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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 / 13:52, 8 December 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis
StarBlazers.com posted a new interview with Space Battleship Yamato Rebirth Chapter producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki and here are few excerpts. The new anime movie in the Yamato (Star Blazers) saga opens in Japan this week on December 12th,
Interviewer: Please tell us more about the planning of the story. You started the plan 17 years ago. Weren't you dying to make it during all that time?
Nishizaki: Yes. I wasted seven and a half years, but my desire to make it didn't go away.
A moving black hole appears in this story, double the size of Jupiter. It is approaching our solar system and causes a great crisis. The concept is that it could swallow the entire solar system in passing. I created the story and then called in a scriptwriter to work with me.
Interviewer: In the past I believe you wrote the scripts with others, but I don't believe your name was listed that way in the credits. Did you work that way on the new movie?
(Note: Four people were credited for the screenplay in Final Yamato. Yamato 2520 had joint screenplay credits as well.)
Nishizaki: Yes. It takes shape as I concentrate and elaborate, because that's my particular nature. The movie began with my concept and scenario. I thought up the water planet Aquarius in Final Yamato. The duplicate Earth in Be Forever was my idea. I also came up with the purposes for trips into outer space. A scriptwriter joins a project after the concept has been developed.
Interviewer: Did you choose the artists for Rebirth?
Nishizaki: Ah, the animation staff. I hired [character designer] Tomonori Kogawa, who worked on Farewell to Yamato in his twenties. Then there is Kazuhiko Udagawa and Shinya Takahashi, who directed Be Forever. These three are the main staff, and they supervised all the animators. I that sense, I think I got everyone I wanted.
Interviewer: Yamato fans are wondering if you're going to continue after Rebirth. There are very strong feelings about seeing a new film.
Nishizaki: I got a lot of inquiries about whether I would make a Yamato sequel, even after an interval of 26 years. Even though it was so demanding, it felt good to make it. Whichever version becomes the real one, please watch it.
Interviewer: I think the best part of Yamato up until now has been its romance. Will that be a part of Rebirth as well?
Nishizaki: Yes, I think you will enjoy it. The romance of Yamato is quite unique. It would have to be there if I worked on it, I'm fully aware of that. The romance of Yamato is there from the first idea to the scenario to the final script. It flows through all three beats. It's great fun to watch that.
Interviewer: I think you used to say that the theme of Yamato is "love."
Nishizaki: Love is also the theme of this work, saying that "I fight for what I love." In a real sense, fighting to save Earth and all of mankind could be a form of love. The theme doesn't change because it continues within myself.
Interviewer: So a longtime fan can walk into a theatre with confidence.
Nishizaki: Longtime fans, and also new fans. If you can make it to the theatre, you will leave with a sense of satisfaction.
The full, extensive interview is here.
You can watch the Rebirth Chapter trailers at YouTube here and here
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