I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review may contain spoilers.
This episode has it all: a noir atmosphere, the urgent need to get across a European border, a story mostly set in the confines of a train, a valuable MacGuffin that two separa...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. These reviews contain spoilers.
This episode pits UNCLE against biological weapons, and the opening is both morbid and sobering. Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin are in extreme hazmat suits, communicating only wit...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. These reviews contain spoilers.
Somebody's poisoning the wheatfields of Russia with a fungus delivered by missile. Well, it's delivered by missile shot at water, which opens a hatch on the missile so a propellant...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. These reviews contain spoilers.
This is a good one, showing UNCLE up to its most subversive plot yet. At the order of Mr. Waverly, Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin must deal with a Russian "diplomat" named Kurasov...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. These reviews contain spoilers.
Finally, a proper opening! Instead of the cheerful explanation of what a secret agent is, this episode starts with the beginning sequence I recall seeing when I first watched this...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. These reviews contain spoilers.
Remember Gervaise and Bufferton from Quadripartite, and how Waverly assured Solo that they'd be back? Well, they're back.
This one's a good episode that turns the tables in a...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. These reviews contain spoilers.
Mind control. Sleeper cells. It's the usual spy stuff, and I think probably a fallback UNCLE script.
There's nothing wrong with this episode. It's good, but the plot is a fair...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. These reviews contain spoilers.
They keep the surprises coming. From the title, I was sure that this was destined to be the inevitable The Deadliest Game episode, but as it turns out it's got nothing to do with...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. These reviews contain spoilers.
This episode is the first with any real involvement of Illya Kuraykin, and while he comes across as being really really cool and intriguing, he unfortunately serves mostly as the f...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. These reviews contain spoilers.
New discovery. The fourth-wall-breaking introduction is actually part of the opening titles. They happen again in this episode. I've got to admit, it's pretty tedious to sit throu...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. These reviews contain spoilers.
It surprises me to say this on the second episode of the series, but it's possible that Man from UNCLE hit its peak with the Iowa-Scuba Affair. That's not to say I expect the r...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. These reviews contain spoilers.
The first episode of the Man from UNCLE is a solid story with one major missed opportunity. This episode could have been the ideal series opener, but as it is, it's a good episod...
When I was a kid, I loved watching The Man from UNCLE on Nick-at-Night. The idea of a secret organization with inherently unsung heroes appealed to me, maybe partly because I felt pretty thoroughly unnoticed at school (when not being bullied), or maybe just because everyone on the show seemed so...
Some time ago, I picked up the Anniversary Edition of Rise of the Runelords, the very first Pathfinder adventure path. It's 428 pages containing six modules, starting with Burnt Offerings. Over this Waitangi Day's weekend, I finally had the chance to sit down, kick my feet up, and start reading...
Dragonlance Chronicles starts at the end of the 5-year personal quests of the book's heroes. The Preludes series provides some specific stories from the 5 years leading up to Chronicles, and Kendermore, the second book, is about an adventure experienced by Tasslehoff Burrfoot. I'm going to r...
The base rules of Magic: The Gathering are no more complex than any other card game, such as Poker or Bridge.
Setup
You start the game with 20 life pointns and a deck of 60 cards, unless you're playing the Commander variant, in which case you start with 40 life and 100 cards.
At the start of...