Star Trek – STEPHEN G. PARKS

A Movie Theatre Experience to Remember

stephen / July 23, 2026

Over on Threads, Wil Wheaton was asking about our best movie theatre experiences. I’m going to say my best movie theatre experience involved Star Trek: The Search For Spock

Shouldn’t fans decide what’s canon?

stephen / April 10, 2019

I’ve had an idea in my head for a while, and along with it, a word: fanon. It seems to

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Star Trek Discovery is not the Star Trek We Need

stephen / January 15, 2018

(Assume that this post contains spoilers for the first two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery and the first three episodes

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Star Trek at 50 – Beyond the fanbase

stephen / August 24, 2017

It?s the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, and the fans had been hoping for a grand celebration. With no new

Fans, Science Fiction, Star Trek

I Want to Believe

stephen / March 18, 2016

Remember the poster in Mulder’s office in the X-Files? “I Want to Believe”?” it declared over the image of a

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Star Trek: Red Shirts Had It Better Than Blondes

stephen / August 3, 2015

Forget being a Red Shirt, being blonde on Star Trek could be fatal (to your acting career). After recently viewing

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Fan Participation: Star Wars vs Star Trek

stephen / July 19, 2015

I hope that I don’t have to tell you that I’m a Star Wars fan. I’ve been less demonstrative of

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Artificial Intelligence: Malicious in Movies, Benevolent in Books

stephen / June 7, 2015

Why is it that the portrayal of artificial intelligence in movies and books are contradictory? Almost universally, movies portray AI