Opinion Posts

Dec. 5, 2023

'Strange New Worlds' Season Two Feels So Electrified on 4K UHD

And it arrives just in time to beam under your tree or give as a gift on one of those eight crazy nights. Between the epic Lower Decks crossover episode "Those Old Scientists" and the first-of-its-kind musical spectacle "Subspace Rhapsody…

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Aug. 31, 2023

"Lower Decks" Season Four Beams In the Series Best Adventures Yet

It's hard to believe this show is already entering its fourth season. From the first moments we were introduced to Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford, and Tendi just over three years ago to Pakleds, Vulcans, and Borg babies, Lower Decks has pro…

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Aug. 28, 2023

Michelle Hurd Brings the Fight to Toronto

I'm not a member of SAG. I'm not a member of the WGA either. However, I have plenty of friends who are members of both of those unions. Some I made when I thought one day the stage or the screen might be my career, others through fandom, a…

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July 19, 2023

I Have Had Enough of Spock

You're only ever really as good as those around you. And Captain Pike has a fantastic crew around him. But Strange New Worlds, in a season and a half of being on air, has prominently featured Spock, a character who has had two television shows, nin…

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July 14, 2023

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Made Me Team T'Pring

So episode five has come and gone. Podcast listeners might have noticed I was not present for this review. Sorry, I was too busy rending my garments and crying into a pillow, my Spuhura shipper heart utterly broken. Naw, I actually had tickets to s…

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June 26, 2023

Daddy, When is Prodigy Coming Back On?

A question I receive every couple of weeks from my seven year old. It hasn't stopped. Not since Prodigy's first season concluded back in December. Picking Cecily up from the bus? 'When is Prodigy coming back?" Watching Blue…

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June 12, 2023

Strange New Worlds Season Two Continues Its Five Year Mission

Strange New Worlds Season Two Takes Us to Such Great Heights (and Maybe a Few Lows) In a way, I feel very connected to  Strange New Worlds.  While I’ve enjoyed  Star Trek  for my entire life, it was only in March of 2020 t…

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May 31, 2023

Can We Talk About the Bad Faith Criticisms of Trek?

Fandom Toxicity Bites the Hand that Feeds I’ve noticed something within the Star Trek fandom in the last few weeks. That is the incredible number of poor takes on   Strange New Worlds.  When the show was first announced, the fandom …

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April 19, 2023

What's Old is New: A Score For the Next Generation [UPDATED]

Final Frontier Nostalgia Meets Next Generation Melodies I never expected Star Trek Picard season three to hit me as hard as it did in all the right places. And yet here I am writing the review of the show's score on the eve of i…

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March 4, 2023

Discovery Helped Me Discover Who I Am

By Ensign Haven On Thursday, March 2nd, 2023, we learned that Star Trek Discovery was coming to its end. I have been sitting here in snowy Ontario, Canada, watching Star Trek as I often do, and as many people other people surely…

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