Tag: Star Trek
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The Little-Known Connection Between ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘RoboCop’
The ’80s saw the dawn of many iconic science fiction films, with two of the most notable being Blade Runner and RoboCop. The former was a stirring meditation on identity, and it grew to be a cult classic over the years. The latter was a searing, blood-soaked satire that director Paul Verhoeven described as the…
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Its Human Aspects
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the Citizen Kane of Trek films. Few Trekkies would argue that it is the best film in the entire franchise. While the saga has been uneven, The Wrath of Khan exemplifies the best of what Trek can be. It features just the right mix of action, suspense,…
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‘I Love Lucy’ Had to Dance Around Lucille Ball’s Pregnancy
I Love Lucy, the 1950s sitcom starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, was groundbreaking in many ways. The casting of Cuban band leader Arnaz in a lead role was a hard sell to CBS until Ball and Arnaz proved they worked better as a team by developing a popular live vaudeville show. They challenged CBS’s…
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Futurama’s Three Greatest Guest Stars, According To The Series’ Co-Creator
Because “Futurama” is set 1,000 years in the future, show creators David X. Cohen and Matt Groening had to invent a sci-fi conceit that would provide an organic reason to include celebrity cameos. Thanks to a special fluid, human heads can be kept alive in jars more or less indefinitely. In the very first episode,…
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‘Star Trek’s Kid Cudi Collab Gets Fortnite Mission & Street Wear Collection
The Kid Cudi/Star Trek Boldly Be collaboration is nearly here. It will launch at next week’s New York Comic Con and will include a new single, a clothing line, and a new mission into the popular video game Fortnite. Announced last month for Star Trek Day, new details have emerged from the multihyphenate rapper’s collaboration…
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Star Trek: Lower Decks Continues One Of Deep Space Nine’s Greatest Subplots
This article contains spoilers for the latest episode of “Star Trek: Lower Decks.”Talk about rags to riches. Once considered a blight on “Star Trek” with their introduction in “The Next Generation,” the Ferengi have come a long way since an inauspicious appearance that even veteran “Trek” actor Armin Shimerman once called a “disaster.” Originally conceived as…
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Final ‘Star Trek Very Short Treks’ Video — Generations of Animation Collide
This week, Star Trek: Very Short Treks reaches the final frontier, and its final episode, with “Walk, Don’t Run.” Two generations of Star Trek animation find themselves in a bitter clash — and only a pair of Starfleet legends can help them. The latest Very Short Trek opens with Star Trek: Lower Decks’ D’vana Tendi…
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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Clip Takes Crew on a Bar Tour — Exclusive
Over the course of four seasons, “Star Trek” animated series “Lower Decks” has seen its crew of lowly officers take on the worst jobs in all of Starfleet, the type of menial work that only those at the very bottom of the chain of command are asked to do. But in the show’s upcoming episode,…
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Patrick Stewart Thought Tom Hardy’s Career Would Tank After ‘Odd, Solitary’ Behavior on ‘Star Trek: Nemesis’ Set: He ‘Wouldn’t Engage With Any of Us’
Patrick Stewart shares blunt thoughts on 2002’s “Star Trek: Nemesis,” and Stewart predicted his co-star never would be due to how shut off he was from the rest of the cast during the making of the movie.“Tom wouldn’t engage with any of us on a social level,… Read full article