Star Trek Picard: Remember TNG?!

Star Trek Picard: Remember TNG?!

Star Trek Picard! Remember Jean-Luc Picard? I do. It’s about time they moved on to Next Gen nostalgia, Star Trek has been milking "Remember Kirk and Spock" for the past decade. 

Look! It’s Patrick Stewart! He’s so old. It’s TNG uniforms! Kinda. The nostalgia is only getting started.

I’m not a big fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation or Captain Picard as a character so I’m not really looking forward to the new show. Doesn’t help that the people in charge of Star Trek, Alex Kurtzman and Co, are insane idiots who don’t get Star Trek. Discovery is awful and I expect Star Trek: Picard to be more if the same. 

But let's not get too negative, maybe Star Trek: Picard will turn out to be awesome. Maybe Season 3 of Discovery will be good. Maybe I'll win the lottery. Who knows!

1960's Tech running the IRS

LGR Tech Tales is one of my favorite series on YouTube. The most recent episode is all about the crazy fact that the United States tax system still runs on technology from the 1960's. It's a super interesting look at the development of the system back in the day and all the failed attempts to replace it, and the one day in 2018 when it all came crashing down. Check it out and if you like it be sure to subcribe to LGR on YouTube

Star Wars Episode IX Teaser Trailer Thoughts

The first teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode IX got released today. It doesn't show a whole lot but what's there looks pretty cool. Luke's voiceover, Rey and Kylo dong Jedi stuff, Finn and Poe doing Resistance stuff, and Lando and Chewie doing flying stuff. Also Death Star and the Emperor! Good stuff.

I hated Last Jedi but I'm not going to let that stop me from getting excited for Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.

The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald

One of my favourite bands, the Headstones, recently released a cover of one of my favourite songs, The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. Itès a great cover of a classic song.




The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Headstones

Dracula: Book vs The Movies

 James Rolfe from Cinemassacre put together a great video looking at all the Dracula films, trying to find out which one is closest to the original book.

 I've never actually read the book but I have seen quite a few different versions of the Dracula movies, it's neat to see all the different variations made over the past century.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek: The Motionless Picture! It sure is slow but I love it! The visuales and music in Star Trek: The Motion Picture are amazing. People laugh at the length of the scene but I just love it when Kirk and Scotty are just flying around admiring the refit Enterprise.

Mike from Red Letter Media is a huge Star Trek fan and he recently sat down with Canadian Jim and had an interesting discussion all about Star Trek: The Motion Picture. 

Enjoy! I did.  

 Star Trek: The Motion Picture – re:View

A new Stargate series

  At the recent GateCon event series co-creator Brad Wright said that MGM wants to do something with the Stargate franchise. Nothing to announce yet, but that there have been talks and MGM knows it's a popular franchise people want to see back.

I don't want to see a new Stargate series. Not after what happened to Star Wars and Star Trek when they came back. I couldn't stand seeing another one of my favourite franchises ruined. Maybe it would be good. If the same creative team came back for the revival there's chances it would be great. I don't know, all I know is I'd rather not take that chance. There are 17 seasons of Stargate and 3 movies, that's enough for me.