Star Trek

SPACE: 1970 Blog by Christopher Mills

source: Mike Lynch Cartoons

I can't even begin to tell you how many hours I spent pouring over those pages, dreaming of getting every single Mego Star Trek and Planet of the Apes action figure under the Christmas tree... not to mention the Enterprise bridge playset! (Never got that, sadly.)"

Published Wed, Dec 2

Sci-Fi Author Harlan Ellison Wants In On Star Trek 2

source: /FILM

Harlan Ellison is a notoriously prickly fellow.  Aside from his many works, Ellison is infamous for his decade-long feud with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry after he rewrote much of Ellison’s only Trek episode, “The City on the Edge of Forever.” Now that the franchise is in the hands of...

Published Tue, Dec 1

Opinion: Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "Relics"

source: jeffords (Blogspot)

Did I mention the Dyson sphere is huge? There are plenty of opportunities to learn that. I got tough flashbacks to some of those glacially paced special effects sequences in Star Trek: The Motion Picture as the Enterprise orbited and orbited and orbited and orbited the sphere. I hope the spe...

Published Mon, Nov 30

Star Trek Cookies

source: Trek Today

For those wanting to get a unique holiday gift for the Star Trek fan on their list, Geeky Cookies offers special Star Trek cookies. Two different types of cookies are offered, a Starfleet Badge cookie and a U.S.S. Enterprise Away Team cookie. The Starfleet badge has silver and black icing. The U.S....

Published Sat, Nov 28

TOS REWATCH - EPISODE 15 - THE MENAGERIE, PART I

source: LiveJournal posts

Analyzation/Commentary by Brittany Diamond :D Discussion Questions: (1) Apparently The Star Trek Compedium compares what Spock did for ..., to what Kirk did for Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock . Does this validate the possibly-slashy connotations ...episode (or distinct lack of...

Published Fri, Nov 27

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

Anvilicious - Television Tropes & Idioms

source: Star Trek

Star Trek the original series, which was unique for its era in that it was likely the only show in which no one smoked. Gene Rodenberry had originally cast Majel Barrett as the second in command of the Enterprise, a feminist first for the time, but was put under pressure by his producers to put...

Published Wed, Nov 25

Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "Realm of Fear"

source: jeffords (Blogspot)

“Realm of Fear’ was trying to be a classic horror film homage with strange, sinister creatures attacking attacking victims in a nightmarish scenario, but it does not work in that way. It is a Barclay character development episode. I like it anyway because of that, not in spite. Plus, “Schism...

Published Mon, Nov 23