Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics
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Trekathon 743: The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry (DIS)
More Star Trek. On TV. Several weeks in a row! Spoilers after the break.
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Trekathon 742: Context is for Kings (DIS)
Star Trek goes ‘Alien’. Spoilers after the break.
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Trekathon 741: Battle at the Binary Stars (DIS)
Two episodes of the new series down, and while there’s a lot more series to go, it’s off to a strong start. Spoilers after the jump.
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Trekathon 740: The Vulcan Hello (DIS)
Star Trek is back on TV after 12 years off screen. So far – too early to tell, but there’s a fair bit of promise here. Spoilers after the jump.
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery – 1 day to go
One more sleep until a new Star Trek TV series premieres. The last time I could say that was September 2001, 16 years ago. (It was 21 years between the premieres of TOS and TNG, so it’s not a record). The early reviews (or to be more accurate, the headlines of the early reviews as…
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery – 96 days to go
At long last, [a release date has been announced](https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/19/15830884/star-trek-discovery-premiere-date): > After being delayed twice, Star Trek: Discovery finally has a premiere date: Sept. 24. Which means I finally have a proper countdown again, and it’s a little over three months until we see what this one will be like.
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery – 166? days to go
In the biggest news yet, there’s an actual trailer for Star Trek: Discovery This looks to be pretty early (maybe first episode or two only) material. And there’s a lot to be optimistic about. While the design is a bit ‘Abrams Movies’, the dialogue feels a lot like more classic Star Trek. It looks gorgeous,…
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery – 214? days to go
Today in [horrible horrible news about Star Trek: Discovery](https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/04/rainn-wilson-is-going-to-bring-harry-mudd-to-star-trek-discovery/): > According to TV Line, [Rainn] Wilson has been cast to play a younger Harry Mudd in Star Trek: Discovery. [Harcout](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2010/01/trekathon-006-mudds-women-tos/) [Fenton](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2010/01/trekathon-037-i-mudd-tos/) [Mudd](http://www.exasperatedcalculator.com/archives/2010/02/trekathon-089-mudds-passion-tas/). Mudd is not the worst character in all of Star Trek (*cough* Vic Fontaine *cough*), but he is at best a slapstick idiocy…
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery – 237? days to go
Yes, new countdown. This is based on the ‘early Fall’ date mentioned by the head of CBS. The news, other than I hope the show is going to be out before November, is that the [captain has been cast](http://io9.gizmodo.com/jason-isaacs-is-star-trek-discoverys-new-captain-but-n-1793044813?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+io9%2Ffull+%28io9%29): > The U.S.S. Discovery has welcomed aboard its captain. CBS has just confirmed that Jason Isaacs…
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery: ??? days to go
Today’s [news](http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/18/14312680/star-trek-discovery-delayed) has two parts: Star Trek: Discovery, CBS’ upcoming addition to the long running sci-fi series, has been delayed again. There’s now no release date for the show beyond ‘when it’s ready’. And then: CBS confirmed today that James Frain would play Spock’s father. (I’ll leave aside that when Mark Lenard portrayed the 2260s…