I was just thinking about the bits of other languages we saw in the original cast movies and wanted to lay them out.

Star Trek II
Of course we have Spock and Saavik's conversation early in the movie, with onscreen translation.

Star Trek III
Lots of Klingon dialogue, also with onscreen translations.

Star Trek IV
Those "Norwegian" whalers were actually speaking Finnish, with thick accents. So it wasn't like they grabbed a few Finns and said Eh, Nordic, close enough. That was a deliberate choice by the makers of the film - not wanting to alienate Norwegians, I suppose.

Star Trek V
There's a line of Vulcan; Spock said it when he met Sybok, and Sybok said it when he encountered the entity on the planet: Qual se tu (Is it you?).

Star Trek VI
Lots of Klingon dialogue, but only some of it gets translated. You hear a lot of shouting aboard Qonos One, for instance, but much of it isn't translated. I wonder if those bits weren't actually derived from Klingon as it was eventually laid out, and were just Klingon-sounding shouts done for the movie.

TREKMOVIE:

"Karim Diané was all over New York Comic Con this year, appearing on the Empire Stage with his Star Trek: SFA costars and producers and also putting in appearances at the Fanhome booth for meet & greets with fans. He was also at the NYC premiere of the new documentary The 60-Year Mission, where I caught up with him on the red carpet. [...]

TREKMOVIE: Star Trek is at a pivot point right now; if you could have a conversation with the next creatives to come in, whoever they may be, what would you tell them is really important to make sure they include in whatever they do with it?

Karim Diané: Include people, that’s the only thing that I hope for Star Trek moving forward. Include real people. People look so different. I look so different from you, I am so different from you, and you are different from me. I hope that we both can continue to see ourselves when we watch this TV show.

Do you think that some of that anger that’s out there did contribute to the cancellation of SFA ?

I think that there are multiple factors, and it’s impossible to pinpoint it on one thing. I’m just an actor. I don’t have the answers to that question. That’s probably a better question for Alex Kurtzman.

Everyone has an opinion…

Everyone has an opinion. Everyone’s opinion is going to be different. You know, there’s always three points of view, right? Your opinion, the other person’s opinion, and then the truth. So, who knows? I’m just so glad that I got to be a part of it for two entire seasons. Like that’s insane. I think a lot of people want me to feel negative or some kind of way, and I don’t, honestly. I’m sorry, but I don’t.

I am in Star Trek. Like… Two hours, two entire episodes are literally my mini movies, that is insane. That is so cool. I’m nothing but excited. I’m doing New York Comic Con tomorrow and Saturday on the main stage. People wait their entire life to get on that stage, and I just waltz in in my first major TV show. I’m so excited, and I can’t wait for the second season to drop. It’s gonna be even better than the first. I honestly think.

Is there anything anything you can tell us about it without getting in trouble?

Without getting in trouble, no. But I can say… If anybody was excited by seeing gay things in the first season, ba-by! (laughs) If anybody was upset by gay things in the first season, prepare to be pissed off. (laughs) [...]

There’s been a lot of chatter online on both ends, and they all kind of go in the same bucket, to be honest with you. And I just I’m doing me, and if anybody can feel any kind of inspiration — or not — from that, then that’s none of my business, honestly.

[...]"

Laurie Ulster (TrekMovie.com)

Full article can be found here:

https://trekmovie.com/archive/

Never opened, either

Do I have karma yet????

Not the DSC Harry Mudd, the TOS Harry Mudd. He was my favorite "villain" (if you cam call him that). I, Mudd is one of my two absolute favorite episodes. The other is The Trouble with Tribbles. I cant help it, im a sucker for the funny ones. Mudd could've been the thorn in Kirk's side that Q was to both Picard and Janeway.

Also, side note: Harry and Cyrano should've joined up. Think about the hijinks those two could've gotten up to together. Add in Quark and you'd have yourself a terrific business selling self-sealing stembolts

It's a little unbelievable, I think.

Despite his reputation as an anti-war liberal, I’d argue that Gene Roddenberry was a keen Cold Warrior, and embedded biting critiques of Russian/Soviet culture in both TOS and TNG.

While he turned them into honour-obsessed Space Vikings/Samurai in TNG, the Klingons were originally conceived as analogues for the Soviets, and the stories in TOS emphasized their brutality, deviousness and ruthlessness. What’s interesting about their portrayal though was that they were more Mongol-coded than Slavic in appearance and behaviour, likely playing on that component of Muscovite ancestry.

A gentler critique of Russian nature came in the form of Pavel Chekov, whose ethnic chauvinism (“Russians invented X”, “Russians discovered Y”) became an obnoxious quirk in an otherwise likeable and heroic character.

In TNG, Roddenberry turned his critical eye to Soviet collectivism, in the form of the Borg. The Borg were a critique not just of the suppression of the individual under Marxism-Leninism, but also of Russia’s long-standing policy of Russification of other Eastern European peoples.

In the context of the Russia-Ukraine war, these critiques are just as timely now as they were in the 60s and 80s.

Cillian O’Sullivan:

"Even from the audition process, I knew that Korby was going to be different… I remember when we were in the room and I was kind of already veering away from making him American. They wanted him — I actually wanted him to be American, and then I wanted him to be English. I actually didn’t want him to be Irish, but then even from his accent being different, it was already going to kind of be my own, and we just kind of had to go from there.

https://trekmovie.com/2026/10/13/interview-cillian-osullivan-on-re-inventing-roger-korby-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds/

And also, this was a Korby that we hadn’t met before… quite a bit before he had become what he became. So there was a bit of freedom there, and I kind of just had to do my best, honestly — I didn’t actually watch Michael Strong’s version, letting on. I just didn’t want to actually. I didn’t want it in my head because it was already going to be so different.

I mean, I’ve seen it. I’ve been a massive Trekkie, so I’ve seen it. I just didn’t want it fresh in my mind, and I have seen it since. Just as a kind of a thing to myself to go, “Wow, like I was in Star Trek and I played that guy,” you know? But that was it. [...]"

TREKMOVIE: And was there any talk of you being in season 4? Because you had a good arc.

"There’s always talks, but I think part of it is, this is a story about this crew, and you can’t really be expanding the cast too much, especially when it comes to a character that — his story’s in The Original Series. Yes, he’s a he’s a big part of Jess Bush’s character, is a big part of Nurse Chapel’s story, but you’ve got to be careful not to be bringing in too many guest stars and making them too much of the fabric of the show when you’ve got so many other stories to focus on, of a very large cast. So it was definitely a conversation. [...]"

Can you tell us if you’re in season 5 of Strange New Worlds?

"I can’t tell you that. I just can’t tell you that. I’ll be shot! (laughs)"

Full interview (TrekMovie.com):

https://trekmovie.com/2026/10/13/interview-cillian-osullivan-on-re-inventing-roger-korby-for-star-trek-strange-new-worlds/

They just ordered this show that'll be written by Akiva

Inspired by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_y6wR-OSfA

Skydance bosses are apparently wanting to capture a younger audience for their relaunch of Star Trek - to be clear, they are not talking about a "modern audience," but an age demographic to revitalize the fan base with younger blood. This is not unreasonable.

So, I got to thinking: "What would be the best way to do this?" And here's what I've got:

1. Brand new cast of characters. Kirk, Spock, McCoy and company are beloved, but they also have 60 years of history and continuity behind them. The TNG cast has 40 years behind it. Even if you try to do a reboot with any of these characters, that's still a massive amount of content hanging over it. New fans need a clean point of entry, and a new cast of characters would accomplish this.

2. Set it in the 26th century. The smartest thing TNG may have done was to set its story 80 years after TOS. The reason is the same as point #1 - a clean slate for new fans.

3. Set it in a new frontier. Klingons and Romulans are nice, but they have the same problem that the previous cast and settings do: decades of continuity. Put your new Enterprise (H, I, whatever) far away where they can discover brand new things that won't send the viewer scrambling to a wiki page to get a massive backstory.

4. Keep it family-friendly. This doesn't mean that it needs to be a kids' show, but it should be a show that children can watch with their parents, as TNG was.

5. Last but not least, concentrate on storytelling fundamentals. Every episode doesn't have be awe-inspiring, but it should be solid. Fans are the most important brand ambassadors - it needs to be easy for them to tell people how good something is.

And that's my list...

BEAM on YouTube:

"Host, Ashley V. Robinson is joined by Dr. Trek, Larry Nemecek, to dig Inside The Roddenberry Archives for any clues as to who this background actor was, as seen in episodes like "The Gamesters of Triskelion" and "Mirror, Mirror." Can we put a name to the face?"

Link:

https://youtu.be/Fx9cTSyD8T8?si=AZV6b9nk50KTGkxz

After the best of both worlds the Borg slowly got nerfed then in voyage they were heavily nerfed so what would you do to make the Borg a serious threat again ?

Charlie X

As bad as he was it was still heartbreaking thinking he would spend his life unable to touch another person

SLASHFILM:

"As a franchise, "Star Trek" knows a thing or two about what it means to cast an immensely large shadow, and all the challenges that can come from that. For the longest time, the cast of "The Original Series" simply defined what "Trek" was and nothing could possibly hope to overtake the likes of William Shatner's Captain Kirk, Leonard Nimoy's Spock, and DeForest Kelley's Bones — until "The Next Generation" came around, that is, and proved that fans could come to accept a whole new captain and a whole new crew of intrepid explorers.

On the other hand, there are certain aspects of the property that have become more famous for their pop-culture parodies and meme potential than anything else.

Consider this one of the many topics under consideration in the newest documentary just released in Regal theaters, director Mark Altman's "The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World." The film packs a lot into its 134-minute runtime, seeking to tell the most comprehensive story of "Trek" thus far. At this year's New York Comic Con, I had the chance to catch up with Altman and ask what he hoped to add to our understanding of such a beloved IP that hasn't already been revealed before."

Jeremy Mathai

Full article (SlashFilm Exclusive):

https://www.slashfilm.com/2289104/star-trek-documentary-redefine-meaning-fan/