Tag: Star Trek
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Star Trek Changed The Way Patrick Stewart Thought About Acting
Let’s set the scene: A classically trained Shakespearean actor comes to Hollywood to star in a science-fiction TV show. Surely he recall that experience dismissively, as a money job and nothing else. Not if the actor you’re thinking of is Patrick Stewart. On the contrary, Stewart looks back very fondly on his time as Captain…
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‘It’s weird how we divide ourselves in so many ways’: actor John Cho on Star Trek, social media and tackling racial stereotypes
John Cho starred as the new Sulu in Star Trek, and was the first Asian American to take the lead in a Hollywood thriller. Now busier than ever, he says the best way to tackle racial stereotypes is to laugh at themA telling snapshot from the young life of John Cho. He is at college,…
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How Karl Urban Landed His Role In The Lord Of The Rings
Karl Urban has been a geek film and television staple for two decades now. He played the lead role in “Dredd,” Leonard McCoy in “Star Trek,” Skurge the Executioner in “Thor: Ragnarok,” and is now starring as William “Billy” Butcher on the comic book series adaptation “The Boys.” Before his breakout role in 2002’s “The Lord of the Rings:…
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How Chris Hemsworth Landed The Role Of Captain Kirk’s Father In J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek
J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” reboot has one of the best opening sequences of all time. As the Federation starship USS Kelvin is investigating a mysterious lightning storm in space, they’re suddenly bombarded by a Romulan ship emerging from the storm, and a massive space battle begins. Kelvin’s Captain Robau (Faran Tahir) attempts to negotiate a…
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Why Star Trek’s Ever-Changing Uniforms Are More Than Just Style Choices
This post contains spoilers for the season finale of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.”The first-season finale of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” called “A Quality of Mercy,” arrived on Paramount+ today, ending what may be the finest first season in “Star Trek” history (Trek shows all notoriously get off to rocky starts). The final episode,…
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Chris Hemsworth’s Innate Comedy Chops Are What Got Thor The Rare Marvel Fourquel
Though some may have recognized him from his feature film debut as George Kirk in the 2009 “Star Trek” reboot, Chris Hemsworth was a relative unknown when he landed the role of Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The first “Thor” movie brought in director Kenneth Branagh, seemingly in an effort to lend some Shakespearean gravitas…
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Every Star Trek Episode Title That Is Actually A Shakespeare Reference
A recent episode of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” — called “The Serene Squall” — opened with a conversation between T’Pring (Gia Sandhu) and Spock (Ethan Peck) on the lack of sexual passion in their long-distance relationship. T’Pring reveals that, since Spock has been living among humans, she has been reading several human authors said…
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Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were In Star Trek
Throughout 42 seasons of television and 13 movies, many familiar faces have populated the universe of “Star Trek.” Some of the most surprising had only seconds of screen time, while others were dependable players with recurring parts or multiple roles. With its vast and decades-long fandom, it should come as no surprise that many of…
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A Short History Of Space Pirates In Star Trek
Last week, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” introduced one of the series’ most entertaining new characters to date: Captain Angel (Jesse James Keitel), the roguish and theatrical leader of a pirate ship called The Serene Squall. Angel ingratiated themselves to Spock (Ethan Peck) under the alias of Dr. Aspen, but in reality, the charismatic criminal…
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Every Time Futurama Predicted The Future
Matt Gorening’s and David X. Cohen’s “Futurama,” soon to be rebooted for the third or fourth time, was never meant to be speculative science fiction along the lines of, say “Star Trek.” The show begins with the hapless twentysomething dimwit Philip J. Fry (Billy West) accidentally getting cryogenically frozen for a millennium, waking in the…