Star Trek

Retro Review: The Next Phase

source: Trek Today

When LaForge and Ro disappear during a transporter accident, the crew believes they have died…and so do they. Plot Summary: The Enterprise intercepts a distress call from a Romulan ship and goes to assist. LaForge and Ro beam back to the Enterprise with a part in need of repair, but the trans...

Published Fri, Dec 4

Tiger's Fearsome Foursome: Elin, Rachel, Jaimee, and the Queen of Gen X

source: Bleacher Report

BBC News I borrowed this from Leonard Nimoy," says Winona, handing the Star Trek transporter remote to Elin. "Let's get out of West Virginia in the '70s. Yuk! ... 1979 West Virginia, Elin, and Rachel: Cat Fight In The HillsBleacher Report all 2,555 news articles »

Published Wed, Dec 2

Science Channel show takes fact approach to fiction

source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Los Angeles Times Lightsabers are to "Star Wars" what communicators and transporter beams are to "Star Trek": a signature sci-fi device that transcended the nerd fan base to ... Physicist Michio Kaku invites viewers through the wormholeLos Angeles Times

Published Tue, Dec 1

Weirdest Movies Ever Released On Thanskgiving Weekend

source: io9

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home The most fun of the original cast movies, this probably would have been a good one to escape to with your family. Although the famous "Shatner underwater" scene might have proved distressing. Transporter 3 It's a threequel starring Jason Statham. How can it be ba...

Published Thu, Nov 26

Virtual Star Trek: The Experience

source: Trek Today

Star Trek fans waiting and hoping for Star Trek: The Experience to reopen can experience a virtual Star Trek: The Experience while waiting. The Klingon Encounter section is set on the Bridge of Picard’s Enterprise. Fans can see the transporter room, transit corridor, the bridge, turboli...

Published Wed, Nov 25

James B. Sikking on Getting Paid for STAR TREK III

source: Mike Lynch Cartoons

I've heard a lot of STAR TREK behind the scenes stories. One thing about the TREK movies is that they were shot on tight budgets. For instance, STAR TREK II reuses a Klingon control panel set from STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE as a transporter control. (From the McCoy/Kirk scene: "Where are we go...

Published Mon, Nov 16

Opinion: Star Trek 1020: Forbidden Fruit

source: Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

PLOT: Wesley invents an alternative to the transporter, the hyperport, that promptly beams an alien named Pierce from a plague-ridden planet. He tries to convince Wesley not to pursue the invention and when that doesn't work, infects the ship's water supply with a plague. He explains tha...

Published Tue, Sep 22

Opinion: Star Trek 973: The Alone Part Two

source: Siskoid's Blog of Geekery

CONTINUITY: Kirk names his pet Gary after Gary Mitchell (Where No Man Has Gone Before). Kirk learned metal-working from Tyree (A Private Little War). DIVERGENCES: Spock claims that the entire crew but him is human, though the previous issue showed an alien transporter chief, and by this p...

Published Fri, Aug 7