I like nonsense, but the nonsense was laid on a bit too thick in Once La'An a Time. By the end, the message clear enough. Dark-and-light alternates of a character is of course a classic Star Trek trope. This version of that tale, for me and for now, worked and arrived at a time when it was helpful.

Five Year Mission update: Recent months have, annoyingly, kept me out of the gym due an unusual string of back-to-back colds, minor injuries, and travel plans. So it's anticlimactic and a bit bewildering that this happened during an off-period, but... I just hit my weight-loss goal for 2026.

Orders of Magnitude was pretty good. The admiral's monologue early in the episode about how much he likes real coffee compared to replicated tipped their hand about where this was going. See: Eddington, Michael. I also quite liked the soundtrack on this one, which had lots of nods to various eras.

DS9 is a body of characters, stories, and premises -- and that body of material can be compared to a Trill symbiont. If DS9 -- the TV show -- was its first host, then Books of the Emissary is its second. In this analogy, Ira is Curzon, and I'm Jadzia, and here's how I know...

9/11 and the years that followed shaped my feelings about Star Trek. At the time... DS9 felt more relevant than ever, even prophetic, and TNG felt hopelessly naive. VOY and ENT felt like they couldn't meet the moment, despite ENT S3 trying to really hard. My feelings have never stopped evolving.

One of many low-budget Star Trek shows I'd like to make some day is the Great Beta Quadrant Bake Off. It's a holoprogram with a rotating cast of holographic guest contestants that can be pulled from any era of Star Trek or real world history.

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The new #StarTrek / #LeCreuset collaboration products are in Williams Sonoma stores in the US today:

Happy Star Trek Day! Here's a bit of behind the scenes news. I've started working on a communications and promotional plan for Books of the Emissary. One of the key steps will be compiling the posts explaining the organization of the series into an official production guide. Coming soon!

I liked the soap opera episode more than I expected. Some scenes and moments were also giving Futurama vibes, whether or not that was intentional. However I would have written one less act inside the soap opera and one more dealing with the more interesting interpersonal and emotional fallout.

Off-Hour was outstanding for lots of reasons. Among them: it's a model for how to take classic Star Trek premises, mix them up, and make them fresh.

This is a sound premise for a multi-part episode or even a season-long arc. But if the goal is box office performance and new fans, I'm skeptical. Star Trek films have to motivate non-fans to buy tickets, and there are several KNOWN ways the franchise has done that. This isn't any of them.

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New Star Trek Movie Inspired By ‘Crimson Tide’ And ‘Training Day,’ Say Directors https://bit.ly/crimsontrek

"It's like if the Romulans went through a mid-century modern phase at some point in their history..." ...is a sentence I said out loud today.

The Orion Interceptor was the best part of the puppet episode. Whoever came up with this gets an A+++. Put them in charge of starship design if they aren't already. This ship not only looks amazing -- it looks like a ship from the Star Trek universe. Standing ovation!

The puppet episode was good enough for me. What would have made it a lot better, IMO, is tighter editing. The pacing dragged because it had a lot of repetitive and redundant gags. I know not everyone likes these kinds of episodes, but I don't mind a diversion into silly season.

Books of the Emissary was designed to be expandable and collapsible. Here's one example: It's possible to subtract all of the episodes and films from outside of DS9, and it still holds up with nothing but the DS9 episodes. This flexibility would be an enormous asset when it comes to licensing.

Otrovert is a new concept that needs more research, but I definitely check all the boxes and have done so for as long as anyone can remember. Fellow outsiders like Spock, Data, Worf, Guinan, Odo, Garak, The Doctor, and Seven of Nine all fit the profile to varying degrees.

Now that Paramount's new owners are looking for fresh ideas for Star Trek, I would be thrilled just to pitch Books of the Emissary, even if they say no. The business case for making it is far stronger than for any newly created series or film, with an eye-popping 10-to-1 return on investment.

Kor is highly charismatic. He steals every scene he's in. This is far more than just John Colicos's acting -- it's part of the character. A Case of Chiaoscuro has a compelling portrayal of a Klingon occupation overseer that was well written and well acted. It just didn't seem like Kor.

There are some interesting premises here, but I've got my own ideas for Worf in the early 25th century. In my version, Worf's next journey would begin with a call from Kira asking for help that only he can provide. screenrant.com/star-trek-pi...

Picard Showrunner Reveals Unmade Star Trek: Legacy Spinoff’s Worf & Klingon Story

What could have been Star Trek: Legacy season 1.

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You haven't heard Total Eclipse of the Heart until you've heard it in the original Klingon.

I find it darkly funny that there's an entire cast of hot, in-demand megastars who wanted to do another Star Trek movie... Yet the studio just could not figure out a way to make it happen. Hollywood has always been -- and will always remain -- its own worst enemy.

The Griffin Incident referenced many past horror moments from across Star Trek and dialed them up to 11. I adore "Spooky TNG" -- Night Terrors, Schisms, Phantasms, Dark Page, Genesis, and others -- but full blown horror isn't my thing. This one gave me some scared-ies, so mission accomplished.

Five Year Mission update: Saturday was the first time I could extrapolate what I aim to look like from what I could see in the mirror, rather than just make educated guesses and wishes. That's a major milestone -- one I did not see coming -- and that's part of what makes it so meaningful.

The SNW S4 premiere Valles Marineris was great. A lot of this story was a big nod to TOS, with some of the comedic writing influenced by LDS. Importantly, it was exactly the right time in the series' run for a gigantic, ambitious episode like this. The new season is off to an outstanding start.

The best part about making Books of the Emissary is what it has done for my self-confidence. No matter what people think of it, no matter what becomes of it, and no matter what the future holds... I get to be the guy who cracked the code to Deep Space Nine. And I wouldn't trade that for anything.

I love it when real world interior design feels like it's from Star Trek. This one feels like it's from a whole bunch of my fandoms, and they all got together in a pouf! www.chairish.com/product/1604...

I started some boozy infusions today for my annual pride party. The 2026 menu: - Papaya in Honeyed Gin - Red Pear in Honeyed Gin - Red Pear in Bourbon - Pluot in Bourbon - Red Apple & Blackberry in Gold Rum

Turns out I'm not the first to remix a TV series, but Books of the Emissary takes a very different approach than this and at a much larger scale. Around 2013, two fans of Lost created chronological versions of the show with extensive editing of individual episodes. www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/a...

In a Twist on the Remix, Fans Recut TV Series (Published 2013)

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Major milestone in the Five Year Mission: This morning, I was below 200 lbs for the first time in over 20 years. I've lost 45 lbs since January, so I'm about 2/3 of the way to my weight goal for the year. Boldly going strong! 🖖💪

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