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This week on the Film Stories Podcast Network: a very British apocalypse, a place with no roads needed, a brand new superhero and much more. Here’s what we’ve been up to…

Modern Horror

Boots boots boots boots are moving up and down again, with hosts Aj Black and Hugh McStay, plus guest Kat Hughes, who find no discharge from talking Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later…

Reel Talk

If one chat about 28 Years Later isn’t enough, how about Sam Stokes and Colin Jackson-Brown raging about the film?

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The latest MCU entry on TV arrives as Hugh McStay, Ashley Thomas and guest Ashley Wijangco discuss the first three episodes of Disney’s Ironheart…

At the Movies in the 90s

A puzzle is to be solved by Mark McManus and guest Kat Hughes as they try to make their way out of Vincenzo Natali’s 1997 sci-fi horror, Cube…

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The current spate of California blazes has made the memorable Star Trek Generations line of dialogue, “They say time is the fire in which we burn” truer than ever. The line, spoken by Malcolm McDowell’s villainous character Soran and inspired by the Delmore Schwartz poem “Calmly We Walk through This April’s Day,” hits home now as Star Trek actors, including Denise Crosby and Kate Mulgrew, share the real-life toll of the disasters on them and their loved ones.

Crosby, who played Tasha Yar and Sela on Star Trek: The Next Generation, took to X, formerly Twitter, on January 8 to reveal that her Spanish cottage in Pacific Palisades, California, fell victim to the fires. “Yesterday morning I had a beautiful Spanish cottage that gave me endless joy, where I met my husband and raised my son,” she wrote. “The only house I’ve ever owned, with fruit trees I grew,...

Star Trek is one of those shows that knows not to mess with a good thing. Usually, quite often the franchise will set up it's premise for a series and adhere to it. The original show had a five-year mission, Deep Space Nine was set on a space station, Voyager was in the Delta Quadrant, and Quark was a mischievous rascal. These were constants that never changed.

Yet, sometimes the formula was put to the test. Star Trek: The Next Generation was set to have Jonathan Frakes and his character Will Riker take over as series lead following the conclusion of season three. With Patrick Stewart waffling about returning, and a perfect exit point featuring The Borg, stars alignd to shift focus.

That was not to be, however, as Stewart and his character Jean-Luc Picard both returned to the fold for season four. Yet, that wasn't the only time a...

In the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Favorite Son", Ensign Harry Kim (Garrett Wang) begins experiencing strange bouts of déjà vu. A series of psychic premonitions lead him and the U.S.S. Voyager to a mysterious planet called Taresia, a matriarchal society that claims Harry, previously assumed to be human, was actually one of their own. The Taresian leader (Deborah May) explains that Harry was actually born on Taresia, but was launched to Earth as a fetus decades ago. He was implanted into a human woman, and born among humans. The Taresians also wrote certain psychic instincts into his brain, leading Harry to seek a career in space travel, ultimately so he would return home. 

Harry is offered a trio of comely wives, as he learns males are very rare on Taresia. He will essentially have to live out the rest of his life having sex with young Taresian woman.

Tom Wright's portrayal of Tuvix in Star Trek: Voyager's "Tuvix" episode is memorable because he effectively channels both Ethan Phillips and Tim Russ. Initially, there was a discussion about having Ethan Phillips play Tuvix, but it was ultimately decided that having a third actor, Tom Wright, was a better choice. Having a new actor play Tuvix made it more believable that Tuvix was a completely new entity and not just a combination of Tuvok and Neelix. It also created a more challenging moral dilemma for Captain Janeway.

The actor that was originally considered to portray the eponymous fusion of Lt. Tuvok (Tim Russ) and Neelix (Ethan Phillips) in Star Trek: Voyager season 2, episode 24, "Tuvix", "wouldn't have worked," according to Phillips and Russ. Tuvix, as the transporter amalgamation names himself, is played masterfully by Tom Wright in one of Voyager's most controversial episodes, in which Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew...

Sci Fi/Virgin Comics, the year-old joint venture between Sci Fi Channel and Richard Branson's Virgin Comics, said Monday that the imprint's second title will be "Superbia".

It centers on Woodshire Village, a planned community for superheroes, their spouses, girlfriends and domestic partners. "Superbia", created and written by Lisa Klink and Jordan Gorfinkle, is expected to be released in the summer. The first title, "The Stranded", written by Mike Carey, has been available since July.