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Here’s a trivia question for everyone: What’s the connection between Star Trek: The Original Series and the movies The Goonies, Throw Momma from the Train, and Scrooged? The answer is… Logan Ramsey, the late, great character actor whose career spanned from 1948 to 1999 and who would have turned 104 on March 21, 2025.

Star Trek fans will recall that Ramsey low-key chewed the scenery as Proconsul Claudius Marcus in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “Bread and Circuses.” He’s the character who gave his slave, Drusilla (Lois Jewell), to Captain Kirk (William Shatner), so that Kirk could enjoy “some last hours as a man” before his execution. Sadly, Ramsey died of a heart attack at the age of 79 in 2000.

In addition to Star Trek, he counted among his many theater, movie, and television credits The Devil’s Disciple and The Great Indoors, both on stage; the films Head, Walking Tall, Any Which Way You Can,...

During Star Trek's original run, viewers got their first look at a new bridge character during season 2: Pavel Chekov, a Russian-born ensign fresh out of the academy. Only 22 at the time, he brought a sense of youthful (if not often surly) good humor to the bridge and crew. While Chekov didn't appear in every episode during seasons 2 and 3, he made his mark. He returned for the original series movies, with Walter Koenig bringing back Chekov's fatalistic humor as Enterprise's security chief. From Star Trek: The Motion Picture to Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country, the now-seasoned commander had some unforgettable moments in each film, so let's revisit the top 6 Pavel Chekov movie moments that remind us that he is much more than Gene Roddenberry's "Russian inwention."

1. Giving Spock permission to come aboard in Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Spock's return to Enterprise in the first original...

There would be no Star Trek without the vision of creator Gene Roddenberry, who used the television series to look at an idyllic future where peace is the goal, and people of all nationalities and planets come together under an altruistic Federation, all while making subtle (and not so subtle) commentary on contemporary issues like race relations. So when his idea for a follow-up series became Star Trek: The Motion Picture, it only made sense that he would be in control of the franchise on the cinema front as well. And he was. Briefly.

When "Star Trek" was being developed back in the mid-1960s, creator Gene Roddenberry didn't want to make the show's Julian year explicit. It was to be set in the future, yes, but Roddenberry wanted to discourage any potential nitpicking of the timeline. Most of the early developmental materials merely said that "Star Trek" took place "about 200 years from now," and all of the dates were to be given in a new, fictional time-measuring metric called stardates. The original "Star Trek" pilot took place on stardate 1312.4, which initially had no meaning. No one, not even the "Star Trek" showrunners, assigned any span of time to any of the digits in a stardate. It just sounded futuristic. 

Also, ridding the galaxy of the Julian calendar was logical in a sci-fi context. "Star Trek" takes place in a galaxy overseen by a multi-planetary Federation, and all of those planets would likely have...

Before he created Westworld and Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton first blurred the line between science fiction and science fact with his 1969 breakout success, The Andromeda Strain.

The 1971 film adaptation of the novel will infect 4K Ultra HD on May 15 from Arrow Video.

Robert Wise directs the sci-fi thriller from a script by Nelson Gidding (The Haunting).

Arrow previously restored the film in 4K from the original camera negative with original uncompressed mono audio. It’s presented in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible).

Special Features:

Audio commentary by critic Bryan Reesman A New Strain of Science Fiction – Video appreciation by critic Kim Newman The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film – 2001 featurette featuring interviews with director Robert Wise and screenwriter Nelson Gidding A Portrait of Michael Crichton – 2001 interview with author Michael Crichton Cinescript Gallery – Highlights from the annotated and illustrated shooting script by Nelson Gidding Theatrical trailer TV spots Radio spots Image gallery Booklet...

When reviewing movies, the website Rotten Tomatoes is certainly one of the most recognizable and acclaimed. Since 1998, Rotten Tomatoes has been using a rating system of aggregating positive reviews from its roster of film and television critics, where its famous Tomatometer designates a film's tomato status.

A film can be designated as "Rotten" with less than 60% of reviews being positive, "Fresh" with at least 60% of reviews being positive, or "Certified Fresh" with 75% or higher scores from at least 5 of their top critics. Let's see which Star Trek films are "Fresh" and which ones are not.

#14 – Star Trek: Section 31 (2025) “Rotten” – 19% Tomatometer

With a “Rotten” Tomatometer score of 19%, the Michelle Yeoh-led Paramount+ streaming film centers around a secret mission orchestrated by a team of agents who work for a black ops organization called Section 31. Section 31 is a clandestine organization within the Federation that carries out secret missions to save the galaxy,...

The Academy Awards aren’t exactly an objective measure of cinematic quality, but it’s always gratifying to see hard-working artists be rewarded for their output – especially when those artists happen to work in the horror genre. And in honor of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance being nominated for a whopping five Oscars this year, we’ve decided to look back on the small selection of horror movies that have managed to win Academy Awards.

Of course, the lines separating one genre from another can sometimes be hard to define, so don’t be surprised if we end up disagreeing on what does or doesn’t count as a proper horror picture. That being said, don’t forget to comment below with your own Oscar-winning favorites if you think we missed a particularly good one.

With that out of the way, onto the list…

14. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Often cited as one...

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The 2004 reboot of Battlestar Galacticais, in many ways, the anti-Star Trek. The universe created by Gene Roddenberry six decades ago is a hopeful, aspirational view of humanity's future. BSG was a dour, cynical view of humanity's distant past. Still, both series share the talents of writer Ronald D. Moore, and how Star Trek inspired BSG is reflected by a significant omission from the Battlestar Galactica ship.

Battlestar Galactica is arguably the most influential show to come from the era of SyFy originals. While it may not have the longevity of the Star Trek universe, it remains a well-regarded series that made miracles happen on a tight budget. Like all good science fiction,...

Despite being nominated for three Academy Awards, Star Trek: The Motion Picture wasn't a fan favorite film. Though the cast of Star Trek: The Original Series were reunited onscreen for the first time in ten years, the movie wasn't the best it could have been for some fans. There were criticisms about the characters and how most of their time was spent staring at a screen. That was a concern for the actors, too.

In The Fifty Year Mission The First Twenty-Five Years by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, DeForest Kelley was quoted as saying "the characterizations were not there." He was worried about what this would mean to the film, and so were William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. So the actors chose to intervene.

Kelley said "We had to put up a great fight. I think anyone will tell you that if the actors hadn't fought like hell to reestablish those relationships,...

Star Trek: The Original Series was the lead show for the franchise, and though there were plenty of bumps and bruises along the way, it made it to three seasons, becoming popular in reruns. That, of course, led to the potential Star Trek: Phase II series which, in turn, became Star Trek: The Motion Picture. As the popularity of Star Trek grew, a new series with a new crew set aboard the Enterprise became a reality, but before that could take place, there were some issues that David Gerrold, the writer of The Trouble with Tribbles, pointed out. [via ForgottenTrek.com]

The first problem Gerrold mentioned was the captain always going away on dangerous missions. It wasn't wise to put the leader of the ship in peril every episode. The planning of Star Trek Phase II introduced a first officer who could beam down to the planets with an away team. This resolved...

When Robert Wise's "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" beamed into theaters on December 7, 1979, it was a gift to the fanbase that had grown up around "The Original Series" after NBC canceled it in 1969, and a cordial invitation to everyone else to join the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. When the $44 million film grossed a disappointing $83 million in the United States, the future of "Star Trek" was once again uncertain.

The issue with Wise's film is that it was too reverent in tone and, for newcomers, staid in comparison to the lightsabers-and-blasters derring-do of "Star Wars." Perhaps most damaging of all, it didn't naturally lead to a sequel. Where was "Star Trek" to boldly go from this tepidly received epic (which has found its vociferous defenders over the years)?

The unexpected answer was to blend Gene Roddenberry's socially conscious sci-fi saga with naval warfare yarns like Patrick O'Brian...

One of the most iconic elements of Star Trek is arguably the design of Starfleet uniforms. Bright, primary colors, coupled with the iconic Starfleet delta often screams "Star Trek," even to people who are not fans of the franchise. Despite this, there has actually been a lot of variation in Starfleet uniforms over time. Here, I'll try to rank my (entirely subjective) top 10 Starfleet uniforms.

10. Grey shoulders, colored undershirt Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko, wearing the grey-shoulder-style uniform in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Paramount Pictures/CBS Entertainment

Originally designed by Robert Blackman for the 1996 film Star Trek: First Contact, the first appearance of these uniforms was technically in the Deep Space Nine episode "Rapture." Superficially, these uniforms appear to swap the color pattern of the shoulders and collars in the previous uniforms used on DS9—which were also used for all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager.

Upon closer inspection,...

"Star Trek" hasn't always been on the smoothest of journeys. "The Original Series," the best of "Trek," only lasted three seasons on NBC before the network axed it due to low ratings. Fans were bereft, but they kept the flame burning for a decade (and made do with two seasons of "The Animated Series"), and celebrated when director Robert Wise brought the crew of the Starship Enterprise back for "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." But when the movie failed to perform up to Paramount Pictures' box office expectations (grossing $83 million in the United States on a budget of $44 million), the franchise appeared to be on the ropes again.

Fortunately, director Nicholas Meyer came along and righted the starship with the more sensibly budgeted "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan," which grossed $79 million in the U.S. and set the franchise on a profitable course that made "The Next Generation" viable; from there,...

Of the now 14 Star Trek movies, the newest, Paramount+’s Star Trek: Section 31, now ranks as the worst-reviewed film in the history of the franchise. Forbes reported that the new Michelle Yeoh-led movie, which premiered on Jan. 24, is also lower than any of the Trek television series as well.

Section 31’s Rotten Tomatoes score puts it at the bottom of the list of all the Trek movies, which began in 1979 with Star Trek: The Motion Picture and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise led by James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his team from the original 1966 Star Trek series. The newest film is the first streaming-exclusive movie and follows Yeoh’s Philippa Georgiou, who, while running the Baraam nightclub, is tapped to join the covert black-ops division of Starfleet known as Section 31. As of Jan. 30, Section 31 has a 20% Tomatometer score, based on the reviews of 40 critics...

It's no secret that it took a lot of back and forths to get Star Trek: The Motion Picture greenlit. Originally, it was going to be a series [Phase II], but after Star Wars came out and was so successful at the box office, there was sudden interest in making a big screen Star Trek.

Academy Award winning director Robert Wise, who'd previously directed West Side Story and The Sound of Music, was chosen as the director, and this brought confusion to some of the parties involved. Although Jon Povill, the associate producer said "everyone was pretty much thrilled at the prospect of working with Robert Wise," Richard Taylor, who supervised the storyboarding for The Motion Picture, was also reported in The Fifty Year Mission The First Twenty-Five Years by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman as saying "I don't think he was ever very enthusiastic at all about directing this movie.

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"Star Trek" has been boldly going strong for nearly 60 years at this point. Though it started as a TV show, it was only a matter of time before Starfleet would make its way to the big screen. That began in 1979 with "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," but it's a tradition that continues to this day. As such, when "Star Trek: The Next Generation" wrapped up its seven-season run in 1994, it seemed appropriate that Captain Picard would lead the crew of the Enterprise to the world of major motion pictures.

Ultimately, the cast of "Next Generation" made four movies from 1994 to 2002. Those movies are of varying quality and the merits of each are regularly debated amongst fans. But which one of them does Patrick Stewart prefer? Stewart, who played Picard on all seven seasons of the show as well as the movies,...

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The following contains cast spoilers for Star Trek: Section 31, now streaming on Paramount+.

The latest Star Trek film is unique in the universe for many reasons. Starring Michelle Yeoh as former Terran Emperor Philippa Georgiou, Section 31 introduces a side of the Star Trek galaxy that fans haven't seen before. One way it's not unique, however, is that before it was a film, Section 31 was supposed to be a television series for Paramount.

While the development of Section 31 wasn't nearly as fraught as Star Trek: The Motion Picture (which itself was also meant to be a TV series), it came close.

This post contains spoilers for "Star Trek: Section 31."

Judging by the final tease featured in the new movie "Star Trek: Section 31," Paramount+ isn't done with its squad of extralegal just yet. "Section 31" is a bit of a mixed bag, especially given how long it was in development, but the movie about former mass murderess Philippa Georgiou and her new squad of ne'er-do-wells works well enough as the start of something new — as opposed to the "TV movie event" it's been advertised as.

As an introductory chapter, "Section 31" works thanks to the strengths of its cast and the intriguing charm of nearly every new character. Does the movie borrow too liberally from familiar superhero dynamics like "The Suicide Squad" and heist movies like "Ocean's Eleven?" Sure. But it gets away with it thanks to the enjoyable novelty of its ragtag band of antiheroes, which includes a mech-suit wearing himbo,...

Time to boldly stream, what no man has streamed before. “Star Trek” is set to have a banner year in 2025, with almost every iteration of the hit franchise available to stream on Paramount+.

For any longtime or new Trekkie, Paramount+ is going to be an almost one-stop shop for an upcoming “Star Trek” binge. Buckle up for a content overload if you’re waiting for “Star Trek: Section 31,” “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” or the new season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” because essentially every piece of “Star Trek” story is available watch online.

Here’s where to stream all the movies and TV shows in the “Star Trek” franchise. Live long and prosper!

Where can you stream all the “Star Trek” TV shows?

When it comes to streaming “Star Trek” TV in 2025, then Paramount+ is essentially a one-stop shop. Here’s where every “Star Trek” show to date is available.

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It has been nine years since the last Star Trek film was released in theaters with the critically acclaimed but box office disappointment Star Trek Beyond. This marks the longest gap in the franchise's history without cinematic installments since they moved to the big screen and is almost the exact amount of time between Star Trek: The Original Series going off the air and Star Trek: The Motion Picture. However, just because there has not been a theatrically released Star Trek film, that doesn't mean there won't be a new film in the franchise. Star Trek: Section 31 is set to debut on Paramount+ on Jan. 24, 2025, and will mark the first non-theatrically released film in the franchise's history.

Section 31 stars Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou,...

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From low-budget romps to high-energy blockbuster films, Star Trek has become one of the most influential sci-fi franchises of all time. While Trek has decades worth of TV, film, and animated iterations that might rival Star Wars, it also has its own unique legacy and long-time, passionate cult following (and merch).

In the past few years, the Trek television universe has become one of the highlights of original programming on Paramount+.

Plot: Philippa Georgiou, the parallel timeline version of the deceased USS Discovery Captain, was Emperor of the Terran Empire before coming to our timeline where she joins a secret division of Starfleet known as Section 31. Tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets, she also must face the sins of her past.

Review: I am often an apologist when it comes to big franchises. I have overlooked a lot in Marvel, DC, and Star Wars in favor of pure, unadulterated entertainment. Since Star Trek returned to the small screen in Alex Kurtzman’s expanding portfolio of Paramount+ series with Discovery, I have found a lot to enjoy in each series. While Prodigy and Lower Decks have taken a new angle to Gene Roddenberry’s creation through animation, Picard mined nostalgia for The Next Generation. At the same time, Strange New Worlds harkened back to the heyday of The Original Series.

By the way it was written, Olatunde Osunsanmi's new TV movie "Star Trek: Section 31" stands almost entirely on its own. There are a few references to the "Star Trek" universe at large, but the script (by Craig Sweeny) is careful to explain them all closely. Case in point: the character of Quasi (Sam Richardson) is a Chameloid, a shape-shifting species not seen since Iman's character in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country." Viewers, however, don't need to know anything about Iman or "Star Trek VI" to understand Quasi.

Ditto the character of Rachel Garrett (Kacey Rohl), the young Starfleet lieutenant. Trekkies know Rachel Garrett as the future captain of the Enterprise-c because we met her in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" called "Yesterday's Enterprise." The events of "Yesterday's Enterprise," however, aren't at all referenced in "Section 31." There is also a Deltan character named Melle...

Star Trek had a rough start. Not many shows that only last three seasons and get canceled twice have a 60-year run with dozens of combined films, and shows, with even more books and games. The franchise is a cultural touchstone and simply put, the flag barrier for all things science fiction. Yet, it wasn't the well-received juggernaut it would become today.

And honestly, had it gone longer than three seasons, it may not have become what it is. Star Trek has found success consistently because there is always an appetite for more Star Trek. The franchise only got three seasons, which left the fanbase ravenous for more. So much more that the show was originally in talks to come back as Star Trek: Phase II (at least the working title). Phase II didn't pick up the steam everyone hoped, but enough people believed in the brand that a film...

Star Trek: Section 31 breaks away from a Star Trek movie tradition that began in 1979. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Craig Sweeny, Star Trek: Section 31 premieres Friday, January 24, on Paramount+. Section 31 is the first Star Trek movie made for streaming, and it marks the return of Michelle Yeoh as her fan-favorite anti-heroine, Emperor Philippa Georgiou from Star Trek: Discovery. With Section 31, Yeoh becomes the first woman to headline a Star Trek movie.

Before Star Trek: Section 31, there were 13 Star Trek movies, all of which were theatrically released. Starting with 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture, every decade since has enjoyed at least one Star Trek movie. The first six Star Trek movies starred the cast of Star Trek: The Original Series. Star Trek: The Next Generation then took over the movie franchise with four films. In 2009, J.J. Abrams rebooted Star Trek, setting new adventures of the...

The first Star Trek streaming feature film and the first Trek film in the Paramount+ era is set for a Jan. 24 debut, and the director of Star Trek: Section 31 is teasing the film in a new interview. Olatunde Osunsanmi, who also serves as a producer on the movie, tells Entertainment Weekly that “99 percent” of the scenes belong to the movie’s star, Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh, who reprises her role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou, a character that was first introduced on Paramount+’s Star Trek: Discovery series.

“At the end of the day, each scene usually belongs to one particular character,” Osunsanmi said. “In Section 31, 99 percent of those scenes belong to Michelle Yeoh’s character, Philippa Georgiou. So then what you have is a movie that is visually inspired by who she is. She is unpredictable, she is dangerous, she is relentless, she has also discovered that she is kind...

Star Trek: Section 31 officially makes Michelle Yeoh's impact on Star Trek movies the equivalent of what Kate Mulgrew's Captain Kathryn Janeway meant to Star Trek TV shows. Premiering January 24 on Paramount+, Star Trek: Section 31 is directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Craig Sweeny. Section 31 is the first Star Trek movie made for streaming on Paramount+, and it marks the return of Michelle Yeoh as her iconic anti-heroine, Emperor Philippa Georgiou from Star Trek: Discovery.

There have been 13 theatrical Star Trek movies since Star Trek: The Motion Picture brought Gene Roddenberry's sci-fi franchise to the big screen in 1979. Every previous Star Trek movie has been about a version of the USS Enterprise. The first six Star Trek movies were about Admiral/Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the cast of Star Trek: The Original Series. Star Trek: The Next Generation then had four movies...

I recently watched the 2022 director’s cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture to compare it to the original 1979 release, which was based on Tos. It reminded me of an ongoing rumor and speculation in Star Trek fandom that V'Ger and the Borg may have a shared ancestry or common origin. The Motion Picture is set in the 23rd Century, and the crew of the USS Enterprise is on a mission to investigate a mysterious energy cloud.

As the story progresses, we learn an alien craft is enveloped inside the energy cloud. The cloud is expansive the size of 2 AUs (Astronomical Units). Regarding the massiveness of this energy cloud, 1Au is the distance between the Earth and the Sun, which is a staggering 92.9K miles.

When considering if V’Ger and the Borg had some common ancestry or if one created the other, we must first look at where they...

Everyone has their favorite "Star Trek" captain. Ever since the '90s, debates have raged as to whether Kirk could beat Picard, and once Sisko came along, all bets were off. Just as every Klingon warrior needs a cha'Dich, even the best captain needs a solid second behind them. Over the years, many have tried to follow in the footsteps of Starfleet greatness, sometimes even exceeding it. As great as the limelight is, however, the position of reliable backup can be even harder. 

It's time for the first officers to shine. Who are the greatest seconds-in-command? Like asking what makes a great vice president, that can be tough. Do we want someone who can and will take over or just the very best at carrying out their orders?

For the purposes of equal ranking, we haven't included absolutely every main crew in the franchise -- the musical chairs of the...

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek: Defiant #22!Star Trek: Voyager might be long over, but its heroic legacy continues to inspire, years after it returns home. Voyager came to an end in 2001, making it back to the Alpha Quadrant after seven years of adventures at the other end of the galaxy. Now, as seen in Star Trek: Defiant #22, Voyager’s legacy is still being felt, and might be key to saving countless lives.

Star Trek: Defiant #22 is written by Christopher Cantwell and drawn by Angel Unzueta. Chief O’Brien, Doctor Bashir and B’Elanna Torres, on board the Defiant, are heading back to the Federation. O’Brien comes to Torres, asking for help in dismantling self-replicating mines that are being used to harm innocent people. Torres is reluctant at first, but O’Brien invokes Voyager’s legacy. O’Brien appeals to Torres’ sense of justice, asking how many star systems...

One line in Star Trek Generations explains why Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) remains a captain when Star Trek: Voyager's Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) becomes a Starfleet Admiral. Star Trek Generations opens with Captain James T. Kirk's (William Shatner) publicity tour of the USS Enterprise-b, when a distress call pushes Captain John Harriman (Alan Ruck) to cede command to Kirk. Harriman's concession echoes earlier movies, when then-Admiral Kirk took command of the Enterprise from USS Enterprise Captains Will Decker (Stephen Collins) in Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Eight years after Generations, a Star Trek: Nemesis cameo reveals that Star Trek: Voyager's Kathryn Janeway has been promoted to Vice Admiral, just one year after returning the USS Voyager to the Alpha Quadrant. The USS Voyager was Janeway's first command, suggesting that Janeway spent only eight years as a Captain.

Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) served as the ship's counselor on the USS Enterprise-d throughout all seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Originally conceived to be the Spock (Leonard Nimoy) of Tng, Troi became more of a caregiver character and, in many ways, formed the heart of the show. With a Betazoid mother and a human father, Deanna Troi inherited empathic abilities from her mother, Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett-Roddenberry). Troi could sense the emotions of those around her, which proved useful both as a counselor and as the trusted advisor to Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart).

Counselor Troi's character was largely inspired by Lieutenant Ilia (Persis Khambatta), a character who was originally conceived for the abandoned Star Trek: Phase II and later appeared in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. As a Deltan, Ilia also had empathic abilities, and her relationship with Captain Will Decker (Stephen Collins) has many...

Star Trek has only hinted at the events of Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the USS Enterprise's "lost years". In Star Trek's timeline, the 5-year mission of Captain Kirk and the Starship Enterprise seen in Star Trek: The Original Series took place from 2265-2269. Star Trek: The Motion Picture picked up in the 2270s, and the rest of the Star Trek: The Original Series movies follow a relatively tight chronology from 2285-2293, when Kirk and his Enterprise crew permanently go their separate ways.

Star Trek's 23rd century is well-documented overall. Although the events of the first four and a half decades of the 23rd century are largely unrecorded, between Star Trek: Discovery seasons 1 and 2, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: The Original Series, and the first six Star Trek movies, there is a clear picture from the mid-2250s to 2293. However, in...

Star Trek: Section 31 marks the official comeback of Star Trek movies after a 9-year wait. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Craig Sweeny, Star Trek: Section 31 is headlined by Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh, who returns as her Star Trek: Discovery antiheroine, Emperor Michelle Georgiou, alongside a new team of Section 31 black ops agents. Before Section 31 streams exclusively on Paramount+, the last Star Trek movie was Star Trek Beyond in 2016.

In 1979, Star Trek jumped to the big screen when Star Trek: The Motion Picture kicked off a new era of Star Trek movies. Since then, every decade has enjoyed at least one Star Trek movie, with the 1980s and 1990s serving as the apex of the Star Trek movie franchise. J.J. Abrams rebooted Star Trek movies in 2009, directing the 2013 sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness, and producing 2016's Star Trek Beyond, directed by Justin Lin. After nearly a decade of waiting,...

The youngest cast member of Star Trek: The Original Series, Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig) began his Star Trek career as an ensign aboard the USS Enterprise of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner). Chekov joined Tos at the beginning of the show's second season and most often served as the ship's navigator. Chekov was exceptionally proud of his Russian heritage and took every opportunity to highlight the supposed history of his homeland, although most of his "facts" were incorrect. Throughout Tos and its subsequent films, Chekov proved to be a loyal and competent Starfleet officer.

Chekov was added to the cast of Star Trek: The Original Series in part to appeal to the show's younger audience members. With his youthful appearance and haircut reminiscent of one of The Beatles or The Monkees, Chekov's character ultimately accomplished this goal. Despite his youth, Mr. Chekov was an incredibly bright young officer who...

If you’re a Star Trek fan, or even if you’re just someone who likes epic space quests, get ready for something totally new. Star Trek: Section 31 is on the way, and it’s breaking all sorts of boundaries for the iconic sci-fi franchise. This isn’t your usual Star Trek tale with flashy starships and nonstop space battles.

We’re stepping into the secretive world of Section 31—Starfleet’s mysterious, shadowy division. And leading the way? The incredible Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh, who is back as the fan-favorite Emperor Philippa Georgiou.

Michelle Yeoh in Star Trek: Section 31 (Credits: Paramount+)

If you’ve watched Star Trek: Discovery, you know Georgiou is no ordinary Starfleet officer. She ruled the Mirror Universe’s Terran Empire with an iron fist before joining Section 31 in Season 2. Now, Star Trek: Section 31 dives into her story in the shadows. So, what’s this movie all about?...

Star Trek: Voyager should have gotten to have a movie follow-up, but the premise meant it couldn't follow in the footsteps of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation. After The Original Series' cancelation, the franchise lived on in six Star Trek films, beginning with 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture. When Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country hit theaters, Star Trek: The Next Generation was in its fifth season. After The Next Generation ended, the cinematic torch passed from the Tos cast to the USS Enterprise-d crew in 1994's Star Trek Generations.

It made sense that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager films would follow Tng's movies, either with contemporaneous installments or through a Generations-style passing of the torch. The Voyager cameo from Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) in the fourth outing for the Tng cast, Star Trek: Nemesis, wasn't the major...

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Few enterprises (no pun intended) in the history of pop culture have managed to endure the way that "Star Trek" has. Though it had relatively humble beginnings as a 1960s sci-fi television series, Gene Roddenberry's beloved creation eventually blossomed into a massive multi-media franchise that has been going strong for nearly 60 years at this point and shows no signs of slowing down.

Even though "Star Trek: The Original Series" was canceled after just three seasons, the show ultimately found great popularity in syndication. That opened the door for new life, one that would take shape on the big screen. Beginning with "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" in 1979, Trekkies have long enjoyed the exploration of deep space with various captains of the U.S.S. Enterprise in movie form, in addition to the many different TV shows that have hit the airwaves over the years.

The recent additions to the National Film Registry contained some pleasant surprises for genre fans. The organization is part of the Library of Congress, selecting 25 movies each year for preservation based on cultural, historic or aesthetic significance. 2024's additions included a number of unexpected entries, many drawn from popular genres and long-standing series. Perhaps most notably, the Star Trek franchise received its first entry on the registry: 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

The film stands as an evergreen, and is routinely cited as one of the high points of the entire franchise. It's certainly one of the most important projects Star Trek undertook. The National Film Registry cites its strong technical merits, including Nicholas Meyers' direction and James Horner's score, as well as the moral implications raised by the climactic death of Mr. Spock. It also mentions Ricardo Montalban's celebrated performance, as well as Merritt Butrick...

The following reveals major spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 10, "The New Next Generation," now streaming on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Lower Decks wasn't about to take its final curtain call without paying homage to the franchise's most enduring antagonists. Season 5, Episode 10, "The New Next Generation" features a Klingon villain, who gives the crew of the Cerritos all they can handle in their final mission. It also gives the series a chance to bring back Mariner's Klingon friend Ma'ah and his bumpkin brother Malor, turning it into a proper celebration of the warrior species.

The Klingons' presence also gives Lower Decks a chance to poke fun at one of Star Trek's lingering and most challenging continuity errors. The Klingons have been a part of Star Trek since The Original Series, and have undergone a number of changes over the years. Some of them have been quite controversial, notably...

Even though it's over four decades old, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is generally considered one of the best Star Trek films, as well as the one that saved the franchise after the disappointing performance of its predecessor, 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It also happens to have one of the saddest goodbyes in movie history. Director Nicholas Meyer saved Wrath of Khan from repeating Tmp's mistakes, and, in doing so, ensured that the crew of Kirk's Enterprise would continue their adventures on the big screen.

The Wrath of Khan is a sequel to "Space Seed," one of the most beloved episodes of the original Star Trek series. In "Space Seed," Kirk and the Enterprise crew find adrift Khan Noonien Singh, the perpetrator of Star Trek's Eugenics Wars in Earth's past, and after trying to welcome Khan and his followers into the 23rd century find...

Counselor Deanna Troi's (Marina Sirtis) best Star Trek: The Next Generation episode saw her become a Romulan. Courtesy of her Betazoid mother Lwaxana Troi. Troi could also sense when others were hiding something, making her an important advisor to Captain Picard and an invaluable asset to the Enterprise-d's crew.

Star Trek: The Next Generation, however, did not always make the best use of Counselor Troi's abilities, often reducing her to pointing out the obvious or relegating her to the sidelines. There were many times when Deanna Troi deserved better as a character, and she did not truly get the chance to shine until Tng's final seasons. It was not until Tng season 6 that Troi finally got to wear a regular Starfleet uniform rather than her usual civilian bodysuits. Troi's strongest episode came in Tng season 6, episode 14, "Face of the Enemy," when she was kidnapped and turned into a Romulan for an undercover mission.

Star Trek has had many great ideas when it comes to branding over the years, but few leave as indelible mark as their brand agreement with the Hallmark company. They're now known for cheesy love stories that center around holidays or vacations, usually with the same three plots. Just, usually, with different set dressing.

Yet, once upon a time, they were known more for their work in the ornament and greeting card work. Things they still do, but just aren't what they're most known for. There was a time, however, that arguably their most sought-after and desired ornaments were their Star Trek collaborations.

They would bring various ships to the market, small enough to hang from a tree, but large enough to appreciate the fine details that come along with Star Trek designs. It's been such a staple over the years that Hallmark continues to make them, just new and different every year.

Akiva Goldsman has had many highs and many lows in his Hollywood screenwriting career. The scribe won an Academy Award in 2001 for writing "A Beautiful Mind," but he had previously been nominated for Razzies (honoring the worst in filmmaking) for writing the screenplays to "A Time to Kill" and the atrocious "Batman & Robin." He's been deeply involved in major blockbusters and media franchises, writing "The Da Vinci Code," 1998's "Lost in Space," and "The Divergent Series: Insurgent." He also penned "I, Robot," "I Am Legend," and most recently, "The Dark Tower." 

Since 2017, Goldsman has fallen in with the head honchos at "Star Trek," serving as one of the franchise's executive producers and writing multiple episodes of "Star Trek: Discovery," "Star Trek: Picard," and "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." He has also directed five episodes, embracing his new place atop the "Trek" heap. Goldsman is also working on other projects...

With its premiere in 1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture launched the Star Trek franchise into a new era of big-screen adventures for Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew. In the opening sequence of director Robert Wise's special effects extravaganza, a massive space cloud easily destroys three Klingon vessels before continuing its course to Earth. When the Starfleet monitoring station, Epsilon IX, informs Starfleet Command of this approaching cloud, they assign the newly retrofitted USS Enterprise to intercept the entity before it reaches Earth.

With its stunning visuals and quintessentially Star Trek story, Star Trek: The Motion Picture set box office records at the time of its release. However, the film was met with mixed reviews, with some critiquing its slow pacing and reliance on visual effects. Still, Star Trek: The Motion Picture remains beloved by many fans, and it remains a crucial part of Star Trek's timeline.

Zoë Saldaña wants to see Star Trek 4 happen soon and feels like it should have happened years ago. While Star Trek has remained consistently on the air through various television series on Paramount+, it has been eight years since the last Star Trek movie hit theaters, marking the longest gap in the franchise's film history. Star Trek 4 has had a lot of starts and stops since it was first announced in 2016. Many fans are wondering if and when the film will happen, a sentiment that seems to be shared by many of the stars.

In an interview with Deadline, Saldaña touched on the status of Star Trek 4. “I wish we were able to do it sooner rather than later," said Saldaña regarding the film's long development cycle. Saldaña jokingly said the cast of the 2009 reboot is starting to get too old to play the parts, saying, "I...

The USS Enterprise briefly got a new Captain in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but Will Decker (Stephen Collins) never actually got the chance to embark on his planned five-year mission. Picking up about years after the events of Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Motion Picture finds Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) returning to the retrofitted Starship Enterprise for a vital new mission. A strange alien entity (later called V'ger) surrounded by a massive energy cloud is on its way to Earth and has the power to destroy the entire planet.

Starfleet assigns Admiral Kirk to lead the mission and take over command of the USS Enterprise, much to the frustration of Captain Willard Decker. Kirk had personally chosen Decker to take over as captain, and Decker had spent the past year and a half overseeing the Enterprise's retrofit and familiarizing himself with the ship. Because of this,...

Of the 13 extant "Star Trek" feature films, it's widely agreed that Nicholas Meyer's 1982 sequel "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" is the best one. Many Trekkies like the outsize character of Khan and Ricardo Montalbán's equally enlarged performance, as well as the film's exciting, climactic ship-to-ship combat sequence. To remind readers, "Khan" climaxes when the eponymous character hijacks a Starfleet vessel called the U.S.S. Reliant and uses it to fight Admiral Kirk (William Shatner), who's aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. Kirk, you see, had left Khan behind on the planet Ceti Alpha V in the original series episode "Space Seed," unaware that an environmental cataclysm had turned the entire planet into a desert wasteland. Khan barely survived, and when he finally escaped Ceti Alpha V, he thought only of revenge.

"The Wrath of Khan," which features a story credited to Harve Bennett and Jack B. Sowards...

The Star Trek universe is as expansive as other big science fiction I.P. like Star Wars and has one of the oldest fan bases in the genre. Everyone talks about the friendly rivalry between "trekkies" and "warsies," but there's no denying that Star Trek fans go back further than 1977. Since 1966, there has been a passionate fan base that considers Kirk, Spock and the rest of the Enterprise the greatest heroes and explorers in fiction. While the die-hards have their opinions about where the franchise has gone since the original 1960s TV series, many have loved how much the sci-fi universe has grown. With tons of sequel series, films and contemporary continuations, the Star Trek universe remains prolific.

One of the most entertaining additions to the universe was a complete reboot trilogy meant for the big screen. While the trilogy has its criticisms, it was a lot of fun watching...

Warning: contains spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks #1!Star Trek finally explained why the Enterprise would not have survived without Mister Spock. The Enterprise’s Science Officer, Spock, was crucial to many of the ship’s victories. Spock’s formidable intellect was front and center in many of these triumphs, to the point it gave the Enterprise a serious advantage over its Starfleet brethren, and this gets a callout in Star Trek: Lower Decks #1.

Star Trek: Lower Decks #1 is written by Ryan North and drawn by Derek Charm. The Cerritos finds an older, derelict Starfleet vessel: the Bonaventure. The crew learns the truth: the Enterprise, under the command of Captain Kirk, found the Bonaventure trapped in the “Delta Triangle.” The Enterprise subsequently escaped, thanks to a formula Spock designed and implemented. The Bonaventure’s crew tried to duplicate the Enterprise’s trick, but without a “Spock of their own” to...