James Dorman-Contributor

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April, 2022
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About James Dorman

Freelance writer, living the dream, mostly fuelled by coffee.

Favorite Movies

This is almost an impossible question! The first time I saw Serenity, I then watched it every night for the next two weeks. So that probably has to be a contender.

I love Sci-Fi in general. I have probaby watched Blade Runner more than any other science fiction movie (that doesn't have Star Trek in the title...)

The MCU also came at a perfect time for me. I literally watched Iron Man for my 16th birthday, so I got to start finally enjoying a shared superhero cinematic universe at the same time I could properly appreciate how cool RDJ is.

Favorite TV Shows

I grew up on Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's a show I come back to again and again despite having watched every epiosode a hundred times. Even in this golden age of TV, TNG remains the gold standard as far as I'm concerned.

Getting a bit more recent, Fallout is one of the best things I've watched on TV in a long time.

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Krypto is Nothing, The Most Bonkers Superman Project Was Already Dreamt Up Back in the '50s… And It Never Saw The Light of Day

If you think Clark's super pet from the newest Superman film is silly, hold on to your capes.

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The Hollywood Mega Star Who Surprisingly Started in Star Trek

One of the biggest actors in Hollywood owes a bit of early-career success to a one-off Star Trek appearance

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How A Production Problem In The 1960s Is Still Influencing Star Trek To This Day

A shrewd bit of cost-saving 60 years ago inadvertently shaped the beloved sci-fi franchise for years to come.

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The X-Men Movies Had A Major Professor X Problem… And They Solved It The Same Way Each Time

The powerful psychic caused as many problems for X-Men screenwriters as he did for Magneto.

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The Worst Mission: Impossible Movie Inadvertently Shaped Two Blockbuster Franchises For The Better

Not one but two iconic castings in major franchises almost never happened because of the production of a divisive Mission: Impossible sequel.

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The U.S.S. Yorktown: The Most Famous Star Trek Starship You’ve Never Heard Of

Everyone knows the name Enterprise, but true Trek historians should probably be familiar with the Yorktown, too.

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John Carpenter Kept Secretly Making This Genre Film… Without Ever Actually Making It

Horror icon John Carpenter tackled pretty much every type of horror movie, except for one. However, he basically did make it in secret.

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Why is April 5th the Most Important Date in Star Trek? The Significance Of First Contact Day, Explained

April 5th is one of the most important days in the in-universe history of Star Trek, but it's also a big one for Star Trek fans in the real world.

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Is This Popular Star Trek Showrunner Done with the Franchise?

The showrunner for the massively successful third season of Picard has surprisingly had no further involvement with Star Trek.

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Mafia Studio Hangar 13 Hit With Layoffs

California studio Hangar 13, the developers behind the most recent Mafia games, faces difficult times as it is once again hit with staff layoffs.

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Microsoft Reportedly Working on 'Streaming Puck' for Xbox Game Pass Cloud Gaming

After much speculation, Microsoft now officially confirms that gamers can expect cloud gaming hardware from them some time in the future.

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Documentary About HQ Trivia Announced

Once-popular mobile game show HQ Trivia is getting a documentary that will explore its behind-the-scenes rise and fall.

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Xbox Hiring Someone to Help With Future Acquisitions

In the wake of its big-money purchases of Bethesda and Activision, Xbox shows no signs of slowing down in its publisher acquisitions.

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Spider-Man PS1 Developer Wants to Make a Remaster
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The lead designer of one of Spider-Man's first 3D adventures would be up for working on a modern remaster of the classic game.