Star Trek

Missed this report from earlier in the week…Paramount+ will be joining major streamer J:COM with a launch date for Japan of December 1, 2023....

Thanks to some very cool people, I’m pleased to offer for your subspace communications needs Escape Pod 14, a Discord community mostly (though not exclusively) based around chatting about Star Trek. We’d be happy to welcome you aboard - it’s deceptively spacious for an escape pod! Come chat with us about a range of stuff,...

Rob & Kev planned to turn this entire episode over to a friendly computer super-intelligence, but it was down for a software update, so they recorded their thoughts on “In the Cradle of Vexilon” all by themselves. They also explored other lessons in leadership from Star Treks past, including “The Galileo Seven” (TOS),...

It seems that with long hiatuses in new onscreen Trek ahead, genre coverage is starting to profile Trek novels again....

Bleeding Cool previews behind the scenes commentary from Hageman Brothers from prerelease of DVD-BlueRay bonus content....

Kev & Rob narrowly avoid being merged in a transporter accident, and inspired by “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee”, pay a visit to the menagerie of episodes in which humanity is put in a cage, including “The Eye of the Beholder” (TAS), “The Cage” (TOS), and “I, Mudd” (TOS). They also briefly discuss the first of...

The Stardate is 58795.1....

In celebration of the original Voyager’s return in her full glory in Lower Decks season 4, it’s high time to have another listen to the Prodigy theme written by Michael Giacchino....

The rebranded Star Trek magazine Explorer, published by Titan, is including original fiction....

Mind you I haven’t skipped anything so far.

Rob & Kev float through the highlights of the season two finale of Strange New Worlds, “Hegemony”, before seeking out other instances of our characters floating in zero gravity, including “Star Trek: First Contact”, “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”, and the Enterprise NX-01’s “sweet spot”.

The Akira class starship was designed for short range tactical assignments and defensive missions....

@GoodAaron has shared the news on Mastodon....

Poster-style illustration of a Talosian imagining their world reborn. By Fluffgar 2022.

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1706804...

Kev & Rob agree that “Subspace Rhapsody” had its charms, but didn’t quite live up to the hype, and that “Bride of Chaotica!” (VOY) is the last time going over the top into silliness was the point of an episode. Finally, as a bonus, Rob re-watched Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and was surprised by how much he...

I started watching Star Trek Discovery. The vibe of the show thus far is pretty fashy and reactionary. There’s always been some good discussion on the nature of the federation and and it’s politics and methods, but so far it feels sinister. I’ve gotten vibes like this from other shows, it’s like the underlying ideology...