Opinion Posts

June 4, 2022

The Orville's Season Premiere Sends All the Wrong Messages Addressing Suicide

**CONTENT WARNING: This article speaks on sensitive topics like suicide and racism. Reader discretion is advised. Spoilers are also detailed for episode 301** June 2nd marked what should have been the triumphant return of The Orville, Set…

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May 26, 2022

"The Motion Picture" Director's Edition Remaster Is Best Enjoyed at Home

Star Trek: The Motion Picture has always been the runt of the litter when it comes to Star Trek movies, right? People have been saying the same things about the film since it first hit theaters in 1979: 'it's beautiful but so&n…

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May 5, 2022

Strange New Worlds Feels Like Coming Home

Strange New Worlds feels like a homecoming, and that's both beautiful and bittersweet. Growing up in Queens as a kid, we didn't have much. Furniture was scarce, I spent a lot of time sleeping on the floor, and the overall conditions were not g…

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Oct. 12, 2021

Prodigy For My Progeny

Some if not most of my earliest memories as a child are not of playgrounds or family excursions. No, those memories in my hippocampus are occupied by viewings of The Next Generation and countless VHS viewings of The Undiscovered Count…

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Oct. 6, 2021

Could Gwyn Be the Catra of Prodigy?

By Alexandra Denton Since the crew of Star Trek: Prodigy was first revealed, much excitement has abounded around them for various reasons. An entirely non-Human cast, Hologram Janeway, the excellent looking animation style, etc. But even …

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Sept. 16, 2021

Starfleet Academy: The Potential of the Next Generation

By Alexandra Denton Despite what a small few might vitriolically say, we live in the biggest time ever to be a Star Trek fan. Five shows in active development and production, with at least two film projects in the works, never has the f…

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