Mark A. Altman
@markaaltman.bsky.social
Writer/producer/showrunner for movies & TV series: THE LIBRARIANS, AGENT X, CASTLE & PANDORA. Author of myriad books that include the bestselling oral history of #StarTrek, The 50 Year Mission & co-host of @inglorioustreksperts & The 4:30 Movie podcasts.
THIS VOYAGE, we turn the microphones on you as we survey Trekdom on the best STAR TREK episodes of all-time as our 60th anniversary celebration begins. Available wherever you listen to podcasts and now on You Tube. #ST60
October 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
THIS VOYAGE, we turn the microphones on you as we survey Trekdom on the best STAR TREK episodes of all-time as our 60th anniversary celebration begins. Available wherever you listen to podcasts and now on You Tube. #ST60
Welcome aboard...
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Welcome aboard...
The Force was strong with us for a fantastic conversation with the delightful cast of #TheCloneWars at Galaxycon St Louis. Love this gang of Jedis and Padwans.
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Force was strong with us for a fantastic conversation with the delightful cast of #TheCloneWars at Galaxycon St Louis. Love this gang of Jedis and Padwans.
"My friends, we've come home"
October 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"My friends, we've come home"
I'm Bill McKay and I approve this message. RIP Robert Redford.
September 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I'm Bill McKay and I approve this message. RIP Robert Redford.
One of the great things about being in DC was the welcome, joyful reminder of what a great country America was and can be again... and that we have to fight to keep our values and way of life against the tyranny of loathsome little charlatans like the huckster-in-chief.
August 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
One of the great things about being in DC was the welcome, joyful reminder of what a great country America was and can be again... and that we have to fight to keep our values and way of life against the tyranny of loathsome little charlatans like the huckster-in-chief.
At first I didn't know what to make of the latest #ANDORFYC event at a newsstand in West Hollywood. It sure didn't add up to me after I had 2000+ people stand for the Ghorman National Anthem at ComicCon. But it actually was clever #StarWars nostalgia bait w/ an #Andor zine & vintage mags + CFQ & FF.
August 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
At first I didn't know what to make of the latest #ANDORFYC event at a newsstand in West Hollywood. It sure didn't add up to me after I had 2000+ people stand for the Ghorman National Anthem at ComicCon. But it actually was clever #StarWars nostalgia bait w/ an #Andor zine & vintage mags + CFQ & FF.
GO, FLASH, GO! @moviemantz.bsky.social did a phenomenal job moderating the @inglorioustrek.bsky.social FLASH GORDON: 45th ANNIVERSARY Panel with Sam Jones and Melody Anderson who were both utterly charming.
August 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
GO, FLASH, GO! @moviemantz.bsky.social did a phenomenal job moderating the @inglorioustrek.bsky.social FLASH GORDON: 45th ANNIVERSARY Panel with Sam Jones and Melody Anderson who were both utterly charming.
Building a solar sail was an All Time High...
August 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Building a solar sail was an All Time High...
Just in the Nick of Tate... I'm not surprised over the years I've gotten to know most of the #StarTrek cast, but I'm floored that I spent this weekend with two of my favorite Space:1999 stars, NICK TATE and BARBARA BAIN (not pictured). Nick is a class act and loves his fans and we love him.
August 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Just in the Nick of Tate... I'm not surprised over the years I've gotten to know most of the #StarTrek cast, but I'm floored that I spent this weekend with two of my favorite Space:1999 stars, NICK TATE and BARBARA BAIN (not pictured). Nick is a class act and loves his fans and we love him.
Hail To The Chief... A President We Can All Believe In. I have just had the most wonderful time getting to know Mary McDonnell who is wonderful a person as she is a talented, Oscar award nominated actress.
August 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hail To The Chief... A President We Can All Believe In. I have just had the most wonderful time getting to know Mary McDonnell who is wonderful a person as she is a talented, Oscar award nominated actress.
Mannequins On The Move (BTW, these were all screen-used costumes, none of them were replicas. All courtesy of the Aaron Carlson Collection).
August 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mannequins On The Move (BTW, these were all screen-used costumes, none of them were replicas. All courtesy of the Aaron Carlson Collection).
WE DENY NOTHING! Aw, Shuck(s). Perhaps my favorite guest we brought to #STLV was the incredible self-deprecating and delightful JOHN SCHUCK.
August 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
WE DENY NOTHING! Aw, Shuck(s). Perhaps my favorite guest we brought to #STLV was the incredible self-deprecating and delightful JOHN SCHUCK.
JSX MARKS THE SPOT: Making the Trek To Vegas... ingloriously, of course. See you in the Promised Land.
August 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
JSX MARKS THE SPOT: Making the Trek To Vegas... ingloriously, of course. See you in the Promised Land.
Hope to see you at #SDCC for the following great Altman-approved panels:
Thu 7/24
3 PM - Celebrating 1985 Movies
4 PM - Inglorious Treksperts Live!
Sat 7/26
10 AM - Inside The Writers Room
Sun 7/27
2:30 PM - Starship Smackdown: The Ship Hits The Fan Edition
Thu 7/24
3 PM - Celebrating 1985 Movies
4 PM - Inglorious Treksperts Live!
Sat 7/26
10 AM - Inside The Writers Room
Sun 7/27
2:30 PM - Starship Smackdown: The Ship Hits The Fan Edition
July 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Hope to see you at #SDCC for the following great Altman-approved panels:
Thu 7/24
3 PM - Celebrating 1985 Movies
4 PM - Inglorious Treksperts Live!
Sat 7/26
10 AM - Inside The Writers Room
Sun 7/27
2:30 PM - Starship Smackdown: The Ship Hits The Fan Edition
Thu 7/24
3 PM - Celebrating 1985 Movies
4 PM - Inglorious Treksperts Live!
Sat 7/26
10 AM - Inside The Writers Room
Sun 7/27
2:30 PM - Starship Smackdown: The Ship Hits The Fan Edition
#FantasticFour may not be a perfect movie, but it is truly a fantastic first step. And the cinematic incarnation of Galactus is brilliantly realized from the comics. The Corman movie has mercifully finally been topped. And don't forget to stay for the post-credit sequence. #FF4
July 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
#FantasticFour may not be a perfect movie, but it is truly a fantastic first step. And the cinematic incarnation of Galactus is brilliantly realized from the comics. The Corman movie has mercifully finally been topped. And don't forget to stay for the post-credit sequence. #FF4
Everyone's doing it... Roll 'Em #Top100FilmsOf21stCentury @newyorktimeshaiku.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Everyone's doing it... Roll 'Em #Top100FilmsOf21stCentury @newyorktimeshaiku.bsky.social
Lots of punning at THEY SAVED THE WORLD A LOT: WRITING FANTASTIQUE TELEVISION at @hellmouthcon with David Greenwalt, Deric Hughes, Sarah Watson, Kay Reindl and the inimitable Mark A. Altman :))
June 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Lots of punning at THEY SAVED THE WORLD A LOT: WRITING FANTASTIQUE TELEVISION at @hellmouthcon with David Greenwalt, Deric Hughes, Sarah Watson, Kay Reindl and the inimitable Mark A. Altman :))
Fun day at @hellmouthevents.org talking genre TV with some of my favorite scribes.
June 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Fun day at @hellmouthevents.org talking genre TV with some of my favorite scribes.
THE WRATH OF CANNES: Celebrating 26 years of boldly going with FREE ENTERPRISE along the magnificent @williamshatner; our star, our captain, our hero and our friend.
June 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
THE WRATH OF CANNES: Celebrating 26 years of boldly going with FREE ENTERPRISE along the magnificent @williamshatner; our star, our captain, our hero and our friend.
26 years of celebrating the love long and partying. Happy 26th anniversary FREE ENTERPRISE!
(And, of course, there would be no Free Enterprise without 43 years of THE WRATH OF KHAN)
(And, of course, there would be no Free Enterprise without 43 years of THE WRATH OF KHAN)
June 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
26 years of celebrating the love long and partying. Happy 26th anniversary FREE ENTERPRISE!
(And, of course, there would be no Free Enterprise without 43 years of THE WRATH OF KHAN)
(And, of course, there would be no Free Enterprise without 43 years of THE WRATH OF KHAN)
