Star Trek

Opinion: SciFi Weekend: Star Trek; The End of Time; Forbidden Planet; And Howard Wolowitz’s Bath With Kattee Sackhoff

source: Liberal Values

Movieweb has interviewed J.J. Abrams about his Star Trek movie and the upcoming sequel: The Blu-ray version of the Abrams Star Trek movie was released. SciFi Squad offers a review, including a listing of the special features included. Part Two:

Published Sun, Nov 29

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

Looking down from the heavens, at the heavens.

source: FilmChat

I finally caught up with the bonus features on the Blu-Ray editions of the last few Star Trek movies this week, and one sentence kind of jumped out at me. It comes courtesy of Michael Fincke, an astronaut who appears on the Star Trek: First Contact (1996) disc via the featurette 'Greetings fr...

Published Sat, Nov 14

SciFi Weekend: We Are At Peace, Always; Changing Fate; Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars; Wolowitz in Bath Tub With Katee Sackhoff; Lost Final Season

source: Liberal Values

The pilot of the new series along with episodes of the original series are available for viewing on line here. Sackhoff’s guest appearance follows previous guest spots by Summer Glau and more recently Wil Wheaton. Wheaton revealed on his blog that he his voice was used in J.J. Abrams’ Star Tre...

Published Sun, Nov 8

Sirtis On The Next Generation Movies And Abrams Trek

source: Trek Today

Of the four Star Trek: The Next Generation movies, Marina Sirtis liked one of them better than the rest. “My favorite of all the movies was First Contact,” said Sirtis. “I thought it was a great script and loved being directed by Jonathan [Frakes]. The others I liked in varying degrees but it wa...

Published Mon, Oct 26

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

source: Slice of SciFi

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...

Published Sat, Oct 24

Star Trek: The Next Generation--"Qpid"

source: jeffords (Blogspot)

Being one who enjoys picking nits, why does trio’s arrow penetrate Data’s chest here when he is bulletproof in Star Trek: First Contact? I believe he is also cautious about bullets in ’Time’s Arrow” as well. Continuity, people. That is what a story editor is for.)

Published Tue, Oct 20

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

source: jeffords (Blogspot)

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...

Published Thu, Oct 15