Obi-Wan Kenobi‘s Modern Star Trek Problem
When the Starship Enterprise launched on its maiden voyage on September 8, 1966, it launched without precedent, without canon, and without expectations (except perhaps from Gene Roddenberry and the network executives). Star Trek fulfilled its mission to boldly go where no one has gone before. Until a decade after its […]
Top 5 Star Trek TV Series According to Rotten Tomatoes
Star Trek has long stood as the gold standard of sci-fi franchises. The work across decades found an audience with every generation in its nearly 60-year history. Every era of Stark Trek includes television and film, but television shows are the most popular. We have analyzed the data to find […]
Star Trek: Lower Decks Loud, Annoying, and Promising
When a franchise meets a certain level of complexity, canon goes out the window. With Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek finally not only bent canon, it completely blew through it. The animated series from Rick and Morty creator Mike McMahan takes a decidedly tongue-in-cheek poke into Gene Roddenberry’s world. […]
Review: Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Ends And Trek Limps Toward The Future
‘Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2’– Ep#214 — Pictured (l-r): Samora Smallwood as Lt. Amin; Ethan Peck as Spock; Rebecca Romijn as Number One; Anson Mount as Captain Pike of the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Photo Cr: Russ Martin/CBS ©2018 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Review: Star […]
Star Trek: Discovery — My Red Angel Issues.
Star Trek: Discovery continues to offer the best looking Star Trek ever, but the writing continues to take the show where no Star Trek has gone before. Star Trek was built on a foundation of hard science fiction, not the magic of fantasy. Star Trek TOS occasionally touched on fantasy: […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2—The Review So Far
Star Trek: Discovery Season 2—The Review So Far Leading into Star Trek: Discovery Season 2…As we left the intrepid U.S.S. Discovery it had received a distress call. That call came from Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and his U.S.S. Enterprise. Where We Have Landed So Far It turns out the […]
CBS All Access Commits to Two Seasons of Star Trek: Lower Decks Animated Series
Fan of Star Trek’s humor? Buckle your launch chairs for Star Trek: Lower Decks. CBS All Access announced on October 25, 2018, that they gave a two-season commitment to Star Trek: Lower Decks, an animated comedy from Emmy Award-winner Mike McMahan. McMahan is best known for Rick and Morty and has […]
A Little New Star Trek on The Way in Star Trek: Short Treks
Star Trek: Short Treks Arrives this October on CBS AllAccess The next episodes of Star Trek: Discovery won’t air until April 2019, but this October CBS AllAccess will launch Star Trek: Short Treks. Short Treks reveal details of four characters that will offer hints and insights into the upcoming Discovery […]
Star Trek: Discovery Beams Up Ethan Peck as the New Spock
Star Trek: Discovery beams up Ethan Peck as the New Spock Star Trek: Discovery has announced that Ethan Peck as will join the cast as Spock. Peck will be the third official “Spock,” the half human, half Vulcan Science Officer of the U.S.S. Enterprise. His predecessors were Leonard Nimoy and […]
Star Trek: Discovery and Keeping Big Lies Straight
Star Trek: Discovery and Keeping Big Lies Straight When people tell big lies that run over long periods, they rationalize. They may try to find a break point that allows them to come clean, but they miss it and go on to pile myth atop myth. Story arcs in television […]