Trektember: Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Classics
In Which Spock Gets His Heart I unabashedly love this movie, and pretty much have since I got it on a videotape. The opening scene is fantastic. It really *is* visually and musically a lovely movie. Almost 40 years after…
Trektember: The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry | Star Trek: Discovery
Author’s Note: Star Trek: Discovery is an unusually contiguous series in the franchise. As such, certain ideas and narratives cannot be discussed fully within the bounds of a single episode. For the purposes of this analysis, then, I’m going to…
Trektember: Command Performance | The Orville
What an odd choice for your second story, I thought – usually the kind of plot one puts closer to mid-season – along with a shameless plug for PETA. Nevertheless, I enjoyed “Command Performance” for what Seth MacFarlane’s sister allegedly…
Trektember: Context is for Kings | Star Trek: Discovery
“Universal law is for lackeys. Context is for kings.” – Captain Gabriel Lorca con•text /käntekst/ The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed. Context…
Trektember: Old Wounds | The Orville
I’m guessing that, upon tuning into the first episode of The Orville, you already knew exactly what you were getting into. You know, a ship in space with a crew and missions and light speed and laser guns. We’ve seen…
Trektember: "The Orville" Preview
Why The Orville is Even More Like Star Trek Than You Think It doesn’t take an android with a positronic brain to understand why Seth MacFarlane’s comedic sci-fi series The Orville is a lot like Star Trek. It’s a show…
#181 – The Meg and Being Eaten Up By Grief
On this episode of the Reel World Theology Podcast: We did it! We had a full– and legit– episode on The Meg. Given, it gives us a chance to compare it to other films we may have liked more, but…
Trektember: Battle at the Binary Stars | Star Trek: Discovery
It’s interesting to note who the villains are in this episode. In Klingon culture, T’Kuvma is a member of a disgraced house; a lower class, if you will. Unprivileged. The 99%. The marginalized. He accepts outcasts into his group, embracing…
Trektember: The Vulcan Hello | Star Trek: Discovery
What struck me most as I watched the debut episode of Star Trek: Discovery was its use of the eye as a recurring visual motif, and vision as a dominant theme. It begins, a la the 1997 science fiction film…
Trektember: "Star Trek: Discovery" Preview
This month is Trektember, and we’re trying to answer two big questions – “What is Star Trek?” and “What does Star Trek have to say about Christian faith?” – by looking at the first seasons of Star Trek: Discovery and…