Alex Moreland reviews the fifth episode of Star Trek: Discovery… What did you think would happen when you bumped into someone who didn’t want you in their front yard? This episode, I think – though I don’t know for certain – has the lowest screentime for Michael Burnham so far. That’s not to say she’s […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry’
Alex Moreland reviews the fourth episode of Star Trek: Discovery… Lorca isn’t interested in what you are. He’s interested in what you can do. For him. There’s an obvious parallel – obvious to the point of being heavy-handed, really – being drawn between the tardigrade and Michael Burnham in this episode. The tardigrade is misunderstood; […]
CBS shuffles its Star Trek: Discovery schedule
Riding high off the early success of the new series, CBS has announced a slight shuffle to its Star Trek: Discovery schedule. Originally, the plan was for eight episodes to air through to November, leading into a midseason break through to January, at which point the final seven episodes would get underway. However, we’ll now […]
Star Trek: Timelines’ Discovery: A New Anomaly mega event starts today
Disruptor Beam have announced the start of the Discovery: A New Anomaly Mega Event for their temporal Trek adventure, Star Trek: Timelines. Alongside the announcement, Disruptor Beam have released a new trailer introducing the event. Watch this below… In the Discovery: A New Anomaly mega event the U.S.S. Shenzhou suddenly appears and with it comes a new […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Context is for Kings’
Alex Moreland reviews the third episode of Star Trek: Discovery… The real world doesn’t always adhere to logic. Sometimes down is up. Sometimes up is down. Sometimes when you’re lost, you’re found It’s not a unique observation, of course, but in a manner of speaking ‘Context is for Kings’ is actually the first episode of […]
Mia Kirshner cast as Spock’s mother in Star Trek: Discovery
During an interview with TrekMovie, Star Trek: Discovery showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg have revealed that Amanda Grayson – Spock’s mother, and the adoptive mother of Sonequa Martin-Green’s Lt. Michael Burnham – will be making an appearance this season. The showrunners revealed that Amanda is set to be portrayed by Canadian actress Mia Kirshner, whose […]
Don’t expect season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery until 2019
Given the number of delays the production faced during its first season, it probably won’t come as too much of a surprise to hear that a second season of Star Trek: Discovery isn’t expected to arrive until some time in 2019. “Ideally, on the early side of 2019,” producer Alex Kurtzman told THR when asked […]
Star Trek: Discovery trailer previews the rest of the season
Following the season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery [read our reviews here and here], Netflix has released a new trailer for the series which highlights the exciting events viewers can expect to see in its remaining episodes; watch it below… SEE ALSO: Star Trek: Discovery debuts to strong ratings, and heavy piracy Almost no one has seen a Klingon […]
Star Trek: Discovery debuts to strong ratings, and heavy piracy
The Star Trek franchise returned to the small screen for the first time in twelve years this past Sunday as CBS launched Star Trek: Discovery by airing the first two episodes of the new series, and it certainly seems like this latest foray into Gene Roddenberry’s world been a big hit with audiences. As well […]
Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Vulcan Hello’
Alex Moreland reviews the first episode of Star Trek: Discovery. Spoilers ahead… “We’re Starfleet. We’re explorers, not soldiers.” And so it returns, and just like that it’s as though it never left. The key takeaway from Star Trek: Discovery is Michael Burnham, of course. In many ways, it’s her show; in a way quite unlike […]