Tag: star trek
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STAR TREK BEYOND review – SA195
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen and Evan boldly go beyond…where no one has gone before! It’s the next step in the “Kelvin-verse”, featuring rock ‘n’ roll, aliens, explosions, and lots of weird twisting camera shots! But is it any good? Here’s what Ben and Evan think…
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Thoughts on Star Trek’s Omega Glory and the 4th of July!
Some thoughts after my son and I did our yearly viewing of “The Omega Glory,” the classic Star Trek episode that features a world parallel to our own, in which a war between the Yangs and the Kohms nearly destroyed the entire population of the planet. It’s from the second season, and written by the…
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Ep. 71: Where Will Trek Boldly Go?
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhere will the Trek franchise go from here? And where would the Strangers and Aliens like to see it go? See . . . Dr. Jayce put the guys on the spot when he asks for their Next Generation dream cast! Hear . . . their predictions for…
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A Christmas Carol . . . in KLINGON!!!
In researching A Christmas Carol, I came across this video from The Wall Street Journal. I’m not sure what’s stranger . . . A Christmas Carol in Klingonese or The Wall Street Journal reporting on it! Definitely worth watching the report. I don’t know if it is something anyone is still doing — the actual…
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STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS plot revealed . . .
In news that has been reported pretty much everywhere . . . I want to know what you strangers and aliens think about this information. We’ve got the official synopsis, and I have a few thoughts of my own . . . but let the fanboy speculation begin!!! Here is the official synopsis of Star…
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Episode 23 — “Sci-Fi Rip Offs”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBen, Steve, and Dr. Jayce are together again . . . and, fortunately for you, none of them sing the song from The Muppets Take Manhattan (although Ben has it stuck in his head as he types these words). The topic? Sci-fi rip offs. The three of them…
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Star Trek: Dr. Jayce’s Crew (REVISITED)
After watching every single episode of every single TREK series I decided to revisit this posting and revise anything that may have changed. See below with my new comments italicized. If you are a Trekkie or married to one than you have heard the age-old debate: Kirk or Picard. Today I will add upon that…
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Star Trek (DC Comics) #25 and Top Dog #9 (Cool Comic Covers #13)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (sometimes more!) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: Our cool comic covers come not from the artwork, but from something more personal. Be warned — things from antiquity, like bookstores and magazine racks, are mentioned…
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Episode 15 — “Captain Kirk vs. Captain Picard — Round 1”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSCaptain Kirk. Captain Picard. Two different eras of television. Two different eras of Star Trek. Two different command styles. Two different acting styles. Two different crews. Two different ships. Two different storylines. Two different hairlines. Two different waistlines. And for fans of science fiction, two different opinions. In…
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Star Trek: Our Poll’s Winning Captain…
[poll id=”6″] Well, is anyone surprised at the results from our poll? Captain Picard won our poll, with over half of the votes! He’s the captain most of you would prefer as their commanding officer. So, okay Dr. Jayce, you’ve won this round…but not the war! Picard is an even handed leader who commands respect…
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My Mount Rushmore of Sci-fi TV
My Mount Rushmore of Sci-fi TV celebrates the man himself, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, The Twilight Zone, X-Files,and the often overlooked Farscape. MY RUSHMORE FOUR: Star Trek:The Next Generation- Picard rocks my face off! The Borg is scary as all get out. Data kicks tail. Worf makes me laugh. And the Holodeck makes my imagination go into fits…
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RANKINGS: Top 10 Time Travel Movies of All Time (#3)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996) Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise must travel back in time to defeat their arch nemesis (The Borg), from wreaking havoc on Earth in the past. When: 24th Century & 2063 Best part: Picard going all James “Tommy Gun” Cagney on the Borg. Worst part: That it had…
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AUDIO: Rare Star Trek II Radio Documentary
Over at trekmovie.com, a Star Trek news blog, they have posted an article about the unearthing of a rare recording made to promote Star Trek II. In includes interviews with Shatner, Nimoy, and Khan himself, Ricardo Montalban, and some recordings of Roddenberry speaking at a university (possibly because he was not involved in the making…
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RANKINGS: Top 10 Time Travel Movies of All Time (#9)
#9 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Bones take off with the rest of the Original Star Trek crew to the past in order to bring back a humpback whale to save all humanity. If that isn’t a sci-fi premise then I don’t know what is. When: 1986…
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EPISODE 2 – “What if You Could Go Back … to the FUTURE”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhy are time travel stories so compelling? What is it about the idea of traveling through time that captures our imagination? What do time travel stories teach us about ourselves? About God? Why are they just so much fun? In our second episode, we explore one of our…
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QUOTE: Nicholas Meyer on Allegory and Metaphor in Star Trek
At its best, Star Trek appears to function as pop-allegory/pop metaphor, taking current events and issues (ecology, war, racism) and objectifying them for us to contemplate in a sci-fi setting. The world it presents may make no scientific sense but it is well and truly sufficient to lay out human questions for us to think…
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REVIEW: William Shatner’s “The Captains”
I’m a big fan of William Shatner. If we ever do a podcast to tackle the classic “Kirk vs. Picard”, there will be no question what side I fall on. I will listen to opposing arguments, but I will not change my mind. (Gauntlet thrown, Dr. Jayce.) I enjoy watching Shatner in Star Trek,…