Star Trek

  • 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...
  • Is it a mistake for Star Trek Discovery to be a prequel?

    Production on Star Trek Discovery is in full swing and, while there has been no confirmed release date, the show will debut later this year. Science fiction on television and just television in general has changed dramatically since the last Star Trek show, Enterprise, was cancelled in 2005 with...
  • Why Romulans should be the villains of Star Trek 4

    The release of Star Trek Beyond last year brought with it a major surprise: it was actually a really good movie. I’m a big fan of the 2009 reboot and Into Darkness is a fun action flick but even I wasn’t excited for Beyond. The marketing put me off...
  • How Star Trek Beyond sets up a unique new Star Trek series

    The following article contains spoilers for Star Trek Beyond: Star Trek celebrated its fiftieth birthday last year with the release of Star Trek Beyond which homages ‘classic Trek’ while simultaneously following its own path as well as the announcement that Star Trek will finally be returning to television with...
  • How Beyond Celebrates Star Trek’s 50th Anniversary

    The 2009 JJ Abrams directed Star Trek reboot was my introduction to the franchise. Sure, I had seen bits and pieces of the Original Series and TNG but I hadn’t paid much attention to it and I was oblivious to the intricacies of the characters and galaxy at large....
  • Why The Undiscovered Country is my favourite Star Trek film

    Remarking that The Undiscovered Country, that’s the sixth Star Trek film if you’re counting, is my favourite of the series often leads to dirty looks and me being asked “You mean your favourite Star Trek film other than Wrath of Khan, right?”. But no, I’m one of ‘those people’...