12+ hour, 8+ min ago  (535+ words) The Star Trek Cameo So Great It Almost Created A New Series'Giant Freakin Robot Pop quiz, Star Trek nerds: who's your favorite character from The Next Generation? There are plenty of potential answers out there: the suave and sophisticated Picard,…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (341+ words) The Terrifying Star Trek Race Secretly Inspired By Sci-Fi Classic'Giant Freakin Robot You wouldn't normally associate Star Trek with Ridley Scott's Alien. After all, Trek is all about the joys of exploring strange new worlds, and the 1979 film focuses on…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (230+ words) By Chris Snellgrove | Published 48 minutes ago Why was Jonathan Frakes commenting on the glitter vomit in the first place? He recently directed an episode of Starfleet Academy (300th Night) that once again featured cadet Darem puking rainbow-colored glitter. In an interview…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (240+ words) By Chris Snellgrove | Published 1 hour ago Starfleet Academy has been incorporating nods to earlier Star Trek shows, with varying degrees of subtlety. Sometimes, we just get, say, passing references to a Talaxian furfly. Other times, we get an entire episode…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (756+ words) Starfleet Academy's Only Hero Is The Character It Thinks Is The Villain'Giant Freakin Robot Paul Giamatti's Nus Braka is Star Trek's latest Big Bad, and he has done an amazing job of tormenting students and teachers alike on Starfleet Academy....

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (622+ words) Starfleet Academy Just Brought Back The Worst Thing About Star Trek: Picard'Giant Freakin Robot Picard remains one of the most controversial Star Trek shows because its first two seasons were astoundingly bad: they piled nonsensical plots on top of bonkers…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (528+ words) Starfleet Academy Just Used Voyager To Make Star Trek's Heroes Into Horrible Villains'Giant Freakin Robot While it has been controversial, Starfleet Academy has tried to establish itself as a must-see TV for those who loved Star Trek: Voyager. One reason…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (888+ words) Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Finally Released A Good Episode, But Is Anyone Still Watching?Giant Freakin Robot Like many critics, I felt like Starfleet Academy had a very rocky start, one that presented the show as a broad, lowbrow comedy…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1314+ words) By Joshua Tyler | Published 24 minutes ago New space science fiction shows rarely catch fire right away. Star Trek was infamously cancelled after three seasons due to low ratings, only to rise from the ashes in rerun syndication. Firefly was cancelled…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (547+ words) The Star Trek Connection To Star Wars You Never Noticed'giantfreakinrobot.com Star Trek and Star Wars have always had a weirdly symbiotic relationship. George Lucas has previously stated that Star Wars would never have become a success if it hadn't…...