U is for Star Trek uniform. Is yours ready for trekking into
darkness?
In Star Trek's classic series,
uniforms consisted of black pants, boots, and tunics in gold, red,
and blue. In our new age of technology Starfleet uniforms can now
be complete, all the way down to your feet! Gold is for command
personnel, blue for science, red for security and engineering.
Trek
fans have the option of wearing pants or dresses similar to those
seen in any of Star Trek's series, so get kitted out to your socks!
What
Starfleet colors will you be sporting at the movies premiere of Star Trek Into Darkness on May 17th?
All uniform's have the Enterprises arrowhead insignia sewn above the
left breast. Gold braid on the sleeve denotes rank depending on how
many rows or broken rows there are. Just don't forget your
communicator.
When I discovered this poster on Alex J.Cavanaugh blog and my eyes nearly melted onto my computer screen.
The trekkie characters in John Martz "Trexels" creation nearly caused a sensory overload in my positronic matrix. Martz's poster has 235 Star Trek characters crying out to be identified. So why not feed your inner trekkie and take a stab at naming the characters, its fun!
Whats the name of the Robot voiced by Marvin Miller in the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet?
Which science fiction movie franchise is heavily influenced by FP?
A unique piece of Star Trek memorabilia went under the hammer at
auction recently for a cool $231,000. Top Toy designer Reuben Klamer, created trek's iconic Phaser-Rifle with only a two week deadline.
Klamer built the wood-aluminium gun for free which apparently gave Star Trek a fighting chance to survive. The move got him licensing rights for
toys of the weapon too. Its fascinating to think a "toy" used only
once, saved the entire show by relaunching Captain Kirk as the shows heroic action character.
Kirk uses the phaser rifle to kill
his friend Gary Mitchel, causing a rocky landslide to fall on top
of him. The story goes NBC wanted this action packed "wagon train
to the stars" to get high TV ratings. No-one could have predicted how popular Trek was to become especially after the network rejected Star Trek's first pilot.
The shows
creator, Gene Roddenberry seized the moment when NBC gave him the
nod for "Where No Man Has Gone Before." It also helped having William
Shatner to replace Jeffrey Hunter in the second pilot. The studio
sets were redressed for the newer Enterprise crew, keeping the "guy
with the ears" and reinventing "frosty No1" as Dr McCoy's blonde assistant in sickbay.
Auction House Juliens Hollywood Legends stated recently
that Roddenberry wanted "a really big Gun" which took everyone by
storm all over again, 47 years later! The prop was sold to a rich
private American collector who has one of the biggest collections
of original Star Trek costumes in the world. This prop will join
the collection and will not end up being displayed at museums. Star Trek fans really owe a huge debt of thanks to Reuben Klamer,
the shows creative mastermind behind the gun, whose invention along with the Big Bird of the Galaxy and Walter Matt Jeffries saved Star Trek
from the scrap heap. Thank you Reuben for designing a really wicked phaser rifle
with totally amazing wow factor. Reuben's Phaser Rifle has a sweet sound to it.
Questor is an incomplete android played by Robert Foxworth. The actor also played Admiral Leyton in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in "Homefront" and "Paradise Lost."
Curiously, Questor searches for his creator and purpose on planet Earth by learning and trusting his robotic instincts, LOL. "Tinman" surprises everyone by waking up. For a dude "lacking memory tapes" he does a pretty neat job giving himself human features. Edited by gleeful fingers I think Questor the "Superhuman android" could be quite good pitched as a dark comedy. Instead viewers get a freaky, calm version of Mr Data from Star Trek TNG.
Five years after Gene Roddenberry's classic STAR TREK show withered in 1969, trekkies witnessed the spark of something new in the entertainment industry. So what happened? Questor Tapes was one of a series of television movies in which Roddenberry was involved, which (included Genesis II, Planet Earth, and Spectre) but sadly none of the pilots generated enough TV ratings to be green lit as a series.
Sci-Fi Bad Robot director J.J. Abrams tweeted epic news recently with, Almost done!!! The exciting news is Star Treks Post Production finished for the movie sequel today, according to the latest on Trekmovie. The first public showing of Star Trek Into Darkness will be in Sydney Australia with a gala premiere on April 23rd.
It didn't seem that long ago four years ago when Star Trek's classic vulcan, Leonard Nimoy, Stunned Trekkies by beaming Star Trek's 2009 Premiere into the Alamo Draft House in Austin, Texas. REMEMBER?
iTunes has some pretty awesome Star Trek Into Darkness Posters which you can download here.
Heres the new STID International ‘Cinemosaic’ animated poster, isn't it cool?
Star Trek Into Darkness is boldly going
where no movie has gone before.
Last Tuesday, STID online tickets sales soared in the United Kingdom. Paramount Pictures UK and Odeon both tweeted
concerns about the British Film Institute experiencing
online difficulty due to overwhelming demand. Trekmovie reported "demand for Into Darkness" crashing the UK ticketing website. Apparently hardcore trek fans were all trying to book at exactly the same time. Now the initial excitement has passed it time to grab your seat for an early screening in the UK. Tickets are now available in 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D.
Do you like the STID UK banner?
Wheres Scotty, Chekov, Sulu "Bones" and Keenser?
P.S. Keenser was spotted recently hanging out with J.J. Abrams. What do you make of our furry friend in his brand new Starfleet grey?
L is for Lazy Day. Heres a classic Nimoy for you to enjoy. If you love Star Trek then feast your eyes on this fun parody, It made perfect sense today as I crawled out of bed to write the twelfth letter for the A to z challenge. I actually found myself smiling and humming the tune, LOL. 'Today, I don't feel like doing anything.' sung by Bruno Mars.
How are you coping with the A to Z blogfest?
Are you still speeding ahead, phasers blazing or have the engines stalled to sublight speed?
K is for K'Ehleyr's Klingons! Picard's USS Enterprise-D gets a cryptic message telling them to divert and intercept, top priority. Its a top secret interstellar matter for special envoy K'Ehleyr to fill our Enterprise buddies in on, Great, isn't this exciting? It gets better when she arrives in a class eight probe travelling at warp 9! K'Ehleyr, the special envoy from the Klingon Empire is blunt and straight to the point. A Klingon ship, the T’Ong, is about to awaken from a deep cryosleep after 75 years.
When the T'Ong's diehard crew wake up from hibernation, these Klingons will not surrender believing the Empire and the Federation are still at war... Forget about "sleeping on the job" for a whopping 75 years!
K'EHLEYR The point is that this is beside the point. These are Klingons... at war with us. Whatever their mission was -- once they see a Federation target, they'll attack.
PICARD Could the T'Ong be disabled rather than destroyed?
GEORDI We could probably knock out their warp engines without damaging the rest of their ship...
K'EHLEYR (shaking her head) That would gain you nothing. Disable the ship, and K'Temoc will destroy it himself.
WORF Klingons do not surrender.
K'EHLEYR Face it -- if we don't reach the T'Ong before its crew wakes up, you have no alternatives.
The question I've got is this: How is it possible for a Klingon ship from a much earlier era with defective cloaking coils etc to cross the borders of the United Federation of Planets for 75 YEARS and only be discovered now? At least this plot hole gives the Enterprise the perfect excuse to warp to the rescue, hehe. The performance given by Suzie Plakson playing K'Ehleyr in this Star Trek TNG episode of "The Emissary" is a thrill because she doesn't pull any punches. Definitely one to watch if you love Klingons!
Whats the name of the Captain of the T'Ong?
How does K'Ehleyr relieve her Klingon frustrations?
Trek
fans have the option of wearing pants or dresses similar to those
seen in any of Star Trek's series, so get kitted out to your socks!
