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Star Trek Is Less Progressive Now Than It Was 30 Years Ago
54+ min ago (465+ words) By Chris Snellgrove | Published 25 seconds ago Critics and social media pundits have been quick to frame the modern era of Star Trek as the franchise's most progressive. Often, that's cited by NuTrek defenders as one of the best reasons to…...
From Paris, With Glug: The Alcoholic Star Trek Episode That Gave Us Hope
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (436+ words) From Paris, With Glug: The Alcoholic Star Trek Episode That Gave Us Hope'Giant Freakin Robot As a franchise, Star Trek is full of episodes that are hard to understand. Sometimes, this is because of all the weird technobabble. You can…...
The Perfect Political Satire That's Exactly What We Need Right Now
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (225+ words) By TeeJay Small | Published 5 seconds ago In these bizarre times, it almost feels like satire is dead. Even South Park has struggled to make sense of American politics and societal trends, with mixed results. If you're concerned that topical comedy…...
Raunchiest 90s Sci-Fi Series Features Worst Captain Of All Time
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (242+ words) By Jonathan Klotz | Published 22 seconds ago Science fiction is filled with incredible spaceship captains. Star Trek alone gave the world Picard, Kirk, and Janeway, Firefly has Malcolm Reynolds, Farscape's John Crichton, and Battlestar Galactica's Adama, all of them are fantastic…...
Starfleet Academy’s Most Progressive Character Is Secretly Star Trek's Most Offensive
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (299+ words) By Chris Snellgrove | Published 22 seconds ago Ironically enough, one of the reasons that Jay-Den became the most offensive character on Starfleet Academy is that the writers kept putting hats on top of hats to make him a uniquely progressive character....
How An Actor’s Complaint Created The Most Memorable Star Trek Episode
2+ day, 51+ min ago (416+ words) How An Actor's Complaint Created The Most Memorable Star Trek Episode'Giant Freakin Robot If you know much about Star Trek: Voyager, then you know that nobody on the cast complained quite as much as Garrett Wang. The Ensign Kim actor…...
The Hottest Sci-Fi Book Series Is Officially Getting A TV Show, From The Orville's Creator
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (407+ words) The Hottest Sci-Fi Book Series Is Officially Getting A TV Show, From The Orville's Creator'Giant Freakin Robot If you're a fan of sci-fi TV, it can be very difficult to find something that feels new and refreshing. After all, most…...
Starfleet Academy’s Biggest Haters Have Been Proven Right, It's Just Math
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (274+ words) By Chris Snellgrove | Published 11 minutes ago While the video primarily focused on the adventures of Captain Janeway and her crew, Stoklassa admitted something shocking: that he is connected with an insider who claims that Starfleet Academy only received 400,000 views. That's…...
How A Movie Destroyed Sci-Fi's Greatest Story By Being Good
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (1149+ words) By Joshua Tyler | Published 48 seconds ago In 2013, one of those unfilmable Sci-Fi masterpieces finally got the big-budget movie production fans had craved, but what was supposed to be a franchise starter turned into a disappointing misfire. It should have been…...
Fewer Than 40,000 People Watched Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
4+ day, 20+ min ago (314+ words) By Joshua Tyler | Published 9 seconds ago Paramount recently canceled Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, the final Star Trek series still in production. Most assumed it was due to low ratings, but no one guessed just how low those ratings were. Mike…...