Warp Factor Trek

The Star Trek Fan Website

A freelance writer, Douglas has several years experience writing newsletters, sales copy and movie reviews. He is also the author of the screenplays Supralight and Bloodstone: The Sorceress and the Warrior. His reviews of Star Trek films (as well as a DS9 retrospective) have been published on the TrekSphere website.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in Retrospect

To me, Star Trek has always primarily been about the voyages of the starship Enterprise. So, when Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered in 1987, it was easy for me

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Star Trek: The Next Generation – 35 Years Later

As a four-year-old in 1978, Star Trek didn’t mean much to me beyond being a show my dad enjoyed. That changed when Star Trek: The Motion Picture (TMP) was released.

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Is Star Trek “Too Much of a Good Thing”? An Interview with Nicholas Meyer

From roughly 3,000 miles away in Cape Coral, Florida, I am on a Zoom chat meeting with a man whom I’ve always wanted to meet and talk with. He’s one

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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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Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition (2022 4k Release)

Reviewing a Reinvigoration of a Movie Masterpiece For years, I’ve wanted to see a theatrical release of the 2001 Director’s Edition of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, further enhanced and

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Star Trek Nemesis review

Star Trek Nemesis was released at a time when I honestly didn’t have very much to say regarding Star Trek, somewhat having lost interest in the franchise. Although this is still

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Star Trek: Insurrection review

I was severely disappointed by how Star Trek: Insurrection, the ninth Star Trek film, was marketed. The film’s theatrical poster gave us an image of Ru’afo’s face looking down (ripping

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Star Trek: First Contact review

I had a strong conviction that the eighth Star Trek film, which would be the first solo big-screen production for the main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation, needed to be

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Star Trek Generations review

With Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s series finale “All Good Things…” having carried with it the promise of forthcoming silver-screen action for TNG’s main cast, a lot of my friends

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country review

When I first heard there was going to be a sixth film with the original cast of Star Trek, I must admit to having winced somewhat. Would the visual flavor

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