“But first, some scenes from Part 1…” “The 55 Year Mission” in Las Vegas is a Star Trek convention by any other name. Creation Entertainment, which has traditionally held the license to host “official” Star Trek conventions was forced to rebrand their world-famous Star Trek convention in Las Vegas this year, after losing the official…
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Remembering actor and artist Richard Herd, 1932-2020…
As if 2020 hasn’t been trying enough, yesterday I learned that actor Richard Herd, whom I’d met and spoken with at many conventions, passed away from cancer on Tuesday, May 26th. Richard Herd had a long and varied career. He was often cast as authority figures, with costarring roles in TV shows such as “T.J. Hooker”…
“Star Trek: Voyager” slipstreams into its silver anniversary…
Before I get too deep into this personal retrospective of “Star Trek: Voyager” (1995-2001), I have to state upfront that “Voyager” (VGR) is perhaps my least favorite series of the Star Trek canon, but that’s not to say that I actively dislike it, or that this is going to be a hatchet job on the…
The Star Trek family loses a beloved brother: Aron Eisenberg, 1969-2019.
Unlike other obituaries I’ve written for this site, I’m truly saddened to say this one is personal. In the last two years, I’d come to know Aron Eisenberg… he was an actor, photographer, husband and father. Aron first joined the Star Trek family in 1993 when he played the wily Ferengi “Nog” on “Star Trek:…
My Trekcore interview with Rekha Sharma…
On my recent pilgrima–er, visit to the annual Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, I was asked by my friend Bob Stutzman to do an interview for Trekcore.com with Rekha Sharma, who played “Commander Ellen Landry” (both Prime and Mirror Universe incarnations) in the first season of “Star Trek: Discovery,” as well as President Laura…
Star Trek Las Vegas, 2019: Reverse angle on the viewer…
My wife and I spent much of last week (July 31st-August 4th) attending the “Star Trek Las Vegas” convention. My friends Nick and George were there this time (flying in from all over the country) as well as my wife, who couldn’t accompany me on the previous two Star Trek Las Vegas conventions, so I…
“Star Trek: The Experience” (1998-2008) at the Las Vegas Hilton; “Surely, the best of times…”
Star Trek: The Experience opened in January of 1998, during Star Trek’s 1990s heyday. Early 1998 was a time of Trek plenty… there were two Star Trek TV series in production (“Deep Space Nine” and “Voyager”), a forthcoming movie (“Star Trek: Insurrection”) and tons of merchandise, including the now semi-legendary toy line from licensee Playmates….
The Man Behind The Mask: an interview with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Aron Eisenberg…
Over 25 years ago, actor Aron Eisenberg first tried on the prosthetic makeup and teeth that would transform him into the Ferengi “Nog,” an illiterate, petty thief and nephew of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s resident bar owner “Quark” (Armin Shimerman). Over the 7 years of the TV series, Nog evolved like few characters in…
Day 5 of Star Trek Las Vegas 2018, final log entry…
First off, I want to apologize to any readers who’ve been following my posts from Star Trek Las Vegas 2018 for the previous four days. I meant to file a post last night, the last night of the event, but I didn’t crawl back to my hotel room till around 8:30-9 pm and my…
Star Trek Las Vegas 2018, Day 4 … a Galaxy-class surprise!
Links to previous posts on Star Trek Las Vegas: Star Trek Las Vegas, Day One: August 1st, 2018… Star Trek at Las Vegas, Day Two: August 2nd, 2018… Star Trek at Las Vegas, day 3: Keep on trekking… Now it’s the end of Day 4, and by now the whole internet is ablaze with the…
Star Trek at Las Vegas, day 3: Keep on trekking…
As the familiar narrative voice of the late Majel Barrett Roddenberry might say, “Last time on Star Trek, Last Vegas…” Star Trek Las Vegas, Day One: August 1st, 2018… Star Trek at Las Vegas, Day Two: August 2nd, 2018… Day three of the annual Star Trek convention in Las Vegas was a day for revisiting…
Building Better Worlds…one sci-fi convention at a time.
I spent most of the first week of August in Las Vegas at the annual Star Trek convention at the Rio hotel, and a couple weeks before that, my wife and I spent five days at San Diego Comic Con. Now, to any who’ve read this blog, I tend to go on a bit…