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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 / 15:11, 28 July 2010 / General Genre/SciFi
MoviesOnline posted a new interview with Thor star Chris Hemsworth, who played U.S.S. Kelvin First Officer Commander George Kirk in J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie, and here are some excerpts of the article.
Q: So how much pressure do you feel playing Thor in "Thor," and how has that changed as you played him and when you come here?
CH: Well, there's a lot of pressure with something that has existed for so many years before you were involved and already has a fan base. But, you don't let that affect the way you approach the film. For me, you do it as well as you can whatever it is, whether it's a small film or whether it's something like this here. But it's as exciting and daunting as each other.
Q: How important is the relationship between Thor and Jane in the film? Is it set up for later films?
CH: Yeah, there's a bit of that but also it's a big sort of breaking point in Thor's journey, learning some humility. He starts out as a brash, cocky young warrior and she certainly influences him in a different direction, gives him a different angle to look at life from.
Q: In your performance and the way you think about Thor, how do you balance his hubris with his heroism? Do you think one exists in spite of the other?
CH: I think I do. I think it's his ongoing battle, taming the berserk kind of warrior that is in him. Certainly that's a big part in this film, he's still got to be that warrior. He still has to have those elements. That's what makes him Thor but also, you don't want to watch a guy on screen that is just a jerk all the time. You've got moments of it, yeah, that's kind of cool and bad, but then it just gets old. So finding that balance, and then at times, sneaking a bit of it back in at the right time
Q: What are your hopes for how Thor will fit in to the Avengers team?
CH: I hope it works. Look, I think that's going to be great. A lot of people are like, "Oh, I want to see them fight and who would win?" But I'd like to see the dinner party with Iron Man, Captain America and Thor. What the hell would they talk about?
Q: What has the last year been like for you starting with Star Trek?
CH: Which was also three years ago. I shot that a long time ago too. I shot that and something else. There was eight months where I didn't work and I was on the phone with my parents going, "I'm coming home. This is not for me." It was good though because that period made me think, "God, what am I doing? I'm relying on something which I have no control over to make me happy -- the constant change of everything, impermanence and permanence. So I really started thinking, "I'm going to get comfortable with just this, this moment here, and stop looking to the future to sort of go oh, then I'll be happy." It was great, it was a real turning point for me. That was one of the hardest periods for me, questioning everything I'd wanted to do but also very humbling. It was funny. I feel when you take the load off yourself and go, "Okay, I'm cool with whatever happens," things just started coming in. I got one job, I was shooting Cabin in the Woods and then I found out about Red Dawn and Thor a day apart. So it was from not working to having the next few years of my life lined up.
Q: What's the one thing you've learned from Branagh on this film?
CH: Tons. I've never had so much work on character and script analysis and story as him and never been asked so many questions about who is this guy, what do you think you'd do in this situation, why do you think he does this? What's this about? It was very odd questions at times. You'd be like, "What's this got to do with anything?" It just fuels the tank with information and I guess you can train up your instincts and they get out there and react. I think of it like a sport all the time. You don't get out on the field and then learn how to kick the football. You've done that. I guess it becomes instinct. Ken also was about constantly doing it different ways and attacking from a different angle. We'd done this. Now let's hit it from here. It gets you out of that zone of thinking, "Ah, this is my character" and limiting myself. He just kept saying, "No, we've done that. Let's try this." All of a sudden you go in a direction you never thought you'd go in. You go, "Actually this works and this can affect this." It was a roller coaster of ideas.
The full interview is here.
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