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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.
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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By GustavoLeao / 12:27, 12 July 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis
The May 18th issue of People Magazine features an interview with the two Spocks, Star Trek stars Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto and here is a transcript of the extended version of the article found at their website.
Leonard Nimoy originated the role of the ever-logical Mr. Spock, and Zachary Quinto of Heroes braves the bowl cut for the latest Star Trek film - and so does Nimoy, thanks to some sci-fi plot twists. PEOPLE was all ears as the two actors mind-melded about playing the famous Vulcan.
What was your first meeting like?
Nimoy: We met in the elevator. I said to him, 'Do you have any idea what you're getting into?'
Quinto: You did tell me the stories about the people who would call you in your hotel room when you'd get somewhere. You'd get all these messages from people that found out where you were staying.
Nimoy: I called [director] J.J. [Abrams] and I said, 'I think he's terrific. I think the resemblance works. Most importantly, he has an interior life.' That's very essential to the character. Then we had some very good conversations and I think that we come from the same kind of ethos as far as the work is concerned. I feel very comfortable with him. He's also a smart guy. I like smart people.
Where you surprised by Spock's emergence as a sex symbol, both then and now?
Nimoy: Are you going to write about that? I think that my wife might get upset! [Laughs] There's a truth in that, yeah. I didn't see that coming. I really didn't see that coming.
Quinto: It's really a fascinating thing to have happen when it's the last thing that you would ever expect. I've already gotten messages from people that I know either well or not so well saying, "If you put on those ears, I don't even know -!" It's a strange phenomenon.
Leonard, was it fun to see someone else have to deal with the Vulcan ears, eyebrows and haircut?
Nimoy: Yeah, it was! I didn't have the severe problem with the eyebrows because mine weren't so prominent to begin with. I would pencil in the missing portion of the eyebrows so that I could get away with it.
Quinto: The eyebrows for me were probably the biggest challenge, just because my eyebrows are such a big part of my face. There's really no way around it and to lose three-quarters of them for six months...! Did you have any irreparable eyebrow damage over the years? Did they always grow back?
Nimoy: I asked about that before they shaved them: Will they grow back? They told me that they would and they did, but I think that over the years the more and more I shaved them the less and less they came back!
Do you have a favorite encounter with the intensely devoted fans of Star Trek - or Heroes?
Nimoy: People talk about the positive influence that Star Trek and the character have had on their lives. A lot of people will tell me that they're in the sciences because of Spock, [or] that during adolescence they used Spock as a role model on how to function with some dignity and equilibrium, dealing with the logic versus the emotional issues that all of us feel sometimes. It's just good to hear that.
Quinto: We spent a day [in Kuwait] screening the film for the troops. There was one encounter that I had with a soldier who told me that she would ration her episodes of Heroes and she would only watch them at a half-hour at a time on her breaks when she was in the thick of fighting a war because it was something that she really looked forward to and really, really took her out of the horror that she was in.
Where you surprised by Spock's emergence as a sex symbol, both then and now?
Nimoy: Are you going to write about that? I think that my wife might get upset! [Laughs] There's a truth in that, yeah. I didn't see that coming. I really didn't see that coming.
Quinto: It's really a fascinating thing to have happen when it's the last thing that you would ever expect. I've already gotten messages from people that I know either well or not so well saying, "If you put on those ears, I don't even know -!" It's a strange phenomenon.
Leonard, what did you take away from your Star Trek experience that you also hope Zach gets to enjoy?
Nimoy: Ever since the show went on the air in 1966 I've had all kinds of wonderful opportunities. I've never had to search for work or be concerned with work. I've gotten to have work of all kinds beyond my wildest dreams. I've acted all over the place and in all kinds of characters that aren't as well known as Spock. The opportunity that's going to come to him is going to be extraordinary.
Quinto: Cool!
But even as you pass the baton, are you truly done with Mr. Spock?
Nimoy: I've said time and time again: If J.J. Abrams calls me, I have to take the call!
The full article is here.
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