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.
