If you’re a science fiction fan looking for a great Epiphany movie, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) should rank high on your list of films appropriate to the day.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine held viewers today accountable for working to make sure its vision of the future came to pass.
I remember reading, in one of those old Best of Trek paperback volumes, a fan expressing his or her displeasure with the martial atmosphere of Star Trek II. “What terrible disasters must have happened,” this fan asked, “to have caused Starfleet to become so militaristic overnight?” I’m paraphrasing the question (my Best of Trek books […]
In 2012, I blogged a short series for The Sci-Fi Christian called “Thirty Things to Love About Star Trek II.” It “counted down” to the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, still my favorite Star Trek film and one of my favorite movies overall. Next year, a decade […]
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Timely Trek: “The Omega Glory”
“The Omega Glory” isn’t one of Star Trek’s finest episodes. But its reverence for freedom and justice make it timelier than ever.