A Tale of Two TV Producers and How They Switched Places
This is the one where all the Star Trek fans show up to yell at me, probably. But hear me out.
Tag: Star Trek
The T in James T. Kirk does not stand for tomcat
Even before Chris Pine gave us a hotheaded, womanizing Jim Kirk in the Star Trek reboot films, lots of people, including Star Trek fans, though of James Tiberius Kirk that …
The Holodeck Reconsidered
The holodeck in the post-TOS Star Trek is an intriguing bit of future hi-tech, but it may have been used a bit too much as a storytelling device, and sometimes it was just plain annoying.
Finding Elseworlds on the small screen
The Elseworlds (or ‘imaginary story’) concept is a tried and tested formula in comics, but it also exists in other media, although nobody calls it that. In particular, it has frequently appeared in (mainly American) serial television productions since the 1960s at least.
For The Love of Dorothy
Dorothy Fontana, that is. Who deserves a lot more credit than she gets, and not just from Trekkies. Here’s a rundown.
How Star Trek: Generations could have been one of the best
Star Trek VII: Generations is probably nobody’s favorite, probably for a number of reasons. Here’s my take on how it could have been done better – and possibly making it one of the better loved cinematic installments of Star Trek.
So what’s so bad about season 3 of Star Trek?
It seems – at least to me – that there is a subset of Star Trek fans who really don’t like the third season of the original series. Why is that?