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I gather that although Mills and Wagner were jointly credited, they actually alternated on the stories, so these are Mills yarns and City of the Damned (sounds familiar...) and Dogs of Doom are Wagner tales.

Gordon Rennie did a couple of Giant stories that were squarely about the character, rather than just featuring him. 'Whatever Happened to John Giant Clay?' saw the judge meet his aeroball-star grandpappy, and 'Prodigal' had Giant meeting Rico and coming to terms with no longer being the new hotshot on the block.

By far and away my favourite Dredd-universe character. 'Young Giant' is the first story, and probably the defining one. Next, as Woolly says, 'Necropolis' and 'Giant'. He also plays an important role in the first half of 'The Pit' and in 'Missing'.

[The Happiness of the Katakuris]

The Happiness of the Katakuris: Utterly insane but deliriously fun

No film that begins with a claymation uvula theft could be anything less. All that, and it's a musical too, with some ridiculously catchy numbers. Love the dramatic little tune when they discover the first 'victim'.

Just the Extreme Edition.

Didn't word that very well, did I? Oh well, no cause for embarrassment, it's not like I'm an English teacher or anything.

Oh wait...

Frankestein was how John visualized him

As in Death Race 2000. Which does feature Stallone, of course, just not as Frankenstein (he's David Carradine.)

It's very often the final story in an Amicus anthology that's the best (The Door in From Beyond the Grave, Drawn and Quartered from Vault of Horror) and Blind Alleys is no exception - definitely one to include if you were assembling an ultimate Amicus compilation.

I want a Star Trek version of Lovejoy, in which Picard wears a leather jacket and sells fake Vulcan oil paintings to gullible clients.

Don't get the hate for Wesley,  he turned out good by the end: some of his later episodes are real highlights.

The First Duty in particular is a cracker.

In many ways, Wesley is the character it'd be most interesting to see Picard interact with. Did he really rejoin Star Fleet as Nemesis seems to suggest (and as a deleted scene confirms)? Or is he still a cosmic traveller of the planes of existence? You'd think the latter would offer more options for a story involving a post-Enterprise Picard.

I feel like Riker could still be a captain: his rise to first officer status was meteoric, but after that it takes him 15 in-universe years to accept a captaincy. I can imagine him spending a good twenty years as captain (not necessarily of the Titan, of course) now he finally has it. That said, after they got married, Deanna might have given him a kick up the arse to get promoted faster.

One of the coolest things, for me, is that we're going to be seeing a continuation of the TNG universe...

Yes, apart from Sir Patrick himself this has to be the biggest draw, and surely what most fans have wanted to see for some time: the post-Nemesis universe. I don't think Picard will be a ship's captain in it - I quite like the notion they might pursue either the archaeological or ambassadorial routes for the character. I'd love to see Captain Riker appear though, or, just because we all know Michael Dorn wants it so badly, Captain Worf.

They killed his brother (and nephew) off in Generations, but if All Good Things... is accurate, it'll probably involve Jean-Luc doddering about the vineyard, plagued by Irumodic Syndrome.

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/entertainment-arts-45074382

Bloomin' heck!

Couple of tempting morsels there...