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Rate Full Metal Jacket Reach Around XXII

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    10 hours ago

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) Boxset spotlights my review of the Star Trek: the Next Generation episode "The Game." The Camp of the Saints links to the shift away from embryonic stem cell research to adult stem cells. The Third Edge of the Sword links to my review of Star Trek: the Original Series episode The Man Trap."

Rate Star Trek: The Next Generation--"Violations"

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    23 hours ago

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) “Violations’ was borne out of the story outline for “Night Terrors,’ one of the worst Tng episodes ever. Like ’Night Terrors,” the story center around my least favorite character, Troi, so the episode does not have much going for it.

Rate Retro Review: The Perfect Mate

Original at Trek Today external link    Fri, Nov 6

By Michelle A beautiful, empathic woman sent as a peace offering to an alien leader begins to bond with Picard instead of her intended mate. Plot Summary: The Enterprise has been chosen to host the final negotiations to end a long war between the peoples of Krios and Valt, who have been at war for centuri...

Rate Star Trek Magazine Preview

Original at Trek Today external link    Thu, Nov 5

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By T'Bonz Star Trek Magazine issue #22 is on sale now, and included in this issue are the top ten Star Trek villains. Most fans can easily name their favorite Star Trek villains, but just what makes a good Star Trek villain? In Star Trek Magazine, Lance Parkin examines the effects of Star Trek: The Wrat...

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Rate Star Trek: The Next Generation--"New Ground"

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    Thu, Nov 5

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) This is nota bad episode, but I never cared much for the Worf/Alexander dynamic. I am still of the mindset Worf and K’Ehlyr would have made a better lasting pair with the cultural differences causing friction between them. Instead, we get Worf, who is trying to embrace Klingon ways he is not a...

Rate Fic: Inertia of Law(s) of Motion 1/?

Original at LiveJournal posts external link    Thu, Nov 5

title: Inertia or Law(s) of Motion 1/? series: ST Fanfic Masterlist fandom: Star Trek Reboot pairing/characters: Bones/Jocelyn, Kirk/people-that-don’t-matter, Kirk/Bones rating/warning: R for language and sex prompt/summary: it’s not like Romeo and Juliet because nobody die...

Rate Fanfiction: You Walk Into a Bar (One-shot)

Original at LiveJournal posts external link    Thu, Nov 5

Title: You Walk Into a Bar Author: CL ( storylandqueen ) Beta: alaszyel Fandom: Star Trek Pairing: McCoy/Kirk Rating: R Warning: Language, Sexual content Word Count: 3863 Summary: It starts ... thing in McCoy's life. Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek or its characters. This is a work of fictio...

Rate Opinion: Star Trek: The Next Generation--"A Matter of Time"

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    Wed, Nov 4

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) But I did say ’A Matter of Time” was best viewed without future Trek’s meddling. It is. A major plot pint is no one has ever heard of historians traveling through time to observe past events. In ENT, we learn there is such a thing and the 22nd century Earth Starfleet knows about them. The 22nd centu...

Rate [Fanfiction] Song and Dance & Life of the Ship, by callieach

Original at LiveJournal posts external link    Tue, Nov 3

Title: Song and Dance Author: callieach Fandom: Star Trek TOS Characters/Pairing: Christine Chapel/Spock Rating: PG Word Count: 100 Summary: After a while... you. Title: Life of the Ship Author: callieach Fandom: Star Trek xi Characters: Christine Chapel, Leonard McCoy Rating: PG Word...

Rate Opinion: Star Trek: The Next Generation--"Unification II"

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    Tue, Nov 3

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) It is not that bad, but the opening verbal duel with Spock and Picard is the weakest of both episodes. They are just throwing out all of Spock’s plan in one lump in order to justify his being on Romulus before the action starts. Jeri Taylor even makes an effort to distract us with aquip from Spock...

Rate Star Trek: The Next Generation--"Unification I"

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    Mon, Nov 2

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) For the record, the plots due dovetail in retrospect. In the movie, Spock volunteers the Enterprise crew to make peace with the Klingons. A conspiracy involving rogue elements trying to force an interstellar war pins the assassination of the Klingon chancellor on kirk and McCoy, sending...

Rate Abrams: Nothing Is Off-Limits For Star Trek XII

Original at Trek Today external link    Mon, Nov 2

By T'Bonz J.J. Abrams admitted that it would be a challenge to take on the genetic superman, but no more so than to have taken on recasting Kirk, Spock and the rest of the original series crew. “I think one of the byproducts of doing this movie was we were able to dispel the obvious and understandable conce...

Rate Opinion: Star Trek: The Next Generation--"The Game"Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    Sat, Oct 31

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) May I now present ’The Game,” which shall forever be known as the worst episode of Tng and a portent of some of the dreck Brannon Braga would write through the rest of televised trek’s run. This episode was so bad, Gene Roddenberry died what the before it aired just to spare himself the agony.

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Rate Mulgrew Would Play Janeway Again

Original at Trek Today external link    Fri, Oct 30

By T'Bonz Kate Mulgrew hasn’t seen Star Trek XI yet, but if J.J. Abrams came along and offered her a part in a movie, she wouldn’t turn him down. Mulgrew explained why she hadn’t yet seen the Star Trek reboot. “I haven’t, but not for any bad reason,” she said. “It’s a reason of comfort. I did Star [...]

Rate Star Trek: The Next Generation--"Redemption II"

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    Tue, Oct 27

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) Toral is captured. Gowron offers to let Worf kill him, as is Klingon custom. True to form, Worf abandons his Klingon nature for human custom, as all filthy aliens in Trek are supposed to do, and spares him. Rejoins the Enterprise. TheRomulans get away with impunity, because, you know, Klingon...

Rate Fic: Dancing with the Devil - A Star Trek Halloween (Part 1/3)

Original at Star Trek Fanfiction external link    Mon, Oct 26    2 related articles

Title: Dancing with the Devil - A Star Trek Halloween (1/3) Author: therumjournals Fandom: Star Trek XI Rating: NC-17 Pairings (in Part 1): Kirk/Spock, Kirk/McCoy, Chekov/Sulu Word Count: 2,584 Description: Jim Kirk has an idea. Authors Note: I know there are a lot of Halloween fics out...

Rate Opinion: Star Trek: The Next Generation--"Redemption, Part I"

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    Mon, Oct 26

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) The episode is the penultimate story in the season long theme of the Romulan-Duras conspiracy to take over the Klingon Empire. It began with the selection of Picard as Arbiter of succession, the murder of the current chancellor, Worf’s discommendation under false pretenses, the murder...

Past Month

 

Rate Podcast: Slice of SciFi #236: A Conversation with David Blue of “SG:U”

Original at Slice of SciFi external link    Sat, Oct 24

By Michael Hickerson 236:  A Conversation with David Blue of “SG:U” In the News: J.J. Abrams, Robert Ocri and Alex Kurtzman debunk some of the rumors about the next “Star Trek” movie. Wil Wheaton talks about his guest role on this week’s episode of “The Big Bang Theory.” Akiva Goldman talks about the lessons he lear...

Rate Fanfiction: Star Trek: A Kiss with a Fist Is Better than None

Original at LiveJournal posts external link    Fri, Oct 23

Title: A Kiss with a Fist Is Better than None Pairing: Kirk/Spock Rating: NC-17 Wordcount: 1950 Warnings: Physical violence combined with consensual sex. Notes: A PWP written under the influence of bendtothesun 's dysfunctionally hot fanvid . The title of this is even stolen from the son...

Rate Song!fic: Nobody Wants to be Lonely ( McCoy / Kirk)

Original at LiveJournal posts external link    Wed, Oct 21

Title: Nobody Wants to be Lonely Rating: T (PG-13) Fandom: Star Trek XI Disclaimer: I own nothing. Not the song, not the characters…. Just the idea to put them together. Maybe. Pairing: McCoy/Kirk Warnings: M/M, angst, OOCness, probably AU, language. Summary: Jim’s date for the night decide...

Rate Book Review : Star Trek Enterprise The Romulan War Beneath the Raptor's Wing

Original at TrekWeb.com external link    Mon, Oct 19

Rate Opinion: Star Trek: The Next Generation--"First Contact"

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    Thu, Oct 15

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) The powers that be finally broke the mold with “First Contact.” For the first time, we see what a first contact situation when the prime directive no longer applies would look like. What we get is an homage to ’50’s science fiction films in which the aliens are the Enterprise crew. I would call t...

Rate Star Trek: The Next Generation--"The Loss"

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    Sat, Oct 10

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) I do not have a whole lot to say about ‘The Loss.” The episode combines two of the worst elements of TNG: a Troi story involving a techno babble solution to a conflict. Granted, both those situations have their amusing points. Troi’s temporary loss of her powers reveals her true character for t...

September of 2009

 

Rate Chambliss – The Challenge Of Making A Star Trek Film

Original at Trek Today external link    Fri, Sep 25

By T'Bonz J. J. Abrams and Chambliss wanted to make the starships recognizable to old school fans, yet have an updated “fresh” USS Enterprise that would appeal to both old and new. “That is how J.J. [Abrams] and I wanted to start the movie, with ‘Oh look it is a Star Trek space ship!’ and make it really recogn...

Rate Podcast: SciFi Surplus 100 Trek Tron Joss Emmy Zzelbrik Stephanie

Original at SciFi Surplus external link    Sun, Sep 20

By Casey Here’s what we have in store for you for this our 100th episode. Premier of ABC’s Flashforward. Tron Legacy has an Imax release date. Abrams and Orci talk about the next Star Trek film. Joss Whedon wins an Emmy. And much, much, more … Well, really just *some* more. But there’s more. Casey: Thank you f...

Rate Podcast: Slice of SciFi #231: A Conversation With Robert J. Sawyer

Original at Slice of SciFi external link    Sat, Sep 19

By Michael Hickerson Movie Talk: In the News: Two MIT students have sent a digital camera up high enough to take photos of the curvature of the Earth.  All for only $150.  Find out how and check out the pictures HERE. J.J. Abrams and Roberto Orci say the next “Star Trek” installment [...]

August of 2009

 

Rate Opinion: Star Trek 995: Raise the Defiant / A Question of Loyalty

Original at Siskoid's Blog of Geekery external link    Fri, Aug 28

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By noreply@blogger.com (Siskoid) PLOT: In Raise the Defiant, the Enterprise-A takes on a Starfleet engineer who gives them a secret mission - collaborate with the Tholians on recovering the USS Defiant from interphase space. The Enterprise has to use similar interphase technology to reach the old ship, and once it has, t...

Rate Star Trek 994: Blaise of Glory / The Needs of the One

Original at Siskoid's Blog of Geekery external link    Fri, Aug 28

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By noreply@blogger.com (Siskoid) CONTINUITY: R.J. Blaise was last seen in #12. The second story's flashbacks include Spock Kohlinar (The Motion Picture), Spock's marriage ceremony (Amok Time), V'ger (TMP). On Vulcan in the present, we find the HMS Bounty, Sarek and Amanda. Amanda tells Spock about Sybok (ST V). Spock sees a s...

Rate Star Trek: The Next Generation--"Conspiracy"

Original at jeffords (Blogspot) external link    Wed, Aug 12

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By noreply@blogger.com (Jamie Jeffords) You might even consider it a double miss, depending on your opinion of writer Tracy Torme. His original plan was for their to be a coup among high ranking Starfleet officials as a commentary on the Iran Contra scandal. Gene Roddenberry had kittens over the idea. There was absolutely no way any...

Year 2009

 

Rate Podcast: The /Filmcast: Bonus Episode - An Evening with Actor Clifton Collins Jr., Man of a Thousand Faces

Original at /FILM external link    Mon, Jun 22

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By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Tonight at 9 PM EST: An Evening with Clifton Collins Jr., Man of a Thousand Faces Ben Affleck Joins Mike Judge’s ExtractCrank 2: High Voltage Cast Announced In this special bonus episode of the /Filmcast, Dave Chen and Devindra Hardawar chat with the incredibly talented Clifton Collins J...

Rate Fic: How McCoy Became Bones 1/1 (Kirk/McCoy, Star Trek, Light R)

Original at LiveJournal posts external link    Sat, Jun 13

McCoy Became Bones Author:  dahlianna   Verse: ShinyNew!Trek Star Trek XI Pairing: Kirk/McCoy Rating: Light R (Seriously, probably PG-13) Word ...) leads to a lifelong moniker. Established relationship. Disclaimer: I WISH I owned Star Trek!!! Or at least had the right to borrow new!Jim an...

Rate The Sexualization of Spock [Star Trek Review]

Original at io9 external link    Thu, May 7

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By Annalee Newitz When celebrated science fiction writer James Tiptree, Jr. (AKA Alice Sheldon) started watching Star Trek in the 1960s, she wrote in letters to her friends about how the one aspect of the show that truly fascinated her was Spock. She wrote a fan letter to Leonard Nimoy, explaining that his se...

Rate Box Office Tracking: Star Trek Could Reach $65M for 4 Days! Easily Biggest Trek Opening Ever!

Original at /FILM external link    Wed, May 6

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By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) ALL-TIME TOP 5 OPENING DAYS FOR STAR TREK MOVIES 1. Star Trek: First Contact (1996) - $13M 2. Star Trek: Generations (1994) - $9.7M 3. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) - $9.5M 4. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) - $7.7M 5. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - $7M

Rate Podcast: /Filmcast Ep. 46 - Observe and Report (GUESTS: Katey Rich from Cinemablend and Whitney Matheson from USA Today)

Original at /FILM external link    Tue, Apr 14

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By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the ideal business situation for 3-D glasses at theaters, get excited about Duncan Jones’ Moon, deconstruct the awfulness of Marley & Me, and reflect on the brilliance of Jody Hill. Special gue...

Rate Fanfiction: Star Trek: The Wrath of Kirk Trailer..Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Mar 15

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By rss@youtube.com (MadcrowProductions) Author: MadcrowProductions Keywords: Star Trek Fan Trailer Fanmade Fanfic Mashup Mash Up Recut What If Crossover Madcrow Productions Added: March 15, 2009

Rate How To: Star Trek EnterpriseVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Mar 11

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By rss@youtube.com (PremiereBalloonEnter) Author: PremiereBalloonEnter Keywords: star trek enterprise design balloon instructions animals how to Added: March 11, 2009

Rate New Star Trek Trailer Sets Course for Fan Buzz

Original at Wired News external link    Sun, Mar 1

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By Lewis Wallace Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com Actor Zachary Quinto plays Spock in Abrams' new Star Trek. On the WonderCon stage with Abrams, Chris Pine (who plays Kirk), Zoe Saldana (Lt. Nyota Uhura) and executive producers Roberto Orci and Bryan Burk, Quinto said getting to meet original Trek actors li...

Rate Star Trek's Costume Designer on Updating the Uniforms

Original at First Showing external link    Fri, Feb 27

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By Alex Billington I told him it would be really fun to create a whole new world, yet do an homage to the TV show, because that's where our world in Star Trek would end. There were certain things we wanted to be recognizable. Updated, but not done away with, like the Enterprise costumes. There's a '60s sensibility I...

Rate Podcast: Two Geeks Episode 84 - Save the Date, Save the World

Original at Geekshow » Two Geeks external link    Fri, Nov 21

By imrahil See you back here next week… In this episode we discuss the latest news in the Marvel movie francise, including Captain America and X-Men: First Class. Scott has some concerns about the promo for Rob Thomas’ Cupid, and Ben has some big news that will undoubtedly have lasting affects on the s...

Rate Catching Up: Star Trek Preview Impressions From a Casual Fan [Off Topic]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Gizmodo external link    Thu, Nov 20

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By Brian Lam Inside, I don't usually get star struck, but how can a geek not get excited seeing both Harold from Harold and Kumar and Sylar in the same theater sitting in the same row watching themselves on the screen. And it was Trek! Not the old Trek, and Not even Next Generation, but a new kind of Trek with...

Rate Fanfiction: Star Trek: Enterprise Recommendations (Mature)

Original at LiveJournal posts external link    Sat, Oct 18

usually). It was one of the first Trek!shows that I was able to watch from...the progression of the two characters in this fanfiction and the way the author used a new...and even recieved some canon play in the Trek novels), and this is one of the ...(as it often is in Season Three fanfiction), which onl...

Rate Podcast: The Rocchi Review -- With io9.com Editor-in-Chief Annalee Newitz!

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, Oct 17

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By James Rocchi Can J.J. Abrams boldly go where many have gone before to relaunch Star Trek? Why is The Road being pushed back? How will Ridley Scott's planned adaptation of The Forever War be different from any sci-fi film in the history of the genre? And what Spanish film has sci-fi fans waiting with bated b...

Rate The First 'Star Trek' Footage Has Been Seen ...

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, Jun 27

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By Elisabeth Rappe Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Paramount, Fandom, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and SequelsUpon hearing the news that Paramount might be dropping out of ComicCon, my first thought was "Now how much longer will it be until we see Star Trek stu...

Rate Podcast: Slice of SciFi News Briefs

Original at Slice of SciFi » external link    Sun, Feb 3

By Sam George Takei says as he travels the world, people always recognize him and smile. He’s better known as Star Trek’s Mr. Sulu, the helmsman on the Star Ship Enterprise, and later as Captain Sulu, the man in charge of the starship USS Excelsior. Takei was in the Twin Cities to host a Minnesota Orch...

Rate New Star Trek XI Starfleet Uniform

Original at Show Me SciFi external link    Thu, Jan 24

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By showmescifi Sure in ‘Yesterday’s Enterprise’ we saw a stiffer collar as the Federation battled the Klingons but… Star Trek XI is going the Imperial route..or so it would seem. JFXonline has posted some intriguing pics of the new Starfleet uniform.

Year 2007

 

Rate Podcast: Show # 144 - “Sins of the Father”

Original at TREKS in SCI external link    Sun, Oct 21

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By treksf The podcast this weekend covers a great Klingon and Worf episode from Next Generation called, “Sins of the Father.” Direct download here: To begin with I want to thank the Moyer’s and Vartok for their audio intro’s this week. I’m really enjoying these and hope everyone gets a chance to send a...

Rate How do I give myself Spock eyebrows?

Original at MetaFilter external link    Fri, Sep 14

By RobotHero I presume there's enough Star Trek fans that someone knows how to make up my eyebrows to be slanty like Spock's. But I haven't been able to google up any instructions. ...

Rate How To: Star Trek transporter effect

Original at blakkbyrd external link    Mon, Jun 11

This tutorial shows you how to create the Star Trek transporter effect. Play the video clip on the right to see the finished product. You will need a video editing package capable of using layers and mattes. This tutorial uses Adobe ...

Rate How To: Star Trek Warp Speed Effect

Original at Tutorial Outpost Latest Tutorials external link    Tue, May 22

In this tutorial you'll learn how to make a warp speed effect just like one from Star Trek.

Year 2006

 

Rate Opinion: New episodes of Star Trek?

Original at TV Squad external link    Mon, Sep 4

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By Brett Love Filed under: Science Fiction, OpEd, Video, WebWell, kind of. Star Trek: New Voyages aims to pick up where the original Star Trek left off by filming new adventures for Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew of the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701. This is not your ordinary fan film project though. Now a...

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