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Today is a Good Day to Look at Insane Klingon Fan Art

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:33:17 PST

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Thank Kahless, it's Friday! We decided to celebrate by rounding up some of the most glorious and demented Klingon fan art we could find. More »

Theologian asks government-funded conference, "Did Jesus die for Klingons too?"

Cyriaque Lamar — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:00:00 PDT

What would the discovery of an alien civilization mean for the most basic tenets of Christianity? This question was explored last Saturday at the 100 Year Starship Symposium in Orlando, Florida. More »

3D model of the Klingon K't'inga-class warship will get you pumped up for Sto'Vo'Kor.

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 19 May 2011 07:30:00 PDT

This glorious 3D rendering of the Klingon K't'inga-class warship will be this week's "starship of the week" over at the site for the upcoming free-to-play browser game Star Trek: Infinite Space, and we've got the exclusive first glimpse. More »

According to German TV, anti-Starfleet rebels helped take down Osama Bin Laden

Cyriaque Lamar — Sun, 08 May 2011 13:20:00 PDT

Last Thursday, German news channel N24 was discussing how the Navy's SEAL Team Six participated in the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden. The report started out normal, but an image search snafu took the broadcast to the final frontier. More »

One creature's poison is another one's meat

Peggy -- Biology in Science Fiction — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:00:00 PST

NASA recently held a press conference announcing the first demonstration that organisms could use arsenic in place of phosphorus in their cells. Not surprisingly, science fiction got there first. More »

Star Trek 2 may not have a "rebooted" Khan or Klingons, won't be doom and gloom

Cyriaque Lamar — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:40:56 PDT

It's been a while since we've heard anything about the second Star Trek, and finally Star Trek director J.J. Abrams and screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have dropped hints about the script-less sequel's baddies and tone. More »

Cosplay on acid — the weirdly redundant art of dimestore scifi costumes

Cyriaque Lamar — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:55:37 PDT

Vintage department store costumes followed a strangely predictable formula: soulless plastic mask + psychedelic torso art with the character's face again (for absolutely no reason). Here are some of your favorite scifi characters looking like narcissistic lunatics. First off, we have the Alien. It's like he was his own college mascot. More »

The Best Klingon Art To Hang On The Halls Of Sto'Vo'Kor

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:15:28 PST

Today is a good day for art! This amazing Klingon painting, depicting an eyepatch-wearing Klingon leader going into battle, comes from Star Trek Online concept artist Chris Legaspi. Check out more of our favorite epic Klingon art below. More »

Victor Garber Will Make All Your Klingon Dreams Come True

Caitlin Petrakovitz — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:20:00 PDT

As we know from the trailer, the recent Star Trek was thisclose to putting Klingons in the first film — so might this bode well for their appearance in the second? J.J. Abrams can't confirm, but doesn't discard the idea. More »

Choose Your Next Star Trek Villains

Graeme McMillan — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:00:00 PDT

No sooner has Star Trek been released than people have started throwing around ideas for a sequel. Klingons? Khan? The Borg? We'd like your opinions, please: Who should NuKirk jerk around next? More »

Hamlet, Prince Of Q'onos, Walks The Boards For The First Time

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:19:05 PST

You may have read Hamlet in the original Klingon, but you've probably never seen it performed — until now. More »

Europe Sees Trek Footage, But Klingons Stay Hidden

Graeme McMillan — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:00:47 PST

More people have seen footage from next year's Star Trek reboot, this time in Rome, as director JJ Abrams continues a European tour of the footage unveiled in London earlier this week. While we're happy that Abrams is getting out and about after an extended stay in the editing bay preparing the movie, we're wondering when American audiences will get to see what lies in store for us next May. But at least he's sharing what we won't be seeing this time around - Namely, Klingons. More »

What Should A Star Trek Movie Require?

Graeme McMillan — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:00:04 PDT

It may be nine months until we get to see JJ Abrams' rebooted Star Trek, but that doesn't mean that he's not willing to talk about it. TrekMovie.com quotes the director from a recent TVGuide interview, saying that "I think this movie is going to be worth the wait." Not that we'd expected anything different from him, mind you, but his reasoning may not be what you'd think. Learn what that reasoning is, and find out what would make the movie worth the wait for us. More »