Star Trek

"Star Trek" "Star Trek"

Resistance is futile! And you don't have to speak Klingon to enjoy J.J. Abrams' joyous and sexy update of the sci-fi classic.
  • The utopian economics of "Star Trek"

    The young Spock's movie shout-out to "new growth theory" isn't just a nifty inside joke -- it's a bold statement of confidence in the promise of technology.
  • Captain Kirk is a rock star

    Stephanie Zacharek and Andrew O'Hehir on how the new "Star Trek" captures the essence of the iconic series.
  • Obama is Spock: It's quite logical

    Our president bears a striking resemblance to the rational "Star Trek" Vulcan whose mixed race made him cultural translator to the universe.
  • Live large and prosper

    An interview with Leonard Nimoy, whose new photography book, "The Full Body Project," brings Rubenesque nudes back into contemporary art.
  • Back to the mothership

    Spock's bride, T'Pring, has conjured fantasies for Trekkies for decades. Imagine their surprise when I tell them she's my mother.
  • Where no TV show has gone before

    With its hot, androgynous heroine leading the remnants of humanity against evil, God-fearing robots, "Battlestar Galactica" is boldly re-creating sci-fi TV.
  • Letters

    Readers debate "Enterprise" and mourn the Man in Black. And female horror fans say yes to nudity -- but wonder what's so sacred about the penis!
  • "Star Trek's" new moral frontier

    UPN's "Enterprise," back for its third season, has saved the Trek franchise with messy, moving and ambiguous story lines torn from the 21st century.
  • This week on DVD

    A "Trek" geek's dream box set, John Ford's WWII propaganda classics, John Hughes' '80s teen angst, "The Addams Family," "Terms of Endearment" and its less endearing sequel.
  • This week on DVD

    Baseball, bandleaders, submarines, a Jew in the Hitler Youth, the Osbournes' first season, Brad Pitt in Tibet. Plus: If you watch "The Ring" on DVD, does it still kill you?
  • Capt. Kirk's bulging trousers

    A touring exhibition of genuine "Star Trek" gimcracks reminds us of the virile greatness of the original Shatner/Nimoy series -- and the p.c. limpness of all the spinoffs.
  • Been there, done Iraq

    Recently discovered "Star Trek" scripts reveal Saddam-busting strategies.
  • "The Outer Limits"

    "We control the vertical. We control the horizontal." The creepiest series in TV history combined existential inquiry with a memorable monster menagerie.
  • "Clockstoppers"

    Impressive sci-fi effects and cute actors can't save a trite, safe teen flick that should please Joe Lieberman.
  • Where no geek has gone before

    "Star Trek" fans love to hate Ensign Wesley Crusher, but actor Wil Wheaton is a nerd hackers have come to respect.
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001
  • Gay "Trek"

    After three decades and four series, the Starship Enterprise has never seen a gay ensign. Will "Star Trek" ever cross the final frontier?
  • Who owns fandom?

    Independent Web sites devoted to pop culture icons like "The X-Files" and "Star Trek" used to flourish on the Net. Now they're an endangered species.
  • Heart of Stone, nerves of glass

    Sharon Stone loses it at Glamour's Women of the Year awards. Plus: "Survivor" faces a cosmic wrinkle and Mr. Spock's ears go, logically, to the highest bidder.
  • Linux and the lady

    A hacker's tale of his infatuation with a high-priced, computer-literate escort. Or is she really an empathic metamorph?
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