A gay Star Trek character may be new to the films and TV series, but it is not new ground for all Trekkies. Some of the tie-in novels have included LGBT characters, as theVergepoints out, including1998’sThe Best and the Brightestby Susan Wrightand2001’sSection 31: Rogueby Andy Mang...
I really like Discovery, but I wish it wasn’t “Star Trek Discovery – The Michael Burnham Show”. I get that every trek has a lead, and I like the character and actress, but I’ve never seen a trek that the lead dominated so much and the other characters were so back be...
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Was he purposefully trying to make list of “Things Star Trek characters would never really say”? We may never know the truth. The vintage reprints also reinforce one important idea: Star Trek was very different from anything else on TV at that time. One can presume that Gold Key managemen...
The first season of Star Trek: Picard was just okay, though the ending was messy. I didn't like the second season because it was a scattered crapfest and tried to shoehorn in characters that should have never been there in the first place. But this THIRD season? Holy crap. Quite proba...
Though the memo was quick to state that there was no indication thatbrony cultureplayed a role in the attack, the gunman posted about his love of a tawny pony named Applejack, one of the main characters of the franchise, less than an hour before the rampage. “I hope that I can be wi...
Star Trek: Discovery Review Text "The Examples" continues the recent trend ofDiscoverysuccess through straightforwardness, telling relatively crisp and effective stories in a very conventionally Trekkian way. Again, we're not breaking the mold or exhibiting excellence here so much as executing ...
From the moment it was first announced that CBS was going to bring "Star Trek" back to our screens in November 2015, fans had reason to be excited once again. After all, it had been over 10 years since we last saw a new episode on our televisions, and even then, that was the soul...
In-depth critical reviews of Star Trek and some other sci-fi series. Includes all episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Str
Discoveryon CBS All-Access. That is a powerful show with a powerful message of inclusion. For the first time, there are principal characters who are LGBT, and the leads are women of color. What a wonderful and refreshing thing. And so I remain a Star Trek fan, and will always be one...