Star Trek Musings

Trek Sets Being Dismantled And Auctioned Off

Source: https://trekmovie.com/2026/04/10/star-trek-universe-auction-announced-starfleet-academy-and-strange-new-worlds-sets-dismantled/

Is this the end of the current era of Trek? The news of the sets being dismantled and pieces of it being auctioned off seems t0 indicate that to be the case. Unless they’re planning on using the space for another Trek-related piece of business, which I doubt because nothing has been formally announced on that front…

I don’t know what to feel. There’s a part of me that wants to feel sad about the lack of Trek product on television and certainly, I feel bad for the folks who had been working on these sets since the Discovery days and wish them all the best in their future endeavors. Another part of me feels ambivalent, considering how ho-hum this current era of Trek television has been personally. It’s not something that I feel like I’m going to miss or regret its lost; it’s more like something that happened, I’m going to forget about it, and move on to other things. There isn’t that fondness here that I have for the old shows.

I only speak for myself in that regard. Clearly, there’s going to be a generation of fans who do have a fondness for this brand of Trek that is going to lament its ending, if that’s what this is. For now, we can only wait and see what the future holds for Star Trek… but if you live in the Ontario province and have plenty of disposable income, here’s your chance to own a piece of Trek. I guess…

On The 31st Day… CONFOUNDED! I Still Haven’t Watched Section 31!

It is the 31st of March in the year of our lord 2026… and it’s the time-honoured tradition of my declaration of not having watched the Section 31 streaming motion picture starring Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh.

Yep, we’re still doing this… and really, I haven’t had the urge to subscribe to any streaming channels. I’ve got a TV box to watch some local news and channels… and the rest I watch on Youtube and the occasional Prime because I have Prime to save on shipping.

Don’t even have an active Netflix subscription… but I do watch Plex. Plex is a good time. And it’s free.

Class Dismissed – Starfleet Academy Cancelled

Source: https://trekmovie.com/2026/03/23/breaking-starfleet-academy-to-end-with-season-2-but-paramount-confirms-commitment-to-star-trek/

Starfleet Academy – featuring WWE Superstar Becky Lynch – has been cancelled. People will blame various things; I blame Becky. She’s the Baby Flair of Star Trek – everything that goes wrong is her fault.

Back in my day, you cancelled a series after its first season failed and it didn’t get a second. Nowadays, you cancel a series after its first season failed, but still air the second season because it’s already in the can and you need to recoup some of those funds… cue the snide grin of Kevin Nash on WCW Thunder commentary duties clearly not giving a fuck, which is what I’d imagine Paramount management must feel like at the moment, for better or worse.

Look, I haven’t seen the show, so I’m largely ambivalent in regards to its cancellation. I do know that it hasn’t garnered the viewership numbers and sometimes, yeah, it takes a while for a series to find its footing with an audience. More often than not, a series gets a season at most before higher ups decide to close up shop. It’s the sad reality of things. And I know that fans will see this as a victory for the grifters who were ragging on this thing for a lot of what I perceive to be “bad faith” reasons and wanted this off the air. Well, yeah, that could be the case… but those folks are never going to get what they want, which is a show that appeals to them because whatever they think Star Trek actually is, it is certainly not what they want, which is… I don’t know what they want.

As for me… like I said, haven’t seen the show. Had no real interest in the show due to its YA setting. Clips certainly didn’t inspire much confidence and was not enough of a push to say “Yes, I will subscribe to Paramount Plus and watch this series that doesn’t interest me despite the Star Trek brand.” Because I am one of those folks who does not slavishly consume all Star Trek. You’ll have those folks around who will watch everything and like everything because of their blind devotion to a brand and will support whatever hapless endeavor no matter what, which is every bit as toxic as raging hate boners of sitting through something you clearly do not like and feel the need to let the world know you hate this thing on a regular basis.

Really, you should be more like me; in that on the 31st day of every month, you let the world know that you haven’t watch the hit Section 31 streaming movie starring Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh because it amuses you, puts a smile on your face, and lets the world know that you HAVEN’T wasted your time with something you know you’re going to hate. More people need to NOT watch stuff in order to send the right message. People hate-watching stuff in droves? Pfft, who gives a shit? They’re still watching, they’re still giving you viewership. What do it matter if they’re calling this show the drizzling shits? I’ve seen worse show get extended for multiple years and when I sit down to watch some of these things, I often wonder why because this is just awful.

So while I’m neither thrilled nor saddened by Academy’s cancellation, there is a part of me that can’t help but feel a pan of disappointment whenever a Star Trek thing gets binned regardless of whether I like it or not. I’m also a bit concerned as to where this franchise is headed once all the remaining SNW and SFA episodes have aired – Strange New Worlds has one full ten-episode season as well as an abbreviated fifth season. There are different pitches that have been proposed; a Year One follow-up on Kirk and company, a sequel series to Enterprise (which would actually kinda, sorta intrigue me), and of course, an adaptation of the hit Xbox 360 game, Star Trek Legacy… oh wait.

Honestly, I wouldn’t mind it if Star Trek went on hibernation for a few years while the people in charge figure out where they want to go with it. Something about absence making the heart grow fonder or some sentimental crap like that. Truth be told, there’s a lot of legacy franchises that could be best served going into extended hibernation for the foreseeable future. Maybe fill the void with something else, some original IP that did what came before, but with a new spin that makes it unique.

We talk about these things taking big swings and yet none is able to take the biggest swing of all; creating something truly new and unique that speaks to the current generation and not just feeding off the rotting corpses of what came before. That’s the only real “big swing” I want to see Hollywood take. Otherwise, you may as well just give up and let AI do the scriptwriting for you. Considering the output that I’ve seen as of late, it might actually be a step up.

In any event, that’s the state of Star Trek as it is now. They’ve got stuff to put on the air, which fans should be grateful that they are when they could easily can everything and take a tax writeoff; similar to that Batgirl movie that was made and promptly shitcanned. Where it goes from here… who knows? I guess we’ll have to see what’s out there. Engage… or something.

Lap.

COMIC REVIEW – Star Trek: Red Shirts (2025 Miniseries, IDW)

For anyone who has sampled my Winners And Losers Of 2025 list, you already have a pretty good idea on what I think of this series, but for the rest of you folks – particularly you folks who are disenchanted by modern Star Trek television properties – might I recommend that you give Redshirts a shot?

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About That Scouts Show…

Since nobody else is going to bring it up… Star Trek Scouts.

A series of CG animated shorts aimed at pre-schoolers, Star Trek Scouts follows a trio of Starfleet kids charged with defending what they call “Starfleet Headquarters” from asteroids of various types, using comprising common household grimes. This lasted for about ten episodes before the creators decided that we need to have our scouts do more than just shoot asteroids. So now they’re going on “holodeck adventures” simulating various away missions and things of that nature.

Let’s be fair; this is aimed at pre-schoolers and nowadays, these sort of productions are often devoid of actual learning material. It doesn’t take much to figure out that tossing a shoe at an ice asteroid isn’t going to do much – even a 2-month-old toddler would be tossing their rattle at the screen. I don’t want to say that Scouts lack any educational merit because there are plenty of other people that can tell you that, but I’d imagine that there is someone out there… somewhere… that sees something of value in using Star Trek Scouts as an educational tool of sorts… which is never a good idea. Not necessarily Scouts, but no edutainment product should be a replacement for learning how things work the old fashioned way.

All I will say that when I was the age of the target demographic for this thing, the stuff that I watched that catered to that pre-school age group did more to teach me about the world than anything I’ve seen of the output from modern pre-school fare.

So, yes, I don’t see the educational merit of Star Trek Scout and I think the plots are more idiotic than juvenile… but the kids are fine. They’re a likeable bunch. And this is coming from someone who generally don’t care for child characters because they’re often not that well written or portrayed… but this is fine.

There you go… something from modern on-screen Star Trek that I actually watch and… didn’t mind… how about that?

On The 31st Day… The One-Year Anniversary Of My NOT Watching Section 31

It is January 31st of the year 2026… and we’re celebrating the one year anniversary of my first declaration that I have NOT watched the Star Trek: Section 31 streaming video motion picture film starring Academy Award Winner Michelle Yeoh. The fact that I managed a full year without watching that film should be a godsend… or is it god’s end?

Fuck you, RedLetterMedia for playing that clip during your re:view, which remains the only extensive exposure to Section 31 that I’ve had up to this point… and yes, I continue to not watch the movie. I suspect that sooner or later, the disk will show up on my doorstep and I’ll have to give it a watch.

Not because it’s my duty or anything, fuck no.

But rather I need to watch this thing once before I can use the disc as a drink coaster… maybe it’ll work out better than Fighting Force 2 did all those years ago.

Academy Dodger

So Starfleet Academy premiered a couple weeks ago… and I have not seen it yet.

I don’t have Paramount Plus at the moment and I’m presently avoiding the streaming services unless there’s something that I really, really, REALLY want to watch. So I’m dodging the new Academy. For what it’s worth, I’ve heard good things about it… along with the usual noise from the usual suspects who don’t care for New Trek… and maybe I’ll give it a watch when I decide that I want to dive into the Paramount Plus pool or just get over my general indifference and lack of interest in young adult fare.

Don’t worry, kids. We’re not turning this into a Section 31 meme. I’m more likely to give this a watch than Section 31.

Later.

800 Year Old Holo-Doctor Terrifies Cadets And More…

A clip from the upcoming Starfleet Academy show featuring Robert Picardo as the Doctor… yes, the same Doctor he played in Star Trek: Voyager… what’s that saying about the more things change?

How much of this show is Picardo actually in? I might tune for his bits alone. The rest of it… eh, we’ll see when the show premieres on Thursday.

Fifty Years Of The Infamous Spock Beer Ad

In 1976, Heineken commissioned a new print advertisement that depicted the character of Spock (a.k.a. Mr. Spock from Star Trek) with droopy ears that become erect after taking a sip of Heineken beer. You look at that for what it is and you figure “Hey, hey. Funny!”

Leonard Nimoy would sue the company for unauthorized use of his likeness. It was one of a number of sticking points that almost kept him from wanting to reprise the role in later Star Trek productions… well, aside from the whole typecasting thing that also proved to be a bit of a detriment for the career.

I don’t know when this advert first hit the scene, but this year marks its 50th anniversary. Whether that’s a cause for celebration or just some random piece of business.

I bring this up because Strange New Worlds is closing up shop; we’re due for a fourth season and eventually a fifth and final season – cut down to six episodes – will follow. Given that every year features some sort of “comedy” episode at the expense of Spock, I’m surprised that we’ve not reached a point where Spock is inflicted with some condition that causes his ears to go all droopy and the only way to cure the condition is by – you guessed it – drinking a Heineken.

Some “Homework” For Starfleet Academy

So TrekMovie has been putting up some material to hype up the upcoming Starfleet Academy series that’s due to premiere in a couple weeks. This includes an article bringing people up to speed on the background of the new reality that the series is set in, as well as one of the actors giving a tour of the sets on his Instagram.

None of this is really hyping me up for the show, but for those who are keen to learn more, you can follow the links here.

‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Orientation: The State Of The Galaxy And The Rebuilding Of The Federation – Link

Watch: ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Campus Set Tour + Clip Of Captain Ake’s Welcome To The USS Athena – Link