5+ hour, 45+ min ago  (429+ words) One might understand, then, why Damar became an alcoholic. He finally achieved a rank he always wanted, only it was by sacrificing all this power and authority. He drank a lot, fooled around with women, and essentially adopted an "eff…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (462+ words) SlashFilm Leonard Nimoy's Spock Was Gene Roddenberry's Solution To A Major Star Trek Budget Problem A "Star Trek" layperson might reasonably wonder why most non-humans in the sci-fi franchise have two arms, two legs, one head, and are otherwise humanoid…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (510+ words) SlashFilm The Star Trek Movie That Left A Major Mark On Sci-Fi Author Andy Weir It shouldn't surprise you that Andy Weir, author of "The Martian" and "Project: Hail Mary," is a "Star Trek" fan. His books skew a bit…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (198+ words) Welcome to Trekspertise, a series where we break down the technology, history, details, and decisions that make the Star Trek universe so complex — and so fun. One might assume that Kirk and Co. eventually gathered their wits about them, changed…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (308+ words) For more than five decades, Jane Seymour has enjoyed a pretty impressive career as an actor. For starters, she broke out as one of the best "James Bond" girls ever in 1973's "Live and Let Die," playing Solitaire alongside Roger…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (810+ words) Gilligan's Island enjoyed three spin-off movies following the show's live-action end. Here are each of the movies, ranked. Every Gilligan's Island TV Movie, Ranked We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When "Gilligan's Island" wrapped up in…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (289+ words) "Blake's 7" is available on Prime Video and certainly has a cult following. One can see from the premise alone that it's a combination of "Star Trek" and "Star Wars," both of which were very much in the public consciousness in…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (207+ words) Roddenberry named this principle "Asimov's Rule" after his friend, celebrated sci-fi author Isaac Asimov. Roddenberry wrote a letter to Asimov in 1973 revealing his coinage of the term, and one can read that letter in David Alexander's 1994 biography "Star Trek Creator....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (614+ words) SlashFilm Legendary Sci-Fi Author Arthur C. Clarke Didn't Mince Words About Star Trek Arthur C. Clarke wrote his most famous 1968 novel "2001: A Space Odyssey" in conjunction with the (confusing?) Stanley Kubrick movie of the same name, publishing the book shortly after the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (898+ words) Of all the dramatic qualities that define the science fiction genre, one of the most compelling is its capacity to imagine futures, whether they're the kind we should hope to achieve or they're the kind we should frantically be trying…...