Brave New World. To those who believe that Star Trek wasn’t concerned with ‘social justice’ issues until the newer CBS All Access series? I’ve got something for you… Deep Space Nine’s 6th season episode “Far Beyond the Stars” (1998) broke a lot of Star Trek’s rules. Rather than deal with racism through the metaphoric lens…
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“What We Left Behind: Looking Back At Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”…
Last night, May 13th, was the one-night only showing (at TCL’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood or AMC’s Fathom Events) of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine documentary “What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” (2018), co-directed by former DS9 writer/producer/show-runner Ira Steven Beher and David Zappone. I’ve seen a lot…
The Man Behind The Mask: an interview with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Aron Eisenberg…
Over 25 years ago, actor Aron Eisenberg first tried on the prosthetic makeup and teeth that would transform him into the Ferengi “Nog,” an illiterate, petty thief and nephew of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s resident bar owner “Quark” (Armin Shimerman). Over the 7 years of the TV series, Nog evolved like few characters in…