Past Updates 2017

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December

28 Dec 2017

A small new article illustrates the evolution of Geordi La Forge's VISOR, implants and real eyes, including temporary, future and fake reality versions: Geordi's VISOR and Eyes.

27 Dec 2017

Two more Voyager season 4 reviews. Here are "Mortal Coil" and "Waking Moments".

23 Dec 2017

As I'm waiting for more new Discovery stuff, here are two revised reviews of Voyager's season 4, "Random Thoughts" and "Concerning Flight". Not two of the greatest episodes but interesting to watch again after many years.

19 Dec 2017

In another new article, Alexander Hartmann investigates The History of the Nebula Class Studio Models. All models (miniatures and CGI) of the Nebula class and their appearances on screen are identified and listed in chronological order.

17 Dec 2017

New article: The History of the Excelsior Class Studio Models by Alexander Hartmann. We list all models (miniatures and CGI) of the Excelsior class that appeared on screen and identify modifications to the models.

10 Dec 2017

An all-new article by Tadeo D'Oria shows the The Evolution of the Enterprise-D Bridge in great detail. All changes to the set (that we could identify so far) are illustrated with screen cap comparisons, including fake and parallel universe variants.

05 Dec 2017

New Poll: What do you think of Star Trek Discovery so far?

 

November

26 Nov 2017

Daniel Tessier has reviewed Desperate Hours by David Mack, the first Discovery spin-off novel.

18 Nov 2017

Star Trek Continues has released the second part of its series finale "To Boldly Go". Here is my combined review of both parts.

13 Nov 2017

Here is my review of the mid-season finale of Star Trek Discovery, "Into the Forest I Go". Please submit your own take using the review form, or join the ongoing discussion at the bottom of the review page.

New Poll: Rate "Into the Forest I Go".

07 Nov 2017

Read my review of the latest episode of Star Trek Discovery, "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum". Visitors can submit their own takes using the review form, or join the very busy discussion at the bottom of the review page.

New Poll: Rate "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum".

01 Nov 2017

Reviews of Rise of the Federation: Patterns of Interference and Star Trek: Boldly Go - Volume 1, both by Daniel Tessier.

 

October

30 Oct 2017

Here is my review of Star Trek Discovery's latest episode, "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad", in which we see Mudd again, and again, and again. Feel free to submit your own views on the episode in the review form.

New Poll: Rate "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad".

28 Oct 2017

I have decided to add my ratings to the reviews of the so far released Discovery episodes, disregarding general problems with the setting of the series and the production design. The curious result is that Discovery currently ranks higher on average than TNG. See the explanation of episode ratings.

There is also a new Discovery FAQ that answers the questions about the site policy on Discovery.

23 Oct 2017

My review of the latest episode of Star Trek Discovery, "Lethe" (a bit less favorable than the previous ones). Remember you can submit your own take using the review form, or join the very busy discussion at the bottom of the page.

New Poll: Rate "Lethe".

16 Oct 2017

Here is my review of the fifth episode of Star Trek Discovery, "Choose Your Pain". You can submit your own views on the episode (or any other episode) using the review form.

New Poll: Rate "Choose Your Pain".

13 Oct 2017

Read my review of the fourth episode of Star Trek Discovery, "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry".

09 Oct 2017

New Poll: Rate "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry".

08 Oct 2017

I have done a due maintenance of the Links page.

07 Oct 2017

An EAE Award goes to Fan Film Factor. Congratulations, Jonathan!

04 Oct 2017

I have revised my considerations on whether the arrowhead symbol represents just the Enterprise or all starships, in light of a new article published at startrek.com. The article shows the very old issue in a new light, although it doesn't manage to resolve it completely.

03 Oct 2017

Here is my full-spoiler review of the first regular episode (the pilot) of Star Trek Discovery, "Context is for Kings".

New Poll: Rate "Context is for Kings".

02 Oct 2017

Today's new articles have a long history. In 2004(!), Jörg Hillebrand sent me a draft on the many re-uses of the interior and exterior of the shuttle Nenebek from TNG: "Final Mission". It was a very long article already back then, we didn't have good enough drawings to illustrate it and some questions about the production history were still open. So we postponed further work on it. In the past few months Jörg has done further research and has sketched up the missing side views, replacing the inaccurate ones from the Fact Files, so we could finally complete this project.

Here is the article on the history of the full-scale mock-up and miniature of the Nenebek: Redresses of the Nenebek.

And here is our analysis of the corresponding cockpit set, which turns out to be still older than the exterior: Redresses of TNG's Alien Shuttle Cockpit.

 

September

26 Sep 2017

Here is my combined review of the first two episodes of Star Trek Discovery, "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars". Full spoilers as usual. Remember that you can submit your own guest review of the episodes.

25 Sep 2017

New Poll: Rate "The Vulcan Hello" and "Battle at the Binary Stars".

24 Sep 2017

It appears that for Discovery the scope of Star Trek's canon was reduced to the mere facts, exempting any visuals. Here are the links to the recent interviews about canon and Klingons and my comment on the revised policy.

On a different note about Discovery, I'm drowning in work and it may still take several days until I can begin to watch and review Discovery.

15 Sep 2017

And here are my comments on the revelation what the Klingon sarcophagus ship is about.

14 Sep 2017

Worf is on a quest for his father, and so is Data, in a manner of speaking. See our Observations in TNG: "Birthright I". Our friends at TrekCore have the complete HD screen cap gallery of the episode.

11 Sep 2017

Only 12 days left. Here is my perhaps final news round-up with a summary of recent media coverage on Discovery and my comments.

09 Sep 2017

It was and still is my intention not to analyze Discovery at EAS before the series is on air. But since the media and many fans welcome the totally new look of the Klingons and inept explanation attempts abound, here is my article on the new Klingons that I have been holding back so far.

I have also prepared the site structure for the Discovery episode guide and reviews. There is nothing to see yet, but the new section will give Discovery the same coverage as all other Star Trek series and films. And one more thing, for Discovery the abbreviation DIS (not DSC) will be used at EAS. This is not meant derisive but in line with VOY (not VGR) and ENT (not ETP). Memory Alpha beat me to it and already uses the same notation.

04 Sep 2017

Only 19 days left until the launch of Star Trek Discovery. Here is a news round-up on the USS Discovery bridge and other set designs of the upcoming series.

02 Sep 2017

New Poll: The launch of Discovery is only three weeks away. Will you watch it?

 

August

29 Aug 2017

Human! Play dom-jot, human! Here are our Observations in Picard's "afterlife" in TNG: "Tapestry". Please visit TrekCore to see the complete HD screen cap gallery of the episode.

27 Aug 2017

"Time's up." Here is my extended review of the exciting two-part episode "Year of Hell". Still an absolute favorite after almost 20 years.

18 Aug 2017

36 days left until the pilot episode of the new series. I have compiled another Discovery news round-up, with details about Michael Burnham, a new trailer and my comment on Jason Isaacs's statement about die-hard fans.

12 Aug 2017

I have added some more orthographic CGI views from the Official Starships Collection: Gorn ship (TOS-R: "Arena"), Klingon D5 cruiser and a few more. Thanks to Jörg! We also noticed some substantial differences between the Klingon deuterium tanker and the D5 that we so far thought were largely identical.

10 Aug 2017

Only 44 days until Star Trek Discovery goes on air. Here is another production news round-up, with more about Klingons and starships, and with some comments.

03 Aug 2017

The latest Star Trek Continues episode is titled "What Ships Are For". Read my thoughts on the episode.

01 Aug 2017

Nudes, Tribbles, Walkers and a fired series creator. Here is the Discovery news round-up of the past couple of days, with my personal (and not always kind) comments.

 

July

25 Jul 2017

Here are our Observations in TNG: "Face of the Enemy" in SD and HD caps. Please visit the HD screen cap gallery at TrekCore to see more of Deanna Troi's involuntary undercover mission on a Romulan Warbird.

23 Jul 2017

A personal note on the coverage of Discovery at EAS, which will have to wait some time.

21 Jul 2017

I have summarized the latest news on Discovery costumes, props, make-ups and ships, along with a couple of comments.

17 Jul 2017

Here are two more reviews of Voyager's season 4, "The Raven" and "Scientific Method". Two of the better episodes in the arguably best season of the series.

02 Jul 2017

In a second brand new article related to the one about the shuttle Alice, we show the various Redresses of the Type-9 Shuttle Cockpit that were created for other Starfleet shuttles, but also for some alien ships in Star Trek Enterprise.

01 Jul 2017

Jörg and I have completed a new article about the Redresses of Alice. We investigate how the life-size mock-up and how the CG model was modified for the Arkonian shuttle and the Tellarite shuttle that appeared in Star Trek Enterprise.

 

June

27 Jun 2017

Discovery is being filmed in 2:1 aspect ratio, and Jonathan Frakes will return to Star Trek to direct an episode of the new series. Read the news and my comments.

26 Jun 2017

New Poll: What do you think of the redesigned Klingons in Discovery?

19 Jun 2017

CBS has announced the premiere dates for Star Trek Discovery: September 24 on CBS Television, CBS All Access and Space Channel, September 25 on Netflix. After that, a new episode will be released on the streaming channels every week, in two chapters. The first eight episodes will run until November 5/6. The season will then resume with the second chapter debuting in January 2018.

16 Jun 2017

Two more reviews of Voyager's season 4, "Nemesis" and "Revulsion". Not exactly two great episodes, but quite interesting to watch again after many years.

05 Jun 2017

Here are the reviews of the first two regular episodes of Voyager's season 4, "The Gift" and "Day of Honor".

 

May

26 May 2017

Beware of the dog! See our Observations in TNG: "Aquiel" in SD and HD caps. Please visit TrekCore to see the complete HD screen cap gallery of the episode.

17 May 2017

The first trailer with real footage from Star Trek Discovery is up. A few photos were released too. We get an impression of some of the cast, of costumes, props and sets. There will be a Vulcan story. Well, and there will be Klingons, but not as we know them.

14 May 2017

Don't let Professor Moriarty fool you! See our Observations in TNG: "Ship in a Bottle" in SD and HD screen caps. Please go to our friends at TrekCore for the complete HD screen cap gallery.

13 May 2017

I have reviewed the exciting Voyager season 3 finale & season 4 opener, "Scorpion".

10 May 2017

Here are four new ship designs in the Journal of Applied Treknology. If you sent something and it wasn't posted, please see the feedback thread at the SCN.

 

April

29 Apr 2017

There are still four lights in HD! Here are our Observations in TNG: "Chain of Command II" in SD and HD screen caps. Please also visit TrekCore for the complete HD screen cap gallery.

23 Apr 2017

My two cents on the question of the changing faces of the Caitians, as they reportedly appear in The Animated Series (M'Ress), in "Star Trek: The Voyage Home" (two members of the Federation Council) and in Kirk's bed in "Star Trek Into Darkness".

22 Apr 2017

We got it done, Captain Jellico! Here are our Observations in TNG: "Chain of Command I" in SD and HD screen caps. The complete HD screen cap gallery of the episode is available at TrekCore.

17 Apr 2017

A couple of new orthographic CGI views from the Official Starships Collection: Class J, Medusan ship, Raven, Antares, Relativity and a few more. Thanks to Jörg for bringing these to my attention.

15 Apr 2017

Here are my reviews of two more Voyager season 3 episodes: "Displaced" and "Worst Case Scenario".

14 Apr 2017

Marten van Wier reviews the issues #6 and #7 of Star Trek Early Voyages by Marvel Comics.

10 Apr 2017

See the exocomps, the particle fountain, several graphics and other details in SD and HD in our Observations in TNG: "The Quality of Life". Our friends at TrekCore have the complete HD screen cap gallery of the episode.

08 Apr 2017

Star Trek Continues has released a new episode: "Still Treads the Shadow". Here is my review.

 

March

29 Mar 2017

Two more Voyager season 3 reviews: "Real Life" and "Distant Origin".

28 Mar 2017

Added two game reviews by Andrew Friden: Star Trek: The Next Generation Future's Past and Star Trek: Generations.

27 Mar 2017

See Worf, Alexander and Deanna make their stand in Deadwood, Arizona: Observations in TNG: "A Fistful of Datas". You can find the complete screen cap gallery at TrekCore (including Data in a dress if you insist on it).

19 Mar 2017

The next two Voyager season 3 reviews: "Favorite Son" and "Before and After".

11 Mar 2017

When the Ferengi take over the Enterprise, it is up to a teenage Captain Picard and the other kids to save the ship. As silly as the premise is, this episode is visually interesting, so check out our Observations in TNG: "Rascals" in SD and HD screen caps. You can find the complete screen cap gallery at TrekCore.

07 Mar 2017

Jason Isaacs has been cast as Captain Lorca of the USS Discovery. Mary Wiseman will appear as Tilly, a Starfleet Academy Cadet aboard the same ship "in her final year of study."

04 Mar 2017

Here are my reviews of the next two Voyager season 3 episodes, "Darkling" and "Rise".

 

February

19 Feb 2017

I have reviewed two more Voyager season 3 episodes, "Blood Fever" and "Unity".

13 Feb 2017

I have added information about the corrections in the Netflix HD versions of the following TNG episodes: "The Vengeance Factor", "Brothers", "Imaginary Friend", "Relics". These changes are highlighted in the articles.

11 Feb 2017

You can now find the TNG-R: "Relics" HD screen caps at TrekCore. See our article on the episode.

Regarding the alleged Klingons on the leaked photo from the Star Trek Discovery set, I will further comment on it once I have an official confirmation.

09 Feb 2017

As a further step to improve the usability of this site, I edited the intra-page navigation bars that can be found on many pages. This could have been done with a few easy CSS edits if Frontpage hadn't left a huge amount of garbage in the code (such as line break tags with links on them) that took me hundreds of search-and-replace passes until they were clean.

06 Feb 2017

Read my review of Hive, the third volume of the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection (please scroll down).

05 Feb 2017

Travis Anderson continues the story of Tom Riker in Course Correction. Tom Riker is drawn into a Maquis web as Chakotay recruits Riker on Kalita's recommendation. The task? To infiltrate and eliminate a Cardassian base located within the Demilitarized Zone. In doing so, the Maquis provide Riker with a crisis of conscience.

03 Feb 2017

Here is the review of the second volume of the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection: Harlan Ellison's The City on the Edge of Forever - The Original Teleplay (please scroll down). Now with pictures.

02 Feb 2017

See wonderful new renders of the Kestrel class by Jan Seebald in the Starfleet Museum.

01 Feb 2017

I am going to review some graphic novels, and in particular issues of the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection. The review of the first volume, Countdown, is up.

 

January

31 Jan 2017

As the new Star Trek series begins production in Toronto, CBS Television releases a teaser video and reveals a new logo for Discovery. The launch date of the series is still unknown after it had been postponed one more time.

22 Jan 2017

A new Enterprise-D interior by BobyE: stellar cartography from "Star Trek Generations".

21 Jan 2017

Travis Anderson's latest story is titled Decisions. Tom Riker faces new challenges and new choices aboard the USS Gandhi. After eight years alone on Nervala IV, what will he do now that he's surrounded by the crew of a starship? How will he differentiate himself from William Riker? One thing is for certain, it won't be by playing it safe.

18 Jan 2017

CBS reports that James Frain will play Spock's father Sarek on Star Trek Discovery. The shooting for Discovery will begin on January 24. The release date in May, however, appears to be uncertain. CBS announced that "if it's best for the show", the launch date will be "flexible".

14 Jan 2017

Two more Voyager season 3 reviews: "Alter Ego" and "Coda".

08 Jan 2017

Here are my reviews of two more Voyager season 3 episodes, "Macrocosm" and "Fair Trade".

01 Jan 2017

Happy New Year 2017!

Cuddly puppies, standing on the Enterprise at warp and planetary spring cleaning! Here are our Observations in TNG: "True Q" in SD and HD screen caps.

 


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