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Star Trek Under Construction Trailer

Fri, 15 Nov 2008 17:04:52 GMT

posted by demerzel

The bootlegged version of Star Trek XI (Star Trek Under Construction) is making rounds on the Internet and Youtube with a rather exciting teaser of a clip below:

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Welcome to Boston Martha Hackett

Thu, 11 Jul 2008 04:55:00 GMT

posted by beantownblog
So I was on a plane back to Boston this afternoon from LA (Los Angeles, not Louisiana) and guess who I was sitting near? I didn't recognize her but someone else did and chatted with her briefly. It was Martha Hackett from Star Trek Voyager.

Apparently she's from the area and had come back with her kids on vacation. Here's a few tidbits about her for those that don't know much about her (like me).

Martha Hackett is an American actress. She is known for her role as Seska in the television series Star Trek: Voyager. Hackett is an alumna of Harvard University (here).

Martha Hackett, who played Seska on Star Trek: Voyager, was born on February 21, 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts. She has guest starred in a few television shows including General Hospital, Hill Street Blues, Sirens, Monty, Touched by an Angel, and The Guardian. Her film credits include Carnosaur, Leprechaun 2, In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful, Inconceivable, Never Been Kissed and more (here).

Welcome back Martha! I hope you and your family have a great vacation.

She's the second famous person that I've been on a plane with. The first was Paul Pierce when I was coming back from the Cayman Islands a couple years ago.

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Going beyond

Wed, 27 Sep 2007 13:48:00 GMT

posted by AyreWolf

Can you believe it, it's been 20 years since those words by Capt. Picard was spoken to boldly go where no-one has gone before. Since the new Star Trek Next Generation blazed across our TV screens. As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the sci-fi classic's premiere, several key figures who were there at the show's creation give us an insider's view of how the series took flight

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION ''Paramount realized that they were making zillions of dollars on this old television show and if they had a new one, they

could milk the cow again, Make it so.'' It's such a stirring phrase, isn't it, this favored command of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Patrick Stewart uttered it with his rich, Shakespearean baritone countless times over the seven glorious seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation — to Riker, Data, Worf, and Dr. Crusher, to Geordi, Troi, Tasha, and young Wesley, and probably even to a petulant Ferengi or two. And yet, the first time Picard said those three rousing words, on Sept. 28, 1987, in the premiere episode, ''Encounter at Farpoint,'' it was to order the mundane task of setting his ship into a ''standard parking orbit.'' Of course, actually making that episode so was anything but mundane. Indeed, Gene Roddenberry's update on his optimistic vision of humanity's future set Trek on a blistering 20-year mission including four TNG movies, three more Trek TV series, and an explosion in first-run syndicated TV that no one could have foreseen. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of TNG, we're looking back at the genesis of the episode that (re)started it all.

THE CONCEPT

Gene Roddenberry's first attempt to mount a new Trek live-action series came a

decade before The Next Generation. ROBERT H. JUSTMAN, original series producer, supervising producer on TNG I think the idea for a new series] came about as a result of the sudden explosion of Star Trek reruns. It just gathered up a whole slew of people who had never seen the show. But the whole thing came to naught because of, I think, tense bargaining terms with respect to money.

DOROTHY (D.C.) FONTANA, original series writer, associate producer on TNG,

co-writer of ''Encounter at Farpoint'' I think approximately six scripts were

developed [for what was then called Star Trek: Phase II]. Then, Star Wars

happened. Suddenly Paramount was saying, ''Don't we have a franchise show that

we could do that with?'' The idea for a series, to my understanding, was put

aside and they started doing the movie. The idea for a new series sat fallow for several years as Paramount cranked out four Star Trek movies with the original cast before moving ahead with what would become The Next Generation. JUSTMAN In the mid-1980s, Paramount realized that they were making zillions of dollars on this old television show and if they had a new one, they could milk the cow again. Gene had a peculiar way of getting people onto whatever show he was doing. I knew enough to know that when he called me to go to lunch and screen some films to look at the special effects, a new show was in the offing. This is late September, early October 1986. We saw a film called Aliens, and I said, ''Jesus Christ, Gene, that was a great picture! But have you ever seen Blade Runner?'' And [Gene said] ''What's that?'' He didn't know what Blade Runner was! I said, ''You'd better take a look at that,'' and in the meantime, I just went to work. FONTANA Late 1986, in the fall, Gene Roddenberry called me and said, ''I'm interested in getting a new Star Trek series on the road.'' He outlined how he wanted it to be sometime after the original series. New cast, new characters. He invited me, Bob Justman, [original series writer] David Gerrold, and [original series associate producer] Eddie Milkis to put our ideas in. We wrote tons of memos. Roddenberry also persuaded a young Paramount TV exec named Rick Berman to leave his post overseeing the new Trek and join the production full-time as a supervising producer. RICK BERMAN, supervising producer There were three reasons not to do it. One, this was a sequel, and sequels on television had never been successful. Two, it was science fiction, and in the 1980s science fiction was not successful. And three, it was going to be syndicated, not a network program. But my desire to get into the ranks of producers was strong enough that I agreed.

Dear Santa,

Thu, 7 Dec 2007 08:55:00 GMT

posted by KlingonWarrior
There are a few things that I think it would be swell to have. If any of your elves finish making toys for children and get bored, it would be nice if you have them make some of these fine products:

~Any of the Star Trek Voyager series years—one through seven.
~Any of the Star Trek Enterprise series years—one through four.
Please don’t pay any more than $60 per year, as they are ripping you off if you do!

~For the Wii, any of these games: Super Paper Mario, The Simpsons Game, Harry Potter, TMNT, Red Steel, The Godfather, Pirates of the Caribbean, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Dragon Blade: Wrath of Fire, or Star Trek. Most of these games should cost between $20 and $30. Please don’t buy any for $50. Or the "classic controller" for Wii.

~Nursing books; see enclosed Barnes and Noble Wish List

~A new keyboard with “anti carpal tunnel syndrome technology” because this keyboard is dying.

~Books of Zits or Baby Blues comics

~Simpsons merchandise such as “The Simpsons Masterpiece Gallery: A Big Book of Posters”
~A two or three tier, dark brown bookcase from Target

"Star Trek" Style Holography demonstrated by phone company

Thu, 30 May 2008 17:18:17 GMT

posted by braddet

If you've ever wanted to be treated by The Doctor from Star Trek: Voyager, this week you just got a step closer.

Telstra demonstrated tech this week that allowed a high definition 3D image of a person to be captured, sped over a high speed data network, and projected in full 3D glory to a watching audience. Quite spectacular!
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