Archive for August, 2009

New Star Trek:Hidden Frontier:Odyssey Episode

31st August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Star Trek: Odyssey: The Immortal Loom, the second episode of the second season of Star Trek: Odyssey, is available for download today.
In The Immortal Loom, with T’Lorra back on duty and Vaughn still in the Brig, Maya Stadi is under pressure from seemingly everywhere. Will her training be enough to prepare her for what comes [...]

Star Trek XI Scream 2009 Award Nominations

31st August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Spike TV announced the nominees for Scream 2009 and Star Trek XI led the pack with seventeen nominations.
The Fourth Annual Scream awards, honoring the best in science-fiction, fantasy, horror and comics, will be taped in Los Angeles on October 17 and will air on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 27 at 10 P.M.

Retro Review: Hero Worship

29th August 2009 by Michelle Comments Off

A young boy who is the sole survivor of a disaster that killed his parents chooses to emulate Data rather than face the facts of the accident.

No Pot of Gold At The End Of Burton’s Reading Rainbow

28th August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

The Emmy-winning Reading Rainbow is coming to an end, due to a shift in the philosophy of educational television.
Friday marks the end of the twenty-six-year run of Reading Rainbow, hosted by Star Trek: The Next Generation’s LeVar Burton.
John Grant, who is in charge of content at WNED Buffalo, Reading Rainbow’s home station, explained the reasoning [...]

Star Trek XI Blu-ray Gift Set

28th August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Amazon is taking pre-orders on a Star Trek XI Blu-ray gift set which includes a limited-edition replica. Fans waiting for the Blu-ray edition of J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek XI can look forward to a replica of the USS Enterprise in a gift set due to be released on November 17.

2010 Star Trek Novel Details

27th August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Black-and-white covers and synopses for four Star Trek novels due out next year have appeared in a new Pocket Books catalog.
The four books are: Unspoken Truth, Inception, Seven Deadly Sins and To Thine Own Self.
In Unspoken Truth, “Lieutenant Saavik, the compelling female Starfleet officer who is half-Vulcan, half-Romulan, struggles to discover where her loyalties lie.”

Wheaton Talks Leverage

27th August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Now that the Leverage episode in which Wil Wheaton appeared has aired, an incident mentioned in Wheaton’s blog (July 17th entry) is finally explained.
Sometimes, when making a television show or filming a movie, the unexpected happens. “We were shooting a bunch of footage for the security cams where you see Chaos [Wheaton] outside,” Wheaton explained. [...]

Mulgrew To Voice Dragon Age: Origins

27th August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Kate Mulgrew (Janeway) will be joining Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show) and another familiar Star Trek: Voyager actor to voice Dragon Age: Origins, a new RPG from Bioware.
Mulgrew will voice Flemeth, “a powerful witch who maintains her immortality through the darkest of means, and who plays a pivotal role in the player’s survival.

Star Trek: The Exhibit In San Jose

26th August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Those Star Trek fans living in the Bay area will be pleased to hear that Star Trek: The Exhibition will arrive there this fall.
On October 23, Star Trek: The Exhibition will open at the Tech Museum in San Jose, California, and run through at least Christmas. The run “could go beyond that if things go [...]

Another Trek Editor Gets The Ax

26th August 2009 by T'Bonz Comments Off

Just months after the last round of Simon & Schuster layoffs, in which Senior Editor Marco Palmieri lost his job, word is that another Star Trek editor has been downsized.
Times are tough in these troubled economic times and people are keeping their wallets closed other than for necessities. Simon & Schuster sales for the first [...]