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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 / 03:32, 26 February 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis
Star Trek: Countdown #2
Review by Patrick Hayes aka PatBorg
The covers: David Messina does a beautiful Data for the "Cover Art" cover, while there is a fantastic "Retail Incentive Photo Cover" of the new Uhura--though she, in TOS or Relaunch movie mode, is nowhere to be found in this issue. Overall grade: Cover Art A+ and RIPC A (simply because it has nothing to do with this comic's story).
The story: Story by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman, with Writers Mike Johnson & Tim Jones. You thought the first issue was good, then hold onto something because this issue only increased my interest a thousand fold. Captain Data and his crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise E rescue Spock, Nero and his crew from Reman sudden death. And we're now 5 pages into the comic and you really don't want me spoiling anything. Let's just say Romulans show their true colors. There is a great "bust shot" on page 7 that made me rise out of my seat, especially in the context of what is going on to see that person's face. Page 10 has a one balloon explanation that will make every Trek fan sigh in relief and smile in pleasure, yet leave them with unfulfilled promises from Trek films. It almost washed out the bad taste in my mouth left by Nemesis. Pages 11 and 12 wonderfully show the motivati on of a world. The "new to this series" alien race that appears on pages 14 and 15 brought back too many unpleasant memories of Enterprise, which happily (thankfully!) left with the introduction of a character on page 16. This character was a very welcome addition! Pages 19 through 24 give the upcoming film's antagonist motivation. How this will be explained in the film for those that haven't read this book leaves me wondering. The protagonists of the book are on the predictable "buck the higher ups" as they try to save the world. It's what I expect of them, so since this wasn't a surprise I'm hopeful that there will be a twist soon. Romulans and Nero dominate this issue, so much so that I was upset when the focus was taken away from them. I have a million questions about what favorite characters have been up to since Nemesis, but that's not the point of this series, which is to se t up the movie. This issue left me wanting more, more, more!&n bsp; And that last page! Again a winner! I knew that this was going to happen at some point, but in issue two? C'mon! What's left? I'm in eager anticipation to find out. Overall grade: A+
The art: David Messina has created a cinematic comic. The close-ups of characters speak volumes, especially on Nero. Messina brings a lot of black to this work, not as much as in the previous Mirror Mirror series from last year, but enough to let readers know that there are dark secrets and decisions being made. Every shot of Spock broke my heart: he's so old and his vision of reunification is so close, yet so far away. I know he doesn't die in this series, as he's in the film, but if he were to keel over in sorrow and expire it wouldn't shock me. I love the background on pages 11 and 12: as it's similar to a setting first (and only) shown in Generations. A nice setting from the movie is previewed on page 18. And it's very accurate--since I've been where it was filmed in Whittier, California! Who knew Vulcan was in Whittier? My favorite page was 24: it has perfect writing and perfect arti stic layout. It's like a scene from a movie as the "camera" slowly closes in on the character. That final eye bulge would rip any father/husband's heart out! And again, a real winner with the two panel last page! Overall grade: A+
The colors: Color Art by Giovanna Niro and Color Consultant by Ilaria Traversi. Space continues to look lovely and threatening all at once. Romulan space seems insidious in blacks and blues, while Vulcan comes off in golden yellows. The coloring fits the tone of the book. Overall grade: A+
The letters: Neil Uyetake does a competent job with dialogue and 3 sound effects that are gone after page 4. Hooray for a transporter whine! Thank you, Neil! Overall grade: A
Overall grade: I have no doubt that any Trekfan would enjoy this comic. The Romulans are the definite focus of the series, and I haven't enjoyed them so much since TNG. Overall grade: A
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