Star Trek: Ex Machina
Star Trek: Ex Machina is set immediately after the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The novel is a beautiful extrapolation upon many of the concepts and ideas introduced in that film. It digs deeply into the character arcs of TMP and further explores the repercussions of t
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So… Back to the Future: The Musical is coming to Broadway in June 2023…? Great Scott! It seems like a ludicrous notion, but I must admit this trailer is sort of endearing. The actor playing Marty sounds exactly like Michael J. Fox when we hear him say “a time mac
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Reunion
Back in 1991, one of the very first Star Trek: The Next Generation hardcover novels published by Pocket Books was Michael Jan Friedman’s Reunion. I remember this being an exciting event at the time, because the novel fleshed out the backstory of Captain Picard’s time on the Sta
Josh Reviews Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season One (Part One)
The latest Star Trek live-action TV series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is another prequel, this time set in the time just before the events of the Original Series. We’re on board the U.S.S. Enterprise, but it’s in the days before Kirk was captain. The captain is Chr
Josh’s Episode-by-Episode Analysis of Star Trek: Picard Season Two
Yesterday I posted my overall thoughts on the second season of Star Trek: Picard. Here now is my detailed episode-by-episode analysis. Engage: 01 — “The Star Gazer” This season premiere functions as somewhat of a reboot of the series, and for the most part, I thi
Josh Reviews Star Trek: Picard Season Two
I have watched the entire ten episode second season of Star Trek: Picard. Spoiler alert, folks: it’s a modern Star Trek show, and I thought it was pretty much terrible. Surprise surprise. Sigh. I hate that this is the case. I desperately want to like these shows. I really
Josh Reviews the 4K Restoration of the “Director’s Edition” of Star Trek: The Motion Picture!
Praise be to the Great Bird of the Galaxy — after two decades of wishing and hoping, I am delighted that a beautiful high-definition 4K version of the “Director’s Edition” of Star Trek: The Motion Picture now exists!! I watched it streaming on Paramount+, and
Star Trek Coda: Book Three: Oblivion’s Gate
With David Mack’s Star Trek Coda: Book Three: Oblivion’s Gate, the two-decades-old Star Trek literary universe comes to an end. This Coda series has gotten better and better as it’s gone on. I enjoyed book one, Moments Asunder by Dayton Ward, and I thought book t
Josh Reviews The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek is a ten-episode documentary series exploring the vast history of Star Trek! The series is overseen by Brian Volk-Weiss, the creator of the documentary series The Toys That Made Us and The Movies That Made Us. I’m a huge Trek fan, so o