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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 / 07:42, 2 June 2008 / Feature Films
ComingSoon.net posted an exclusive interview with actress Zoe Saldana, the new Uhura from J.J. Abrams upcoming Star Trek movie. Here are few excerpts from the interview.
CS: I know you can't tell me too much about "Star Trek" but can you talk about the experience at all? What was it like to step into those iconic shoes - or boots as the case may be?
Saldana: It was amazing! It was a humbling experience. I met Nichelle Nichols, I worked with Leonard Nimoy. I was not a "Star Trek" fan before the film. Now I can honestly say that out of respect for the pioneers of this amazing conception, I am. They are amazing. They are the most graceful actors I have ever met. To work with J.J. [Abrams] I just hold him in the highest regard. Up there with James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, they are my idols and my everything. J.J. I hold in that regard and at that level. He's younger and those directors, Steven would go to the set constantly to visit him and lend his support to J.J. and Jim invited him to the ["Avatar"] set to go see it. I don't know who was more in awe. It's amazing to witness that and be in the middle going "Oh my God." I feel like the selfish one because I'm working with all of them. I feel very blessed and I think "Star Trek" is going to be amazing. Have you seen the trailer? It says "Under Construction"? I got goose bumps! I'm like "Dude! What are you doing?" It's amazing.
CS: Can you tease if you wear the mini-skirt? Did you get your legs in shape for this role?
Saldana: All I'm going to say is that for some reason every man on set noticed when I was working. It was like "God, I don't know - Was it my line? My deliverance? Oh. Okay." That's all I'm going to say.
CS: Any one else in the new cast that kind of blew you away?
Saldana: Everybody - from Eric Bana to primarily Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, they were amazing. I really hope that the fans embrace their interpretation of Kirk and Spock. It was so genuine and it came from the heart, with the most respect.
CS: Okay, you've got to give up one little thing: did you get to say "Hailing frequencies open?"
Saldana: [long pause, then grinning widely] F*ck, yeah!
The full interview is here.
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Quote from Zoe Saldana:
"It's not your job to be conscious of the mission you have. It's your job just to do it."
Thirty year-old Saldana babbles like a 13 year-old. She worships Abrams and Spielberg as "my idols and my everything", and speaks of role models as magical beings who'll stop being "alchemists" if they ever become conscious of their craft. As though Gene Roddenberry et al had no idea of how morality plays can serve as a compass to the public conscience.
Not that there's anything "wrong" with such naivety, but a fictional character can't display any visceral depth that the actor doesn't possess. Nichelle Nichols as Uhura was much more than long legs in a short skirt.
Contrast Saldana to Zachary Quinto, who emotes an insight that compliments his 31 years. Anton Yelchin, at 19, makes Saldana sound like a bewildered child. Even 14 year-old Dakota Fanning generally speaks with more coherence than Saldana.
Fuck, Zoe? Yeah! ;-)
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