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
Josh Reviews Woman in Motion
Woman in Motion shines a spotlight on Nichelle Nichols, who, of course, played Lt. Nyota Uhura on Star Trek. The documentary film specifically explores Ms. Nichols’ remarkable work, beginning in 1977, to recruit men and women of color to be astronauts, scientists and engineers
Star Trek Coda Book Two: The Ashes of Tomorrow
I’ve been reading Star Trek novels since I was a kid. For the past two decades, these books have gone to the next level, and I’ve been captivated by the vast interconnected universe of Star Trek stories that has developed. What began as a few books set after the event
Josh Reviews Star Trek: Lower Decks Season Two
The animated Star Trek comedy series Lower Decks focuses on the lower-ranked crew members aboard the small, not very well thought-of Starfleet vessel the U.S.S. Cerritos. I enjoyed the first season of Lower Decks, but I absolutely LOVED this second season! All the pieces fit into
The Star Trek Literary Universe Appears to Draw to a Close with Star Trek Coda Book One: Moments Asunder
Back in 2001, I read the novel Star Trek: Avatar, by S.D. Perry, which picked up the story of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine following the events of the series finale. I loved the book, and I was delighted to see a continuation and exploration of the DS9 story and characters beyond the
News Around the Net!
For a huge sequel coming out in just a few months, we’ve seen surprisingly little promotion for The Matrix Resurrections… but here now at last is a trailer: Color me intrigued! I quite like the first Matrix film (though perhaps I didn’t love it as much as as most o