When a franchise has established itself as a pop culture favorite for as long as "Star Trek" has -- currently, going on 60 years -- imaginative storytellers truly have no limits when it comes to honoring such history. In 2009, J.J. Abrams went out of his way to make his prequel film "Star Trek" exist in its own alternate universe entirely, ensuring that his new franchise addition could co-exist within the timeline while never once meddling with any of what happened to Spock, Captain Kirk, and all the other heroes of the starship Enterprise. Justin Lin's "Star Trek Beyond" directly incorporated the death of Leonard Nimoy into the plot (along with an end-credits tribute to the late Anton Yelchin), paying homage to an icon in the most respectful way possible. But one of the most heartwarming examples of this tradition comes from a recurring character in "The Original Series" that most...
- 2/9/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Taking a page from Doctor Who's book, Idw Publishing's Star Trek #59 is dishing up a two-part ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff. Billed as a "two-part series finale," Star Trek #59 features time travel! TrekMovie.com says, "Connection, part one of two, opens with the rarely used but clever split page story, in which two characters are experiencing moments at the same exact time. However, the character this time is only Captain Kirk, and that is where the fun truly begins."Star Trek: The Original Series premiered September 8, 1966, starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, Eddie Paskey, George Takei, Walter Koenig, and Majel Barret. In addition to all the sequel series and newer films, it also spawned the first six Star Trek feature films, released between 1979 and 1991. Idw's Star Trek #59 features characters from Star Trek: The...
- 7/20/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The Smithsonian Channel is commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Star Trek TV show, with a new two-hour special, "Building Star Trek," which debuts Sunday, September 4, 2016 at 8:00pm Et/Pt. After the jump find out how to enter Smithsonian Channel's "Building Star Trek Sweepstakes," for a chance to win a trip to Star Trek: Mission New York.Star Trek: The Original Series premiered September 8, 1966. The cast includes: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan, Eddie Paskey, George Takei, Walter Koenig, and Majel Barret. "Building Star Trek" hails from Yap Films for Smithsonian Channel and Discovery Canada with Elliott Halpern and Elizabeth Trojian executive producing. Writer Mick Grogan directs. Executive produceing for Smithsonian are David Royle, Charles Poe and Tim Evans.Read More…...
- 7/8/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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