Larry Young

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Larry Young is a writer: non-fiction, graphic novels, and pop culture criticism. His work has appeared in ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, VARIETY, and THE YEAR’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION. A frequent guest on the video podcasts MILLION DOLLAR MAILBOX and WORD BALLOONS, he’s also co-host of SERIOUS STAR TREK and the sister YouTube channel of this website.

Babbling

Ensign Crunch

Some writers look back at their early stuff and blanch, but I look back on the stuff I once wrote and marvel how good it came out given the resources and abilities I had available to me at the time.

Larry Young - June 5, 2022

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Collecting

The Nostromo Lives

Unbelievably, the 8-foot filming model for the ALIEN ship was unceremoniously dumped in Bob Burns’ driveway almost thirty years ago.

Larry Young - June 5, 2022

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Movies

Space Matt Damon is Better in This Than Interstellar

Neill Blomkamp’s cyberpunk political allegory Elysium is exactly the kind of movie I used to dream about in the middle of the night on-shift cutting granite in rural Georgia in 1986 as I looked up into the night sky in-between rock loads.

Larry Young - June 5, 2022

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Making

I HATE FAN FICTION

In which a stray comment by EJ Feddes asking me if I was interested in any props from the Lost Auction practically forced me to design a Dharma spacesuit.

Larry Young - June 5, 2022

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Featured

Welcome to Dork Court

I’m going to have to start some kind of decent pop culture review site because everything is clickbait nonsense or drivel from morons or both.

Larry Young - June 5, 2022

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Serious Star Trek Podcast

Amucking Around

The crew takes a look at the lighter side of the Star Trek Strange New Worlds episode, Spock Amok. Warning: we might need a...

Larry Young - June 3, 2022

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Serious Star Trek Podcast

Liminal Space The Final Frontier

The crew continue their examination of the backrooms of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and the liminal space it occupies in the mind of Trek fans everywhere.

Larry Young - May 27, 2022

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Serious Star Trek Podcast