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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds lost sight of its greatest strength
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman has described the prequel series, which takes place just before the original ‘60s Star Trek, as a show focused on “serialized character stories.” The emotional arcs of the crew of the USS Enterprise provide the connective tissue, allowing each episode to jump between various genres, tones, and…
Star Trek, superheroes, and lots of Stephen King: the best of SDCC 2025
Another San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone, and while there were no explosive reveals like last year’s surprise appearance of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, there were quite a few interesting developments. That includes several Star Trek spinoffs, a new sci-fi show on Apple TV Plus, trailers for everything from Peacemaker to Gen…
The best Star Trek fan event of the year joyfully celebrates the franchise’s worst episode
Star Trek fans celebrate a lot of holidays. There’s Star Trek Day on Sept. 8, the anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: The Original Series. There’s First Contact Day on April 5, the anniversary of the fictional date on which humanity made first contact with Vulcan visitors. One might even celebrate Captain Picard Day…
Star Trek as ‘going to a national park’: Lower Decks’ creator reflects on the end of the show
Years ago, comedy writer Mike McMahan got the opportunity of a lifetime — an interview to join the writing staff of a new Star Trek series, the first in over a decade. McMahan was a massive Trekkie and had recently made a splash with a parody Twitter account called “TNG Season 8,” in which he…