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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 / 18:08, 28 November 2009 / Trek Books
Star Trek: Nero #4
Reviewed by Patrick Hayes aka PatBorg
The covers: David Messina does his always excellent job, this time with Nero standing in front of Romulus while it goes BOOM! in yellow. Moody and appropriate. The Retailer Incentive Photo Cover is the last of the Star Trek '09 feature film teaser posters, this one with Chekov (though there's no Chekov anywhere in this book!). Overall grade for both: A+
The story: Story by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman; Writers Mike Johnson & Tim Jones. Seen the movie? Duh! You know how this book'll end, and it does just that. Does it tell you anything you didn't already know from the film? Not really. The first seven pages give some dialogue to the flashback in the movie when Nero captured Spock. Page 8 gives it's entirety to some Spock guilt. Page 9 reaffirms the Borg technology of the Naruda, but this shouldn't surprise anyone that's read this series or Star Trek: Countdown. Pages 10 through 17 give every Trek fan the one fight scene they wished was in the movie. The final five pages finish up the series, leading into the movie. Nothing spectacular, since the series has to end by going into the film, it does so neatly, but it was anticlimactic. Overall grade: B
The art: David Messina continues to wow with his artistic skills. The comic looks like found movie footage, especially on Nero and Spock. The highlight of the book are Pages 10 -17. They are what I wanted/wished them to be. The final page, though you know what's coming, is an emotional slam dunk. Every page is a winner. Overall grade: A+
The colors: Giovanna Niro complements Messina well (as always), in that the book looks like the film. Yes, "it" should have been green instead of red on Page 4, but it'll be corrected in the trade paperback. Niro really goes to town on the fight scene: Page 13 is my favorite by her. I look forward to more from Giovanna in future projects. Overall grade: A
The letters: Neil Uyetake provides the books two sound effects in addition to all of the dialogue and internal ruminations. The blow to Spock is well done, but Nero's staff is awkward since the hyphen is somewhat lost in the vertical layout. A minor quibble. Overall grade: A
The final line: Like Star Trek: Countdown, this final issue is not as fun as the previous three. But, when considered as a whole, Star Trek: Nero is fun. You bought Countdown? You'll want to own this series to bookend it. Overall grade: A-
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