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UPCOMING
EVENTS
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Saturday, November 1: CONjuration
Room Party
• Saturday,
November 15: Fall Sci-Fi Charity Putt Putt Challenge
SAVE THESE DATES NOW: DETAILS
TO BE ANNOUNCED
• Sat.-Sun.,
Dec. 6-7, 2014: Farragut Fest 2014 (Kingsland GA)
• Saturday, Dec. 20: USS
Republic Holiday Party & CO Election
NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
• TrekTrax Atlanta is now...
Treklanta!
• Treklanta announces hotel
for 2015
• Commanding Officer election
coming in December
• Holiday gift idea: TrekTrax
Atlanta, TrekTrak, Scotty t-shirts!
• Personnel Records
• Classified Ads
• Library Computer
• Not-So-Recent
Chapter Event Photos
• Recent Chapter Event
Photos
SIDEBAR
• Belated October Birthdays
• Welcome Aboard!
• September
Member Reenlistments
• Fall Membership Renewals
• About the Republic
• For More Information
• USS Republic Online
• Crew Roster
• News from
TheIndyChannel.com
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George
Takei in skin cancer scare |
• News from
TrekToday.com
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News from TrekMovie.com
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Michael
Dorn talks about his "Captain Worf" Star Trek
series |
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Sirtis
calls Star Trek: Nemesis director "idiot" |
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Michael
Dorn talks "Captain Worf" Star Trek series casting
details, go-ahead timeframe and more |
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Watch
first season of Cracked's Star Trek satire Starship
Icarus |
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Watch
the trailer for Star
Trek: Horizon – a new fan film set in Enterprise-era
Romulan War |
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CBS
launches subscription streaming service including every
episode of Star Trek |
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
CONjuration
Room Party
8:00 p.m., Saturday, November 1,
2014
Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center
246 Perimeter Center Parkway NE
Atlanta GA 30346
(770-394-6500) |
 Last
issue, we asked you to "Save the Date" of Friday, October
31, and plan to attend our annual "Halloween Spooktacular."
Since then, it has come to our attention that many of
our members will be attending the brand new CONjuration
convention on the same weekend. So, rather than compete
with former USS Republic member ENS3 Chris Seckinger's
inaugural event, we've decided to support it instead! If
you're planning to attend CONjuration—or even if you're not—drop
by the hotel anyway and find the USS Republic's Room
Party somewhere in the building. (We've reserved
a room but won't know the room number until we check in on
Saturday.) As soon as we know our room number, we'll
post it on both of our Facebook pages and, to the extent that
we're allowed, we'll post signs around the hotel. Any
member or friend of the Republic who would like to
assist with setting up and hosting the party is asked to contact
the Captain as soon as possible.
What is CONjuration?
If you're a fan of Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings,
Hobbit, Once Upon a Time, Supernatural
and classics like The Wizard of Oz, CONjuration is
the con for you! It's a celebration of magical fantasy! Pay
tribute to the fans, characters, stories and related theories
and usage of magic in literature, fan fiction, movies and
TV series. Geek out with some of your closest fandom
friends and meet film, lit, art and theater actors, creators,
authors and fellow nerds who all love magic.
CONjuration memberships are only $40 for all three days (Friday,
October 31 through Sunday, November 2) and rooms at the Atlanta
Marriott Perimeter Center are only $89 per night. For
more information about memberships, the hotel, guests and
programming events and activities, visit the CONjuration
web site. We hope to see you there! |
Fall
Sci-Fi Charity Putt-Putt Challenge
Sponsored by KAG Atlanta and Sci-Fi Summer
Con
A charity event benefitting Bread of Life Food Ministry
12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15,
2014
Malibu Grand Prix Theme Park
5400 Brook Hollow Parkway, Norcross GA 30071
(770) 416-7630 |
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Members
and friends of the USS Republic, KAG Atlanta,
Stargate Atlanta, the IKAV Nemesis, that lizard
thing on the far left and who knows who else at the
2010 Fall Sci-Fi Charity Putt-Putt Challenge in Norcross.
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All
members and friends of the USS Republic are invited
to come out and play at the Malibu
Grand Prix Theme Park in Norcross for this fun-filled
fundraiser benefitting the Bread
of Life Food Ministry,
a community food bank in Lawrenceville.
We've had a lot of fun at this event in previous years and
we look forward to doing it again!
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Malibu
Grand Prix is on Brook Hollow Parkway in Norcross, just
west of I-85 at Indian Trail-Lilburn Road |
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Bring
at least two canned food donations per person
for a free 18-hole round of putt-putt per person (a
$6.99 value)! |
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All
other attractions at group rate prices! |
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Prizes
to the winner and person donating the most canned goods! |
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Republic
shirts, Star Trek costumes or any other kind
of fannish costumes are encouraged (but not required)! |
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All
local fan clubs and fan groups are challenged and welcomed
to attend and participate! |
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This
is a "family-friendly" event! |
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There
may be some fun semi-fabulous prizes for the winner! |
For more information about the Putt-Putt challenge, please
contact Sci-Fi
Summer Con
chairman and KAG Atlanta Quadrant Commander Chris
Jones. On behalf of the command and crew of
the USS Republic NCC-1371, we hope to see you there!
Q'pla! |
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NEWS
& ANNOUNCEMENTS
TrekTrax Atlanta is now... Treklanta!
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That's
right... we've changed the name of our annual convention from
TrekTrax Atlanta to simply... Treklanta! Actually,
it's more of a shortening of the name, by dropping the second
and third syllables and keeping the first, fourth and fifth.
The new one-word name is not only unique, but it's easier
to pronounce, easier to spell and will hopefully be easier
to remember. Perhaps more importantly, we believe it
more clearly and more succinctly conveys the essence of what
our convention is all about: an Atlanta-based science fiction
convention devoted to space opera in general and Star Trek
in particular.
But let's face it... the old name had more than its fair share
of problems. Pretty much no one other than the Chairman
ever called it (or spelled it) correctly. Just about
everybody familiar with the convention referred to it as simply
"TrekTrax" (without "Atlanta") and the numerous variations
of its spelling in correspondence and online media became
a long-running joke. We've seen it spelled Trektrax,
Trek Trax, TrekTrek, TrekTrex, TrexTrex and more. Granted,
some of these are our own fault... we made the decision early
on to use trektrax.org as our web site domain name, even though
we purchased trektraxatlanta.org at the same time; and our
original logo, used during our first three years, displayed
the word "Atlanta" under the much larger "TrekTrax" almost
like a subtitle.
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The
way our name was set in type in our first logo really
didn't work so well.
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After
three years, putting it all on one line really didn't
help much.
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If most
people never caught on to the fact that the correct name of
the convention was "TrekTrax Atlanta," then we have to take
responsibility for some of the confusion. But enough
is enough... it's well past time we did something to clearly
and firmly establish what the exact name of our convention
is, and we think Treklanta is perfect.
Over the next few weeks, our web site, email addresses, Facebook
page, and Twitter, PayPal and bank accounts will all be transitioned
to the new name, and we hope to be fully converted by December
1. To the extent that we're able, we'll execute name
changes of existing accounts rather than create new ones to
replace old ones. In the meantime, let's get used
to using the new name. Repeat after me: Treklanta! Treklanta!
Treklanta! |
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Treklanta
announces hotel for 2015
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Treklanta
(formerly TrekTrax Atlanta) is pleased to announce
that our 2015 convention will be held, for the very first
time, at the spectacular Atlanta Marriott Century Center
in northeast Atlanta!
The USS Republic, host of Treklanta, has a very special
historic connection to the Century Center: 26 years ago, on
May 14, 1988, the Republic was originally commissioned
at the Dixie-Trek convention, held at the Century Center hotel,
which was then a Sheraton. It seems only fitting
that now, a quarter century later, the Republic should
hold its annual convention at the same hotel.
 Located
at 2000 Century Boulevard NE near Interstate 85 and Clairmont
Road, the Century Center has been a wonderful host hotel for
many sci-fi and fantasy conventions over the last two decades
and it is reemerging as the first choice for many contemporary
conventions that you know and love. In addition
to Treklanta, no less than three other similar conventions
have also booked the Century Center for 2015: AnachroCon
(February 27-March 1), Outlantacon
(May 8-10) and TimeGate
(May 22-24). Low guest room rates, excellent meeting
rooms, a convenient and desirable location, and a professional
staff with tons of experience accommodating conventions like
ours have made the Century Center the first and best choice
for convention organizers and attendees alike.
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are also very pleased to announce that we have negotiated
the very affordable guest room rate of only $89 per night
for Treklanta 2015. However, there are only a limited
number of rooms available at this ultra-low rate and the rate
is guaranteed to be available only until April 9, 2015 (assuming
the hotel doesn't sell out before then). Online
reservations can be made NOW, so why wait? If you
already know you'll be attending Treklanta, click the "Book
Your Room" link to reserve your hotel room right now! |
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Republic Commanding Officer election coming in December |
 Fleet
Captain Eric L. Watts' fourth two-year term as Commanding
Officer of the USS Republic will soon be coming to
a close, and all members in good standing will be asked to
cast their vote for the candidate they want to lead and administrate
this chapter for the next two years.
 Candidates
for the position must be a member in good standing of STARFLEET
International, must have taken and passed Officers Training
School (OTS) and Officers Command College (OCC), and must
be at least 18 years of age. Members interested
in taking OTS and/or OCC should visit the STARFLEET Academy
web site. In
accordance with the Republic's Rank
Assignment & Promotions Policy, members who take and
pass both courses receive an automatic promotion to Lieutenant,
Junior Grade (Lt. JG).
As of October 25, there are five members of the Republic
in good standing who hold the necessary credentials to hold
the office of Commanding Officer. In alphabetical
order, they are:
| • Captain
Matt Ebeling, former CO, currently inactive |
| • Admiral
Mike Henigan, currently serving as Executive
Officer |
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Kelly Hilliard, currently serving as Zone 2 Coordinator |
| • Lt.
JG Robert Louis Simon, member-at-large |
| • Fleet
Captain Eric L. Watts, the incumbent Commanding
Officer |
In addition to these individuals, three additional members
have completed the OTS requirement and could be eligible to
run for the office of CO should they complete the OCC requirement
by the end of the year. Those members are ENS2
Tracey S. Harwell, ENS2 Tracy O'Quinn and ENS1
Julianne Trew.
The election for the USS Republic's Commanding Officer
for the 2015-2016 term will be held in December. If
more than one eligible member announces his or her candidacy
before November 30, paper ballots will be mailed to each member
in good standing in early December so that all members of
record can cast their ballot. If no member announces
their candidacy before November 30, a voice vote will be held
at the chapter's Holiday Party on Saturday, December 20. Only
those members whose STARFLEET and chapter dues are current
will be eligible to vote. The new Commanding Officer,
if any, will assume office on January 1, 2015. |
| Holiday
gift idea: TrekTrax Atlanta, TrekTrak and Scotty t-shirts! |
Need
a stocking stuffer for that sci-fi fan friend of yours or
a white elephant gift for that holiday party you've been
invited to? We have the answer! A
limited selection of commemorative souvenir t-shirts from
this year's and last year's TrekTrax
Atlanta, our
Scotty t-shirt and even a few still-new shirts from the
2006 TrekTrak at Dragon*Con are still available! This
year's con shirt features a full-color design with this
year's celebrity guests Arlene Martel, Felix Silla
and Jeremy Roberts on a high-quality Gildan 50/50
polycot blend shirt. Last year's con shirt features
an attractive three-color design with guest of honor Manu
Intiraymi. The TrekTrak t-shirt features
George Takei, Denise Crosby and Tony Todd. Available
only in the sizes and colors shown in the drop-down menus. All
shirts are only $20 postpaid to domestic US addresses. Please
select your shirt from the PayPal buttons below.
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Personnel
Records
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STARFLEET
Academy is a special collection of correspondence courses
available to every STARFLEET member. Over 60 Academy
Colleges offer courses spanning all aspects of Star Trek
and science fiction; some courses even cover non-sci-fi real
world topics. Each college offers dozens of different
courses at varying levels of challenge from super-easy to
really hard. In total, there are nearly 1,000 different
courses available. Take
a course today!
Something
special going on in your life? Submit
your Personnel Record for publication in the next
issue of The Republiqué! |
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Why
does Dr. McCoy wear a pinky ring?
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DeForest
Kelley dearly loved his mother, Clora Kelley. Clora
owned a ring that her brother had won in a card game while
he was in France. When Clora died of cancer in
1957, her son was consumed with grief. But he was
private about the depth of his feelings. He asked
for only one item from her possessions: the ring. He
wore it from then on in remembrance of her.
When Kelley was recruited for Star
Trek,
Gene Roddenberry was firm: the actors would not wear jewelry.
But Kelley was firmer: if he wasn't allowed to wear
his ring, he wouldn't be on the show. Roddenberry
conceded. You can see Kelley's ring throughout the
series, though the stone is often turned into the palm to
make it less noticeable.
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In
the movie Star
Trek V: The Final Frontier,
Sybok forces McCoy to relive his euthanasia of his own father.
DeForest Kelley's ring gleams in the faint light during
the scene of mourning and loss. It is a fitting accent
to a story of the loss of parents. Kelley would continue
to wear it until his own death in 1999.
When Star
Trek
was rebooted in 2009, Karl Urban took up the role of Dr.
McCoy. According to an Internet rumor, he did so to
honor his predecessor, DeForest Kelley.
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Not-So-Recent
Chapter Event Photos
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Away Mission to Farragut Fest 2013 || December
7, 2013
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Standing
aboard the bridge of Starship
Farragut's
USS Farragut
and Star
Trek Continues'
USS Enterprise,
USS Republic
CO Capt Eric L. Watts auctions off two full weekend memberships
to the 2014 TrekTrax Atlanta in support Farragut Films'
productions.
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Frank
Parker, Jr. (seated in green tunic) stars as Commodore
Samuel T. Grissom in Farragut Films' newest independent
Star
Trek
fan film production, Dreadnought
Dominion.
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Michael
Bednar (foreground) directs the first episode.
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Kim
Singletary as Dreadnought
Dominion's
Lt. Sandra Pyper.
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ENS1
Nelson Barnhouse, USS Republic CO Captain Eric L. Watts
and ENS Wil Sims aboard the USS Farragut/USS Enterprise.
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Recent
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Ninth Annual STARFLEET Bowling Challenge || Sept.
20, 2014
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Seated:
Tina Louise Jones, Christopher M. Jones, Ens Alan High,
ENS1 I. Claire Willis. Standing: ENS1 Sue Lin
Lange, ENS1 "Wolfy," Ens Kevin M. Fry, CO FCapt
Eric L. Watts, ENS1 Todd Dissinger, Bunny Ai.
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Christopher
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Ens
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Bunny
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CO
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Captain
Eric takes the overall high score of 132 and leads his team
to victory in the first game.
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Ensign
Todd takes the overall high score of 135 in the second game
but his team still falls short of victory. The
Captain's team wins the tournament!
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BELATED
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS
Thursday, October 2
ENS1 Nelson M. Barnhouse
Tuesday, October 14
ENS1 "Wolfy"
Tuesday, October 21
ENS2 Germaine M. Webb
Friday, October 24
ENS1 Mark A. Ozanick
Thursday, October 30
ENS1 Eddie Hines
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WELCOME
ABOARD!
2 New Members in September!
Ens Kevin M. Fry
Ens Alan High
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MEMBER
REENLISTMENTS
These members renewed their SFI and chapter
dues in September. Thank you!
ENS1 Russell J. Broomfield
ENS3 Karen Neal
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FALL
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
These members' dues expire in November
and December. Please renew now!
NOVEMBER
ENS2 Tracey S. Harwell
DECEMBER
Cdt Crmn Karl Dissinger
ENS1 Todd Dissinger
ENS1 Hal Doby
Capt Matthew D. Ebeling
ENS1 Renardo Hunter
ENS2 Tracy O'Quinn
ENS2 Germaine M. Webb
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ABOUT
THE REPUBLIC
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The
USS Republic NCC-1371 was originally commissioned
as a chapter of STARFLEET International on May 14, 1988,
at the Dixie-Trek convention in Atlanta, Georgia. As
of October 25, 2014, the Republic crew includes 30
members who are active members of STARFLEET in good
standing.
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The
Republic plans and coordinates an active schedule
of events for its members, but does not hold meetings
on a consistently fixed date each month.
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Because
the USS Republic is a duly commissioned chapter
of STARFLEET International and is bound and governed by
its Constitution and By-Laws, membership in STARFLEET
is a prerequisite for membership in the Republic. STARFLEET
dues for one person are $20 for a "Standard Membership"
or $10 for an "E-Membership" and chapter dues are $10
per person for either membership option. A
combined payment for all dues is collected by the Republic
(family discounts are available with certain conditions
and restrictions). Additional information about
the two STARFLEET membership options, amounts due for
additional family members, payment options and payment
instructions is on the "How to Join" page of our award-winning
web site.
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NEWS
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| George
Takei in skin cancer scare |
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By
LR/WNTSU/ZN
September 16, 2014
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| Star
Trek legend George Takei has reportedly undergone a
procedure to remove a cancerous growth from his face. |
| The
veteran actor sparked fears for his health when he arrived
at a charity gala in California on Saturday night (9/13/14)
with a bandage on his face. |
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| According
to Britain's The Sun newspaper, Takei told fans at
The Point Foundation's annual Voices On Point event that
he had a growth removed as his doctor warned him it showed
early signs of skin cancer. |
| Takei
reportedly said, "I went to my doctor for my physical last
week and he detected an early sign of skin cancer here.
He cut it out and that's why I'm wearing this (bandage)." |
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77-year-old actor went on to joke, "Let me assure you, my
husband did not knock me out." |
| Takei
and his partner Brad celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary
on Sunday (9/14/14). |
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NEWS
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Cho on racism |
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By
T'Bonz
October 9, 2014
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John Cho, being an Asian-American actor has brought its
own challenges for the actor. |
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being cast on Selfie as television's first Asian
lead is a step in the right direction. |
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has run into problems at times and works hard to avoid stereotyping.
"I experienced racism, and in my professional life,
I try to take roles (and have always tried to take roles)
that don't fall within the parameters of any Asian stereotype,"
he said. "And so to me, hopefully, that's a positive
thing I can put into popular culture and so maybe in some
bizarrely tiny way, that helps people not think of Asians
in one particular way." |
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to do an accent for Big Fat Liar once, Cho said no.
"I don't want to do this role in a kid's comedy, with
an accent, because I don't want young people laughing at
an accent inadvertently," he said. But director Shawn
Levy worked with him to help to develop the character. "I
bumped into [Levy] recently, and for him he says it was
his first feature, and it was really awesome from HIS perspective
that it was a good reminder that actors need to feel invested
and the importance of collaboration, but for ME it was important
that someone understood where I was coming from politically
as far as representation of Asian-Americans." |
| Selfie
airs Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on ABC. |
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NEWS
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Steam Trek: The Moving Picture (Remastered) |
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By
Anthony Pascale
October 4, 2014
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| Imagine
that Star Trek was not coming up on its 50th anniversary,
but its 100th—as if it were born in the silent film
era. That is the premise of Steam Trek,
a short film parody shot in the '90s that went viral a few
years ago and has now been remastered in HD. |
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short film was created by the Ad Hoc Film Society in the
UK back in 1994 and the version put online was based on
a VHS transfer and not the best quality. The creator
of Steam Trek, Dennis Sisterson, reached out to TrekMovie
today to alert us that for the 20th anniversary, he has
had the film remastered in HD from the original Super-8
film. Click the image below to watch it. |
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| Learn
more about the creating of Steam Trek at their official
blog. |
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Sirtis
calls Star Trek: Nemesis director "idiot" |
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By
Ronan O'Flaherty
October 5, 2014
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most of the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast in
London at Destination Star Trek this weekend, conversation
inevitably turned to their last feature film, 2002's Star
Trek: Nemesis. |
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has been said about the film, which turned out to be both
a critical and financial disappointment, and it turns out
that Destination Star Trek in London was a chance
for even more to be said. During a Next Generation
cast reunion (moderated by William Shatner) on Saturday,
one audience questioner asked the group "how did it feel"
filming Star Trek: Nemesis as "the end of an era." Shatner
asked Michael Dorn to take the lead, who replied: |
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knew it was the end, but it wasn't like 'oh my god', it
was sort of like, it was a tough shoot and there was a lot
of different things happening." |
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satisfied with this answer, Marina Sirtis (appearing a little
frustrated) interjected: |
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come on, say it! The director was an idiot!" |
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comment was met by applause and Shatner, quick to jump on
the band wagon, asked "Who was the director?" and Sirtis
swiftly replied with the quip, "Stuart Baird... son of a
bitch!" After the Sirtis eruption, Dorn returned
to his answer and noted that it wasn't a big deal for him
because he had been through a "finish" twice before
(with Next Generation's "All Good Things" and Deep
Space Nine's "What You Leave Behind"). |
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Michael Dorn talks about his "Captain Worf" Star
Trek series |
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By
Ronan O'Flaherty
October 9, 2014
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actor has more Star Trek screen time than Michael
Dorn, appearing in seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next
Generation, four season of Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine, four TNG feature films and even one of the TOS
feature films. But it is his hope that there will
be even more Worf in our future. Back in May 2012,
TrekMovie first broke the news that Michael Dorn was writing
a pilot for what he hoped to become a new Star Trek
TV series centering on Captain Worf, played by himself. That
spawned a lot of news coverage in the media, but there were
no reports of the show getting any traction with CBS. As
of last October, Dorn was saying that he was ready to "send
it out" and gauge interest, noting it was "never dead."
And in August of this year, Dorn said that the idea
had been proposed, but nothing was happening, yet. Over
the weekend at Destination Star Trek, Mr. Dorn talked
to TrekMovie again to give us an update on the project.
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Regarding the proposed Captain Worf TV series, is there
any update on that? Has there been any progress? |
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Dorn: We have a script. We have idea. We
have all the framework. But we are waiting for Paramount
to say yes or no. Not in terms of doing it, but in
terms of having to shoot something. Because if they
say "no, you can't do it," there is no need to keep going. So
we are asking them, can we do this? Can we make money?
Can we sell it as a pilot? And if they say "no,
forget it," then it's over. |
| TrekMovie:
In terms of cast, any ideas who you would like in it? |
| Michael
Dorn: There are a couple of ideas, but they are all
just talk right now. We don't want to do too much
casting right now. We want to bring some of the Next
Generation people back. Definitely Marina [Sirtis],
LeVar [Burton]. We have an idea for Patrick [Stewart]
in the pilot episode. But it kind of depends. Because
the thing is that the show can stand on its own without
trying to bring everybody back and so I only want to do
it if it means something to the story. For the new
characters, we are going to go with people that are kind
of known in the science fiction world. Not for Star
Trek, but kind of known. |
| TrekMovie:
You mean for a crossover kind of thing? |
| Michael
Dorn: No, not in a crossover thing, just actors who
are known. A lot of really good actors. There
are some favorites I want to use. I definitely want
to use Armin Shimerman. Probably not as Quark, but
as someone else, maybe. |
| TrekMovie:
Is that it? |
| Michael
Dorn: That is kind of where it is right now. Basically,
if you have enough money and enough wherewithal, you can
film whatever you want to film. But you can't make
money. If you sell it, or try to make money, Paramount
will be very angry. But if you just do it for yourself,
who cares? |
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Watch first season of Cracked's Star Trek satire
Starship Icarus |
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By Anthony Pascale
October 15, 2014
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folks at Cracked Studios have a brand new comedy web series
which is inspired by Star Trek, taking you to life
below decks on Starship Icarus. The show
launched last week and all four episodes of the first season
are now online. |
| Mash
together The Office, Red Dwarf and Star
Trek and you get Starship Icarus, the new web
series from Cracked Studios. Each episode starts
off with the Trek-ish logline: |
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the distant future, the starship Icarus is dispatched
to seek out strange new life... and adventuure! This
is the story of the low-level support crew who maintain
it. |
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show deals with "the ragtag IT department of a Federation-class
starship" as they "struggle with their daily duties and
the unfathomable unknowability of deep space." Show
creator (and star) Michael Swaim tells TrekMovie that Icarus
is "more satire than parody" of Star Trek and other
sci-fi. However, he also notes "the entire feel borrows
most heavily from TNG than any other source, and there IS
a race of evil hive-minded cyborgs who make an appearance." |
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first episode went online last week and the fourth (and
final episode for the first season) just went online. Click
an image below to see that particular episode. |
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Watch
the trailer for Star Trek: Horizon – a new fan film
set in Enterprise-era Romulan War |
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By
Anthony Pascale
October 16, 2014
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Most
Star Trek fan films have focused on the original
series era in the 23rd century, with a few dabbling in
the 24th century Next Generation era, but the upcoming
Star Trek: Horizon film goes back to Star Trek:
Enterprise's 22nd century. Featuring a
new crew of characters and set on board the NX-04 Discovery,
the film explores the Romulan War (something Enterprise
never got the chance to do). Here is the official
synopsis:
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Coalition of Planets, a young alliance of worlds led by
Earth, is at war with the Romulan Empire. Desperate
for a chance to gain the upper hand in the war, the Coalition
forms an alliance with T'mar, a Romulan deserter, in the
hopes that she can provide valuable intelligence on her
former masters. |
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the image below to see the brand new trailer for Star
Trek: Horizon. |
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is the brainchild of Tommy Kraft, who wrote, directed and
is producing the film (but in a change from other fan films,
didn't cast himself as the star). It was shot primarily
with green screen and virtual sets in a studio in Detroit
with a cast of local actors. Filming began last year,
but in April of this year, the Horizon team turned
to Kickstarter to help fund the final production and post-production
(they successfully raised $22,000 from a goal of $10,000).
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trailer promises the movie (which will be around two hours
in length) will be out by winter. |
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CBS launches subscription streaming service including every
episode of Star Trek |
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By
Anthony Pascale
October 16, 2014
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CBS announced the launch of "CBS All Access," a digital
subscription service which delivers current primetime shows
plus daytime and late-night CBS programming, live TV (in
14 of the largest TV markets) and thousands of episodes
of "CBS Classics." |
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in the "classics" library is every live-action episode of
Star Trek from all five TV series: Star Trek:
The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager
and Star Trek: Enterprise. The TOS, TNG and
Enterprise content is available in HD. |
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service costs $5.99 a month, which is a little cheaper than
Hulu Plus ($7.99), Amazon Prime ($8.25) and Netflix ($7.99),
all of which also feature the Star Trek TV library.
In addition, all "classic" CBS content (including
Star Trek) is available ad-free. You can
access CBS All Access on the web or via the CBS app available
for Apple, Android, Amazon, Windows and Blackberry devices.
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