Eric J. Robbins

@ericjrobbins.bsky.social

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Award-winning TV writer (Star Trek: Discovery) and producer (Weathermaker) Judge my taste on Letterboxd: ericjrobbins

IMDb entry for "The Odyssey" showing it was written by Christopher Nolan and Homer.
A scene from "Aliens" -- marines' vitals flatline on the remote monitor.
A scene from "Aliens" -- "You know Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamned percentage."
Sam Neill in Taika Waititi's "Hunt for the Wilderpeople"
A still from Jane Campion's "The Piano", primarily focused on Sam Neill.
A still from "Jurassic Park" of Sam Neill and Laura Dern.
A corpse flower in bloom.
A still from the seance scene of "The Changeling"
A GIF from "The Simpsons" -- "My work here is done" "What do you mean your work here is done? You didn't do anything!"
The poster for "I Love Boosters"
Elmo looks at a television with the subtitle “TV. Damn.”
A scene from "Jurassic Park" -- Ellie believes the park is back in business. She is wrong.
An error message that begins with the truly unhelpful "Could not find blob"
A scene from "Titanic" -- engineers try (and fail) to keep the power on
A bunch of idiots complaining about a Star Trek: The Next Generation, now a classic, before it aired.
Elmo, looking at a drawn television, with the subtitle "TV. Damn."
A children’s storybook featuring O.J. Simpson
Splashdown of the Artemis II capsule
The poster for Ron Howard's "Apollo 13" (1995) -- a damaged spacecraft is against the dark side of the moon, with Earth in the far distance.
A scene from "City on Fire" (1979) -- the city, it's on fire!
The opening text from "City on Fire" -- "What you are about to see could happen to any city, anywhere."
A shot of Rotta the Hutt from "The Mandalorian and Grogu" -- in theaters May 22nd!
Two stacked boxes, labeled "GRADE F MEAT. Ingredients: Mostly Circus Animals, Some Filler"
Worf and Jadzia at their wedding.
Landscape poster for the 1986 film "Never Too Young to Die", starring John Stamos, Vanity, and Gene Simmons.
A still from "Fallout" S2 -- Maximus (Aaron Moten) aims a laser pistol at a character off-screen.
A still from "Fallout" S2 -- the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) holds up a bottle with the caption "Do more drugs."
Letterboxd stats for Eric in 2025 -- 132 films watched, 31 reviewed. Josh Brolin and Guillermo del Toro are the most viewed actor and director, respectively.
A still from THX-1138 -- three people with shaved heads, trapped in a white minimalist prison.
An altered still from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan -- Khan prepares to place mind-controlling eels in the helmets of WB and the FTC.
Dr. McCoy in Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- he's rocking a badass beard and medallion while wearing a snazzy 70s sci-fi top.
A banshee / ikran from the "Avatar" films looks at its potential next meal.
A still from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Bar Association" -- Miles O'Brien, winking, with the caption "He was more than a hero. He was a union man."
An Amazon listing for "Strong Floor, No Ceiling", sitting at spot #89 on the "Best Sellers in Politics & Government". The price is only $0.99.
A screenshot from Zoom -- a long-haired disheveled man is dressed like Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Specifically Riker from an alternate timeline where the Borg have conquered near everything, as seen in the episode "Parallels". The Zoom name reads "THE BORG ARE EVERYWHERE"
A still from “Pod People” / “Extraterrestrial Visitors” — two people stand in frame, one wearing a shirt that says “I’m a Virgin”. It was a tourist shirt from the US Virgin Islands
A still from the MST3K episode “Pod People” — a child looks at an alien with its ocular high beams on.
Artwork for the 1977 film "Hausu" / "House"
The opening of "Time and Punishment" from "Treehouse of Horror V" (The Simpsons, S6 E6)
A still from "The Simpsons" -- Homer Simpson sitting in "The Homer", a vehicular monstrosity he designed
Poster art for "The Order of the Black Eagle"
A worn copy of "The Making of Star Trek"
A still from "Futurama" -- Hermes is perched precariously on the edge of a roof, threatening to jump. While the others try to dissuade him, Bender urges him to "Do a flip!"
A still of Niles Crane from "Frasier"
John Woo in a Q&A under the Egyptian Theater’s screen
A still from "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" -- Kirk and Spock are seated in a 20th century vehicle, bickering about whether or not they're going on a date with Dr. Taylor. Kirk is down to clown, but Spock and his headband aren't so sure.
The marquee of the Vista Theater, showing “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair”
Aliens in 70mm at the Egyptian Theater.
A script page from "Yesterday's Enterprise", an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation. Guinan tells Picard there should be children on board, which shocks him.
A still from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" -- a dead crew member is stuck in the deck's floor. Did she have a child or spouse on board? Who knows?
A brief clip from "Aliens" (1986) -- an elevator door opens to reveal Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) ready to kick some ass.
A scene from "The Simpsons" -- Bart reads from his play: "Kippers for breakfast, Aunt Helga? Is it St. Swithin's Day already?"
A still from "The Simpsons" -- Homer (in a fantasy) is now covered / made of gold and towers over Lenny.
The back of a discolored Memorex Power Center, a giant surge protector.
A poster for the non-existent "Godzilla Vs. MechaHitler", starring Elon Musk as a radioactive monstrosity. The image is a spoof of the poster "Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla", referencing Elon Musk's "artificial intelligence" Grok's preferred name of MechaHitler. Goddamn do we live in the stupidest of times.
A GIF of Star Trek: Lower Decks -- U.S.S. Cerritos Chief of Security Shaxs smashes pottery to form makeshift shivs. The text reads "FIGHTING FASCISM IS A FULL-TIME JOB."
A still from “The Simpsons” — Bart reads a book titled “The 10 Do’s and 500 Don’t’s of Knife Safety.” Caption reads “Don’t do what Donny Don’t Does”
An excerpt from "The Art of the B-Movie Poster" -- "Russ Meyer (1922-2004) used to tell the story of how he lost his virginity. While serving as a combat photographer during World War II, he met Ernest Hemingway one night in a French brothel. Learning that the young cameraman was a first-timer, the great writer generously offered to pay for a prostitute. Meyer, in a move that pretty much sums up the key to his subsequent success as a sexploitation auteur, chose the one with the biggest boobs. 'Most of my films have women who have large breasts,' he once pointed out (presumably for the benefit of blind people), adding the important caveats that, 'They must be cantilevered. They must be defying gravity... big, big, big. Casting a long shadow.' 'King of the Nudies' reads Meyer's gravestone, and he was."