John Orquiola
@backofthehead.bsky.social
Enthusiast. Star Trek 🖖 & TV Features Editor, Senior Writer & Interviewer at
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John Orquiola
@backofthehead.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hello BlueSky! I'm John Orquiola, the lead editor of #StarTrek movies and TV features at Screen Rant. I write about Star Trek, get to talk to awesome people in Star Trek, and I like a lot of other stuff too. 🖖
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I've had screeners for a month, but they didn't come with subtitles. Finally, I'm finding out how certain names are spelled and some dialogue and plot points are clearer.
January 15, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I've had screeners for a month, but they didn't come with subtitles. Finally, I'm finding out how certain names are spelled and some dialogue and plot points are clearer.
Captain Ake calls Admiral Charles Vance 'Charlie.'
He's Charlie Vance.
He's Charlie Vance.
January 15, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Captain Ake calls Admiral Charles Vance 'Charlie.'
He's Charlie Vance.
He's Charlie Vance.
Enjoy #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy! 🖖
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Enjoy #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy! 🖖
We're hours away from #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy! Prepare for launch. 🖖
10 Things You Need To Know Before Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
Join Starfleet Academy.
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January 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
We're hours away from #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy! Prepare for launch. 🖖
Reposted by John Orquiola
"Kids These Days"
You can watch #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy premiere for FREE on YouTube when the clock strikes 12:01am on the East Coast on Thursday January 15 🖖
youtu.be/n0sjDkoNgfY?...
You can watch #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy premiere for FREE on YouTube when the clock strikes 12:01am on the East Coast on Thursday January 15 🖖
youtu.be/n0sjDkoNgfY?...
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Series Premiere (S1,E1) | "Kids These Days" Full Episode | Paramount+
YouTube video by Paramount Plus
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January 14, 2026 at 6:07 AM
"Kids These Days"
You can watch #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy premiere for FREE on YouTube when the clock strikes 12:01am on the East Coast on Thursday January 15 🖖
youtu.be/n0sjDkoNgfY?...
You can watch #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy premiere for FREE on YouTube when the clock strikes 12:01am on the East Coast on Thursday January 15 🖖
youtu.be/n0sjDkoNgfY?...
Caleb Mir, Captain Ake, LA Times
How an Oscar winner and a newcomer became the fresh faces of 'Star Trek'
While Sandro Rosta and Holly Hunter are on the opposite ends of their careers, they are both new to the "Star Trek" universe, leading the franchise's latest series, "Starfleet Academy."
www.latimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Caleb Mir, Captain Ake, LA Times
Flashback 2 years ago to my finding out @billwearsties.bsky.social loved my #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds article about La'an loving grapplers.
January 14, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Flashback 2 years ago to my finding out @billwearsties.bsky.social loved my #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds article about La'an loving grapplers.
#TellMeLies season 3 brings it. It's so luridly uncomfortable, but the cast is having so much fun and the writing is crackling good. Wrigley and Bree's scene in 301 when they were high on molly might be the show's cutest and funniest scene ever.
January 14, 2026 at 10:54 AM
#TellMeLies season 3 brings it. It's so luridly uncomfortable, but the cast is having so much fun and the writing is crackling good. Wrigley and Bree's scene in 301 when they were high on molly might be the show's cutest and funniest scene ever.
Always the best time of day to look out the window.
January 14, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Always the best time of day to look out the window.
Your dad, who went out to buy a pack of smokes when you were 7 and never came back, will return in Avengers: Doomsday
January 14, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Your dad, who went out to buy a pack of smokes when you were 7 and never came back, will return in Avengers: Doomsday
She had the right idea.
January 14, 2026 at 8:43 AM
She had the right idea.
Snoopy has kissed every girl Charlie Brown knows 😘
January 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Snoopy has kissed every girl Charlie Brown knows 😘
"Kids These Days"
You can watch #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy premiere for FREE on YouTube when the clock strikes 12:01am on the East Coast on Thursday January 15 🖖
youtu.be/n0sjDkoNgfY?...
You can watch #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy premiere for FREE on YouTube when the clock strikes 12:01am on the East Coast on Thursday January 15 🖖
youtu.be/n0sjDkoNgfY?...
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | Series Premiere (S1,E1) | "Kids These Days" Full Episode | Paramount+
YouTube video by Paramount Plus
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 6:07 AM
"Kids These Days"
You can watch #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy premiere for FREE on YouTube when the clock strikes 12:01am on the East Coast on Thursday January 15 🖖
youtu.be/n0sjDkoNgfY?...
You can watch #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy premiere for FREE on YouTube when the clock strikes 12:01am on the East Coast on Thursday January 15 🖖
youtu.be/n0sjDkoNgfY?...
It was all business and good business on Virtual Trek Con's The Main Viewer tonight. Boy, did Ryan T. Husk, @malissalongo.bsky.social, The Matt Boardman, and I talk a lot of #StarTrek. 🖖
www.youtube.com/live/-9xHZnx...
www.youtube.com/live/-9xHZnx...
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 AM
It was all business and good business on Virtual Trek Con's The Main Viewer tonight. Boy, did Ryan T. Husk, @malissalongo.bsky.social, The Matt Boardman, and I talk a lot of #StarTrek. 🖖
www.youtube.com/live/-9xHZnx...
www.youtube.com/live/-9xHZnx...
Sansa Stark didn't become Queen in the North without learning harsh lessons from ersatz mentors on #GameofThrones. ⚔️
5 Reasons Why Sansa Stark Had Game Of Thrones’ Best Ending
Sansa came out on top.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Sansa Stark didn't become Queen in the North without learning harsh lessons from ersatz mentors on #GameofThrones. ⚔️
For anyone who watched my @thetransporterroom.net episode, my friend Sean informs me that the first #StarTrek: The Next Generation episode I ever watched was "Firstborn," and not "Homeward" as I always mistakenly recall. 🖖
Why This Screen Rant Editor Became Obsessed with Star Trek
YouTube video by The Transporter Room
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January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
For anyone who watched my @thetransporterroom.net episode, my friend Sean informs me that the first #StarTrek: The Next Generation episode I ever watched was "Firstborn," and not "Homeward" as I always mistakenly recall. 🖖
#StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy's Captain Nahla Ake and Holly Hunter join one of the most elite lists in Star Trek. 🖖
Star Trek Now Has 4 Female Lead Captains (& 3 Happened In The Last 9 Years)
4 Captains, One Destiny.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
#StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy's Captain Nahla Ake and Holly Hunter join one of the most elite lists in Star Trek. 🖖
I love this joke.
January 13, 2026 at 11:35 AM
I love this joke.
Reposted by John Orquiola
If you haven’t seen Star Trek: Prodigy yet, you can buy an entire 20 episode season for less than $10 digitally right now. 🖖
The (TV Series) Star Trek: Prodigy (Season 2) is available today on (Prime Video) (US) for $9.99 Cast: Rylee Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker, Brett Gray, Angus Imrie, Grey Griffin, Jimmi Simpson, Eric Bauza, Bonnie Gordon, Brook Chalmers, Jameela Jamil, Debra Wilson, Daveed Diggs
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 AM
If you haven’t seen Star Trek: Prodigy yet, you can buy an entire 20 episode season for less than $10 digitally right now. 🖖
I'll be back co-hosting Virtual Trek Con's The Main Viewer with Ryan T. Husk, @malissalongo.bsky.social and The Matt Boardman on Tuesday night.
January 13, 2026 at 7:16 AM
I'll be back co-hosting Virtual Trek Con's The Main Viewer with Ryan T. Husk, @malissalongo.bsky.social and The Matt Boardman on Tuesday night.
#StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy ending explainers for 101 and 102 written and scheduled. Feature coverage plan for cool Easter eggs and talking points set and I'll write the rest of the week. I'm a good cadet (nerd). 🖖
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 AM
#StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy ending explainers for 101 and 102 written and scheduled. Feature coverage plan for cool Easter eggs and talking points set and I'll write the rest of the week. I'm a good cadet (nerd). 🖖
I was just thinking how canonically, the first female starship Captain was Erika Hernandez. She immediately followed Archer with the NX-02 Columbia. And Captain number one got it on with Captain number two.
January 13, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I was just thinking how canonically, the first female starship Captain was Erika Hernandez. She immediately followed Archer with the NX-02 Columbia. And Captain number one got it on with Captain number two.
About last night.
January 13, 2026 at 12:36 AM
About last night.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fans are gonna want to check out #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy episode 5, hint Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau. 🖖 Thank you @trekmovie.bsky.social @floobish.bsky.social
Starfleet Academy EPs Tease “Meaningful Love Letter” To Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
"It's so good."
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January 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fans are gonna want to check out #StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy episode 5, hint Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau. 🖖 Thank you @trekmovie.bsky.social @floobish.bsky.social