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A "Star Trek" actress says conservative backlash is pushing the franchise to lean harder into what she calls its "super woke" identity. Among the critics is White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who has accused the franchise of abandoning its core audience. Gina Yashere, who plays Lura Thok in the new Paramount+ series "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy," responded online after sharing a clip from comedian Bill Maher’s show that touched on the controversy. "All of the hatred coming at us is from fragile, angry White men, talking about either our non-whiteness or our bodies," Yashere wrote Sunday in...

One of my earliest memories dates to when I was three or, at most, four. Every day, I was glued to our black-and-white TV watching Romper Room, a television show for preschoolers. Miss Nancy opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then conducted a 30-minute preschool class. This is what Miss Nancy was like back in the 1960s: It’s very sweet, very loving, very patriotic, and very appropriate for the 3-5-year-old set. But what happens when an entire political party is taken over by a horde of Miss Nancys? And worse, what happens when those Miss Nancys don’t focus their...

“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,” a new series set in the “Star Trek” universe, is getting review-bombed online after debuting its first two episodes Thursday night, with some anti-”woke” critics targeting the show, including Trump advisor Stephen Miller. The first two episodes of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” premiered Thursday night on Paramount+, while the first episode is also streaming for free on YouTube. The teen-focused show stars Holly Hunter as the chancellor of the titular “Starfleet Academy,” set centuries in the future but roughly around the time of the later seasons of “Star Trek: Discovery.” Despite decent critic reviews and a...

Yes, this is real (see clip)

On January 15, 1972, a song unlike any other in popular music history soared to the top of the American charts — “American Pie” by singer-songwriter Don McLean reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning a remarkable four-week run at the summit of the pop charts. Recorded in May 1971 and released later that year, “American Pie” was more than just another folk-rock single; it was an epic musical poem that captured the imagination of listeners across generations. At over eight minutes long, the complete version of the song was unusually extended for a single, yet its...

This clip from Starfleet Academy, the new Star Trek series, proves that ST has hit rock bottom. Apparently, it's not AI created. It's for real. I also saw it reposted on the Not The Bee's X thread.

Pete Hegseth flashed a Vulcan salute Monday as he joined Elon Musk at SpaceX headquarters, where the war secretary touted the Pentagon’s wartime approach to unleashing technological innovation. “We want to make Star Trek real,” Musk said as he welcomed Hegseth to Starbase, the small South Texas town incorporated by SpaceX employees and home to the tech tycoon’s massive rocket-building facility and launch site. “Star Trek real,” Hegseth quipped after being introduced by Musk. The war secretary’s remarks – part of his “Arsenal of Freedom” tour – emphasized the need for the US to “win the strategic competition for 21st...

Star Trek legend William Shatner was hospitalized for a medical emergency involving his blood sugar late Wednesday afternoon, sources with direct knowledge said. Shatner, 94, who is beloved by Trekkies as the show's lead character Captain Kirk, is said to have experienced the health downturn while at his home in Los Angeles. Insiders say that when the issue occurred, he called the emergency services and a Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance arrived on the scene. He was purportedly taken to a local hospital for evaluation, and is now 'resting comfortably' and doing 'good,' the sources informed TMZ. Shatner still has...

I feel sorry that people under 65 years old won’t get a chuckle out of this. EC

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When the USS Enterprise crew is called in to investigate a slew of miners getting burned to a crisp by a mysterious creature, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy and the gang run into something they didn't think was even possible! Join Possum Rob as he takes a look at the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Devil in the Dark!"

The last time Jim Ryan ran for governor of Illinois, he offered voters a clear choice between a man who never took a dime in public life and Rod Blagojevich. And though many would like to forget it, they chose Blagojevich. "The infrastructure of the Illinois Republican Party has never really been for me," Ryan said over breakfast the other day as we talked about that 2002 campaign and his current run in the crowded GOP primary for governor. "I'm not a deal-maker. And senior Republicans knew my reputation. They knew I wouldn't be flexible." Seven years ago, Ryan, then...

The fourth instalment in the cursed Soviet Trek Series. A prequel of sorts!

Welcome to Redneck Star Trek, where sweet tea flows like warp plasma and Tribbles clog up the septic. This AI generated music video is a wild ride through retro futuristic chaos, deep-fried dreams, and redneck trek pride. With ai music, ai country, and a smokin’ redneck remix, this is Beam Me Up, Bubba like you’ve never seen.

Star Trek legend Peter-Henry Schroeder has died aged 90. The American actor was best known from Star Trek: Enterprise, the 2000s TV iteration of the long-running sci-fi series which ran for four seasons. Peter is reported to have 'passed away peacefully' in June while surrounded by members of his family at the Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Centre in Florida. His cause of death is unknown at this point. Deadline reports that during his final days, Peter-Henry was repeatedly asking when he was going to be allowed out of hospital and back to work. He asked doctors and his family:...

Star Trek: Soviet edition PART 2. TNG era this time.

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.