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Star Trek Fans: The Hope Strikes Back!

By Bjorn Munson | by Bjorn Munson

This is the fifth entry in a surprisingly long series of posts about Star Trek’s future and its fandom called Crisis of Infinite Star Treks. You thought the CBS/Paramount EMPIRE would be the one to strike back, right? Well that narrative could still happen, but Axanar Productions, the folks behind the impressive fan film Prelude to Axanar and the theoretically upcoming Star Trek: Axanar, have staged a legal counterattack versus the CBS/Paramount lawsuit. Readers may wish…

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Star Trek Fans: A New Hope?

By Bjorn Munson | by Bjorn Munson

This is the fourth entry in a surprisingly long series of posts about Star Trek’s future and its fandom called Crisis of Infinite Star Treks. “A new hope?!?,” you Trek partisans cry. Yes, I went there. But stay with me, because although the tomfoolery (Garth-foolery?) of the Axanar lawsuit continues, CBS went ahead and announced the showrunner for their new Star Trek TV series: Bryan Fuller. Yes, someone who has both written for Star Trek and led…

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Recommended Reading: Star Trek DS9 is still a worthy watch

By Bjorn Munson | by Bjorn Munson

Amidst all this talk about the current “Crisis of Infinite Star Treks,” I came across this remembrance/article from Max Temkin about my favorite Star Trek incarnation: Deep Space Nine (DS9). I have now watched the entire series three times: first, when it was broadcast. Second, in the early naughts on DVD, and most recently with its debut on streaming Netflix. Some episodes, like “Necessary Evil,” have been ones I’ve watched more than three times. Is…

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Oh, Star Trek Fans: We’re So Doomed

By Bjorn Munson | by Bjorn Munson

It’s one thing to have too many choices, something we arguably have in today’s world. It’s another thing to have choices violently cut down. Imagine if Baskin Robbins decided their Thirty-One-Derful world needed to be Thirteen. Or Three. In my previous post on this subject, I noted that I was okay with the different –in some cases radically different– flavors of Star Trek. My issue was that a whole set of flavors, ones that I…

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Star Trek Fans: We Are Probably Doomed

By Bjorn Munson | by Bjorn Munson

I meant to post this earlier when the Star Trek Beyond trailer dropped, but holiday obligations meant I needed to stew with the implications for days. And alas, amid the season where I should be counting blessings and giving thanks, I have some geek-related dread. (I should note, that I am counting blessings and giving thanks as one might expect. Nothing Trek-related could be that impactful unless I was somehow involved in the creation of…

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Star Trek Fans: We Might Not Be Doomed

By Bjorn Munson | by Bjorn Munson

Mondays, by Industrial Age tradition and Garfield, are generally considered the worst. However, this Monday, CBS had an extremely exciting announcement, at least to a certain strain of geeks such as myself: There will be a new Star Trek TV series! So, there’s a new Star Trek TV show, eh? If that’s so, why the tentative title above? Well, we have to wonder what kind of Star Trek is in store. I mean, technically, Space…

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