It seems strange to be talking about Star Trek‘s decline, straight after the return of its current flagship show. Strange New Worlds Season 4 kicked off in fine fare, and it has a staggering 100% critic score over on Rotten Tomatoes. Anson Mount’s Christopher Pike was the real star of the show in the premiere, […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds just pivoted to full horror in an episode that totally sets up an X-Files style spin-off. Space is beautiful and terrifying, and the crew of the USS Enterprise often find themselves facing threats and dangers nobody could have expected. Over the years, we’ve learned a lot about some of them; […]
Star Trek is famous for its transporter technology. In the real world, the idea of “beaming up” was actually a way of dealing with a limited budget; the show couldn’t afford expensive shots of shuttles flying to every planet, so Gene Roddenberry came up with the transporter instead. In most cases, crew transport themselves straight […]
2026 is a huge year for Star Trek. The iconic sci-fi franchise is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, marking the milestone of the debut of the original Star Trek television that started it all which first aired on September 8, 1966. But while there are all sorts of different celebrations and tributes to the […]
William Shatner is shutting down rumors of a recent health scare as the Star Trek icon warns his fans to be vigilant when it comes to misinformation scams. The beloved actor, 95, took to social media on Thursday to shut down a fake report from a Facebook page posing as a wedding planning service that […]
Star Trek is in a strange place right now. As good as Strange New Worlds Season 4 may be, it feels oddly like the beginning of the end for the 60-year-old franchise’s current form. Starfleet Academy has been cancelled, Strange New Worlds will wrap up after an abbreviated fifth season, and then Star Trek is […]
Three years ago, the end of Star Trek: Picard Season 3 appeared to set up a bright future for the USS Enterprise. Commander LaForge formally retired the USS Enterprise-D, but Jean-Luc discovered his son Jack hadn’t been assigned to the Titan after all. Rather, that ship had been rechristened the Enterprise-G, under the command of […]
Three years ago, the end of Star Trek: Picard Season 3 appeared to set up a bright future for the USS Enterprise. Commander LaForge formally retired the USS Enterprise-D, but Jean-Luc discovered his son Jack hadn’t been assigned to the Titan after all. Rather, that ship had been rechristened the Enterprise-G, under the command of […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds just confront James T. Kirk with the greatest tragedy of his life – 23 years before it happened. Strange New Worlds is an unusual prequel series, because its main character – Anson Mount’s Christopher Pike – knows his fate. Set early on in the Star Trek timeline, the show wrestles […]
There are few sci-fi franchises as iconic as Star Trek. This year marks Star Trek’s 60th anniversary and it is a franchise that is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Over the decades, it’s been a key part of just about every form of media you can imagine and one of its particularly […]