Who's On First? Starfleet's First Officers

Red Alert!  Who's on first base?  20th century comic duo Abbott and Costello may have never warped on a Starfleet starship - although they did go to Mars - but their historically popular comedy bit, 'Who's On First?', evokes a responsible officer rank which doesn't always get deserved attention nor respect.

Check out my TrekNews article about those Number Ones of Star Trek.

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/

My Confessions

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

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!

Those Other Crew Members

Not keen on including Riker or Spock on your best of crew list?  Tired of all those Kirk Vs Picard memes and polls?  Here's the Twitter poll for you!  Who do you like out of those 'honorary crew' members?

Pon Farr Gone Too Far?

The Vulcan time of mating and sexual play, Pon Farr, may go a bit too far for some.  In 1984, Leonard Nimoy directed the 3rd big Trek feature film, Search For Spock, and though it's more remembered as the quest to find Spock and his soul or katra, it's also a search for a Vulcan's lost libido.  

Check out my new OMNI article to learn more.

Winona Ryder - Spock's Mom Does Stranger Things

Spock's mom can now be found in a new TV show.  Winona Ryder, who played mother to Zachary Quinto's Spock in J.J. Abrams' big feature film of Star Trek, is now a mom amid a bunch of really weird things in the Netflix original series, Stranger Things. 

Wonderful Toys - Mega Bloks

Star Trek's 50th is bringing out some truly wonderful toys - check em out, and click em for more details.

Time Travel Is Sexy

Star Trek loves going back and forth through time.  What time travel themed movie do you love?  Take my TTT - Twitter Time Travel Poll.

A First Officer Is Always Number One

Number One!  Which one is your number one?  Captain Pike's? Captain Picard's?  What about Captain Janeway's Chakotay?  Take the Twitter poll!

Is The Beard Evil or Sexy?

The Beard.  Riker did it.  Data tried to do it.  Geordi even tried the lusty lure of the beard.  Before all of them, there was that naughty Mister Spock from that alternate universe who did the facial hair thing in a most logical way.

Mirror, Mirror on the wall:  Is the beard sexy or evil?  Maybe both?

Trek Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

Vulcans really know how to turn a memorable phrase.  Live Long & Prosper.  Infinite Diversity Infinite Combination.  Fascinating.  Logic dictates.  Etc.  You could even say Vulcans know how to rap.

Check out Mister Spock flashing that Vulcan peace sign.  Vulcan philosophy?  Maybe it's simply good old fashioned common sense.

50th Anniversary Art Exhibit

Set phasers on fun for the Star Trek 50th Art Exhibit

William Shatner On His Bromance With Leonard Nimoy

Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock go together like milk and cookies or Han and Luke.  With the passing of Leonard Nimoy, that iconic pair has finally been separated.  Leonard's co-star and longtime friend William Shatner, has written a tribute book detailed their unique friendship.  Sadly at the end of Nimoy's life, the actor stopped talking to his former starship Captain.  Why?  You'll have to buy the book to find out. 

http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/15/william-shatner-admits-he-misses-star-trek-co-star-leonard-nimoy-as-he-pens-new-book-about-their-friendship-5684318/

Spock And Sylar

Zachary Quinto boasts two geektastic characters to his professional acting credit.  Spock?  Sylar?  Must we really make the choice?  This cheeky meme says it all!

Star Trek Beyond Cast On Enterprise Set

Here's some behind the scenes fun with the cast of Star Trek: Beyond - right at home on the set of Starship Enterprise.

Leonard Nimoy's Daughter Seeks To Finish His Last Project

Spock was known to help out Bones in sickbay more than a few times. With that spirit in mind, a look at a real life medical condition will hopefully be Leonard Nimoy's last and lasting film legacy.  Nimoy's final film project, unfinished at the time of his death, is being picked up and will be finished by his daughter, Julie Nimoy.  

The film is a documentary on the condition known as COPD - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - the illness which contributed to actor Leonard Nimoy's death.  Read more about the project here.

Spock's Got Wheels

It's only logical.  Even Vulcans love a set of hot wheels.

My Fusion Interview With Manu Saadia

My interview for Fusion - I had a blast with this! Thanks, Manu! 

http://fusion.net/story/246713/star-trek-sex/

Kim Darby in Miri

Oh these kids today!  Oh those grownups!  Oh those grups!

Actress Kim Darby (True Grit) played the girl smitten with William Shatner's Captain Kirk in the original series episode, Miri.  She may have appeared as if she was just barely escaping the torturous throws of puberty, but Miri came from a race of folk who tinkered with their DNA. In truth, she was many hundreds of years old, and since the genetic tampering incurs madness and finally death, she and her fellow ancient children were running out of time.