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...
May the fourth be with you (tomorrow). Have you heard the apocryphal tale of Splinter of the Mind's Eye?
When I first heard about Splinter of the Mind's Eye, it was as the mythical, proposed fallback-sequel to Star Wars that would have been made in the event that Star Wars had not been t...
Having recently reread Dragons of Autumn Twilight, I naturally continue with the original Dragonlance books to this, Dragons of Winter Night. Once again proving that my fondness for the series and setting is not due only to nostalgia, this book continues the exciting story of Krynn's battle aga...
It's apparently difficult to date the original Conan stories, because many of them were written at more or less the same time and then submitted all at once to Weird Tales and printed whenever the editors decided. According to Wikipedia, though, Scarlet Citadel was published in January 1933, af...
The Devil's Workshop is a self-contained graphic novel about a steampunk Batman in Victorian-era London, fighting alongside Harry Houdini against an unknown foe. It is stylish, gripping, maniacal, and highly enjoyable.
Frankly, this work is so effective that it almost makes you wonder whether...
Jules Verne is one of my favorite authors. He's one of those classic speculative fiction writers who gets your imagination churning with cheap thrills and incredible plot-lines. I could spend a whole week reading his stuff and never get bored. Or I could just re-read a handful of his books, like 2...
I'm a big fan of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian series. Along with the Tarzan series, I used to read Conan stories while visiting my grandparents, because my grandfather had a vast collection of dime novels stashed away in his workshop.
Today, I think many people associate Conan, or ind...
I stumbled across a little one-issue zine called A Quick Primer for Old-School Gaming today. It's maybe 12 pages long, and it is an *excellent* book on [tabletop] RPG gaming. If you're a fan of OSR, or if you're just curious about the history of RPG and how it influences games and gamers today,...