Archive for February, 2009

Star Trek XI Marketing Strategies

21st February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Two new trailers will air before Star Trek XI debuts on May 8.
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the first trailer will be seen with Watchmen on March 6. This trailer will “highlight the emotional aspects of Kirk’s story.” The final trailer prior to the release of Star Trek XI will “reach out to [...]

Retro Review: Galaxy’s Child

20th February 2009 by Michelle Comments Off

While the crew fights to save an alien baby whose mother was accidentally killed, LaForge tries to bond with Leah Brahms, who is nothing like his holographic dream woman.
To read this review click here.

MTV To Show Star Trek XI Scenes

20th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

The MTV movie special show Spoilers will show new footage from Star Trek XI this weekend.
As reported by MTV, the second episode of Spoilers, a quarterly movie special, will feature clips from Star Trek XI as well as from other forthcoming films including exclusive scenes.
This second episode will feature Watchmen, but scenes from Star [...]

New Star Trek Toys Previewed At Toy Fair

20th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

The 2009 New York Toy Fair is history, but photos of some of the forthcoming Star Trek toys have been posted for eager fans.
As reported by Sci Fi Wire, and Action-Figure.com, there are plenty of goodies for the young and the young-at-heart Star Trek fans, including action figures, replica instruments and weapons, games, playsets and [...]

Orci And Kurtzman: Star Trek Vs. Star Wars

19th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

The co-writers of Star Trek XI have figured out Star Trek’s missing ingredient.
As reported by TrekMovie.com, Star Trek XI Co-writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman feel that although a Christmas release for Star Trek XI would have been fine, the movie is strong enough to be a summer hit. “Obviously we were comfortable for Christmas, [...]

Burton Critical of Berman And Baird

18th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

With Jonathan Frakes at the helm, Star Trek: Nemesis could have been changed and saved says the former Geordi LaForge.

More Forthcoming Star Trek DVD Sets

18th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

By the end of the year, fans should be able to buy all three seasons of the original series and the eleven Star Trek feature films on Blu-Ray.
As reported by The Digital Bits, two more Star Trek DVD sets will be released on May 12th. The sets are from the original series and from [...]

Make It Sew!

18th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Corset fans take note; a Star Trek: The Next Generation corset is being offered for sale to women who want to strut their stuff at the next Star Trek convention.
As reported by Cinematical, one enterprising woman has made a corset for fans of The Next Generation. The corset is designed after the Star Trek: The [...]

Wait Tables, Don’t Write Tie-In Novels!

18th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

1980’s Star Trek novelist Vonda N. McIntyre found out that some people would have rather seen her as a waitress rather than a tie-in author.
As reported by Book View Cafe Blog, some of McIntyre’s colleagues were appalled when they found out that she was writing tie-in novels for Star Trek. “Some of my colleagues took [...]

First ‘Star Trek’ Blu-Ray Sets Announced

17th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

The rumors of several days ago have proven to be true and the first Star Trek Blu-Ray offerings will appear on store shelves this spring.
As reported by TrekMovie.com, CBS and Paramount have made the official announcement that the original series and the original series-era of movies will be released beginning on April 28th. The first [...]

Burton: Confused And Disappointed in Roddenberry

15th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

To LeVar Burton, Star Trek’s Gene Roddenberry was a bit of a contradiction as a person, but Burton has no beef with Wil Wheaton.
As reported by TrekMovie.com, Roddenberry’s attitudes at times were a puzzlement to the former Geordi LaForge. “I will go a bit into detail but not too much because, obviously, a lot [...]

Welcome to the brand new TrekToday

15th February 2009 by AntonyF Comments Off

We’re pleased to announce that TrekToday is now running on a brand new content management system (CMS) which will bring lots of new features to the site.
There’s still quite a bit of work to do, and some functionality isn’t up and running yet, so we’re classing the current phase as the beta period of our [...]

Retro Review: First Contact

14th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

To read this review click here.

Star Trek News Bullets

13th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

‘Star Trek XI’ Sneak Peek at WonderCon, Starfleet cadet, ‘Star Trek’ QUOGS.

Foster To Pen ‘Star Trek XI’ Adaptation

13th February 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Author of ‘Star Trek: The Animated Series’ ‘log books’ to adapt latest ‘Star Trek’ movie.