We’ve only got a couple of  Star Trek memes before Christmas, so I think it’s a great time to revisit all of the legendary Christmas episodes from the various iterations of Star Trek! I’m sure we all remember the jolly holiday cheer that has decked those liminal halls of the starship enterprise over the years, …
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It isn’t cheap to be a Star Trek fan, but at least it’s cheaper than being a fan of other shows and movies. If you want to watch any Star Trek iteration that’s ever existed, all you have to do is pay $7.99 a month (or $59.99 a year) for that sweet, sweet Paramount+ subscription. …
Seguir leyendo The Best Star Trek Memes of the Week (November 26, 2024)

Star Trek is one of the oldest fandoms in the world, not to mention the most dedicated. People have been making fanzines and fanfiction inspired by the series since the 60s, and all different iterations of Star Trek have made incredible meme fodder since the invention of the internet meme. The two Patrick Stewart image …
Seguir leyendo The Best Star Trek Memes of the Week (November 19, 2024)

Did y’all know that playing the character of Spock changed the way that Leonard Nimoy thought and behaved? According to Wikipedia, playing the same character day in and day for years actually altered his personality.  «Nimoy has said that the character of Spock, which he played twelve to fourteen hours a day, five days a …
Seguir leyendo The Best Star Trek Memes of the Week (November 12, 2024)

The reaction image is one of the most tried and true memes. It’s one of the only meme types the average person can use during day-to-day life. If your friend texts you some irritating news, you can send that meme where Picard has his hand in his face in frustration. If they keep sending negative …
Seguir leyendo The Best Star Trek Memes of the Week (November 5, 2024)

Imagine if NBC had picked up the original pilot of Star Trek. Any Trekkie worth his salt has seen the hour-long episode that canonically takes place 13 years before the original series. The casting and characterization are the main differences between the pilot and the actual show. The hot young captain in this episode isn’t …
Seguir leyendo The Best Star Trek Memes of the Week (October 29, 2024)

Star Trek: Section 31 is coming out in January, and if you know anything about January releases, you know what that means. It’s probably not going to be in contention for any Oscars, nor could it be, because it’s getting released on Paramount+. The intersection of made-for-streaming movies and early-year releases proves that nobody wants …
Seguir leyendo The Best Star Trek Memes of the Week (October 22, 2024)

Star Trek is one of the only TV shows from the 60s that people are still regularly rewatching. I’m not saying that The Beverly Hillbillies wasn’t an incredible piece of television, but they’re not making Beverly Hillbilly TV shows on Paramount+ to this day. The 90s might’ve seen the reassurance of ’60s TV by reviving The …
Seguir leyendo The Best Star Trek Memes of the Week (October 15, 2024)

Star Trek is one of the oldest fandoms in the world. People have been making fanzines and fanfiction inspired by the series since the 60s, and all different iterations of Star Trek have made incredible meme fodder since the invention of the internet meme. The two Patrick Stewart image macros are obviously the most famous …
Seguir leyendo The Best Star Trek Memes of the Week (October 8, 2024)

I think the reason that Kirk and Spock work so well as a pair is that they’re a classic example of literary foils. For those of you who need a brush up on English class,  «In any narrative, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character, typically, a character who contrasts with the …
Seguir leyendo The Best Star Trek Memes of the Week (October 1, 2024)