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Star Trek's Secret Trilogy Is Now Streaming For Free
9+ hour, 49+ min ago (819+ words) Giant Freakin Robot For the most part, the Star Trek movies are generally self-contained adventures, which is a good thing: it's possible for a newcomer (likely dragged to the theater by a superfan) to enjoy these films without having watched…...
16 Raunchiest Most Extreme Sci-Fi TV Shows Of All Time
12+ hour, 13+ min ago (1908+ words) By Jonathan Klotz | Published 31 seconds ago Science fiction may have a reputation for being cold and analytical, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Some of the best sci-fi TV of all time happened on shows that were raunchy,…...
The Most Emotional Star Trek Scene Was Written As A Joke
20+ hour, 39+ min ago (451+ words) Giant Freakin Robot Many casual Star Trek fans think that Vulcans don't feel any emotions. That's actually not true at all: in reality, these aliens experience the same tempest of emotional torment as human beings. They simply choose to suppress…...
The Star Trek Episode That Took Its Cue From Seinfeld
22+ hour, 47+ min ago (646+ words) Giant Freakin Robot Star Trek: Voyager and Seinfeld couldn't be more different. One is about a Starfleet vessel stranded halfway across the galaxy, trying to find its way home. The other is about a comedian and his neurotic friends navigating…...
Stargate SG-1 Showed How Evil Its Villains Were In An Episode Where The Good Guys Lose
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (593+ words) Giant Freakin Robot Stargate SG-1 had a lot of work to do in its first season to go beyond the setting of the 1993 film. By the time Episode 11, "Bloodlines," hit the air on Showtime it was clear to the new…...
Battlestar Galactica's Most Exciting Episode Stole From Star Wars
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (447+ words) Giant Freakin Robot The greatest strength of the 2004 Battlestar Galactica reboot is that it's the opposite of Star Trek in tone, theme, and execution. This helped the show establish its own identity: not only was it drastically different than the…...
Star Trek's Biggest Actors Argued Whether Their Characters Were Secretly In Love
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (423+ words) Giant Freakin Robot Star Trek: Voyager wasn't every fan's cup of tea, especially if you preferred the darker, more serialized misadventures over on Deep Space Nine. However, Voyager did one thing arguably better than any Trek before or since: demonstrating…...
The Star Trek Holodeck Story So Bad That Fans Had To Kill It
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (828+ words) Giant Freakin Robot Star Trek is full of food and drink that would challenge the most adventurous palate. This includes bloodwine, live worms, Yamok sauce, and the scariest thing of all: Riker's scrambled eggs. However, you could say this is…...
Babylon 5's First Season Shatters Star Trek's Utopian View Of Humanity
1+ week, 1+ day ago (598+ words) Babylon 5s First Season Shatters Star Treks Utopian View Of Humanity Giant Freakin Robot Star Trek has always had, at its core, the belief that humanity will come together over time, see past manmade differences, and approach the stars as a…...
The Space Battle Movie That Doomed Sci-Fi's Biggest Franchise
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1110+ words) By Joshua Tyler | Published 19 seconds ago There's been a lot of talk recently about how the big sci-fi franchises are all in trouble. No one's watching the old standbys anymore; everyone's upset with them, and none of it makes any…...