Author: dtm666

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I Exist To Die – How To Introduce A New Character And Then Kill Them Off

ENSIGN NEW GUY. We hardly knew you.

The following is a dramatization…

“Hello! I’m Ensign New Guy training as a nurse to replace the nurse on the U.S.S. En-Ter-Prize! I am a likable guy who is liked by everyone on the ship because they appreciate my work ethic!”

“Hey, New Guy! We’re letting you know that Nurse Chapel is gonna stick around after all.”

“Oh… okay, cool. So I guess I’m done here.”

“Not exactly. I put in word to Starfleet to extend your stay on board the Enterprise. Everyone on the ship likes you and so do I. Therefore, you can stay if you want.”

“Goddamn, Doc! That’s pretty swell of you. I’d love to stay on board the En-Ter-Prise for as long as you need me!”

“Great! Fantastic… hmmm… I wonder how well you look in a red shirt?”

“What’s that, Doc?”

“What? Oh! Never mind. Forget I said anything. Why don’t you charge the biobeds and stuff?”

“Already took care of that, Doc. And I also did all the other stuff you want me to do because I want to impress my superiors with my awesome work ethic.”

“Great! Fantastic! Say, New Guy. How’d you like to join the landing party on the planet below to explore some ominous ruins that could be potentially dangerous?”

“Golly willickers, Doc! I’d love to be part of the landing party! Hey, this is a real cool orb. I wonder what it doe… AAARGGGH!! MY EYES! THAT ORB MELTED MY FUCKING EYES!”

“Oh, it’s worse than that, New Guy. That orb also melted your brain!”

“OH NOES! WHAT AM I GONNA DO, DOC?! I DON’T WANNA DIE!”

“Don’t worry, Ensign. I’ll do everything I can to save you… oh, hey, Captain with the Gorn babies. How are we doing today? Hey, what are you doing?! DON’T HURT THE NEW GUY!”

“Heh, heh, heh… There is no new guy! I’m the evil entity trapped in the orb and I’ve taken over this red shirt’s body. Now I will kill everyone on this ship and use it to take over the galaxy!”

“Not if I can help! Don’t worry, New Guy! I’ll save you yet!”

zap

“WHAT THE FUCK, CAROL KANE?! WHY DO YOU BLOW NEW GUY’S BRAINS OUT?!”

“Because he’s evil and must die.”

“It was HIS FIRST MISSION!”

So yes, the young handsome nurse that they introduced in the second episode of the season ends up getting killed in the fifth episode… and you want to know the amazing thing about this whole deal? They actually cast a black dude to play this poor bastard.

Finally… some diversity in our corpses.

Pushing Vids To Next Week

Been feeling under the weather and unfortunately, I haven’t had a chance to do some vital fixes to the next batch of videos, so we’re pushing this week’s batch to next week and we’re having an impromptu week-long marathon of daily videos. If I’m feeling up to it, we’ll see about getting a quick live show in a couple days to make up for it. Sorry.

WCW Fall Brawl 1999

(Breaking the kayfabe here a bit, but this was written before the passing of Hulk Hogan. It’s been left as is, so if you’re not in the mood for anything but positive Hulkster vibes, best skip this one. Also, was planning on having this up much later this month, but… well… anyhoo…)

I wish I could say that the banner had a typo… but it’s WCW circa 1999, so…

Apparently, I still have this on DVD-R… and this is a vintage recording too. One of the few PPVs that I recorded onto VHS and would later transfer to DVD-R once I got my own DVD Recorder. It’s a fun time to be had by all, I’m sure.

To be honest with you, I’m not quite sure why I felt compelled to pull this one out. I realize that I had just watched Road Wild 1999 and… maybe I needed to remind myself of how long this Hulkamania ’99 run was going to continue (spoiler: it lasts until Russo came into play), but I figured since I had a copy of this on-screen, I might as well give it a watch.

Note to self: please do not indulge these needless and oftentimes dangerous diversions for the sake of your own sanity.

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State Of The Blog – August 2025

Hey, kids. This state of the blog is going to be brief because… well, I’m busy with real life and health stuff this month. Also, I’m mostly prepping for the last batch of stuff for the rest of the year so that we’ll be good to go on that front. There will be reviews. There will a couple PPV musings (not this week, but next week is Summerslam, which I’m watching at a friend’s house.)

Today’s scheduled review has been pushed back to tomorrow. Hopefully, this will be the only change in what passes as a schedule around these parts.

The endless daily stream begins again in September. For now, whatever pops up pops up… hopefully on time and hopefully in one piece.

Later.

A Bad Year For Jim Kirk

Ah yes… the year 2268… in which the young, dashing James Kirk as played by veteran actor Paul Wesley is somehow transformed into being played by daring young gun actor William Shatner and all the sets are somehow cheaper than they were when Captain Pike was in command.

I’m telling you; it’s the hair. Once they swapped captains for one that wore a hairpiece, everything went to shit and then everyone lost their memories. How do you account for all these people not knowing things that happened years ago?

But yes, through Amazon Prime, I recently gifted myself a Paramount Plus subscription service to go along with the Netflix sub that will happen this week so that I can watch the Summerslam replay. No, I will not be watching Section 31, but I will catch up on Strange New Worlds.

The DTM Mailbag #01

Click here to download the MP3.

Had the idea to bring back the Q&A segments of the DTM-Cast in some form or fashion. Did a couple quick recordings while in Ottawa and so here’s the first.

This are supposed to be nice and short. About 10-20 minutes – about five or six questions a piece. Today, I talk about whether I’m ever going to go full HD, my thoughts on whether the Doctor should take a break, and other stuff that really don’t matter. How’s that for a sales pitch?

Never mind; I’ll do worse next time.