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I can’t believe it’s been 25 years ago today that we lost De. I mean DeForest Kelley, of course— the humble working actor who parlayed a resume of playing the heavy during the boom era of the Westerns into galactic fame as Dr. Leonard McCoy, the heart of Star Trek. (That’s the one that created its own paradigm, and the …
Once again, Dec. 7 rolls around… and as much as we celebrate The Motion Picture on its birthday for what it is, and the changing opinions and critical debates then and especially now… I still can’t unsee the meta impact of what TMP has done for, simply, the date. This may sound odd, but within a generation Star Trek has …
Just down the road for me, WonderCon in Anaheim is always a lark. And this weekend, I’ll be there on Saturday (only) with a solo panel this year: One I’m calling “Beyond Vasquez: Star Trek’s Big and Little Location Filming Sites “. Check it out at 5-6 pm, in Room 213CD. Sure I offer the Trekland Treks customized day tours …
Janus is that two-faced “looks ahead/looks back” legend that’s the symbol of New Year’s for everyone, right? I wonder why he mostly only comes to mind for me… over Star Trek!? 😎 Especially this year. I echoed this theme in the last Trekland Tuesday LIVE before the holiday break: How 2022 has been not just awesome but game-changing for Star Trek. And …
Here we go! We have to put up with the bi-level stages and elevators of Bally’s…but can we get back to almost-normal STLV now? What a big year for everything Trekland! Look at all that. Check it out:
It’s so exciting to have SoonerCon back after two years of COVID cancellations—this June 24-26 at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in Norman, OK. They’re calling this SoonerCon 30, after #29 was saved for the virtual masquerade contests and events that stood in during the second year of COVID shutdown. And the comeback edition of the con I helped to …
At Penguicon, an intriguing mash up of sci-fi and open-source makers, nearly 20 years old … They asked me to be a guest of honor … in 2020. One pandemic and fill-in virtual events later — HERE WE ARE, finally! THIS weekend, April 22-24. And I couldn’t be more excited. Back in Michigan, at the Southfield Westin in greater …
I’m still a little stunned by this. Look, it’s exciting enough to have SoonerCon back after two years of COVID cancellations. this June 24-26 at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in Norman, OK . But the 30th edition of the con I helped to found is going to be a super-special one: Our home-staters are inducting me into the Oklahoma …
You longtime Trekland readers know that every year about this time, I take a pause on Jan. 20 and make sure to remember my original Star Trek fave, DeForest Kelley, on his birthday. Happy 102nd, De! I always root for the underdog, and De’s been my hero ever since I took up the mission to claim a share of the …
Surely you’ve seen all the buzz about this special event for a good cause — available globally! — but just in case: A quick charity shoutout for THIS Saturday, Jan. 15 for “Trek*Talks“ — an EIGHT-hour “webathon” to benefit the Hollywood Food Coalition : SIXTEEN half-hour panels of various Star Trek actors and creatives! Jeri Ryan and Jonathan Frakes are …
Twice delayed by COVID, the Nichelle Nichols Farewell Event first planned for May 2020 is finally about to bloom as an adjunct of LA ComicCon Dec. 3-5 at the LA Convention Center downtown. And I’m thrilled to be there to honor Nichelle, her career and fans, and even her loved ones … amid an emotional atmosphere, in all phases of …
Monday, Nov. 22 — TODAY— is the 25th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek: First Contact. And despite its usual consensus as the best of the TNG-era films, there’s been almost no celebration— live or online. So days ago, longtime Trek illustrator John Eaves rounded up some friends and asked me to herd them, as a free, one-hour online …
Well, this will be fun! I’m at another live event again — this time a small but intimate mission down to the 6th annual YumaCon in Yuma, Arizona! With my sometimes-partner-in-crime John Champion. Driving down to explore the scenery for the first time. (And I’ll be scouting yet another Trek filming location for Trekland Treks options.) We’ll be repping …
What’s more amazing: That this is Star Trek’s 55th anniversary — or that it’s been 5 years since the 50th? Yes, it’s Sept. 8 again, there’s a big day of live events planned … And, in the Trekland way you expect, I talked about how “It Wasn’t Always This Way” on Trekland Tuesday LIVE #223 this week. Did you catch …
Well, here it is at last: COVID couldn’t dim it and revisionists couldn’t dent it. It’s the day, and the kickoff of reflections and celebrations, to mark the birth centennial of The Great Bird of the Galaxy, Gene Roddenberry: Aug. 19, 1921, one hundred years ago. For all you lurker mundanes out there, Gene is of course — quite …
Next Tuesday, we celebrate TWO HUNDRED Trekland Tuesdays LIVE! Who knew my project to finally “go live on the web,” bootstrapping with my iPhone and not much else back in the ancient days of April 2017, would lead to all this: A great global community, finally reaching multistream YouTube, and many TTLers who have found their way from Tuesdays LIVE …
It was all borne of the lockdown, pandemic, and a cancelled WonderCon panel — but Life Support LIVE is still Boldy Going through uncertain times… with a great Lifers community who have joined us along the way, every Saturday live (and later, in archives!) Each week, “Dr. Trek” here and Dr. Ali Mattu — “one of us is a real …
This time, they’re a little more planned and a little more polished: But the COVID-cancelled 2021 edition of WonderCon — little brother to granddaddy San Diego Comic-Con— is back in virtual form March 26-27 (for starters). And Dr. Trek is proud to be moderating/co-hosting and taking part in THREE fun, thought-provoking pre-recorded virtual Trek panels with many friends and colleagues, …
Whew! Are you ready for a BREAK — I know you are! — like more free Star Trek fun this weekend? Especially the way Discovery is really piling it on with the new background and canon deep-dive ponderings? Well…. Kayleigha and Jay at tribble-happy Science Division are back with another virtual fun day tomorrow—Vendors Haul, loaded with lots of Star Trek licensed booths …
News of the not-unexpected cancellation of STLV in December, and delay until another August slot, makes this timing perfect: Just when Trek peeps are missing cons again … here comes Virtual Trek Con 2 THIS weekend, FIVE days from today/Thursday through Monday. And all FREE! (PayPal donations are accepted, however.) The first edition only last July was such a hit, …
I am so excited to co-host this— and no, it’s not more virtual panels. How about three hours of the “Trek family,” wandering around a virtual cocktail party while your hosts make introductions and get the latest news, check-ins and chitchat? With a streaming chat room and the chance to toss in your own questions? It’s coming up this Sunday, …
CBS is doing it up big for Star Trek’s 54th birthday today, spurned on by the silver lining of the pandemic: the coming of virtual panels and access. Look for SIX 30-minute panels from 12 noon to 3 pm Pacific time TODAY— legacy and new series alike. AND available around the globe— no geoblocking! Hosted by Wil Wheaton and Mica …
It’s that day again — August 19 — when we celebrate Star Trek birthdays for Jonathan Frakes and Gene Roddenberry, as well as Trek threepeat actor Diana Muldaur too! (Above: The guys in early 1989, backstage for TNG S2’s “Up the Long Ladder.”) Of all of them, we’re getting to congratulate Jonathan on his years of Rikering AND the fresh …
Happy Lower Decks Day! Much pandemic premiere hoopla this week, and well-deserved: it’s new Star Trek! And while I know some are reticent about animation, or the style of humor— I’ll but most of you will come around. LDS is charming! And rambuctious when it needs to be. And most of all, it’s Roddenberry Vision all the way. SEE IT …
Well, just like the pandemic that sparked it…. THIS sure blew up fast. Only, in a good way. In case you hadn’t heard, Virtual Trek Con is running NOW— quick! Go see! All organized by my buddy (and fellow Tellarite) Ryan T. Husk and The 7th Rule podcast. And from modest roots it has exploded into six days of mostly …
And now it’s San Diego Comic-Con‘s turn to go all-virtual— during the Year of the Virus. And I’m very honored to produce and host this panel for Comic-Con @Home, from an idea I’d thought about for some time now: Three Generations of Star Trek Science Advisors. Please click in now and be ready to see the link go LIVE at …
In case you hadn’t noticed, 2020 is truly shaping up to be like no other year we’ve ever seen. Yes, we’re missing actors and writer guests, not seeing them live on stage—but now there’s at least “virtual panels.” So what about all the exhibitors that are losing out from COVID-cancelled cons this summer? Well, here comes CONnected Community Con …
UPDATED 2:12 PM PT with more groups and media involved. Feels like I’ve crossed over two or three alternate universes since the last time we visited here. Even as, yes, I’ve been on mic and camera more than ever— and now YouTube and Twitch, too (subscribe and follow!). But know this, today: #BlackLivesMatter.* As a Star Trek fan, I hope …
UPDATE: Just added an added day, and combo pricing, for MONDAY, May 4— after Nichelle’s celebration. Are you one of the 2,000-some headed to Hollywood May 1-3 for a once-in-a-lifetime event, the Nichelle Nichols Farewell Celebration? Well, here’s some bonus fun! Because so many Trekfans may be in Los Angeles for the first time that weekend, I decided to offer …
Yes, Gallifrey One (its 31st edition!) is perhaps the world’s best Who Con, but Shaun Lyon always invites me and Trek alike to be a part— and this year, several of the Trek onscreen family really are on hand to round things out. In fact, I have but one panel at noon Saturday— Trekking the Next Frontier — but it’s …
Remember where you were today: Sept. 23, 2020. It’s history in Trekland. (Duh.) Even if you are unable to see the Star Trek: Picard premiere today, or tomorrow in Prime Video land, just be mindful that’s it’s not just the first chapter of a new Trek series, and yet another flavor of Gene Roddenberry’s universe. It’s a rare thing. …
We’re back with another shot at your real-life away mission — on a budget! There’s nothing like living your Trek memories of those iconic Hollywood locations first-hand. I always love seeing the joy of Trek fans when they come to L.A. and experience the unmistakable sight of their favorite Starfleet adventures, live and in person, for the very first time. …
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