Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on August 30th, 2024
“In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet. We spend most of our lives reaching out and trying to communicate. If during our whole lifetime, we could reach out and really communicate with just two people. We are all indeed very fortunate.” – Gene Roddenberry I should confess from the […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on April 19th, 2024
“Space… the funniest frontier?” Star Trek: The Animated Series first aired in September of 1973, four years after the three seasons of what is now referred to Star Trek: The Original Series. It was a straight sequel that continued the five-year mission of the starship Enterprise. All of the original cast lent their voices to […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on December 9th, 2023
“Space…the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before!” Since the relaunch of Star Trek on television via the Paramount+ streaming service, I must admit to being a […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on September 19th, 2023
“Space … the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.” Nearly 20 years after the original Star Trek left the network airwaves, Gene Roddenberry set out to discover whether […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 25th, 2023
“Space … the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.” From 1978 through 2002, 10 Star Trek films were released at the box office. The franchise almost […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on March 30th, 2023
“Space…The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before!” Since the relaunch of Star Trek on television via the Paramount + streaming service, I must admit to being […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 18th, 2022
“Space … the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.” Nearly 20 years after the original Star Trek left the network airwaves, Gene Roddenberry set out to discover whether […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on September 9th, 2022
“Space … the final frontier. These are the continuing voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before!” From the moment of the first UHD releases, I have had a wish list of films […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on July 16th, 2022
“Space … the funniest frontier?” Star Trek: The Animated Series first aired in September of 1973, four years after the three seasons of what is now referred to Star Trek: The Original Series. It was a straight sequel that continued the five-year mission of the starship Enterprise. All of the original cast lent their voices […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on September 16th, 2021
“Space…The Final Frontier. These are the continuing voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before!” From the moment of the first UHD releases, I have had a wish list of films I wanted […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on July 28th, 2021
“In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet. We spend most of our lives reaching out and trying to communicate. If during our whole lifetime, we could reach out and really communicate with just two people. We are all indeed very fortunate.” – Gene Roddenberry I should confess from the […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on May 25th, 2021
“Space… the funniest frontier?” Star Trek: The Animated Series first aired in September of 1973, four years after the three seasons of what is now referred to Star Trek: The Original Series. It was a straight sequel that continued the five-year mission of the starship Enterprise. All of the original cast lent their voices to […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on July 8th, 2020
In the local newspaper here in the Tampa Bay area there has been a long-running series of articles called One Tank Trips or something of that nature. The idea is that the writer would introduce you to some natural or otherwise splendor that you could visit in a relatively short distance but which you might […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on November 19th, 2019
“Make a little noise. Ruffle a few feathers.” I should confess from the beginning that I am a very dedicated Star Trek fan. I’m not a Trekkie or a Trekker, I’m a fan. I have often allowed my fan status to cause me to embrace the franchise even when it wasn’t necessarily so good. As […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on October 16th, 2019
“Space… The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.” Nearly 20 years after the original Star Trek left the network airwaves, Gene Roddenberry set out to discover if he […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on November 20th, 2018
“Some say that in life, there are no second chances. Experience tells me that this is true. But we can only look forward. We have to be torchbearers, casting the light so we may see our path to lasting peace. We will continue exploring, discovering new worlds, new civilizations. Yes – that is the United […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on March 10th, 2017
Star Trek Voyager was the third spinoff from the original Star Trek, following the superior Next Generation and the inferior Deep Space Nine. While the idea was quite an original premise, the cast never seemed to gel. The obvious attempt at political correctness gives us the most diverse cast yet on Star Trek, including the […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on February 15th, 2017
“It is the unknown that defines our existence. We are constantly searching, not just for answers to our questions, but for new questions. We are explorers. We explore our lives day by day, and we explore the galaxy trying to expand the boundaries of our knowledge. And that is why I am here: not to […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on January 16th, 2017
“It’s been a long time getting from there to here.” 35 years, to be exact. Enterprise is the fourth spinoff from the original 1960’s hopeful series. The Earth is finally ready to send its first starship to explore the vast galaxy. This first starship Enterprise is smaller than the ships we’ve become used to. There […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on November 24th, 2016
“Space…the final frontier. These are the continuing voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one man gone before!” Of course, we never did get five years from that original show when it ended after just three […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on November 2nd, 2016
“Space… The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.” Every Star Trek fan knows the words by heart. For 50 years they’ve heralded the promise of something […]
Posted in The Reel World by Gino Sassani on July 23rd, 2016
“Space… The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission, to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no one has gone before.” Every Star Trek fan knows the words by heart. For 50 years they’ve heralded the promise of something […]
Posted in Site News by Gino Sassani on June 30th, 2016
My review of the Director’s Cut of Star Trek: The Wrath Of Khan pointed out some glitches in the audio presentation. I promised I would seek an answer from Paramount. That answer has arrived. You can get a replacement disc. The paramount response is below: It has come to our attention that there is a […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on June 23rd, 2016
“Space…The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before!” Paramount was bold indeed when they undertook the remaster project of the original series. Not only did they clean […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on June 22nd, 2016
“Space…the final frontier. These are the continuing voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its ongoing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before!” Every Star Trek fan has had that phrase beaten into their brain about as many times as Uncle […]
