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Tag: Star Trek The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation The Best of Both Worlds season 3 Picard Locutus William T. Riker TNG
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30 Years Ago, The Next Generation Came into Its Own with ‘The Best of Both Worlds’

It’s one of the great television moments. Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes) stands on the bridge of the Enterprise. Standing on screen ...
By Darren MooneySeptember 25, 2020
Star Trek: Lower Decks Is Too Reverential to Be Truly Transgressive Trek, including The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, Gene Coon influence missed
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Star Trek: Lower Decks Is Too Reverential to Be Truly Transgressive Trek

Star Trek: Lower Decks launched late last week. On the surface, Lower Decks marks a departure for the Star Trek franchise. It is ...
By Darren MooneyAugust 10, 2020
Star Trek: The Next Generation optimism in Michael Schur: The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks and Recreation
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The Optimism of Star Trek: The Next Generation Lives on in Michael Schur Comedies

This article contains spoilers for The Good Place. There has been a lot of discussion about utopian and dystopian storytelling in recent years ...
By Darren MooneyApril 6, 2020
The Star Wars Saga Needs to 'Grow Beyond' the Skywalkers, Rise of Skywalker
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The Star Wars Saga Needs to ‘Grow Beyond’ the Skywalkers

It appears that The Rise of Skywalker will not be the end of the “Skywalker Saga” for Star Wars. Despite the heavy emphasis ...
By Darren MooneyJanuary 6, 2020
Picard returns from Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Picard Looks to Star Trek’s Past to Explore Its Future

The first full-length trailer for Star Trek: Picard dropped at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. The show stars Patrick Stewart, reprising the role of ...
By Darren MooneyJuly 22, 2019
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After 20 Years, Deep Space Nine Is Still Star Trek’s Final Frontier

Deep Space Nine doesn’t come to you. You have to go to it. This is true both of the titular space station — ...
By Sean KellyJune 21, 2019
Art Must Be Ruined

William Shatner Will Save Us All

“I became as a pure crystal submerged in a translucent sea, and I knew I had been awakened; I had TOUCHED the FACE ...
By Noah BerlatskyMay 21, 2019
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To Boldly Go Where No Law Has Gone Before

Thus far, this column has focused on providing interesting answers to descriptive questions about the law. What does the law say about spoilers? ...
By Adam AdlerJanuary 24, 2019
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The Pros and Khans of Genetic Engineering

He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, stunned the world when he announced that he had successfully edited the DNA of a viable human embryo ...
By Adam AdlerDecember 13, 2018

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