The New Worlds Continue to be Strange… and Genre-Hopping
Just dropped earlier today. I have a mixture of emotions that is most un-Vulcan-like.
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Boldly Going: February Edition
I saw the illustration below shortly after the Black History Month memes and celebrations began spreading on social media this past Saturday… and this captures a lot of awesome actors in line with the month. (Somebody get me the artist/their website so I can properly credit them!). It did occur to me that some folks might be wondering, “Say, who is…?” so as a value-add, see the links below for a who’s who: Top row:…
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A Moment of Closure, Star Trek Style
A new short film, using CGI technology that would make Forrest Gump blush, is making the rounds amongst the various Trek groups I frequent. It’s called 765874 – Unification. It packs in more references to more iterations of Star Trek than you might expect, involves a lot of old Trek hands, and is very emotional for a lot of Trekkers. Take 11 minutes on the biggest screen you can find and see what you think.
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Skydance to Buy Paramount*
As John Oliver might say, “A lot happened last week,” but there’s one news story that I wanted to highlight. Paramount aka Paramount Global aka the latest incarnation of CBS Corporation & Viacom aka Mithrandir (for certain brain-addled elves) has a buyer. You can learn about it from an official notice, their own news division (CBS) talking about it, as well as: Both NPR and Variety have some questions about the deal and what this…
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Just a Reminder: Prodigy, Season 2
In case you forgot, today’s the day you can binge all 20 episodes of Star Trek: Prodigy, season 2. I, for one, am ready for the cockamamie plans.
Acting Raves
Doug Jones aka a Tall Drink of Water: Horror Edition
As mentioned the other week, Star Trek: Discovery has begun its final season. One of the highlights of the series for me has been the character of Saru, played by Doug Jones. There are a lot of actors whose mere presence bodes well for a production, but Doug Jones is one who historically has done so with his physical presence. In fact, one one level, he’s harder to spot than Gary Oldman, because while Gary…
Producing Various and Sundry Writing
Star Trek’s Mission Log: 58 Years & Counting
The beginning of the end of Star Trek: Discovery‘s five-year mission streams this Thursday, April 4th. Originally, this fifth season of Discovery was apparently not intended to be the final one, which has caused all kinds of rampant speculation online. However, Trek overall, is not only not going anywhere, the powers that be want to maintain what isn’t just a franchise, but a veritable Intellectual Property (IP) empire. In a longform cover story for Variety,…
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A Viewing Guide for Star Trek: Voyager
One aspect of Trekdom I discovered when I released my rankings of all the Star Trek series was how many people loved Star Trek: Voyager. Oh sure, I knew people were fans. And I became a bigger fan on my rewatch. But I hadn’t counted on the love. And just as with all Star Trek series, there are wonderfully Trekkish episodes to love here. So if you haven’t watched Voyager since the 90s — or…
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The Promise of Star Trek: Prodigy Cut Short
I debated whether or not to mention what has been widely reported in both trade publications and fan sites, but so many visitors come to my blog for the Star Trek content. So here’s the deal: Star Trek: Prodigy has been removed from the Paramount+ less than a week since the decision was announced. Why, it’s almost like they forgot their declared goal of not quite a year ago: Sigh. Yeah, it won’t be the…
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A Viewing Guide for Star Trek: The Next Generation
With the airing of the final season of Star Trek: Picard, my ranking of all the Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) episodes is getting a steady amount of traffic. So going from the viewing guide for one of the least watched series in the franchise, Enterprise, let’s go to a Trek series that still ranks as the most watched… and based on feedback is clearly one of the most beloved. Much like many of…