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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!

Qapla!

Posted on Jan 18, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Klingon culture has invaded our media — news, print, and film: On Comedy Central, Jon Stewart reported on Representative David Wu's likening of the White House administration to faux Klingons. A couple of guest commentators from the original series provided hilarious lampoons of Wu, themselves, and pop culture. Beyond the obvious humor, though, is Wu…

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Ensign Abrams, Reporting for Duty

Posted on Jan 11, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Courtesy StarTrek.com comes this article from Entertainment Weekly that the first draft of the next Star Trek film is done. Slow but steady progress, to be sure… The credits most often associated with J. J. Abrams, the producer and possible director of this film, are Mission: Impossible III and Lost. I'm familiar with neither, though…

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iDIC

Posted on Jan 4, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

A brief update via TrekToday and courtesy the iPod Observer: the first season of Star Trek: TOS is now available for download from the iTunes Music Store (link launches iTunes). That's $1.99/episode, or $56.99 for the entire season (which is more expensive than the less-portable DVD edition). (If you don't get the meaning of this…

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Databits

Posted on Dec 28, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Via TrekToday comes this neat, two-page interview with Brent Spiner. He talks about the fortieth anniversary of Star Trek (which every surviving Trek alum is doing this year), Threshold, Enterprise, J. J. Abrams, and more. I've always enjoyed the "trying to be human" characters of Star Trek, even if it has become cliché by now….

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Beam Me Up

Posted on Dec 19, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Days after announcing that William Shatner (Kirk)'s game show Show Me the Money would be picked up for six more episodes, production has been shut down after a drop in key demographics. [Story continues] Last Thursday the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) — the organization behind the Emmy Awards — formally inducted William…

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Coming Soon to a Quadrant Near You

Posted on Dec 16, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

StarTrek.com posts a reminder of all the places you can find all the Treks: Star Trek starting 17-Nov-06 on TV Land. Also on G4 in uncut versions and in the unique Trek 2.0 format. The all-new Remastered versions are also in syndication around the country. Star Trek: The Next Generation is currently on both G4…

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To Boldly Go…

Posted on Dec 15, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

The answer to my question about the future of Star Trek has come sooner than I'd like… and I'm not sure what to make of it. One of my last posts on the original Showbits board was about George Takei's interview wherein he proposed reviving TOS as an animated series. Enough of the original actors…

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The Kirk Identity

Posted on Dec 11, 2006Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Courtesy Trek Nation, Matt Damon says he would consider playing Kirk in Star Trek XI, if he liked the script… and was offered the part. Like the article says, no one but Shatner has ever played Kirk. Can any Trekker separate the two? Could we accept anyone else? If the eleventh film is to be…

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