Tag: Star Trek: the Next Generation
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A Surprising Next Gen Cast Member Gave Star Trek’s Patrick Stewart Major Insecurity
Sir Patrick Stewart is a legend of stage and screen. By the time he took the defining role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” he had spent decades on the stage as an esteemed member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He won the Laurence Olivier Award in 1979 for his performance in…
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Ian McKellen Told Patrick Stewart Not to Do ‘Star Trek’
Ian McKellen has long bedeviled the X-Men, but he almost made an enemy of Star Trek fans, as well. As chronicled in Patrick Stewart’s new memoir, McKellen tried to dissuade him from taking on the role of Jean-Luc Picard. Variety reports that Stewart’s new memoir, Making It So, recounts a time when Stewart, on the…
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Spock’s Star Trek: The Next Generation Return Left The Writers With Plenty Of Regrets
The 1991 two-part “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode “Unification” was a banner event for Trekkies. Although Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley) appeared in the show’s pilot as a 137-year-old man, the events of the series were meant to be far enough removed from the original “Star Trek” series to assure no further crossovers. “Next…
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The Best Father-Son TV Duo Also Gave Us a Stellar Sitcom
What’s not to love about a father-son acting duo? The first pair that come to mind might be Jaden and Will Smith, who are easily recognizable from the heartbreaking The Pursuit of Happyness, or perhaps you might be thinking of the iconic Ben and Jerry Stiller who have an extensive history together, Zoolander being a…
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Why Star Trek Cut Beverly Crusher From The Next Generation Season 2
In the first season of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” the chief medical officer on board the U.S.S. Enterprise-d was Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), a fearlessly moral, mature character who was already at the peak of her professional career. Dr. Crusher was a great character as she was always eager to speak her mind…
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Letting Jonathan Frakes Direct Star Trek Came Back To Bite The Show’s Producer
Actor Jonathan Frakes’ directorial debut on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” was for the third season episode “The Offspring“, the episode where Data (Brent Spiner) builds his own android daughter (Hallie Todd). One might note that Frakes’ character, Commander Riker, didn’t appear much in that episode. This kicked off a full-blown directorial career for Frakes…
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Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Finally Explains What Happened To The USS Voyager
This post contains spoilers for the season 4 premiere of “Star Trek: Lower Decks.”The final episode of “Star Trek: Voyager,” called “Endgame“, took place on Stardate 54973.4. Trek’s current dating system can be traced back to the first episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” which took place on Stardate 41153.7. The second number in the…
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‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ – The Best Episode From Each Season
Star Trek: The Next Generation is one of the greatest science fiction television shows of all-time, even if it took a few seasons for the series to figure out its identity. While the initial episodes of The Next Generation struggled to flesh out all of the characters, relying on absurd comedic premises or simplistic metaphors,…
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The Real-Life Military Tech That Inspired Star Trek: Enterprise’s Ship Design
Because it was set a century before the events of “Star Trek,” the 2001 series “Star Trek: Enterprise” had to undergo a massive design overhaul. The title ship couldn’t look as slick or as roomy or as functional as the U.S.S. Enterprise did in 1966, so the designers backscaled everything 100 years. They eventually found…
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Why One Of Star Trek’s Most Respected Writers Walked Away From Voyager
Fans of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” always got a little giddy when Brannon Braga’s name appeared in an episode’s writing credits. Braga became a staff writer on Tng in its fourth season, right when the show was getting great. Braga was often the one responsible for the weirder, more psychedelic episodes of the show,…