Red Shirts
Red Shirts is a loose parody web series of Star Trek created by writer/director R. Benjamin Warren and writer/director/comedian Ryan Gowland. For those not familiar with the original Star Trek series, a “Red Shirt” is one of the many, unlucky, nameless crewmen who would join Kirk, Spock, and Bones on an away mission to newly discovered planet and, typically, not make it back. Ensigns Monroe, Garibaldi and Barry are the Red Shirts, as...
President Obama Regains Trek Cred?
During a speech on Saturday at the Gridiron Dinner, President Obama poked fun at his mistake by saying: “After a very public mix-up last week, my communications team has provided me with an easy way to distinguish between Star Trek and Star Wars,” Obama said, according to the official White House transcript. “Spock is what Maureen Dowd calls me. Darth Vader is what John Boehner calls me.” “And in the words of...
Geno Younger
Age: 27 Favorite Trek Series: I have a hard time picking favorites of anything, though my gut instinct is to go with Next Generation. TNG has so much nostalgic value to me, I find myself enjoying episodes I’ve seen several times as if it was my first. Favorite Captain: Picard, hands down. Tell me you didn’t fear the worst when he was assimilated. Tell me you didn’t get choked up when he learned about his brother and...
Bryan Burk: Star Trek Into Darkness Interview
After the screening of the first 30 minutes to journalists at London’s Waterloo IMAX on Friday 8th March 2013, Digital Spy had a chat with Bryan Burk to discuss Star Trek Into Darkness. Bad Robot is notorious for keeping things under wraps – what’s prompted you to reveal more about Star Trek Into Darkness? “The thing we are perpetually going through every time we release a movie is the studio saying,...
Google’s new search will be like Star Trek
Google has said that it is planning to give its users a new experience of searching the web, which would be like Star Trek. Google’s Search Head Amit Singhal said at SXSW Interactive that ‘the destiny of search is to become that Star Trek computer and that’s what the firm is building. Singhal shared that computers will know what people want and users won’t have to type their queries into a small box on a clean...
Out Wednesday – Ten Forward Presents: The Captain’s Table – Bob Greenberger
This Wednesday 13th March 2013, sees the return of Ten Forward Presents: The Captain’s Table with second guest Bob Greenberger. The show features interviews with those who have shaped the world of Star Trek in words. He was originally the editor of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Original series comics for DC. He later moved into writing novels and he’s written some of “The Time To series”, “The Gateway series”. He works...
Star Trek Into Darkness – NEW! (Teaser) Trailer #2
Here is the new Star Trek Into Darkness teaser trailer. Exclusive, unlikely to be officially released online, teaser that is attached to Oz: The Great and Powerful. Thanks to @darren73 for the link Star Trek Into Darkness is released May 9th in the UK
Star Trek Into Darkness – UK Footage Screening With The Trekkie Girls
The Trekkie Girls attended another special screening preview this morning for Star Trek Into Darkness. Sam and Carole had this to say in their spoiler free reaction video: JJ Abrams appeared briefly on screen and said “My hair is a disaster and that’s why I couldn’t be there today because I’m having my hair fixed in an emergency procedure.” He also said they were hard at work finishing the movie in time...
Join Simon Pegg’s #Twittermillion Team
For Comic Relief – Red Nose Day 2013, Simon Pegg has set up a page to raise money. Join his team NOW and you could win 2 tickets to the London Premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness and a chance to meet the crew of the Enterprise. (If you donate £50+, or set up a page and raise £50+, Comic Relief will email you details of how to enter the competition. For T&Cs click here) Join Simon Pegg’s team by setting up a page...
LeVar Burton calls ‘bulls–t!’ on J.J. Abrams
In an interview with the Toronto Sun, LeVar Burton who played Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation had this to say about Abrams and his take on the Trek franchise. “(Abrams’ Star Trek) was a great movie, and he brought a whole new generation to Trek. But I’m a little disquieted by things I hear coming out of his camp, things like he would like to be remembered as the only Trek—which would discount...