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There’s no doubt that people will look back at season 3 of Invincible with nothing but admiration. The beginning of the dark times of Mark Grayson was told in a way that stayed true to the source material while also making sure the story worked for TV. It’s all you could want from a comic book adaptation. However, none of the show's greatness could have happened without the heroes and villains involved.

All of the characters were incredible from start to finish and this article will rank the top ten. It was difficult dropping it down to just ten, but hopefully, the justification will make sense. Let's start with an honorable mention.

Honorable mention: Mohawk Mark

Voiced by: Steven Yeun

Mohawk Mark Grayson was the best of the Invincible variants. He was witty, strong, and completely unhinged. He wasn’t the strongest of the group, but, somehow, he seemed to do the most damage.

Michael Dorn played Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation for seven seasons. Initially not set to be part of the main cast, Worf quickly became a series regular and a fan favorite. His lack of understanding of jokes as well as his strength against various alien species. In a show that had great supporting characters, Dorn stood out.

Show creator Gene Roddenberry was reportedly not too keen on adding a known alien species to the show but eventually relented with Worf. However, the showrunner reportedly gave a lot of freedom for the actor to create quirks, which defined one of the most important characteristics of Worf.

Michael Dorn was instrumental in crafting Worf’s important characteristics in Star Trek: Tng Michael Dorn in Star Trek: Picard | Credits: Paramount+

While Leonard Nimoy’s Spock became the resident alien of the Enterprise crew in Star Trek: Tos, that spot was taken by Worf in Tng.

A fun detail about all the characters on "Star Trek: The Next Generation": They're all nerds. Sure, they're intelligent and cultured, and many of them are socially graceful -- even humorous and charming -- but they all possess intellectual and cultural obsessions that skew heavily into nerdy territory. Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart), for instance, is a literature nerd and an archaeology nerd. Geordi (LeVar Burton) is clearly an engineering nerd. And, yes, the taciturn, humorless Worf (Michael Dorn) is a nerd. 

Worf lost his biological parents as a child, and he was raised on Earth by human parents. Perhaps longing for cultural meaning, Worf began to study the customs and attitudes of Klingons, and he became careful to follow them down to the letter. He became a nerd for his own culture. Indeed, he became so obsessed with honor, it made him awkward in social situations. Worf yelled at...

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In the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The Enemy", the Enterprise investigates a crashed Romulan vessel on a radioactive, storm-wracked planet called Galorndon Core. Several Enterprise crew-members are able to beam down and rescue one Romulan survivor, but the storms and radiation prevent everyone from returning. Geordi (LeVar Burton) is left behind, as is a second Romulan survivor named Bochra (John Snyder). At first, the injured Bochra claims Geordi as his hostage, but Geordi explains that the radiation will soon make them sick and that it would be wiser for them to work together to escape. 

The bulk of "The Enemy" is devoted to their rescue. Up in orbit, Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) has to do some clever negotiating with a Romulan Commander (Andrea Katsulas), while Geordi and Bochra find ways to survive below. It's an okay episode. 

It seems,...

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"Star Trek: The Next Generation" was, by all measures, far more successful than the original "Star Trek" that preceded it. The original series wasn't a big hit when it first aired in 1966, and didn't become popular until Trekkies discovered it in reruns in the mid-1970s. By the mid-1980s, the series not only had a passionate following, but several hit "Star Trek" feature films had been made, ensuring that the franchise was long-lasting and widely celebrated. Creator Gene Roddenberry, wanting a project he could more closely oversee, launched the first spinoff "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in 1987, fast-forwarding the timeline of the franchise by about a century. The new show featured a new cast of characters, a new ship, and a new tone. This was, by Roddenberry's orders, to be even more diplomatic and peaceful than even the original show.

Actor Michael Dorn donned the Klingon mask as Worf in seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation before being done with it and hanging it up. However, he was soon called back to the makeup room for the spinoff series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which saw a completely new crew headed by Avery Brooks’ Captain Benjamin Sisko.

Dorn was among the few who had been on both sets and was in a position to compare and contrast. The actor spilled the tea on many of the differences in the sets of Tng and Deep Space Nine and how he reacted to it. According to him, the tone of the set seemed to be based around how the Captain of the show was.

Michael Dorn called the set of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine more serious than The Next Generation A still from Star Trek: The Next Generation | Credits: Paramount+

For years,...

Connoisseurs of Klingon coffee rejoice! There’s finally a mug to meet the needs of those who like their coffee with a side of honor as CherryTree, a bespoke computer company, has entered the realm of stoneware. Per Trek Core, CherryTree is now offering mugs inspired by the vessel from which the crew of Star Trek: Deep Space Ninesipped their raktajino.

The mug, instantly recognizable to fans of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the series that ran from 1993 to 1999, was recently launched by CherryTree. The company revealed the piece, which it’s calling the “Iykyk” Spaceport Mug, at a Star Trek convention held in San Francisco back in January. It is a replica of the blue raktajino mug viewers became accustomed to seeing characters like Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) and Miles O’Brien (Colm Meaney) drinking from at the Replimat on the space station.

New shipment just landed of that mug...

For all the awe and wonder in its sci-fi depiction of the future, the "Star Trek" franchise also can be absolutely heartbreaking at times. Both the numerous "Star Trek" shows and movies have their fair share of tearjerker scenes, with fan-favorite characters often overcome with grief or committing heroic sacrifices. There are entire episodes of "Star Trek" that are full-on meditations on melancholic emotions, guaranteed to make even the most stoic fan misty-eyed. Simply put, "Star Trek" can be just as emotionally fraught as any grounded drama, and that's been true of the franchise since the beginning.

The sad scenes throughout "Star Trek" history are a testament to writing, but also how effectively the actors have brought their beloved characters to life. That helps make these raw, bittersweet sequences all the more resonant, especially given how well-composed "Star Trek" characters usually are. Here are the 15 saddest moments in the "Star Trek" franchise,...

Arguably, three of the most popular franchises in recent (or past or future) memory are Back to the Future, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Trek, and the stars of all three recently appeared at a Vancouver convention. Christopher Lloyd, John Rhys-Davies, and William Shatner all appeared at the recent Fan Expo Vancouver and posed for an iconic photo together.

Lloyd, who played Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy, posted an epic photo to the social media site X that featured himself, Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk (Shatner), and The Lord of the Rings trilogy’s Gimli (Davies). Lloyd captioned the picture: “The final frontier, the future, or middle-earth…your choice.”

The final frontier, the future, or middle-earth…your choice pic.twitter.com/hRpwhSOEj3— Christopher Lloyd (@DocBrownLloyd) February 23, 2025

RelatedJohn Rhys-Davies Was the Perfect Gimli, But He Nearly Played a Very Different Character...

Like any other writers, those who write for Star Trek try to make sure they get things right before the script goes to film. Of course, there are bound to be errors, but usually, fans can overlook them. They might point them out on Reddit, but, for the most part, we're okay with a bump in the road here and there...unless they really stand out because it's our field of expertise.

And that's exactly what happened during the fifth season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. After the season's sixteenth episode Ethics aired, a viewer wrote in with some corrections for Dr. Beverly Crusher [Gates McFadden], which were accurate and appreciated.

Andre Bormanis was the science consultant for the series and was trained in several sciences, but he understood they couldn't always get the tech stuff right. He told Deborah Fisher in the August/September 1997 edition of Star Trek Communicator,...

It may have been easy to forget that Omni-Man is being held in a Viltrumite prison waiting to be executed for treason. You may have also forgotten that in season 2, episode 7, Allen the Alien let himself get captured to get close to Nolan (Omni-Man). If you didn’t remember any of that, then you're probably unaware that Nolan wrote books on how to kill Vitrumites! Well, now you know (and knowing is half the battle).

Episode 4 is a banger and a personal favorite of Admincible’s. See you Thursday!!! pic.twitter.com/tBHrezVy6k

— Invincible (@InvincibleHQ) February 10, 2025

The end of season 3, episode five of Invincible showed the prison break we’ve been waiting for. The Viltrumites couldn’t hurt Allen or keep him as a prisoner. So once he decided it was time to go, they couldn’t stop him. Adding Battle Beast (voiced by the great Michael Dorn) and...

Bryan Fuller created Star Trek: Discovery, but he didn't get to implement his wishes before he left. And that's a shame, considering some of the ideas he had. Though Discovery found its rhythm and fans, Fuller's plans would have started the series out with a bang.

We already know that he had to fight for Sonequa Martin-Green to be the series lead as Captain Michael Burham, but he had another ace up his sleeve. He wanted an Emmy-award winning actor to play a Klingon in the first season of the series as he revealed in an interview withThe D-Con Chamber with Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating [via Screenrant]. And that actor was none other than Laurence Fisburne, better known as Morpheus from The Matrix trilogy.

Fuller didn't say if he intended for Fishburne to take on the role of T'Kuvma or if he had another Klingon in mind, but having...

We've already touched on how Kathryn Janeway, and by proxy her actress Kate Mulgrew, appeared in over 200 episodes across Star Trek. For 30 years, and across two series, Mulgrew has built up a huge resume in Star Trek alone. She surpasses all of her Voyager and Prodigy castmates in appearances, and only bows out to three people; Colm Meaney, Michael Dorn, and Majel Barrett.

When we look at her fellow Voyager castmates, she nearly doubles some of her colleagues, like Jeri Ryan. The actress, who played Seven of Nine across two series (Voyager and Picard), has appeared in 125 episodes. 100 of them just with Voyager. While that's an impressive number, more than anyone on Star Trek: Enterprise ever got, it's actually not that impressive against her Voyager colleagues.

Every core cast member of Voyager, save for Ryan and Jennifer Lien (Kes), has been credited for 168 episodes. Ryan was credited with 100 (101 via IMDb...

When we talk about the greatest captain in Star Trek history, we don't often mention Kathryn Janeway. It's a shame because she should be in the conversation. The two names that get mentioned the most, and maybe rightfully so (or not rightfully so depending on your point of view) are Jean-Luc Picard and James T. Kirk.

Played first and most famously by Patrick Stewart and William Shatner respectively, Picard and Kirk have long been the franchise's standard bearers. As the first two series captains, they often are pitted against one another in debates, with many being split on who really is the best captain of the franchise.

While both men, and even others like Benjamin Sisko and Christopher Pike have a claim to the proverbial throne, Janeway has arguably the strongest argument for being the top captain.

Unlike every other captain (or eventual admiral) in Star Trek's long canon of television leaders,...

Invincible has been a majorly refreshing take on the superhero genre, as we were given a world that felt like it had real stakes, where anyone could die if they made the wrong move without plot armor to save them. In Season 1, it was fascinating to see Mark (Steven Yeun) explore his powers' potential, such as when he fought The Flaxans, whilst also clearly being outmatched when it came to veteran fighters such as Battle Beast (Michael Dorn) and Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons), meaning he had to rely on his moral strength. However, in Season 2, it became a major issue that Mark's powers had not advanced much further past where we left him in Season 1, because it made him feel lacking in agency in the overarching narrative of the Viltrumite threat and felt repetitive that he was consistently outmatched or barely scraping through fights.

All of the series that came after Star Trek: The Original Series until Star Trek: Discovery ran for seven seasons. It started with Star Trek: The Next Generation, but there was no guarantee it was going to happen for future series as evidenced by an interview with Ron Moore in the August/September 1997 edition of Star Trek Communicator, The Magazine of the Official Star Trek Fan Club.

Moore told the magazine that the sixth season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine might be its last. It wasn't that Paramount didn't want another season; it did, but the actors were on six year contracts. The producers just assumed they would only run the show for six seasons, but even then Moore said "we won't be tying it up clean and simple."

Season five of Deep Space Nine had the crew embroiled in the Dominion War, and while it would have been...

Here’s Everything We Know About Invincible Season 3 (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Invincible is back with its third season, and fans of the adult animated series are excited to delve into the world of superheroes again. The hit show first premiered in March 2021 and has been enjoying a good response from the audience, leading to more seasons.

The show revolves around Mark Grayson, a 17-year-old half-human and half-Viltrumite hero who faces new enemies each season while navigating saving the world and dealing with plenty of drama. It is based on Robert Kirkman’s comic book series of the same name. Here’s what we know about the new edition and episodes of Invincible.

Invincible Season 3: Release Date & Where To Watch

Season three of Invincible premiered on February 6, 2025, with the first three episodes. One new episode will now be released every Thursday until the finale on March 13 on Amazon Prime Video.

Star Trek media is soaring to new heights in a medium that other shows and movies can often struggle to find success in. Monetary success on streaming platforms, like Netflix, Prime, and Hulu, is not guaranteed, so the high numbers the Star Trek franchise has been able to amass over the last four years is impressive to say the least. According to data from Parrot Analytics, The Wrap reports that the long-standing sci-fi franchise has gained over $2.6 billion in subscriber revenue for major streamers globally from the first quarter of 2020 to the third quarter of 2024.

The graph of Star Trek's revenue is nearly off the charts. The franchise began on September 8, 1966, with the release of the first episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, and has accumulated 12 series and various movies since then. Most recently, Paramount+ released Michelle Yeoh's risk-taking Star Trek: Section 31 on January 24. Originally planned...

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's USS Defiant is the best-known starship by that name, but Star Trek's original USS Defiant impacted two Star Trek timelines. The Defiant Class Nx-74205 USS Defiant debuted in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 3. A heavily-armed warship designed, in part, by Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks), the USS Defiant was the prototype of a new starship class designed to fight the Borg. DS9 repurposed the Defiant as Sisko's main weapon against the Dominion.

However, Star Trek: The Original Series introduced the first USS Defiant. A Constitution Class deep space heavy cruiser similar to Captain James T. Kirk's (William Shatner) USS Enterprise, the USS Defiant Ncc-1764 encountered the Tholians, with the crew going insane and killing each other. The Defiant was then trapped in a spatial interphase and vanished in Star Trek: The Original Series' "The Thiolian Web." Over 30 years later, Star Trek: Enterprise...

Michael Dorn's Worf has appeared in more Star Trek television shows and films than any other character, and he remains one of the franchise's most beloved characters. Lieutenant Worf first appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation and spent most of the show's run serving as Security Chief on the USS Enterprise-d commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). As the only Klingon in Starfleet, Worf often struggled to reconcile his Klingon heritage with his Starfleet duties. Most of Worf's Tng stories reflect this tension and explore Worf's involvement in Klingon politics.

While mapping out Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry envisioned that the United Federation of Planets had achieved peace with the Klingon Empire by the 24th century. Worf was included among the Enterprise-d crew to reflect this partnership. Despite this, Worf was not originally intended to be a major character, as Roddenberry wanted...

Tribbles were originally cute and cuddly little balls of fluff before Star Trek kept changing them. Tribbles famously made their Star Trek debut in Star Trek: The Original Series season 2, episode 15, "The Trouble with Tribbles," when Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his USS Enterprise crew encounter them aboard a space station. When Lt. Uhrua (Nichelle Nichols) brings one of the little creatures up to the Enterprise, one Tribble quickly turns into thousands of Tribbles with truly hilarious results.

Tribbles emit a pleasant cooing sound when held by most humanoids (aside from Klingons), producing a tranquilizing effect on human nervous system, in particular. Tribbles have appeared in numerous Star Trek television shows and movies, both in the background, and as central plot points. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine even revisited "The Trouble with Tribbles" in the excellent season 5 episode, "Trials and Tribble-ations." Although Tribbles were a nuisance to the United Federation of Planets,...

Star Trek's Klingons stopped using a particular espionage tactic against the United Federation of Planets after Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Set in 2293, Star Trek VI ushered in a détente between the Klingon Empire and the Federation after the Klingon moon Praxis exploded. With the Empire on the brink of economic collapse, Klingon Chancellor Gorkon (David Warner) sued for peace with the Federation. Peace was ultimately achieved and lasted well into the 24th century Star Trek: The Next Generation era.

At the height of the 23rd century Cold War between the Klingon Empire and the Federation - which escalated to violence in the Klingon War of 2256-2257 as seen in Star Trek: Discovery - the Klingons developed the means to surgically alter themselves to appear human. Given the stark physiological differences between Klingons and humans, this was a brutal and painful procedure, but at least two known Klingons...

Fans have clamored for a Captain Worf series for decades. It would've been a fun series, how could it not have been? Imagine Worf, the Captain of a Federation ship, commanding with his iron-Klingon fist. It would have been a treat. Yet, with Worf's actor, Michael Dorn, now into his 70s, it's hard to argue for a show featuring him as a series lead.

That's a lot of money and time to invest in a show where your lead actor is a senior citizen. By no means should this be taken to dismiss Dorn or his considerable skills still as an actor. No, this is just reality. Dorn himself has contemplated retirement due to the grind that traveling and acting takes. If your lead actor is heading to retirement, how can you hope to build a show around someone?

Instead of asking Dorn to carry a franchise at his age,...

A half dozen notable Star Trek starships have carried the name Defiant. The USS Enterprise is the most recognizable starship in Star Trek, and some Star Trek TV series have been named after their eponymous ships like Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Discovery. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was named for its titular space station but, in season 3, DS9 also gained its own starship, the USS Defiant.

Starships named Defiant originated in Star Trek: The Original Series. However, it is Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that turned the name "Defiant" into a legacy comparable to the various starships named USS Enterprise. Most of Starfleet's Defiant starships come from the Defiant Class established on DS9, but one Defiant made an impact fighting for the Terrans in the Mirror Universe. Finally, Star Trek's newest Defiant Class starship has a mission to explore and protect Star Trek's expansive multiverse, itself.

Star Trek: The Next Generation's finale, "All Good Things," has been lauded as one of the best Star Trek finales across the board. It brought all of the crew together and ended with Captain Jean-Luc Picared [Patrick Stewart] joining in on the poker game for the first time. Executive producer/showrunner for the series' seventh season, Jeri Taylor was quoted in Captains' Logs The Unauthorized Complete Star Trek Voyages by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, as saying that they "knew since the beginning of the season that that episode was coming at us and would have to be done, and it was intimidating."

Taylor went on to say that "any final episode of a series is unique and important and for a series like Star Trek, which has cut such a niche in the Amercian consciousness, the expectations are really very high." And the fans were expecting a...

John de Lancie has had an illustrious career on television, with roles in prominent shows like Star Trek: Tng, Breaking Bad, and Stargate. The actor played Q, the immortal yet mischievous being who is a huge obstacle for Sir Patrick Stewart’s Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

De Lancie returned to the role after decades in Star Trek: Picard. However, Q had a few updates in his characterization and some of his traditional whimsy had taken a backseat. This was reportedly done on purpose as the actor laid out a condition that he would not return if he was made to wear tights again.

John de Lancie had only one condition to return as Q in Star Trek: Picard John de Lancie and Sir Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Tng | Credits: Paramount

John de Lancie’s Q is one of the primary antagonists for the Starfleet crew in Star Trek: Tng.

The USS Enterprise-d of Star Trek: The Next Generation was missing one element that every other Starship Enterprise has had. Following the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his Enterprise crew, Tng ushered in a new golden era of Star Trek that lasted throughout the 1990s. With crew members like Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) and Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), the crew of Captain Picard's Enterprise became almost as popular as that of Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner).

In both Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation, each main character had a specific role to play on their Starship Enterprise. Both ships, for example, had Chief Medical Officers and Chief Engineers who were part of the main cast. But while the Enterprise of Tos had a dedicated helmsman in Lt. Sulu (George Takei), the Enterprise-d had a rotating cast of pilots. From...

After one particular decision in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Worf (Michael Dorn) should not have been able to become captain of the USS Enterprise. For most of Star Trek: The Next Generation's seven seasons, Lt. Worf serves as the security chief on the USS Enterprise-d under the command of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). After Tng came to a close, Worf transferred to DS9, where he truly came into his own as a character and starship captain. Worf serves as the strategic operations officer on Deep Space Nine, coordinating Starfleet's activity within the Bajoran sector.

As the most senior officer under the leadership of Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) on DS9, Worf takes over command of the USS Defiant when Sisko is not in command of the ship. Initially built as a warship to defend against the Borg, the Defiant proves vital in the Dominion War and allows...

Star Trek has endured and remained popular for nearly 60 years, in part because of bold decisions that seemed controversial at first but have aged well. Star Trek: The Original Series in the 1960s evolved into an eternal franchise encompassing a dozen Star Trek TV series and 14 movies, with more on the way. Star Trek has grown beyond the voyages of the Starship Enterprise by taking chances that paid off.

Not that fans have always been on board with changes to Star Trek. Each new Star Trek series is met with trepidation, suspicion, and even outrage, starting with Star Trek: The Next Generation and continuing with the many Star Trek on Paramount+ shows. But change is a necessary constant for Star Trek, which never forgets to hold onto the core values of Gene Roddenberry's vision even as the boundaries of that vision are pushed. Here are 10 decisions Star Trek made that,...

Evil Vulcans became the enemy in Star Trek: Enterprise, just as corrupt Klingons were often the enemies in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The Vulcans and Klingons both made their debut on Star Trek: The Original Series, which established many elements about their species. However, with the episodic nature of 1960s television, Tos did not spend much time developing complex cultural histories for the alien species it introduced. Tos would reveal hints about the Vulcans when it pertained to a specific storyline involving Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and the Klingons served as general enemies for Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) to oppose.

Initially, Gene Roddenberry wanted Star Trek: The Next Generation to steer away from aliens like Vulcans and Klingons to differentiate itself from Star Trek: The Original Series. For example, Roddenberry did not want Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) to be a main character, but the Klingon nevertheless proved popular with fans.

Legendary genre actor Tony Todd passed away in 2024, leaving behind a legacy that includes the horror films "Candyman" and "Final Destination." His deep voice also earned him many voiceover villain roles in geek franchises: Zoom in season 2 of "The Flash", the Decepticon Dreadwing in "Transformers: Prime," Venom in Insomniac's "Spider-Man 2" video game, and many more.

Trekkies might recognize Todd too; he had a recurring role on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and then "Deep Space Nine" as Kurn, the Klingon brother of Worf (Michael Dorn). Kurn's last appearance was in "DS9" season 4, "Sons of Mogh," but Todd appeared in an even better episode earlier in that season. That would be "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" season 4, episode 2, "The Visitor," penned by the prolific "Trek" writer Michael Taylor.

"The Visitor" is set many decades (even further) in the future and stars Todd as an aged Jake Sisko (normally played as...

Both during and after its seven-season run, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine has been set apart from the rest of the Star Trek franchise. Whereas other Star Trek shows have had great crossovers and reference each other constantly, Deep Space Nine has, for the most part, stood alone. With its more mature themes, political intrigues, seasons-long arcs, and space station settting, Deep Space Nine was always going to be different from more episodic and adventuresome shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation or Star Trek: Voyager.

It's hardly surprising Deep Space Nine is something of an outcast from Star Trek. Despite this distance, however, Deep Space Nine has always been a fan favorite, with some of the best episodes in all of Star Trek. Indeed, some of the same darker themes and more dramatic storylines that make Deep Space Nine so great have also set it apart from the rest of the franchise.

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At the end of the 1994 film "Star Trek: Generations," the tried-and-true U.S.S. Enterprise-d crash-landed into Veridian III after a run-in with a sneaky Klingon vessel. The ship was damaged beyond repair, and the crew walked away, completely unsentimental about the ship's destruction. They were merely happy to be alive. In the 1996 follow-up film, "Star Trek: First Contact," the same crew was gathered on board the all-new U.S.S. Enterprise-e, a Sovereign-class vessel that was a bit smaller, but faster and much better armed. The crew stayed on board the Enterprise-e through the events of 2002's "Star Trek: Nemesis," the fourth and final film to star the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" characters.

The Enterprise-e was also severely damaged at the end of "Star Trek: Nemesis," although it seemed that this time, it could be repaired. After the events of "Nemesis,...

A new Dungeons & Dragons pinball machine is coming out this year, featuring an epic voice cast and tons of amazing nods to the popular tabletop franchise. Dungeons & Dragons has had a massive 50th anniversary, with multiple brand crossovers and a new set of rulebooks that made massive revisions to the current Fifth Edition rules. D&d's anniversary celebrations are spilling into 2025, with the release of a new Monster Manual due out in February and several other big plans teased as well.

Stern Pinball, a maker of licensed pinball games, has announced Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye, a new pinball machine coming out this year. The game features an animatronic mech red dragon and the voice talents of Michael Dorn, Kevin Smith, Luke Gygax, Chris Prynoski, Brendon Small, Gerard Way, Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, and Marisha Ray. The game also features a campaign storyline with character creation, items that can...

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Put away your dice and pour yourself a flagon of ale to wash down your Nachos Supreme because Stern Pinball is back with a brand-new pinball machine that sets you up for adventure! Today, Stern Pinball is teasing its Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye pinball machine, available now in Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition models.

In celebration of 50 years of the World’s Greatest Roleplaying Game, Stern Pinball, in collaboration with Hasbro and its Wizards of the Coast division, brings you the pinball adventure of a lifetime in Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye! Stern’s thrilling journey into the Forgotten Realms features iconic enemies, including a red dragon, gelatinous cube, mimic, Sammaster the lich, Xanathar the beholder, an owlbear, and locations including those in Faerûn such as Arabel and Westgate.

All models for Stern Pinball’s Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye feature artwork by prolific artist Vincent Proce,...

The final episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," called "All Good Things...," aired on May 23, 1994, although many Trekkies weren't entirely heartbroken. While viewers would no longer be able to see the weekly adventures of the Enterprise-d and its stalwart crew, they all knew that the spinoff feature film, "Star Trek: Generations" was due in theaters in only six months. Additionally, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" was already chugging along into its third season, and "Star Trek: Voyager" was actively developing. I tell ya, the 1990s was a grand time to be a Trekkie. 

Of course, at the time, many fans wondered why "Next Generation" felt the need to stop after only seven seasons. Ratings were high, and the show hadn't waned in cultural popularity. The cast had even signed on to act in an eighth season, steeled to withstand another year in space. There was every reason to assume...

Lwaxana Troi is one of the most iconic guest characters ever to appear on Star Trek: The Next Generation. A somewhat polarizing figure, Lwaxana is one of a small number of characters in all of Star Trek that can make Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stweart) blush and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), her daughter, roll her eyes. With her unmistakable self-confidence and colorful outfits, Majel Barrett's Lwaxana Troi dominates every room in which she finds herself. In Lwaxana Troi's nine Star Trek appearances across Tng and Deep Space Nine, she is always a force to be reckoned with.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Ambassador Lwaxana Troi's at times chaotic energy frequently clashes with Lieutenant Worf's stern and occasionally angry personality. When the pair first meet, Worf (Michael Dorn) is hostile and clearly annoyed with her presence. Across three seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation and a bit of Deep Space Nine,...

Because "Star Trek" takes place in a universe driven by pacifism, exploration, and diplomacy, it may be difficult to gauge which starships are the most "powerful." In superhero comics, action movies, and "Star Wars", the phrase "most powerful" often alludes to one's ability to do damage, to dominate, to overpower a foe. Starships on "Star Trek," however, aren't damage-inflicting machines. They may be equipped with phasers, photon torpedoes, and other hyper-advanced weapons systems, but a starship is rarely measured by its ability to do damage.

I suppose, if the U.S.S. Enterprise really wanted to, it could handily wipe out entire cities on its own, unleashing a fusillade of explosive energy beams from space. Several Federation starships, working together, could likely make an entire planet extinct within a matter of minutes. For Trekkies, though, it's more important to measure a ship's power by the power of its sensors, the power of its engines,...

As ‘Invincible‘ gears up for its third season with a recently released trailer at Ccxp Brazil, the buzz around the superhero saga continues to grow.

The show, which brings to life the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley, has won over audiences with its first two seasons.

It delves into the life of Mark Grayson and his complex relationship with his father Omni-Man, alongside his encounters with the likes of Angstrom Levy and other formidable foes.

With the third season on the horizon, the series shows no signs of slowing down. At a recent panel at the convention, featuring names like Tim Miller and Dave Wilson and led by Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Kirkman shared insights into the future of ‘Invincible.’

The creator discussed the series’ roadmap, revealing that while seasons four and five are already on the drawing board, the show’s continuation on...

This article contains spoilers for Moana 2.

Disney has been a trusted brand for producing family-friendly all-age films. From original stories to classic fairy tales, many Disney movies are widely loved and long celebrated. Magical creatures and friendly animals make most stories less frightening despite tackling dark themes. The promise of love between a princess and a prince is also able to gloss over the disturbing truth underneath their union.

In fact, many classic Disney movies are more problematic than fans noticed. The portrayal of romance goes wrong in many movies. From Snow White to Moana 2, what seems like a magical journey about empowerment and adventure might have some very disturbing details lying in between the lines.Most Love Is Instant

Disney loves an instant love story. From Snow White to Cinderella, love at first sight is Disney's style. What's gluing two characters together is rarely explained in a Disney movie,...

Over the years, Star Trek has opted to bridge the gap with the past by bringing in legacy characters for newer shows. We've seen Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Jeri Ryan, LeVar Burton and even Jolene Blalock return to the franchise in a variety of shows. It's proven to be a hit with fans, and while it can't work as a long-term idea, fans can still get a few old names back before it's all said and done.

In fact, there are quite a lot of names that Star Trek has sitting in their archives that could be dusted off and brought back to the franchise. It's really just about finding the ones that fit with the new shows and writing someone compelling enough that justify bringing them back to the franchise.

After thinking about it, we found five names that we thought would be a viable option to bring back...

Over the course of more than 35 years, actor Michael Dorn has portrayed the Klingon warrior and Starfleet officer Worf, son of Mogh, in the "Star Trek" franchise. He's the actor who has appeared onscreen in the most episodes of "Star Trek," and that means both he and his character have gone through quite a number of challenges. Worf has survived murder attempts, grieved the loss of his Par'Mach'kai Jadzia, and went from being a violent grump to a pacifist grump. But there was one aspect of Worf's personality and actions that Dorn found the most difficult to deal with: his strained relationship with his son, Alexander.

In "Star Trek: The Next Generation," we are introduced to Worf as a sort of stuffy man with a silly haircut who takes being a Klingon almost as seriously as he takes being a Starfleet officer. Despite developing romantic feelings for Counselor Troi (Martina...

When "Star Trek: The Next Generation" debuted in 1987, it offered Trekkies a new character that flew in the face of everything they knew. In the original "Star Trek," the dastardly Klingons were frequently offered as aggressive antagonists, usually standing as the arch-nemesis of the Federation. On "Next Generation," a Klingon — Worf, played by Michael Dorn — was part of the senior staff of the U.S.S. Enterprise-d. In the show's second season, Worf even became the ship's chief of security. All animosity toward the Klingons, Trekkies had to learn, was old-fashioned and even ill-advised. Peace was declared, and the Klingons were now allies.

Of course, Worf wasn't the sunniest, most peaceful character. He was often quick to suggest violent courses of action to his captain and often looked on all alien visitors with suspicion. Of course, as chief of security, that was his job. Occasionally, he would get angry. Worf was also,...

Star Trek's Klingons are probably more like humans than you think, according to one scene from Star Trek: Lower Decks. In Star Trek: Lower Decks' season 5 finale, "The New Next Generation", the USS Cerritos and a small fleet of Klingon Birds of Prey are caught in a Schrödinger Field that transforms things into other versions of themselves from across Star Trek's vast multiverse. Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) sends over schematics to protect against the Schrödinger Field's changes, but the vindictive Klingon Captain Relga (Roxana Ortega) tosses Freeman's help out of the proverbial airlock.

Only the USS Cerritos' hull is left vulnerable to the Schrödinger Field's transformations, so the California-class Federation starship turns into different classes of Federation vessels, like the Sovereign class. Klingon starship design has stayed fairly consistent over the centuries, so it isn't as obvious that the Relga's Klingon Birds of Prey are subject...

Warning: Spoilers For Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 Finale - "The New Next Generation"Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3 revealed the answer to a big question about the Captain of the USS Enterprise. The USS Enterprise-e briefly returned in Star Trek: Lower Decks' explosive series finale, but the flagship of the United Federation of Planets does not arrive in time to save the day. Nor did "The New Next Generation" show the Enterprise's Captain or crew. While this might seem like Star Trek: Lower Decks leaves the question about who is in command of the Enterprise-e up in the air, the show actually answered that question two seasons ago.

When a massive and unstable quantum fissure threatens to destroy Star Trek's entire Prime Universe in Star Trek: Lower Decks' finale, Starfleet has no choice but to rely on the USS Cerritos. In the end, the Cerritos crew rallies together...

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 10 - "The New Next Generation"Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 came to an explosive and ultimately satisfying end, but three big opportunities were unfortunately missing from the series finale. In Star Trek: Lower Decks' climactic episode, the USS Cerritos is the only Starfleet ship that can stop a devastating soliton wave from obliterating Star Trek's Prime timeline. The Cerritos crew rises to the occasion, working together to save the universe. In the end, the unstable fissure becomes a stable wormhole that leads to various quantum realities, setting up a future full of fascinating possibilities.

When Starfleet first learns of the soliton wave, they admit they would rather not leave the fate of the universe in the hands of a California-class starship. However, while the USS Enterprise-e is on the way, it could not reach the wormhole in time. Despite at...

It takes a lot of work to create a believable science fiction or fantasy universe, and that often includes developing constructed languages, or "conlangs," that work well enough for actors to speak and audiences to believe. "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien famously invented several languages for his books that have been expanded upon for the movies and television adaptations, giving Middle-earth an added layer of realism despite being such a fantastical world. In recent years, linguist David J. Peterson has become a go-to conlang constructor, creating everything from the Dothraki and High Valyrian languages of "Game of Thrones" and "House of the Dragon" to developing a Fremen language for Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" films, but some other incredible conlang creators helped pave the way decades earlier.

In an interview with StarTrek.com, linguist Marc Okrand shared the secrets of creating the Klingon language for the "Star Trek" franchise — specifically,...

Star Trek books and comic books are not considered part of canon, unfortunately. If that were the case, Captain Kirk and Trip Tucker would both still be alive and Captain Benjamin Sisko would be back from the Bajoran Prophets. And quite frankly, those are three solid reasons to bring the comic books into canon. Star Trek: Day of Blood even took one character down a uniquely different path than his father and even corrected the direction the writers from both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had taken him. The comic book gives a solid performance and is one of the main reasons why these books should be a part of canon.

In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Worf's {Michael Dorn] son, Alexander, was a defiant kid who didn't want to be a warrior like his father. He spent some time on Earth with his...

"Star Trek" franchise creator Gene Roddenberry was a man of strict ideals and powerful ideas. That's a big part of why the franchise has had such staying power, as he created a universe with defined parameters for not only the onscreen elements of storytelling, but also the overall moral imperatives as well. Just as Roddenberry had specific rules for things like the design of spaceships within "Star Trek," he also had rules for the property's themes. This allowed for stories about exploration and all of the complications that come with it while ensuring that "Star Trek" remained explicitly a show about pacifism at its core. And for the most part, the shows and movies have stuck to this pacifist mindset, with a few rare exceptions like the Dominion War on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and events in the Kelvin-verse movies.

Few people understand "Star Trek" from the inside as intimately as actor Michael Dorn,...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 5, Episode 10 - "The New Next Generation"Star Trek: Lower Decks' finale brings together the USS Enterprise-e and the USS Titan on screen for the first time in a low-key but historic meeting. Star Trek: Lower Decks' final season on Paramount+ involves the USS Cerritos investigating a series of quantum fissures opening up across the galaxy. In Star Trek: Lower Decks' series finale, Lt. Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid) receives a message from his transporter clone, Captain William Boimler (Jack Quaid), that a devastating soliton wave is heading for Star Trek's Prime Universe.

Although Starfleet Command would usually not assign a California-class starship to take on a mission of this magnitude, they have no other choice but to rely on the Cerritos. Starfleet informs Captain Carol Freeman (Dawnn Lewis) and her crew that the USS Enterprise-e is on its way, but will not arrive in time.