Kirk or Picard? So goes the geek version of Mary Ann or Ginger. If you really want to choose the "Star Trek" captain whom you would want defending your galaxy, you have only one legitimate choice. It ain't Janeway.

Star Trek hasn’t been on television since 2005. After Enterprise it just seemed like the whole thing needed a rest.

William Shatner says he always loved "Star Trek," but he recently developed a new fondness for his fellow starship commanders.

It never happened, but we all know that William Shatner almost returned as Capt. Kirk in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek (albeit as a holographic message)—and now we've learned the reasons why that planned scene was ultimately dropped from the 2009 movie.

It's made by Revolution X and Digital Sin, written by "Star Trek: TNG" fan Sam Hain (Sex Files), and stars a Patrick Stewart impersonator who's turned down previous porn parody offers but took this one because it's written around real Star Trek canon (and he doesn't h …

J.J. Abrams is making good use of his boyhood apprenticeship shooting super-8 movies.

For all its style and energy and momentum, 2009's Star Trek reboot was sorely lacking in one area: William Shatner. While Leonard Nimoy got to make a well-publicised cameo as a weather-beaten future version of Spock in the movie, Shatner just didn't get the call. There may have been plans for him to appear in a brief flashback scene, but, judging from the film-maker's account of the matter, they seem to have disappeared the instant Shatner started throwing his weight around. And to say that William Shatner took this badly would be a colossal understatement.

NSILMike points us to an amusing bit of news concerning a recent ruling in the Texas Supreme Court, where the court cited Star Trek's Spock (though, it's mostly hidden in a footnote):

The U.S.S. Enterprise Owners' Workshop Manual will be released next month, and will include illustrations, cutaways and technical information about the NX-01, NCC-1701 and NCC-1701A through NCC-1701E.

Die-hard fans of "Star Trek" can probably give perfectly logical explanations for all these bizarre photos, but even lifelong Trekkies can admit these situations look amazingly silly.

Klingons invade Netherlands!! ...and they can sing, too! Wonder how the critics would compare Klingon singing to Vogon poetry.

Superheroes, video game characters and trekkers spent Sunday wishing they could get beamed up straight into the FanExpo convention in Toronto.

Demand to get inside was so high, hundreds of fans lined up for hours around a city block to try to get into the convention, which celebrates many aspects of nerd-dom.

The convention featured the latest in video games, comic books, science fiction, horror and Japanese Anime.

Once inside, they stood shoulder-to-shoulder as they navigated through aisles of colourful comic books and plush toys.

Many of the fans were happy to wait in line throughout the weekend-long event to meet celebs from TV's original Batman and the Star Trek series, including the man who starred as the original Captain Kirk.

Don't you love that remarkable moment when roSenQatlh and ghIlDenSten exit the stage and Khamlet is left alone to deliver the immortal words: "baQa', Qovpatlh, toy'wl"a' qal je jIH"?

No? Well, it always kills on Kronos. That's the home planet of the Klingons, the hostile race that antagonizes the Federation heroes of "Star Trek."

Sorry but this is only about the Star Trek theatrical releases and not about the TV shows like Captain Pickard vs the Borgs as much as I liked that one. How do you rank your Star Trek movies? What is your favorite and your least favorite?

The actor discusses his status as a camp icon, the future of "Trek" -- and reacts to today's Proposition 8 ruling

I always considered myself a fan of the original Star Trek series, and would watch it if I caught it as a kid in the 70s and early 80s. I never did flips over it, however, and often would find myself laughing at the cheesiness of the show with my older sister.

Science fiction has long been a bastion for creative, thought-provoking, and insanely original storytelling. Whatever the medium, the genre is representative of how vast our universe can possibly be. Such is the case with KoldCast TV's hilarious sci-fi series Zerks Log, which follows hapless alien captain Zerks Ganymedwski as he navigates the most treacherous recesses of outer space.

The sci-fi genre has created some of the most financially and critically successful franchises in the history of entertainment. Holding a special place on that list of the world's biggest sci-fi franchises is Star Trek. In honor of Trekkies everywhere, we've compiled a list of fourteen things you might not have known about one of science fiction's greatest universes – the universe of Star Trek.

Patrick Stewart, former cast member of 'Star Trek - The Next Generation' and star of the Shakespearean stage, was knighted by the Queen in a ceremony earlier this month at Buckingham Palace.

Hollywood actor Sir Patrick Stewart honoured the memory of a former teacher who set him on the path to acting as he was knighted by the Queen today.

. . . The award-winning performer is best known for his sci-fi roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the Superhero X-men blockbuster movies and said he was honoured to be in the company of other great actor knights.

It's staggering to contemplate the true reach of "Star Trek." On television it yielded five television franchises (six, if you count the Saturday morning cartoon series). There have been 11 feature films -- and one ingenious and thinly disguised parody in "Galaxy Quest." There are hundreds of books and short stories, a massive mountain of toys and collectibles, comic books, clothing, fan fiction, artwork, academic papers and dissertations, spoofs, and the list just goes and on and on.

It's interesting, then, to consider the man behind the original concept, the late Gene Roddenberry, and a new documentary that I'm hearing good things about, "Trek Nation."

Shoppers can boldly go where no man has gone before when "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's collection of personal effects and show memorabilia go up for auction.

Just when he thinks he's out, they beam him back in.

"Star Trek" lovers looking for Enterprise chairs, Starfleet uniforms or a model Klingon Bird of Prey can seek out new life for the dismantled pieces of a closed Las Vegas attraction based on the famous franchise.

This is the detailed story of how Spock goes from being a science officer on the I.S.S. Enterprise to being Emperor of the Terran Empire. This story had fascinated me from the first time I saw the episode “Mirror, Mirror” when I was little.

This is the second and final book in the Errand of Fury set and picks up right where the first one left off. One of the things I really enjoyed about this series is the inner turmoil that Mr. Fuller is enduring since the death of his son at the hands of the Klingons.

Star Trek has been an ongoing phenomenon since its debut in 1966. Star Trek consists of 2 series on the USS Enterprise, 3 spin offs, an animated series, and 11 feature films. A franchise this long lasting and successful creates a loyal following that is interested in anything related to the series. Whether it's Star Trek clothing, home decor, or tattoos, there are a plethora of awesome examples of the fierceness of Star Trek fans. From the fantastic to the ridiculous, here are 10 of the most interesting expressions of Star Trek fanaticism:

Last weekend you may have heard about Andrew Koenig's disappearance via Twitter.

.... Koenig is best known for playing "Boner" on Growing Pains in the '80s and working on the podcast Never Not Funny. He's also the son of Walter Koenig, who played Chekov on Star Trek.

Another good collection of stories set in the alternate universe first introduced to us in the original series episode “Mirror Mirror”.

This is a collection of stories about the different ships named “Enterprise” from real heavy weight authors such as Greg Cox, A.C.Crispin, Peter David, John Vornholt, and Diane Duane just to name a few.

If you're a Star Trek fan, you've no doubt heard the story of how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. persuaded Nichelle Nichols to remain on the original series as Lt. Uhura when she was thinking of leaving after the first season.

I love Sci-Fi and Star Trek in particular so I tend to read these books with a more critical eye than when I read most any other. This one is no different.

It looks like Paramount Pictures has decided at least on a tentative release date for J. J. Abrams' anticipated Untitled Star Trek Sequel as it stakes claim to the coveted pre-4th of July weekend of June 29, 2012. At this time, it is the only movie scheduled for June that summer, and absolutely nothing is known of the sequel except that one expects most of the cast introduced in the first movie to return.

Star Trek's never ending cavalcade of memorabilia already knows no limits, but this truly has gone where no ad man has gone before. Eggo released a line of official "limited edition" Star Trek waffles to coincide with the J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie.

With the success J.J. Abrams has had in rebooting the Star Trek movie franchise in 2009, you just know that there are execs at Paramount that are kicking around the idea of getting the series back on the small screen as well. Star Trek has been mostly off the air since Enterprise ended earlier than any other Trek series since the 1980s and there are more science fiction fans than before, though many may not call themselves that. The success of series like Battlestar Galactica has tapped into new science fiction fans and people are more receptive than ever before. While many long time Star Trek fans will argue that the franchise should remain dead for another decade on TV, it's best to prepare for the worst by offering up the best ideas for ensuring a better show.

If you were hoping that iTunes Extras would bring movies downloaded from the iTunes Store anywhere close to feature parity with physical copies on disc, prepare to be let down.

In celebration of the DVD release of J.J. Abrams' reboot of the classic Star Trek franchise I thought that it would be cool to share some thoughts from the creator of the original Star Trek.....

The most iconic setting in "Star Trek" almost didn't make it into the series' online video game.

If you saw the new Star Trek movie in theaters a few months back, you know that Leonard Nimoy's Mr. Spock character plays a pivotal role in the story. The last time that the character had appeared on screen was in a two-part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1991.

Zachary Quinto, who memorably played young Spock in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, said that filmmakers are in no hurry to mount a sequel, though he acknowledges everyone would like one next year. Quinto also offered us an update on several new projects and his NBC series Heroes.

With regard to Star Trek, "I know that they're breaking the stories and working on it," Quinto said

Los Angeles police say actor LeVar Burton was involved in a five-car accident but wasn't seriously injured.

Initially, one would think that I wanted to see the new Star Trek directed by J.J. Abrams because of the fact that it is Star Trek.

Will J.J. Abrams really make Star Trek 2: The Rehash Of Khan? Writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman told an interviewer there's "a 50/50 chance" Khan will show up in their sequel. Here's why it's a terrible idea.

To boldly go where no man has gone before, you'd need a really good starship - and to launch Star Trek, the pop culture phenomenon that entertained and inspired millions, you'd need a pretty darned good one! And that is exactly what the United Space Starship Enterprise delivered. Here are 8 Starship Enterprise facts every Trekker should know:

... Bryan Fuller thinks so. The former Star Trek: Voyager producer and current Heroes scribe told Sci Fi Wire that he'd love to create a new Star Trek series.

so this is a prequel; which means they can make up some back story with restrictions. i was watching colbert the other night and jj abrams (the director) stated that he had never been a big fan of star trek, but that the opportunity presented itself so he took it.

In case the new "Star Trek" movie left you wanting more, check out this video of Leonard Nimoy explaining the Jewish origins of the Vulcan salute.

William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols shared TV's first interracial kiss on "Star Trek" in the 1960s.

Star Trek" beamed itself up to the top of the box office, earning $76.5 million in its opening weekend. Paramount Pictures had estimated that the movie would make about $50 million for the weekend, but figured that strong reviews helped carry it to the bigger opening.

This is too funny.

"Star Trek" has gone to warp speed at the box office with $31 million in domestic ticket sales after just over a day in theaters.

Star Trek fanatic Chris Cargill has boldly gone where no man has gone before - by changing his name to James T Kirk.

Okay. I'm no Trekkie. The only reason I went to see Star Trek was because my partner's boss from work, who had promised to see the movie with her, decided it was more important to drive down to Rhode Island and help her parents clean their yard. Go figure.

"Captain, look at the screen." "Oh my God......"

I was able to duck into the 10PM show for Star Trek on Thursday night. Here's a quick spoiler-free rundown of what you should know before going.

To Seek Out Strange New Worlds ... and Eat Their Foods.

After his wife left him, Tony Alleyne set out to create the ultimate bachelor pad, painstakingly turning his flat into a Star Trek set

[...]

The 500-square-foot apartment features voice-activated lighting, LED lighting, running lights, air-conditioning - but no bed. A few years ago Mr Alleyne suffered from sciatica and was advised by his GP to sleep on the floor. "It cured the sciatica and gave me the opportunity to convert the bed area into the Transporter area," he says. "Bed space is overrated"

Star Trek, the reboot, was at best, a bold gamble by J. J. Abrams & Co. If they screwed the pooch on this, the wrath of the rabid Trekkies (like me) would descend on their collective hides like the Borg Cube at Wolf 359.

If there's one person responsible for Star Trek's incredible longevity, it's Gene Roddenberry.

A qualified pilot, former beat cop and - if the autobiographies are to be believed - a bit of a ladies' man, he first pitched the original Star Trek to NBC as a sort of 'Wagon Train to the Stars' back in the early 60s. Wagon Train was then a popular western series based around a close knit band of characters whose journey from Missouri to California provided the basis for weekly adventure.

With no takers for this sci-fi frontier setting, Gene continued to rework the premise while helming a series of forgotten cop and horse shows until, in 1966, he got the green light to make a Star Trek pilot.

To say that J.J. Abrams' reboot of Star Trek is the most anticipated film of the summer is beyond redundant at this point.

Melding the feel of a sexy, big, accessible blockbuster with the insider-only canon of Trek, Abrams and writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman appear to have created an action-packed romp the likes of which no Trek film has gone before.

Even though the film is meant to re-introduce casual fans and general audiences to the franchise, there might be some information that would be good to know about before going in.

Just a look at a smattering of the headlines from reviews of "Star Trek," gives one the sense that things look good so far:

'Star Trek' prequel a warp-speed success Philadelphia Inquirer

'Star Trek' seeks out new life and succeeds Kansas City Star

JJ Abrams's thriller Star Trek made me sob with pure pleasure The Times

'Star Trek' is popcorn perfection msnbc.com

'Star Trek' prequel a warp-speed success Philadelphia Inquirer

'Star Trek' comes out with phasers blasting San Jose Mercury News

Star Trek a Slick, Witty Reboot; With a Twist E! Online

Beam us up: JJ Abrams' Star Trek goes where no film has gone before Canada.com

Star Trek movie is 'Fun, Watchable', Trekkies outraged Newsday

But the LA Times asks: Can 'Star Trek' Crew Land a Hit?

So, read a few of these and let us know what you think. Will you see Star Trek? Do you believe it could have the makings of a hit?

About 300 Vulcans are beaming up to Calgary for a sneak peek at the newest "Star Trek" movie Wednesday.

Talking to Entertainment Weekly, the veteran Star Trek actor explained what he finds intriguing about the mysterious - but often mentioned - Bell:

They have Leonard Nimoy, and they have all the trappings, gadgets and crew members of the starship Enterprise.

Gamers won't be able to relive J.J. Abrams' highly anticipated "Star Trek" reboot on their consoles or computers.

Director JJ Abrams has been entrusted to breathe new life into the moribund Star Trek franchise. Here, he explains how he set about wooing the old stars of the original series - as well as Trekkies around the world.

Susan Sackett doesn't mind being called a Trekkie. In fact, the former longtime executive assistant to "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry wears it like a badge of honor.

As a racing car fanatic with a home in Melbourne and background in stand-up comedy, Eric Bana is not the first person one would cast as a Star Trek baddie. But his career history is full of such strange juxtapositions.

Leonard Nimoy says he would be onboard for more "Star Trek."

2008 was something of a vintage year for popcorn-munchers (see our 2008 Top 50 here) . But is there a 2009 film that can equal the colossal success of The Dark Knight? Which hot franchises will step up to fill the spaces left by Batman, Bond and Indy?

We've taken a look through the studio schedules and picked out the most promising prospects for the coming year. History tells us that when times are tough, box office takings boom. Here's our selection of the best films Hollywood has to offer us in 2009.

Click on the links to discover movie trailers, stills, official sites and more.

In May, Paramount Pictures is set to release "Star Trek" (2009). Aside from being a fan of the original Star Trek series from the 1960's, I am particularly interested because of the plot and cast of characters in this latest installment of the popular franchise.

The new cast of "Star Trek" has launched the starship Enterprise on its maiden voyage, with the crew showing a lot of respect for their predecessors.

Arguably the twelfth movie in the franchise (or the second movie in the rebooted franchise), Paramount and J.J. Abrams are showing a lot of faith by already hiring the writers for the Star Trek "sequel". These scribes are frequent co-conspirators of Abrams: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof.

"It seems to me that someone at Paramount should show some interest and not take this lightly. This is a serious issue," Nimoy said in a phone interview from Los Angeles with The Canadian Press.

Okay, I just had to lighten up this place before I go bonkers from all of the negativity. ENJOY Trekkies!!

J.J. Abrams and cast members from his upcoming Star Trek spoke in Seoul, South Korea, this week to pitch the movie, and Abrams again confirmed that the movie is aimed not so much at longtime fans as at newbies, according to a report on TrekMovie.com. Abrams was joined by Chris Pine, who plays Capt. James T. Kirk, and Zoe Saldana, who plays Uhura.

The ashes of actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry, the widow of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry, will be launched into deep space alongside those of her husband in a memorial spaceflight slated for 2012.

Is this the greatest time to be a fan of science fiction movies? No fewer than 30 SF films are hitting theaters, and at least a dozen could be great. Here's our 2009 movie forecast.

Funeral services were held for Majel Barrett Roddenberry, "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's widow who played Nurse Christine Chapel in the original sci-fi TV series.

An unfortunate reality of television is that not every series gets to end in a fashion that the viewers actually like. Sometimes the show gets canceled before they can even shoot a final episode to bring closure to the various major plots and subplots. At other times the ending gets rushed, like when you're enjoying a nice long shower and suddenly you remember that Daylight Saving Time started yesterday and you should have left for work an hour ago. Instead of having a full season to wrap up a multitude of dangling subplots in a series they'll sometimes only get 13 episodes, leading to a hack job that leaves diehard fans shaking their heads in dismay. In other cases they had all the time in the world to do a proper ending but still they managed to botch the job and leave the fans unsatisfied.

For this particular excursion into Canceled Without Pity I'll pose this multi-part question:

What series ending would you have changed, why would you change it, and how would you change it?

America is, apparently, continuing to come around to the charms of a steady diet of Ghost Hunters, Amanda Tapping and Enterprise marathons as the Sci Fi Channel has its most successful year yet.

According to a press release from the Sci Fi Channel itself, 2008 saw audience growth of around 7% overall, with a staggering 14% increase in women aged 18-49 (or 12% increase among Women 25-54, if you'd rather skew a little older). The network is now the ninth-most watched cable channel in the US in the 18-49 demographic, and the fifth in the 25-54 age group.

The voice of the Enterprise has been stilled forever. She was an amazing actress in many ways.

By now, you might have noticed that James Tiberius Kirk is, well... kind of a dirtbag in the new Star Trek movie. He trashes a gorgeous Corvette at age 11, and just gets more obnoxious from there on out. He's not just cocky like ShatnerKirk, he's actually irresponsible, where Shatner was sort of uptight. Is it just because he's young and immature? Or is there something else going on, which might actually make for a more interesting movie? Spoilers ahead.

1. The young James T. Kirk (played by Chris Pine) is drinking forlornly at a bar in 23rd century Iowa (where they still serve Budweiser). Without much success, he flirts with a young Starfleet recruit named Uhura (Zoe Saldana) and picks a fight with four Starfleet grunts who clobber him.

The new Star Trek trailer revealed Spock's inner toil and the color of Uhura's undergarments, but it left us with a whole host of new questions. Who's that in Kirk's bed? Why is Scotty dripping wet? What's causing all the earthquakes on Vulcan? And where did all those crazy ships come from? We take you shot by shot through the trailer and examine some of the theories and fan speculation. Spoilers ahead.

JJ Abrams and Paramount screened four brand new, entirely completed scenes from next year's Star Trek to British journalists yesterday, and the first reports are already online. According to those lucky enough to see what the rest of us have in store for us next May, the footage was "absolutely amazing;" Empire Magazine loving them enough to say "any reservations we may have harboured over JJ Abrams' reimagining of the franchise have been well and truly beamed away." Spoilers follow.

You can see the glorious (and surprising) Star Trek trailer if you check out the new James Bond flick this weekend. Some people have already had this privilege, and they managed to upload the contents of their memories via a mobile device.

William Shatner is setting his phaser to stun against his old "Star Trek" co-star George Takei.

J.J. Abrams is no Trekkie.

While you can start a friendly flame war online by posting your list of the very best science fiction TV shows, to fracture friendships, start bar fights, and generally cause a hellacious ruckus, all you really have to do is tell someone their favorite cult TV show is trash.

Unless you have your own fully functional time/space travel machine, there's only so much you can do in any given month. That's why we're helping you plan ahead, with the official io9 guide to October. It includes conventions, movies, TV shows, book releases and author appearances. Plus a handy printable PDF version!

J.J. Abrams gets interviewed by Chris Moyers from BBC 1 Radio about his new show Fringe , Cloverfield, and his upcoming Star Trek movie.

For the "Star Trek" faithful, it was a historic event. Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the series, showed up. So did the science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, not to mention fans dressed as Klingons, Tribbles and Bele from the planet Ceron.