Dec 28, 2020 TV Nerdery A Commander, an Android, and a Klingon Walk Into a Casino One of my favorite Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes finds the fun in a goofy and bizarre plot.
Oct 6, 2019 TV The Second Picard Trailer is Sci-Fi Nostalgia Done Right Set a course for the feels, maximum warp.
Sep 13, 2019 Movies Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Ambitious, Awe-Inspiring… and Boring The first Star Trek film contains some of the franchise’s most awe-inspiring scenes. At other times, it’s quite the snoozefest.
Jul 22, 2019 Nerdery My Favorite News From San Diego Comic-Con 2019 The Expanse, Picard, Marvel, Robotech, and more.
Jul 9, 2019 Nerdery Hero Collector’s U.S.S. Enterprise NCC–1701–D Illustrated Handbook Looks like a fitting tribute to Starfleet’s flagship (and my favorite fictional spacecraft).
Mar 8, 2019 Pop Culture Pop Culture Is More Than Mere Entertainment Inventors, engineers, scientists, and astronauts have been inspired by Star Trek, so why not politicians?
Jan 30, 2019 TV Nerdery Which Star Trek ship would win in a race? What’s the difference between warp 9.6 and warp 9.975?
Sep 30, 2017 Reading Weekend Reads: The Terminator’s Back, Star Trek & Religion, Movie Theatres Suck, Silicon Valley Silliness Also: Amazon’s new sci-fi titles, The Prisoner, VidAngel, Donald Trump takes on the NFL, Facebook and Russia, and much more.
Sep 15, 2017 Reading Weekend Reads: (Dis)Trusting Facebook, Silicon Valley Backlash, Netflix’s Atypical, Pizza Hut Nostalgia & more Also: Artificial intelligence and “gaydar,” popular Star Trek episodes, Hollywood’s decline, Asian shoegaze, and imagining aliens.
Jul 31, 2017 Best of Opus TV Nerdery Religion Star Trek Has Always Been More Religious Than Its Creators Want or Realize It’s a stretch to say that “religion basically no longer exists” in the Star Trek universe.
May 20, 2017 Reading Reading: Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus, Star Trek: Discovery, MST3K, Fearing the Alt-Left & More Also: Screwing over creatives, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’s narrative flaws, saving old TV shows, redeeming nostalgia, touring Apple’s new campus, hand-coding CSS, and a better pro-life approach.
Nov 7, 2015 TV What should the next Star Trek series be like? Why should the new ‘Star Trek’ series tread old ground when it can boldly go where the franchise has never gone before?
Mar 4, 2015 Reading Reading: Mr. Spock RIP, Agent Carter, Power Rangers Go Dark, Synth-Pop Primer, Celebrating Husker Football, and More Also, celebrating ‘M*A*S*H,’ the nerdiness of ‘Parks and Recreation,’ the mix tape’s legacy, and more.
Feb 5, 2015 Reading Reading: Newsweek vs. The Bible, “Mid-Reputable” TV, Vaccines, Star Trek, Kendrick Lamar, Political Correctness & More Also: The design flaws of the U.S.S. Enterprise, sci-fi background, Facebook’s inadvertent cruelty, and some bonus links.
Oct 15, 2014 Reading Reading: Traveling in Japan, Lovecraftian Racism, Shrinking Netflix, Farewell to Sports, Online Trolls Keep Winning & more Also: Managing childbirth expectations, online assumptions, reviving Star Trek, Left Behind flaws, and David Bazan.
Jun 21, 2014 TV Nerdery A Couple of Awesome Things for My Fellow Star Trek Fans These fan-made works ensure that Star Trek keeps journeying on into the unknown.
Jul 6, 2013 TV Celebrating the “anti-action, existential feminist family drama” of Star Trek: Voyager Ian Grey celebrates the subversive nature of the despised Trek series.
Jun 10, 2011 TV Nerdery Awesome Star Trek Series That Never Were Discussing ‘Star Trek: Federation’ and ‘Star Trek: Final Frontier.’