Bill Murray did it for the Star Wars theme song on SNL, isn’t it about time someone came up with lyrics for Star Trek’s theme song too? They have. I can’t promise they’ll be good.
Specifically the lyrics are for the Star Trek: The Next Generation theme and they’re sung by one of those completely self-unaware Trekkies who wears their Starfleet uniform too much and doesn’t realize they look completely ridiculous playing with models and singing about Worf on camera. Most Trekkies are still in the closet, and we like it that way. But this guy is out, proud, and here’s the lyrics he came up with for TNG: read this entry »
The following image was screen captured from an episode of Heroes in which George Takei guest starred. That’s Takei there, getting in his car. But check out his license plate:
Mondo Tees has unveiled the second in their line of collectible Star Trek art and, if you’re any kind of Trekkie, this is a must have. The posters commemorate the most popular episode of the original series by rather perfectly illustrating the timeline of a Tribble invasion. read this entry »
If you’re a Star Trek fan then it’s almost certain that, at some point, you’ve picked up a Trek paperback. These days they’re common place, the shelves any paperback section from Barnes & Nobles to your local grocery store are littered with them. For a geeky young JT trapped in the 80s though, the discovery of dozens of new Trek adventures on the shelves of my local library was a revelation. I spent summer after summer pouring over the work of writers like James Blish and Vonda McIntyre.
Not all of them are great, particularly these days when it’s all been watered down, but for every ten throwaway adventures occasionally there’s something utterly brilliant. Do yourself a favor and look into the Trek universe work of Peter David for instance. You won’t regret it.
They did more than simply rehash already used Trek themes and stories, they expanded the Trek universe, the mythology, sometimes in lasting ways. For instance, it’s thanks to those Star Trek novels that Mr. Sulu has a first name. read this entry »
Jeri Ryan became an instant phenomenon when she joined the cast of Star Trek: Voyager as Seven of Nine in 1997. She’d been acting in television for years by the time she landed the role of Seven so sure, she knew her way around in front of the camera. And the character, unlike a lot of the stuff on Voyager, was fairly well written. But let’s be real here, Seven was mostly popular mostly because Jeri Ryan is ridiculously hot.
After Voyager ended in 2001 Ryan went back the lower-level world of minor television characters where she belonged, doing guest spots on Boston Legal and appearing in quickly forgotten television dramas where there was no reason to put her in a bikini. More’s the pity. read this entry »
In a perfect world, I’d like to have a new Star Trek movie at least once a year. No? Every other year? No, that’s probably not happening either. The franchise reboot was grand and all the pieces seem as though they’re in place to simply start sending the new crew on all sorts of exciting adventures, but JJ Abrams and his team aren’t in any rush. They’re taking their time about it.
Star Trek: The Next screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman recently spoke with TrekMovie about where they’re at with the script and, perhaps most critically, what the hell they’re actually going to call the next movie. They can’t call it Star Trek 2, that’s already taken by Wrath of Khan. They can’t call it Star Trek 12, the franchise long ago abandoned that sequence. So what’s left? Orci seems to be leaning in the direction of naming it Star Trek followed by a colon with a subtitle. For now, we’ll have to stick with Star Trek: The Next, but here’s what they do know about where the script’s at: read this entry »
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This picture has been floating around twitter and seems to have originated with El Rojo. It’s worth your time because it may be the coolest picture of all time. Slingshot around the sun and head to the set of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, way back in 1981.
You can have your Christmas or your Festivus. You can keep your Easter or your Halloween. Thanks to Cracked there’s only one holiday we’ll be celebrating in my geek house this year: Spocktoberfest.
