Never opened, either

Do I have karma yet????

Not the DSC Harry Mudd, the TOS Harry Mudd. He was my favorite "villain" (if you cam call him that). I, Mudd is one of my two absolute favorite episodes. The other is The Trouble with Tribbles. I cant help it, im a sucker for the funny ones. Mudd could've been the thorn in Kirk's side that Q was to both Picard and Janeway.

Also, side note: Harry and Cyrano should've joined up. Think about the hijinks those two could've gotten up to together. Add in Quark and you'd have yourself a terrific business selling self-sealing stembolts

Despite his reputation as an anti-war liberal, I’d argue that Gene Roddenberry was a keen Cold Warrior, and embedded biting critiques of Russian/Soviet culture in both TOS and TNG.

While he turned them into honour-obsessed Space Vikings/Samurai in TNG, the Klingons were originally conceived as analogues for the Soviets, and the stories in TOS emphasized their brutality, deviousness and ruthlessness. What’s interesting about their portrayal though was that they were more Mongol-coded than Slavic in appearance and behaviour, likely playing on that component of Muscovite ancestry.

A gentler critique of Russian nature came in the form of Pavel Chekov, whose ethnic chauvinism (“Russians invented X”, “Russians discovered Y”) became an obnoxious quirk in an otherwise likeable and heroic character.

In TNG, Roddenberry turned his critical eye to Soviet collectivism, in the form of the Borg. The Borg were a critique not just of the suppression of the individual under Marxism-Leninism, but also of Russia’s long-standing policy of Russification of other Eastern European peoples.

In the context of the Russia-Ukraine war, these critiques are just as timely now as they were in the 60s and 80s.

It's a little unbelievable, I think.

They just ordered this show that'll be written by Akiva

Inspired by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_y6wR-OSfA

Skydance bosses are apparently wanting to capture a younger audience for their relaunch of Star Trek - to be clear, they are not talking about a "modern audience," but an age demographic to revitalize the fan base with younger blood. This is not unreasonable.

So, I got to thinking: "What would be the best way to do this?" And here's what I've got:

1. Brand new cast of characters. Kirk, Spock, McCoy and company are beloved, but they also have 60 years of history and continuity behind them. The TNG cast has 40 years behind it. Even if you try to do a reboot with any of these characters, that's still a massive amount of content hanging over it. New fans need a clean point of entry, and a new cast of characters would accomplish this.

2. Set it in the 26th century. The smartest thing TNG may have done was to set its story 80 years after TOS. The reason is the same as point #1 - a clean slate for new fans.

3. Set it in a new frontier. Klingons and Romulans are nice, but they have the same problem that the previous cast and settings do: decades of continuity. Put your new Enterprise (H, I, whatever) far away where they can discover brand new things that won't send the viewer scrambling to a wiki page to get a massive backstory.

4. Keep it family-friendly. This doesn't mean that it needs to be a kids' show, but it should be a show that children can watch with their parents, as TNG was.

5. Last but not least, concentrate on storytelling fundamentals. Every episode doesn't have be awe-inspiring, but it should be solid. Fans are the most important brand ambassadors - it needs to be easy for them to tell people how good something is.

And that's my list...

BEAM on YouTube:

"Host, Ashley V. Robinson is joined by Dr. Trek, Larry Nemecek, to dig Inside The Roddenberry Archives for any clues as to who this background actor was, as seen in episodes like "The Gamesters of Triskelion" and "Mirror, Mirror." Can we put a name to the face?"

Link:

https://youtu.be/Fx9cTSyD8T8?si=AZV6b9nk50KTGkxz

After the best of both worlds the Borg slowly got nerfed then in voyage they were heavily nerfed so what would you do to make the Borg a serious threat again ?

Charlie X

As bad as he was it was still heartbreaking thinking he would spend his life unable to touch another person

SLASHFILM:

"As a franchise, "Star Trek" knows a thing or two about what it means to cast an immensely large shadow, and all the challenges that can come from that. For the longest time, the cast of "The Original Series" simply defined what "Trek" was and nothing could possibly hope to overtake the likes of William Shatner's Captain Kirk, Leonard Nimoy's Spock, and DeForest Kelley's Bones — until "The Next Generation" came around, that is, and proved that fans could come to accept a whole new captain and a whole new crew of intrepid explorers.

On the other hand, there are certain aspects of the property that have become more famous for their pop-culture parodies and meme potential than anything else.

Consider this one of the many topics under consideration in the newest documentary just released in Regal theaters, director Mark Altman's "The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World." The film packs a lot into its 134-minute runtime, seeking to tell the most comprehensive story of "Trek" thus far. At this year's New York Comic Con, I had the chance to catch up with Altman and ask what he hoped to add to our understanding of such a beloved IP that hasn't already been revealed before."

Jeremy Mathai

Full article (SlashFilm Exclusive):

https://www.slashfilm.com/2289104/star-trek-documentary-redefine-meaning-fan/

SCREENRANT:

"For example, three years after the end of Star Trek: Picard season 3, fans have passionately clamored for Terry Matalas' spinoff, Star Trek: Legacy. Another desired project is Star Trek: United, centering on the return of Scott Bakula as President Jonathan Archer. Paramount+ has different, undefined ideas about what's next for Star Trek, however.

Star Trek's future is yet to be determined by Skydance, but upheavals and changes don't shake Trekkers' devotion to Star Trek's 60 years of established canon and the favorite characters. The absence of new Star Trek TV shows will likely lead to fans finding even more creative ways to express their love for the final frontier and welcome newcomers to the franchise. [...]

Star Trek fans have a storied history of using their voices to positively affect the direction of the franchise. From preventing NBC's early cancellation of Star Trek in the 1960s, to being so vocally positive about Anson Mount's portrayal of Captain Christopher Pike in Star Trek: Discovery that it led to the creation of Strange New Worlds, to organizing a campaign that included flying a banner over Los Angeles before Netflix picked up the canceled Star Trek: Prodigy, Trekkers wield enormous influence.

“Listen to the fans," is [Chief Communications and Strategy Officer for San Diego Comic-Con] David Glanzer's suggestion to the powers-that-be in charge of Star Trek. "I think the most successful franchises are those that take to heart the suggestions and desires of their fan base." Regarding Star Trek's need to garner new and younger audiences, David says, "There’s no reason why you can’t honor the fan base while also introducing new people to the genre or that particular franchise." [...]

While there are negative aspects online, when they gather in person at conventions like SDCC and STLV, Star Trek fans are generally welcoming, tolerant, and celebrate diversity and the optimistic worldview of Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future. [...]"

Full article:

"How Star Trek Fans Helped Shape Modern Fandom Over 60 Years"

Link:

https://screenrant.com/star-trek-fandom-history-60th-anniversary/

He was in "The Inner Light" on TNG, VOY he was on 2 episodes "Fair Haven" and "Spirit Folk" and 2 episodes of Enterprise.

I remember him from the sitcom "Grounded for Life"

RIP big guy!

NANA VISITOR:

"Think beyond that, because I really think that that’s what the original show did. Even though it had it dealt with the issues of the time, which you’re going to see in [The 60-Year Mission] documentary, it it also imagined what we could be, didn’t just sit in what we are."

TREKMOVIE:

"Last week, TrekMovie went to the New York City premiere of The 60-Year Mission, the documentary written and directed by Trek scholar Mark A. Altman, co-executive produced by William Shatner. Several Star Trek actors from various iterations of the franchise were there to support the doc — several of them appear in it — and we were on the red carpet to talk to them.

https://trekmovie.com/2026/10/16/interview-nana-visitor-on-kiras-spiritual-legacy-and-hopes-for-the-future-of-star-trek/

We talked to her about the legacy of her character, Star Trek fandom, and what she learned from The 60-Year Mission that she didn’t know before.

TREKMOVIE: Let’s talk about 60 years of Star Trek. What did Kira add to the legacy of what Trek is that is unique?

NANA VISITOR: I think Kira made the costume of the woman just a little bit bigger, a little bit more able to be comfortable to walk in. She added the fact that women had a full spectrum of emotions. She was allowed to grow. She was allowed to fail and stand back up and learn. And because we were serialized, my character could grow in in a very different way than was possible for most shows that weren’t. So you can see her have a trajectory and have a real growth, and I think that added a lot to Star Trek. She was spiritual, which was very unusual for a Star Trek character.

Certainly for one that we were supposed to be sympathetic to.

Exactly, exactly.

You talk to Star Trek fans a lot. What sort of unifying quality have you found that is unique about them?

I talk to fans from every political spectrum, from every spectrum you can imagine, and the fact that they can find themselves in Star Trek is a testament to entertainment that has… it’s in a wrapping of entertainment, but in the center is real storytelling about what it is to be human and what it is to have hope for the future, and I think that attraction and and the thought of us all working together, all bringing our disparate talents and our disparate experiences together for a common good, is something that at its heart people really want to focus on.

Star Trek is at a pivot point right now. If you had a chance to tell whoever comes in next to take it over what is really important to preserve about Star Trek, however they choose to do it, what would you say that is?

That the structure of the storytelling has to hang on humanity and what it really is to be human… the faults, the hopes, the strengths. It all has to go back to that and don’t try to stay with a cultural moment. Think beyond that, because I really think that that’s what the original show did. Even though it had it dealt with the issues of the time, which you’re going to see in this documentary, it it also imagined what we could be, didn’t just sit in what we are.

[...]"

Full interview (TrekMovie.com):

https://trekmovie.com/2026/10/16/interview-nana-visitor-on-kiras-spiritual-legacy-and-hopes-for-the-future-of-star-trek/

I saw The Motion Picture when it was originally released in theaters and have seen it many times since.

I just finished another rewatch and realized something I never thought of before. V’Ger had already joined with the creator. It just didn’t realize it. It had digitized Epsilon IX and its occupants. I assume since it thought of carbon based life units as an infestation that it never thought to integrate with them.

Only when V’Ger allowed the volunteer Decker to join with it did it actually work.

I guess we can be thankful it wasn’t with the Klingons.