# \#star-trek-paramount **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/star-trek-paramount/86.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [The Great SDMB Movie Poll - Round 2B Best of the Rest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2b-best-of-the-rest/1033445)
**Author:** [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-2b-best-of-the-rest/1033445 "2026-09-28T17:29:10Z")
poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll p… --- ## [Strange New Worlds season 4 July 2026 {Please avoid spoilers for at least 8 days}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-4-july-2026-please-avoid-spoilers-for-at-least-8-days/1031887)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-4-july-2026-please-avoid-spoilers-for-at-least-8-days/1031887 "2026-09-28T15:55:15Z")
Season will conclude around the 60th anniversary of Star Trek. Please be careful about spoilers for a few weeks. I’m watching episode 1 now, off to a good start. --- ## [Spotting Star Trek actors in other programs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 1802\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982 "2026-09-28T07:01:20Z")
Inspired by the thread Spotting a Familiar Actor in a Surprising Place, and my insipid posting of finding Star Trek actors. Mr. Atoz in 77 Sunset Strip, Dial S for Spenser. Dr. McCoy in \*Have Gun-Will Travel, The Treas… --- ## [Random Star Trek Quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 7833\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112 "2026-09-27T13:37:01Z")
Any series or movie, even the reboot. No novels or comix. Put in context or be completely random. :dubious: Nuclear … Wessels. --- ## [Predict the next era of Star Trek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-era-of-star-trek/1032534)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-era-of-star-trek/1032534 "2026-08-26T13:42:22Z")
We have a little bit more of Strange New Worlds, another season of Academy, then a break as the powers that be decide on what a reset is going to look like. Predict. A completely different timeline than any currently e… --- ## [Who is watching 'Yellowjackets' on Showtime? Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-watching-yellowjackets-on-showtime-spoilers/956013)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-watching-yellowjackets-on-showtime-spoilers/956013 "2026-08-20T16:49:53Z")
And will you continue to do so? This is the stupidest shit I’ve ever seen. Actually, surpassed stupid and went right to Asinine (why only one S in this word???). And that is saying something with the glacial pace that i… --- ## [Did this conversation ever happen in the Star Trek universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-conversation-ever-happen-in-the-star-trek-universe/998094)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-this-conversation-ever-happen-in-the-star-trek-universe/998094 "2026-08-16T16:00:08Z")
Starship Captain: I am John S. Captain of the Starfleet Vessel Hubris. We are explorers, seeking out new life and new civilizations, boldly. Alien: I am Kqwzytk, leader of the Blehassole people, from planet Zer-bo-bin… --- ## [An incredibly detailed cutaway drawing of Kirk's USS Enterprise (including some clever in-jokes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-incredibly-detailed-cutaway-drawing-of-kirks-uss-enterprise-including-some-clever-in-jokes/1032290)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-incredibly-detailed-cutaway-drawing-of-kirks-uss-enterprise-including-some-clever-in-jokes/1032290 "2026-08-14T02:44:27Z")
Very cool. Happy 60th, Star Trek!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTZTJHBCAs --- ## [BMalion has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmalion-has-died/1030815)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmalion-has-died/1030815 "2026-06-12T22:39:55Z")
I’m very sorry to report that my friend Brian, a longtime Doper, died at 10:10pm EST yesterday in a nursing home just west of Cleveland, Ohio. His MS hit him hard in recent years, and he had various health problems whic… --- ## [Questions about "Star Trek: Discovery" (Open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-star-trek-discovery-open-spoilers/1030003)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-star-trek-discovery-open-spoilers/1030003 "2026-05-15T12:38:12Z")
I’ve just watched all five seasons. Couple of thoughts and questions: So they come up a new advanced drive, which is powered by. . . a giant tardigrade with a bad attitude? We expect a certain amount of technical mumb… --- ## [Starfleet Academy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-academy/1021470 "2026-03-28T16:38:30Z")
Trailer for the new series. I’m apprehensive about it because it is a direct spinoff of the loathsome Discovery, but maybe it might be okay. --- ## [How do I find someone very good at painting miniatures to hire to paint one I have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-someone-very-good-at-painting-miniatures-to-hire-to-paint-one-i-have/1028797)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-someone-very-good-at-painting-miniatures-to-hire-to-paint-one-i-have/1028797 "2026-03-28T14:30:25Z")
I have a miniature to paint (just one). It is Spock’s shuttle from the original Star Trek movie. You can see it here as the little tan model next to the Enterprise: (I can get closer shots if needed.) I want it t… --- ## [Star Trek Section 31 (The movie, not the general concept.) (Or, okay, the general concept too if you want the thread to go that way—I'm easy.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-section-31-the-movie-not-the-general-concept-or-okay-the-general-concept-too-if-you-want-the-thread-to-go-that-way-im-easy/1013347)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-section-31-the-movie-not-the-general-concept-or-okay-the-general-concept-too-if-you-want-the-thread-to-go-that-way-im-easy/1013347 "2026-01-22T13:55:17Z")
So very, incredibly bad. It reminds me a lot of the Rick and Morty episode parodying the Avengers, except it takes itself seriously. Or maybe it should be called Plan Oceans 11 From Outer Space? Early on during the chara… --- ## [Which fictional technologies do you wish existed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-technologies-do-you-wish-existed/1026276)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fictional-technologies-do-you-wish-existed/1026276 "2026-01-04T20:57:00Z")
Sometimes I read comic books or watch sci-fi and think “what if that technology existed?” Holodecks,repliclators, flying cars, faster than light-travel, clean free/cheap energy, fountain-of-youth drugs (sadly, fountains… --- ## [Suddenly a new form of advertising appears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-a-new-form-of-advertising-appears/1012830)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-a-new-form-of-advertising-appears/1012830 "2025-10-31T23:43:01Z")
I was walking along the display of large screen TVs in Walmart when I noticed that two of them are using the image of the TV on the box to advertise a show on that TV. The first was for Conan O’Brien Plus which is appare… --- ## [Was "The Trouble with Tribbles" a bottle episode? (Star Trek: TOS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-trouble-with-tribbles-a-bottle-episode-star-trek-tos/1023422)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-trouble-with-tribbles-a-bottle-episode-star-trek-tos/1023422 "2025-10-29T19:45:32Z")
I just saw a short online thing listing famous “bottle episodes”. One of the ones they included on the list was “The Trouble with Tribbles” from the original Star Trek series. And I’m not seeing it. My understanding of … --- ## [Star Trek: How powerful is a Photon Torpedo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-how-powerful-is-a-photon-torpedo/1023735)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-how-powerful-is-a-photon-torpedo/1023735 "2025-10-13T13:49:24Z")
I bought Tomy’s Enterprise replica a year ago or so (as featured on Adam Savage’s YouTube channel…and yes, I am a super nerd, happy to embrace it). They recently put out an update video just before they start shipping. … --- ## [Star Trek Strange New Worlds season three {summer 2025}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-summer-2025/1016541 "2025-10-05T11:40:23Z")
Starting a new thread for the new season. Earlier mentions / footage of season three are at the end of the season two thread. New teaser: Article about the new teaser: --- ## [Jean Luc Picard--how is he viewed in France?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-picard-how-is-he-viewed-in-france/1023479)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-luc-picard-how-is-he-viewed-in-france/1023479 "2025-09-30T23:07:22Z")
Captain/Admiral Jean Luc Picard, or, if you are an annoying all-power Cosmic T^^at, “Mon Capitain”. One of Star Trek’s most popular characters. But, how is he viewed in RL France? What do the RL French think of this Ga… --- ## [Pop culture within science fiction; the good and the bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-within-science-fiction-the-good-and-the-bad/1023260)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-within-science-fiction-the-good-and-the-bad/1023260 "2025-09-23T18:53:50Z")
Science fiction movies and shows try to build a world, and it’s not just science and technology. There are moments when characters are relaxing, listening to music or watching sports. I give the creators credit for try… --- ## [Star Trek (TOS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos/921122)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 498\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos/921122 "2025-09-22T15:48:48Z")
Due to an unprecedented confluence of circumstances, this week, for the first time ever, I have (and am taking) the opportunity to watch ST:TOS. I’m just about finished with season 1, and I have, along with some observat… --- ## [Star Trek Lower Decks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 662\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-lower-decks/915340 "2025-08-19T09:53:01Z")
A new Star Trek cartoon is coming to CBS All Access August 6. I have to be honest, this doesn’t look like a show I’d be interested in. --- ## [Star Trek chronology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-chronology/1021659)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-chronology/1021659 "2025-08-06T03:25:17Z")
I’m trying to figure out what order the various series and movies are set in. Is this about right? The earliest setting: Enterprise A few decades later, happening roughly simultaneously: Discovery Short Treks Sect… --- ## [DVRs for saving Colbert & Daily Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvrs-for-saving-colbert-daily-show/1021069)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvrs-for-saving-colbert-daily-show/1021069 "2025-07-25T02:04:24Z")
CBS has announced it’s cancelling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and The Daily Show is rumored to be next. I remember when a fan petition drive saved Star Trek TOS for a season. That won’t be enough now, IMO. The of… --- ## [I liked older Star Trek for these reasons. Will I like newer Trek?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-older-star-trek-for-these-reasons-will-i-like-newer-trek/998592)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-liked-older-star-trek-for-these-reasons-will-i-like-newer-trek/998592 "2025-07-04T22:20:44Z")
For those of you who have watched the newer Star Trek shows and movies, meaning everything since Enterprise, help predict if I am likely to enjoy the new stuff. Here are some of the reasons I enjoyed the older Trek. The… --- ## [Black Mirror season 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-7/1016865)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-7/1016865 "2025-06-24T18:06:14Z")
I’ve watched episode 6, which is a feature-length (hour and a half) sequel to the season 4 Star Trek parody episode. Not bad. --- ## [Actors in "old" makeup versus when they really were old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-old-makeup-versus-when-they-really-were-old/1019552)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-in-old-makeup-versus-when-they-really-were-old/1019552 "2025-06-18T18:53:53Z")
Such as Star Trek: TOS “The Deadly Years”. Or Tom Baker in “The Leisure Hive”. --- ## [Star Trek: Do "star dates" have any structure or are they just a number the writers picked out of a hat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-do-star-dates-have-any-structure-or-are-they-just-a-number-the-writers-picked-out-of-a-hat/1019327)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-do-star-dates-have-any-structure-or-are-they-just-a-number-the-writers-picked-out-of-a-hat/1019327 "2025-06-12T20:27:50Z")
Title says it all. Often in a Star Trek episode we hear something like, “Star date 40100.3…” (I made that up) Were star dates ever figured out as a rational system or was the star date only whatever the writers that da… --- ## [Have any popular, cool media franchises / works of fiction inspired real-life societal progress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-popular-cool-media-franchises-works-of-fiction-inspired-real-life-societal-progress/1019245)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-popular-cool-media-franchises-works-of-fiction-inspired-real-life-societal-progress/1019245 "2025-06-06T04:45:59Z")
I’m wondering if any bestseller novels, cult TV shows, blockbuster movies, or other fictional media in recent decades inspired actual societal movements or progress on certain social issues due to some element in their f… --- ## [Peter David, Star Trek novelist and comic book writer, passes away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-david-star-trek-novelist-and-comic-book-writer-passes-away/1018795)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-david-star-trek-novelist-and-comic-book-writer-passes-away/1018795 "2025-05-30T20:10:41Z")
Peter David, well-known as a prolific writer of comic books and Star Trek novels, has passed away at the age of 68. My favorite Trek books of his are the New Frontier books starring Captain Mackenzie Calhoun of the US… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/star-trek-paramount/86.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=star-trek-paramount)