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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.
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By GustavoLeao / 20:43, 23 February 2008 / General Genre/SciFi
io9 posted a brief interview with former Star Trek Enterprise actress Jolene Blalock, who plays "tough pilot" Captain Lola Beck in the upcoming Direct-to-DVD sci-fi sequel Starship Troopers Marauder, directed by original Starship Troopers scribe Ed Neurmeier. Here are a few excerpts from the article.
At a panel at Wondercon this weekend, Blalock was asked about her character of Captain Beck, and said "She's a no-nonsense staraight shooter, who shoots from the hip but also has a heart of gold."
Regarding being typecasting as a science-fiction actress because of her role as T'Pol in Enterprise, Blalock said "The reason I've done a lot of science fiction is because my first big job was Star Trek, [so] a lot of the offers i get are science fiction. The universe shines down on me, in a psychobabble way. That's what's inside me, and so that's what the universe offers me."
The full article, with photos of Blalock at Wondercon, can be found here.
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A lot of actresses either got their start on Trek or had early career appearances on Trek, including:
Teri Garr
Mariette Hartley
Joan Collins
Kirstie Alley
Kim Catrell
and many more
These actresses always make a special point of distancing themselves from Trek after they get "real" acting jobs.
Some actresses like Jeri Ryan have done OK after Trek, while others like Terri Farrell and Denise Crosby never had it so good as when they were on Trek. And as much as some actors and actresses want to get away from Trek, others like Whoopie Goldberg were dying to get on the show.
I don't understand why there is such a stigma in Hollywood of being associated with Trek. Anytime a Trek actor turns up in another movie -- from Miss Congeniality to Santa Clause -- all the Trek fans watch it just to see their favorite Trek actors in other roles. And dont we all get a kick out of seeing even minor guest stars from Trek turn up in other shows.
Trek fans are -- if nothing else -- devoted couch potatoes that watch a lot of TV and movies other than sci-fi. I'm convinced that the success of Boston Legal is in part due to the numerous Trek alums that make Trek fans a large share of the audience. I don't understand why TPTB in Hollywood dont recognize this fact and make a deliberate effort to tap the loyal Trek base by giving work to Trek actors and actresses.
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GET A LIFE, will you people? I mean, for crying out loud, it's just a TV show!.... You've turned an enjoyable little job, that I did as a lark for a few years, into a COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME! -- William Shatner on Saturday Night Live (1986)
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