Monthly Archives: February 2021

Firefly (2002-2003) TV series & Serenity (2005) review

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Jeroen Admiraal

Well, one thing’s for sure. There won’t be a season 2 review. Firefly really is a western in space, complete with all the typical characters that you would usually see in a western. The gunslinger, the priest, the doctor, the … Continue reading →

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Mini-Reviews: 14 movies from 2020

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Jeroen Admiraal

Hey everyone, Here are some more micro reviews for movies from 2020. I did this before. Here is part 1 for 2020: Linky McLinkface. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019). The F&F franchise has inexplicably morphed into a … Continue reading →

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Review: Michael Swanwick – The Iron Dragon’s Daughter (1993)

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 Jane was taken as a young girl. A changeling. Now, going through puberty, she works in a hellish Dickensian factory alongside goblins, fays and trolls, run by corrupt elves, making black dragons of iron for the elves’ war effort. … Continue reading →

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I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020) Review

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Jeroen Admiraal

9.0/10 A Charlie Kaufman film so you know it’s going to be out there. An old guy imagines himself as a young man with a girlfriend who then wants to break up with him. How sad is that? It takes … Continue reading →

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Review: Philip K. Dick – Martian Time-Slip (1964)

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Jeroen Admiraal

7.5/10 I bought this book because I like the title. Isn’t it mysterious? (And I’m a big fan of PKD) So, what is going on on Mars? Isolated homesteaders are eking out a living on the dusty plains of the … Continue reading →

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Which old SF TV show shall I watch? Babylon 5? Firefly? Farscape?

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Jeroen Admiraal

I’m watching the Expanse and greatly enjoying it. It’s probably the best SF show produced right now and one of the best – if not the best – SF show of all time.  Inspired by a YouTube video about top … Continue reading →

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Review: Adrian Tchaikovsky – Children of Ruin (2019)

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Jeroen Admiraal

6.5/10 Slight spoilers for Children of Time How could a book about terraforming, uplifted species, evolution, alien communication and large timescales be so hard to get through? Children of Ruin is the sequel to the successful science fiction novel Children … Continue reading →

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