Dave Cullen gives his take on the current state of Star Trek and the Picard series specifically. Do you agree or disagree?
Picard Season 3 And The Current State of Star Trek
April 24, 2022
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In a recent earnings call, Bob Bakish, the newly installed CEO of ViacomCBS told investors that things were going great with all things Star Trek, which would soon be expanded across the company.
Are things really going great though?
Persistent rumors suggest otherwise.
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Star Trek: Discovery – Captain Pike Featurette
January 5, 2019
Captain Pike has now been played by 4 actors in the official Star Trek TV series and movies:
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});- Jeffrey Hunter in the original Star Trek pilot episode, “The Cage“
- Sean Kenney as Fleet Captain Pike (in a wheelchair) in The Original Series’ only 2-part episode, “The Menagerie
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Discovery’s Season 1 Video Effects
January 5, 2019
If you like to know about visual effects, Star Trek: Discovery’s were created by a company called Pixomondo. They’ve just released a video showcasing their work on Season One of Star Trek: Discovery.
There were a total of 1,665 video effects (VFX) shots spread across those 15 episodes.
More videos showing their effects can be … Continue reading...
My Thoughts On Star Trek: Discovery
September 26, 2017
Now that a huge number of people have seen the first 2 episodes of Star Trek: Discovery and have been commenting about them, I thought I’d throw my hat in the ring and give my review of the episodes.
Overall, I wasn’t that taken with the two episodes. Now I’m a dyed-in-the-wool Original Series (TOS) … Continue reading...
Poorly Informed But Highly Opinionated Podcast: Discovering Star Trek
September 22, 2017
Here’s a first: Myself and my old pal, Michael Carroll, in our first ever podcast, chewing the cud about Star Trek: Discovery, our expectations for the series, and reminiscing about sci-fi shows from our youth.
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Star Trek: Discovery Theme Music Preview
September 13, 2017
Giving fans a taster of the new title theme music for Star Trek: Discovery is the above video with the theme beginning properly at the 00:36 mark.
Learning the lesson from Star Trek: Enterprise to not use a vocal theme song, Discovery‘s music returns to Star Trek‘s orchestral roots, paying homage to the … Continue reading...
Setting The Scene: Galactic Politics And Alien Races In The Discovery Era
September 11, 2017
This video comes from The Templin Institute, a new YouTube channel which, according to the channel description, is dedicated to discussing “nations, organizations and factions from alternate worlds”.
Their new video takes a look at the Star Trek timeline around the time that Discovery is set – roughly 10 years prior to … Continue reading...
New Clips From Star Trek: Discovery And Sonequa Martin-Green Interviews
September 10, 2017
The above is the latest small clip released from Star Trek: Discovery which will be airing in just over 2 weeks now. And here’s another clip from the show:
Star Sonequa Martin-Green, who’ll play the lead character – Michael Burnham – was interviewed recently by Stephen Colbert who gets excited with some details about her … Continue reading...
Star Trek: Discovery’s Identity Crisis
August 18, 2017
Star Trek: Discovery appears to be a series struggling to be seen as related to the Prime Trek universe while simultaneously separating itself from that same world. What is it trying to be? What template(s) is it using to get there? And what should be the models it molds itself after?
The upcoming series seems … Continue reading...
An Analysis of Where Star Trek: Discovery Stands
July 31, 2017
Here’s a very good analysis (video below) of what’s happening with Star Trek: Discovery, why it looks the way it does (i.e. not like The Original Series), what’s going on behind the scenes, both in relation to production and the business side of things, early fan reaction and how it’s rattled CBS and a … Continue reading...
The best look yet at the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery series appeared in a new trailer for the series (below) that was released over the Comic Con weekend.
Here, the Federation is on the verge of a cold war with a resurgent Klingon Empire, and Starfleet Commander Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), the first officer aboard … Continue reading...
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