Oh Hey, This Is Still A Thing…

I wanted to wait on this for a couple days before dropping it; the last piece of business that will be published as I make my way back home…

But yes, the Khan audio program – a thing that was teased back in the last decade when new Trek was on the verge of being unleashed – is finally premiering in September. And it’s giving old Trek veterans like Tim Russ and George Takei some work… yes, this is a Khan thing that they somehow turned into further adventures of Captain Sulu. What a world.

To be honest, this is the thing that intrigues me the most. Not because I’m anxious to learn more about Khan and how we’re going to butcher this character even further (despite the involvement of Star Trek II director Nicholas Meyer), but I’m fascinated to see how well this performs and if it will lead to other similar projects. For all the talk about wanting to produce more legacy Trek content, I’m surprised that the thought never occurred to follow the same road as Doctor Who; pivot to audio dramas. I’d imagine it would be more cost-effective (only hire actors to speak in a booth and have some bits of music and sound here and there) and you’d be able to tell stories that wouldn’t be bound by whatever broadcast restrictions or limitations are imposed.

Star Trek isn’t about the special effects. It’s about the stories… and sometimes, the science helps too. You don’t need TV to tell good stories, just good performers and a good script.

Hopefully KHAN gets the ball rolling on that.

On The 31st Day… I Continue To NOT Watch Section 31

It is July 31st of the year 2025 and I am following the 31st Rule Of Acquisition, which is to never make fun of a Ferengi’s mother. And why would I do that? She gave me good financial advice, such as not wasting money on a subscription service like Paramount Plus so that I can continue to NOT watch the Section 31 streaming motion picture starring Academy Award Winner Michelle Yeoh.

Though, to be honest, I didn’t need Ferengi to follow that advice. I was heeding that just fine beforehand. Still, I thanked her for the advice and the tube grubs.

AEW All In Texas 2025

Before anyone asks, yes, the banner does indeed feature a promotional mugshot of the late Don S. Davis, who is perhaps best known for his role as General George Hammond in the sci-fi television series, Stargate SG-1. One of the characters on the show referred to him as “Hammond Of Texas.”

So now why am I featuring the late, great General Hammond on the banner for an AEW Pay-Per-View event from Texas?

Because I feel like it… and also fuck you.

So Summerslam is coming up… and it’s the first edition to go two-nights, which honestly doesn’t surprise me if they eventually do the same with Royal Rumble as well…. which wouldn’t be a bad idea – two nights, each headlined by a Rumble match… makes the most sense, actually. But we’re not here to talk about that. We’re here to talk about AEW’s big All In PPV event that took place from Texas. (No go on their annual New Japan get-together… undecided on All Out… but we’ll eventually cover Slammiversary, even though it’s a NXT show disguised as a TNA show.)

Anyway, this is the other AEW PPV that I planned on watching this month – the other being this year’s Double Or Nothing PPV – and really, nothing else in the horizon seems to be on my radar unless they book a really amazing card that has me going, “Yes! That sound exciting! Shut up and take my goddamned money!”

To date, there hasn’t been an AEW show that has done that. Double Or Nothing wouldn’t have been a blip on my radar if it had been a show under any other name. Quite honestly, neither has All In. But both were special events.

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Oh Wait… Never Mind…

Could you have at least waited for Season 3 to end before you teased the next one?

Also, you only have a dozen-ish episodes left and you’re wasting one of them on a MUPPET SHOW?

At least Stargate used Supermarionation for their puppets. At least THAT was different… and also well done, but it was just a bit. Maybe this is just a bit… I’m hoping it’s a bit…

Starfleet Academy Trailer… Meh

The next great Star Trek series to take place in the 32nd century, featuring a ragtag crew of Starfleet cadets who will no doubt experience conflict among each other, fight in the shadows to preserve the light, and presumably find a way to defeat Pau Giamatti’s alien villain from unleashing some sort of superweapon thing… that’s the general plot, right?

I like the Klingon hybrid… I like that Robert Picardo still has work… I like that the Jem’Hadar have infiltrated Starfleet… I’m not feeling Holly Hunter’s narration, but that could also be because this wallpaper music is so loud and overpowering that it just… eh.

Honestly not really feeling this one… it doesn’t look bad or anything, but it just feels like generic sci-fi schlock… which, I guess, could be the same argument made for any Star Trek series made that isn’t coasting on nostalgia.

Starfleet Academy airs in 2026. I’ll be holding off for the next season of Strange New Worlds in the meantime unless the next trailer really blows my socks off.