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Do Real-World Politics Affect Star Trek's Prime Directive?

The cardinal rule in the Star Trek universe is the Prime Directive, which forbids the super-advanced Federation from interfering with the development of less-advanced cultures. Of course every crew breaks it regularly, but some crews have broken it more than others. Since Star Trek often tries to make reference to current U.S. politics, we decided to see if there was a relationship between these imaginary violations and what the US was doing in the world. Click through for a comparison of U.S. overseas troop levels and Star Trek's meddling, which may surprise you. More »

11:12 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
4,910 views, 37 comments

Latest by Zapp Brannigan's Girdle: @inconstant_reader: If you and I are thinking of the same episode (Homeward), it was Worf's brother Nikolai who interfered, not Riker. I probably can't offer you an explanation of letting a planet die out instead of saving it, either. But if more »

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Why Everything Goes Better With Space Monkeys

With Space Chimps officially the most anticipated monkey movie of the summer, it's time to take a serious look at our spacefaring simian cousins. (Especially after we discovered our readers are as obsessed with monkeys as we are.) And it turns out there are way more of them than we'd realized, including space-monkey entrepreneurs, superheroes, supervillains and half-monkey half-robot killers. Click through for the complete list of space-faring simians! More »

12:01 PM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,183 views, 40 comments

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Tom Paris is F*cking Sarah Silverman

With all this talk around the interwebz about Matt Damon fucking Sarah Silverman, and Sarah Silverman's boyfriend fucking some other dude, we were reminded of the first time somebody got to fuck Sarah Silverman on TV. Of course, it was Tom Paris from Star Trek: Voyager. What? You don't remember the freaking two-part episode where Voyager time-and-space travels to twentieth century Earth and Silverman plays an astronomer named Rain who teaches Paris to call Tuvok a "freakosaurus"? And then the two of them suck face? Well, then, allow us to refresh your memories. More »

5:00 PM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Annalee Newitz
10,572 views, 58 comments

Latest by tcolberg: @Munkles: I didn't know that disliking Voyager was tied mostly with Americans and misogyny. Perhaps the reason that some people didn't like Voyager was due to the lightweight character development, uninspired dialogue (e.g. above clips), and that nearly every episode more »

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5 Eras In Science Fiction TV Theme Tunes

Here's a catchy compilation of theme tunes from the late 70s and early 80s, featuring Shaft-esque guitars and stomping drum-beats. It's amazing how every science fiction TV show from a particular era features a similar-sounding opening theme tune. And the trends in theme music say something about the shows of the eras they belong to. Click through for a complete history of TV openings. More »

6:30 AM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,503 views, 40 comments

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Must See: Star Trek

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale.

Title: Star Trek
Date: 1966-1969

Vitals: A paramilitary science squad in color-coded pajamas grapples (and sometimes makes whoopie) with the unknown. Captain Kirk almost loses control of the Enterprise in almost every episode — usually to a man who's either younger and hungrier, or even older and creepier.

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10:10 PM on Sun Sep 30 2007
By charliejane
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