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ASMAC Star Trek II Horner Video
ASMAC has released a three-hour video about James Horner’s score to Star Trek II (one of my all-time favorites) with director Nicholas...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 22, 20241 min read


Star Trek V Opening Music
I remember seeing Star Trek V: The Final Frontier on opening night in Edgartown with my friend Jonah Walker. I’ll try to keep things...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 18, 20241 min read


When We Were Trekkies
Congrats to my friend (and longtime FSM art director) Joe Sikoryak on completing his 10-issue graphic novel, When We Were Trekkies. I’ve...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 15, 20242 min read


The One Thing I Want From Podcasts
There are so many good podcasts now. I know a lot of people listen to them while driving or walking. I don’t do a lot of either, so it’s...
Lukas Kendall
Feb 24, 20241 min read


Roddenberry Archive Returns
The Roddenberry Archive has returned with updated and expanded virtual tours of all your favorite Star Trek spaceships. It’s even better...
Lukas Kendall
Feb 19, 20241 min read


Farewell Tracy Tormé
I was sorry to wake up to the sad news that Tracy Tormé has died. We Trekkies knew him a one of the best writers of the initial seasons...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 10, 20241 min read


Paul Jenkins Fundraiser
Paul Jenkins is one of the ex-directors of a Star Trek fan film that went off the deep end. I don’t even want to tell the story. Just...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 20, 20231 min read


Farewell Bob Butler
Director Robert Butler has died at the age of 95. His credentials and credits run a mile long. I met him—or was in the same room in...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 12, 20232 min read


Tribbles Score
Many thanks to David Page for continuing his deep dive into the Original Series Star Trek scores with a half-hour YouTube video on Jerry...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 5, 20231 min read


The Lost Three-Foot Enterprise Model Is Found
Is Star Trek like a religion? It’s the opposite of a religion in that the franchise has always been on the liberal/secular/scientific...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 2, 20231 min read


R.I.P. Allan Asherman
I was sorry to hear of the passing of Allan Asherman, the author of many classic Star Trek reference books—in particular, the seminal...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 4, 20231 min read


Making of Star Trek II Book
Just a quick book recommendation today, for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan—The Making of the Classic Film by my friends, the Tenutos,...
Lukas Kendall
Sep 16, 20231 min read


Star Trek TNG Music Article
I have read every article I could ever find about the music of Star Trek. So I just had the weird experience of finding one (I forgot...
Lukas Kendall
Sep 15, 20231 min read


Greg Jein Collection
If you haven’t seen it yet, Heritage Auctions is offering the collection of Greg Jein, model maker from Star Trek, Close Encounters and...
Lukas Kendall
Sep 11, 20231 min read


The Star Trek Picket
Yesterday I picketed with writers and actors for “United We Trek,” a protest at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood on the 57th anniversary...
Lukas Kendall
Sep 9, 20232 min read


Happy Birthday, Star Trek!
Happy birthday to the one and only Star Trek, which premiered 57 years ago today. I am going into Hollywood this morning to picket...
Lukas Kendall
Sep 8, 20231 min read


James Horner Rare 1982 Interview
Many thanks to my friend and colleague Neil Bulk for pointing out a rare 1982 radio interview with James Horner that was posted by the...
Lukas Kendall
Sep 6, 20231 min read


Star Trek 1976 Fake Trailer
My compliments to whoever made this bonkers mash-up trailer of “Star Trek 1976”—a hypothetical trailer for a lunatic mid-1970s Star Trek...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 29, 20231 min read


My Appearance on Trek Untold
Many thanks to Matthew Kaplowitz of Trek Untold who had me on his podcast. You can watch the video version at YouTube: I want to make...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 26, 20231 min read


Jonathan Frakes on the Goldsmith Podcast
I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Goldsmith Odyssey podcast alongside Jonathan Frakes—who has not only played Commander Riker on...
Lukas Kendall
Aug 21, 20231 min read
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