Tag: Star Trek: Picard
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Vadic’s Ship In Picard Hid A Nod To Another Classic Star Trek Villain
In the third and final season of “Star Trek: Picard,” a vicious Changeling named Captain Vadic (Amanda Plummer) is eager to apprehend Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), the son of Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Vadic is a vicious killer who has no compunction about blowing up ships and murdering thousands. It seems she and several of…
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The Original Star Trek: Picard Ending Revealed By Patrick Stewart
By the end of the third season of “Star Trek: Picard,” the title character had been through quite a lot. He died and was resurrected in an android body. He traveled to alternate universe and was thrown back in time several centuries. He witnessed the opening of a portal into robot Cthulhu’s dimension. He saw…
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Star Trek: Lower Decks Is Looking To Up Its Body Count In Season 4
For many years, death in “Star Trek” was a permanent event. To cite a notable example: when Captain Kirk’s brother Sam (William Shatner) was killed in the episode “Operation — Annihilate!”, he was dead forever. There wasn’t a storyline later in the series wherein Sam was cloned or resurrected somehow. In 2023, the tune on death…
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Star Trek: Picard Gag Reel Lets The Next Gen Crew Make All Kinds Of Dirty Jokes
You know, it’s pretty refreshing to see the tireless and constantly put-together crew of the USS Enterprise let their hair down sometimes (so to speak) and blow off some steam while on the clock. Tales of the cast of “The Next Generation” goofing off between takes of the original show are practically the stuff of…
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Voyager’s Roxann Dawson Had A Chance To Direct Star Trek But Dropped It For Another Show
“Star Trek” has a long and proud history of having its star actors make the leap to the other side of the camera and flourish as directors in their own right. None other than Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy, took the reins on both “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” and its follow-up, “The Voyage…
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Jonathan Frakes’ Directing Experience Came In Handy For Riker In Picard Season 3
The third season of “Star Trek: Picard” may well go down in Trek history as “the one that got the band back together.” That is, it’s a reunion season first and foremost, a conclusion of Captain Picard’s story that features plenty of familiar faces and warm and fuzzy nostalgia. Among the familiar faces is Jonathan…
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Star Trek: Discovery’s Series Finale Was A Surprise To Everyone – Even The Director
It was announced back in March of 2023 that the upcoming fifth season of “Star Trek: Discovery” would be its last. This marks the end of an era, as Paramout+ — back when it was called CBS All Access — launched with the premiere of “Discovery” in 2017. Meanwhile, the third and final season of…
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‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3: Shaw Gets Alternate Death Scene
Star Trek: Picard may have taken its final bow back in April, but fans of the series are still eagerly awaiting the final season’s home release — including all of the bonus content that will inevitably accompany it. Now, likely in celebration of the fan convention Star Trek Las Vegas, Season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas…
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Has A ‘Spock Scale’ That Should Never Go To Ten
“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” currently wrapping up its second ten-episode season, has stood apart from the many other “Star Trek” shows by possessing a much lighter, more genial tone than its immediate predecessors. Since 2009, “Star Trek” has been largely dour, violent, and dark. Some of the more recent episodes of “Star Trek: Discovery”…