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[Video] REFLECTIONS ON STAR TREK: Fandom After 50 And A Plea To Future Generations

I’m a bit far apart from the inner workings of the Star Trek fanbase, but I am familiar with the ceremonial nature of this year in the wake of the release of Star Trek: Beyond and the forthcoming CBS series, Star Trek: Discovery. Looking into the matter further with the hopes of attaining a bit of a sci-fi angle to our readership, I took to a friend of mine on social media named Ben Riddle, an avid Star Trek fan and cult follower to delve into his own thoughts about in an article at his own behest. He obliged accordingly and you can check it out for yourself by clicking here in case you missed it, while you might be keen on his stronger suited work in providing video lectures on things he enjoys talking about via his YouTube channel. This ultimately includes sci-fi, film and television entertainment, and incidentally, […]

Reflections on STAR TREK

It was 50 years ago around this time in 1966 that Star Trek appeared on our television screens for the very first time. That’s amazing to think about, isn’t it? Especially if you’ve been there since the beginning. We can still get some of our best tastes of what the early years were like in books like A Star Trek Catalog by Gerry Turnbull, or The Star Trek Compendium by Allan Asherman, or Inside Star Trek: The Real Story by Herbert F. Solow and Robert H. Justman. What’s even more amazing than that is that the Star Trek franchise is still around, even though many of today’s fans had not yet been born when The Original Series (TOS) was first on the air. I’ve only been a Trekkie for 31 out of those 50 years myself, and if you’re like me, you grew up completely with reruns—until the arrivals of […]

OPINION: Tiger Takei Versus Pegg Legg

Lee B. Golden III

There is a war of canons being taken advantage of on the new Star Trek movie and it’s not pretty. It deals specifically with co-writer Simon Pegg re-introducing a beloved character, Hikaru Sulu, to us as gay. Sadly, it infringes upon the well-established canon that the late Gene Roddenberry took seriously. To add insult to injury, Pegg says he “respectfully disagrees” with actor George Takei‘s recent comments, the original actor who portrayed Hikaru Sulu, about how Gene envisioned him as straight. Takei came out publicly as gay in 2005. Later in life while producing Star Trek: The Next Generation, Mr. Roddenberry thought it was time to introduce a gay character. It didn’t happen because of Rick Berman and Mr. Roddenberry’s lawyer, both allegedly homophobes. Writer David Gerrold describes personal and professional events here on that issue. Takei was disappointed to learn that Star Trek: Beyond writers Simon Pegg and Doug Jung […]