Sci-fi media franchise that began with Star Trek: The Original Series
“Caretaker”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 1, Episodes 1 & 2 Establishing a new series, even within the framework of a franchise as large and detailed as Star Trek, is still a challenging proposition. There’s a lot of continuity and backstory … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Caretaker”
Attention on heck! Don’t try to adjust your viewscreens, person-hell and boo-tenants! What you’re seeing isn’t a creepy clone, a hellish hologram, or a strangely specific alternate universe! For the month of October, we’ll be taking a spine-chilling stroll through … Continue reading You Spooky Trek to Me? – “Dead Stop”
Attention on heck! Don’t try to adjust your viewscreens, person-hell and boo-tenants! What you’re seeing isn’t a creepy clone, a hellish hologram, or a strangely specific alternate universe! For the month of October, we’ll be taking a spine-chilling stroll through … Continue reading You Spooky Trek to Me? – “Revulsion”
Attention on heck! Don’t try to adjust your viewscreens, person-hell and boo-tenants! What you’re seeing isn’t a creepy clone, a hellish hologram, or a strangely specific alternate universe! For the month of October, we’ll be taking a spine-chilling stroll through … Continue reading You Spooky Trek to Me? – “Things Past”
Hello Avocado! ThoughtsThoughtsThoughts and myself (InnDEEEEEEEEED) are finally back with a brand new episode. We are hoping this gets us back to a normal schedule. We are doing another two book episode here, discussing Christie Golden’s Star Trek: Voyager novels … Continue reading A Trek Through the Pages Episode 4
Attention on heck! Don’t try to adjust your viewscreens, person-hell and boo-tenants! What you’re seeing isn’t a creepy clone, a hellish hologram, or a strangely specific alternate universe! For the month of October, we’ll be taking a spine-chilling stroll through … Continue reading You Spooky Trek to Me? – “Conspiracy”
No write-up this week. I have but two more entries in the Best of Voyager series, but those will have to wait until November, because October is upon us, and that means… All throughout October I’ll highlight spooky and scary … Continue reading “You Talking Trek To Me?”
“The Void”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 15 Cooperation and setting differences aside for a common goal are huge themes of Star Trek, especially where alien races are concerned. One of the foundational aspects of Trek’s universe is the … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “The Void”
“Repentance”Star Trek: Voyager (Season 7, Episode 13) For as much as I like to criticize Voyager for its flaws, I do admire its willingness to tackle thorny subjects and difficult social issues. There’s a daring quality to these episodes and … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Repentance”
You are now entering Ad Space, a realm of commercials, brought before us so we might examine how they work, and discuss why we both love and hate them so. So it is written … The Product:Star Trek: Enterprise (specifically, the … Continue reading Ad Space – The Erotic Adventures of Archer & T’Pol
“Critical Care”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 5 Star Trek has always been steeped in social commentary, and a lot of it is great, but there’s also something kind of generic about much of it. Like, obviously war sucks, … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Critical Care”
“Prototype”Star Trek: Voyager (Season 2, Episode 13) Though it’s been on television for many decades, Star Trek certainly didn’t christen the TV age of science fiction and fantasy. Classics like Doctor Who, The Twilight Zone, and The Outer Limits preceded … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Prototype”
The second season of Star Trek: Lower Decks premiered on August 12, 2021 on Paramount+. It will run for 10 episodes until October 14. This thread is for all the episodes from Season 2. Come back here each week to … Continue reading “Star Trek: Lower Decks” Season 2 Discussion
“Muse”Star Trek: Voyager (Season 6, Episode 22) The episode I covered just last week was a heavily meta-textual adventure that poked fun at some aspects of Star Trek itself. Interestingly, the very next episode in the season manages to be … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Muse”
“Live Fast and Prosper”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 21 Star Trek is usually a pretty Serious Property about Serious Things. It does dip its toes into comedy, either in brief doses or episode-length capers. “Live Fast and Prosper” … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Live Fast and Prosper”
“Tsunkatse”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 15 I previously wrote at length about the peculiar appeal of a stupid idea triumphing in spite of itself. It’s something I really enjoy seeing because of the challenge involved, like spinning dramatic … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Tsunkatse”
“Memorial”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 14 As is tradition, Star Trek: Voyager has dipped its toes into War is Hell stories several times already and returns to this persistent Trek theme with another effective and haunting episode. It … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Memorial”
“Blink of an Eye”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 12 Compared to the other Star Trek series, Voyager swung for the fences a bit more in its sci-fi concepts. In this way, it bears a lot of similarity to … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Blink of an Eye”
“One Small Step”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 8 For a property that is primarily set in space, Star Trek is generally pretty far removed from the realities of actual space travel. The reasons aren’t surprising – traveling into … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “One Small Step”
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is a somewhat irregular column in which I, your humble LibraryLass, look at restaurant, hotel, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th– and today for the first … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu, Featuring Quark’s Bar and Restaurant, Deep Space 9, 2385 (at Star Trek: the Experience, Las Vegas, NV, 2008)
“Dragon’s Teeth”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 6, Episode 7 The installments of Star Trek can be defined by their villains as much as their heroes, and each one has a diverse array of antagonists that spoke to the qualities and … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “Dragon’s Teeth”
