“We are locally optimistic, and globally pessimistic.” That statement is a key point made in the book Abundance: the Future is Better than you think by Pete Diamandis and Steven Kotler. The quote is from one of the many people…
Trek
I’m a Star Trek fan, and I write about it sometimes. Here are those posts.
Going where no Joe has gone before…
by Joseph Dickerson • January 12, 2013
I’m proud to announce that I’m about to boldly go where I’ve never gone before… be a guest at a Star Trek convention. And not just ANY Star Trek convention, the big one… The Official Star Trek Convention in Las…
Save the bridge! A behind the scenes look at the project to restore the Enterprise D bridge
by Joseph Dickerson • November 9, 2012
Cross-post of an article I wrote for http://trekmovie.com: “Imagine being a Star Wars fan driving past Lucasfilm, and seeing the Millennium Falcon in a dumpster.” Would never happen, right? Well, it did. Only it wasn’t Star Wars, and it wasn’t that…
More of me to love, now at TrekMovie.com and This Week in Star Trek!
by Joseph Dickerson • October 24, 2012
Just a quick note to let the regular readers of ye’ ol’ blog know that I am now a regular contributor to TrekMovie.com. I’ve been a “friend” of that site for a couple of years now and so when one…
Is there any record of litigation over someone making their own Star Trek items?
by Joseph Dickerson • August 27, 2012
Well, there is some history of litigation in Star Trek, but it tends to not be Paramount vs. the Little Guy, it tends to be actors/writers against Paramount. Two examples: Leonard Nimoy sued Paramount for licensing moneys around his image…
In praise of The Doomsday Machine (and William Windom)
by Joseph Dickerson • August 24, 2012
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the official Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, and one of the panels I went to was to determine the top ten episode of the original series. It was a conference room that…
Which is the better all-time show: The Twilight Zone or the original Star Trek series?
by Joseph Dickerson • August 18, 2012
Love both, but I have to say Star Trek. The Twilight Zone had so many wonderful stories, and I’d say the ratio of good to bad for both series is about the same (the original Star Trek had a wildly…
Is Star Trek a ‘Kids Show’?
by Joseph Dickerson • August 18, 2012
It's not intended to be, no… but it's a show that kids can enjoy. Before I expand on my answer, I want to critique the term "kids show." Many shows that fall into that descriptive bucket are quite entertaining and…
Going to Dragon*Con? Here’s some hints and tips!
by Joseph Dickerson • August 18, 2012
First off, if you are going to Dragon*Con, congratulations! You should have a great time! It’s one of the biggest SF/fantasy cons in North America, and it’s HUGE… like, “46,000 attendees” huge. It’s spread out over four hotels in downtown…
Photos from the Official 2012 Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas
by Joseph Dickerson • August 13, 2012
I had the great pleasure of being able to attend two days of the big Star Trek KHANNN! in Las Vegas this past weekend. Got to see some old friends, meet a couple of new ones, and chat it up…
My Top 10 List of seminal Science Fiction films
by Joseph Dickerson • August 6, 2012
Top 10 Lists: Everybody’s doing them! I just read Film.com‘s list of the top 50 science fiction films, and I… disagreed (and apparently I’m not alone). Not violently, but enough to prompt this, my absolutely biased look at the top…