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The worst episode of Star Trek, ‘Threshold,’ found new life on Tumblr

The worst episode of Star Trek, ‘Threshold,’ found new life on Tumblr

Star Trek fans celebrate a lot of holidays. There’s Star Trek Day on Sept. 8, the anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: The Original Series. There’s First Contact Day on April 5, the anniversary of the fictional date on which humanity made first contact with Vulcan visitors. One might even celebrate Captain Picard Day on June 16, the Gregorian …

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Section 31’s Sven Ruygrok had a great ‘welcome to Star Trek’ moment

Section 31’s Sven Ruygrok had a great ‘welcome to Star Trek’ moment

When Polygon had a chance to sit down with most of the cast of Star Trek: Section 31 last week, we asked all of them whether their appreciation for Star Trek had changed since they became part of the storied sci-fi franchise — whether they’d been fans for ages or were less familiar with the setting. Sven Ruygrok, who plays …

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Section 31 Is Now the Lowest-Rated Star Trek Project on Rotten Tomatoes

Section 31 Is Now the Lowest-Rated Star Trek Project on Rotten Tomatoes

When Star Trek: Section 31 beamed onto Paramount+ last week, it did so with a bit of a malfunction—and landed with an almighty thud. The first Star Trek movie (streaming or otherwise) in years was immediately scathed by many critics, and now fan reactions have been similarly unkind, warping Section 31 right into first place on the most unglamorous of lists. As Forbes …

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Star Trek Wins for Weirdest Food at Universal Studios Fan Fest Nights

Star Trek Wins for Weirdest Food at Universal Studios Fan Fest Nights

Universal Studios Hollywood’s Star Trek food leads the pack of uniquely bizarre (but on brand) drinks and munchies inspired by different fandom universes for Fan Fest Nights 2025. The after-hours FFN (like Halloween Horror Nights) will invite fans to experience their favorite franchises on every level: experiences, sights, in-universe merch, and tasty treats. This year’s slate of FFN will include …

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Star Trek: Section 31 4K Limited Edition Steelbook Is Up For Preorder At Amazon

Star Trek: Section 31 4K Limited Edition Steelbook Is Up For Preorder At Amazon

There’s a seedier side to the Star Trek universe that most people don’t know about, and if you’re curious, then you might want to grab Star Trek: Section 31 when it warps onto 4K Blu-ray on April 29. Starring Michelle Yeoh, the long-in-development made-for-TV film centered around the sinister group premiered on Paramount+ on January 24. If you aren’t a …

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Displaced Palestinians Trek Home to Northern Gaza as Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Holds: Live Updates

Displaced Palestinians Trek Home to Northern Gaza as Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Holds: Live Updates

They marched for hours in flip-flops and sandals, bags of clothes dangling from the crooks of their elbows. They trudged for miles with toddlers in their arms, mattresses slung from their shoulders. Old men hobbled on crutches, children pushed wheelchairs and one young boy dragged his earthly possessions on a sled. For nearly 16 months, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians …

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Michelle Yeoh engineered Star Trek: Section 31’s big surprise cameo

Michelle Yeoh engineered Star Trek: Section 31’s big surprise cameo

In a time when lots of franchise movies have final scenes and stingers that allude to larger concerns in their universes, show off a dizzying network of inter-movie connective tissue, or tease the next project coming down the release pipeline, Star Trek: Section 31 goes against the grain. Its surprising late-game cameo isn’t about franchise ties at all: It features …

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3 Things We Liked, and 7 We Didn’t, About Star Trek: Section 31

3 Things We Liked, and 7 We Didn’t, About Star Trek: Section 31

Section 31 had a lot stacked up against it—not just as Star Trek‘s first streaming movie, but one controversially centered around one of the franchise’s most divisive concepts—even before reviews this week largely slammed the film. But now that the film is out, we can take a look at just where the film falls flat… and where the flickers of …

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Michelle Yeoh’s New Streaming Star Trek Movie Is Not A Critical Darling

Michelle Yeoh’s New Streaming Star Trek Movie Is Not A Critical Darling

Star Trek: Section 31, the first-ever streaming Trek movie, comes out on Paramount+ tomorrow, but is it going to be worth your time? Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh returns to her iconic role of Emperor Philippa Georgiou from Star Trek: Discovery as she navigates through Section 31, the “dark side” of the Federation given the greenlight to do bad things to …

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Section 31 Is a Mediocre Action Movie, and an Even Worse Star Trek One

Section 31 Is a Mediocre Action Movie, and an Even Worse Star Trek One

There have now been 14 Star Trek movies over the last 50 years and yet the franchise has always had a bit of a reputation of cinematic struggle on the big screen. From the filmic continuations of the original show all the way to the Kelvin Timeline reboots, Star Trek has always been dogged with the question of just how …

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