Be aware there are full spoilers for 'Star Trek: Picard' Episode 1, “Remembrance” 25 years after Star Trek: The Next Generation went off the air with its gorgeous finale “All Good Things,” Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard is back in action in CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Picard. It’s a risky move, bringing a character as universally beloved as Picard back to series after an ending that perfect. It’s not the first time we’ve seen the character since; he appeared in numerous Trek films following TNG‘s finale, but they all felt contained and, to a …
On the heels of its Episodic, Shorts and Special Events announcement, the Sundance Institute unveiled its New Frontier lineup today for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. These selections span mediums including biotech, rocket travel, mixed reality (MR), facial recognition, smartphone AR (and creative new uses of smart phone video technology), underwater VR, game engines, big data, AI, and the human archive. Shari Frilot, New Frontier’s Chief Curator, had this to say: “Powerful technologies now enable experiences that capture, replicate, and replace “the real.” But it is even more special when the human touch converges with technology, we are provoked …
CBS All Access has released a full trailer for their upcoming series Star Trek: Picard. The show will star Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as the films Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. At the panel for the show, they also revealed that fellow TNG alums Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Jonathan Del Arco would be on the show as would Star Trek: Voyager cast member Jeri Ryan. While I have a …