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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 / 09:16, 13 March 2010 / General Genre/SciFi
Babylon 5 star Bruce Boxleitner returns to the role of Tron in the upcoming movie Tron Legacy, due in theaters Dec. 17, but here TrekWeb brings you a rare interview with Boxleitner published in the now cancelled british magazine Cult Times issue 12, February 1996. Here are few excerpts of the interview, presented here as part of our "Archives Interviews" series of articles.
Q: What do you think of Babylon 5's 'rivals'?
A: Television-wise it's kind of hit or miss. A year ago we had many more Science Fiction shows that have all gone off the air. I watched in horror as Earth 2 went off, as VR5 and SeaQuest gave up. The X-Files is the only one that seems to stay on, but for a broader audience - other than Star Trek - it's really not that accepted. We have to come to grips with that. People want Friends and ER.
Q: What are your views of The X-Files and Star Trek?
A: The X Files covers much broader territory. I'm a big fan of The X- Files. We could have that kind of story in this show - we could get away with a paranormal story. Star Trek allowed Babylon 5 to happen. It's the strongest in television, it's weathered those thirty years and you can't argue with its massive impact on culture. I preferred the earlier ones, but I did like The Next Generation. I wasn't an avid follower. I did catch this show a couple of times during its first season and I thought, 'That's interesting...' It's a different view, which I think we need to have.
Q: In what ways would you say that Babylon 5 differs from Star Trek?
A: Babylon 5 has this continuing story, which they didn't have in Star Trek. Also it has a whole darker outlook. I like the Star Wars sagas, and I saw a lot of that in Babylon 5. The idea of a space station being a sort of Casablanca in space was interesting, and just the way it's shot... it's darker, there's more intrigue going on. My only criticism of Star Trek is that they have to stick to being Star Trek - whereas we don't have to stick to being anything, other than we do have this bible, but even then that's malleable. Every story doesn't have to be an arc-driven story. We have side stories we go off on. I did this thing for another magazine with Nana Visitor [who plays Major Kira Nerys] from DS9, and we laughed about this rivalry. I guess it's kind of healthy in a way, it's good for all of us. I think the more Science Fiction shows the better, it makes it a better atmosphere.
The full interview can be found in issue 12 of Cult Times magazine.
You can watch the new trailer of Tron Legacy at Wired.com
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