One Trek Mind #56: 20th Anniversary of "Emissary"

Much like the Prophets, I have trouble understanding linear time. Has it really been 20 of your Earth years since we first saw “Emissary,” the pilot to, as we called it then, “the spin-off to the new...

January 02, 2013

One Trek Mind #55: No Trouble With Tribbles

They're soft. They're fuzzy. They purr. They are an ecological disaster and, for many, the principal gateway to Star Trek fandom. They are Tribbles and, to this day, they make most people smile (but a few unlikely fol...

December 27, 2012

One Trek Mind #54: Memories Of Ezri

When Pah-Wraith-possessed Gul Dukat took up his phaser and slew Jadzia Dax in the Promenade's Bajoran Temple, my first thoughts, naturally, were for Worf. This was just one of many conflicting emotions, though. Like a...

December 19, 2012

One Trek Mind #53: Spitballing The Trailer

Like a Navy SEAL raid, the first teaser trailer (excuse me, "announcement trailer,") for Star Trek Into Darkness snuck upon us before dawn. As luck would have it I was up super early, so I got my inaugural look at the...

December 12, 2012

One Trek Mind #52: TNG Season Two Theatrical Event

When the Fathom Events TNG Season One Blu-ray screening concluded (click HERE), my first thought was: more, please. But I have a tendency to be a glutton sometimes. Just look for me at one of those frozen yogurt place...

December 06, 2012

One Trek Mind #51: Best Trek Art Prints

Part of the classless utopia hinted at in Star Trek is the sense that there's no longer a need to own things, man. With replicators available to all, conspicuous consumption seems a thing of the past. However, refinem...

November 28, 2012

One Trek Mind #50: Rethinking Reg (Barclay)

This week is actor Dwight Schultz's 65th birthday. While he may have made his biggest impact as Mad Murdock on four thousand and fifty-two seasons of The A-Team, we Trekkies know a much different side of him.My whole ...

November 22, 2012

One Trek Mind #49: Best Holodeck Alter Egos

I buy warp speed, photon torpedoes and the transporter. I can rationalize the replicator, universal translators and intra-ship communicators that seem to “know” to contact your intended party a split-secon...

November 14, 2012

One Trek Mind #48: Trek Puns For Fun

Star Trek has long respected man's noble, intellectual and refined pursuits. Captain Picard's hobby is archeology and he comes from a family of respected vintners. Data paints and plays classical music. Spock is a wiz...

November 11, 2012

One Trek Mind #47: Spock the Vote

Spock the Vote! If this subspace relay makes it back to the Sol III on time, many of you north of your equator and west of your prime meridian are engaging in the democratic process. For a show so firmly rooted i...

November 06, 2012

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