******STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** I’m still unsure if I can logistically review every new episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (SNW), as last week proved, when I was too busy covering and participating in the Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim. While I did catch S1.4’s “Memento Mori” on my iPad in my hotel room, my take…
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New poster for “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” epitomizes Roddenberry’s ‘space western’ in a single image…
*****POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS***** Yesterday (as of this writing) a flood of rumors emerged regarding the slew of new Star Trek coming out this year; this month’s return of Star Trek: Discovery (Feb. 10th), the season 2 premiere of Star Trek: Picard (March 3rd), more rumors of the long-gestating Star Trek…
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” features a cast for the future’s past…
Forgive me if this column is a bit briefer than usual, but I’m recovering from hand surgery and my typing speed is down to a crawl, so apologies in advance if I let the graphics and videos do most of the heavy lifting on this one! *****SOME SPECULATIVE SPOILERS***** “We’ve just finished 18 months redesigning…
The case for a possible Captain Pike “Star Trek” series…
****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!***** Captain Christopher Pike. With Star Trek: Picard on hiatus and Star Trek: Discovery‘s 3rd season slated to return (sometime?) this year, I thought it might be a good opportunity to explore the prospects for a possible new Star Trek series, headlined by none other than Captain Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter/Bruce Greenwood/Anson Mount), the…
Star Trek Short Treks, 2.3: “Ask Not” offers a no-win scenario…
****STARSHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!!**** The latest Star Trek “Short Trek” has come online from CBS-All Access. Written by Kalinda Vasquez and directed by Sanji Senaka, “Ask Not” sees yet another non-regular cast character getting a spotlight, as she faces a no-win scenario. Story. The story opens with Starbase 28 under an unseen attack by the Tholians (crystalline…
Star Trek: Short Treks, 2.1: “Q&A” offers a brief, but nice ride…
CBS-All Access has just launched its second series of “Star Trek: Short Treks.” Short Treks are a brief series of webisodes designed to keep CBS-AA from hemorrhaging subscribers before the debut of “Star Trek: Picard” and the third season premiere of “Star Trek: Discovery”; both arriving in early 2020. Last year’s Short Treks were an…
Star Trek: Discovery, S2.4; “An Obol For Charon” offers two sides of the coin…
The latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery, “An Obol For Charon” had some very strong character moments that ultimately made it worthwhile for me, but the story was little more than a pastiche of Treks past; particularly, the great misunderstood space thing that was just trying to say ‘hello.’ **** SPACE SPHERE-SIZE SPOILERS AHEAD!!**** Pike’s…
Musings of a Middle-Aged Geek 