I know, I know—you have to be in the Los Angeles area for this. But just for the record: This weekend marks the next —and next-to-last— “SciFi Sunday” at ImproStudio, our master sponsor for this free viewing of the prior two Discovery episodes on a wall-sized “screen” (and snackfests) at 9:45 pm every other Sunday at the Los Feliz improv …
Aside from “Star Trek (Birth)Day” every Sept. 8, our favorite stellar storytelling playground’s other main holiday is of course today — April 5, the day from 2063 that every schoolchild knows as First Contact Day! Sitting here in 2019 it’s fun for me to direct newer fans to my interview a couple years back (below) with Noelle Hannibal, the “first …
Are you headed to Anaheim and WonderCon this weekend? (Yes, the photo here is from SDCC, but it fits…) If so, hope you can make it by either Trekland shindig, back-to-back early Saturday evening: —PANEL: My Trek SoCal podcasters’ panel is at 7-8 pm Saturday in Room 211—and audience Q&A is a big part. Here’s where you can click in, …
By now it’s a tradition— my annual chat with some of the intrepid crew of the USS McGinley, now in their fifth season of bringing the narrative improv style of fun and pathos to L.A. audiences in the best TNG-era Trek style as “The Improvised Generation.” So check out our visit below this away team of (from left) Paul Hungerford, …
All it took was finding that one piece of paper. 50 years later. Finally, mystery solved: Who WAS Isis the cat in human form, from “Assignment: Earth”? Look, maybe you’re not a “podcast person.” But you should be! The best thing about my weekly podcast The Trek Files from Roddenberry Podcast Network is that, aside from just adding to the …
Just can’t tell you how excited I am to finally visit Manhattan and all our Trek peeps there March 9-10—as a guest of Big Apple Comic-Con at Penn Plaza Pavillion, repping all things Trekland! And hey — there’s still a whole range of ticket types available: click here. It is a broad-brush comic-con, of course, but this clambake has authors …
It’s Gallifrey One “Who-athon” weekend once again in L.A. — the 30th annual!—and once again Shaun and his crew have been good enough to have me in as a guest. “Whovians like other things too!” he always says… and there’s always a couple dozen or more at my Trek panels, yessiree. Just note: This year, I’ll be onsite Friday only …
Yes, tonight at 7 pm Pacific/ 10 pm Eastern (Jan. 31) I’ll be hosting classic Trek bloopers and talk/Q&A for the grand opening of the Roddenberry VR Theater, the newest addition to the Roddenberry Nexus— and your ticket is either a Windows PC* or a VR headset, like Occulus Rift. And yes— I know it’s new Discovery Thursday. But “Point …
It wouldn’t be Jan. 20 without me sharing an image of DeForest Kelley on his birthday… a tradition when I first began Trekland in 2009. So much has changed since then in both Star Trek and Trekland that I bet all our newer readers would welcome me sharing again this photo in good res—the one that’s been the longest unrepeated …
UPDATE: This may sound like last month’s news …. but it truly goes away at midnight Sunday Jan. 6, public Treklanders. Happy new year! (from prior post) Most of fall, why not gift a membership, or jump in yourself, to Portal 47—your mini-con all year long no matter where you center seat is (where no savvy fan has gone before …
UPDATE: “The Brightest Star” is beautiful, an old-school planetary culture exploration disguised as some well-received background on both Saru and his Kelpian people, well-timed in the Prime timeline … while at the same time, raising a host of new questions. It’s bizarrely and freshly off-kilter as to the “predators” of the famously “prey” Kelpians, and exactly who and how the …
(UDPATE: Due to email tech issues, deal cut-off is now #ExtensionWednesday /28th, midnight local time! ) Treksters, you know how proud and excited I am to keep building Portal 47, my project for Trekland past, present and future. So, what kind of a new, crazy idea can I hatch for Cyber Monday that will grab both your attention and your …
Through the summer and fall, Treklanders on my news list twice reported back on a survey about their thoughts on Discovery and CBS All Access subbing — and around 16-20% consistently said they’d just wait to take their first look by picking up the whole season on DVD or Blu-ray hard media. Well, “20%” — here’s your chance. In case …
At LAST I can talk about it! (See schedule UPDATE below) As announced by Showmasters/DST, I will indeed be back across the pond with all our UK Treklanders for Destination Star Trek— and my first time in Birmingham! MY SCHEDULE IN BRIEF: THURSDAY — 9-11 pm, Hilton Metropole Bar: DST version of The Landing Party , hosting this team …
But hurry: The online pre-order special ends soon! Yes, it’s an all-NEW update of the showy Star Trek: Stellar Cartography wall maps and book set — coming Oct. 9 with TEN large 2-D maps from various Trek eras and cultures and a guidebook. The itch that first got me into Star Trek backgrounding is back again, courtesy of the good …
Well, HERE’S something new in the Trekland galaxy for me: Being a guest at a community festival — its FIRST guest. And my first-ever trek to Wisconsin, to boot! But not just any festival— one of the Top Five Funkiest Festivals in the U.S., according to Readers Digest! I mean, come on— what else could Sputnikfest be? Sure, this …
Wow! #STLV is here again — and beyond the 50th in 2016, and then Discovery’s sneak peek last year…the 2018 edition might just be the biggest ever ! At least for me, everything Trekland will be on display. First of all, CBS has graciously got me back on stage to talk about the NEW Star Trek: Stellar Cartography map/book set …
Hey, it’s #SDCC time again… and Trekland will be there in 2018 in ever-more ways. If you are lucky enough (or crazed enough ) to find yourself around the Gaslamp area (or even just around the fringes), come look me up! I’ll be leading, covering, or taking part in a flurry of Trek-related stuff at Comic-Con … from my The …
You may have heard (and seen) me raving more than once about the amazingly brilliant and funny improv troupe, The Improvised Generation. Many others have, too! And now, wherever you are on the globe, you can watch them LIVE online on their studio Facebook this Saturday at 7 pm Pacific (10 pm Eastern) for a full (and all-new, of course) …
Of COURSE this news breaks as I am packing for SoonerCon, and doing a Portal 47 guest show on the road… but I have a word or two (below). But between last week’s showrunner firing on Discovery and Alex Kurtzman’s new deal in takign solo control of DSC, with sources running amok with unconfirmed but plentiful stories about new Trek …
If it’s June, as I have been lucky enough to be honored, it must be time for my annual trek back “home-home” to OKC and the ever-growin’ SoonerCon 27, con of my birth and site of my hosting-guesting roots. (Including my emcee of the 3rd annual “SoonerCon@Midnight: Worst Book Ever” author-audience spectacle!) Plus: this year, a good ol’ Portal 47 …
As you longtime Treklanders know, I always like to mark DeForest Kelley‘s birthday… his passing date, not so much. Even though I always stop to think about it. But June 11 is a bittersweet Trek date in a month that is otherwise filled with happy ones, like movie premiere and finale anniversaries. As a kid, long before any bloody A,B, …
I mean, really. I find Trek peeps at a Who con every year … why not Joss Whedon’s fandom? So yeah— look for a little Star Trek in the ‘Verse this Saturday! It’s a Trek oasis at fan-run WhedonCon. Will anybody need a drink? I came across WhedonCon’s open-ended focus beyond its namesake thanks to my friend and The Con …
Once again, Portal 47 is going to crank open the hangar bay doors and share our monthly guest Telebriefing experience highlight with everybody who wants to come —this time, with the incredible Oscar- and Emmies-winning makeup legend Michael Westmore. The free, global and virtual event is Wednesday, May 16 from 7-8 pm Pacific — a mix of interview chat from …
Are you breathing a little easier yet? With filming into a second week in Toronto, a new BTS Discovery Season 2 peek dropped today (see it here, below the fold). Yes, you see new sets being built (the two-story Klingon monstrosity is gone to salvaged “fold and hold,” so there’s gobs of new room for new Starfleet sets — mainstream, …
I’ve been talking here and there around the Interwebs lately of my big mission this year: To find and talk with new fans who came to the Trek family via Discovery only—Discovery First Fans! —without bridging over or carrying baggage from any prior Trek.* And my first chance is Anaheim’s WonderCon, the “little brother” to sprawling San Diego Comic-Con. —At …
So many interviews in the can— here’s another with the smart and sexy Olivia d’Abo, sharing the latest about her podcast, her music, her acting process and of course, oiur Trekland connection: Amanda Rogers from TNG‘s “True Q.” I had the great chance to sit down with her just a few minutes to recall those days— back in 1993!— when …
The crew of the USS McGinley is back for Season 4! And I caught a pre-launch visit with four of them (video below) . Yes, if you’re in SoCal on a Saturday night anytime from March 3 through April 28, you’d better grab a ticket early. Otherwise, come 9:15 pm you might not have a seat for the next …
I know it’s a sold-out convention — always is. Gallifrey One near LAX in LA is a mini-version of San Diego Comic-Con, selling out minutes after tickets open each fall. But poobah Shaun Lyon always has me and other Trek events on hand, because “Who fans have more than one fandom!” And they do! The 29th annual Gallifrey One has …
All right— I admit it. I’ve been doing so much talking lately out loud that my blogging and word-bits have fallen off. And that little Discovery finale hoopla kinda took up a lot of bandwidth this week to start. But I really, really hope you ALL get a load of what we found in Gene’s archives for the fourth episode …
We announced it at SDCC, I’ve been teasing it all over the place.. and today it’s finally here: THE TREK FILES! (Don’t miss the “launch party invitation,” below) Maybe you have seen or heard the news all over the global Trekverse already, but The Trek Files is my new 15-minute downloadable podcast each Tuesday, right from Roddenberry Podcast Network, as …
Happy birthday, De! As I have done ever since I started Trekland: The Blog, I don’t allow January 20 to pass without a remembrance for my first real Star Trek “favorite” every year on his birthday: Jackson DeForest Kelley, BTD in 1920. Which mean, I guess, this is my TENTH nod to DFK on his day. Wow. I’ve said and …
