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BBN Picks: a Star Trek doc and a Jane Austen wardrobe

The Sixty-Year Mission, a Star Trek fandom documentary, is playing in Regal theaters now, with its director explaining his aims; the recliner is optional.

On air: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on The Weekend Shift
Published 5:27 PM ET, Saturday, October 17, 2026

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First reported by /Film: “How A New Star Trek Documentary Wants To Redefine What It Means To Be A Fan [Exclusive]”, with reporting from Variety.
Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 5:27 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance.
Topics: Sensibility.
BBN covered this story before: Sense and Sensibility costumes and Street Fighter meme casting (October 17).

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMy pick is The Sixty-Year Mission, a Star Trek documentary playing in Regal theaters now.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWatch it if you've ever been told a commitment would be short and then it was sixty years.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe director told an exclusive interview it aims to redefine what it means to be a fan.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have redefined it for him: a fan is someone who stays seated.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorReclining seats, Gloria. It's a mission with cupholders.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMy pick is Sense and Sensibility, with Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as the Dashwood sisters.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorVariety says costume designer Grace Snell thought in chapters, country and city.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWatch it if you have ever dressed for a funeral and an inheritance dispute at once.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA wardrobe with chapters? Mine is just one pair of khakis.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYour khakis are a short story.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBBN Pick of the Night is The Sixty-Year Mission. Comfortable seats, a long commitment, and it's Star Trek.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSixty years, Chip, and the seat reclines at Regal. The mission is to never get up.

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