Blog Profile / TrekToday
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| Archived Since: | March 23, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Roy On Playing Keenser
Deep Roy figured out that he would return as Keenser in Star Trek into Darkness while he was still working on Star Trek. During the filming of Star Trek, a newly-created scene that required Roy to return for another day’s shooting gave him hope that a return was in the cards. “I kind of knew [...]
New Star Trek Diamond Select Toys Merchandise
Two new items from Diamond Select Toys will be of interest to original series and Star Trek: The Next Generation fans. The items are a Spock Bust Bank, and a TNG Enterprise Silicone Tray. The Spock Bust Bank is 8? high and will be the first in a new series of Star Trek vinyl bust [...]
Star Trek: Enterprise S2 Blu-Ray Release Date
More details have emerged on this summer’s release of Star Trek: Enterprise: Season 2. The details include the release date, which will be August 20th. “Join Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) as he leads his crew through more thrilling adventures in sparkling high-definition when Star Trek: Enterprise — The Complete Second Season arrives on Blu-ray [...]
Trek Nation Special Edition DVD
For those who missed the airing of Trek Nation, the news of the release of the DVD of the documentary should be of interest. Trek Nation will be released next month by FilmBuff and MPI Media Group. Trek Nation is a documentary which chronicles Rod Roddenberry‘s “trek across America to discover his father through the [...]
Two New Bye Bye Robot Trek Posters
Two new Star Trek posters feature scenes from the original series and from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The posters are titled Landing Party, and Terok Nor. Landing Party, created by artist Drew Johnson, “depicts the main crew beaming while on an away mission.” Terok Nor, created by artist Jeff Foster, “depicts Deep Space Nine [...]
Star Trek Into Darkness Box Office
The latest domestic box office figures are in, and Star Trek into Darkness is in eight place overall. The movie earned $5,660,000 this weekend, for a grand total of $210,490,700. The figures for last weekend are as follows (Weekend and overall figures): Man of Steel $113 million This is the End $20.5 million Now You [...]
Retro Review: Shattered Mirror
When Jennifer Sisko lures Jake into her alternate universe, Benjamin follows his son into the war between the Alliance and the rebels. Plot Summary: Lonely for Nog and feeling out of place among the adults on the station, Jake is thrilled when his father introduces him to Jennifer from the parallel universe where Sisko rescued [...]
September Star Trek IDW Publishing Releases
In September, two Star Trek publications will be of interest to trek fans. The releases will include Star Trek #25, and Star Trek: The Newspaper Strips, Vol. 2: 1981-1983. In Star Trek #25, “war breaks out across the stars as the Klingon and Romulan Empires fight for supremacy, with the Enterprise caught in the middle! [...]
Restored Shuttle Galileo To Land In Texas
Once the Star Trek Shuttlecraft Galileo is fully restored this summer, it will have a permanent home in Houston, Texas. The Galileo will be landing at Space Center Houston as a permanent exhibition. Star Trek fan and collector Adam Schneider purchased the Galileo and has set about restoring the prop, and then set about looking [...]
USS Enterprise To Sail Again
More information has emerged on the future USS Enterprise, set to sail in 2025. CVN-80, the third ship of the new Gerald R. Ford-class carriers, will carry the historic name. The latest USS Enterprise will be the ninth ship bearing that name. “The USS Enterprise was the first of its kind, and for fifty-one years [...]
Reading Rainbow Celebrates Thirty Years
Back on June 6, 1983, Tight Times, the first episode of LeVar Burton‘s Reading Rainbow aired. The series went on for twenty-one seasons, wrapping up in 2006, but has found new life online via the Reading Rainbow App. Burton spoke about the series in an interview and explained the show struggled initially to get support. [...]
Two Shatner Bobbleheads And Lunchboxes
A set of bobblehead and lunchboxes will debut at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con featuring William Shatner. Two of Shatner’s most famous roles are depicted in the set: Captain James T. Kirk, and airline passenger Bob Wilson from The Twilight Zone’s Nightmare at 20,000 feet. The Monitor Mate miniature Shatner bobbleheads are four inches [...]
Takei Ghostwriter: Sorry!
Comedy Writer Rick Polito, who revealed that he writes some of the material used on George Takei‘s Facebook page, has apologized to the actor for spilling the beans. The revelation by Polito had not fazed Takei, who said, “What is this hoo-ha about my FB posts?” Takei went on to explain who contributed to his [...]
Quinto To Aid O’Donnell Fundraiser
Tonight, Star Trek into Darkness‘ Zachary Quinto will take part in a Rosie O’Donnell fundraiser. The fundraiser will take place at the apartment of actor BD Wong. The evening, In Conversation: Zachary Quinto with BD Wong, will include cocktails and canapés. The event will benefit Rosie’s Theater Kids, a charity organization that “provides free music, [...]
Another Trek Costume World Record Attempt
Last autumn, an event in London set the Guinness World’s Record for most people dressed in Star Trek costumes, but this summer’s Las Vegas Official Star Trek Convention seeks to reclaim the title. The Vegas event had previously held the record, with 1040 fans dressed in Trek costumes, but the London event topped that by [...]
Lindelof: The Leftovers
A new HBO drama pilot co-written by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta is based on what happens after the Rapture takes place. Based on Perrotta’s book of the same name, the story will follow those left behind, in a world that will “never be the same.” Actors who have signed on to star in the [...]
Spiner TV Alert
Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s Brent Spiner will appear on this week’s episode of Wendell & Vinnie. Wendell & Vinnie is the story of the owner of a pop culture memorabilia store, who ends up becoming an instant parent to his nephew Vinnie after the death of the boy’s parents. In this week’s episode, Swindle [...]
Quinto To Host Irish Actor Class
Star Trek into Darkness‘ Zachary Quinto will be hosting an actor’s masterclass next month. The class will take place at the 25th Galway Film Fleadh on July 12. The six-day 2013 International Galway Film Fleadh is held July 9-14, and premieres the newest in Irish cinema, with premieres of new Irish films each evening of [...]
Takei Posting His Facebook Page? Not Always
The original series’ George Takei‘s Facebook page is very popular, but Takei is not always providing the material for his page. Rick Polito, a comedy TV writer, spilled the beans and admitted that he is paid to provide jokes for the FB page. “Even at ten dollars a joke it still feels like a validation [...]
Free NYC Quinto Movie Screening
Fans of Zachary Quinto who live in the New York City area will be able to see a free screening of Breakup at a Wedding, a new VOD film produced by the actor. And Quinto himself will be in attendance at the free screening! In Breakup at a Wedding, a couple decides they can’t [...]