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Defending Discovery‘s Design Differences: Getting Personal

“Because ‘personal’ means personal.” – Captain Pike, “Light and Shadows” In this article, I’ll address frequent criticisms regarding the more personal aspects of Star Trek: Discovery‘s first two seasons. I

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Wil Wheaton’s Still Just a Geek in Review

Wil Wheaton’s new book Still Just a Geek is an annotated update of his 2002 book Just a Geek. I listened to the audio version of the book, narrated by

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Farewell, Harold Livingston

In the same year Star Trek: The Motion Picture experiences a spectacular rerelease in movie theaters and is receiving more positive fan attention and evaluation than ever before, we are

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Picard‘s “Hide and Seek” in Review

With the penultimate episode of its second season finally here, Star Trek: Picard approaches the end of the roller coaster ride with episode nine, “Hide and Seek”. This episode brings

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A Mind Meld with Vulcan Visitor Eduardo Roman

I recently chatted with actor Eduardo Roman, who played a mysterious Vulcan in the Star Trek: Picard episode “Mercy”, the eighth episode of the show’s second season. This Vulcan’s mind

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Defending Discovery‘s Design Differences: Klingons

“People can be very frightened of change.” – Captain Kirk, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country When an on-set photograph of Star Trek extras purportedly clad as Klingons was leaked

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Picard‘s “Mercy” in Review

Star Trek: Picard Season 2 continues the rollercoaster ride with episode eight, “Mercy”. This episode combines three main storylines – Picard and Guinan, Seven and Raffi, and Kore and Adam

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Defending Discovery‘s Design Differences: Holography

“You think your world is safe? It is an illusion.” – Khan Noonien Singh, Star Trek Into Darkness Earlier this week, it was reported that NASA has achieved holographic communication

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Defending Discovery‘s Design Differences: Starships

“Shall we continue? There is a great responsibility at hand.” – Spock, “If Memory Serves” So much of Star Trek through the decades has been from the perspective of the

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Picard‘s “Monsters” in Review

“There is no better teacher than one’s enemy.” – Jean-Luc Picard Picking up where we last left Picard and his crew in episode six, Star Trek: Picard continues its descent

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