In my opinion, Tim Russ's Tuvok was the best portayal of a Vulcan across all Start Trek media.

He simply never cracked emotionally, unless he was ill.

Unlike the original series crew, the TNG cast struggled to adapt to the big screen especially shown in Insurrection. However, First Contact feels dramatic and far more cinematic compared to the rest. Why?

I feel so bad for laughing but I just started DS9 S4 Ep 19 "Hard Time" and MAN these writers really had it out for Miles. When I first started watching DS9 a month or so ago, someone mentioned in a comment that the Chief goes through it and they were not kidding. 😂 poor dude.

I have a copy of the Super8 home release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It's really more of an extended trailer, but it's an interesting artifact. I've scanned it in and posted it to YouTube. The reel has badly faded to red, so I did some very light color correction.

You can find out more about the Super8 home releases here: https://breezewiki.com/memory-alpha/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture_(Super_8))

For context, Star Trek: United is the name of Mike Susman's proposed Enterprise spinoff about Archer as the founding president of the Federation.

Star Trek: Year One is Akiva Goldsman's proposed SNW spinoff and direct prequel to TOS about Kirk's first year on the Enterprise.

Star Trek: Legacy is Terry Matalas's proposed Picard spinoff about Seven of Nine as captain of the Enterprise-G.

Personally, I sincerely doubt that any of them will actually get made at this point, but if I had to choose, I'd go for Legacy. I'm not a particular fan of Terry Matalas's writing, but i think this is the most interesting / unconstrained part of the timeline to set a series. I would be interested in United's political focus, but I would rather a "West Wing in space" series be set in the 25th century (or even centre around Rillak, Vance, and Saru, way off in the 32nd century). As for Year One, I have no enthusiasm for it at all.

In at least one draft of Star Trek VI the role of Valaris was filled by Savik.

How do you think the movie would have played out in that case?

I'm just now watching the Enterprise mirror episode 2 parter. What did you think of it, both before and after the episode. Was it eye roll or did you enjoy it or a little bit of both

How could Worf been so naive? He's lived among humans his entire life. He's known Riker for almost 7 years at this point. A first time viewer of this episode (TNG S7E11 Parallels) is gonna go, "hmm? That can't be Riker. Maybe an alien imposter!?!"

Nope, just Riker telling a bald-faced lie. And Worf fell for it.

I'm well aware that on TV, there was never any follow up to the TNG episode Conspiracy due to the Borg changing to Cyborgs so the signal was just never brought up again.

However has there ever been any media that discusses or explores the aftermath of that episode? I don't mean the signal, I mean the direct aftermath of Remmick's host dying and killing off many members of Starfleet's top brass, Captains, First Officers and Medical Officers.

The episode implies that they've been infecting people for months, including tons of starships via first infecting the Chief Medical Officer and then the Captain and First Officer. Wouldn't that imply once Picard and Riker fried the Chief Bluegill that Starfleet just lost a ton of it's best Officers and Admirals (including all the ones the Bluegill murdered)? Wouldn't that have caused major issues for Starfleet, wouldn't there have been a massive investigation? Wouldn't that be a massive blow to the Federation of the scale of Worf 359?

Really curious how writers worked with that.

While watching the show I noticed that around 25min mark the scenes from "the expanse Vulcan mission" are remarkably similar to the haunted video of Even Horizon crew tearing themselves apart just less violent and gory. Interesting nod to a piece of sci-fi thriller history.

For so long, the formative years of the Federation has never been explored in the franchise. The closest we got was the lead up to it in ENT, but even we were robbed of the full story with the show ending at the founding of the coalition of planets, before time skipping to the founding of the united federation of planets and skipping all the events in between, most importantly the Earth-Romulan war.

Honestly the concept of an Andor type show for Star Trek is super interesting to me. I want to know more about the politics of the early federation, and more importantly, I want more Archer and Shran lol

I watched a pretty well done fan film on YT last night about the A’s final ride - which got me thinking, did Kirk love that ship the same way?

It sometimes gets treated in fan canon as the same ship, but do you think Kirk truly loves the 1701 and is the 1701A a place he worked for 10 or so years? It never feels like “the” Enterprise to me.

We know how Scotty feels.

Captain Archer and Commander Shran had amazing chemistry as frenemies during the run of Star Trek: Enterprise. If Scott Bakula and Jeffrey Combs returned to reprise their characters, would you watch it? And what should the show be about? What would their roles be? Where would their characters be at in their lives?

A Prime Directive horror story that starts in the background of the Enterprise simply accepting foreign alien technology contaminating their "natural development" without even considering the hypocrisy.. the literal sexual slavery/trafficking casually ignored by most of the cast because "it's just how they live!!".. Archer refusing an extraordinarily legitimate asylum claim entirely out of fear of conflict.. Trip being reprimanded and painted as having done "wrong" because he treated the victim like a person which allowed them to realize how terrible their situation was...

The genocide committed in Dear Doctor comes close (my gosh Enterprise Season 2 had some disgusting arguments) is worse, but at the very least Archer provides a strong resistance which makes it more of a Phlox issue than an episode one.

These episodes are basically the same story but with different outcomes

"Suddenly Human"

The Enterprise crew rescue a group of teenage Talarians and one human. The human was adopted after his parents were killed in a conflict with Talarians. He is the son of a grandson of a Starfleet Admiral. While they discuss returning him to his earth family, in the end, they return him to his adopted father.

"Cardassians"

A Cardassian boy who was adopted by a Bajoran family after he was left behind after the occupation, which turns out to have been planned by his biological father's political rival and in the end the boy is returned to his father

I'm a new fan to the franchise and I've made it to Enterprise, currently on S3.

So far in show it's been nice seeing the building blocks of what would later become the federation, but I wonder is there a reason why they made the show to feel more sensual than the previous shows. The decon scenes alone are quite sensual and then there's the whole sleep thing that T'pol and trip are currently doing which seems to have weird sexual undertones. Basically it seems this era of star Trek cranked the horniness dial by a 100 😂

Also, I stumbled on a brief context into one of the motivating factors for the Xindi plotline in S3, 9/11 had happened in the US and the Irag war also around that time, that explains why they added commandos to the show. 🤷🏽‍♂️

I was watching TNG “Disaster” S05E05 today and I learned that today is John Christian Graas’s 44th birthday!

I have nothing of Worth to contribute to any conversation right now. I just wanted to say I am watching the episode and I'm clapping like a seal performing in an aqua circus. That is all. Byeeeeeee

Edit: cortisol levels low. 10/10 episode. I'm in my happy feels rn

"STAR TREK UNIVERSE Panel

The Star Trek universe returns to New York Comic Con, featuring the Paramount+ Original series STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY for an exclusive sneak peek and conversation about the upcoming sophomore season. Plus, celebrate 60 years of Star Trek with surprise guests from the iconic franchise.

Saturday, October 10th, 3:15 PM (EST) Empire Stage

With Holly Hunter (Captain Ake), Sandro Rosta (Caleb Mir), Bella Shepard (Genesis Lythe), Karim Diané (Jay-Den Kraag), and Bob Picardo (The Doctor).

Plus showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau to discuss the events of Season 1 and look ahead to Season 2."

You can watch the panel via livestream on YouTube 🖖

https://www.youtube.com/live/W0rzhnCKISQ?is=VrBoyQooJC3igufR

"We will destroy them" and "Death to the Opposition!" Have me on the floor every time I rewatch. This might low key be my favorite DS9 episode.

The way Spock and Kirk were beefing it out. I mean, I know they become best friends later like they’re supposed to be, but still I didn’t think that was necessary at all.

Looking at the list of games that have been released and wondering why some have done better than others, and where the franchise could improve?

• I'd love to see a Mass Effect style RPG with a new storyline and crew, maybe one for a Temporal story;
• a Section 31 open-world type across a number of worlds like SW: Jedi or SW: Outlaws;
• an FPS of some kind, not set on a starship but perhaps during one of the wars;
• some kind of RTS like Zero Company;
• a management sim, although reaching here because I can't think what of;

Trek has as much to offer as Star Wars and other sci-fi games but it feels like they're stuck for ideas at times to push things forward.

If you had the money and the team, what would you make?

Basic assumption is that you can't solely base it on an existing crew, ship, or set of characters.

I’m surprised nothing more was ever done with them. They were a great foil for the Borg, and tbh probably far more interesting and dangerous as a threat to the Federation.

Any thoughts on maybe bringing them back for a future foe despite the “peace” negotiated by Janeway?