And, as Neil DeGrasse Tyson pointed out, also one of the very few sci-fi stories where no one dies.

I recently re-watched Star Trek V, and while it certainly has its weaknesses, it was better than I remembered. And yes, it does a fantastic job of capturing two important aspects of the original TV series: the Kirk/Spock/McCoy relationship is front and center, and it makes an attempt to explore a big concept (in this…

I just recently saw “Zathura” (and enjoyed it more than I thought I would). In the special features on the DVD, director John Favreau said that he’d intended it to be entirely separate from “Jumanji,” despite the similiarity in storylines. But at the last minute the studio decided they should capitalize on the…

I’m with you. As a composer of music, I always find it both enjoyable and instructive to learn about other people’s creative process—regardless of the art form involved—and the best of the behind-the-scenes documentaries, director’s commentaries, etc. actually give you some of that. “Talking-head” interviews are more…

Thanks for this. I’ve been a very regular reader (and infrequent commenter) here since I discovered io9 in 2010, and it’s been a pleasure to be part of a site that has had quality reporting on topics that interest me and has striven to keep things at a high intellectual level. Here’s hoping it continues in some form;…

A few years ago at a leadership conference I heard a great quote: “When your memories outnumber your dreams, the end is near.” It does occasionally seem that Star Trek may be nearing that point....

Deep Space Nine did this to an extent. One of the things I liked about that show was that Sisko was only a commader when it started out, still kind of finding his way as a leader. He wasn’t promoted to captain until a few seasons in.

8Mb, according to the description:

I saw speculation on another site that the “1031” means it’s a ship assigned to Section 31. This could mean it is indeed a follow-up to DS9 (which I’d love as well).

I saw those at the EMP in Seattle last month. I see that someone’s already posted a link to where you can buy them, but here’s a photo as well.

Not many, but there have been a few here and there. The 2001 remake of the 1960 film “Oceans 11” was successful enough to lead to two sequels. This year’s “The Jungle Book” has done ridiculously well, though it’s yet to be determined whether it stands the test of time. Still, you’re right that these are very much the…

Agreed. Alternate realities are fantastic as a one-off episode (the original series’ “Mirror Mirror,” TNG’s “Yesterday’s Enterprise,” etc.), but I don’t particularly want to watch an entire series set in an alternate reality. (This is the exact reason I’m not that into the reboot movies.)

After he officially got the nomination last week I was reflecting back on how many times Trump had been spoofed in movies in the 80's and 90's. And yes, the first one that came to mind was the 1985A version of Biff Tannen from Back to the Future 2. Another was Gremlins 2 in 1990, where the main (human) antagonist was…

When the 2009 movie came out, I remember seeing a theory online that maybe they’d do a few movies in the alternate timeline and then do some sort of “fix the timestream” reset back into the Prime Universe. If that’s where this decision is heading, I’d be willing to forgive them for a lot.

At Disneyland they used to have a movie theater using something called “CircleVision,” which does give a full 360-degree view:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle-Vi…

Last week I went to a Star Trek 50th Anniversary exhibit at the EMP here in Seattle and they had a documentary about the history of the show playing on a three-screen setup like this. And, yes, it was distractingly hard to keep track of everything I was seeing.

For me it’s more an issue of having to attach a sort of “asterisk” to my fandom. For example, I’m also a Trek fan who doesn’t care for the reboot movies, and now that there are people who only know and love the reboot movies, I have to tell people “I’m a Star Trek fan, but....” I’m fine with people liking whatever…

My parents took me to see TMP in the movie theater when I was 6, and I still actively remember being amazed by the effects sequences. It definitely set me up for getting into Original Series reruns a few years later, followed by TNG which came out when I was a teenager.

The gay Sulu issue aside, Pegg’s comments just highlight what I don’t like about the Abramsverse/Kelvin movies in the first place. Pegg is freely admitting that “these aren’t the same characters as in the original Star Trek,” which reinforces my opionion that the Abramsverse/Kelvin movies should be considered a…

I approve of this. I made a comment earlier today that the NuTrek/Abramsverse movies feel like a totally different franchise from the Prime Universe, just with characters who coincidentally have the same names. Now I can explain to people that I enjoy Star Trek, the Prime Universe version, and don’t care for the…