Star Trek

The Best and Worst Time Travel TV Shows

The first time travel tale to ever appear on television was in 1959 on The Twilight Zone, and since then there have been scads of time-tripping adventures available to viewers, some good and some bad. Here’s a list of some of the best and worst chronoscopic escapades that television has to offer. The Good: The…

Freeman Dyson Goes Wild

Forever-young physicist Freeman Dyson, now 83, has long been beloved by scifi writers for his extremely fucking cool ideas. He invented the Dyson Sphere, featured in a Star Trek: TNG episode, where the crew visits a sun wrapped entirely in an artificial sphere that captures every bit of solar energy available (you can see a…

Theater Geeks to Study Warp Cores and Prime Directive

Never ones to shy away from scifi references, L.A. architects have now moved on from Battlestar Galactica to Star Trek. Just as we’d learned to love Tom Mayne’s Caltrans intergalactic dreadnought, HMC Architects/Coop Himmelblau serve up an homage to Starfleet Academy with their design for the somewhat ominously named “Central Los Angeles High School #9.”…

Why Does The VW Space Car Look Like A Dumb Star Trek Shuttle?

Volkswagen’s new car is cool: fuel-cell powered and plug in ready. VW unveiled the sci-fi sounding “space up! blue” at the Los Angeles Auto Show Nov. 14. But why does it have to look like the boxy shuttlecraft that Mister Spock used to pilot in the 1960s? More proof that Star Trek is best left…

Autographed Star Trek Phasers, Communicators to Go On Sale Next Week

A serious Star Trek fan and collector died recently, and an anonymous tipster sent us pictures of the Star Trek memorabilia he left behind. Here’s a heads up to dedicated Trekkies everywhere: These items will be appearing on eBay next week, so check out the gallery on the next page; maybe there’s something you’d care…

WTF He’s Wearing Kirk’s Jacket On Top of His Shiny Thing

Image from /Film.

Scientists: “Warp Speed Travel? Make It So!”

In a sobering moment of life imitating William Shatner, scientists plan to meet next week to discuss the possibility of real life warp speed space travel. The British Interplanetary Society’s catchily-titled conference, “Faster than Light: Breaking the Interstellar Distance Barrier”, aims to raise awareness of what used to be as impossible as the Vulcan nerve…

The Savior in Science Fiction Films

There have been a recent rash of websites posting about the Christ-like similarities that some of the major figures in science fiction films exhibit. Everyone from Paul Atreides in Dune, to Neo in The Matrix, to Spock in Star Trek, and even Doctor Who seem to have the same messianic properties, but is it case…

Harlan Ellison Not Happy About Star Trek Movie Rumors

If you’ve been reading anything about the upcoming J.J. Abrams Star Trek remake online, then it’s probably been boring stuff like casting rumors. However, plot details have started to surface over the past few days, and at least one person out there isn’t happy about it. Fair warning: there be potential spoilers ahead. Harlan Ellison,…

Wonder Woman: More Supermodel Than Superhero?

The new Wonder Woman could be a supermodel whose acting experience mostly consists of playing herself in Italian films. Megan Gale also served as a “fashion commentator” for the Logies, Australia’s charmingly named TV awards show. It’s all part of director George Miller’s scheme to pack Justice League with Australians. Another Ozzie rumored to be…

Winona Ryder Joins Trek Cast, Please Just Make The Damn Movie Now

Winona Ryder is the latest in a long line of actors to join the cast of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek rehash (as Spock’s mom!?), and at this point we get it. Yes, they are making a new Star Trek film. But we’ve heard more about casting these past few months than we have about the…

In The Future of Star Trek, Everyone Wears Trench Coats

Anticipation for JJ Abrams’ movie relaunch of the Star Trek franchise continues to drive internet fandom to new heights of pointless anticipation. Even as 36-year-old Winona Ryder is announced to play the mother of 30-year-old Zachary Quinto in the movie, moviesite IESB.net reports from the movie’s second day of shooting with twenty photos of extras…

The Bad Astrology And Universe Today forum has a hilarious list of the Top 5 Sci-Fi Aircraft That Would Fall Like A Rock. Turns out the laws of aerodynamics still apply, even in the future. Image by Franz66

Blu-ray Star Trek Phaser, Geeks Set to Stunned

Warning: you will not learn how to build a Blu-ray phaser in this video. Oh, you will see someone building one, but only in the, "look how cool I am" kind of way. Still, the prospect is just geek heaven enough to set our hearts aflutter. And when we say "aflutter," we mean providing us…

Star Trek Home Theater, Go Where No Man Has Left Before

This Star Trek TNG home theater is ubergeek in the absolute best way, which is probably why at CEDIA 2007 it was named the best theme theater installation. Featuring a quasi-faithful re-creation of the Enterprise NCC-1701D, motion activated “air-lock” doors and an alert button producing an alarm and flurry of red LED lighting are enough…

Spock-Ear Plastic Surgery Mod is Not Logical

Ever thought of getting yourself a permanent pair of Star Trek Vulcan ears? A day trip to the plastic surgeon can get that done for you. This body modification is said to enhance the music listening experience, but then, you have to go around looking like Spock to enjoy that questionable benefit. Done under local…

Star Trek Coffin Warps Your Corpse To the Final Nerd Frontier

Eternal Image, makers of afterlife geek vessels, released a near final design of their Star Trek casket based on the “Photon Torpedo” design from STII: Wrath of Khan. The piano black coffin is complete with Federation insignia on the inside, and handles for when the ensigns load your geek corpse into the airlock. [Eternal Image…

Star Trek Enterprise Putter Destroys Romulan Birdies of Prey

Although we don’t care much for golf, this USS Enterprise Putter actually looks quite cool—if you enjoy Star Trek (we do). The designers didn’t actually intend to make this a Star Trek putter at first, but when they saw how the final double-nacelle cylindrical balancing weight design looked so similar to Kirk’s baby, they had…

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:…

Star Trek Enterprise Phone

That’s right, you actually use the USS Enterprise as a handset—not a communicator or a phaser like a non-crazy product designer would have you use. And for $98, you get a William Shatner signature, a numbered certificate, a ringer that sounds like the Red Alert noise, and even redial and mute buttons. Much like the…