Tag: Star Trek
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William Shatner on ‘Star Trek,’ Space Travel and Mortality: ‘I Don’t Have Long to Live’
William Shatner kicks things off with a compliment.We’re talking via Zoom — he’s beaming in from the sprawling kitchen of his Los Angeles home, which overlooks the San Fernando Valley. I’m dialing in from the living room of my walkup apartment in Brooklyn, a much more modest setting. But Shatner is impressed by the over-stocked…
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ to End With Season 5
The end is nigh for Michael Burnham and company. Paramount+ has announced that Star Trek: Discovery, their flagship original series, will end with season five, set to premiere sometime in 2024. The series has been airing since the streamer was still called CBS All Access, and will be the final series from that era of…
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ to End After Season 5
It’s the end of an era for Trekkies. Paramount announced that “Star Trek: Discovery,” the series that launched the current litany of “Star Trek” shows streaming on Paramount+, will end after the upcoming fifth season. The last batch of episodes are expected to premiere in early 2024 (via The Hollywood Reporter).“As lifelong fans of Star…
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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Has Given Worf One Heck Of A Character Arc
Michael Dorn’s complicated Klingon, Worf, is one of the most beloved of all “Star Trek” characters, and for good reason. The first Klingon Starfleet officer appears in more episodes of “Star Trek” than any other character, with regular roles in three different “Star Trek” series. He seems somewhat simple on the surface, as his stoic attitude and appreciation for…
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‘Picard’ Season 3: Ed Speleers on His Mysterious Character’s Voyage
The Season 3 premiere of Star Trek: Picard set phasers to stun almost immediately when Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) made her long-awaited return. A distress call, sent out to her trusted friend Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), not only reunited Crusher with Picard and Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes), but also introduced us to a shocking new…
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Chris Pine Says It’s ‘Frustrating’ to Know Nothing About ‘Star Trek 4’: Franchise Feels ‘Cursed’
Chris Pine doesn’t think the “Star Trek” movie franchise is really prospering.The star of “Star Trek Beyond” reflected on leading the prequel films as Captain James T. Kirk since 2009. Pine criticized the box office comparisons between the “Star Trek” IP and Marvel films, telling Esquire, “I’m not sure ‘Star Trek’ was ever built to…
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10 Best ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Episodes From Season 1 and 2, According to Rotten Tomatoes
The third season of Star Trek: Picard began earlier this month, and fans are excited. Their devotion to one of the franchise’s most beloved characters, Jean-Luc Picard, portrayed by Patrick Stewart, is easy to understand. Picard has been an icon in the Star Trek universe for over three decades, and his return to the screen…
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‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Should Boldly Go in Its Own Direction
Many critics and fans would probably agree that Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the best television series to come out of the Star Trek franchise in decades. It arguably had one of the strongest first seasons of any Star Trek show in the franchise’s history. The second season will debut on Paramount+ later this…
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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Unleashes The Wrath Of Vadic In Its Second Episode
Upon last week’s debut of the third season of “Star Trek: Picard,” it was clear that the series was gearing up to be more tonally attuned to the “Star Trek” feature films than to the previous seasons of the series. Already, the story is cleaner, the conflict is easier to understand, and the characters are…
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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Episode 1 Review: Getting Back On Board
The first episode of the new season of “Star Trek: Picard” may not initially inspire much hope. The previous two seasons of “Picard” have been sloppy, violent, poorly written, and were filled with “dark,” murderous characters. The utopian ideals of “Star Trek” and its appealing, unformed sense of propriety were gone. This new show was…