Say you’re a mad scientist running experiments on children in order to weaponize their brains and have a decent sized DOD budget to convert an old missile silo into your secret squirrel base out in the desert. And then your first test subject (who is really into spiders, killed his family with his mind and generally do…

Does that imply that Echo is Face? Or is Hunter Face, which would make Tech Hannibal?
OH wait wait... Rhea Pearlman I think might be Hannibal, Cid comes up with all the plans so it’s Cid as Hannibal, Wrecker as B.A. Baracas, Tech as Murdock, and Hunter and Echo get to share Faceman. Omega is that reporter lady that…

Elevator pitch:

If you haven’t already, play Duel of the Fates during the Ocean lightsaber fight. It is practically timed to go with it if you start the music just before Kylo crushes the pyramid macguffin, and gives a nice “full circle” feel, but the majority of the “First Order” trilogy is mind numbingly bad.

Dathan as in Dath-n or Dathan like Nathan with a D? Because one sounds very Sith-ish and the other sounds like your 3 year old nephew that has a head cold.

Mid-credits scene for Shang-Chi 2, Xialing calls Shang about a mysterious group calling themselves the “Daughters of the Dragon” that keeps taking out her guys as they investigate some mystical temple. Shang asks Wong what he knows. Wong says he “knows a guy.” Cut to Katy, Wong, and Shang portaling into Harlem’s…

And an almost fanatical dedication to the Emperor... Their *four*... No... Amongst their weapons... Amongst their weaponry are such elements as fear, sur-... We’ll come in again.

“Mid-Century bulkhead”

Pike: “I’ll stay behind on the dangerous away mission because I am functionally immortal until 10 years from now. I have temporal plot armor and Spock is smarter and stronger than the rest of you, so go on.. get. We’ll be fine.”

And the memes, don’t forget the memes:

Is this the guy who spent like $70,000 on a desk and put a giant image of Coal on the EPA landing page? The guy who gutted the EPA’s budget, suspended the clean water rule and said that a bunch of carcinogens are “probably fine” and put a coal lobbyist as his second in command?  

He quickly of went from “goofy manchild” to “gymrat/crisprat/everything is awesome” to something where for the lack of a better term the “vibes are off” or “Stepford-y.” That thing where things are seemingly ok on the surface but a certain amount soulless dread peeks out through the dead-eyed fake-smiling veneer of…

I enjoyed this episode more than the first. The toned down glimpses of the captains future as Ms. Claridge, and the fact that it was a self contained story helped.

Random musings:

I have concerns, but again the first season of any Star Trek sort of sucks until they find their legs. I’m not a huge fan of the “everybody gets a noonien singh” thing that Kurtzman seems to be doing, and as much as La’an brings to the table with tactical awareness she seems to be in a Logic-off with Spock most of the…

Like at what point would Jurati say, “Yea let’s loose the awesome hair, put it under a skullcap that makes it look like my eyes are slightly closer together so I look really off putting and have to wear a steampunk mask all the time.” Instead of saying, “I’m the Borg Queen, we’re keeping the hair and will alternate…

Bruce Campbell and Lucy Lawless drive up in a pristine Delta 88 and sit down on their Illuminati chairs.
Steven: “Is that Lucy Lawless?”
B.C: “Shut your pie hole Dracula, we’re asking the questions.”
Aligator Loki: “Hisses”
B.C: “Yea, what he said.” 

Ok, so far the Illuminati consists of:
Lockjaw
Aligator Loki
Captain Carter
Shuri
Professor X
Morgan Stark
Franklin Richards
Kingo
and Namor
/s

Sort of weirdly hoping they give Dan Stevens as Legion a cameo somewhere down the line when they finally do bring Mutants into the fold. Give him the full sky-high flattop and have him wandering around the astral plane barefoot in scrubs in the background as someone flies by on their main story arc. Similar to how…