Warp Factor Trek

As a young boy, I was mesmerized by the visual effects of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, completely captivated by the sight of the Enterprise in drydock as Admiral Kirk

The year was 1979. I was five years old, my parents had gotten divorced in June, and I had just started Kindergarten. However, I still had my bi-weekly weekend visits

What the Novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture Can Teach Us About Gene’s Vision Star Trek: The Motion Picture, a novel based on the screenplay by Harold Livingston and

What were the precise conditions, the cinematic environment, that led to the release of the first Star Trek feature film, 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture? That’s the question I

I will never forget the way I felt when I saw The Motion Picture for the very first time. I was absolutely swept up in the world of the starship

“There’s another way to survive: mutual trust and help.”  — Jim Kirk to Science Officer Mara, TOS: “Day of the Dove” Of all the Star Trek films, The Undiscovered Country

Following what was effectively a two-part opener to the season, the third episode has a fairly standalone main plotline, and B and C plots with some closure and some changes

“One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.” (Ecclesiastes 1:4, KJV) One curious truth to being a Star Trek fan is the attachment fans

You can see us everywhere, all over the world. It doesn’t matter what color skin you have or what language you speak, the Star Trek community is one big family.

“If loss has taught us anything, it is that each of us must sit with pain in our own way.” – Mister Saru, “Anomaly” Nearly two years into the pandemic,