Star Trek - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/star_trek/?source=rss&aim=star_trek en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT "Star Trek" By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/05/08/star_trek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/05/08/star_trek/index.html?source=rss 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. "Star Trek": Coming to a theme park near you! By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/23/star_trek_live/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/23/star_trek_live/index.html?source=rss Is the interactive kiddie spinoff "Star Trek Live" the final, gruesome nail in Gene Roddenberry's space-coffin? Early odds on the Oscar derby By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/23/oscar_kickoff/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/23/oscar_kickoff/index.html?source=rss "Up," Clooney, "Precious," "Lovely Bones," "Nine" all leading contenders. Plus: Is indie dead? (Part 174) Bateman: Starfleet Academy, No. 1 party school Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2009/05/20/bateman_startrek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2009/05/20/bateman_startrek/index.html?source=rss A visit to "Star Trek's" bar of the future shows kids acting a lot like they do today, bad pickup lines included. Why the original "Star Trek" still matters By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/13/star_trek_original/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/13/star_trek_original/index.html?source=rss Cheap, sexist and nerdy? Check, check and check. But the original Kirk and Spock offered an erotic, Apollonian beacon of hope amid the darkness of '70s culture. The utopian economics of "Star Trek" By Andrew Leonard Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/11/the_economics_of_star_trek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/11/the_economics_of_star_trek/index.html?source=rss 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 Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2009/05/08/movies_startrek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2009/05/08/movies_startrek/index.html?source=rss 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 By Jeff Greenwald Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/05/07/obama_spock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2009/05/07/obama_spock/index.html?source=rss 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 By Nicole Pasulka Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/12/12/leonard_nimoy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/12/12/leonard_nimoy/index.html?source=rss An interview with Leonard Nimoy, whose new photography book, "The Full Body Project," brings Rubenesque nudes back into contemporary art. Back to the mothership By Jod Kaftan Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/10/18/star_trek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/10/18/star_trek/index.html?source=rss 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 By Laura Miller Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/07/09/battlestar_galactica/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/07/09/battlestar_galactica/index.html?source=rss 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 Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2003/09/17/enterprise/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2003/09/17/enterprise/index.html?source=rss 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 By Sumana Harihareswara Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2003/09/10/enterprise/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2003/09/10/enterprise/index.html?source=rss 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 Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2003/05/13/new_releases/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2003/05/13/new_releases/index.html?source=rss 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 Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2003/03/04/this_week/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/2003/03/04/this_week/index.html?source=rss 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 By Mark Simpson Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2003/02/26/trek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2003/02/26/trek/index.html?source=rss 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 By Barry Link Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/satire/2002/09/27/trek_satire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/satire/2002/09/27/trek_satire/index.html?source=rss Recently discovered "Star Trek" scripts reveal Saddam-busting strategies. "The Outer Limits" By Mark Holcomb Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/08/outer_limits/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/08/outer_limits/index.html?source=rss "We control the vertical. We control the horizontal." The creepiest series in TV history combined existential inquiry with a memorable monster menagerie. "Clockstoppers" By Damien Cave Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/03/29/clockstoppers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2002/03/29/clockstoppers/index.html?source=rss 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 By Damien Cave Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/12/12/wheaton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/12/12/wheaton/index.html?source=rss "Star Trek" fans love to hate Ensign Wesley Crusher, but actor Wil Wheaton is a nerd hackers have come to respect. Blue Glow By Joyce Millman Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2001/09/26/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2001/09/26/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001 Gay "Trek" By Jonathan Kay Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2001/06/30/gay_trek/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2001/06/30/gay_trek/index.html?source=rss 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? By Sarah Kendzior Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/13/fandom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/13/fandom/index.html?source=rss 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 By Amy Reiter Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/10/25/nptues/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/10/25/nptues/index.html?source=rss 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 By Caleb John Clark Fri, 08 May 2009 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/09/27/linux_escort/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/09/27/linux_escort/index.html?source=rss A hacker's tale of his infatuation with a high-priced, computer-literate escort. Or is she really an empathic metamorph?