost.

I just wish more people would accept that, on both far-right and far-left.

The name's Bond. Amazon Bond.

So, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have handed over the reigns of the Bond franchise to Amazon after 30 years in charge of it.

To be frank, it wasn't in a great place. The last film was in 2021 and only because it was delayed in release a year because of Covid.

The reaction to this change has been one of concern. Mainly about it turning into the MCU or the Star Wars franchise with oversaturation. Along with a lot of jokes. Even I've done a few and I'll do a lot more.

A lot will depend on the creative personnel. There are a lot of Bond fans in the business; some of them actually very good creatives. What we need is a highly competent head honcho with good ideas and a keen eye for picking talent. The studio needs to give them a decent enough rope, but not too much - a director can go too far and this is not a charity.

Of course, we need a good Bond. A sort of Brosnan-type is my personal preference for the character; humour and darkness in the right mix.

As for spin-offs, I'm fine with one or two, but let's not overdo it, shall we?

Anyway, it's the end of an era in more ways than one. Bond has a new boss and he'll have to adjust to that reality.

If nothing else, it will be interesting to watch.

Totes-a-Mazzy letdown (Review: 'A Sacrifice', 2024)

Don't mind me, I'm just here for the... What the actual... Get your hands off her, you [expletive deleted]!

This review contains spoilers for this film and all four seasons of Stranger Things aired to date. When Sadie Sink leads a movie, some things are inevitable.

In a rather fun coincidence, the trailer for O'Dessa dropped on the same day I started watching this.

It's Agent Dunham, you creepy pervert! (Review: 'Fringe' 1.14, "Ability")

So, I kind of forgot this person was in this... and of course, they are a really good actor to boot.

1, 2, 3, 4 - Trump declares a trade war

This is one of the stupidest things Trump has done and that is saying something.

The reason we don't take American food is because of the lower standards they have there. Improve those and maybe there wouldn't be such a trade deficit.

This is going to hurt an awful lot of people at the end of the day. For no good reason at all.

Death by Stupidity Squad (Review: 'Star Trek: Section 31')

Alternative titles are "Let's Hire Hitler", "I'd happily kill all of these except the haughty Starfleet brunette", "Alias but in the Star Trek universe and awful" and "There are better ways to spend a commute".