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Star Trek: Lower Deck's final season has reached its conclusion. Nine episodes have come and gone and the last episode is set to air in a matter of days. Before they close things out, however, the crew behind the show took one last leap into the unknown. The penultimate episode, entitled "Fissure Quest" saw a collection of Star Trek all-stars from around the canon, coming together to help stop a growing threat.

The episode brought back a handful of major names, and while they all played familiar roles, no one returned as their original character. Each actor or actress who came back played a different universe's version of their character.

Firstly, Jolene Blalock was back, once again playing T'Pol. Her first version of T'Pol was first seen in Star Trek: Enterprise over 20 years ago. This T'Pol however isn't the same version. This version that we see has been married to...

“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” characters Doctor Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) and Mister Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson) brimmed with chemistry throughout that series’ run — but if there was anything real behind their relationship, viewers never got to see it. But that pairing remains a fan favorite, and fans have speculated for years about the real relationship potential for two. Now, shippers finally got their happy ending — thanks to the latest episode of Paramount+’s animated “Star Trek: Lower Decks.”

In “Fissure Quest,” the penultimate episode of “Lower Decks” (as it wraps its fifth and final season), the series’ ongoing dimensional rift storyline reaches a boiling point. This comes following an alternate version of Boimler (Jack Quaid) as he embarks on a covert inter-dimensional mission to investigate the fissures.

In what may well be the most self-referential episode in “Star Trek” history, “Fissure Quest” features a slew of returning cast members...

In the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Cause and Effect", the U.S.S. Enterprise-d enters a recurring time loop, forcing the people on board to relive the same day over and over again. At the start of the day, several members of the senior staff gather for a game of poker. At the end of the day, the Enterprise collides with a mysterious other ship and explodes, killing everyone on board. When time resets, the Enterprise crew has no memory of what happened. 

Of course, thanks to some elaborate clues, the crew does eventually find out what's happening, and even develop a means to sent additional clues backward into the next time loop. In the next repetition, the crew finally deciphers their own hints and escapes the loop by dodging the mysterious ship. Once freed, the Enterprise-d contacts that ship, and finds it is the U.S.S.

To date, there have been 13 "Star Trek" feature films, with a 14th movie, "Section 31," scheduled to debut on Paramount+ on January 24, 2025. The films are, many Trekkies would agree, various degrees of good and bad. Some of the "Star Trek" films are among the best sci-fi movies ever made, while others are handily the worst. Many agree that Nicholas Meyer's 1982 film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" is the best one, although J.J. Abrams' 2009 "Star Trek" is the highest-grossing. The four films based on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" -- that is: "Generations," "First Contact," "Insurrection," and "Nemesis" -- are all pretty middling, although many like the Borg action from "First Contact." My personal favorites are Robert Wise's 1979 epic "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," for its cerebral grandiosity, and Meyer's "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" for its political bent. 

The films also fluctuate wildly in mere production quality.

‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is one of the most eagerly awaited releases in the MCU. The movie is set to come out on July 25, 2025, and we’ve already had a sneak peeks from the set that promise exciting comic-accurate experience.

The film will take place in an alternate reality and will introduce the Fantastic Four it’s reportedly bound to feature some of their most famous villains.

The latest news regarding the movie is related to its title. ‘First Steps’ was added to the title during Sdcc when we had the opportunity to see an exclusive clip featuring the team as well as hear the score composed by Michael Giacchino.

Fan’s weren’t exactly hyped about the title, but now it seems that the title has been secret changed and it’s a massive improvement.

The source of this rumor is one of the most notable (and accurate) rumor subreddits MarvelStudiosSpoilers.

The latest episode of "Star Trek: Lower Decks," titled "The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel," takes place on the Cosmic Duchess, a massive, massive vacation cruise ship that has been outfitted with multiple enclosed, environmentally controlled vacation biomes. The ship includes a ski resort, a beach resort, a tropical river, and a slot machine-encrusted casino. The Duchess looks a lot like Earthship Ark from the short-lived 1973 Harlan Ellison sci-fi series "The Starlost," but it's unlikely anyone will understand that reference.

Early in the episode, Lieutenants Mariner (Tawny Newsome) and Boimler (Jack Quaid) enthusiastically read a list of the Duchess' amenities. Mariner notes that they have 240 24-hour spas, an indoor water park, and, perhaps bafflingly, an underwater dry park. No one knows what an underwater dry park is, but they're eager to try. Boimler also notes that one of the space casinos has a bunch of Dixon Hill slot machines.

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In 1996, two notable blockbusters, each based on TV shows, were released by Paramount. On May 22, Brian De Palma's "Mission: Impossible" hit screens, detailing the adventures of super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) as he went on the lam after being framed for killing his super-spy teammates. It was a massive hit and set the stage for a supra-action franchise that has lasted to this day. The film cost a sizeable $80 million to make but earned $457 million at the box office. 

Six months later, on November 22, the eighth film in the "Star Trek" franchise, "Star Trek: First Contact" was released to much acclaim. "First Contact," based on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," boasted a time travel plot wherein the U.S.S. Enterprise traveled back to the year 2063 to face off against the malevolent cyborgs known as the Borg. It wasn't as thoughtful or diplomatic as the show on which it was based,...

The erosion of the original promise of streaming TV continues. This time around, it's Paramount+ removing some of the pillars of its back catalogue, with TrekMovie.com reporting that every "Star Trek" movie made between 1979 and 2002 have abruptly left the streamer, apparently not for the first time. All six movies starring the cast of "Star Trek: The Original Series" are now gone from Paramount+, as are all four movies from "The Next Generation" era.

Of course, this disappearance isn't quite as egregious as the decision of streamers like Max and Showtime to remove newer original content that has no other streaming home, but it still feels surprising given how regularly Paramount+ bills itself as the streaming home of all things "Star Trek." When the platform first launched as CBS All Access, "Star Trek: Discovery" was one of its first original series, and its rebrand in 2021 has only made the streamer...

There's a barrage of Star Trek news coming in today, both good and bad. On the good side, Paramount+ dropped the first trailer for the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks, an animated comedy series. The show has been going strong for a while now and it's good to see it will get to bow out on its own terms. Watch the trailer above!

Star Trek: Lowers Decks will kick off its final season on Thursday, October 24; the first two episodes will drop at once. On the bad side of the news, TrekMovie.com reports that the first 10 Star Trek movies have been removed from streaming on Paramount+, which is supposed to be "the home of Star Trek." And this after those 10 films became available to stream on Paramount+ back in June. That was a short homecoming.

The three more recent Star Trek movies overseen by J.J. Abrams are still available,...

After the release of "Star Trek: Generations" in 1994, the various "Trek" writers felt a great weight lifted. There were a lot of strange story requirements in place when adapting "Star Trek: The Next Generation" to the big screen for the first time, and writers Ron D. Moore and Brannon Braga bent over backwards to invent a story that fulfilled every mandate. They managed to check every box -- original "Star Trek" cast members in the first 10 minutes only, Klingons had to be involved, time travel had to be a plot element -- but "Generations" feels scattered as a result. It ultimately served as a "passing of the torch" from Captain Kirk (William Shatner) to Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart), which was wholly unnecessary, given that Picard had already headlined his own TV series for seven seasons. 

When the time came to write a sequel, Braga and Moore suddenly felt a lot freer.

Star Trek: Enterprise came on the scene after the previous four series had already established canon. It struggled to find an audience, but the show has found many fans since becoming available on streaming. Since the release of the series on Blu-Ray and DVD, the actors have even spoke out more about what was happening behind the scenes and what they wished could have happened.

On the season 2 Blu-Ray disc special feature, one of those things Brannon Braga thought could have happened was more violence. [via Screenrant]. He added that the show should have had more "grit." But the series debuted in 2001 on Upn, and there were network guidelines that had to be followed. Even so, Enterprise did have its fair share of violence. Certainly not as severe as what we've seen on today's Star Trek series, but then, Star Trek isn't just about violence.

Enterprise made much more of an impact...

At the end of the third season of "Star Trek: Voyager," ratings were flagging and Paramount was concerned. The show was competent enough, but it simply wasn't drawing the numbers that "Star Trek: The Next Generation" did before it. To shake up the series, the writers ejected the gentle character of Kes (Jennifer Lien) and replaced her with Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), a Borg babe in a skintight catsuit. The show's writers loved Seven of Nine, and the series was restructured to be almost entirely about her. It also didn't hurt that Ryan looked like a magazine cover model and was cinched up in a bust-enhancing corset. Ratings, needless to say, went up.

It's reported in the oral history book "The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams," edited by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, that the cast of "Voyager" initially resented Ryan,...

Star Trek: First Contact‘s influence on the entire franchise can’t be overstated. Not only is it considered by many to be the best in the series, but Star Trek: First Contact also introduced several significant elements in the franchise, including the origins of the Federation and the Borg Spheres.

However, the film was close to being something very different, as before the production on it kickstarted, Patrick Stewart was hellbent on incorporating some writing changes. Fortunately, the creative clash between the original writers and Stewart didn’t last long.

Patrick Stewart Brought His Own Writers for Star Trek: First Contact A still from Star Trek: First Contact| Credit: Paramount Pictures

Despite Star Trek: Generation being a financial success, its writers, Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga, weren’t creatively satisfied with the output. So when Paramount gave producer Rick Berman the thumbs up to proceed with the next one,...

In Jonathan Frakes' 1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact," the ordinarily diplomatic and level-headed Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) inexplicably cracks. The Borg -- an evil race of all-consuming cyborgs -- have traveled back in time to the year 2063 to muck around with human history. They intend to stop a key moment of "Star Trek" history and assimilate as many people as they can into their unthinking mechanical collective. Several years before, Picard had been assimilated by the Borg, and was only rescued and extracted at the last minute.

Healing took a long time, but Picard faced the Borg on several occasions thereafter, and was finally able to confront them with control and thoughtfulness. In "First Contact," however, the Borg attack again, and Picard -- for whatever reason -- can't handle it this time. This time, when he sees a Borg, he shoots it. When he confronts the Borg Queen (Alice Krige), he breaks her spine.

As the old saying goes, “necessity is the mother of invention”, and that certainly held true when the creative minds behind action-packed Mission: Impossible II found themselves looking to the Star Trek universe for some visionary inspiration.

Have you ever wondered who helped transform this single film into a multi-billion-dollar juggernaut? Enter Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga, the writing wizards who mesmerized us with their 1996 hit movie Star Trek: First Contact. This film not only brought out the wildest imaginations of Star Trek aficionados but also caught the keen eye of Cruise himself.

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible II | Paramount Pictures

The actor, along with his then-producing partner Paula Wagner, enlisted Moore and Braga to rewrite the script for Mission: Impossible 2 after talks with the movie’s original writer, David Marconi, fell through.

The Unlikely Connection: How Star Trek Saved Mission: Impossible 2

Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible...

If I may start with a personal, somewhat braggadocious anecdote, I personally visited the sets of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" back in 1993, when I was still in high school, and my "Star Trek" fandom was riding at its most intense. I was instructed to touch nothing, and I didn't -- I also wasn't allowed to sit in Captain Picard's chair, which was a bummer -- but I was permitted to look as closely at the computer panels and walls as I wanted. 

Close inspection revealed a raft of teeny-tiny in-jokes that would never appear on camera, clearly designed by crew members and set designers to keep themselves amused while assembling the series. One might know that the wall panels of the U.S.S. Enterprise-d sport small, brown oval shapes indicating what might be behind that panel. In reality, those ovals contain little...

To date, there have been six feature films based on "Star Trek," four based on Star Trek: The Next Generation," and three set in a rebooted timeline (called the Kelvin timeline by fans). Those 13 films were all released theatrically from 1979 to 2016, averaging one film every three years or so. Up next, "Star Trek: Section 31" is slated for release on Paramount+ sometime in 2025, and it will be the first "Star Trek" TV movie. There has also long been talk of making a fourth film in the Kelvin timeline, but that movie's fate is currently a question mark; I'll believe it when I see it.

The longstanding general consensus is that the odd-numbered "Star Trek" films are bad and unsuccessful, while the even-numbered films are amazing hits. "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," for instance, was something of a disappointment at the box office, but "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan...

Actress Patti Yasutake, best known to Trekkies as Nurse Alyssa Ogawa, died on August 5, 2024, of a rare type of T-cell lymphoma. She was 70 years old. 

Nurse Ogawa first appeared on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in the episode "Future Imperfect" more or less as a background character. She was one of Dr. Crusher's retinue of medical staff, there to give viewers the impression that the ship's sickbay was constantly bustling. She went on to star in 14 additional episodes of the show, and was usually merely standing next to Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden), passing her tools or saying "Yes, Doctor." She had a good bedside manner, and her repeated appearances had viewers wondering who she was and what her story might be. As the series progressed, Nurse Ogawa's role expanded incrementally, eventually leading to her becoming a legitimate supporting player. 

Indeed, by the show's seventh season, Nurse Ogawa began to...

About halfway through Jonathan Frake's 1996 sci-fi film "Star Trek: First Contact," Data (Brent Spiner) is being held hostage in the main engineering on board the U.S.S. Enterprise-e. Portions of the ship have been assimilated by the Borg, an invading race of emotionless cyborgs, and stone-faced drones march about the ship, infecting it with their transformative nanotechnology. Data has encountered the Borg on multiple occasions, however, and remains unflappable. He knows they are merely a collective consciousness, acting on a machine impulse to expand. There is no malevolence. Just programming.

Data, however — along with the Trekkies watching — is shocked to learn that the Borg have a leader. A partial humanoid torso — a head, shoulder, and little else — is lowered from the ceiling by tentacle-like tubes, its mechanical spinal cord hanging exposed. The shoulders are "plugged" into a waiting body below, and the Borg begins strutting around the room on its new legs.

Stunt casting can always be really hit or miss — sometimes audiences are excited to see a fun guest star in a surprising role, and sometimes the gimmick ends up feeling, well, gimmicky. Even when it works, like Marlon Brando playing Jor-El in Richard Donner's "Superman," it's frequently a major headache for folks behind-the-scenes. After all, stunt casting involves bringing an actor or star not used to a certain genre or medium into that arena, and actors used to art films and dramas might have a hard time adjusting to the very different requirements of science fiction, fantasy, and horror movies. This goes double for major franchises, where the actor has to contend not only with the unique challenges of a new genre but also the expectations of the fandoms. Since there are few fandoms as intense in their love or as scrutinizing as "Star Trek," stunt casting has to be done very,...

Patrick Stewart became a household name around the world when he was selected to play Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The actor was reportedly known for his stage work before he was selected to portray the extremely diplomatic USS Enterprise leader Picard.

The actor reunited with his cast mates for Star Trek: Picard and reportedly even encouraged Paramount to make a film around the events of the show. However, his choice for a director of the project may betray fans who want Brent Spiner, who plays Data, to helm a Star Trek project.

Patrick Stewart Tried To Make Paramount Develop A Film On Star Trek: Picard Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation | Credits: Paramount

Sir Patrick Stewart could not predict the level of stardom he received as Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The most profitable syndicated show in the franchise,...

What's the easiest way to have your hero and villain team-up? Introduce a new, even worse villain who can only be defeated by combining forces. "Star Trek: Voyager" did such a move in "Scorpion," its two-part season 3 finale/season 4 premiere where our heroes teamed up with, of all races, the rapacious hive-minded Borg. Before then, the Borg had never been anything but terrifying villains.

Context: "Voyager" follows the crew of the eponymous starship, whose name becomes meaningful when it's flung halfway across the galaxy. To get home, Voyager will inevitably have to trek through Borg space. By their luck, when they finally get there, the Borg have bigger fish to fry: Species 8472, an interdimensional race who got a little peeved when the Borg invaded their home dimension and now want to wipe out the entire Milky Way.

Voyager develops a countermeasure against the invaders and trades it for safe passage through Borg space.

Star Trek has always been a staple in the rich diet of sci-fi lovers, though each of its incarnations has a different taste. While the majority of the space opera has received love from fans, there were times when the franchise disappointed its fans.

William Shatner and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek Generations |Credit-Paramount Pictures

Star Trek Generations is one such example, where studio interference ruined the potential of a movie coming straight off of a beloved TV series. The film’s co-screenwriter Ronald D. Moore once detailed what happened behind the scenes.

How studio intervention ruined Star Trek Generations A still from Star Trek Generations| Paramount

Paramount was coming out hot off of a very successful run with Star Trek: The Next Generations. In a bid to gather an audience beyond the general Trekkies, the studio stepped in to make the first movie that followed the series, Star Trek Generations,...

Jonathan Frakes' 1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact" was extrapolated from the popularity of 1990's "The Best of Both Worlds," the two-part episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" wherein Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) was forcibly assimilated into the Borg. Picard had machinery surgically implanted into his body, and he was forced to become the human voice for the cold, all-conquering cyborgs. He was given the name Locutus, the Latin word for "spoken."

Picard was luckily rescued from the Borg, but it would take several additional confrontations over several more episodes for him to truly work through his trauma. Despite his pain, he managed to remain collected and mature in future confrontations.

In "First Contact," Picard had to face off against the Borg again, although this time, his anger was, for some reason, triggered to a dramatic degree. Picard transformed from a judicious leader into a vengeful killing machine, screaming at...

The on-screen connections between "Star Trek: The Original Series" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" are numerous. In the 1994 feature film "Star Trek Generations," Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) was, thanks to a unique time nexus, able to meet Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) face-to-face. In the 1992 "Next Generation" episode "Relics," Scotty (James Doohan) was pulled into the 24th century after being kept suspended in a transporter beam for 75 years. In the two-part "Next Generation" episode "Unification" from 1991, Picard got to meet Spock (Leonard Nimoy), who, as it turns out, is just very long-lived. And in the "Next Generation" pilot episode in 1987, Data (Brent Spiner) had a very brief conversation with a 137-year-old Dr. McCoy, played by a returning DeForest Kelley, acting from underneath piles of old age makeup.

Also, Michael Dorn, who played Worf on "Next Generation," has a cameo in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," so there was plenty of overlap.

The plot of Jonathan Frakes' 1996 sci-fi film "Star Trek: First Contact" took Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the Enterprise-e back in time to the year 2063. It seems that the Borg, a malignant race of all-consuming cyborgs, had traveled to that year in order to attack Earth when the planet was still recovering from the recently-ended World War III. The Borg could easily swoop in and assimilate the 21st-century humans into their mechanical collective, were the Enterprise not there to stop them. 

The Borg also aimed to foil First Contact, a momentous event in human history. According to "Trek" lore, 2063 was the year humans first made contact with an alien species, forcing all Earthlings to realize they weren't alone in the galaxy and unite under a doctrine of peace and togetherness. If the Borg could stop that, then they could alter history in their favor. 

Picard and company...

Partway through Jonathan Frakes' 1996 sci-fi film "Star Trek: First Contact," the android Data (Brent Spiner) is kidnapped by the Borg, a species of calculating cyborgs that has infiltrated the U.S.S. Enterprise-e. The Borg are known for assimilating technology and individuals into their dark collective, rewiring people's brains to serve as soldier-like meat-bots for the cause of further assimilation. Typically, the Borg will insert machinery and tubing into a victim's body, maybe replace an eye with a mechanical eyepiece, and sometimes even remove hands to install tools and widgets into people's arm-holes. It seems that the Borg requires their drones to possess an organic compound, otherwise the machinery won't work.

For Data, however, assimilation has to move in the opposite direction. Data, an android, is already 100% artificial, only possessing the smallest amount of organic compounds. In order to assimilate him, the Borg Queen (Alice Krige) removes portions of Data's...

Trekkies might never get their R-rated Star Trek film with Quentin Tarantino directing. The fourth film in J.J. Abrams’ Kelvin timeline of reboot films has been developing since 2016 after the release of Star Trek: Beyond. However, the film has undergone various iterations and missed several deadlines.

Jonathan Frakes, who plays William Riker in the franchise and has directed multiple episodes of original films has reportedly lost all hope on a fourth film. The Star Trek: The Next Generation star reportedly mentioned that if a movie with such big names attached could not get developed, the future of the franchise lay in TV.

Jonathan Frakes Is Surprised Quentin Tarantino Could Not Make His Star Trek Film Quentin Tarantino in Pulp Fiction | Credits: Miramax

Quentin Tarantino has maintained that he would be retiring as a director after helming his tenth film. The filmmaker has finished nine films and his farewell to Hollywood is still under development.

The busiest time in "Star Trek" history was likely the two-year stretch from 1993 to 1995. In January 1993, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" debuted, running alongside the sixth and seventh seasons of the already-popular "Star Trek: The Next Generation." In May 1994, "Next Generation" came to an end with a two-part finale, perhaps one of the best episodes of the series. As soon as that was done, shooting almost immediately began on "Star Trek: Generations," and production was so quick that it hit theaters in November of that same year. And, because resting appears to be anathema, the new series "Star Trek: Voyager" debuted in January 1995.

In two years, the franchise churned out 98 episodes and a feature film.

When making "Generations," however, everyone was in the thick of it. The writers, actors, and all the rest were working overtime to shift from the finale of "NextGen" into a large-scale movie. If that wasn't enough hard work,...

The film industry might have some of the best-paying jobs in the world, but it is not exactly a safe place. Despite using the most advanced equipment and employing the best professionals, accidents do happen. And they might leave quite a mark, as in Star Trek: First Contact‘s star Alfre Woodard’s case.

Alfre Woodard and Lakeith Stanfield in The Book of Clarence (2023)| Legendary Pictures

Known for her stellar performances in Annabelle and 12 Years a Slave, and her several Primetime Emmy wins, Woodard joined the Star Trek universe on a friend’s recommendation. However, it didn’t turn out so well for her.

The disastrous set explosion that injured Alfre Woodard James Cromwell and Alfre Woodard in Star Trek: First Contact| Paramount

Alfre Woodard was already a famous name before she was invited to star in Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s first movie, Star Trek: First Contact,...

There is little doubt that Star Trek: Insurrection remains one of the most poorly-arted movies across the entire Star Trek franchise. The movie currently has a 6.4 IMDb rating and a 55% Tomatometer score, and fans consistently view it amongst the most irrelevant projects that have featured in the franchise.

Star Trek: The Next Generation | Paramount Television

Boasting little narrative depth or progress, Insurrection was more akin to a longer television episode, and may as well have resulted in a catastrophic loss for the franchise in itself. Both Brent Spiner and Patrick Stewart, the faces behind the iconic characters of Data and Captain Jean-Luc Picard, considered quitting during the filming of Insurrection.

Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner considered quitting their characters during filming of Star Trek: Insurrection

Brent Spiner in Star Trek: Insurrection | Paramount Pictures

Both Brent Spiner and Patrick Stewart went on to play their roles for multiple projects after Insurrection.

LeVar Burton is a jack of many trades, given that he’s an award-winning actor, director, and education advocate. While the actor has been a part of numerous movies and shows, he’s globally famous for playing Kunte Kinte in Roots and Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The show ran for a total of seven seasons, and Burton directed some episodes of it as well.

LeVar Burton in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) || Paramount Pictures

In the show, his character, Geordi La Forge, has been blind since birth, and to tackle this, he uses an advanced Visor instrument. However, this visual tool also had additional repercussions for the actor, compelling him to experiment with a different acting technique.

LeVar Burton tried out a new method of acting due to his Visor

The Visor was connected to the character’s optic nerve and further allowed him to see and perceive the world.

The Star Trek franchise has gone above and beyond ordinary franchises. With veteran actor Patrick Stewart being iconic in the franchise, the movies, series, and, spin-offs received much love and fame.

Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Picard (image credit: Roddenberry Entertainment)

However, in 2022, the series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds received something that none of the series had ever received before. With their imaginative worlds, this MCU star revealed that NASA wrote them a personal thank-you letter!

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It happened right after the world opened again in 2022. When the series went into production and movies resumed production, MCU star Anson Mount portrayed the role of Black Bolt in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Anson Mount as Captain Pike in Strange New Worlds [Credit: Paramount Network]

Meanwhile, he was also attached to the 2022 series titled Star Wars: Strange New Worlds,...

Known for portraying the role of Lt. Commander Data in the Star Trek franchise, Brent Spiner has shared that he had no issues bidding farewell to his co-stars. The actor returned to his iconic role in Star Trek: Picard, which focuses on Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard, exploring his mysterious past.

Brent Spiner as Data | Credit: Paramount

It’s common for cast members who work together to develop close relationships akin to their on-screen characters, and Spiner stated it as a reason that he did not need to say goodbye to his co-stars, as he explained in an earlier interview.

Brent Spiner Reflected on Working With Star Trek Castmates

Brent Spider, who returned to the role of Data in Star Trek: Picard almost three decades later, shared his experience reprising the role and reuniting with his castmates, including Patrick Stewart, during an appearance on the Inside of You podcast.

Star Trek: Picard...

Epic Pictures’ Dread has just released The Hangman, "a terrifying tale of the sinister secrets hiding in the hills of rural Appalachia." The limited theatrical release starts today (with a VOD release on June 4th) and we have an exclusive clip you can watch right now!

"The official synopsis for the film reads: To mend their troubled relationship, a middle - aged door - to - door salesman, Leon, takes his teenage son on a camping trip into deep rural Appalachia. Little do they know of the mountainous region’s sinister secrets. A local cult has summoned an evil demon born of hate and pain, known to them as The Hangman, and now the bodies have begun to pile up. Leon wakes up in the morning to discover that his son is missing. To find him, Leon must face the murderous cult and the bloodthirsty monster that is The Hangman.

Abigail Arrives at Home 5/7, Exclusively on Digital Platforms: "The horror-fan-favorite director duo, Radio Silence, returns to deliver a new vision of vampires in Abigail, available for the first time exclusively on digital platforms where you can buy or rent beginning tomorrow, May 7, 2024, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and regarded as “a Bloody Blast” (The Detroit News), directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillet elevate the vampire genre challenging expectations at every blood-stained corner.

Abigail boasts beloved-horror cast Melissa Barrera and Kathryn Newton, as well as Dan Stevens, Giancarlo Esposito, Alisha Weir, Kevin Durand, the late Angus Cloud, and William Catlett.

Radio Silence, the filmmakers behind the horror hits Ready or Not, Scream (2022) and Scream VI, bring a brash and bloodthirsty new vision of vampires with Abigail. A heist team is hired by a mysterious fixer to kidnap the daughter of a powerful underworld figure. They must guard...

When the Borg were first introduced on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (in the 1989 episode "Q Who"), they were terrifying. Clearly inspired by the works of H.R. Giger, the Borg sported tubes, servos, wires, and ineffable black machinery sprouting from their bodies. The Borg were made up of other species that had been kidnapped and assimilated into their collective, their minds wiped and replaced with a singular, terrifying machine consciousness. The Borg traversed space in outsized cube-shaped vessels, likewise crisscrossed with wires and ducts. They only had one goal: to grow. As Q (John de Lancie) described them, the Borg are the ultimate users. They look out at the universe and emotionlessly see nothing but raw materials to expand with.

The Borg returned periodically throughout "Next Generation," becoming one of the show's more impressive antagonists. The race of soulless machine people proved to be a great villain.

Naturally, when "Next Generation" moved into feature films,...

In Jonathan Frakes' 1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact," the U.S.S. Enterprise travels back in time to the year 2063, the year humanity first invented faster-than-light travel and, almost immediately thereafter, made first contact with an alien species. By "Star Trek" lore, the maiden voyage of the Phoenix, the very first warp-capable ship, caught the attention of a passing Vulcan vessel, causing them to change course, land on Earth, and shake hands with humans. It was the franchise's "Welcome to the neighborhood" moment. It also started a massive utopian rebuilding of Earth, as it had just survived several devastating wars. By "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's estimation, Earth had to almost destroy itself to have a "moment of clarity." After that, the technological, post-war, post-scarcity, post-capitalist utopia could begin.

The inventor of warp drive was Zefram Cochrane, who fashioned his ship out of a disused bomb casing. In "First Contact,...

Image created by “Shutterstock.AI” Did you know The Wrath of Khan isn’t the most critically acclaimed Star Trek film? That honor goes to Star Trek: First Contact. Critics raved, and LeVar Burton dubbed it the perfect movie: thrilling for hardcore fans, and accessible to newcomers. At the time of First Contact’s release, Burton told us why he thought it was so special. (Click on the media bar below to hear LeVar Burton) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/LeVar_-Burton_First_contact_.mp3

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Trekkies who were there in 1994 may remember the incredibly fast turn-around for "Star Trek: The Next Generation." The final episode of the series, "All Good Things..." aired on May 23, and the first feature film adaptation of the show, "Star Trek: Generations," was released in theaters on November 18. In the intervening six months, Trekkies would be able to tide themselves over with ten new episodes of "Deep Space Nine." Even though a seminal TV series in the "Star Trek" universe was coming to an end, there was no drought to suffer through.

Both Paramount and "Star Trek" executive producer Rick Berman were feeling apprehensive about "Generations." One can see their apprehension in Berman's choice of story: thanks to a magical temporal nexus, Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) was able to meet up with Captain Kirk (William Shatner) who was presumed dead 87 years prior. The two of them teamed up to fistfight...

While Jonathan Frakes was starring on Star Trek: The Next Generation, he was also doing his homework, learning the skills he’d need to become a director. That certainly paid off for him — he started directing episodes of Tng starting in its third season, and he’s now directed more than 100 episodes of television. He’s also directed a handful of feature films, including the first Star Trek movie to feature the Tng crew, Star Trek: First Contact. In fact, First Contact was his first time directing for the big screen, and it was universally acclaimed as being one of the best films in the franchise. At the time of First Contact’s release, Frakes spoke to us about how directing a Star Trek movie was different than directing the Star Trek television shows. (Click on the media bar below to hear Jonathan Frakes) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads...

Get ready for a cosmic journey as “Resident Alien” returns with its highly-anticipated Season 3 premiere, titled “Season 3 First Contact.” Set your calendars for Sunday, February 11, 2024, at 8:59 Pm on Syfy, because this episode is about to take you on a thrilling ride through the past two seasons of the show.

In “Season 3 First Contact,” viewers will get a chance to recap all the incredible moments, mysteries, and hilarious antics that have unfolded in Seasons 1 and 2. It’s the perfect opportunity to refresh your memory and catch up on the adventures of Harry Vanderspeigle, the alien who crash-landed on Earth and has been trying to blend in as a human doctor.

“Resident Alien” has captured hearts with its unique blend of science fiction, humor, and heartwarming moments. From alien conspiracies to small-town shenanigans, this series has it all, and this recap episode promises to be a fantastic refresher for dedicated fans...

"Star Trek: Enterprise" soldiered on for four seasons, but really, the death knell happened early in season 2. The season's ratings peaked with its fifth episode, "A Night In Sickbay," at 6.26 million — and apparently, that infamous episode drove off potential audiences since the ratings on "Enterprise" never reached those same heights.

This might be why the tail end of season 2 features an obvious ratings stunt (and one that seemed destined to drive canon-obsessed Trekkies up the wall). "Regeneration" features the Borg as the villains. Contemporary promos warned viewers to, "Prepare for Enterprise's first encounter with — The Borg!" and emphasized how terrifying the cyborg hive mind is. The network definitely wanted people to know the Borg would be showing up ahead of time.

Did it work? Well, "Regeneration" pulled in 4.12 million viewers — the highest ratings since "Future Tense" and higher than the season's remaining episodes. But was this short bump worth it?...

When Star Trek returned to television screens after two decades in 1987, it looked very different from its predecessor. Gone were James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Bones, most of whom planned to return in the original sequel series Star Trek: Phase II. In their place stood a bald Shakespearean actor, the breakout star of the television miniseries Roots, and a member of Muppet creator Jim Henson’s team.

From those unlikely beginnings, Star Trek: The Next Generation grew to match and, for some, exceed the original series. Much of that success came from the cast, who had a far easier camaraderie than their predecessors and, some might argue, a more impressive resume. Before and after Trek, these actors became beloved figures in genre cinema and television, proving that they are even more than the crew who boldly went where no one had gone before.

Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier...

The final two episodes of "Star Trek: Picard," called "Võx" and "The Last Generation" respectively, concluded the season's strangest mystery. The young Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) had revealed on several occasions that he possessed eerie and inexplicable psychic powers. Not only could he read people's minds, but he could project his consciousness into other people's bodies and take control of them remotely. He also was inexplicably a martial arts expert and was capable of killing bad guys in ways he didn't think he was capable of.

The final explanation for his powers was perhaps a little silly. It turns out his long-lost father was Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and he inherited a Borg gene from his father. Picard, it seems, received the Borg gene from when he had been assimilated decades prior. The inherited gene gave Jack superpowers and also psychically lured him into the clutches of the insidious Borg Queen,...

From 1994 to 2002, four feature films were made based on "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Generally speaking, none of the four films was terribly well-received. Stuart Baird's 2002 film "Star Trek: Nemesis" currently holds a 38% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, while David Carson's 1994 film "Star Trek: Generations" stands with a 48% approval rating. Jonathan Frakes' 1998 film "Star Trek: Insurrection" fares slightly better with a 55% approval rating, while the same director's 1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact" is far and away the champion, with a 93% approval rating. Rotten Tomatoes, of course, is not meant to be a gauge of factual, unassailable quality, but those numbers do pretty accurately reflect a generally accepted popular opinion among Trekkies. 

"First Contact" stands out as the best for numerous reasons. For one, it was a film about the Borg, a soulless species of destructive cyborgs that had long been a favorite villain on "Next Generation." It was...

In the 1994 film "Star Trek: Generations," the Enterprise-d was sabotaged by Klingons, allowing the ship to be bested in battle and severely damaged. The ship's drive section blew up into a million pieces and the saucer section crash-landed on Veridian III. After a dramatic event like that, one might expect some of the Enterprise officers to re-think their career trajectories. It seems that most of the Enterprise's senior staff was 100% okay with merely moving to another (uglier) ship and going on their merry way. No one gets sentimental about the Enterprise-d.

Worf (Michael Dorn), however, did indeed have a crisis of career. His ship was destroyed and he didn't really know what he wanted to do. Luckily, a chance visit to Deep Space Nine revealed that he was content with the idea of transferring. He would no longer be a security officer, but an ambitious command officer. Starting with the...

Jonathan Frakes' 1996 film "Star Trek: First Contact" is often considered the best of the four feature films to have been based on "Star Trek: The Next Generation." While the special effects are first-rate, the script,  for better or worse, has more in common with a middle-of-the-road Hollywood action flick than with the ordinarily cerebral, philosophical, and political leanings of "Star Trek." But plenty of fans seem to enjoy it.

The plot of "First Contact" follows the U.S.S. Enterprise-e into an attack by the Borg, a species of malevolent cyborgs that once assimilated Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) into its collective. Although Picard had dealt with the ramifications of his assimilation, "First Contact" transformed him into a mad, Captain Ahab-like character seeking revenge on the Borg for the damage they did to him. The bulk of the film's action takes place in the distant past of 2063, as the Borg...

On the surface it seems to be odd for a "Star Trek" legend like Jonathan Frakes to excitedly report that the fifth and final season of "Star Trek: Discovery" will feel like "Indiana Jones" and "Deadpool," two flavors that absolutely do not go together at all, but there's a good reason for him to be making those comparisons.

It breaks down to the tone of "Star Trek." Fans have been mixed on the more serious tone of "Discovery," especially compared to all the Og "Trek" shows and even the "Discovery" spin-off "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," which follows Captain Pike's adventures in the years before a certain James T. Kirk shows up to claim the captain's chair on the Enterprise. "Strange New Worlds" isn't all rainbows and sunshine, but there's a thrill to the adventure and the desire to explore that underlines that series which keeps it from getting...

Yesterday was Star Trek day, marking the anniversary of Star Trek’s debut on tv in 1966. Since then, the series has spawned so much content that what’s considered the “best Trek” or “Worst Trek” is divisive. But, as far as the big screen movies go, one that remains divisive is 1998’s Star Trek: Insurrection. In 1996, Star Trek First Contact proved to be a sizeable hit for Paramount Pictures, with the action-packed addition to the franchise grossing a strong $92 million domestically and another $54 million abroad. Indeed, the franchise was set to continue, but as everyone who knows Trek is aware of, there’s a perceived curse on all the odd-numbered films in the series, and with this one being number nine, would Insurrection be the movie to break the pattern once and for all?

Nope.

Star Trek Insurrection is a curious follow-up to Star Trek: First Contact. While that movie was praised for being action-packed,...