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Category Archives: Star Trek
Star Trek: Beyond
I may have finally figured out what’s wrong with me: I have been diagnosed with a case of friendshipitis. This is an exaggerated sense of what friendships mean between two or more people. When I tried to dig into how … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, Star Trek Beyond, The Original Series
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Star Trek: Into Darkness
Roger often says I gush over the idea of friendship. Maybe I’m a sap but friendship matters to me. Growing up, there were a group of us that were inseparable. It was a bond of brotherhood that connected us. And … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, Into Darkness, The Original Series
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Star Trek (2009)
After Roger and I planned to review the classic series of Star Trek, it seemed only natural to continue the voyages with the Chris Pine movies to round out the story of the original crew. We made our move to … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, Sexism, Star Trek (2009), The Original Series
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
We come now to what I consider the finest of the Trek movies. But to understand that, I need to rewind to 1991. I’m 19 and at this point in our lives, my friends and I start every weekend with … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, Racism, The Original Series, The Undiscovered Country
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
The year is 1989; 10 years after Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Rumor is, this is the final Star Trek movie. I’m 17 and I have a brainwave. I thought, for the tenth anniversary, I should see if my grandfather … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, The Final Frontier, The Original Series
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a lighthearted Trek movie and as a result, may be one of the very best. Another tubular Doomsday Machine is on a direct course to earth. This is taking ideas from the classic … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, The Original Series, The Voyage Home
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek III is, in many ways, the flip side of the coin that was Star Trek II. In the former, we get a good old spaceship battle akin to the classic episode Balance of Terror (which itself was basically … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, The Original Series, The Search for Spock
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II is usually considered the best of the classic movie series. (I think that distinction goes to The Undiscovered Country, however this is a close contender and both were directed by Nicholas Meyer.) Like most Trek, there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, The Original Series, The Wrath of Khan
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
The year is 1979. I am 7 years old and sitting in my living room in the far corner by the large brown chair when my grandfather comes over. He has a newspaper with him and offers to take me … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, The Motion Picture, The Original Series
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Star Trek: Turnabout Intruder
Arriving on the planet Camus II, Kirk meets an old girlfriend who is really rather annoyed that she’s a woman. And it leads to one weird episode! Honestly, it must have been a real challenge for Shatner to play a … Continue reading
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Tagged The Original Series, Turnabout Intruder
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Star Trek: All Our Yesterdays
It might have been nice for All Our Yesterday’s to be the last episode of classic Star Trek. It’s a very well designed story. There’s an A and B plot focusing on Kirk in a 17th Century time, accused of … Continue reading
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Tagged All Our Yesterdays, The Original Series
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Star Trek: The Savage Curtain
I find myself frequently asking a very important question when watching Star Trek: did the writers intend for that to be funny? This episode has one of my top 5 funniest moments when Kirk, determined to show that good is … Continue reading
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Tagged The Original Series, The Savage Curtain
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Star Trek: The Cloud Minders
This is one of those episodes that never seems to turn up in reruns. It’s like that forgotten gem that even the networks overlook. But make no mistake, like so many episodes of season three, this one is important. I … Continue reading
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Tagged The Cloud Minders, The Original Series
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Star Trek: The Way to Eden
Good God if there is one Trek episode I can’t stand it’s The Way to Eden. I’ve no doubt that has to do with the time of my birth. I came into existence in 72, by which time the hippie … Continue reading
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Tagged The Original Series, The Way to Eden
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Star Trek: Requiem for Methuselah
“We put on a pretty poor show, didn’t we?” You said it, Jim! Requiem for Methuselah is another of those “significant” stories that really looks at the human condition and I am not sure if it’s a great analysis, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Requiem for Methuselah, The Original Series
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Star Trek: The Lights of Zetar
I’m torn as I come into the final batch of classic Trek episodes. On the one hand, Season 3 has been a bit weak by comparison to the rest of the series. On the other, there are some highlight moments. … Continue reading
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Tagged The Lights of Zetar, The Original Series
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Star Trek: That Which Survives
That Which Survives feels like a proper Star Trek romp with a strange planet, a mysterious woman, and a life or death struggle for the crew of the Enterprise. The truth is, this isn’t a great episode but it’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged That Which Survives, The Original Series
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Star Trek: The Mark of Gideon
The Mark of Gideon is another of those significant episodes of Trek. It’s not whether it’s good or bad, but that it is about something and gets the audience thinking. The episode offers us a deeply satisfying mystery before hitting … Continue reading
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Tagged The Mark of Gideon, The Original Series
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Star Trek: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
In 2019, I took the penultimate class needed to finish a long-overdue degree. That class was simply called Pop Culture. We had to look at a series, movie, book, music… something that could be examined under “four lenses.” Within the … Continue reading
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Tagged Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, Racism, The Original Series
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Star Trek: Whom Gods Destroy
Nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-nana-MAR-TA! Watching some 60’s TV that would air during my youth, I remember having a crush on two women from Batman. Or should I say a woman and a girl? Namely, Catwoman played by Julie Newmar (last seen in Star … Continue reading
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Tagged The Original Series, Whom Gods Destroy
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