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Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?

PopSci’s Adam Weiner did some calculations to see if young Kirk could survive the car jump in the new Star Trek trailer. Adam’s wrong. We have the real answer in our own video. According to Adam, he would have needed to apply a force of 3,900 Newtons with his fingers to stop from falling. His…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 19

Order Your Wife Around as Captain Kirk For $1000ish

Captain Kirk’s original chair cost $304,750 when it was auctioned off back in 2002, but now you can own your own replica chair for only a bit over $1000. You won’t get Shatner’s actual butt imprint in your chair (nor his fart remnants and other juices), but you will save quite a bit of money…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 18

Spock Has A Sweet New Ride In Star Trek Movie

Some new details about the starships in the new Star Trek movie have come out — and they answer a major nagging question about the movie’s over-arching plot. It seems as though we’ll be getting to see a variety of types of ships, including one you might not have expected. Details (and spoilers) ahead. Even…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 28

The 7 Types Of Bad Bosses According To Star Trek (And How To Survive Them)

They yell at you and fire you twice a day. They insist that a five-day job should only take five hours. They flip-flop and then blame you for their mistakes. Star Trek’s captains model all kinds of bad boss behavior, but luckily they also show us what to do with a boss who’s out of…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 20

Back, Back, Back To Life With The Best of the Worst Scifi Resurrections

Anyone who reads comic books knows that no one is ever really dead. Every character from Superman to Green Lantern has returned to life from the whereverafter they went to when sales figures dropped. Plus every zombie movie ever made brings your loved one back from the beyond, although they are never quite the same.…

io9 Kevin Kelly Feb 22

New Star Trek Movie: An Expensive Comedy?

The Star Trek movie is looking more like a comedy all the time. John Cho (Harold from Harold and Kumar) will play Sulu, and Simon Pegg (Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) will play Scotty. Also, Christopher Pine is still trying to decide between playing Kirk and starring in cop movie White Jazz. Still uncast:…

Movies Charliejane Oct 12

Must See: Star Trek

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn’t be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That’s why we’ve rated them 1-5 on the patented “crunchy goodness” scale. Title: Star Trek Date: 1966-1969 Vitals: A paramilitary science squad in color-coded pajamas grapples (and sometimes makes whoopie) with the unknown. Captain Kirk almost loses control of…

Television Charliejane Oct 1

Shatner Says Cellphones are Better Than Star Trek Communicators

Captain Kirk, while speaking at a Toronto press conference to shill for Canada’s Rogers Wireless, says that cellphones today are more impressive than communicators from Star Trek. Assuming he’s not just saying this because he’s a spokes-rep for a phone company—like the time he said booking online was better than calling a travel agent (Priceline)…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 4

Can Young Kirk Really Survive the Car Jump In the New Star Trek?

Order Your Wife Around as Captain Kirk For $1000ish

Spock Has A Sweet New Ride In Star Trek Movie

The 7 Types Of Bad Bosses According To Star Trek (And How To Survive Them)

Back, Back, Back To Life With The Best of the Worst Scifi Resurrections

New Star Trek Movie: An Expensive Comedy?

Must See: Star Trek

Shatner Says Cellphones are Better Than Star Trek Communicators

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