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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 — ...
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 ...
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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? ...
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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 ...