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NIKE designer, artist, Star Trek, Portland

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paul @paulsutherlin.bsky.social · Jul 21
the Data-ass way my husband just called me a dummy: "you have a way of undermining all functionality"
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USS Enterprise-D filming model, STAR TREK GENERATIONS (1994)
USS Enterprise-D 6-foot filming model refurbished by ILM for its appearance in STAR TREK GENERATIONS. Visual Effects Art Director Bill George (who had worked on the original build of the 6-foot Enterprise-D for "Encounter at Farpoint" had initially asked Producer Rick Berman for permission to make changes to the design of the ship itself. According to George, Berman denied the request: "Rick said that people who watch the show have fallen in love with the Enterprise, and when they see it in the theater, they should fall in love with it all over again."
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Saved By The Bell Riots #StarTrek
seanferrick.bsky.social Seán Ferrick @seanferrick.bsky.social · 1d
To quote my good friend @g33kymick.bsky.social -

'I bet everyone is going to be totally normal in their reactions to this'

I was RAISED on teen dramas - I legitimately would like a Trek themed one! *ducks from the tomatoes and rotten fruit*

#StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
paulsutherlin.bsky.social
been hunting around for a high res version of this but here's a pretty cool set photo I scrounged up
startrekshots.bsky.social Star Trek Shots @startrekshots.bsky.social · 3d
UFP backlit art by Dave Archer, STAR TREK GENERATIONS (1994)
Seal of the United Federation of Planets as it appeared as a backlit graphic located in drydock gallery at the start of STAR TREK GENERATIONS. The seal went on to appear on the August/September 1996 cover of STAR TREK COMMUNICATOR magazine which also included a fold out poster. It was one of many contributions by artist Dave Archer whose space vista paintings were used as set decoration in the crew quarters and observation lounge of the Enterprise-D in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION's earlier seasons as well as in the dining room of the Enterprise-A in STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY. Archer also contributed the backlit painting of the Nexus that was featured in Guinan's quarters in STAR TREK GENERATIONS, which found its way to Guinan's Earthbound 10 Forward bar decades later in STAR TREK: PICARD.
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Jacqueline Kim and James Doohan on the set of STAR TREK GENERATIONS (1994)
Jacqueline Kim and James Doohan in action on the Enterprise-B bridge set. Production began on STAR TREK GENERATIONS in March 1994 while STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION was still on production of its seventh and final season. As TNG episodes "Preemptive Strike" and "All Good Things..." were being filmed on the standing Enterprise-D sets, scenes set aboard the Enterprise-B with William Shatner, Walter Koenig, and James Doohan were simultaneously in production. Following the wrap of TNG by the end of March, production on the film also ceased to allow the behind-the-scenes crew to revamp the Enterprise-D sets to stand up to big screen scrutiny for the rest of the film set in the 24th century.
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Picard management tip: If you're on red alert every day, then red alert means nothing.
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Kenneth Mitchell as Kol in "Into the Forest I Go", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)
Kenneth Mitchell as Kol weilding a blade in a fight against Burnham aboard the Klingon Ship of the Dead. Mitchell discussed his transformation into Kol through the character's distinct look: "The costume is heavy and it's hot and the prosthetics are heavy and hot, but I've always been an actor that works from the inside out and the outside in. These costumes and prosthetics, when you put them on, they're like layers of your character, and the more you put on the more you start feeling like your character. Then you add in the language, this very visceral and guttural language, and it just lends itself so much to my character, being a kind of aggressive Klingon. I find the language itself is a little bit aggressive and I’ve found when I am speaking it, I kind of start moving my body a bit and using my arms and moving my neck a bit. All these layers added on to helping me create my character."
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
paulsutherlin.bsky.social
me *trying* to run away from my problems
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
paulsutherlin.bsky.social
just so you're all aware
Probert: What makes Trump such a great President is that HE LOVES AMERICA. During his first four years, he fought every opposition on Earth to bring America's respect level back up to what it always should be; even beyond the Kennedy years,... and certainly WAY above our National embarrassment of Obama's service to his Muslim background and bowing & scraping to all Middle East Countries. Trump has lead an insane fight against child trafficking, sex trafficking, & organ harvesting. He has freed America from the global financial system and put America (and the world) back on the gold standard. He created the Space Force which will insure (through an amazing satellite system) secure voting and secure banking. So,... yeah, I can't wait for his re-emergence,.. hopefully this month or next-
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
paulsutherlin.bsky.social
one of my favorite Trek villains for how much Kol seemed to love being an asshole
startrekshots.bsky.social Star Trek Shots @startrekshots.bsky.social · 20d
Kenneth Mitchell as Kol in "Into the Forest I Go", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)
Kenneth Mitchell as Kol aboard the Klingon Ship of the Dead. Mitchell discussed his transformation into Kol through the character's distinct look: "The costume is heavy and it's hot and the prosthetics are heavy and hot, but I've always been an actor that works from the inside out and the outside in. These costumes and prosthetics, when you put them on, they're like layers of your character, and the more you put on the more you start feeling like your character. Then you add in the language, this very visceral and guttural language, and it just lends itself so much to my character, being a kind of aggressive Klingon. I find the language itself is a little bit aggressive and I’ve found when I am speaking it, I kind of start moving my body a bit and using my arms and moving my neck a bit. All these layers added on to helping me create my character."
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
paulsutherlin.bsky.social
watched First Contact in 4K last night and I gotta tell ya, I think they fucked the color grading

L: 2009 blu-ray, R: 4K remaster
2009 Blu-Ray version with natural lighting, whites are white, carpet is gray-ish blue. 2023 4K remaster, weird blue tint in the whites, the carpet is verging on fluorescent teal.
November 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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‘There’s a new Star Trek movie in the works.’
Geordi standing in front of the monitor as it shows them caught in a time loop
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
paulsutherlin.bsky.social
Patrick Stewart as Scrooge in the super dark moody awesome 1999 version of A Christmas Carol because it's almost time to watch it.
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
paulsutherlin.bsky.social
kind of ok no more shows are in the pipeline after SFA, the franchise needs a rest
pikeshorse.bsky.social Tango! @pikeshorse.bsky.social · 22d
What's your unpopular star trek opinion?

Pike peaked in DISCO S2.
punkonbuslives.bsky.social Punk on Bus Lives!🚍📻 @punkonbuslives.bsky.social · 22d
What's your unpopular star trek opinion?

As much as I think Nana Visitor was great, Michelle Forbes should have taken the job on Deep Space Nine.
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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startrekshots.bsky.social
Shazad Latif as Lieutenant Ash Tyler, Sonequa Martin-Green as Specialist Michael Burnham, Wilson Cruz as Doctor Hugh Culber, and Doug Jones as Commander Saru in "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)
Shazad Latif as Lieutenant Ash Tyler, Sonequa Martin-Green as Specialist Michael Burnham, Wilson Cruz as Doctor Hugh Culber, and Doug Jones as Commander Saru in sickbay following the away mission to Pahvo. Doug Jones described Saru's emotional state in "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum", saying: "As an actor, personally, to find that space for Saru to play in, uh… it's like, find whatever it is in your life. As people, we have stuff; we have addictions, we have fears, we have childhood issues that we've been dragging into our adult life with us. Wouldn't it be nice to be free of them, in an instant?"
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Sonequa Martin-Green as Specialist Michael Burnham in "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)
Sonequa Martin-Green as Specialist Michael Burnham holding a phaser in the Discovery's transporter room. In interviews following the release of his two appearances on STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, Rainn Wilson was effusive about working with the cast, including SMG: "I think Sonequa is the kindest, sweetest, person you'd ever want to meet, and she brings such heart to the role. It's a tricky role because she's educated by Vulcans, so she doesn't lead with her emotions, but Sonequa leads with her heart."
November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Klingon corridor, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)
Corridor section used for both the Klingon Sarcophagus ship and L'Rell's D-7 class battlecruiser. Photo credit: Erika Lippoldt (executive story editor, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season 1)
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
paulsutherlin.bsky.social
glad we we got a definitive send off for Jean-Luc before Patrick retired and I look forward to The Young Picard Chronicles™
marvelmania.bsky.social Marvel Mania @marvelmania.bsky.social · Nov 4
‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’ will reportedly be Patrick Stewart’s final acting role.

Not just as Professor X, but his last role overall.
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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starfleetdesign.bsky.social
Good morning.

Your life, as it has been - is over.
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham photographed by Matthias Clamer for Entertainment Weekly, July 2017
Sonequa Martin-Green as Commander Michael Burnham photographed by Matthias Clamer for Entertainment Weekly's July 27, 2017 issue. Martin-Green (diplomatically) addressed some of the negative fan reaction upon STAR TREK: DISCOVERY's release: "The fanbase for the franchise as a whole and the fanbase for DISCOVERY's, in particular, is a highly intellectual, loyal crowd. These are very intelligent people who have such a depth of passion and heart and loyalty to the franchise, so they have an ownership; they’ve carried it with them for years and it’s meant a lot to them. So, because of that, their voices deserve to be heard and we appreciate their voices, even if they are in disagreement with us. Even if they’re criticising, it’s like, ‘I get where you’re coming from, though – it’s because this means a lot to you.' And there are many people who are like, ‘but I love the changes’. There’s so many different perspectives and isn’t that the whole point? That’s the whole part of diversity and inclusion, everybody’s got to be represented.I get it. I hear you. But maybe you’ll change your mind. And if not, then you’re allowed – it’s all good."
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
paulsutherlin.bsky.social
some cool ship shots in "Power Play"
The USS Enterprise-D responding to a distress call on a Class-M moon over Mab-Bu VI. Stock footage of course, but very nicely remastered planetary bodies. The USS Enterprise-D parked under Mab-Bu VI's Class-M moon.
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Wilson Cruz as Hugh Culber and Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets in "Choose Your Pain", STAR TREK: DISCOVERY (2017)
Wilson Cruz as Hugh Culber and Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets brushing their teeth together (with bristle-less toothbrushes?) in their quarters. Both Wilson Cruz and Anthony Rapp were effusive about the toothbrushing scene that capped off "Choose Your Pain", Rapp saying: "When I first read the tooth-brushing scene, I was really, um… grateful for that chance, you know, to show something really domestic and simple and heartfelt, but also not mushy." Wilson Cruz as Hugh Culber and Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets embrace in their quarters. Both Wilson Cruz and Anthony Rapp were effusive about the toothbrushing scene that capped off "Choose Your Pain", Rapp saying: "When I first read the tooth-brushing scene, I was really, um… grateful for that chance, you know, to show something really domestic and simple and heartfelt, but also not mushy."
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
paulsutherlin.bsky.social
watching "Final Mission" and very distracted by Beverly's pose
Gates McFadden making the most of Beverly having little to do in this bridge scene other than spout medical technobabble and be (silently) awesome.
October 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
paulsutherlin.bsky.social
predictable TNG kid
October 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Full video here (so you can stop doom scrolling):
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM