the next generation

The Picard Finale’s Most Emotional Moment Hid a Heartbreaking Secret

The first season finale of Star Trek: Picard delivered an at-times-incoherent blast of nostalgia, but one of its best moments was its most emotionally powerful—and it turns out it was secretly even more touching than you could’ve expected. In the final battle between the Zhat Vash and the potential harbinger of Synthetic oblivion, Picard may…

io9 James Whitbrook Mar 26

In the New Star Trek: The Next Generation Comic, a Mirror Universe Double Agent Stalks the Enterprise

After IDW recently gave The Next Generation its first proper stint into the beloved Mirror Universe, its newest Trek comic offers a follow up that honestly, kinda sounds like it’s going a bit by the way of Star Trek: Discovery. Ahead of IDW’s WonderCon panel today, io9 can exclusively reveal Star Trek: The Next Generation—Terra…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Mar 24

This List of the Most Re-Watched Star Trek Episodes Is Baffling

I will be the first person to declare my love of the wildly uneven Star Trek: Voyager above the rest of Star Trek (actually that’s a lie, because my colleague Katharine has beaten me to the punch on this several times). But friends: collectively, we are re-watching far too much Voyager on Netflix. In celebration…

io9 James Whitbrook Sep 12

A Hulking Gladiator Hulk Figure, the Return of Tickle Me Elmo, and all the Best Toys of the Week

Second only to Toy Fair back in February, this past weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con brought us more toy news than our wallets can reasonably take. Many of the reveals were only available on the convention floor, but there will still plenty of announcements you can look forward to as we creep closer to the holidays.…

io9 James Whitbrook and Andrew Liszewski Jul 28

The Team Behind the New Star Trek Comic on Bringing The Next Generation (and a Buff Picard) to the Mirror Universe

Star Trek’s Mirror Universe is one of the most enduring storylines across the whole franchise, and will always have a sinisterly-goatee’d place in our hearts. A new IDW comic plans to bring the Next Generation crew to the Mirror Universe—but how? We spoke to the team behind Mirror Broken to learn more. After kicking off…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook May 15

Star Trek: TNG/Aliens Crossover Comic Will Boldly Go Where No One Can Hear You Scream

The crew of the Enterprise has certainly got into a lot over the years. They’ve palled up with the X-Men. They’ve met the Eleventh Doctor. And now, they’re facing a whole new threat: Xenomorphs. Announced at Diamond’s retailer summit at London Film and Comic-Con this morning, IDW and Dark Horse are collaborating on a new…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Oct 28

The Making of Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Greatest Episode, ‘The Inner Light’

This episode should’ve never worked. It was a one-off, inconsequential story about characters we’ve never seen before nor would ever see again. It had no battles, no enemies, no star trekking of any kind. And yet, “The Inner Light” from Star Trek: The Next Generation lives on; not just as one of the best episodes…

io9 Beth Elderkin Sep 8

Isolinear Chip Flash Drives Are Definitely Where Picard Would Stash His Data

You’d have assumed that by the time the 24th century rolled around, wi-fi would be available across the galaxy. But Picard’s Enterprise apparently still relied on isolinear chips—Star Trek’s version of flash drives— to share data. ThinkGeek’s version probably isn’t quite as advanced, but you don’t have to tell your imagination that. The isolinear chips…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Sep 2

My Secret Nerd Shame: I’ve Never Watched Star Trek: The Next Generation

I have a confession to make. I, James Whitbrook, io9 writer and Star Trek fan, have never seen a single, entire episode of The Next Generation. Not one. Before your raise your pitchforks in fury, some context. As a child of the ‘90s, my first experience with Star Trek came with Voyager, my gateway drug…

Television James Whitbrook Jun 26

Star Trek‘s ‘Best Of Both Worlds’ Changed The Franchise Forever

The Hollywood Reporter has a great oral history post from the writers and actors behind the Star Trek: Next Generation’s epic cliffhanger episode ‘Best of Both Worlds’. Here’s a couple of things we learned about the episode, and how it changed Star Trek forever: It was the first time that a cliffhanger had been done…

io9 Andrew Liptak Jun 21

Resistance to Funko’s TNG Pop Vinyl toys truly is futile

Whelp, pack it up Internet. The day has come where Funko announces its dominion over the collectables world – or I guess that day will come in 2015, when this wave of Star Trek: The Next Generation Pop Vinyls go on sale. This isn’t Funko’s first foray into the Star Trek franchise – they’ve released…

Tech News James Whitbrook Nov 24

Humanity has gone too far: Behold, the Wesley Crusher Jumper Hoodie

Wesley Crusher – Wunderkind, General Annoyance, Style Icon. But never fear, dedicated followers of Star Trek fashion: Wesley’s most iconic design travesty sweater can now be emulated in handy dandy Hoodie format. Good god people, what have we done? We must be stopped. Yes, Wesley’s infamous ‘Acting Ensign’ sweater is now a Hoodie, thanks to…

Tech News James Whitbrook Nov 16

Finally, a hoodie worthy of a True Klingon Warrior

It’s getting colder and colder as November plows on, so if someone could buy me this Hoodie so I could feel both worthy of the Klingon Empire and a bit warmer? That’d be great. This lovely Hoodie, depicting Worf’s TNG uniform as well as his baldric, is pretty nifty looking (although I guess the effect…

Tech News James Whitbrook Nov 12

The Next Generation in Cinerama is beautifully Cinematic

We’ve featured Nick Acosta‘s gorgeous Star Trek cinerama shots before, but he’s returned to the idea once more, with a new set of shots from The Next Generation – and they look absolutely brilliant. https://gizmodo.com/the-original-star-trek-in-widescreen-looks-pretty-damn-1633388240 Acosta created the shots for Tested‘s Live Show at the Bay Area Science Festival earlier this week, and as it…

Tech News James Whitbrook Oct 31

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray

At the end of the July, Star Trek fans get an extra special treat with the release of a high-definition transfer of the twenty-five episode first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Today at San Diego Comic-Con, we had the chance to see an extra-early peak at the restoration process performed on this historic…

io9 Keith Veronese Jul 12

Wil Wheaton says the technobabble on Eureka is better than Star Trek’s

Nerd icon Wil Wheaton has returned to sci-fi television as Eureka’s slimy Dr. Isaac Parrish. We spoke with him at Comic-Con about just what makes good (and bad) technobabble, the secret to playing a scientist, and what’s ahead on Eureka! What’s it like stepping back into the world of technobabble? The technobabble is terrific because…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jul 27

Could Star Trek: TNG XXX be the first porn movie where you care about the plot? Watch the trailer and decide.

Can a porn “parody” of a science fiction classic have reasonably good acting, nice special effects, and a plot that you could give a crap about? That’s the real final frontier. The two Star Trek porn parodies that came out last year, despite the presence of marquee names like Sasha Grey, did not succeed in…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 14

All the NSFW stuff we couldn’t show you from the Star Trek: TNG porn movie

Want to see all the NSFW naughtiness that we couldn’t show you from the new Star Trek: The Next Generation porn movie? There are tons of X-rated photos over at our sister site, Fleshbot, including what appears to be a hookup between Geordie and Dr. Leah Brahms… But warning: It’s very NSFW. [Fleshbot]

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 3

Make It So Sexy: Exclusive First Look at the New Star Trek: The Next Generation Porn Movie

Star Trek: The Next Generation: A XXX Parody is the latest porn movie to bring together science fiction and porn. It’s also a loving tribute and unofficial sequel to a classic TNG episode starring some major Trekkie porn stars, not to mention an uncannily convincing Jean-Luc Picard impersonator. We just had to know what was…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 2

How to get into 20 classic science fiction shows: The ultimate guide

Even if you’re a massive science fiction fan, there are probably still some great shows you’ve yet to discover. But for massively long-running shows, where to begin? Here’s our guide to how to start watching twenty classic science fiction shows. It should be pointed out that this guide is meant for potential new fans, not…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 3

the next generation

The Picard Finale’s Most Emotional Moment Hid a Heartbreaking Secret

In the New Star Trek: The Next Generation Comic, a Mirror Universe Double Agent Stalks the Enterprise

This List of the Most Re-Watched Star Trek Episodes Is Baffling

A Hulking Gladiator Hulk Figure, the Return of Tickle Me Elmo, and all the Best Toys of the Week

The Team Behind the New Star Trek Comic on Bringing The Next Generation (and a Buff Picard) to the Mirror Universe

Star Trek: TNG/Aliens Crossover Comic Will Boldly Go Where No One Can Hear You Scream

The Making of Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Greatest Episode, ‘The Inner Light’

Isolinear Chip Flash Drives Are Definitely Where Picard Would Stash His Data

My Secret Nerd Shame: I’ve Never Watched Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek‘s ‘Best Of Both Worlds’ Changed The Franchise Forever

Resistance to Funko’s TNG Pop Vinyl toys truly is futile

Humanity has gone too far: Behold, the Wesley Crusher Jumper Hoodie

Finally, a hoodie worthy of a True Klingon Warrior

The Next Generation in Cinerama is beautifully Cinematic

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray

Wil Wheaton says the technobabble on Eureka is better than Star Trek’s

Could Star Trek: TNG XXX be the first porn movie where you care about the plot? Watch the trailer and decide.

All the NSFW stuff we couldn’t show you from the Star Trek: TNG porn movie

Make It So Sexy: Exclusive First Look at the New Star Trek: The Next Generation Porn Movie

How to get into 20 classic science fiction shows: The ultimate guide

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