Mike Okuda

Méliès shot first! Pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès is widely regarded as having produced the first science fiction films, as well as having originated the art of cinematic visual effects.

Once again, Trump's tariffs are a heavy new tax on American consumers. They're NOT paid by foreign nations or foreign companies. They're paid by you and me in the form of higher prices on a staggeringly wide range of products.

OTOY and The Gene Roddenberry Estate Release New State of the Art Interactive Expansions to The Archive OTOY and Roddenberry Entertainment unveil the largest update to The Archive to date: showcasing new Phase II ships, more explorable 3D environments, and in-depth documentary featurettes with such fran...

The new expansion of the Roddenberry Archive website includes 10 new 3D ships, plus 20 new explorable set re-creations (bringing the total to 90!) Plus four new documentary and interview videos. All available for free. More info: home.otoy.com/thearchiveau...

YouTube video by OTOY The Roddenberry Archive: August 2025 Release Teaser

Check out the trailer for the new update to the Roddenberry Archive website, including new starships and bridges, plus four new documentary and interview videos. Hats off to Mark Spatny, Daren Dochterman, and the entire Roddenberry Archive art team, for their amazing work.
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The second five-year mission… Neato! Lots of details I was unaware of regarding STAR TREK: PHASE II.

Another great short about Phase II. IT goes pretty deep, though, and goes all the way back to "The God Thing" story from 1975. Great recreations of the proposed TV models, excellent interviews that had even me learn something new. If you're a Trek fan, worth 30 minutes your time.

YouTube video by OTOY The Roddenberry Archive: Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek

The Roddenberry Archive and OTOY released a new documentary about the near-mythical series that never was, Star Trek: Phase II.
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Just came across some old photos from the DS9 days with illustrator Jim Martin! Jim started out as a production assistant, but Herman Zimmerman recognized his talent and promoted him to junior illustrator, paving the way for his amazing career in film and television.

Why does Wall Street want to "privatize" Social Security? So they can suck a fat profit margin in fees and commissions from your retirement savings. The rich get richer. And the rest of us get poorer.

Why does Wall Street want to "privatize" Social Security? So they can suck a fat profit margin in fees and commissions from your retirement savings. And you'll end up with less in your pocket.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom. It’s adolescence.

In the days of Nixon and Watergate, Republicans called their dirty tricks, "ratfucking." Today's radical Republican right takes ratfucking to an exponentially higher level, with shameless, nuclear-powered cheating enabled by a corrupt Supreme Court.

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers.” – Thomas Pynchon

Get political. Your health, your rights, your finances, your future, your childrens' future, and the survival of our society AND our very planet are all at stake. It's much later than you think. Speak up, loudly. Register and vote in EVERY election.

YouTube video by HD_Picard Picard speech with the first link the chain is forged

“With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied chains us all irrevocably.” Picard's speech from "The Drumhead" remains powerful, and even more important than ever. youtu.be/K5Po40kvI9c

"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble." - John Lewis, American hero

"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble." - John Lewis, American hero

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live Election Week Cold Open - SNL

Kate McKinnon's SNL cold open of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" on the Saturday after the 2016 election captured my cold terror that Trump had stumbled into the Oval Office, but she also reminded me to have hope and helped inspire me to continue fighting. youtu.be/BG-_ZDrypec

America's founders worked hard to prevent a despot from seizing control. There are a LOT of guard rails designed to prevent it. However, Republicans have chipped away at those guardrails for decades, bit by bit. Now we are zooming off the road and careening into the abyss.

YouTube video by Clonestar Podcast The Design Legacy of Star Trek — Only on The LCARS Lounge | Clonestar Podcast

It was great getting together with our friends (and former art department colleagues), Doug Drexler and Geoff Mandel, talking about Trek design, along with Mike Overton in his LCARS Lounge podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y3M...

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing.” – attributed to Edmund Burke

This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see By simplifying gerrymandering we see how problematic it really is.

Gerrymandering is the drawing of districts to unfairly favor one political party. Here’s how it hurts democracy. www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp...

I've noticed!

You should see what Scooter (our previous dog) used to do to script pages!

April Dancer, aspiring secret agent, is highly proficient at shredding secret documents to prevent them from falling into enemy hands.

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YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel Tom Lehrer - The Elements - LIVE FILM From Copenhagen in 1967

Remembering satirist Tom Lehrer, one of whose most popular works was "The Elements," which is simply the names of all the elements, set to a Gilbert and Sullivan tune from The Pirates of Penzance. Lehrer passed away last week at the age of 97.. youtu.be/AcS3NOQnsQM?...

Apple TV+’s Most Acclaimed Sci-Fi Series Prepares For Earth vs Mars Conflict In Upcoming Season Check out ScreenRant for all your SDCC news.

Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi gave ScreenRant a few tantalizing hints on what to expect in the upcoming fifth season of FOR ALL MANKIND, and they even talked about the upcoming spinoff, STAR CITY. Look for both on Apple TV+ screenrant.com/for-all-mank...

Vintage black and white photograph of a young girl with curly hair wearing a dark dress with a white lace collar

27 July 1932 | A Yugoslavian Jewish girl, Vera Frisch, was born in Osijek.

In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

Larry Ellison Just Quietly Became the Most Powerful Man in America With the Paramount-Skydance merger approved by the FCC, Larry Ellison just showed the world who is the real shot caller in the White House.

There’s a tech billionaire pulling Trump’s strings. No, it’s not Elon Musk.