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By Gillian WeisgramJames Cawley has been an opponent of Star Trek XI for a very long time now, so when he recently began to speak out in favor, it raised a lot of eyebrows in the Trek community. In a recent interview with Trekmovie.com, Cawley reported on his feelings now that he has had a chance to see Abrams in action - and it completely changed his mind.Cawley has come to Trekkie fame as the

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by Gillian WeisgramTrekmovie.com is hosting a video from G4 that states that Nemesis bombed because we're done with the Next Generation crew.Is that really what people think?Nemeis bombed because it was an obvious crappy remake. If you need proof, look no further! Tell me what movie this is: the Captain of the Enterprise is mysteriously summoned to a specific region of space where he encounters

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Hey all, sorry it's been so long since we've posted here. More to come soon.

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by NyackJohnSo, I've been meaning to post for a while regarding the Movie Event showing of "The Menagerie" on the big screen.My group attended the evening of November 13. Interestingly, most of the group consisted of a bunch of us who went to see each of the re-released "Star Wars" films at the giant Zeigfield Theater in NYC when Lucas re-did the effects some years ago. We thought remastered Star

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After earning her Ph.D at the University of Notre Dame in 1973, Prof. Mary Jo Weaver (Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University) wrote and taught about contemporary American Catholicism. Her publications focused on the history and politics of institutional Catholicism, as well as the impact of feminism. Two books, in particular, explored the political divisions and competing

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by ShreeWeapons! I have always been fascinated by weapons. I started collecting them from a fairly young age. I got a bow and arrows for Christmas when I was about 12 years old. Later on, I would go to the little weapon stores in the mall & buy whatever I could including a small knife that was disguised as a pen and various metal keychains that sort of resembled brass knuckles. I've bought swords

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Prize: 3 disc "Star Trek Next Generation Movie Collection" (includes Generations, First Contact, and Insurrection - widescreen US DVD)Contest: Best "Insurrection" ReviewRules: Roughly 5-7 paragraph review of this TNG film. It can either praise the film or bash the film. It can be either serious or humorous. Winning review (chosen by poll votes) will be published on the blog. Deadline:

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Grace Lee Whitney as Yeomand Janice Rand Visit our Grace Lee Whitney photo gallery here. Also see our review of Grace Lee Whitney's The Longest Trek.Comments

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Confirmed cast of Star Trek XI, titled simply Star Trek:Captain James T. Kirk: Chris PineFirst Officer Mr. Spock: Zachary Quinto Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: Karl UrbanChief Engineer Montgomery Scott "Scotty": Simon Pegg Lt. Uhura: Zoe Saldana Ensign Pavel Chekov: Anton YelchinHelmsman Sulu: John Cho *Also Starring Leonard Nimoy as Mr. SpockUpdates to come: Christopher Pike and Kirk's parents. For

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How I found TrekHello fellow fans! I've always been a big fan of sci-fi. If it has aliens and space adventures, you can count me in. I've been following Star Trek for a while now. The series has always meant a lot to me because I shared it with my dad. I started watching it when I was about 14 years old. I used to watch my dad's favorite shows with him. It was a nice way to spend time with him

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From The New York Times, May 23rd, 1982:"An Enterprise for Trekkies," by Susan ChiraThey were soaked with rain and huddled in blankets, but the 500 fans who had waited for hours yesterday to see the New York preview of the new "Star Trek" movie - "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"- considered it part of the fun."If people put up with the rain, the hours on lines and the pigeons all day long," said

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Warp 11, a punk band based out of Sacramento, CA, began their musical career at small venues and Trek conventions. With a rough and tumble mix of eclectic rock and TOS miniskirts, they've won the hearts of many Star Trek fans, as well as the respect of critics. Although some songs, such as "Suds Me Up, Sulu" and "Set Phasers for Fuck!" are less than family-friendly, the band's unique style,

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Triple Dose of one YouTuber's excellent compilation of the Dominion War. Enjoy!5:6:7:*scroll through the fanzine for earlier partsComments

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Warning: The following rant contains excessively funny profanity.----------------by AlisiumTo follow regulations or not to follow…That is the question Capt. Janeway seems incapable of answering.In this episode B'Elanna and Paris accidentally happen across a really nasty species who very aggressively defends its territory. They are promptly zapped unconscious by a neurological weapon.Once aboard,

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11/13/2007 Boldly go where

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by John HoodIn the future world of Star Trek, money and capitalism are treated in a negative light. At several points in both the television series and the films, an addled Gene Roddenberry tried to insert in the story that money itself had been disinvented, but this ludicrous premise didn’t even work in fiction and was discarded. Instead, those engaged in free enterprise are portrayed as evil,

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The 'Official American Metaphor'. Star Trek, in it's many incarnations.Clearly, the Federation are the metaphoric U.S. of A. - after all, they're the 'good guys', right? The enlightened ones. The ones who spend their time bouncing around the universe solving everyone's problems for them, while all the while spreading some galactic good will.So what do I mean by this whole 'Communist State' thing?

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Support the history of Star Trek by purchasing the documentary Trekkies (1997)Comments

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Celebrating Insane Trekkies:Comments

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Terry Lee Rioux, author of From Sawdust to Stardust: The Biography of DeForest Kelley took time to speak with Trekdom. As we prepare to see a new McCoy on the big screen in 2008, let us spend a few moments remembering and celebrating the life and work of DeForest Kelley.Trekdom: Your biography of DeForest Kelley, From Sawdust to Stardust, is a wonderful and charming book. Can you tell us what

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The Ethics of Star Trek, by Judith Barad, Ph.D (with Ed Robertson) is by far the most readable and well-argued scholarly work on philosophy and Star Trek. Readers will come away from this text with a deeper understanding of classical and Western philosophy, as well as a deeper appreciation of how the "messages" of Trek remain relevant today. The book demonstrates, quite forcefully, how Trek has

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by Jared B."In more than four decades, Star Trek... has broken through many barriers, such as being the first to have an interracial kiss (between William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols) on broadcast television, as well as touting the values of peace and tolerance for all. Yet the series has refused to address forthrightly the topic of homosexuality where it would most matter—on television or film.

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"ALL THE GALAXY'S A STAGE": SHAKESPEARE IN THE STAR TREK UNIVERSE by Sean HallIn the classic Star Trek episode "Catspaw," the intrepid crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise beams down to the surface of the planet Pyris VII. Once on the ground, they investigate and are confronted by three witches who chant: "Winds shall rise / and fog descend / So leave here all / or meet your end." At this point, the

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Part 3 of J. William Snyder Jr.'s article, "Star Trek: A Phenomenon and Social Statement on the 1960s."-----------Of all the social issues that Star Trek alludes to or addresses, the one it seems to spend the most time on is the ethics of war and peace. Star Trek ran during the escalation period of the Vietnam war, a time when relations among the superpowers were tense. It takes numerous

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Now, for something completely different...Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force was one of the best Trek games of the last decade, especially in terms of multiplayer FPS action. It is telling that, while Bethesda's Star Trek: Legacy multiplayer community is now dead after 6 months of release, you can still find loyal EF players on servers, and the game is 7 years old!We invite all Trekkies to join us

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Enjoy!Comments

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We now have a Star Trek chat room. Please check it out by clicking the picture or bookmarking it here.

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From time to time, we use the blog to highlight other features of the website. If you haven't already, please visit our Star Trek message board and chat with other fans, review our articles, talk about politics, or whatever. Click the picture and cyber with Trekkies! Or, click here.

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Part 2 of "Star Trek: A Phenomenon and Social Statement on the 1960s," by J. William Synder, Jr.One area where Star Trek made considerable progress and incorporation into its substance was its regard towards minorities. Of course, by the late 1960's. the Civil Rights Movement in the United States was in full swing and much progress had been made in that area. By the time the first episode of the

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by David Greven, Ph.DAssistant Professor of English, Connecticut CollegeLily (Alfre Woodard) in Star Trek: First Contact is an African-American woman freedom fighter in the ravaged Earth of the twenty second century, on the verge of the titular first contact meeting with the Vulcans that dramatically changes, in the Trekverse, the course of human history. Jean-Luc Picard’s Enterprise is only

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Sexism and Feminism in the Star Trek UniversePart 1 of "Star Trek: A Phenomenon and Social Statement of the 1960s"by J. William Synder, Jr.It was during the late 1960's that the contemporary feminist movement began. Major progress in women's rights in America was still years off, but the movement was gaining strength in the face of backward and reactionary ideas. Star Trek was almost destined to

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by Jared B.After Captain Kirk demonstrates Starfleet ethics by not taking needed dilithium crystals by force, a transporter malfunction leaves him and his away team (Uhura, McCoy, and Scotty) in an alternate reality. There, he discovers that this mirror universe reflects the imperialistic opposite of known Federation culture.No longer is the Enterprise a ship of exploration and discovery. Instead

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Part 4 of one youtuber's hour-long compilation of the Dominion War. Very cool.Comments

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by Aaron AngelThe Cold War began with the birth of Communism and was strengthened by the Red Scare of the 1920s. The Second World War, with the Soviet-Nazi Pact of 1939, showed the American people the basic nature of Joseph Stalin. The Tehran Summit of 1943 was the beginning of an era of distrust and an attitude of anti- Communism that has had repercussions to the present and may continue to

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by Jared B."We were working on a network that, in a sense, was completely contradictory to the nature of the show."-Rick Berman, quoted in 20 December 2006 SciFi Pulse"I think it [UPN] damaged the show. If you don’t mind booting Brent Spiner later on I could stay up here all day and talk about this one subject. I think it hurt Voyager and much more with Enterprise, to be on a constantly shifting

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Enjoy this half hour documentary. It was produced by Paramount to promote TNG in 1987.(The sound is slightly out of sync in part 1)The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the NextComments

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by Jared B.Editor-in-ChiefI ask our readers to imagine for a moment... Star Trek XI remains a mystery, except that the producer and director, J.J. Abrams, released a vague teaser poster months ago. Otherwise, you have no clue about the movie. Perhaps it continues the Next Gen legacy, or perhaps it could be something completely different.You know nothing.While hoping for the best, you attend Comic

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by MojochiBy its sixth season, Star Trek: The Next Generation had reached the height of its popularity. It was likely this success which bolstered their confidence enough to show more than one mid-season two part episode, for the only time during the series' run.The one which generated the most attention was called "Chain of Command". It was a ground breaking episode for Star Trek, in a couple

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Legendary talk show host Tom Snyder passed away today. He was best known for his 1970s smoke-filled interview show, Tomorrow, among other talk shows. In rememberance of his life and style, we're reposting his hour-long interview with DeForrest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, and Harlan Ellison. Remembering Tom Snyder through our Trek memories... Enjoy!Part 1:2:3:4:5:Comments

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by Transparency NowIn the last few decades, the world's technologically advanced societies have started to learn how to manipulate the elements of life, the physical world and the mind. They have peered out into the universe and into the fabric of matter, overcome distance with air and space travel and mass communications, extended the life span, begun replacing parts of the body, built enormous

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by J.P. Schutz“The Galileo Seven” is an interesting TOS episode in a number of ways. This mid-first season episode remains a favorite of many TOS fans while leaving others unsatisfied. This would be the first of many times that Trek would use the “downed shuttlecraft” as a plot device. As this was still Season 1, and Shatner had not yet forced his “star” issue on every plot, this is one of a

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At today's Comic Con, Star Trek XI producers and writers revealed exciting details about the next Trek film, simply titled Star Trek. Along with displaying a new teaser poster, sources confirmed that Zachary Quinto, known best for his role in Heroes, has been cast as a younger Mr. Spock. When asked how he would portray the iconic character, Quinto said he intended to honor Nimoy's original

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A special treat for our readers. Enjoy this long 1983 documentary about Star Trek, hosted by Leonard Nimoy. It isn't as candid as "After they were famous," but it is entertaining and fun. Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Comments and Reviews

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David Gerrold began his professional career as a writer in 1967 with "The Trouble with Tribbles," one of the most beloved and popular episodes of the Star Trek franchise. Since those early days with Trek, he has published more than forty books, including The Man Who Folded Himself, When HARLIE Was One, and the many books in The War Against The Chtorr and the Dingilliad series. After being

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Susan Sackett worked as Gene Roddenberry’s executive assistant for 17 years. She also served as his assistant for Star Trek: The Motion Picture and as Production Associate for the first five seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as co-writing (with Fred Bronson) several TNG episodes. Additionally, she has written a number of books about the entertainment industry and Star Trek,

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by Jared B.---------------In pursuit of a man-killing underground creature, Kirk and Spock discover something profound: This "silicon-based lifeform" is neither evil nor inherently dangerous, despite having already killed several "pergium" miners throughout the planet's extensive cave network. Instead, it was simply protecting its eggs from the humans, who had unknowingly destroyed hundreds

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Grace Lee Whitney is best known for her brief role as Yeoman Rand during the first season of Star Trek. Fans have long debated the reasons for her departure from the show after a dozen episodes. Considering how beloved the beehived and short-skirted "Captain's woman" was for many fans, especially teenage boys, her disappearance seemed conspicuous. The character had been central to the plots of

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A Youtuber has attempted to piece together the entire DS9 Dominion War into one hour of footage. Here is part 3 of this hour-long thrill ride:Comments and Reviews

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AfterElton kindly allowed us to republish their superb article "Forbidden Gay Frontier." Enjoy, and please visit AfterElton to voice support.-------------By Michael RicciIn 1991, Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, spoke with The Humanist magazine about his evolving view of the gay community, “My attitude toward homosexuality has changed. I came to the conclusion that I was wrong. I was never

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As Trek fans everywhere ruminate the gradual decline of Trek's popularity and profitability during the last decade, Trekdom brings a blast from the past: A 1994 Paramount press release celebrating the 7th season of TNG while making optimistic claims about Star Trek's limitless future.While you bite your fingernails, praying to the gods of scifi that Abrams' reboot will reinvent the franchise and

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A short excerpt from Dr. Lawrence Gage's lengthy article at Real Physics:The Religion of Star Trekby Lawrence Gage.As far as cultural influence is concerned, Star Trek rivals the actual space program in cultural influence. What ideas lie behind the Trek universe and propagate through its popularity?Salvation from AboveFirst let's examine the fictional origins of the Trek universe. In Star Trek:

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Part 4 of the hour-long British documentary on the Star Trek phenomenon.Comments

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In 1998, Prof. Daniel Bernardi published Star Trek and History: Race-ing Toward a White Future, a book that analyzed and critiqued the representation of race in Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Bernardi, as a scholar of popular culture and media studies, had much to say about Trek's shortcomings. While many fans at the time recited slogans like "infinite diversity in infinite

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by Jack Klause.In the spring of 1980, Gene Roddenberry sat down to write a 60-page outline for a sequel to the first Star Trek feature film. Unlike The Motion Picture, the next one, he hoped, would be a Gene Roddenberry script, not a creative mishmash that went through the hands of countless other writers and studio executives. This would be the film that he wanted to make, and no one could claim

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Trekdom Review: James Van Hise's 1995 The Unauthorized History of Trek.James Van Hise has written many books on the history of film, television, and comics. He has also edited a collection of prose called Midnight Graffiti , which contains previously unpublished stories by Stephen King and Harlan Ellison, among others. Throughout his career as a writer, he continuously comes back to a favorite

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Part 3 of the British documentary "After They were Famous," an indepth look at Trek's revival in the 70s and 80s. Enjoy!Comments

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by Jack Klause.------------------------------Television producer Harve Bennett had been on the Paramount lot for barely a week when he was summoned to chairman Barry Diller’s office. Bennett, known best for The Six-Million-Dollar Man, The Mod Squad, and The Bionic Woman, expected a “debriefing” of sorts. Hopefully, he thought, they would give him something meaningful to work on, since he had just

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Robert Picardo sat down with us for an hour-long interview. Enjoy!-----------------Trekdom: You’ve followed in the footsteps of many Trek actors by writing and performing music, as well as releasing three CDs: Basic Bob, Extreme Bob, and The Hologram’s Handbook. Some of the songs poke fun at the darker side of conventions, fandom, and the intense commercialization of Star Trek. I can’t help but

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A YouTuber has attempted to piece together the entire Dominion War with one hour of footage. Here is part 2 of the one-hour clip. Enjoy!------------Comments------------

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A short excerpt from David Gerrold's 1973 The World of Star Trek:------------The crew of the Enterprise is in no way meant to be representative of future humanity - not at all. They are representative of the American Sphere of Influence today. Their attitudes, their manner of speaking, their ways of reacting, even their ways of making love, are all contemporary. We have met the Enterprise - and

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Part 2 of the British Documentary "After they were famous," an hour-long look at the rebirth of Star Trek in the 1970s. Enjoy!You can watch the other parts in Trekdom's Trekumentaries.-------------Comments-------------

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Amidst a hectic schedule, actor and director Tim Russ took a few moments to answer our questions surrounding the character of Tuvok and the upcoming release of Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, which he directed.--------------Trekdom: When Leonard Nimoy was cast for the role of Spock, the writers didn’t give him much to work with, so he personally created many aspects of Mr. Spock and Vulcan culture.

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Where's Captain Kirk?Enjoy!Comments

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While Chase Masterson prepares for the release of the upcoming film "Yesterday Was A Lie" in which she plays a leading role, she was kind enough to answer our questions surrounding the character of Leeta and Deep Space Nine.*photo from "Yesterday Was A Lie."-------------TD: Chase, you’ve interviewed so many Trek actors and insiders on theFandom.com, from George Takei to Brannon Braga. Which

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From time to time, we use the fanzine/blog to announce new features of the main website: http://www.startrekdom.comIf you haven't already, check out Trekumentaries, which provides hours of documentaries and interviews from Trek stars and insiders. Highlights:"After they were famous" - an hour-long documentary about Star Trek's revival in the 1970s"Leonard Nimoy's Star Trek Memories" - an

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In Defense of Rick BermanBy Jared B. ----------When Rick Berman assumed control of Star Trek: The Next Generation about halfway through its first season, he inherited a disaster of a show. The atmosphere behind-the-scenes was chaotic, hurtful, and infuriating for many insiders. Gene Roddenberry, having been heavily intoxicated and overly “medicated,” alienated many of the people who had made the

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A nice long tribute to 40 years of Star Trek. Enjoy.Comments

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[Disclaimer: Trekdom welcomes the contributions of scholars and academics. The views expressed in this article do not reflect those of Trekdom, and we invite scholarly rebuttals.]A Call to Armsby Anonymous ------------------For decades, Star Trek has been a favorite target of a certain group of scholars* who wander the postmodern stairwells of academic ivory towers. In book after book and

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by Kelley L. Ross, Ph.D--------------------------"One and only one person can give steering and engine orders at any one time....The commanding officer may take over the deck or the conn...In taking the conn from the officer of the deck, the captain should do so in such a manner that all personnel of the bridge watch will be notified of the fact."--Watch Officer's Guide, A Handbook for all Deck

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For time to time, we'll use the blog to announce new features of the main website, http://www.startrekdom.com . This month we've added a photo gallery focused on the women of Star Trek.http://www.startrekdom.com/womenoftrekindex.htmlCurrent content: Hundreds of photos of Trek actresses: Jeri Ryan, Jolene Blalock, Linda Park, Terry Farrell, Nana Visitor, Chase Masterson, Grace Lee Whitney, Nicole

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by Prof. E.W. Wilder, Professor Emeritus of Modern Poetry at EastWestern University, Purewater Campus in Purewater, Kansas.Many of the current accounts of the socio-politics of Star Trek are saddeningly simplistic. They ignore the underlying social schema at work in either series. Indeed, the common notion that the Federation in the original series (TOS) represented the UN or alternately the NATO

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In 2004, Modamag.com published a lenghty interview with Garrett Wang, Star Trek: Voyager's Ensign Harry Kim. Read the full interview here.A few highlights for discussion:KA: Aside from a strong camaraderie amongst the cast, you’ve been a bit outspoken regarding Rick Berman’s treatment of the show…GW: Yeah… (laughing) Much to my detriment, actually, yes. That’s what happens when you sit there and

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by Jared B.-----------------------When Leonard Nimoy was hired for the role of Star Trek’s Mr. Spock, he was a relatively unknown actor. Any work was good work for him at the time. Nevertheless, he had serious reservations about playing the Vulcan alien. Foremost, the ears… Would anyone, he wondered, take the character seriously? Before Star Trek, most televised science-fiction was “kids’ stuff,”

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by Jared B.In a 1991 interview with The Humanist, Gene Roddenberry spoke candidly about his views on religion:"It was clear to me that religion was largely nonsense, largely magical, superstitious things… I just couldn't see any point in adopting something based on magic, which was obviously phony and superstitious."In many ways, Star Trek: The Original Series reflected Roddenberry’s skepticism

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A youtuber has attempted to tell the story of the entire Dominion War in about an hour. Here's the first part.Watch all parts here.Comments and Reviews

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by Jared B. By the middle of season 2, the writing was on the wall. The Nielsens had yet to climb. The ratings were moderate to bad. NBC's high-risk investment in Star Trek had flopped. This "brain child" of Gene Roddenberry was not only expensive to produce, but it also failed to produce anything for NBC except a small and vocal fandom. The network was justifiably concerned. They were losing

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Perhaps my most exciting "escape" occurred not long afterwards in a Long Island department store... where I was promoting an album I'd recorded on Dot Records entitled "Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space."I was signing autographs at a counter, closed in on either side by portable gates. At some point, the crowd started pushing so hard that the gates started to collapse.

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Great interview with Roddenberry, if you can get past the interviewer's 80s poodle hairdo:Reviews and Discussion

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by Frank JonesThere has been so much speculation about "what went wrong" with the Star Trek franchise as it descended from the heights of popularity in the early-90s to cancellation in 2005. Fans have blamed countless "culprits," such as UPN, the prequel format, and market saturation. Executive producer Rick Berman believed that there had been too many "trips to the well," with 10 movies, 5

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Walter Koenig was kind enough to answer our questions regarding the character of Chekov and Star Trek XI.Trekdom: In 1967, Gene Roddenberry told the L.A. Times that he added the character of Chekov because a Pravda writer criticized the show for ignoring the Soviet Union’s role in the space race. Yet, as many fans know, Roddenberry and others had ulterior motives, such as wanting a “Davy Jones”

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by Jared BIn the 1973 book The World of Star Trek, William Shatner dismissed the widespread rumors of a “Great Feud,” which had plagued the set of the Original Series. “There was never any feud. There were, on occasions, mostly between Leonard and I, a difference of opinion, and sometimes, in a moment of pique, one or the other of us would get angry.” He further argued that tabloid journalism had

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Trailers for the soon to be released fan film Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, starring Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Tim Russ, and many more Trek stars.Review and Discuss

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Trekdom will soon publish an indepth review of Jay Goulding's 1985 Empire, Aliens, and Conquest: A critique of American ideology in Star Trek and other science fiction adventures.For the meantime, we'd like to spark debate with several quotes. Does his argument hold water? Is he being fair to Star Trek?-----[On Star Trek...]Star Trek continues to legitimize the frontier mentality and to provide

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An emotional and touching clip from the documentary Trekkies. James Doohan speaks about his relationship with an emotionally-troubled fan.Comments and Reviews

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And now the conclusion of Prof. H. Bruce Franklin's "Star Trek in the Vietnam Era." In parts 1 and 2, Franklin analyzed "City on the Edge of Forever" and "A Private Little War." Both of those episodes, he argued, implicitly voiced support for continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam. In part 3, Franklin sees a shift toward a more critical stance with "The Omega Glory" and "Let that Be Your Last

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Comments and Reviews

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by Frank Jones-----According to Bush administration neocons, especially top-dogs like Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, the United States was attacked on 9/11 for no reason at all, and the United States was then forced into an unfortunate war of necessity.We had to invade the middle-east hunting down the terrorists and killing them. We had to hunt down the weapons of mass destruction, before these

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Dozens of Star Trek fans bid farwell today to James Doohan, whose ashes are to be blasted into space on a private rocket.Doohan, beloved for his role as the USS Enterprise's chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, died at the age 85 in 2005, but plans for his posthumous rendezvous with the final frontier have been repeatedly delayed.However on Saturday a symbolic portion of his ashes will be on

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Enjoy!

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by Jared B.Although Trekmovie.com and other sites have repeatedly dismissed the rumor that Star Trek XI will focus on Kirk and Spock's early days at Starfleet Academy, this piece of gossip continues to circulate the web, sometimes even making its appearance in the mainstream press. In an effort to finally put this rumor to rest, Trekdom examines the origins of Harve Bennett's Star Trek: The

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Boldly Gone? by DDDThe biggest Star Trek news of 2007, so far, is that “Star Trek XI” will be a remake. Not just any remake, mind you, but rather a “re-imagining.” The writers who label it such fail to explain whether this requires more or less creative effort than a “reboot,” like Casino Royale or Batman Begins. All I know for sure is that I’ve yet to decide whether I’ll be driving my “pre-owned

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Trekdom brings you part 2 of Prof. H. Bruce Franklin's provocative essay about Star Trek: The Original Series and the Vietnam War.In part 1, Franklin critiqued "City on the Edge of Forever" as Trek's commentary on the growing peace movement. He now continues with an interesting interpretation of "A Private Little War." It is worth noting that many Trek insiders, such as Gene Roddenberry, Bob

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by Jared B.On a cloudless September day in Palmdale, California, over 2500 people gathered to witness the dawn of a new age of space flight. Hundreds of families traveled to experience the event firsthand, and hordes of reporters stood by eagerly with cameras in wait. As the crowd's anticipation grew, all eyes focused intently on a large airfield hanger, soon to reveal the next generation of

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The following quotes come from a book titled, Race-ing towards a White Future. This scholarly analysis of Star Trek (mostly TOS and TNG) was written by Prof. Daniel Bernardi.Trekdom invites its readers to critique this scholar's viewpoints. Is he being fair to Star Trek? Why or why not? A few quotes:"Trek perpetuates the longstanding myth of the natural and humane right of white rule and

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Trekdom invites readers to read and react to the following quotes from a 1991 interview with Gene Roddenberry. Is Roddenberry being fair to religion or Christianity? Are his criticisms valid? Did the Star Trek universe reflect those beliefs?Gene Roddenberry's Atheism: In his own words-------------------My family was from the South. My mother was very religious. Every Sunday we went to church,

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You can watch the full length documentary on Star Trek at Trektube.

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From the L.A. Times, 1967

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One scholar's provocative essay relating TOS to the war in Vietnam.Trekdom invites our readers to critique and review this essay. Is this scholar over-analyzing? Does he make valid points? Do you agree with his interpretation of City on the Edge of Forever?-------------------H. Bruce FranklinStar Trek in the Vietnam EraThe original Star Trek series was conceived, produced, and broadcast during

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