Features
Monday, October 8 2007
Part 1 - All Time Classics
Where it all began... how TV became the cultural icon it is today, and the seminal shows that offered audiences a glimpse into the medium’s artistic potential.
Columns
Monday, March 28 2011
Television's Evolution of the Major Black Antagonist
When TV historians talk about the black image in the 21st century, they’ll note that 2011 was the year that network TV consistently portrayed black people as major antagonists in search of the same brass rings that their white counterparts sought for nearly 60 years.
Reviews
Thursday, July 7 2011
The 'Dark Passenger' Attends Philosophy 101: 'Dexter and Philosophy: Mind Over Spatter'
A fantastically simple hook creates a baffling philosophical paradox in Dexter.
Thursday, January 21 2010
Star Trek (2009)
Stylish, action-packed, and a helluva lot of fun. What was the last Star Trek film you could truly say that about?
Tuesday, December 2 2008
Star Trek: The Original Series – Series 3 Remastered
TV’s first and most ambitious space opera closes out its original run with brave, ham-handed, unintentionally hilarious philosophizing on race, gender, truth and beauty…beam me up, Scotty.
Monday, November 17 2008
Star Trek: Alternate Realities
Speculation lies at the heart of what makes Star Trek appealing, thus, these experimentations with detours.
Tuesday, August 30 2005
Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 2
Star Trek: Enterprise is currently poised to be remembered as the underdog of the Trek franchise.
Blogs
Wednesday, June 23 2010
The Best of the Worst Acting From the Original 'Star Trek'
Let's focus on the co-stars, many of whom clearly relished their roles as intergalactic rogues, vagabonds and ragamuffins. So much scenery was chewed by bit players between 1966-69, it's no wonder the series was forced off the air.
Monday, June 7 2010
Kirk/Spock "Slashups" Cover Pulp and Nine Inch Nails
William Shatner's excellent Has Been featured his inimitable interpretation of Pulp's "Common People", which inspired YouTube user kirkslashspock to create this fun video. Edited together…
Friday, May 21 2010
Starfleet Unitards for Women
Trekkie compilations and more cocoa in Starfleet to confront viewers with the show's embedded sexism.
Friday, May 14 2010
Thrills, Trills and Outcasts, But Still No Happy Homo in the 24th Century
Is Star Trek only able to come out on the Internet?
Saturday, February 6 2010
Captain Picard a.k.a. Patrick Stewart on Twitter and the Internet (video)
Star Trek captain and Shakespearean actor extraordinaire Patrick Stewart sees no point to Twitter, believing life can't be condensed into snippets. He's not a technophobe…
News
Friday, March 4 2011
Q&A: William Shatner on 'Star Trek,' acting and (wink) his enviable physique
SEATTLE — As Captain James T. Kirk on the original 1960s TV series "Star Trek," William Shatner charted a course for a career playing brash…
Wednesday, January 5 2011
Thanks to one special fan, Uhura became a lifetime role for Nichelle Nichols
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Though the part of the comely communications officer Uhura on the original series "Star Trek" turned out to be a lifelong…
