Starfleet Academy Promises To RUIN Klingons (AGAIN!) JDA Talks Trek 2026-09-24 | Starfleet Academy Promises To RUIN Klingons (AGAIN!)
I Saw Wrath Of Khan In Theaters And Its Even Better Than The Motion Picture — Heres WHY! JDA Talks Trek 2026-09-06 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is back in theaters as part of the Star Trek 60th anniversary celebration — paired with the Amok Time episode in a double feature at AMC and Cinemark locations through September 8, 2026. Seeing Nicholas Meyer's 1982 film on the big screen reveals why it remains not just the best Star Trek film but one of the genuinely great science fiction films in cinema history: Khan's personal vendetta gives the plot human stakes that The Motion Picture's metaphysical journey never required, Ricardo Montalbán's performance fills a cinema screen in ways television never allowed, and the Spock death sequence in a theater full of people who already know what's coming is an experience that home viewing cannot replicate. After seeing both films theatrically this week, Wrath of Khan wins — and the gap is significant.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
I Saw Star Trek The Motion Picture In Theaters And It Changed How I Understand The Film FOREVER! JDA Talks Trek 2026-09-05 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture is back in theaters as part of the Star Trek 60th anniversary theatrical celebration at AMC and Cinemark locations — paired with The City on the Edge of Forever episode in a double feature running September 4-8, 2026. Seeing Robert Wise's 1979 film on the big screen for the first time reveals what decades of television and home video watching obscured: The Motion Picture is a film built entirely for cinema scale, with Douglas Trumbull's V'ger cloud sequences designed to overwhelm viewers in a way that simply cannot translate to a small screen. The theatrical rerelease reframes one of the most debated films in the franchise's history as the cinematic meditation on humanity and transcendence Wise always intended it to be.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Strange New Worlds Went MASK OFF And Proved Why Kurtzman Trek Was Built For The Wrong AUDIENCE! JDA Talks Trek 2026-09-04 | Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4 delivered lines of dialogue that crystallize everything wrong with the Kurtzman era of Star Trek — collapsing the franchise's foundational tension between logic and emotion into therapy speak that treats feelings as scientifically equivalent to empirical reasoning. Classic Star Trek from Kirk through Picard derived its dramatic power from the conflict between emotional and logical approaches to problem-solving, treating them as genuinely different ways of knowing with real stakes. Strange New Worlds' therapy-speak approach — emotions are valid, feelings are data, vulnerability is strength — represents a fundamental philosophical shift that explains both the show's 56% Popcornmeter audience score and why Alex Kurtzman's nine-year tenure consistently failed to reconnect with the audience that made Star Trek a cultural institution.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
This Strange New Worlds Episode Was WORSE Than The Puppets! JDA Talks Trek 2026-09-03 | Strange New Worlds Season 4 Episode 7 “Like Chronitons Through The Hourglass” came out today and this is just getting insulting for Star Trek fans. Trelane, Captain Pike are done dirty, so is Sybok, in another one that never should be in existence. snw s4e7. Alex Kurtzman can't be gone soon enough.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Starfleet Academy Is CANCELED Again, But Its NOT What You THINK! JDA Talks Trek 2026-09-02 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy — Lost Contact #5 shipped August 26, 2026 from IDW Publishing, concluding the five-issue miniseries following cadets Genesis Lythe, Jay-Den Kraag, and their team through a planetary survey mission gone wrong on S'Eekay II. The finale earned mixed reviews — strong on character resolution, weaker on art — and quietly closed the book on the comic continuation of the canceled Paramount Plus series. CBR's headline calling it "Star Trek's Forgotten Spinoff Has Officially Come to an End" accurately described a comic most Trek fans had no idea existed, continuing the pattern of Star Trek media manufacturing significance around licensed comics while Paramount has no new television content to announce ahead of the franchise's uncertain post-Kurtzman future.Sign Up For AYLA RIN GATEWAY TO DOOM: indiecrowdfund.com/projects/jda/ayla-rin-gateway-to-doom-part-1/prelaunchSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
This Strange New Worlds Interview CONFIRMS They KNOW What theyre Doing To Star Trek And DONT CARE! JDA Talks Trek 2026-09-01 | The Strange New Worlds showrunners under Alex Kurtzman and Secret Hideout are not trying to make Star Trek for fans or even science fiction, but instead they're making whatever shows more movies they'd like to see and branding it Star Trek. Trek Movie confirms it.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Strange New Worlds Is Doing A SOAP OPERA Episode And It Might Be Worse Than The PUPPETS! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-31 | Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4 Episode 7 "Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass" airs September 3, 2026 on Paramount Plus — trapping the Enterprise crew inside a soap opera reality through a temporal anomaly, with Days of Our Lives legend Deidre Hall guest starring in a direct reference to the show's iconic opening line. The episode is the seventh of ten in Strange New Worlds' penultimate season, following a season that has already produced a predestination paradox episode, an Event Horizon horror homage, a Hangover comedy, a Casablanca noir, a puppet episode revealed to be a dream, and a full backstory hour that stopped the main mystery cold. Seven episodes in, Strange New Worlds Season 4 has yet to produce a single hour of original Star Trek storytelling — and former Star Trek editor John Ordover's diagnosis that writers on ending shows go through the motions while looking for their next jobs has never looked more accurate.Watch my video on star trek novels: youtube.com/watch?v=NxA_wClHtV0Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
I Collected Every Star Trek Book Series Worth Owning And Heres My Complete COLLECTION! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-30 | A complete tour of one Star Trek book and comics collector's shelf — covering the James Blish TOS episode adaptations, the Gold Key Comics run from 1967 to 1979, the FASA Star Trek RPG sourcebooks including John M. Ford's Klingon sourcebook that shaped everything Ronald D. Moore did in TNG, Pocket Books' original novel line from the 1970s through Peter David's New Frontier series, John M. Ford's The Final Reflection and How Much for Just the Planet as the finest Star Trek tie-in fiction ever published, the DC Comics runs from 1984 through 1996, the WildStorm era, and IDW's modern output. This is a buying guide built from an actual collection — what's worth hunting on the secondary market, what condition matters, what editions have the best content, and the hidden gems most Trek fans have never heard of including the Gregg Press hardcover reprints of the earliest Pocket Books novels. The Next Generation, Deep Space 9, Voyager, Enterprise. Sign up for my Newsletter for 3 free books: http://www.delarroz.com/newsletter
Star Trek Merch Sales Are A Total DISASTER, But This Is ONE Bright Spot! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-29 | LEGO released the Star Trek Original Series Bridge Set in 2026 — a 1,000-plus piece recreation of the USS Enterprise bridge featuring Kirk's command chair, Spock's science station, Uhura's communications console, Scotty, McCoy, Chekov, Sulu, a tribble, and the iconic viewscreen — giving Star Trek fans the most detailed and faithful physical recreation of the TOS bridge ever released as a mainstream consumer product. At a moment when Strange New Worlds is struggling with its lowest audience scores since Season 3, Kurtzman's contract has expired, Starfleet Academy has been canceled, and the franchise's television future is uncertain, the LEGO Star Trek Bridge Set is the most purely joyful piece of Star Trek merchandise in years and the clearest proof that the Original Series still carries more cultural affection than anything produced in the Kurtzman era.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
The Media Is Absolutely GLAZING Strange New Worlds And GASLIGHTING REAL Trek Fans! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-28 | Strange New Worlds, we can all agree, is a disaster, but the media wants to blame real Star Trek fans for its failure and not the Kurtzman team that caused this nonsense.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
This Strange New Worlds Episode SHOCKED Me Beyond ANY Other This Season! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-27 | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 Episode 6 "Off-Hour" turns into a disaster movie homage, with the Enterprise trapped in a wormhole and racing a ticking clock before the ship tears itself apart. We break down the Poseidon Adventure, Apollo 13, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture influences, the Boyce and M'Benga continuity payoff, and why Strange New Worlds still can't solve its Pike problem. Full spoiler review and score inside.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarrozStar Trek Strange New Worlds, Off-Hour review, Strange New Worlds season 4 episode 6, Star Trek 2026, Anson Mount Pike, Ethan Peck Spock, Babs Olusanmokun M'Benga, Jess Bush Chapel, Martin Quinn Scotty, Star Trek disaster movie episode, Star Trek The Motion Picture homage, Apollo 13, Poseidon Adventure, Strange New Worlds review, Paramount Plus Star Trek
Strange New Worlds REFUSES To Make STAR TREK Episodes And Its Driving Me CRAZY! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-26 | Strange New Worlds Season 4 has not made one Star Trek episode. IT's always just a parody of something else, and it's beyond getting on my nerves. Alex Kurtzman and Secret Hideout have pretty much burned all goodwill at this point.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Star Treks Most GAY Shipped Couple Got A Novel And It Never Made It To A Publisher For A REASON! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-24 | Star Trek novelist Una McCormack wrote an unpublished manuscript titled The End of This Day's Business — a completed Deep Space Nine novel in which Garak and Bashir, Star Trek's most shipped couple across thirty-three years of fan fiction, kiss and form a three-person household with a third man. McCormack published an essay in Uncanny Magazine detailing the book's decade-long path to completion and explaining why it never reached a publisher's desk. The manuscript also includes anti-Trump political commentary McCormack attempted to insert into officially licensed Star Trek fiction — a combination of factors that explains why Paramount's tie-in publishing process rejected it and why the Star Trek novel line's editorial standards, whatever their other flaws, apparently still draw some lines.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Strange New Worlds RATINGS DISASTER Proves Kurtzman KILLED Star Trek! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-23 | Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4 debuted to an 89% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes but only a 56% Popcornmeter audience score — the second-lowest viewer rating in the show's history behind Season 3's 52% — while failing to crack the Nielsen streaming Top 10 for the week of its July 23, 2026 premiere. The gap between critical enthusiasm and audience response mirrors the same disconnect that defined Strange New Worlds Season 3, suggesting that the show's genre episode approach — borrowing from The Hangover, Event Horizon, Casablanca, and now a puppet episode — is landing with critics who reward formal experimentation while losing the core Trek audience who came for Star Trek storytelling. With Strange New Worlds confirmed as ending after Season 5, the Season 4 audience numbers are a preview of the franchise's audience health heading into its final chapter.Sign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
My Paramount Source Just Told Me What Star Trek Looks Like After Kurtzman And Its INTERESTING! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-22 | With Paramount Plus head of originals Jane Wiseman confirming the studio is "talking to a lot of writers" about Star Trek's future following Alex Kurtzman's contract expiration, a Fandom Pulse insider source with a track record of accurate Paramount information shares what the studio is actually considering for the next chapter of Star Trek — including the creative direction being prioritized, who is in the conversation, and what the transition from Kurtzman's nine-year tenure actually looks like from inside the building. This is what Star Trek's future looks like after Kurtzman, based on firsthand Paramount sourcing.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Star Trek Strange New Worlds Actor Treats His Own Fans Like A Punchline And Heres The PROOF! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-21 | Anson Mount, who plays Captain Christopher Pike on Star Trek Strange New Worlds, responded to a fan's criticism of the show this week by quoting the Farmers Insurance jingle — "We are Farmers, bum-ba-dum-bum-bum-bum-bum" — dismissing legitimate audience frustration with a commercial punchline. The incident is the latest in a documented pattern of Strange New Worlds cast members treating fan criticism as a joke: Mount's previous social media behavior includes calling a Christian journalist's documentation of Critical Race Theory "white fragility" and calling him a coward and an idiot after being blocked. With Strange New Worlds in its final season and Paramount actively searching for new Star Trek creative direction after Kurtzman's contract expiration, the cast's contempt for its own audience is the last thing the franchise needs right now.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Strange New Worlds Just Aired The Worst Episode In Star Trek History And It Was A DREAM! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-20 | Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4 Episode 5 "Level-Five Transporter Accident" turns the Enterprise crew into Jim Henson Company puppets through a transporter accident — then reveals in the final scene it was all a dream Spock was having, retroactively invalidating every unexplained plot hole in the episode. The puppet episode earns a 0 out of 10 for introducing fingerprint-locked consoles that contradict sixty years of Star Trek precedent, voice command functionality that never works despite being mentioned twice, puppet physics that contradict themselves between acts, a Spock who processes heartbreak through therapy language that has nothing to do with Vulcan culture, and a dream sequence ending that means none of it needed to make sense because none of it happened. Strange New Worlds has borrowed from The Hangover, Event Horizon, Casablanca, and Angel's "Smile Time" across five episodes — and has yet to produce a single hour of original Star Trek storytelling in its final season.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Paramount Exec FINALLY Confirms Kurtzman Is OUT At Star Trek! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-19 | Paramount Plus head of originals Jane Wiseman told Deadline in a wide-ranging interview that the studio is "talking to a lot of writers" to figure out "the next bounce of Star Trek" after Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy conclude — without mentioning Alex Kurtzman once in an interview specifically about the franchise's future. Kurtzman's contract is set to expire later this year, and his absence from Wiseman's description of Star Trek's future — while she named Chris Parnell, CBS Studios, and Paramount Pictures — confirms what sources have been saying for months: the Kurtzman era of Star Trek is over. The franchise that began its streaming chapter with Star Trek Discovery in 2017 is about to begin its next chapter with entirely new creative leadership.Sign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterRead my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
A Hugo Award Winning Star Trek Writer QUIT Strange New Worlds And Her Former Editor Explains WHY! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-18 | Hugo Award-winning author and former Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch announced she is done watching Star Trek Strange New Worlds, citing the puppet episode as the moment she stopped caring — calling the show's gimmick-heavy approach "sad" and saying "there's no Trek now." Former Pocket Books Star Trek editor John Ordover, who spent over a decade running the Trek novel line and co-created Star Trek: New Frontier, responded with the most damning explanation yet for what's happening: once Paramount confirmed Strange New Worlds would end after Season 5, the writers' room shifted focus to getting their next jobs and "just go through the motions of putting on a show." With Season 4's first several episodes running a predestination paradox, a horror outing, a noir homage, a body swap comedy, and a puppet episode back to back, Ordover's diagnosis fits the evidence exactly.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
I Caused A MELTDOWN On William Shatners X Account! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-17 | William Shatner does not run his X account or any of his social media as we know. Captain Kirk is being portrayed by a guy named Paul, and all of this comes back to my video the other day talking about Star Trek and how Nerdrotic is reacting to a block.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Real Star Trek Is Back In Theaters For One Week Only And The Pairings Are PERFECT! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-16 | Star Trek's first four theatrical films return to AMC and Cinemark theaters September 4-8, 2026 as part of the franchise's 60th anniversary celebration — each paired with a TOS episode chosen to complement its themes. Star Trek: The Motion Picture with "The Changeling," The Wrath of Khan with "Space Seed," The Search for Spock with "Amok Time," and The Voyage Home with "City on the Edge of Forever." The curatorial choices signal genuine Trek knowledge, particularly the Harlan Ellison episode pairing with Voyage Home — connecting two of the franchise's greatest time travel stories through Kirk's relationship with the past. AMC 60th anniversary popcorn buckets and four-variant drink cups with Enterprise, Excelsior, and Reliant toppers will be available. Showtimes at AMC and Cinemark now.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
William Shatners X Account Feuded With Nerdrotic For 4 Years And Shatner Didnt Even Know! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-15 | William Shatner's X account renewed a four-year standoff with YouTube creator Nerdrotic this week, posting "ZERO misunderstanding" about a block that began in May 2021 over a joke about Wil Wheaton — but Fandom Pulse's reporting raises a more fundamental question: William Shatner himself may not be aware of what goes on on the account bearing his name. The Nerdrotic block, the years of Star Trek commentary, and now the renewed public confrontation may all be the work of someone other than the 95-year-old actor. The full truth about who's actually running William Shatner's X account changes what everything posted there actually means.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
The William Shatner Starfleet Academy Quote Holly Hunter Used Is Not What He Actually SAID! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-14 | Holly Hunter told TV Insider that William Shatner defended Star Trek: Starfleet Academy against "woke" criticism by saying "the definition of Star Trek is woke" — but Shatner's actual documented social media response tells a different story. When White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted a viral clip of Starfleet Academy calling it "beyond parody," Shatner replied directly to Miller: "I am so on the same page with you." The gap between what Holly Hunter quoted Shatner as saying and what Shatner actually wrote raises serious questions about whether the Starfleet Academy cast is accurately representing the views of the Star Trek actor whose credibility they're borrowing to defend a canceled show.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Strange New Worlds Episode 4 Is Just Casablanca Cosplay Is Why Nu Trek FAILS! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-13 | Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4 Episode 4 "A Case of Chiaroscuro" sends Una, M'Benga, and Uhura to a black-and-white Klingon-occupied planet for a scene-by-scene Casablanca homage — technically accomplished in every frame, emotionally inert in every beat. The episode earns a 6 out of 10 for production craft while failing to make Una's resistance arc feel like anything more than a well-dressed exercise: the occupation isn't frightening, the betrayal carries no cost, the Chapel subplot involves a court martial offense that resolves in a hallway conversation. Four episodes into Strange New Worlds' final season, the pattern is now clear — this is a show that borrows tension from classic films it hasn't figured out how to build itself.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Alec Peters UNLOADS On CBS And Tells The TRUTH About Star Trek: Axanar! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-12 | Alec Peters unloads on CBS and Paramount and talks about Star Trek, Axanar, Kurtzman productions with Discovery and Starfleet Academy and the future of sci-fi productions.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
The Fourth Star Trek Game In Ten Months Is Being Completely Erased And Fans Are DONE! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-11 | Star Trek: Legends will be pulled from Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store on August 20, 2026 with servers shutting down September 3 — making the RPG completely unplayable including its extensive offline single-player content, despite no technical reason the offline mode needs to stop functioning when a publisher ends commercial support. Legends is the fourth Star Trek game delisted in roughly ten months, following Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova, Star Trek: Resurgence, and a fourth unnamed title — a pattern driven by Paramount's licensing costs outweighing the commercial value of keeping older Star Trek games available. The Stop Killing Games campaign gathered 1.3 million EU signatures demanding publishers leave discontinued games playable and was formally rejected by the European Commission in June 2026, leaving Paramount and other publishers free to erase purchased products with offline content at will.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Youve Never Heard Of This Star Trek Book And The ORIGIN Story REVEALS How Paramount Really WORKED! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-10 | A rare self-published fanzine by Star Trek novelist V.E. Mitchell has surfaced documenting in detail how Paramount and Pocket Books reshaped her 1990 TOS novel Enemy Unseen before publication — requiring three outline drafts over eighteen months for Paramount approval, forcing a complete timeline shift to accommodate established continuity, demanding new cover art after print proofs were already approved, banning the word "telepathy," cutting a clone subplot, and requiring a full rewrite in one month with no extensions after a last-minute continuity note from Gene Roddenberry. Mitchell, who also wrote TOS #65 and TNG #22, died in 2017 at age 62. Her fanzine is one of the most detailed first-person accounts of what Star Trek tie-in publishing looked like from the inside during the franchise's most active novel period.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
This Is ALL Were Getting For Star Treks 60th Anniversary?! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-09 | Star Trek's 60th anniversary in 2026 is being marked primarily by The Sixty-Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World — a documentary executive produced by William Shatner opening exclusively at Regal Cinemas nationwide on October 9, featuring interviews with Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig alongside Gene Roddenberry Jr. and hundreds of writers, directors, and producers who built the franchise from its 1966 debut. With Strange New Worlds in its final stretch, Starfleet Academy on its way out, Alex Kurtzman's contract expired, and the next Star Trek film jumping to a disconnected far-future setting with all-new characters, a theatrical documentary built entirely on nostalgia for the original 1960s series is the most honest statement Paramount has made about where fan affection for the franchise actually lives in 2026.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
William Shatner Just Said What EVERY Star Trek Fan Is Thinking About Modern Treks GAY Klingons! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-08 | William Shatner roasted a gender queer Klingon cosplayer at a convention in 2026 in a moment that went immediately viral — and the reaction from the original Captain Kirk speaks directly to what modern Star Trek has done to one of science fiction's most carefully constructed alien civilizations. From Sandy Petersen's 1983 FASA sourcebook to John M. Ford's The Final Reflection to Ronald D. Moore's TNG Klingon mythology, the Klingon culture was built over fifty years by writers who treated it as a serious fictional civilization with coherent internal logic. Discovery and Strange New Worlds turned that civilization into a backdrop for identity politics casting and gender ideology — and William Shatner just made clear what he thinks about the result.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Strange New Worlds WORST Episode YET? This Is More Than A JOKE! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-07 | Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4 Episode 3 "Human Best Friend" sends the Enterprise crew to pleasure planet Cesnar Grand where an intoxicating atmosphere produces a Hangover-style blackout comedy — with Captain Pike getting a face tattoo before peace negotiations, Spock hallucinating conversations with Kirk in scenes edging toward romantic subtext, and Number One performing a Klingon opera version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart." The episode earns a 4 out of 10 for replacing competent Starfleet officers with punchlines in a ten-episode season that can't afford to spend a full hour undermining characters it needs the audience to trust. Three episodes in, Strange New Worlds Season 4 has borrowed from The Hangover, Event Horizon, and Doctor Who — and has yet to produce a single hour that feels like Star Trek first. Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
A MOB Is Trying To SILENCE Me Over Star Trek: Axanar! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-06 | Fandom Pulse hosted Axanar: The Gathering Storm following its San Diego Comic-Con 2026 world premiere — and a coordinated mob immediately attempted to pressure the site into removing it, despite Paramount having settled its copyright lawsuit with Alec Peters and the Axanar team years ago. The legal question around Axanar has been resolved for years under fan film guidelines Paramount itself published. Jon Del Arroz is standing with Axanar, the fans who backed it across twelve years and a landmark copyright lawsuit, and the principle that settled legal questions don't get relitigated by social media mobs. Here's what happened and why Fandom Pulse isn't backing down.Get on http://www.fandompulse.com Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Lower Decks Might Not Be Over Yet, But It SHOULD Be! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-05 | Jerry O'Connell confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 that Star Trek: Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan is "not done with Starfleet" — with McMahan keeping the cast group chat warm and pitching specific ideas including a Delta and Gamma Quadrant run and a return of a weirdly nice leftover Weyoun. With the new Star Trek movie featuring all-new characters set further in the future and Alex Kurtzman's contract expired, the question of whether Paramount should greenlight more Lower Decks or use its limited Trek resources differently is one every Star Trek fan needs to weigh in on.ScrollRead my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Robert Picardo Says Starfleet Academy Season 2 Gets Better And Screen Rant Called You A Hate GROUP! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-04 | Screen Rant published an exclusive with Robert Picardo revealing Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2 will feature a major genre change — a "big medical disaster thriller" episode pairing The Doctor with Klingon cadet Jay-Den Kraag — while the article itself describes fans who disliked Season 1 as "online hate groups accusing it of being woke." The framing is contradicted by Screen Rant's own comment section, where the top upvoted response notes that bad writing explains the show's cancellation better than hate groups do. Starfleet Academy Season 2 premieres in 2027 as the final season on Paramount Plus — and a genre change doesn't mean the ideological messaging that defined Season 1 has gone anywhere.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
The Alex Kurtzman Era Is DONE! So Whats Next For Star Trek? JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-03 | Alex Kurtzman's Paramount contract to develop Star Trek television content has expired without renewal in 2026, ending an era that produced Star Trek Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and the canceled Starfleet Academy across nearly a decade of Paramount Plus content. With the new Star Trek movie from directors Goldstein and Daley featuring all-new characters set further into the future, Kurtzman's departure opens Star Trek's next chapter to creative voices who haven't yet been heard from. Science fiction author and Trek commentator Jon Del Arroz gives his analysis of what the Kurtzman era got wrong, what it accidentally got right, and what Paramount needs to do to bring Star Trek back to what it was always supposed to be.Read my sci-fi epic VALIANT FRONTIERS: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
This Klingon AI Fan Film BLOWS AWAY Kurtzman Star Trek! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-02 | House of D'gholkus is a Star Trek fan film series created by Zulubean using AI video generation, Daz3D models, and AI voice work — five episodes deep on YouTube following Klingon exile Talay'r D'gholkus and her crew aboard the Bird-of-Prey Wa'drang, set in 2398. The series demonstrates that AI video generation has reached a point where one person can produce a multi-episode space opera with original characters, a working score, and a story worth following — something that would have required a full production team five years ago. With Star Trek's official Paramount productions struggling to recapture what made the franchise great, House of D'gholkus is the latest proof that fan creativity is filling the void.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
New Mexico Comic Expo ADMITTED They Have Nothing New On Vic Mignogna And Dropped Him ANYWAY! JDA Talks Trek 2026-08-01 | New Mexico Comic Expo dropped voice actor Vic Mignogna from its September 2026 guest roster days after announcing him, citing "community" feedback and a commitment to safety — without naming a single new allegation, complaint, or incident beyond the 2019 accusations that never produced a court ruling on the merits. Mignogna's Texas defamation lawsuit was dismissed under the state's anti-SLAPP law, which the Second Court of Appeals explicitly noted "does not serve as a factual adjudication of the underlying harassment allegations." Six years after the original accusations, with no new evidence and no new incidents, comic conventions are still canceling Vic Mignogna based on social media pressure from the same 2019 campaign.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds LOST the Plot With The Griffin Incident! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-31 | Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4 Episode 2 "The Griffin Incident" sends Kirk, Spock, and La'an aboard a derelict starship for an hour of unexplained hallucinations, jump scares, and a malevolent force that never gets named or resolved — ending with Division 12 towing the ship away and a mystery deliberately punted to a future episode. The episode earns a 5 out of 10 for replacing Star Trek's foundational problem-solving premise with atmosphere and unresolved dread, while also introducing a Boy Scout continuity error that contradicts Carol Marcus's dialogue in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and ending with La'an suffering zero consequences for stabbing a crewmate. After a solid Season 4 premiere, Strange New Worlds is already repeating its Season 3 pattern.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
The Axanar Takedown: What Really Happened Behind the Scenes! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-30 | Why did Paramount take down the Axanar fan film? We examine the contractual issues and the impact on Star Trek fan films.This breakdown explores the conflict between studio legal teams and creators, specifically focusing on the Axanar fan film controversy. If you have been following the saga of fan-made productions, this analysis provides clarity on the potential reasons behind the studio's aggressive legal stance and why it leaves many fans frustrated.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
100% To 80% In Days: The Strange New Worlds SCAM! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-29 | Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4 debuted at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes before critics and audiences pushed the score down to 80% — the lowest in the series' history — just days after outlets like Screen Rant celebrated what they called a new series record. The collapse from 100% to 80% in under a week mirrors the pattern from Season 3, where early critic enthusiasm gave way to a more measured assessment as more episodes aired and audience scores came in. With Season 4 premiering July 23, 2026 on Paramount Plus, the Rotten Tomatoes trajectory is already telling a more complicated story than the initial celebration suggested.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Trek Central And Trek Movie Have A REAL Problem With Me! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-28 | Trek Central implied that Fandom Pulse reporter Jon Del Arroz fabricated quotes from Star Trek writers and producers in July 2026 — an accusation that falls apart the moment you look at the sourced articles in question. The attack is a textbook example of access journalism protecting its Paramount Plus relationship by undermining independent outlets with insider sources Trek Central cannot access or verify through their own promotional pipeline. Star Trek fans deserve to know which outlets are reporting independently and which ones are protecting their studio access at the expense of honest coverage.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Why The New Star Trek Betrayed Everything That Made It Great! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-27 | Star Trek 60th Anniversary San Diego Comic-Con Panel went crazy with IDI identity politics showing the Kurtzman trek mythos of wanting to pretend like thye're doing honor to TOS and Gene Roddenberry. It's anything but for real, but big Trek media wants to gaslight you otherwise.Read my sci-fi epic starting with VALIANT FRONTIERS: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Why Paramount LEFT Star Trek To DIE At Comic-Con! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-26 | Alex Kurtzman was left to flounder at SDCC for Star Trek's 60th anniversary, according to my insider, intentionally by Paramount Skydance, as his contract is about up. Strange New Worlds and Starfleet Academy are there and no one cares! Watch Axanar: fandompulse.com/p/star-trek-axanar-the-gathering-stormRead my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Star Treks Most Ambitious Fan Film Arrives at LAST! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-25 | Axanar: The Gathering Storm premieres July 26, 2026 at the Digital Gym Cinema in San Diego during Comic-Con weekend, with screenings at 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00 PM followed by a full Axanar Film Festival at 5:00 PM. The film is the long-awaited second chapter of the Axanar trilogy — twelve years after Prelude to Axanar became one of the most celebrated and controversial Star Trek fan films ever made, raising over $1 million in crowdfunding before a landmark CBS and Paramount copyright lawsuit ended plans for the original feature. Academy Award-winning editor John Ottman is producing a feature documentary about Axanar's history. The complete film will be available to watch free online following the premiere.► DON'T MISS AXANAR ON Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.com Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
This Is What Star Treks Future Actually Looks Like! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-24 | Star Trek movie directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 that their new Paramount Star Trek film will feature all-new characters set further into the future than any previous Trek property — no Kelvin timeline reunion, no legacy characters, and no connection to current series. The script is currently being written under the GoldDay banner for David Ellison's Paramount, making it the first Star Trek theatrical feature since 2016's Star Trek Beyond and the first developed under the new studio regime that canceled Starfleet Academy and let Alex Kurtzman's contract expire. The all-new direction is either the clean reset Trek needs or another gamble on unfamiliar characters — and what Goldstein and Daley need to get right to make Star Trek great again.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
SHOCKER: I Didnt HATE An Episode Of Kurtzman Star Trek?! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-23 | Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
This Star Trek Writer EXPOSED Everything Wrong WIth MODERN TREK! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-22 | Peter David — the legendary Star Trek novel and comics writer who created the New Frontier series and wrote some of the most celebrated Trek fiction of the 1990s and 2000s — passed away in May 2025 at 68. But years before his death, he wrote a blog post identifying exactly why Alex Kurtzman's Star Trek shows failed to capture what made the franchise great. Uncovering that post in 2026, as Kurtzman's contract expires and Paramount searches for a new direction for Star Trek, makes Peter David's analysis feel less like criticism and more like prophecy — from one of the people who understood the franchise most deeply.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
This Mars Episode Could Save or Destroy Strange New Worlds! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-21 | Get the first look at the Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4 premiere. See what to expect from the Valles Marineris episode. This preview covers essential details for the upcoming Strange New Worlds Season 4 return, arriving July 23. We examine the creative team behind the Valles Marineris episode, including writers Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers, and director Chris Fisher. If you are tracking the latest Star Trek premiere updates, this video provides a clear overview of what is on the horizon.Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
How BAD Will Strange New Worlds Season 4 Be?! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-20 | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 titles are out and more and so what can we expect from Alex Kurtzman and company now? Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Star Trek Fans Just Got A MASSIVE WIN With THIS! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-19 | Creation Entertainment has confirmed Bjo Trimble will attend Star Trek Las Vegas 2026 from August 5-7, closing out the fan campaign asking why the woman whose 1968 letter-writing campaign saved Star Trek: The Original Series had not been formally invited to the franchise's 60th anniversary events. Trimble's daughter Lora confirmed she will also appear at Worldcon in Anaheim on August 27-28 and the USS Galileo christening in Ticonderoga September 18-20. The fan campaign that brought her invitation — organized by Erin Jensen and Yez Ze Masc — echoes the exact fan organizing spirit Trimble herself embodied when 100,000 letters convinced NBC to give Star Trek its third season 58 years ago.► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Read my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
Doug Drexler REVEALS The Secrets Behind Star Trek DESIGN Success! JDA Talks Trek 2026-07-18 | Trek Star: The Geek Life of Doug Drexler, published by Jacobs/Brown Press in July 2026, tells the story of how a Star Trek fan who ran a Manhattan fan store, snuck onto the Paramount lot in 1979, and participated in the original Save Star Trek letter-writing campaign became an Academy Award winner for Dick Tracy, a two-time Emmy winner for Deep Space Nine and Voyager, and the designer of the Enterprise NX-01 — placing him alongside Matt Jefferies in the history of Star Trek artists who created a ship called Enterprise. Drexler's career arc from The Federation Trading Post to Deep Space Nine to Battlestar Galactica and The Orville is one of the most extraordinary fan-to-professional stories in science fiction history.Get Drexler's Book: amzn.to/4fJu7swGet THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4hlBZBLRead my sci-fi epic starting with THE SOUL CATCHER: amzn.to/4aWDK4tSign up for my Newsletter Get FREE Books And Comics: ► delarroz.com/newsletterJoin Our Discord Community► Discord: discord.gg/f6K4MFCED2How to support:►Get My Books & Merch: ndmexpress.com/pages/jon-del-arroz► Subscribe Star (Patreon Alternative): subscribestar.com/jon-del-arroz► Amazon Books Store: amzn.to/46BtzyO► Subscribe To My News Site Fandom Pulse: fandompulse.substack.com Where to find me► Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@jondelarroz► Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/jdelarroz
