The latest Star Trek: Discovery has dropped, and it’s a doozy. The entire episode foreshadows future Trek or character destinies, and is impossible to discuss at any length without spoilers, so without further ado… ****SPOILER WARNINGS TO MAXIMUM!!***** The Story. Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin Green) is brooding over the loss of her quantum-leaping mother for…
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Star Trek S2.11: “Perpetual Infinity” is a bittersweet convergence…
****CONTROL-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** Let’s just spore-jump right into it, shall we? 20 years ago. We see a young Michael Burnham on the colony of Doctari Alpha, under the care of her mother and father, two researchers working on a classified time suit project for the seedy Section 31 (unbeknownst to the tweenage Michael, of course). Young…
“Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” throws a nice retirement party…
“Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” (TUC) was something of a redemption for the Trek franchise after the drop (both in quality & box-office) of “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.” The production team had a mere 18 months to put together a movie in time for Star Trek’s then-25th anniversary in 1991. That team…
Star Trek Discovery S1 finale, “Will You Take My Hand?”
The fifteenth and final episode of this inaugural season of Star Trek Discovery has beamed up. Overall, it was a very satisfying installment that seemed to pull the series out of the darkness, and a bit closer into the optimism of previous Star Treks. ***** GIANT VOLCANO BOMB-SIZED SPOILERS AHEAD ***** The Story. The USS…
Star Trek Discovery S1.14, “The War Without, The War Within”…
The latest episode of Star Trek Discovery, “The War Without…” answers a few nagging questions from last week’s “What’s Past Is Prologue” , and there are some rich character moments, but I still had a few nagging issues. ****** STARSHIP SIZED-SPOILERS!! SHIELDS UP! ******* The Story. The Discovery returns to its native ‘prime’ universe (though I still don’t quite…
Still clinging on to the Klingons…
Ever since last week’s debut of Star Trek Discovery’s first two episodes, I’ve been reading a lot of online fan-rage about the new look of the Klingons. Many of them say the new Klingons look too “monstrous,” and far too different from previous interpretations seen in the Star Trek movies, Star Trek: The Next Generation and its…
“Shall we give the Enterprise a proper shakedown?” Re-evaluating Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released in December of 1979 and, while financially successful, it was critically panned within an inch of its life. The critical reception was so bad that, for awhile, the newly-resurrected Star Trek franchise seemed unsure of how to go forward. Its 1982 sequel, “The Wrath of Khan”, was…