Star Trek

  • Hopes, Predictions and Questions for Picard’s Return to Star Trek

    Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s epic adventure across the galaxy came to an end 16 years ago with the release of Star Trek: Nemesis, one of my least favourite Star Trek films. Based on its own merits the film’s not actually all that bad (okay, it is pretty rubbish) but it’s regarded as...
  • OutOfLives Podcast #3 – San Diego Comic Con

    Scott’s off on assignment this week so it’s up to Ben and Mr Moody to steer this old, old wooden ship. They discuss their top picks from this years San Diego Comic Convention. Focusing on TV, as Moody covered films on the Glorious Movies Show, they touch on Star...
  • Casting Captain Pike for Star Trek: Discovery Season 2

    The Enterprise is back! Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing for Discovery is whole different conversation (that I touch on in this previous article) but The Enterprise brings with it a huge bunch of questions. How big of a role will the ship play in the...
  • Hopes for Star Trek Discovery Season 2

    Just last week Star Trek Discovery’s debut season came to an end with the promise of a lighter tone and new missions for season 2… and then the final scene happened and it looks like we’ll be stuck trying to desperately hold on to nostalgia instead of doing something...
  • Star Trek Discovery has been renewed (and is great)

    It appears Star trek Discovery is doing well. So well it’s been renewed for a second season by CBS. Interactive president and COO Marc DeBevoise announced the renewal in a press release and said that Discovery had been successful in helping launch its streaming service CBS All Access by...
  • I Read The Star Trek Discovery Prequel Novel (So You Don’t Have To)

    Spoilers for episodes 1-5 of Star Trek Discovery and the prequel novel ‘Desperate Hours’. The past few weeks have been a busy and tumultuous time in the Star Trek fandom. Discovery has finally aired and is just as controversial as we all guessed it would be. I’m enjoying the...
  • Star Trek Discovery Has Arrived

    I want to preface this by stating that I’m not a die hard Trekkie but someone who enjoys Star Trek, a lot. I’m not precious about the canon yet I’ve watched every TNG and DS9 episode multiple times and recently watched every series on their addition to Netflix. As...
  • Hopes for Star Trek Discovery

    We are now just a few days away from Star Trek returning to its true home of television with Star Trek Discovery which strikes that balance of eager anticipation and trepidation within fans of the franchise. Personally, I would have preferred a series set even further in the future,...
  • The Best TV Series Finales Ever Made

    Spoilers inbound. If you see the name of a TV show you don’t want spoiled then move on to the next. Being of a long form narrative, television shows are a journey. A journey for the characters we check in with every week and also for us watching the...