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Lower Decks “Fully Dilated” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 18:00:54 +0000

Penis, bums, and willies, or are we just saying the double entendres are not intentional in an episode called “Fully Dilated”? Directed by Megan Lloyd again, I know before I see more than a minute of the episode that we’re going to get pretty solid direction from the former storyboard artist. From a name we know to a writing assistant we don’t, Andrew Mueth takes the helm…

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Lower Decks “Of Gods and Angels” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:02 +0000

So what exactly happened to Captain Carrol? Directed by Brandon Williams, this is his penultimate episode before we cover “Fissure Quest” towards the end of Lower Decks. I’ve previously covered what Williams has done in his other episode of the season, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel.” This episode was written by “Dos Cerritos” and “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee” writer Aaron Burdette. Once again…

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Lower Decks “Starbase 80?!” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:00:52 +0000

Right, someone needs to get the razors out now, it is getting more than ridiculous. Back once again with the renegade master, Bob Suarez, this is his penultimate episode as director, previously working on Big Mouth and Solar Opposites, as well as previously being a storyboard artist for Daria in seasons 3-5. While previously being an assistant to Mike McMahan here in season 2, and an assistant to…

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Lower Decks “A Farewell to Farms” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:00:55 +0000

Do you have no humanity? There is no need to get a man out of his bed for Sto’vo’kor. Directed by “Dos Cerritos” director Megan Lloyd, there isn’t much to say about her directorial career given she’s only ever done Lower Decks. While story editor and writer Diana Tay writes her first and I believe only episode for Lower Decks. Something she’s used to as she’s written one episode for Pen15…

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Lower Decks “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:00:23 +0000

The Best Exotic Heart of Darkness Hotel. Directed by former storyboard artist, Brandon Williams, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” is his fourth of five stories directed by him. With prior work on the 2017 reboot of Wacky Races, Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, and a lot of work on Solar Opposites. Williams also appears in several reviews of Lower Decks (his episodes) for The 7th Rule…

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Lower Decks “Shades of Green” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:00:59 +0000

Come on, roll daddy some double sixes and let this war continue. I’m next on the ICC’s list, aren’t I? Directed by Bob Suarez, best known to us for directing multiple episodes across four of the five seasons, including “Something Borrowed, Something Green.” This time the writing credit goes to Keith Foglesong, a newbie to the realm of Trek to this point, but has worked on other shows…

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Lower Decks “Dos Cerritos” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:00:02 +0000

I’ll regret this if something is found, but to quote Toryn Green: “Leave the memories alone, don’t change a thing.” Directed by Megan Lloyd, Lloyd is best known for directing three pretty good episodes (that I might have been hard on) last season, including “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee.” The same episode was written by Aaron Burdette, the sole writer this time out with “Dos Cerritos.

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SDCC Doctor Who & Star Trek Rundown

Keiran McEwen — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:00:53 +0000

With Nerd-mecca (San Diego Comic-Con) over with for another year, I think it is about time we give a “quick” rundown of two of the major franchises we cover a lot here at Phenixx Gaming. We don’t usually cover everything Star Trek and Doctor Who, I do have digestive biscuits to eat and coffee to drink after all, but I do cover both quite a lot. Let’s talk about the exciting and some not-so…

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Lower Decks “Old Friends, New Planets” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:00:35 +0000

An episode that’s a 30-minute version of Wrath of Khan, with heavy connections to TNG, including “Lower Decks?” I’m in! Directed by Bob Suarez, he returns from “Something Borrowed, Something Green” and “A Few Badgeys More” from earlier this season. As I’ve said before, Suarez had some episodes in seasons 1 and 2 as well. Surprisingly, the episode is written by McMahan’s former assistant…

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Lower Decks “The Inner Fight” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 18:00:09 +0000

“What in the minimalist hell…” Finally, someone agrees with me, this simple and minimalist design everyone is going for is horrible. Maybe I should note that Mike McMahan’s “The Inner Fight” is a two-parter and all that before I start complimenting Beckett on her hatred of minimalist styles, but the point still stands. Directed by Brandon Williams, known this season for “In the Cradle of Vexilon”…

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