Star Trek has announced a major expansion to its television output. The headline news is that Picard season 2 finally has a release date. The follow-up to the Patrick Stewart-led spinoff will arrive on Paramount Plus (and Prime Video outside the US) on March 3, with new episodes releasing weekly. …
Read More »Star Trek: Discovery promotes [SPOILER] to captain, a historic first for the franchise
Star Trek: Discovery has a new captain on the bridge – and it marks a historic first for the franchise. Major spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery season 3, episode 13 follow. Following on from former captain Saru’s return to the Kelpian homeworld of Kaminar to help Su’Kal readjust to the …
Read More »Star Trek Discovery mini-episodes begin next month and include a Saru prequel and the return of Harry Mudd
This is exciting. Star Trek Discovery (opens in new tab) mini-episodes are on the way and, not only are they going to bridge the gap between now and the second season in 2019, they sound like fully-fledged, super-interesting tales in and of themselves. There’s a Tilly short, a Saru prequel, …
Read More »Star Trek Discoverys slowburn start was a gamble that paid off
When it comes to genre TV, the phrase “It gets better” invariably has a whiff of desperation about it. The inference is that the show pretty much sucked to begin with, and that the faithful who stuck with it were rewarded with a couple of half-decent episodes just before the …
Read More »TV 2017 Year in Review: There’s no such thing as the small screen anymore – its now easily rivaling Hollywood
There’s little doubt we’re living in a golden age of TV. We’ve never had it so good, both in terms of the variety of shows on offer, and the budgets and scope of the stuff we’re watching. 2017, then, is the crest of the current TV wave, bringing incredible new …
Read More »Star Trek Discovery is still Star Trek. Its just swapped idealism for realism, because that’s what we need right now
There’s been some consternation over Star Trek Discovery, Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman’s new Star Trek prequel series, since it hit. It’s objectively a good show. A great one, in fact. But the debate continues over just how Star Trek it actually is. There are recognisably shaped starships, and warp …
Read More »Star Trek: Discovery producer says to expect big cameo appearances – “so many actors are fans”
Star Trek is a series with a long history of actor cameos – a tradition that thankfully sounds like it will continue with the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery (opens in new tab). Speaking to Collider (opens in new tab), Discover producer Alex Kurtzman said that fans should expect some familiar …
Read More »Star Trek: Discoverys new captain is Lucius Malfoy and this couldnt possibly spell disaster
The main captain of Star Trek: Discovery (opens in new tab) is a Slytherin. Oh dear. Well, maybe not in real life, but the show’s official Twitter account confirmed that Lucius Malfoy actor Jason Isaacs will play Captain Lorca, leader of the U.S.S. Discovery in her pre-original-series voyages. It also …
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