Star Trek

6 Mask-Making Magicians Who Create Your Favorite Aliens

Creating cool alien creatures for TV and movies is no easy feat. It requires constant innovation, an ability to create characters who are at the same time surprising and believable, and the magic power to smother actors in pounds of makeup and foam without killing them. Here are galleries showing off the work of our…

Want Faster-than-Light Travel? Easy! Just Change the Fabric of Space-Time

Albert Einstein predicted long ago that faster-than-light travel was impossible. More specifically, he said the laws of physics forbade the observation of any speed faster than that constant 299,792,458 meters per second — no matter how great the energy involved. Einstein’s postulate holds true for any reference frame within the fabric of the space-time continuum…

Great Literary Novel Becomes A Slapstick Bikini Movie

When the “bad boy of French literature” made a movie of his ground-breaking novel about cloning, cults and the end of the world, he probably wasn’t hoping for comparisons to Benny Hill or critics bursting out laughing during his first showing. Novelist and H.P. Lovecraft critic Michel Houellebecq was so offended by the critics’ laughter,…

Watch The Craziest Scenes From Death Race, Chuck, Knight Rider, Heroes And Sarah Connor

This morning’s spoilers are pretty video-intensive. There’s an adults-only sneak peek at the killer-car movie Death Race. NBC put out some extra-long promo videos for Chuck, Knight Rider and Heroes, with some scenes you’ve only heard about so far. A new Sarah Connor trailer shows John Connor doing the one thing you’d never expect him…

You’ll Never Guess Who’s Having A Kid!

One of the movies or shows covered in this morning’s spoiler roundup includes a surprising character having a kid. Is it one of the stars of Star Trek? Or maybe we find out that Jason Statham’s scowling race-car driver in Death Race has a baby? Or it could be part of our insane motherlode of…

Find Your Place In Geek Life

Unsure where you place in the ever-changing world of geekdom? Thankfully, Brunching’s new, updated “Geek Hierarchy 2.0” chart will help you find your place, even if you’re someone who writes erotic versions of Star Trek where all of the characters are furries. Although, here’s a hint: If that is you, then things aren’t looking too…

First Look At Star Trek Online Ruins Our Sexy Green Alien Fantasies

Click to viewWhat’s the point of playing Star Trek Online if you’re not going to get to explore green alien hotties? New game play footage of the Star Trek MMO premiered at the ST Convention in Las Vegas this weekend, and while the space shots are strikingly beautiful, the characters themselves leave much to be…

A New Secret Of Captain Kirk’s Origins?

The most spoilery spoilers this morning have to do with the past, not the future – like, we’ve learned a secret about Captain Kirk’s beginnings that could change everything. (Yes, even your lunch plans!) Also, we’ve seen a new Clone Wars trailer and a new Fringe video that made us oddly excited about both of…

Four More Trek Posters Boldly Go

Four new posters for next year’s Star Trek movie were released yesterday at the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, giving fans their first glimpses at the rebooted versions of Sulu, Scotty, Bones and Chekhov, and we have them for you under the jump.As with the previous set of posters, these four combine to form…

(Almost) All of Star Trek’s Comic Book Adventures Come To DVD

Just in time for those of us making very early holiday gift lists, TrekMovie has news of the ideal present for the comic-book-reading Star Trek fan in your life. Especially if that happens to be yourself: A DVD compilation spanning 35 years (and five publishers) of four-color voyages called Star Trek The Complete Comic Book…

Are These The Masterminds Behind Star Trek And Transformers?

Before Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman were writing Star Trek, Fringe, Transformers and every other major scifi project, they worked on a little show called Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Here’s a look inside their creative process, from a Hercules episode called “Yes, Virginia, There Is A Hercules” (which they wrote.) Orci (played by Paul Glover)…

The Greatest Human-A.I. Buddy-Comedy Chemistry Of All Time

The best friendships between humans and artificial intelligences are like Crockett and Tubbs from Miami Vice. A.I.s can be our pals, sharing witty banter and friendly advice. Just look at Knight Rider and Transformers. Not to mention some classic pairings. Here’s our guide to the coolest and wittiest human-A.I. partnerships. We’re dividing human-A.I. buddy-comedy or…

Scotty’s Ashes Cannae Change The Laws Of Physics

The failure of spacecraft Falcon 1 to launch this weekend wasn’t just a blow to the dream of privately-funded space travel – it was also the universe’s ironic commentary on the infamous abilities of Canada’s most famous space-faring Scot. What links Star Trek’s Scotty with the future of our corporate destiny in the stars? We’ll…

Please Oh Please Let Scotty Write Star Wars

Simon Pegg may have gone from Spaced to Star Trek, but there’s one ambition that he’s still looking to fulfill: writing an episode of George Lucas’ new Star Wars TV show. Under the jump, we’ll tell you why we’re all in favor of this idea.According to… well, almost everywhere over the weekend, really, Pegg –…

James Doohan’s Son Speaks Up Poignantly About Failed SpaceX Rocket Flight

As you know by now, SpaceX’s most recent rocket launch attempt failed early in its flight, destroying the vehicle and sending its satellite payload and the ashes of James Doohan—Star Trek’s original Scotty— into the ocean. It’s just what happens sometimes with space technology: there’s so much complexity, so much technology/aerodynamics/engine chemistry and engineering that…

Spock Is Sexy? Illogical!

Everyone always thinks of James Tiberius Kirk as the resident ladykiller of the starship Enterprise, but has another member of Starfleet’s most celebrated crew been hiding his pointy-eared light under a bushel? A random assertion by friends at Comic-Con has led me down a particular rabbit hole that I may never fully recover from, but…

What The Best-Dressed Starfleet Officers Will Be Wearing Next Year

Anything can be a spoiler, it seems – even clothing. A new report gives details on the Starfleet uniforms in the new Star Trek movie, including some shocking miniskirt news. Also, you can take in key plot points (and form snap judgments) for Death Race, Disaster Movie and Chuck season two by watching some new…

Now You Can Play The First Star Trek Video Game Ever

Click to viewYesterday, we told you about the rebirth of the Star Trek Online game, but that’s by no means that only time technology has enabled you – yes, you – to fight the Klingon menace. In fact, back in the 1970s, one Enterprising fan (Sorry) created his very own Star Trek computer game –…

Is the world ready for DJ Spock? Hard to say.

First Look At The New Star Trek MMO World

Click to viewFederation space stations guarded by expansive sensors snake across the Alpha Quadrant. Cryptic Studios have released screen shots that give future gamers a look into the brand new Star Trek Online universe. From the looks of things the Federation is a force to be reckoned with. Click through to see a gallery of…