I confess: As a teenage comic-book fan, I hated this movie back in the day. Felt too much like the filmmakers were vaguely embarrassed by the character’s tawdry comic-book roots and just wanted to rip off THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN instead.

DR. STRANGE was actually my favorite of the bunch back in the seventies. Although it took liberties with the original comics, it was the only one of those CBS adaptations that really embraced the more fantastic elements of the comics: actual magic, demons, astral travel, otherworldly dimensions, etc.

The other shows,…

Speaking of cops with robot partners, I’m surprised nobody has mentioned MANN & MACHINE yet.

As mentioned elsewhere, you don’t even need to connect the new version to STAR TREK. In fact, it’s probably better off if you don’t, so there’ll be less nitpicking about “canon” and such. Just make it its own thing, which was the original plan anyway.

I still want a reboot of “Assignment: Earth” featuring new versions of Gary Seven, Roberta Lincoln, and Isis. You don’t even need to connect it to the STAR TREK universe this time. Just make it its own thing: “Gene Roddenberry’s Assignment: Earth.”

Got it. But, honestly, I was just remarking on his resemblance to Jeff Hunter.

Dying to hear who (if anyone) they cast Number One.

The novel has been “Soon to be Major Motion Picture!” for ages now. Glad to see it finally, really made it to the screen.

It took Hollywood four or five tries to get CAPTAIN AMERICA right, counting the 1940s serials, the 1970s TV-movies, and the 1990 movie. I figure the FF deserve at least as many shots at bat.

Fourth movie the charm? :)

Just an observation. Not a judgment.

I’m not super-familiar with the actor, but I’m inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.

For what it’s worth, the first DISCOVERY novel, which took place before the TV series, had Number One as Pike’s first officer. Spock was also on board, though, as in “The Cage.”

He certainly looks the part.

True. A “series finale” was not really a thing back then, which was why THE FUGITIVE finale was such a big deal. (Dare I admit I remember watching that as a kid when it first aired?)

But “Turnabout Intruder” is still a pretty dreadful ep, though. Better to have gone out on “All Our Yesterdays” instead.

Star Trek: “Turnabout Intruder.”

Although you can argue that the REAL finale came decades later in THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTY.

I confess I voted to kill Jason back in the day. I regret nothing.  

Congrats to all the nominees!

I still have a copy of STARLOG magazine signed by the director, Robert Wise.

I was in college and pretty much my entire college SF club took a road trip to see it on opening night.

I was in college and pretty much my entire college SF club took a road trip to see it on opening night.

Mind you, I’ve seen worse. Awhile back, EW.com did a retrospective on STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE that treated it as though it was as old as the Dead Sea Scrolls, with sentences along the lines of “It’s impossible to imagine nowadays how audiences reacted to the movie back in 1979.”

Or, you know, you could just ask…