Sep 12, 2017
Star Trek’s Design Influences.
Matt Jefferies, designer of the original Starship Enterprise, was less than complimentary when he saw its 24th-century incarnation in Star Trek: The Next Generation: “Gene asked me how I liked the show, and I said that he had taken the bridge of my ship and turned it into the lobby of...
Sep 6, 2017
Star Trek and Action Movies.
Lights! Camera! Action? Compared to the other science fiction
franchise with which it shares half its name, Star Trek has always
been distinctly contemplative, as much morality play as spectacular
entertainment. But right from the start, there were moves to punch
up the action. In 1965,...