Star Trek
Beam us up and let's boldly go, it's time to talk Star Trek! There was a time—before the MCU, endless parades of new Star Wars material, and internet subcultures—that the most mainstream shorthand for “nerd” was “Trekkie.” And the nerd culture of today (read: mainstream pop culture) owes a huge debt to the original “gallivant around the galaxy” franchise. Same with us here in real life! Without Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and the crew of the Enterprise exploring the final frontier, we might not have Bluetooth or Alexa technology. Not to mention that time a hated Star Trek episode predicted brain function before real scientists.
The franchise has its missteps, sure. The 2010s films seemed allergic to being Star Trek movies. Doubling down on 9/11 conspiracy theories isn't great. But when Star Trek works, Star Trek rules. Though we are pretty bummed we never got to see William Shatner fight Jesus.
William Shatner Kept Stealing Toupees From the 'Star Trek' Set
To baldly go where no man has gone before. (Look, we had to make this joke, but now it’s out of the way and we can proceed.)
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6 Wait, William Shakespeare Was A Klingon?
In the Star Trek-verse, everyone's favorite Elizabethan bard may have been nothing but a lie.
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- By Eirik Gumeny
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Captain Picard's Sadness Flute From 'Star Trek: TNG' Is Up For Sale
Own a piece of (existentially depressing) ‘Star Trek’ history!
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- By JM McNab
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Science Proved A Hated 'Star Trek: TNG' Episode Was Right ... 30 Years Later
Cue Captain Picard saying something inspirational.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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Engage: Gene Roddenberry’s 12 Rules for Creating Star Trek: The Next Generation
12 rules that charted a galaxy and Wesley Crusher’s adolescence.
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15 'Star Trek' Episodes That Got Science Embarrassingly Wrong
To boldly botch what no one has botched before.
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- By Andres Diplotti
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'Star Trek's Best Captain Is ... Scotty?
Sir! Beam me up Scotty, Sir!
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- By Cedric Voets
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Board Games Are The Closest We've Come To 'Star Trek's Holodeck
And they probably won’t break down and kill you.
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- By JM McNab
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The Last 'Falcon and the Winter Soldier' Was Already a 'Star Trek' Episode
To be fair, most of us have forgotten all about 'Picard.'
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- By JM McNab
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Ashes of Star Trek's Original Scotty Are Aboard the International Space Station
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- By Carly Tennes
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Presidential Elections In 'Star Trek' Suck As Much As Ours
Even in the utopian future there are still bitter Presidential elections.
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- By JM McNab
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‘Star Trek’ Warned Us That The 2020s Would Suck
Nerds already knew that this decade was going to be rough.
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Everyone Needs To See William Shatner's Cringey 'Star Trek' Doc
Unnecessary vanity projects are the real final frontier.
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- By JM McNab
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Making A Dang 'Star Trek' Movie Shouldn't Be This Hard
This is not that complicated a franchise to wrap your head around.
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The Big Twist in Star Trek: Picard Was ... $79 Stock Footage?
To cheaply go, where no man has gone before.
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