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The Matrix is perfect for rebooting and it’s the right time to do it

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Luke Owen praises the news of the Matrix reboot… Back in 2014 I wrote an article titled Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters is everything wrong with reboots. In it I argued that the idea behind rebooting the classic 1980s comedy was good in principle (it’s an easy enough premise to adapt and update) but the execution was […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Deviations

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Deviations… In a world where the Romulans discovered Earth before the Vulcans, Earth is now a brutal penal colony. Resistance fighter William Riker has uncovered a vast conspiracy, and together with his band of prisoner outlaws (you just might recognize a few!), must fight to rescue a mysterious prisoner in the darkest level of […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Waypoint #4

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Waypoint #4… First, an ENTERPRISE story by Vivek Tiwary and Artist TK. Captain Archer’s pet beagle Porthos takes center stage in a Temporal Cold War tale that sees the beloved pooch traveling back in time in order to save a young Jonathan’s life. Then, a NEXT GENERATION story by Scott Bryan […]

Jason Isaacs cast as the Captain in Star Trek: Discovery

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Jason Isaacs has boarded CBS’s Star Trek: Discovery as the show’s captain. Star Trek: Discovery was originally supposed to debut this past January but showrunner Bryan Fuller’s (Hannibal, American Gods) departure from the show and other behind the scenes difficulties let to delays to proceedings. Things now seem to be getting somewhat back on track now, and it […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds #3

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds #3… The race to the planet Oa continues! Will Captain Kirk and Hal Jordan be the first to find the legendary home of the Green Lanterns, or will Sinestro and the Klingons beat them to it? Don’t miss the latest chapter in the blockbuster crossover event of the […]

Star Trek: Discovery adds three new crewmembers

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Star Trek: Discovery is now in production, and the show has added three new actors to its cast as Starfleet officers. The latest cast members are Sneaky Pete‘s Terry Serpico, 30 Rock‘s Maulik Pancholy and The Following‘s Sam Vartholomeos. Serpico will play Admiral Anderson, a high ranking Starfleet official, while Pancholy and Vartholomeos will portray Dr. Nambue and Ensign Connor […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek New Visions: “Sam”

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: New Visions “Sam”… In our latest Photoplay from John Byrne we become entangled in the life of Kirk’s elder brother George Samuel “Sam” Kirk before his untimely death in Operation-Annihilate.  Sam’s often forgotten in the NuTrek universe, but he is there.  You can even see him in the opening of 2009’s […]

Comic Book Review – Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds #2

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Villordsutch reviews Star Trek/Green Lantern: Stranger Worlds #2… STRANGER WORLDS PART TWO! With their power rings running low and no power batteries left to recharge them, the surviving heroes of the Lantern Corps join with Starfleet in the ultimate battle with Sinestro and the resurgent Klingons… until the arrival of an unexpected visitor from the […]

Paramount and CBS settle Star Trek: Axanar lawsuit

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Paramount Pictures, CBS Studios and Axanar Productions have announced that they have finally come to a settlement on the controversial lawsuit against the crowd-funded Star Trek fan film Axanar, which will see producer Alex Peters agreeing to make “substantial changes” to his project in order to ensure that it and any future Star Trek productions comply with […]