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Bernadette Croft’s Modus Operandi

A good time was had by all when I recently conducted an exclusive interview with Bernadette Croft, the costume designer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. But what regularly goes

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Strange New Worlds‘ “Under the Cloak of War” in Review

What was all that “shoot up with glowing blue stuff to get Matrix-style bullet-time powers to kick Klingon ass” with M’Benga and Chapel in the season premiere? Well, we’re not

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Strange New Worlds‘ “Those Old Scientists” in Review

This is the long-awaited crossover with animated series Lower Decks. It was announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 and given an early debut screening at San Diego Comic-Con 2023. Summary

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Bruce Horak Interview, Part 1: Imminent Trek

(Disclaimer: This interview took place before the current SAG-AFTRA strike.) The second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds establishes that several of the show’s characters have clearly been affected

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Strange New Worlds’ “Lost in Translation” in Review

The “previously on” lead-in is particularly worth bearing in mind this time. A lot of things in the recap tie into this episode. Summary The Enterprise, under newly promoted Fleet

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An Interview with Kherkovian Voice-Over Performer Anjuli Cain

Just before the SAG-AFTRA strike began, I lucked into an exclusive interview with Anjuli Cain, who plays the ethereal roles of Blue and Yellow in this week’s episode of Star

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Strange New Worlds‘ “Charades” in Review

It’s this year’s Comedy Vulcan Episode time… Yeah, that seems to be an actual thing with this series, and again it involves Spock’s arranged engagement to T’Pring requiring attention at

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In Defense of Star Trek: Prodigy

It turns out that Star Trek: Prodigy is and could again be something unique in the collective consciousness that fills the vacuum of genre television. It served a distinct purpose

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Star Trek and the Strike

Since 2 May 2023, the Writer’s Guild of America has been mired in one of the longest strikes in recent memory. The main goals of the strike are the following:

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Strange New Worlds‘ “Among the Lotus Eaters” in Review

Remember when we saw — way back in “The Cage/The Menagerie” — Captain Pike fight a primitive warrior in a flashback to a botched first contact mission on Rigel VII?

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