The Lost Lesson of Star Trek V: What We Don’t Share

As the world’s preeminent Star Trek V scholar, I find it incumbent upon myself to elucidate the subtler points of the film. I’ve pondered a lot, as have others, about the critique of pop psychology self-help trends as embodied by Sybok. I’ve projected whether we can see a thread running between The Voyage Home and […]

The Sybok Series: Seeing Sybok’s Shortcomings

Sybok, as much as I love the character, is a lesson in limitation.

The Sybok Series: Ending Colonel Kurtz’s Nightmares

Would Colonel Kurtz end Sybok’s ambitions with…extreme prejudice?

The Sybok Series: Sarah Connor’s Crucible

What would a happy Sarah Connor cost the world?

The Sybok Series: Saving Ellen Ripley

Would a resolved Ellen Ripley have been the heroine we needed?

The Sybok Series: Helping Han Solo

What is the implication of Sybok making Han deal with his deepest pain?

The Sybok Series: Confronting Batman’s Pain

What would happen if Sybok helped free Bruce Wayne’s pain?

The Sybok Series: Introduction

Could his power, his empathy, change the course of history if it were introduced to another fictional world? I want to explore if it would, and if it did, what the repercussions would be.

A Letter of Thanks to Amazon Prime for Having Star Trek V Available

Life can be hectic and difficult to manage from time to time. When that happens, sleep can be elusive.

Could #Sybok Have Stopped #Thanos? #AvengersInfinityWar #AvengersEndgame

This is one of those posts that I know, in my heart of hearts, only I could have written.

Un/Mute

This isn’t just another diatribe about the hollowness of life during the social media revolution. It’s something else.

Could Sybok Have Saved Darth Vader?

Could Sybok have alleviated Darth Vader of his pain and guide him back to the Light Side?

How Star Trek V Enhances Star Trek IV

In my endless quest to review Star Trek V: The Final Frontier into a respectable place in the franchise, I realized something. Our introduction to Sybok, Spock’s estranged half-brother long ago banished for eschewing logic to pursue emotional enlightenment, enhances a pivotal moment in its predecessor. In fact, it enhances Spock’s entire arc in Star […]