
Suspend Me
February 28, 2018Cereal Atomic, film, future, James Mandell, Mars, Passengers, pop culture, sci fi, science, space, space travel, technologyNo comments


Remember the movie “Passengers” from a year or two back? It’s a couple hundred years in the future and big space-liners are ferrying hundreds of humans to a new Eden-like planet that takes, I dunno, a hundred years in Earth time to get to, so everyone mounts their hibernation...
Star Trek, the Last Voyage
February 27, 2018Cereal Atomic, Chevy Chase, comedy, Dan Aykroyd, James Mandell, John Belushi, nostalgia, pop culture, retro, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Star Trek, television, tvNo comments


In 1976, just at the end of their first season, the cast did an extended Star Trek skit which few people will remember. It’s remarkable in multiple ways. First, of course, it features John Belushi as Captain Kirk, with Chevy Chase as Spock and Dan Aykroyd playing McCoy. Given...