Ten Forward Presents Space City Con 2
For this special podcast, Sina interviews Cody with the 1701st Fleet, a Star Trek club based in the North Texas area. After that you will hear the Star Trek Renegades talk with actors such as Tim Russ, J.G. Hertzler, Roberto Picardo and Manu Intiraymi discussing the project. You can contact the 1701st Fleet: @1701stfleet facebook.com/The1701stFleet You can find out ore about Star Trek Renegades at:...
The Klingon Art of War
New from Pocket Books is the Klingon Art of War by Keith R. A. DeCandido. The book will be released on May 6, 2014 and has 160 pages. Product description Passed down from the time of Kahless, ten precepts have shaped Klingon culture andindoctrinated Klingons in the Way of the Warrior. With this new translation, people from all walks of life—and all worlds—can harness the ancient Klingon wisdom and learn to embody courage, discipline,...
Star Trek: The Animated Series Episode 13 – The Ambergris Element By Gail Gerard
Well hello cats and kittens, freaks and friends, odds and ends. Welcome back to another episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series. This week, we’ll visit an alien planet and take a dip in the briny with episode 13, “The Ambergris Element”. Now, the good old World Wide Web tells me that ambergris is a blackish-gray waxy substance pooped out by sperm whales, which is commonly found floating in chunks in the ocean....
JJ Abrams believes that the Star Trek game ‘arguably hurt’ Into Darkness success
Speaking to GamerHub, JJ Abrams explained that Namco Bandai’s tie-in Star Trek: The Video Game “was obviously a big disappointment”, and that he walked away from the project early on after realising “that it was not going in a place where we were going to get what we wanted…” “To me, the video game could have been something that actually really benefited the series and was an exciting, fun...
Star Trek returns to the world of pinball
Product Description Inspired by the Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness films, the newest Stern machine puts players in Captain James Kirk’s chair of the U.S.S. Enterprise, embarking on a journey to protect and defend the planets of the Federation. Stern’s Star Trek pinball machine features all the bells and whistles a Star Trek fan would desire. With adrenalin-filled battles, high-definition artwork, cosmic LED lighting and classic...
Star Trek: The Original Series Part 15: Harlan and the Guardian, the parasite and the light. Goodnight. By Rick Austin
For a legendary writer in the field of science fiction, Harlan Ellison seemed like the perfect fit for Star Trek. Except for two problems: He didn’t follow the rules, and Gene Roddenberry didn’t understand him. His script for The City On The Edge Of Forever was ground-breaking, and that was the problem. He viewed the Star Trek universe as a darker and edgier place, creating what amounted to Deep Space Nine 30 years early. His script...
Ten Forward Episode 64: Dayton’s Having Too Much Fun with History’s Shadow
This week, Sina and recurring host Michael, welcome friend of the show Dayton Ward back to discuss his recently released book, From History’s Shadow, an Original Series book that delves into time travel, the Temporal Cold War, the agents from Aegis, and many more characters in addition to the beloved crew of the Enterprise (no bloody A, B, C or D!). We have an in-depth discussion about the book, Dayton’s latest projects, including the...
JJ Abrams: Rupert Wyatt would be great for Star Trek 3
Speaking to HitFix, J.J. Abrams who will be producing Star Trek 3, addressed rumours that Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes director Robert Wyatt is being courted to direct the film. “He’s incredibly talented, and we’d be lucky to have someone as talented as Rupert. But there are things we’re focusing on right now before the director, which is just sort of the fundamentals of where the story is gonna go.”...
J.J. Abrams on Not Directing Star Trek 3
Collider spoke to JJ Abrams at the Star Trek Into Darkness Blu-ray launch party on Tuesday night. Here’s what was said: Collider: “A movie like this is obviously movie magic at its finest. When you put out a Blu-ray that reveals some of those secrets, do you have to really think about what you want to reveal and what you don’t?” J.J. ABRAMS: “I don’t like behind the scenes happening too much before a movie...
Star Trek Teleportation Stuns Shoppers
To celebrate the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, movie and TV streaming service blinkbox worked with top illusionist Scott Penrose to perform some cunning teleportation trickery. Press release LONDON, 10 September 2013: In a video released today, shoppers look on in awe at what appears to be the world’s first successful attempt at teleportation. In fact, the dramatic spectacle was a stunt by top illusionist Scott Penrose and...