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It's hard to think of a more everlasting and impactful science fiction property than "Star Trek." In 1966, what is now known as "Star Trek: The Original Series" premiered on NBC, the brainchild of creator, writer, and executive producer Gene Roddenberry. What made "Star Trek" unique for its time was its devotion to an optimistic vision of society, one where human civilization has moved past war and poverty, boldly going "where no man has gone before." This utopian future was reflected by a diverse cast, with the crew of the USS Enterprise including a woman of African descent (Nyota Uhura,...

William Shatner just tweeted the following:“It’s called Presentism and it was used wreak havoc on history several years ago when statues were torn down, books were banned and things renamed to prove how progressive the world had become. Just listen to my opening monologue on Star Trek TOS on Paramount+. They intentionally garbled it on every episode because I say ‘where no man has gone before’ That’s Presentism at its finest hour.”https://x.com/WilliamShatner/status/1909959257753358797

Happy 94th birthday to the great William Shatner! The Canadian actor, recording artist, equine enthusiast and space traveler was born in Montreal on March 22, 1931. He’s entertained generations and captured our imaginations in The Twilight Zone, the Star Trek TV and film series, cop series T.J. Hooker, drama Boston Legal, docuseries Rescue 911 and so much more. Shatner is still going strong, making TV and movie guest appearances and doing voice work, all in between traveling to fan conventions, film screenings and other public appearances. He recently said he would be open to playing Capt. James T. Kirk again,...

CIENTISTS FIRST SHOWED TELEPORTATION WAS POSSIBLE back in 1993, when a team from IBM published a paper about teleporting a quantum state—rather than just an object—in the journal Physical Review Letters.

In this Behind-The-Scenes video from Star Trek (The Original Series - TOS), we learn how The U.S.S. 1701 Enterprise flies in space, which is reminiscent of the Red Hot Chili Peppers Song, Californication, which lyrics say, "Space may be the final frontier, but it's made in a Hollywood basement..." Seriously, this takes place at Desilu Studios, and we learn the Bluescreen techniques used with front lighting, back lighting, rear lighting, and how intricate it was. (All of these Star Trek scenes are from The Roddenberry Vault Blu-Ray Set). Enjoy.

Star Trek: Deleted Scene - Who Mourns For Adonais? - Lt. Carolyn Palomas Is Pregnant With Apollo's Child. In this deleted scene from Star Trek (The Original Series - TOS), from the episode, "Who Mourns For Adonais?", on the Enterprise bridge, this scene was voiced by the Script Director, with Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) giving facial expressions, as responses. Dr. McCoy says that Lt. Carolyn Palomas is pregnant, with Apollo's child. Captain Kirk responds with, "What?" McCoy continues that he has a question for Spock's computer: Will the child be man or god? This is reminiscent of Genesis, Chapter 6...

Star Trek: Deleted Scene - Space Seed - "Khan Stuns Dr. McCoy And Takes Control Of The Enterprise." In this deleted scene from Star Trek (The Original Series - TOS), from the episode, "Space Seed," Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban) takes control of the U.S.S. Enterprise with his Genetically-Modified DNA ('Seed') Eugenics Super-Humans. Khan has placed Captain Kirk in the Compression Chamber, and the executive staff is in the Executive Briefing Room, where, held captive is Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Dr. McCoy (Deforest Kelley), Commander Montgomery Scott (James Doohan), Lt. Nyota Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), and traitor, Lt. Marla McGivers (Madlyn...

Star Trek: Deleted Scene - The Doomsday Machine - "Commodore Decker Was Begged By His Crew For Help". "The Doomsday Machine" was written by Norman Spinrad, and directed by Marc Daniels. In this deleted Star Trek (TOS - The Original Series) scene, Commodore Matt Decker (William Windom) has an alternate take, with Captain James Kirk (William Shatner) asking him questions, of camera. This deleted scene has alternate dialogue from Matt Decker (William Windom), who does an absolutely brilliant job of acting, where, you actually feel his pain, for the loss of his entire crew, on a planet that was devoured...

While the mighty Anan 7 is comprehensively beguiling Diplomat Fox with almost disdainful ease, Mr. Scott is not buyin' it. When the utterly hoodwinked Fox gives his extremely dubious order (which would have meant the summary destruction of The Enterprise, including all crew), Mr. Scott yields not an inch.

Star Trek: Deleted Scene - "The City On The Edge Of Forever" - "Kirk & Edith Have Fallen In Love." In this deleted scene from Star Trek (The Original Series - TOS), Sister Edith Keeler (Joan Collins) almost falls down the stairs by her apartment, when Captain Kirk catches her, and she breaks her heel, but this time, she continues to speak romantically to her young man, James T. Kirk (William Shatner), and she says to him how she has fallen in love with him. The two passionately kiss, as they talk about 'forever', and Kirk cryptically says if she...

The Star Trek film franchise has thirteen releases spanning 1979 to 2016, but there is one film often held up as the one of the best of the genre, 1982’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. And today the film picked up another major accolade, being named as one of the movies added to the National Film Registry for Preservation by the Library of Congress. Khan preserved for the ages Today, the Library of Congress announced the 25 films being added to the National Film Registry for Preservation for 2024. Films added to the registry are chosen “due to...

The film released today by the Roddenberry Archive and their technology partner OTOY (in cooperation with Paramount) is titled Unification. It launched on The Archive web portal (at roddenberry.x.io) and via the Apple Vision Pro app. This is the fourth from the Archive’s “765874” series of films tied into Star Trek using a combination of live-action footage and computer generated imagery. William Shatner and other Star Trek vets were involved in the making of this new film. Check out what they describe as a “mind-bending Star Trek experience celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Trek Generations.”

...He starred as the title character in the horror series, depicting the ghostly Candyman character with a hook for a hand, summoned by saying his name five times in front of a mirror. Todd continued as Candyman from the first film in 1992 through follow-ups in 1995 and 1999, and reprised the role in 2021 for a fourth film serving as a direct sequel to the original. Throughout his 40-year career, Todd also featured in hundreds of films, stage productions and television dramas, including roles in the Transformers and Final Destination films. In Candyman, Todd's titular character is the ghost...

Teri Garr, 'Young Frankenstein' actress, dead at 79 'Tootsie' actress Teri Garr died Tuesday of multiple sclerosis Teri Garr, known for her work in "Young Frankenstein" and "Tootsie," died Tuesday. She was 79. Garr's publicist confirmed to The Associated Press that the comedian died of multiple sclerosis.

Actress Teri Garr has died at age 79, Variety reported on Tuesday. Garr passed away in Los Angeles after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. The late star was best known for her roles in the films “Young Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” the latter of which earned her an Oscar nomination. Garr was born on December 11, 1944 in Lakewood, Ohio. She moved to Los Angeles and then later to New York to pursue acting. She started out as a go-go dancer and made appearances in six Elvis Presley musicals in the 1960s. Her first on-screen speaking role was in 1968’s...

This simulation shows a top-down view of how different light patterns in red and green are generated when fed with input from a waveguide on the left. Credit: Md Nafiz Amin =================================================================================== A new miniature spectrometer combines cutting-edge technology with affordability, offering high precision in fields such as astronomy and health diagnostics. This device promises to bring complex spectral analysis into more frequent use by reducing size and cost, without sacrificing performance. Spectrometers, tools for analyzing light, have been around since the time of 17th-century physicist Isaac Newton. They function by splitting light waves into their various colors, or spectra,...

Scientists working in the remote rainforests of Madagascar say they’ve discovered seven new frog species whose calls sound similar to Star Trek sound effects, which are often heard on the iconic TV franchise’s various series. Due to these auditory similarities, the researchers have named the newly discovered amphibians after seven of the franchise’s most iconic captains. “Not only do these frogs sound like sound effects from Star Trek, but it seems also fitting that to find them, you often have to do quite a bit of trekking!” quipped senior study author, Assistant Professor Mark D. Scherz from the Natural History...

Immortal mystery man reported in 18th Century London, Paris, virtuoso violinist, multilingual, never explained his origins. Voltaire mentions him as a man who never dies.

James Darren has died at the age of 88. The actor was best known for his role in the 1959 film Gidget, as well as his TV role decades later on T.J. Hooker. At the start of his career, Darren was considered to be a teen idol. According to a statement on his website, the actor died in his sleep at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 2.

Star Trek Ha-ha of the day… Why did Captain Jean-Luc Picard throw out his cup of Eau Grey tea? …….. Because there was a Borg in it. 😁