Taking place shortly before the events of A New Hope, Rogue One is about the people trying to get the plans for the Death Star safely into the Rebellion’s hands. There are no Jedi, although Chirrut Imwe is a sort of Force wielder. What I loved about this movie is that it was all new characters. Yes Darth Vader makes an appearance and so does an AI Moff Tarkin. Bail Organa does make an appearance. And a bad AI Princess Leia. But for the most part the main characters are people completely new to the franchise. So you don’t know how their story is going to end. And it’s refreshing.
Strange Magic
A review of fantasy books and movies.
Sunday, February 1, 2026
Sunday, January 25, 2026
Rodan (1956)
When a mining company digs far down into the earth, they
awaken Rodan a giant pterodactyl like creature capable of flying at supersonic
speeds. Part of the Toho Godzilla series. It’s stupid, but still fun!
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Only a Tranq by ValmureEld
A little one shot where Claire is freaking out because Owen was shot with a raptor tranquilizer in Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom. It’s short and it’s fun.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15019187
Sunday, January 11, 2026
The Undiscovered Country (1991)
In this movie, Kirk and McCoy are accused of killing a
Klingon High Chancellor and sentenced to life imprisonment on a prison planet.
The crew of the Enterprise, not believing that their captain would do such a
thing despite his issues with the klingons, set off to rescue them and thwart a
conspiracy to end hostilities with the klingons. One of the better original
Star Trek movies.
Sunday, January 4, 2026
The Hunger Games (2012)
A pretty faithful adaptation of the book and one of the best
survival movies I’ve seen in a while. Let’s be honest here I’m not the biggest
fan of dystopia media. In fact I wasn’t that crazy about the other books/movies
in this series which is why they won’t be talked about here. But I like this
first book/movie. I guess because there is a little bit of survival wrapped in
it. A thought about whether or not Katniss is going to survive the Hunger
Games. It’s as enjoyable as any of these kind of movies can be.
Friday, December 26, 2025
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993-1997)
Basically the Superman story. We have all the characters,
Lois Lane, Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, ect. One thing I noticed about
this story is that they concentrate a lot more on the relationship between Lois
and Clark than some of the others. I remember enjoying it although I haven’t
watched it in years.
Saturday, December 20, 2025
A Fantastic Holiday Tale by alexcat
I know I haven’t posted any Christmas stuff this year. SciFi
doesn’t have a lot of Christmas specials and I have run out in the last couple
of years. But I’ve come across another one! This is a Fantastic Four movie
based on the early 2000s movies. Basically it’s a fluff piece where Sue wants
to have a Christmas party for her family and to try to help Ben get into the
Christmas spirit. But will this interfere with Reed’s plans for the holiday?
It’s a fun story!






