Enterprise Ambience
This is kind of weird: 24 hours of looping ambient noise from the Starship Enterprise. (I swear that the recent spate of Trek posts isn’t intentional.)
Famous People on Star Trek
Famous people you didn’t know were on Star Trek.
Star Wars is really Star Trek x 100.
The crew of Star Trek: TNG watches Star Wars: A New Hope.
(Source: youtube.com)
Fun to think about: Metaphysical McGuffins. First read here, then here.
Fun fact: I have previously (and unsuccessfully) argued that Project Genesis is the greatest McGuffin in movie history. This doesn’t fit the metaphysical McGuffin thing because you, the viewer, knows what Genesis is. But I’ve always loved it because Khan has no fucking clue and is convinced it’s a weapon.
Watch Trek has a streaming archive of every single episode of Star Trek television ever created (minus the animated series). About a year and a half ago, I spent two months watching the entire run of DS9. Good show. [via]
Fun fact: The opposite of “jump the shark” is “Riker’s beard.”
Red Letter Media has a new review up for Star Trek. They’ve never been able to recapture the pure magic of the Phantom Menace review, but they are still worth watching. (Part two.)
In 1978 a bunch of kids made a Star Trek fan film on Super-8. Now they’ve updated it for YouTube. [via]
Death and Star Trek
The fifteen cruelest deaths in Star Trek history. Very comprehensive. [via]