TOS & TNG Producer Robert Justman Has Passed Away May 31, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Celebrity, TNG, TOS , 118 comments
TrekMovie.com is sad to announce that another member of the original Star Trek family has passed away. Robert Justman, a producer on both Star Trek The Original Series and Star Trek The Next Generation died at his home in Los Angeles Wednesday from complications due to Parkinson’s disease; Justman was 81.
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Sci-Fi Saturday: Hobbit, Transformers 2, Watchmen, GI Joe, Clone Wars, Lost, Sarah Connor, Dr. Who + more
by Rosario T. Calabria , Filed under: Sci-Fi , 31 comments
This week in week sci-fi news we have rumors on who is the new Bilbo and who isn’t the new Spider-man. Plus Details on the Fraggle Rock musical and Watchmen as well as images and videos Hellboy, Star Wars Clone Wars and more. In TV news there is a Garbage cast member to join Sarah Connor, Neil Gaiman being courted to help Doctor Who, alternative endings for the Lost finale and more.
The Collective: Quest For Star Trek Movie Autographs
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Memorabilia, Star Trek (2009 film) , 25 comments
Some parents and children share a common love of baseball or stamp collecting. For our six year old Nicky, it is a shared appreciation of autograph collecting and Star Trek. When the new Star Trek was announced back in in 2006, my wife Mary Jo and I thought it would be an interesting quest to try and get the autographs of everyone involved in the film for Nicky, this is our first progress report on that quest.
More Photos From Academy Location Shoot May 30, 2008
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Spoilers, Star Trek (2009 film) , 135 comments
Back in March we reported location shooting for the new Star Trek feature was taking place at Cal State Northridge. Now some new photos from that shoot, including some aliens, have shown up online.
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Science Friday: Phoenix (and Trek) On Mars + Aliens On Earth? + More [UPDATE]
by Kayla Iacovino , Filed under: Science/Technology , 55 comments
This week, we have news of the Phoenix Lander’s astonishingly successful landing on Mars which brought a little piece of Trek along with it to the red planet. This plus how you can go to the moon, orbital skydiving world records, some purported”real” alien footage, and our gadget of the week: Sony Video Glasses! Read on!
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CelebWatch: Stardate 05.30.08
by Charles Trotter , Filed under: Celebrity , 17 comments
This week in the Watch, we have news on Patrick Stewart wrapping up his Macbeth gig, Wikipedia giving Wil Wheaton trouble, Brent Spiner meeting his Italian dubber, an update on Simon Pegg’s next movie, Blalock talking T’Pol, Russ back directing, new work for some Trek villains, and more.
BSG Preview: “Sine Qua Non”
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: BSG , 85 comments
Battlestar Galactica is back after taking a week off with “Sine Qua Non” which has Adama and Tigh not exactly seeing eye to eye (and that would be Tigh’s left eye of course). More info and vids from that episode below, plus news on more webisodes, TV movies, deleted scenes, and Ron Moore’s other projects below.
New ‘Alternate Reality’ Fan Collective DVD Set Arrives In September May 29, 2008
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: DVD/Blu-ray, Trek Franchise , 53 comments
CBS and Paramount Home Entertainment have finally officially announced a release date and some details for the sixth ‘Star Trek Fan Collective’ DVD set. This time the theme is ‘Alternate Realities.’ The set will have 20 episodes (from all five Trek series) and is due out September 16th.
More details below.
Great Links: Trek Ships, Charts, Girls and Battles
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Great Links , 50 comments
This week Great Links finds new Trek art from the Mojo’s hard drive archive, a statistical analysis of Trek fans vs. Doctor Who fans, and gallery of images of the girl to the blue girl (right) and her friends having some landing party fun. Plus Babylon 5 v Trek video mashup and more…
The Collective: Review of Master Replicas Studio Scale Enterprise
by Jeff Bond , Filed under: Merchandise, Review, TOS , 97 comments
Two years ago Master Replicas quickly sold out the first set of a limited series of pricey ’studio scale’ models of the Original Series NCC 1701 Enterprise. This summer they will finally finish out the series with the final 500 models and pre-orders just recently opened up, leaving many collectors with the question of whether or not now is the time to pay $1200 for a model ship.
Library Computer: Essential Guide To DS9 Relaunch
by Robert Lyons , Filed under: Books, DS9 , 40 comments
In the past seven years Pocket Books has been taking Star Trek novels to a new level by embarking on an ‘eighth season’ of Deep Space Nine in book form. With the release of the newest DS9 ‘relaunch’ novel fast approaching, this week’s edition of the Library Computer brings you a guide to the series and what you need to get caught up on all the previous action.
Star Trek Composer Alexander Courage Dead At 88 May 28, 2008
by Jeff Bond , Filed under: Celebrity, Music, TOS , 100 comments
Alexander Courage, who wrote the original Star Trek title theme as well as the scores for numerous television shows and movies, died May 15 in Pacific Palisades, California at the age of 88. The Emmy winning and Oscar-nominated composer had over 90 film and television credits and at least one other TV theme (Judd for the Defense), but he was best known for the exotic, bongo-driven siren song he wrote for the original Star Trek TV series.
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Shatner On Abrams, Pine, STV and 1992 MTV Movie Awards
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Shatner, Star Trek (2009 film) , 65 comments
It appears that Shatner is still out and about and talking to the press. In a couple of new interviews with MTV the actor again talks about being disappointed about not being in the Star Trek movie, but also expressed confidence in director JJ Abrams. Shatner also gave details on his apparently very brief meeting with Chris Pine (the new Kirk) and talked extensively about a 1992 singing performance at the first MTV Movie Awards.
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Quinto: New Trek Honors Original
by Charles Trotter , Filed under: ST09 Cast , 83 comments
You just can’t keep a good Vulcan down. In a new interview with Sci-Fi Wire, Zachary Quinto, who takes over the role of Spock in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, once again explains that the upcoming film honors the original Trek series. He stresses, however, that the priority for the filmmakers was to make a good movie. Quinto also explains how he thinks his role on Heroes won him the role of Spock.
Star Trek II Performed By Guys From American Chopper [VIDEO]
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Feature Films (TMP-NEM), Great Links, Humor , 35 comments
Last week on the CBS Late Show with David Letterman they visited the Orange County Chopper team from the Discovery Channel show American Chopper and for no apparent reason they had them recite lines from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
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