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In the News (Thu 24 Dec 09)

  
  The Future of Star Trek
Star Trek's current caretaker, Rick Berman, is not the visionary the franchise needs to guide it into its next reincarnation.
Trek needs someone who can bring a new and strong vision not only to the Star Trek universe, but to the conventions of science fiction as well.
Most importantly, Star Trek needs creative minds who are willing to fight Paramount for the creative freedom to do whatever it takes to guide the franchise where it needs to go -- even if that means permanently changing the Trek universe.
www.space.com /sciencefiction/tv/trek_future_991210.html   (1130 words)

  
 The Fascist Ideology of Star Trek -- and Firefly, the Anti-Trek
Star Trek typically reflects certain political, social, and metaphysical views, and on close examination they are not worthy of the kind of tribute that is often paid to Star Trek as representing an edifying vision of things.
Star Trek has a Utopia to picture, or at least a world free of many of the ills perceived in the present, but it doesn't have to deal with anything so inconvenient as the experience of history.
Star Trek is free to disparage religious belief and ignore traditional religions without the need to address the existential mysteries and tragedies of real life in ways that have actually meant something to the vast majority of human beings.
www.friesian.com /trek.htm   (3762 words)

  
 Social History :Star Trek as a Cultural Phenomenon
Star Trek ranks as one of the most culturally influential television shows of all time and clearly the most influential science fiction TV show of all time.
But Star Trek was the first television series aimed at adults to tell sophisticated morality tales and to depict a paramilitary crew on a peaceful mission to explore the galaxy.
Although the original Star Trek series was occasionally sexist (women wore skimpy outfits and no woman was ever shown commanding a starship), many women have testified that they were positively influenced by the show's depiction of women scientists working alongside their male counterparts.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Social/star_trek/SH7.htm   (1709 words)

  
 Star Trek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Note: The Physics of Star Trek and Beyond Star Trek by Lawrence M. Krauss are invaluable sources for evaluating technologies depicted in these movies.
The creators of the Star Trek universe acknowledge that they mix extremely advanced technologies like the transporter and warp drive with other technologies they have deliberately held back so that the audience will find them comprehensible.
As Star Trek employs physics that we do not yet understand, time travel cannot be dismissed as impossible.
www.futuristmovies.com /movies/star_trek.html   (1950 words)

  
 Lessons from Star Trek
The world of Star Trek is the best possible example of Socialist Dystopia ever thought of (with the USSR a close second), it is a world the Steve Pavlina I’ve been reading for the past weeks would hardly tolerate living and as for Ayn Rand….well she most certainly would have taken arms againt it.
Star Trek success is to address the issues of the world - be they religious, political or historical unless these elements are not factored in the stories of Star Trek then like the recent Star Trek Enterprise’s failure others are bound to fail.
Star Trek is not simply a star ship travelling from one planet to another it is about issues the ship when it visits a world encounters a specific moment in human history or something which is occurring in modern times.
www.stevepavlina.com /blog/2005/06/lessons-from-star-trek   (5593 words)

  
 Star Trek: A Motion Picture History, In Film Australia
Indeed, I would have to say that Star Trek: The Motion Picture (as it was called) is probably the worst film of the current set of Star Trek films, and certainly pales in comparison with the warmth and richness of its successors.
Star Trek VI is undoubtedly a film of high quality, and with the introduction of computer effects we see an exciting new edge to Star Trek films that is to take full shape in the future.
Star Trek: First Contact is the type of film that could be totally disassociated with Star Trek, and still be a success.
www.infilm.com.au /editorials/startrek1.htm   (2289 words)

  
 Angel Swan's Worlds of Star Trek: The Principles Behind Star Trek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Star Trek writers, both professional and fan, in order to keep Star Trek alive and interesting should be trying to expand its themes, keep them growing, and keep them meaningful to its audience.
Star Trek is often accused of being too "PC," but political correctness is an authoritarian concept, a new set of rules and requirements to replace the old.
What Star Trek shows is gnostic respect for alternate viewpoints and practices, stemming necessarily from the belief that no one individual is more qualified to figure things out than another.
angel.scientium.com /references/strek.htm   (2633 words)

  
 stquantum.com: Star Trek: The Quantum Universe
Also the Voyager-era was the true usher for Trek during the late nineties that never failed to captivate the minds of a whole generation, as much as the original series did back in the sixties.
It seems that at least one other Star Trek film is in the pipeline, but with the last films figures down a lot it seems as if the franchise is on the way out.
Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and all related materials are copyrighted to Paramount Pictures and are registered trademarks of Paramount Pictures.
members.aol.com /sditta32/startrek/supplement/6/index.htm   (796 words)

  
 Soul of Star Trek
Star Trek's human adventure was about the struggle to fulfill the human potential, and to explore the mysteries of the universe and our place in it.
Star Trek fans may be interested in this, because the original film—not the U.S. version-- is the same sort of science fiction of consciousness as Trek, dealing with real world issues through story that is science fiction, symbol or allegory, and an action adventure film all at once.
Star Trek may lead us to many profound insights and even to important commitments in our lives, but it is as support, model, an inspiration to creativity and even a kind of community that constitutes Star Trek’s continuing life, forty years on.
soulofstartrek.blogspot.com   (11517 words)

  
 Star Trek V
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier proved to be a disaster, garnering the worst reviews of the series and one of the lowest box office takes as well.
And, in typical Star Trek fashion, the regular characters who undergo this supposed "life-altering" emotional exposure will talk about how their entire existence has been changed, but show no signs of being any different than before.
Now, I’m not enough of a Star Trek geek so as to know how the Federation Galaxy is laid out, but certainly it seems like a trip to the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy would take years, perhaps decades, not hours.
www.jabootu.com /startrekv.htm   (8373 words)

  
 Star Trek
Star Trek introduced me to this vocabulary long before this discovery was made.
In fact, a lot of physicists and scientists are Star Trek fans; enough so that it was the subject of a very lively debate in our Engineering Science common room just today.
Star Trek has been immersed into our culture; according to Lawrence Krauss, himself a trekker and author of The Physics of Star Trek, "the number of people in the United States who would not recognize the phrase 'Beam me up, Scotty' is roughly comparable to the number of people who have never heard of ketchup".
www.geocities.com /pi_man_314/startrek.htm   (617 words)

  
 Star Trek: Legacy review for the PC
Bethseda’s biggest Trek game of the year is a great presentation, but the experience stalls pretty badly as the fancy lights and sounds give out under weak missions and writing.
Legacy takes place over the course of two hundred years, as the captains of the five television shows investigate the origins of the Borg.
But where those other Star Trek titles forced players to keep moving so they could tactically wear down specific points in the enemy shields, any such strategic element is gone in Legacy, where everything moves quite rapidly in all three dimensions.
game-revolution.com /review/pc/star_trek_legacy   (931 words)

  
 Star Trek
Three more films were released ("Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" taking the highest at the box office of all the films until the release of First Contact in 1996), until Gene Roddenberry, encouraged by the renewed vigour of the show at the cinemas, decided it was time to create a new series.
The release of the sixth Original Series film, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country saw the sign off of the original cast from flim making as a team, and it was believed to be the last any of them would ever be seen in a Star Trek role again.
The Star Trek Legacy won't be lost with it in a hurry, however.
members.tripod.com /~Sto_Vo_Kor   (2045 words)

  
 Star Wars vs Star Trek Essays: Star Wars vs Star Trek in Five Minutes
First, Star Wars vs Star Trek normally means "could the Empire kick the Federation's ass".
Generally speaking, the sheer scale of the Empire (millions of planets, able to build moon-sized Death Stars) is vastly greater than that of the Federation, so Trekkies try to take the sheer size and numerical advantage of the Empire out of the equation, and simplify matters into straight ship vs ship comparisons.
This approach has strengths and weaknesses; the visual look of each series is often more consistent than published material (particularly in the case of Star Trek, where the TM contradicts itself repeatedly and has several astonishingly bad science errors.
www.stardestroyer.net /Empire/Essays/FiveMinutes.html   (1556 words)

  
 Complete Starfleet Library Star Trek Books - Website Introduction
It was the first original Star Trek novel, it was written by a science fiction writer who had been well respected and popular in his time, and the majority of Star Trek fans on the Internet didn't seem to know it even existed.
When Star Trek premiered in 1966, it was already common for TV series and movies to generate tie-in books, fiction and nonfiction.
Star Trek publishing grew and expanded in the 1970s because the show was off the air and fans needed to supplement the reruns of those 79 episodes (and 22 animated episodes) with something new.
www.well.com /user/sjroby/lcars/index.html   (1819 words)

  
 Star Trek: Insurrection Movie Review by Anthony Leong
Those familiar with "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode 'Who Watches the Watchers?' will be familiar with the story, which opens on the home planet of the Ba'ku, a peaceful agrarian society.
Going about their simple lives, they are completely oblivious to the fact that they are being watched from a hidden observation post a few hundred yards from their village, staffed by a joint contingent of officers from the Federation and an aggressive race known as the Son'a.
About the only standout aspect of "Star Trek: Insurrection" is the allegorical undercurrent of the story, which brings to mind the exploits of another Frenchman of more recent times, General Phillipe Morillon, who served as commander of United Nations Forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1993.
www.mediacircus.net /insurrection.html   (1217 words)

  
 Star Trek@LordOfTheMoon
The 8th film - Star Trek:First Contact was a smash all over the world - relatively speaking - and was nominated for a Hugo for best dramatic presentation.
This was the second Star Trek film that I've seen in the cinema and rates as one of the best Trek films to date (the best is still, in my opinion, Star Trek IV:The Voyage Home).
Still, not to be too negative, if you persevere, Star Trek:TOS is a series that was ahead of it's time and although I've rubbished Uhura's role above, the fact she was even there must have been hard for Gene Roddenbury to pull off.
lordofthemoon.com /sf/startrek.php   (1190 words)

  
 Save My Star Trek
The Amagosa star is destroyed, the Enterprise barely escaping in time (in the process, they lose Geordi as a prisoner of Lursa and B'tor).
The Enterprise must put her safety on the line to stop that, there is a populated planet in the system that supports millions of individuals in a pre-warp society.
They also used a time-honored tradition of Trek movies, but it was poorly executed (hmmm....epic battle, the Enterprise has plenny of sparks and 'splosions....maybe a hole or five....and we crash her....it worked for ST III, ST VI, and Generations, why not here?).
www.starfleetlibrary.com /savemytrek/Save_My_Star_TrekbaseVIII.html   (2713 words)

  
 Star Trek: Generations (Star Trek VII)
Shatner starred in all six films and in the original "Star Trek" television series, which aired from 1966 to 1969.
Producer Berman is the executive producer of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" television series and creator/executive producer of the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" series and the upcoming "Star Trek: Voyager" series.
The star is destroyed, deflecting the ribbon towards the planet.
www.ee.surrey.ac.uk /Contrib/SciFi/StarTrek/STTNG/generations.html   (2856 words)

  
 STAR TREK: INSURRECTION - DVD
Everything about this ninth entry in Star Trek's feature film franchise seems on the cheap, from its Roger Corman-grade special effects (the series' worst since Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) to its highly derivative and ugly ad campaign (the poster is nearly identical to that for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country).
For three hundred years, the Ba'ku species (who look human) have lived on a ringed-planet that may as well be called the Fountain of Youth.
Six hundred of them occupy the Briar Patch, an area affected by "metaphasic radiation," a positive energy that reverses the aging process in the elderly.
filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/trek9.htm   (1188 words)

  
 Star Trek: Elite Force 2 review, looking at the sci fi FPS from Activision - UGO.com Games
The Star Trek universe itself is a tough license to work with, as many of the environments and characters are dearly loved by the fans; screwing anything up can really disappoint your audience.
Ritual has always done an excellent job in putting a ton of cool secrets into their games, and they kept that going even in a Star Trek game where creative freedom must not have been very wide open.
There must be a hundred secrets (maybe more) total, several of which are more than just an item to pick up.
ugo.com /channels/games/features/startrek_eliteforce2   (2232 words)

  
 FilePlanet: Star Trek: Armada v.1.2 patch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
After the installation is complete you can then launch Star Trek: Armada and take advantage of the updated functionality.
Star Trek Armada’s unique combination of 3D and 2D technology may cause issues when the ESC key is pressed during game play.
Star Trek and related marks are trademarks of Paramount Pictures.
www.fileplanet.com /55955/50000/fileinfo/Star-Trek:-Armada-v.1.2-patch   (2358 words)

  
 G4 - Star Trek: TNG - Sub Rosa
He asks her again to stay with him, but she destroys the candle and then blasts Ronin with her phaser, killing her "dream lover" forever.
Top Ten Reasons Star Trek: The Next Generation is cooler than Original Star Trek.
Star Guests: Special Appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation
www.g4tv.com /startrekthenextgeneration/episodes/5278/Sub_Rosa.html   (651 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Star Trek Enterprise: The Complete Second Season: DVD: Star Trek Enterprise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Connections to the original Star Trek (series and films) continue with episodes involving Tellarites, Tholians, Klingons, Andorians, and even a brief appearance by a Tribble (one of many occasions for humor in Dr. Phlox's sickbay, the setting of many of the season's finest dialogue-driven scenes).
Set in the 22nd century, a hundred years before James T. Kirk helmed the famous starship of the same name, ENTERPRISE takes place in an era when interstellar travel is still in its infancy.
This series did not use the traditional sound stages reserved for Star Trek series, because one of the stages, which last held the Star Trek: Voyager sets, was demolished following filming of the las...
www.amazon.ca /Star-Trek-Enterprise-Complete-Second/dp/B0009I7NGW   (1054 words)

  
 Spot (Star Trek) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Spot is Data's pet cat and a recurring character.
The authors of the Star Trek Encyclopedia jokingly propose that these inconsistencies can be explained by the idea that Spot is a shape-shifter or victim of a transporter accident (depending on which edition of the Encyclopedia one reads).
However, she did get along with Lieutenant Reginald Barclay, thus when Data had to leave on a mission at the same time Spot's kittens were due, he persuaded Barclay to take care of her (TNG: "Genesis").
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spot_(Star_Trek)   (350 words)

  
 Trek Movie Report | Star Trek XI news, rumors, info and downloads
Brent Spiner (TNG: Data) is already on record as being against the prequel concept for Star Trek XI and now he is also questioning the ability for Trek to again break out to the mainstream.
If Trek XI ends up being Paramount’s big summer movie for 2008, then perhaps a year from now we will be seeing the trailer for Trek XI itself.
Star Trek ®, in all its various forms, is a trademark of Paramount Pictures.
trekmovie.com   (1595 words)

  
 The Trek Nation - Michael Jan Friedman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Since penning his first Star Trek book, the original series novel Double, Double in 1989, Michael Jan Friedman has made a name for himself among fans as a writer who often explores the history of major characters in his books, particularly James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard.
Friedman's ability to expose unexplored nooks and crannies of the Star Trek universe, coupled with the success of his Picard centric novels Reunion and The Valiant lead to his writing the popular literary-based series Star Trek: Stargazer, a series of novels that explore the early career of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in his first command.
The Trek Nation and its subsidiary sites are in no way affiliated with Paramount Pictures, Inc. Star Trek ®, in all its various forms, is a trademark of Paramount Pictures.
www.treknation.com /interviews/friedman_death_in_winter.shtml   (2379 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Star Trek The Original Series: The Complete First Season: DVD: Star Trek Original Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1965, Star Trek set out to boldly go where no series had gone before, beginning a three-year mission that led to a franchise that would last decades.
STAR TREK - THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON features the adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise under the command of Capt. James Kirk (Shatner) and his first officer, Lt. Cmdr Spock (Nimoy) during the 23rd century.
In mere months we will be able to have the entire Star Trek original series in DVD boxed sets, not unlike the data chips used by Mr.
www.amazon.ca /Star-Trek-Original-Complete-Season/dp/B0002I831S   (2137 words)

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