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Whether your favorite captain is William Shatner or Chris Pine, a Shakespeare-quoting Frenchman or a lady with a bun of steel, Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek is sci-fi at its best — and sometimes its worst. Also check out my Star Trek podcast, Transporter Lock!

A Pandemic Year of Moviegoing & Star Trek

Posted on Dec 24, 2021Dec 17, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Despite the pandemic, I went to the movies more than I did in 2020 — and saw more original episodes of Star Trek than possibly any year ever.

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Star Trek IV: The Voyage to Alameda

Posted on May 5, 2021Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

A stay in the San Francisco Bay Area had me looking for nuclear wessels.

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Starship Enterprise docking

WordPress: The Final Frontier

Posted on Apr 5, 2020Mar 31, 2022 by Ken Gagne

On April Fool's Day, I treated my co-workers at WordPress VIP, a division of Automattic, to a video conference call inspired by Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Picard Will Make It So

Posted on Dec 24, 2019Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Jean-Luc Picard returns in a serialized, dystopian series on CBS All Access. Will he make it so?… or make it snow?

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Wil Wheaton's autographed headshot

Reuniting The Next Generation's cast

Posted on Sep 28, 2019Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

I'd collected the autograph of every cast member from Star Trek: The Next Generation — except Wil Wheaton. Once I did, would I reunite him with his crew?

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Enterprise Rock

A Christmas aboard the Enterprise NX-01

Posted on Dec 24, 2018Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

This Christmas Eve, John C. Worsley's 'Enterprise Rock' music video has me remembering the NX-01 and watching Star Trek with my dad.

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Star Trek Into Darkness opening night

A Star Trek Christmas with family

Posted on Dec 24, 2017Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

I'm spending my Christmas Eve with family and Star Trek — a union made possible in the memory of my dad.

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Star Trek TOS unboxing

Unboxing Star Trek: The Original Series

Posted on Sep 8, 2016Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the debut of Star Trek, when "The Man Trap", premiered. CBS and Paramount are celebrating the occasion with the release of Star Trek — 50th Anniversary TV and Movie Collection, a set that includes all of the original crew's television, cinematic, and animated adventures, including the first time The…

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