Tag: Star Trek
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What Happened to Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ & ‘Reservoir Dogs’ Prequel?
Director Quentin Tarantino has long stated that he will make ten movies in his career. Because he counts the two Kill Bill installments as a single film, he currently has one picture left. That being noted, there have been several moments throughout the indie-wood director’s journey where prospective projects have come into focus but were…
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Star Trek: Lower Decks Built An Entire Subplot Around Deep Space Nine’s Most Hated Episode
In the latest episode of “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” called “In the Cradle of Vexilon,” Lieutenants Tendi (Noël Wells), Rutherford (Eugene Cordero), and Mariner (Tawny Newsome) are assigned a maddeningly difficult and menial task by their superior officer, a man they only refer to as Dirk. They are required to comb through hundreds and hundreds…
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The Director Of Rogue One Delivers Stunning Sci-Fi Visuals In The Final Trailer For The Creator
While there’s plenty to love about the dominant sci-fi franchises like “Star Wars” and “Star Trek,” I can’t help but get even more excited when a promising, original sci-fi movie comes along. Especially when it looks as good as “The Creator.”Directed by “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” filmmaker Gareth Edwards, “The Creator” is set in a future…
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New ‘Star Trek Very Short Treks’ — Spock Doesn’t Know What Bloopers Are
Fifty years ago, Star Trek: The Animated Series boldly took Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise where they’d never gone before — 2D. Now to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series, the franchise is releasing brief promotional shorts in that classic Filmation Animation style featuring characters from across Star Trek’s nearly…
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Star Trek’s New Animated Shorts Bring Back The Characters Fans Have Been Missing
The latest “Star Trek” animated series, “Very Short Treks,” attempts to honor — or at least revisit and poke fun at — arguably the most underrated series in the nearly 60-year-old franchise. “Star Trek: The Animated Series” was a two-season Saturday morning cartoon show starring most of the original cast and written by many of…
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How Firefly And Futurama Changed The Fate Of Star Trek: Enterprise
“Star Trek” was the undisputed king of sci-fi television in the 1990s, but it lost that crown in the 2000s; prequel series “Star Trek: Enterprise” ended the franchise’s reign with an abbreviated four season run (2001 to 2005). Different shows won the hearts of online fandom, including two contemporaries of “Enterprise” — “Futurama” and “Firefly.”The…
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Futurama Season 11 Just Inverted The Plot Of A Classic Episode
This new “Futurama” season has been anything but shy about satirizing hot topics in 2020s culture. The latest one? “Cancelation,” or powerful people being ostracized/held accountable for misuses of authority. The episode’s title is the blunt: “Zapp Gets Canceled.”Zapp Brannigan (Billy West) is a starship captain in the Democratic Order of Planets (Doop). Befitting the…
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Futurama Season 11 Smuggles Some Its Best Satire Yet Inside A Stilted Critique Of Cancel Culture
Of all the rude, crass, self-absorbed, ridiculous, inappropriate criminals on “Futurama” — that is to say, most of the characters on the show — none is more worthy of censure than Captain Zapp Brannigan (Billy West). Zapp works for Doop, an organization similar to the Federation from “Star Trek,” but far more trigger-happy and willing to…
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Yep, Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4 Doesn’t Ignore The Strange New Worlds Crossover
This post contains spoilers for “Star Trek: Lower Decks” season 4.With over a half-century of TV shows and films to sort through, I’m always surprised at how well each new “Star Trek” show manages to connect back to the official canon. Sure, “Star Trek” has been subject to many a retcon over the years –…