Star Trek

Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "The Inner Light"

source: jeffords (Blogspot)

“The Inner Light” does not need much introduction, does it? It is the most personal episode since TOS’ “The City on the Edge of Forever.” not surprisingly, those are two of only four trek episodes to win Hugo awards for Best Dramatic Presentation. It is such a uniquely fascinating, poignant...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "The Next Phase"

source: jeffords (Blogspot)

The Enterprise is called to assist a crippled Romulan vessel. One assumes bygones are bygones over the whole brainwashing la Forge to be an assassin, attempting to overthrow the Klingon Empire, and the aborted invasion of Vulcan. The Federation is chock full of forgiving souls, no? la For...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Ears To Leonard Nimoy

source: Trek Today

The actor best-known for his role of Spock talks about his Vulcan pointed-ears and how and why they’ve changed over time. One of the behind-the-scenes features on the new Star Trek XI DVD and Blu-ray sets released this week features Leonard Nimoy being fitted for and talking about his famo...

Published Wed, Nov 18

Party Favors: Seeing Red

source: Quick Stop Entertainment

The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Volume 2 has 4 episodes from the Riker-Picard era. “Relics” is the most important of the batch since it brings back Scotty (James Doohan) from the original series. He’s stuck on a shipwreck. “The Inner Light” has an amnesiac Picard wake up to a wife on...

Published Wed, Nov 18

Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "I, Borg"

source: jeffords (Blogspot)

It has been a long string of mediocre episodes. Thank goodness we finally get to one. While I enjoy “I, Borg” for the most part, my fondness for it has diminished because of subsequent Trek, notably Star Trek: First: Contact. Many fans do not appear to pay much attention to the fact events in “I,...

Published Tue, Nov 17

If You Like These Recent Movies, Here Are Books You'll Love [Book Lists]

source: io9

If you liked Star Trek... And who didn't like J.J. Abrams' breezy reinvention of the 1960s space adventure show, focusing more on the coming-of-age of Kirk and Spock, and their journey from rivals to friends? Anarcho-syndicalists, that's who.

Published Tue, Nov 17

Dr. Horrible Strikes Again, And Captain Picard Goes Ghost-Hunting [Comics We Crave]

source: io9

Staying with the media tie-ins, IDW also has the first issues of the weekly Legion: Prophets and the mini-series Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ghosts coming out. Meanwhile, Dark Horse has the much-anticipated all-new Dr. Horrible special issue to satisfy your Whedon Jones for another...

Published Tue, Nov 17

Abrams Talks Sequel, Spock and More

source: Star Trek Movie

I think the key to Star Trek moving forward is that it retain the sense of adventure and fun and excitement, and at the same time, go a little bit deeper. ...No one wants a movie that feels like it is moralizing and some manifesto, but I feel like it has to go a little deeper. ...We are just trying to offer t...

Published Tue, Nov 17