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John Orquiola

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Enthusiast. Star Trek 🖖 & TV Features Editor, Senior Writer & Interviewer at Screen Rant. Who am I to argue with the Captain of the Enterprise?

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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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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 15h

Oof.

John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 17h

If you can remember anything in #Tron: Ares beyond the visuals and the excellent Nine Inch Nails soundtrack, you're a better artificial intelligence than I. Half the movie is stolen from The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises. The other half is dumb as rocks.

John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 19h

Narrator: "It happened."

John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 19h

I'm reading Believe, the oral history of Ted Lasso. We have @realtoddstashwick.bsky.social to thank for suggesting Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca. Wow!

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 1d

I was thinking about what happens when James T. Kirk takes over as Captain of the Enterprise after #StarTrek: #StrangeNewWorlds and how he changes the culture and dynamics from Captain Pike's Enterprise. 🖖

Captain Kirk Gives Himself A Huge Disadvantage When He Takes Over Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Enterprise

Kirk radically changed the Enterprise.

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 1d

🍋 sunset tonight

John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 1d

I knew most of this. 🗽

John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 2d

Two characters did not cross paths in #StarTrek: #StrangeNewWorlds season 3 despite being in the same episode, and it needs to stay that way. 🖖

These 2 Star Trek Characters Must Be Kept Apart In Strange New Worlds’ Final Seasons

Two Star Trek characters can't meet until TOS.

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 2d

#StarTrek: #StarfleetAcademy will drop some big announcements at New York Comic Con, but was its 2026 release date accidentally leaked? 🖖

Star Trek’s Next Show’s 2026 Release Date May Have Accidentally Been Revealed (& It's Very Soon!)

Starfleet Academy premieres when?

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 2d

Very excited for #Landman season 2, and the expanded role of Demi Moore as Cami Miller.

Demi Moore In Landman Season 2 Has Already Fixed Season 1’s Jon Hamm Mistake

Cami Miller gets a bigger role in Landman season 2.

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 2d

Soy chicken and a "small" hot and sour soup. $7.64 total for both.

John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 2d

Something we'll hopefully see in #StarTrek: #StrangeNewWorlds seasons 4 and 5 is this character getting to sit in the Starship Enterprise's center seat. 🖖

This Original Star Trek Icon Needs To Sit In Strange New Worlds’ Enterprise Captain’s Chair

Someone needs some experience in the Enterprise's center seat.

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 2d

Captain Michael Burnham battled humans, aliens, Terrans, and A.I. in five seasons of #StarTrekDiscovery. 🖖

Star Trek Discovery’s 9 Villains Ranked, Worst To Best (#1 Is Undisputed)

Burnham faced a lot of Big Bads.

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 2d

Hamish Linklater is fantastic as Cipher in #GenV, just as he is in #MidnightMass. 🧛‍♂️

Hamish Linklater In Gen V Is A Perfect Reminder To Watch His 87% RT Netflix Horror Classic

Hamish Linklater is great in both shows.

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 2d

Rewatch #MadMen as I have, and you'll be impressed at how well plotted the whole series is from start to finish. 🥃

Don Draper's Most Epic Mad Men Failure Was Set Up In Season 1 - And Fans Missed It

Mad Men's endgame was laid out from the beginning.

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 3d

This is incredible!

Lost George Lucas Interview with Robin Williams (Full Version)

YouTube video by Connor’s Archive

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 3d

Yesss. I would totally eat like 007. 🍸

John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 3d

"Who brings a net to a fight?" - Cirroc Lofton 😂😂

The Newcomers | Star Trek episode 216, "The Gamesters of Triskellion" with Walter Koenig | T7R #369

YouTube video by The 7th Rule

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 3d

Saw #Hamilton on the big screen in a packed theater. Phenomenal. Ingenious, emotional, an enduring classic.
Weirdest part about seeing a movie about a Broadway musical about the Founding Fathers was the theater made us rise for the Philippines National Anthem. (Which I do not remember the words to.)

John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 4d

You won't live long, but you'll live well.

John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 4d

Steamed shrimp in rice paper, grilled chicken pho 🍜. Both great.

John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 4d

The episodes I think #StarTrekDiscovery #StarTrekPicard #StarTrekLowerDecks #StarTrekProdigy and #StarTrek: #StrangeNewWorlds will be best remembered for. 🖖

Every Paramount+ Star Trek Show's Masterpiece Episode, From Discovery To Strange New Worlds

Five great episodes of Star Trek.

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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 4d

Something that happens every day: This Facebook page completely stole one of my articles. But they also did a nice job summarizing it, so I'm almost not mad about it.
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John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 4d

Saturday night 💙🏙💙

John Orquiola @backofthehead.bsky.social · 4d

Happy 1 year anniversary to the second and last Joker movie. Folly Adieu 🤡