Feb 05 | Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton and Denise Crosby will be part of Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed – a full-cast reunion of Star Trek: The Next Generation® to be held at the Calgary Expo April 27-29, 2012. The special reunion event will be held at Calgary Stampede Corral on the evening of Saturday, April 28, 2012. This auspicious occasion marks the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation® and will be the first time in over twenty years that the cast has participated in an event such as this. Included in the evening’s program is a 90 minute panel discussion, a Q&A session, and a video presentation in honour of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation®. A commemorative guide will produced solely for this event along with exclusive merchandise. This is a separate ticketed event with tickets going on sale through Ticketmaster on February 18, 2012 at 10 AM MST. Although the cast will be participating in various panels throughout the course of the weekend, Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed will be the only opportunity to see all nine of the cast members in one incredible panel. Tickets will be available at www.ticketmaster.com and range from $40-$125 CDN.
Jan 30 | A large, heavy pewter sculpture that Paramount
commissioned, commemorating the series finale of DS9 in 1999 is available on eBay.
Jan 26 | A fan campaign to bring back Christopher Doohan for the next Star Trek film can be found here. Join the campaign !
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Comic-Con 2011. What do you think (or wish) J.J. Abrams will reveal at next year's Comic-Con?
By Steve Krutzler / 08:43, 10 October 2003 / Enterprise
STAR TREK costume designer Robert Blackman talks with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today in a new interview about the history of the franchise's female costuming. He makes no qualms about the fact that Jolene Blalock's new costumes this season were sexually motivated.
"The ratings dropped," Blackman says. "That's the frank, real answer. If you want the show to run seven years, you have to think about demographics... There wasn't enough raw sex appeal."
Producer Brannon Braga insists, however, that creative decisions motivated the changes.
"Obviously, there's the ratings," he admits. "But the primary reason was a creative one. Last season ended with T'Pol leaving the Vulcan high command, so she would no longer wear the same uniform... "A new wig and a new uniform ... she's never looked better. But the main thing is, it was believable that this change was happening."
Blakman cites the competition from the youthfully populated SMALLVILLE and acknowledges the precedent set by original series costume designer William Ware Theiss.
"William Ware Theiss had an interesting notion of changing erogenous zones in the future," Blackman says. "That's why you saw holes and openings in odd places."
Speaking of Jeri Ryan stunning silver suit early on in her role on STAR TREK: VOYAGER, Blackman says demos dictate creativity.
"It's a funny kind of push me, pull me process of creating. It was all based on how you keep it looking very sensual and keep the young boys around" without crossing the line."
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