Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
“Save the Rebellion, Save the Dream!” Dammit, Rogue One, I’ve got a little something in my eye. As we near the premiere of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, it’s clear the filmmakers have moved from the angsty rebellion angle (“This is a rebellion, isn’t it? I rebel.”) into one that focuses more on the…
Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before *spoiler alert for TNG Season 4 Epsiode 3, “Remember Me”* (I mean, it’s 20 years old, but if you haven’t seen it yet, far be it from me to be the one to ruin it for you.) Star Trek is no stranger to making radical statements — this…
Of all the movies in the Star Trek canon, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is an outlier. It’s a total lark, a romp, a love letter to fans who just wanted to have a damn good time watching a Star Trek movie. After the heavy life-and-death themes of Star Treks II and III, it…
In July, CBS announced that it will debut a new Star Trek series, Star Trek: Discovery, in early 2017. There’s already a lot of hype around the show, which is being developed by veteran Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager writer Bryan Fuller and Star Trek: Into Darkness screenwriter Alex Kurtzman. Last…
When Star Trek fans fight about the best Trek show, nine times out of 10 they’re arguing about the original series versus The Next Generation. Obviously, both shows are excellent and fundamental to the franchise, but they aren’t the best Trek ever put on television. I believe that honor belongs to Deep Space Nine, and…
These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission, no, wait, 50-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life for itself, to boldly remain relevant across space and time. And it has. Especially today, in the age of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the message of “Star Trek” — openness, harmony and the…
Fifty years ago — on Sept. 8, 1966 — TV viewers were transfixed by the appearance on screen of a green-hued, pointy-eared alien called Spock. But beneath the makeup, actor Leonard Nimoy fretted that this would be the end of his promising career. “How can I play a character without emotion?” he asked his boss,…
Majel Barrett as Nurse Christine Chapel season 1, episode 7 of “Star Trek: The Original Series.” CBS via Getty Images Not so long ago, the concept of a virtual assistant that could listen to your questions and provide answers was purely the realm of science fiction. In fact, it wouldn’t be unfair at all to…
There’s nothing wrong with being a bureaucrat. So you’re a tiny cog in a machine made of abstract rules, paperwork, and the broken dreams of those who do not understand either. So what? You’re just misunderstood. Without you, nobody would know where to file their TPS reports. Nobody would even know what a TPS report…
cache hit 125:single/related:631ba808fd86c17c00b5d05926856c8f empty The latest news about CBS’ new Star Trek series Discovery says the show will be set ten years before the events of the original Star Trek adventures with Captain Kirk and the Enterprise. Like the JJ Abrams movie trilogy and the most recent Trek series Enterprise, Discovery will be a return…