Filed under Life
The weekend is at hand.
This morning, on the train, rather than muse on the gloominess of the world, I wrote out a “To Do” list for the weekend. I write out “To Do” lists for the office most mornings; my cubicle neighbor can’t see the point, but I like thinking through what I’m doing, figuring out the priorities. Sometimes I get through the list, sometimes I don’t, but either way I feel a sense of accomplishment when I cross something off.
A list for the weekend? Well…
- Write Star Trek article
- Watch John Cusack’s War, Inc.
- Have head shorn
- Watch Doctor Who
- Write Muppets article for work
- Go to Barnes & Noble
- [REDACTED]
- Suffer intestinal cramp
- Write blog post on Grand Union Flag
Okay, I’m just kidding with one of those. There …
Filed under Writing
Within the next week or so, the new issue of Star Trek Magazine, issue #26 in the United States, issue #153 in the United Kingdom, will start showing up on newsstands. Its cover proclaims it to be “The Ultimate Movie Guide,” and all eleven Star Trek movies, from 1979′s Star Trek: The Motion Picture to 2009′s Star Trek, are profiled.
A number of writers, among them David R. George III (the Crucible trilogy), David A. McIntee (Doctor Who‘s Sanctuary), and William Leisner (Losing the Peace), penned two-page articles on a given film, offering insights into the film both as a piece of cinema and as a piece of Star Trek history.
My contribution, “The …
Filed under General, Star Trek
Some recent discussion on TrekBBS, specifically about the alternate possibilities Paramount considered for Star Trek: Generations, brought to mind something I wrote a decade ago (!) that reimagined Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s finale, “All Good Things…,” as a multi-generational crossover film event. In other words, what if Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, and Ronald D. Moore wrote “All Good Things…” as Star Trek: Generations?
I hadn’t looked at that rough outline-ish sketch in years. I wrote it, probably hastily, in August 2001, and I know that some of the ideas probably went back further than that. For history’s sake, I present it here.
For those unfamiliar with Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s finale fifteen years ago (because, without some basic knowledge, this is going …
Filed under Doctor Who
Over on TrekBBS there’s a discussion ongoing about what Titan’s Star Trek Magazine can and should be. In the course of the conversation, one of the suggestions is that it could be more like Doctor Who Magazine, and there have been explanations proffered as to why that’s not feasible, from licensing concerns to differences in the fandoms themselves.
For a variety of reasons, I’ve recently been musing on the nature of Star Trek fandom. Since the discussion was trending in that direction, I offered my thoughts on the subject. In the interest of archiving them permanently, I’m also offering those thoughts here, though with some formatting alterations and contextual changes. 
Without further ado…
The differences between the two fandoms are interesting, and …
