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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 / 05:16, 27 June 2008 / Feature Films
Aint It Cool News' Harry Knowles posted a sneak peek preview of a few scenes of J.J. Abrams new Star Trek movie. Here are a few excerpts of his article (beware of spoilers)
"He [Abrams] showed me a scene of Ben Cross (Sarek) & Winona Ryder (Amanda Grayson) cradling a baby Spock on the surface of Vulcan." Knowles wrote.
"The next scene was a really nicely completed visual effects pass of a pre-Enterprise Federation ship from about 25 years before the Enterprise. I've no idea how this fits into the larger story, same with the Spock baby stuff. But this effects shot had a completely different space feel than anything I've seen before from STAR TREK or STAR WARS. The shot began on a small part of the ship, then craned back and over to reveal the ship coming into a larger shot of the ship seemingly orbiting a really angry sun. The shot was absolutely dynamic as the star was seemingly raging - and we cut to the interior of the ship - it was very shadowy and very much like that of an old diesel submarine - JJ told me that the look was an evolving look for Star Fleet - so that you could get a sense of the passage of decades here.[...]"
"You'd see cadets running to meet their shuttles - and as shuttles filled up, they took off to take their crews to their respective starships. They hold on the long shot - we hear Leonard McCoy being assigned to the Enterprise - You catch Uhura being assigned to a place... not the Enterprise. You see Chris Pine as Kirk demanding to know why his name wasn't called out - apparently Kirk is in trouble.[...]"
"We see Uhura confront Spock regarding her assignment to NOT the Enterprise. Zoe Saldana doesn't look like the Uhura we knew - she looks young and hungry, confident and determined. And Spock... perfect."
"It all ended with characters arriving on the bridge, under the command of Captain Pike. Sulu was at the helm - and the bridge. And the uniforms... Classic Trek. Nice. Then for the first time in the history of Star Trek, it looked amazingly functional.[...]"
Much more is revealed at the full report at Aint It Cool News.
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I've no idea of what this is going to be, but I got a sense of what JJ is up to.
Whatever Knowles' critical judgement as a "Lapsed Trekkie", his description of incidental detail indicates that Abrams' production has made a sincere effort to be faithful to the spirit of TOS. This affirms remarks from James Cawley, Ron D. Moore, and several ST:XI actors.
Not one for major spoilers, sly Abrams' "Eureka" moment was to show Knowles some of the Starfleet Academy setting, which had been revealed online by spy photos months ago.
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in 1966 on this day, June 27. Happy B'day, Mystery-Box Man.
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Star Trek Magazine #12 -- Previews Exclusive Edition
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