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Tag Archives: star trek
SIX OF THE BEST… rules for naming your characters
With NaNoWriMo coming up, I wanted to do a column about character naming. Because nobody needs to read a book with someone named Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way.
Posted in column, nerdery public, nonfiction, six of the best, writing
Tagged Captain America, civl war, crossbones, Dostoyevsky, ebony dark'ness dementia raven way, my immortal, nano, nanowrimo, punctuation shaker, rogue one, sean mcmullen, souls in the great machine, spelling, star trek, star wars, the brothers karamazov, twee, twilight, writing
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SIX OF THE BEST… things The Orville did better than Star Trek: Discovery
I really wanted to like Star Trek: Discovery, but CBS and Paramount are making it really hard. Meanwhile, The Orville is fun, funny, and hopeful. It’s much better than Discovery. Here’s why.
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Tagged abramsverse, all access, bryan fuller, canon, cbs, dick jokes, discovery, executive producer, fox, greek chorus, humor, jason isaacs, klingons, prime universe, seth macfarlane, sonequa martin-green, star trek, star trek discovery, super serious, the orville
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SIX OF THE BEST… lessons learned from things in my cubicle
I was really reaching for a topic this week, but I think I pulled this one out rather nicely. Deep down, it’s about staying positive at work by surrounding yourself with positive icons.
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Tagged a man pile-driving a shark, cubicle, death, denvercoder9, endless, ozy and millie, peanuts, snoopy, star trek, work, xkcd
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SIX OF THE BEST… methods of faster-than-light travel
Warp speed. Light speed. Ludicrous speed. Which is the best?
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Tagged Babylon 5, dune, embassytown, farscape, faster than light, folding space, grimspace, holtzmann, immer, jump drive, jump gate, leviathan, lightspeed, norman spinrad, purrgil, star trek, star wars, starburst, the void captain’s tale, warp drive
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SIX OF THE WORST… Enterprise design problems
If you really think about it, the starship Enterprise is pretty poorly designed.
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Tagged airplanes, alliance, bridge, cockpit, crashing, enterprise, firefly, heart of gold, martian successor nadesico, matt jefferies, millennium falcon, mon calamari, pylons, seatbelts, seatguru, spaceballs, star trek, star wars, the motion picture, windows
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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons to show fewer movie commercials
You might have heard that a little movie called Rogue One is coming out on Friday. If you haven’t, you clearly haven’t been anywhere near the media for the past… oh… year or so. Pretty much since the Monday after The Force … Continue reading
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Tagged batman v superman, clickbait, collateral beauty, cover girl, eight minutes, Entertainment Tonight, hunger games, jyn erso, movie, nissan rogue, rogue one, simon pegg, spiderman: homecoming, star trek, subway, the force awakens, the undiscovered country, trailer
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about the Abramsverse
If you didn’t know there was a Star Trek reboot series, helmed (for lack of a better word) by JJ Abrams, then you probably don’t live on the planet Earth. And even though the latest iteration isn’t written or directed … Continue reading
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Tagged abramsverse, gene roddenberry, JJ Abrams, lens flares, reboot, star trek, star wars, tie-in novels
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Fan Film Review: “Star Trek: Renegades”
Tim Russ is probably best known for his role as Tuvok on Star Trek: Voyager. However, since the end of that series, he’s devoted his time to producing fan films that extend the story of Star Trek independent of both … Continue reading
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Tagged invictus, of gods and men, renegades, star trek, tim russ, tuvok, voyager
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SIX OF THE BEST… animated Star Trek episodes
As a (hopefully) regular reader of this column, you should know by now that I love Star Trek. Even the Animated Series. It’s only 22 episodes, but it’s better than you might expect. Here are six to watch. SIX OF … Continue reading
SIX OF THE WORST… even-numbered Star Trek films
It’s generally accepted that the even-numbered Star Trek films are the best of the bunch. Each film is pretty good, but there are flaws, some of them big enough for the guy from CinemaSins to drive a Mack Truck through. … Continue reading
SIX OF THE BEST… odd-numbered Star Trek films
I think people throw far too much shade at that odd-numbered films. I think it’s time to change that. SIX OF THE BEST… odd-numbered Star Trek films – The Nerdery Public
