Big Reaction To New Enterprise - New Designer Responds November 12, 2008
by TrekMovie.com Staff , Filed under: Fandom, Star Trek (2009 film) , 1006 comments
The new USS Enterprise released yesterday has spawned dozens if not hundreds of articles across the globe in the mainstream press and the geekosphere. Reaction here at TrekMovie has been running at one comment every 49 seconds for 24 hours straight. In that deluge are a few notables, including former Star Trek designer Rick Sternbach and the designer of the new ship, Ryan Church.
Noted Trek Fan and Radio Host Joyce Mason Has Passed Away October 18, 2008
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Fandom , 32 comments
Trekmovie.com is very sad to report that Joyce Mason, former runner of the official William Shatner fan club and host of the 1990s radio talk show "Talk Trek and Beyond," passed away September 6th of natural causes. See below for a eulogy by John Tenuto.
New Trailer For Roddenberry’s ‘Trek Nation’ Doc Online September 22, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Fandom, Trek Franchise , 60 comments
Gene Roddenberry’s son Rod Roddneberry has been working on a documentary about his father and Trek fandom for a few years. Over the summer TrekMovie reported that Roddenberry had hired a new editor (Emmy winner Allan Holzman) who was finally putting it all together and had created a new trailer, which is now online.
Convention Pioneer Joan Winston Has Passed Away September 12, 2008
by John Tenuto , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Fandom , 36 comments
TrekMovie has been informed that Joan ("Joannie") Winston, one of the founders of the first Star Trek conventions and author of "The Making of the Star Trek Conventions," passed away September 11th at age 77. According to her family, Joan died in her sleep at an assisted living center in New York.
Attn Trekkies: Documentary Looking For L.A. Fans + Photo Journalist Looking For FL Fans August 30, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Fandom , 28 comments
TrekMovie is helping out some people who are looking to find Trek fans who are ready for their close-up. First up, a UK documentary is coming to coming to Los Angeles and the producers want some Trekkies to help them as they get the cast of TOS together. Plus a photo-journalist in Jacksonville Florida wants meet some Trekkies in their natural habitat.
VegasCon 08: New Official Star Trek Fan Club Announced August 8, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Fandom , 37 comments
Today at the official Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, CBS announced that a new official Star Trek fan club will be launched by the end of the year. Details are sketchy for now, but CBS promised more details to come next month and have launched a new website to gather fan input on this new venture. In related news, Dan Madsen, who ran the previous fan club, is involved in a new fan venture that is partnering with Roddenberry.com
Roddenberry Party At Vegas Con + Trek Nation Gets An Editor August 4, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Fandom, TOS , 21 comments
Gene may be gone, but the Roddenberry family is still here doing what they can to honor and keep the fans involved with the Roddenberry legacy. To that end they have a number of new things going on at Roddenberry.com and they just announced a special ‘Revolution Party’ in Las Vegas this week.
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TrekMovie.com Comments Being Taken A Bit Too Seriously May 27, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Fandom, TrekMovie.com , 87 comments
On Sunday TrekMovie.com shared some exclusive preview pics of a Star Trek themed cake to be featured in an upcoming episode of the Food Network show “Ace of Cakes.” The article spawned many comments here and some sites and blogs picked up the story (as per usual). But then some other sites decided to focus on the comments and took one in particular way too seriously.
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Vulcan Expands Movie Premiere Campaign February 21, 2008
by Charles Trotter , Filed under: Fandom, Star Trek (2009 film) , 37 comments
Several months ago we reported that the tiny town of Vulcan, Alberta was hoping to hold the world premiere of the new Star Trek movie. Paramount have yet to book the corporate jet for a trip to Canada next May, but that hasn’t stopped the Vulcanians who have now upped the ante by bringing in two more ‘Trek cities’ to bid on three global Star Trek premieres.
Nimoy Talks Trek, Spock and New Photography Book October 13, 2007
by Charles Trotter , Filed under: Fandom, Nimoy, Star Trek (2009 film) , 30 comments
After 40 years, Leonard Nimoy is still amazed and grateful for the popularity ‘Star Trek’ and his character, Mr. Spock. In an interview with The Jewish Chronicle, the actor says he is "flattered, amused and delighted" that ‘Star Trek’ has endured
They were good stories, interesting stories, stories that are universal and stand up over time. Star Trek has never been a millstone. It has always given me opportunities to make choices about what to do with my work and my life.
Attack Of The Fan Made Star Trek (2008) Trailers July 2, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Fandom, Star Trek (2009 film) , 48 commentsLast week’s rumors of a new Star Trek (2008) teaser trailer were of course wrong - we are still many months away from the real thing. However, that has not stopped many fans from making their own. Here is a collection…the first of which is from TrekMovie.com community member Buckaroohawk.
Rosario Dawson = Trekkie April 8, 2007
by Rick Kelvington , Filed under: Fandom , 95 commentsLast week Rosario Dawson revealed her inner Trekkie on the Conan O’Brian Show. Hey JJ, there has got to be a role for her somewhere.
Wheaton Comic, Who Companion, Trek Apartment, and more in a news roundup March 28, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Comics, Fandom, Shatner, TNG , 35 comments
Just some little Trek items to tie you over….
The new companion for Dr. Who has admitted that she is more of a Trekkie. The Sun reports Freema Agyeman is a big fan of Patrick Stewart and the Next Generation and has even attended Trek conventions. more at Sun Online…
Will Wheaton (TNG’s Wesley Crusher) is getting ready to head back to Trek. Wheaton announced that he will write a story for the next volume in ‘Star Trek: The Manga’ from Tokyo Pop. The actor says he was reluctant when first approached, but then a voice in his head said "Dude, this would be so cool! Come on, man, let’s do this!". more at his blog…
Trek XI: The Poll March 15, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Fandom , 36 commentsIn the "Corbomite Maneuver" Lt. Baily says to Kirk "I vote we blast ‘em," to which Kirk quickly replied "Thank you, Mr. Bailey, I’ll consider that when this becomes a democracy." But that attitude doesn’t stop fans from voting their opinions, including three currently running Trek XI polls on other sites.
IMDB is asking for thumbs up or down on Matt Damon as Capt Kirk. Current result is a split decision of 48% for it, 52% against [UPDATE: IMDB have followed up with a new poll asking ‘if not Damon, then who?’…so far ‘an unknown’ leads with 34% with Ewan McGregor is 2nd with 11%]
TrekToday also have a Trek XI casting poll going, asking what is people’s favorite casting rumor. The Sinise as Bones rumor leads with 40%.
StarTrek.com have a tongue in cheek list of potential names for Star Trek XI, with "Star Trek XI: The First Generation" in the lead.
Nygard and Crosby Planning Trekkies 3 - But Not Soon March 6, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Fandom , 44 comments
In a March 5th Newsweek article about the Star Trek XI announcement there were some general reactions from George Takei, Rod Roddenberry and Trekkies documentary director Roger Nygard. Something that caught our attention was the statement that Nygard was ‘interviewing Trekkers for the latest installment of his "Trekkies" documentaries.’ TrekMovie.com contacted Nygard to find out what was up and apparently Newsweek ‘got their tenses wrong.’ Nygard says that he is not currently at work on a Trekkies 3, but that he and producer Denise Crosby are planning on doing one. "We are on a 7 year schedule," said Nygard, referring to how the previous two came out in 1997 and 2004 respectively. The Trekkies team would like to catch up with some of the Trek fans featured in the previous entries, like digital artist Gabriel Kroener who Nygard called "a Trekkies success story."
All of Family Guy’s Star Trek references in one video! March 4, 2007
by Matt Wright , Filed under: Fandom, Humor , 45 commentsIf you have been following our little extras throughout the weeks when news is slow, you’ll notice we have found video clips of various Trek parody/references in Family Guy. The show’s creator Seth MacFarlane is an admitted Trekie and even had two cameos as an extra officer on Enterprise. Once again community member Kelvington has nicely put all the video clips into one giant Trek funny reel. I love it!
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