Remembering Gene Roddenberry

"The human race is a remarkable creature, one with great potential, and I hope that 'Star Trek' has helped to show us what we can be if we believe in ourselves and our abilities." Twenty five years ago today the creator of Star Trek passed away while serving as executive producer on Star Trek: The Next Generation, leaving behind a legacy that would continue long after his passing. Born August 19th, 1921, the creator of the Star Trek franchise has become an infamous figure both in fandom, and through his industry. Best known for creating Star Trek, Gene roddenberry's goal wasn't always to work in television. In his formative years Roddenberry followed in his fathers footsteps, majoring in police science at LA City College, later developing an interest in aeronautical engineering and earning himself a pilots licence through the US […]

ADM JT Marczynka, DOPS October 24, 2016

Holodeck

Agents of Yesterday

As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations, Star Trek Online released their latest expansion, Agents of Yesterday; the tale of a 23rd century officer making their way to captain as they get caught up in a time travel adventure as part of the temporal cold war. I'll admit, I wasn't thrilled by the concept at first, especially knowing that Enterprise's Agent Daniels would return to hold the player hand through the missions, but I have to hold my hands up and say; Thank you Cryptic for reviving the 23rd century origins of Trek in a wonderful way. Throwing you right back into the original series, recreating scenes and importing dialogue from various episodes including Journey to Babel, there's been a huge effort to bring the details of the original series to life, with a wonderful colourful environment that brings the […]

ADM JT Marczynka, DOPS October 19, 2016

Discovery

Discovering Discovery

Ever since CBS announced that Star Trek would return to TV, fans all over the world have been waiting impatiently to find out more. After a long wait and only news from the writers room hirings, executive producer Bryan Fuller has finally began lifting the curtain after a big reveal at SDCC followed by more at the Television Critics Association Summer Tour. Between his appearance at a special anniversary panel at San Diego's massive Comic Con event and an interview session at the Television Critics Association Summer tour, executive producer Bryan Fuller has been eagerly letting more information slip through for the highly anticipated return of Star Trek to the small screen. The new show, announced to the SDCC crowd as Star Trek Discovery, will follow a new crew on a new set of adventures. While there has been a […]

ADM JT Marczynka, DOPS October 2, 2016

Universe

Beyond DVD & Blu Ray Special Features

After making it's debut in cinema's earlier this year, Star Trek Beyond is coming to Blu Ray and DVD from November 1st, with a Digital Download available from October. With several variations already available on pre-order, including Amazon.co.uk's set which includes a model of the USS Kelvin and the Walmart special edition with three model ships, Paramount has released the special features so far for the latest Trek movie. The Star Trek Beyond 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray Combo Packs are loaded with over an hour of action-packed bonus content, with featurettes from filmmakers and cast, including J.J. Abrams, Justin Lin, Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. Fans can enjoy a hilarious gag reel and explore deleted scenes you didn’t see in theatres. In addition, the sets include tributes to actors Leonard Nimoy and Anton Yelchin. You can read […]

ADM JT Marczynka, DOPS September 21, 2016

Discovery

Discovery Launch Pushed Back to May 2017

Since the initial announcement ten months ago, we've been impatiently waiting for Star Trek Discovery to come home to TV but it looks like we'll have a few more months of waiting before we see more strange new worlds. With production scheduled to begin in September for a January release, executive producers Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman announced that they'd requested more time to perfect the series, a request CBS was happy to grant them. "We aim to dream big and deliver, and that means making sure the demands of physical and post-production for a show that takes place entirely in space, and the need to meet an air date, don’t result in compromised quality. Before heading into production, we evaluated these realities with our partners at CBS and they agreed: ‘Star Trek’ deserves the very best, and these extra […]

ADM JT Marczynka, DOPS September 15, 2016

Universe

Celebrating 50 Years!

"A dream that became a reality and spread throughout the stars...Fifty years ago today the world was introduced to a new adventure as James Kirk sat in the captains chair of the Starship Enterprise for the first time, ready to boldly go where no man has gone before! The first broadcast of Star Trek on September 8th 1966 led to three seasons, the third demanded by fans in a massive letter writing campaign, two seasons of the animated series, a film franchise and four spin off series with a fifth currently in development. Star Trek was a small show that became a huge part of modern culture, not just for the worldwide recognition of the classic style and quips, but the ideas it presented began to filter into the modern world as communicators inspired mobile phones, warp drive became an […]

ADM JT Marczynka, DOPS September 8, 2016

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