At the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention the team behind the Deep Space Nine documentary, What We Left Behind, dropped more concrete information about their long gestating project as it heads to a wide release. For those who don’t know, What…
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Patrick Stewart to Reprise His Role as Jean-Luc Picard
In a huge surprise for fans at Star Trek Las Vegas, it was announced by Alex Kurtzman and Patrick Stewart that “Jean-Luc Picard is Back.” So far, details are slim. He know that, per Stewart, “There are no scripts, we…
Convention Preview: Star Trek Las Vegas 2018
This summer has already been jammed packed with news and events from conventions, but the con season isn’t over yet. Next up on the docket for the crew at Nerd Union is Creation Entertainment’s Star Trek Las Vegas, the official…
Punisher, Please Stop Choking Women (And Other Complaints)
[Spoilers | Read Time: 10 min] The new Punisher series by Netflix, released last November, validates the old adage that sometimes less is more. The show is a grueling twelve hours (and change) of mind-bludgeoningly trite characters drooling their personal…
Discovery Finally Delivers the Episode We’ve Needed
If you’d been following along with my episode reviews, you’ll know that I’ve been struggling with Star Trek: Discovery. It’s a beautiful show with brilliant acting but has struggled with a convoluted plot that minimizes the importance of the characters;…
The Lorca Twist Typifies Everything Wrong With Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Discovery isn’t a perfect show. It has potential, but there’s simply so much bad to wade through that it’s not worth any good that’s well… discovered. And that’s really disappointing to admit because no first season of any…
Episode 10: The One with the Double Agent
After a winter hiatus, Kyle, Wild Turkey, and the Gang are back with the wildest and most irreverent fan podcast ever. Join us each week as we dissect the latest offering Star Trek has offer. This week, Kyle and Trevor…
Star Trek Discovery Has *Mostly* righted the ship in solid midseason episode
As a TV critic watching Star Trek Discovery has been one of the weirdest experiences of my life (not my real life mind you, just the TV critic life I live in my head). I have always loved Star Trek.…
Episode 9: Are We in the Prime Universe, and why DSC follows Movie rules
This episode Zach and Kyle break down the chapter 1 finale of Star Trek Discovery. They are joined by Nerd Union contributor Trevor Law. Among the topics they discuss are the idea that Star Trek Discovery isn’t set in the…
To The Media: You Are Entitled to Nothing
Earlier this week my newsfeed was filled with news of the unthinkable: Disney had banned the LA Times from all screenings of the company. One of their critics had been banned from a critic screening of Thor Ragnarok. The media…