The Secret Life Of Trek Pets

Like your pets?  Of course you do - don't we all?  Will we still love our pets in the far flung future?  Data loved his pet cat.  Captain Picard had Livingston - his lion fish, floating around in his aquarium in his Ready Room on Enterprise.  Pets are such a big part of most everyone's lives, and they're going to be found in the future.  Check out my new TrekNews article on The Secret Life of Trek Pets.

http://www.treknews.net/2017/04/27/secret-life-trek-pets/

Where Guinan Knows Your Name

Sam Malone is a Boston bartender.  Guinan is a galactic bartender. Sam runs Cheers.  Guinan runs Ten Forward.  Both of these lounge operating professionals know your name. 

Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg's Guinan is also the hostess of the hippest place on Captain Picard's Starfleet starship - Enterprise 1701-D.  Guinan knows your name, your drink and your species.  Check her and her friends out in my new article.

Raunchy Sex Club or Posh Resort?

Captain Picard is overworked.  He needs some time to himself - a little rest and relaxation.  So he does what any Starfleet professional would do.  He goes to vacation at the fabled Planet of Risa.  The world is known for its warm, welcoming hospitality - and for having a well earned reputation as a bit of a raunchy sex club.  

Check out my article where we find Picard in paradise.

Interactive Technical Manual - Landmark TNG App

If you were lucky enough to pick this up back in the late 90's, you know what it's like to walk through the Enterprise - without ever leaving your office or computer room.  

Check out my article at TrekNews.

Healthcare Of The Future

Healthcare is on everyone's minds these days - and we're looking to the future to see just how we'll be healing come Dr. Crusher's time.  

Check out my new article on Trek medical marvels.

http://www.treknews.net/2017/03/28/star-trek-healthcare/

I Join Forces With TrekNews - My TNG at 30 Column

I'm thrilled to announce that I have joined forces with TrekNews. Here's my first column in my special series focusing in on The Next Generation at 30.

http://www.treknews.net/2017/03/21/tng-trepidation/

Trek News Interviews Me For My Book

Great chat with writer Kyle Hadyniak over at Trek-News.  This was a really fun interview!

Thanks, Kyle!

http://www.treknews.net/2017/03/13/will-stape-star-trek-sex-ds9-tng/

Spock, I Am Your Father

Trekkies know Vulcans.  Trekkies know Spock.  If there's one other Vulcan they know better, it's Sarek - or Spock's Dad.  Yeah, there was Tuvok, in Voyager, but well you know, he wasn't a respected Vulcan ambassador.  Star Trek: Discovery aims to get us all acquainted with Spock's dear old dad once again.

Read more here:

http://collider.com/star-trek-discovery-premiere-date-delayed-spocks-dad-cast/

Star Trek 4 To Feature Thor's Chris Hemsworth

All you Thor fans and Trekkies out there are in for a treat.  Actor Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor in The Avengers movies and his own solo installments, will be reprising his role as Captain Kirk's dad in the next J.J. Abram's produced Star Trek flick.

Read more:

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/01/chris_hemsworth_to_appear_in_s.html

Trek Fan Film Isn't Fair Use - Rules Judge

Axanar - the fan film which launched a cease and desist lawsuit under copyright infringement grounds from Paramount/CBS is going to a jury trial to determine its final fate.


Read more here:  
http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/5/14181534/star-trek-fan-film-copyright-lawsuit-paramount

Doug Jones Cast in Star Trek: Discovery

Actor Doug Jones has been cast in Star Trek: Discovery.

Check out my Twitter Poll - and vote!

Snacks of The Stars

Good food and essential snacking isn't just something we leave behind on planet Earth.  When we finally travel out to play and work among the awesome majesty of the stars, we'll need some good old fashioned sustenance.  Star Trek and Star Wars has had some pretty nifty ways to tie on the old feedbag.  Klingon Gagh?  Vulcan Plomeek Soup?  Yummy!

Read about star spawned cuisine in my new OMNI article.

These Are Those That Never Boarded The Enterprise

These are the voyages of the men and women who never got to board the starship Enterprise.  They got close, but close is no Vulcan cigar.

Read about these almost cast actors in my new OMNI article

Netflix Brings The Sci-Fi

Netflix is doing Sci-Fi right.  From the 80's tribute Stranger Things to the upcoming Lost In Space, the streaming service is giving science fiction fans what they want most - solid, awe inspiring and fun sci-fi programs.

Check out my new OMNI article about Netflix and Sci-Fi:

Booze In Space

Everybody needs a good, stiff drink now and then, however, the crew of the Enterprise seemed always to be drinking.  The folks over at Deep Space Nine also imbibed quite a bit.  Romulan Ale.  Saurian Brandy.  What is it about space travel that has everyone boozing it up?  

Read about it in my new OMNI article.

Artificial Intelligence - The Sci-Fi Version

Scientists tell us - A.I. is coming to our world.  We keep talking about A.I. - artificial intelligence.  We're not there yet. Despite major advances in 'machine learning' or expert systems, computers are still pretty dumb.  What will happen when A.I. becomes a reality, and the machines start talking back to us and make sense?  

Read about science fiction's depiction of A.I. in my new OMNI article.

Woody Allen - Sci-Fi Intellectual

Think Woody Allen and you think science fiction?  No?  Yes!  You should!  Read all about it in my new OMNI article.

The Romulans Are Coming

Take my Twitter poll on the coming of the big bad Romulans on Star Trek: Discovery.

Discovery Pushed Back Till May 2017

Star Trek: Discovery, the new TV incarnation of Gene Roddenberry's 'Wagon Train To The Stars', has been postponed till May of 2017.  Share your opinion on my Twitter poll.

My Confessions

I'm coming clean.  Confession is healthy, right? Here are my confessions about Star Trek for the 50h Anniversary.  LLAP!

First Captain - First Adventure - First DVD

Where it all began - The Cage - both the original and restored version. This is the first Star Trek DVD of the original series. 

Carol Burnett Captain Of The Enterprise

Comedy has always played a big, even vital part in Gene Roddenberry's Wagon Train To The Stars.  So, there's not much surprise to find many great spoofs focusing on Star Trek.  One of the best, but unfortunately, least seen of them all is Carol Burnett strutting around as a decidedly changed James T. Kirk.  Set phasers on fun!

My new OMNI article explains.

Celebrate 50 Years Of Enterprise

How will you celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek?  Starfleet Parties? Klingon Warrior Orgies?  Vulcan Mind Melds?  Take my Twitter Poll and lend your voice to the celebration!

Vulcan or Romulan? Ferengi or Klingon?

Which Star Trek race would you live your life out as?  Take my Twitter Poll and declare your alien love!

Rio 2016 - The Olympic Games meet The Science Fiction Games

Science Fiction runs the gamut as a fun peek into the future, a frightening look at how our tech and know how can negatively transform our lives, to exploring important social and cultural highlights into just how different or extreme our lives can get - by simply asking What If? Every four years, our world puts on The Olympics.  How does sci-fi like The Hunger Games, Star Trek and Star Wars reflect athleticism?  Read about it in my new OMNI article.