# \#star-trek-paramount **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/star-trek-paramount/86.md?page=1 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [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… --- ## [Works about the dangers of AI/Robots but in Human hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/works-about-the-dangers-of-ai-robots-but-in-human-hands/1016233)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/works-about-the-dangers-of-ai-robots-but-in-human-hands/1016233 "2025-04-05T12:07:35Z")
I was listening to a movie podcast today bring up the classical idea of the dangers of AI, mainly that it will grow sentience and oppress/kill off humanity eventually, as seen in classic Sci-Fi works like Terminator, Sta… --- ## [Strange New Worlds season 2 to start June 15, 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-new-worlds-season-2-to-start-june-15-2023/984959 "2025-03-26T04:35:56Z")
The best Star Trek since the original returns this month! Now with Carol Kane. (New Chief Engineer) And a live action cross-over with “Below Decks”. The Official Trailer: So yes, I need to subscribe to P… --- ## [TNG's Jellico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tngs-jellico/1015843)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tngs-jellico/1015843 "2025-03-21T21:47:40Z")
In Chain of Command Picard leaves the Enterprise for an extended mission involving counting illumination sources, and Captain Jellico takes command. We are of course, intended to dislike him (since he’s not Picard), but … --- ## [Early cultural references to Star Trek?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-cultural-references-to-star-trek/1014398)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-cultural-references-to-star-trek/1014398 "2025-02-18T18:05:39Z")
I just watched the wedding episode of I Dream of Jeannie from December 2nd 1969, and as an excuse for Jeannie destroying cameras (because genies don’t show up on film) they blame an “anti-photo phaser”. While it doesn’t … --- ## [There should be a strategic/RPG Star Trek ship captain game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-strategic-rpg-star-trek-ship-captain-game/1013855)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-should-be-a-strategic-rpg-star-trek-ship-captain-game/1013855 "2025-02-04T19:11:28Z")
There have been a number of Star Trek games. Most are much shootier than Star Trek is. I’ve always wondered why there wasn’t a really solid career mode game where you have to command a series of ships, with the ships n… --- ## [Comics with "footnotes"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-with-footnotes/1013144)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-with-footnotes/1013144 "2025-01-25T15:21:46Z")
Not sure about the industry term, but jokes/comments at the bottom of many or most pages of a comic. I only remember seeing it in Squirrel Girl and now in Star Trek Lower Decks. What are some other examples? Here’s a ty… --- ## [Best character and story-driven AI chatbots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-character-and-story-driven-ai-chatbots/1011953)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-character-and-story-driven-ai-chatbots/1011953 "2024-12-21T00:54:54Z")
What are some of the best character- and story-driven AI chatbots you’ve found? Captain Kirk I found a Star Trek “Captain Kirk” AI chatbot on a site called Talkie that lets me go on adventures in the TOS era. I serve a… --- ## [Alien: Romulus coming this Summer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-romulus-coming-this-summer/999090)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-romulus-coming-this-summer/999090 "2024-12-14T22:45:18Z")
Nope it’s not Star Trek and there’s no Neutral Zone. It’s a standalone story set between Alien and Aliens. Can’t link to the trailer at the moment but it definitely looks more horror than action. --- ## [Star Trek 4 Sounds Like it Was Pitched By A Crazy Person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-4-sounds-like-it-was-pitched-by-a-crazy-person/1010001)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-4-sounds-like-it-was-pitched-by-a-crazy-person/1010001 "2024-11-14T23:53:40Z")
Hear me out. "Ok. Where did we leave off? The Enterprise is destroyed and our heroes are stranded on Vulcan. Probably on the run or at least wanted by Starfleet. So, we have them go back to Earth to face justice but on … --- ## [Hey, pal, can you spare $100 Grand? (Star Trek memorabilia auction)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pal-can-you-spare-100-grand-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009377)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pal-can-you-spare-100-grand-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009377 "2024-10-29T22:52:03Z")
https://bid.juliensauctions.com/auctions/catalog/id/526 For the rich Trekkies in your life. $100,000 for a “William Shatner” phaser. --- ## [Details on that Star Trek memorabilia auction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-on-that-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009422)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-on-that-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009422 "2024-10-29T19:47:32Z")
Apparently, there will be an auction featuring various props from the original Star Trek series on November 9, with the two featured items being the “type 2” (pistol-shaped) phaser and communicator used by Captain Kirk, … --- ## [Hey, pal, can you spare $100 Grand? (Star Trek memorabilia auction)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pal-can-you-spare-100-grand-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009373)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pal-can-you-spare-100-grand-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009373 "2024-10-29T00:39:55Z")
Linked removed --- ## [Star Trek Turbolift question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-turbolift-question/1008336)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-turbolift-question/1008336 "2024-10-04T02:21:13Z")
In the things you never thought about for 60 years category: You know the little light panel in the wall, that shows a light bar going by, either up/down or left/right when the lift moves? In the reality of the show, is… --- ## [What To Bring To A Star Trek Convention? 3 to 5 items only, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-bring-to-a-star-trek-convention-3-to-5-items-only-please/1007188)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-bring-to-a-star-trek-convention-3-to-5-items-only-please/1007188 "2024-09-13T02:52:08Z")
It has been more than 20 years since I’ve been to a Con, more or less. One starts tomorrow, right here in town. I will pick up some cash, at the bank in the AM, & go. Can you give me a list of 3 to 5 items, that would… --- ## [Most prescient piece of science fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prescient-piece-of-science-fiction/1006128)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prescient-piece-of-science-fiction/1006128 "2024-09-07T12:12:08Z")
In 1967, the Star Trek episode Court Martial had the falsification of video evidence by a computer expert as it’s major plot point. I remember watching it as a kid, and not understanding how someone could fake a video re… --- ## [Ricardo Montalban miscast in ST2:TWOK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricardo-montalban-miscast-in-st2-twok/1005911)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ricardo-montalban-miscast-in-st2-twok/1005911 "2024-08-23T05:24:34Z")
I remember reading a review of Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, where the critic said that Ricardo Montalban had been miscast in the movie. Apparently the critic had never seen Space Seed. My Google Fu is not mighty to… --- ## [What is this arm pumping motion by a performative drunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-arm-pumping-motion-by-a-performative-drunk/1005897)
**Author:** [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-arm-pumping-motion-by-a-performative-drunk/1005897 "2024-08-19T08:39:15Z")
Example here in clip from Star Trek: First Contact at 0:45. I’ve seen it elsewhere in tv or movies, never in real life that I recall. --- ## [RIP Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa, ST:TNG)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patti-yasutake-nurse-ogawa-st-tng/1005356)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patti-yasutake-nurse-ogawa-st-tng/1005356 "2024-08-07T00:24:59Z")
Patti Yasutake, who played lower decker Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on Star Trek: The Next Generation, has died of cancer at the age of 70. --- ## [Were there any references to Vulcans having green blood after Star Trek: TOS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-any-references-to-vulcans-having-green-blood-after-star-trek-tos/984293)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-any-references-to-vulcans-having-green-blood-after-star-trek-tos/984293 "2024-07-06T00:03:10Z")
I’ve been watching a lot of Star Trek lately. While the green blood jokes were common on TOS between McCoy and Spock, were there any other references to this in the subsequent TV series or the films? I can’t remember any… --- ## [Star Trek Prodigy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-prodigy/959136)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-prodigy/959136 "2024-07-05T00:38:06Z")
I waited until the season was over to binge it. It clearly has elements aimed at kids, and some of the Hologram Janeway stuff was pretty rough around the edges, but overall I liked it. It was good enough to place it in t… --- ## [Star Trek Discovery season 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-5/999835)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-5/999835 "2024-06-24T10:46:24Z")
The first two episodes of the final season are out, if anyone wants to say anything about it. So far it has occasional action sequences punctuating long, slow scenes with melodramatic music, often of crew members express… --- ## [Star Trek Prodigy the latest to be canceled and erased](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-prodigy-the-latest-to-be-canceled-and-erased/986004)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-prodigy-the-latest-to-be-canceled-and-erased/986004 "2024-06-11T01:25:23Z")
As has been the trend, beyond just cancelling shows , streaming services have been completely removing them from their catalog (presumably for tax purposes). Star Trek Prodigy is the latest victim which is a shame. The s… --- ## [Most impressive franchise from the most mediocre beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-impressive-franchise-from-the-most-mediocre-beginning/1002401)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-impressive-franchise-from-the-most-mediocre-beginning/1002401 "2024-06-04T19:34:49Z")
We just finished Star Trek TOS. POS is more like it! I get that Roddenberry had a vision, and that elements of the show were unique for the time. And I imagine most TV from mid-late 60s would appear to have many flaws… --- ## [The Star Trek TNG Finale First Aired 30 Years Ago Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-trek-tng-finale-first-aired-30-years-ago-today/1001974)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-star-trek-tng-finale-first-aired-30-years-ago-today/1001974 "2024-05-29T14:15:41Z")
The exact date differed because it was syndicated but this was the first day it could air. Probably still the best finale of any Trek series. Also probably still my favorite Trek Series although I don’t binge rewatch th… --- ## [What’s the point of the transporter room in \*Star Trek\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-point-of-the-transporter-room-in-star-trek/1000238)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-point-of-the-transporter-room-in-star-trek/1000238 "2024-05-27T18:21:24Z")
Not the transporter, but the transporter room. Plenty of episodes establish that you can transport people from a location other than the transporter room and to such a location. In fact, it seems that said room need not … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/star-trek-paramount/86.md?match_all_tags=true&tags%5B%5D=star-trek-paramount) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/star-trek-paramount/86.md?match_all_tags=true&page=2&tags%5B%5D=star-trek-paramount)