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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) | Nicholas Meyer

February 7, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

The final of the Star Trek films to feature the entire original cast, Star Trek VI draws many parallels to the end of the Cold War between the United States (represented here by the Federation) and the Soviet Union (the big bad Klingons). An explosion occurs on the Klingon moon known as Praxis (an allusion to […]

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) | William Shatner

January 31, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Star Trek V starts off with the crew taking over the reins of new Enterprise starship, and their first impromptu mission requires them to travel to the near desolate planet of Nimbus III, where a rogue Vulcan known as Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) has placed several key ambassadors as hostages in order to draw a starship to […]

TRON (1982) | Steven Lisberger

August 31, 2018April 18, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Disney’s first big foray into the realm of computer animation would prove to be a box office disappoiuntmen in 1982, but garner a legion of fans over the years for its revolutionary design work and the influence it still continue to have in science fiction today. Jeff Bridges stars as Kevin Flynn, video game programmer, […]