Sci-Fi Storm

FX has ordered a supposed Star Trek spoof from the makers of cop reality spoof Reno 911. Entitled Alabama, the show follows the crew of the – you guessed it – U.S.S. Alabama on a seven year mission to maintain interplanetary peace. And like Reno, it is expected to be part improvised. No stars have been mentioned.

That Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan tunic worn by Captain Kirk we told you about a couple of weeks ago? The final price ended up being $44,812.

or rather, in Vulcan. Vulcan, Alberta, Canada, founded in the 1900s.

As I suggest in my blog entry (Your Child Can Be Born on Vulcan), wouldn’t it be totally cool for your child to be born in Vulcan? If you’re nine months pregnant, and healthy with it, and have the funds, why not give it a try?

Then, whenever your child is asked where he or she is from, they’ll be able to say with perfect truth, Vulcan.

Just think of putting this on and yelling, “KHAN!!!!!!!” Admiral Kirk’s set-worn jacket and shirt from Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan is up for auction at Heritage Auction Galleries. Also included are the trousers worn by Leon Russom, who wore the same jacket in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Starfleet’s Commander-in-Chief. Opening bid: $10,000, with the estimated winning bid to be in excess of $20,000.

Stumbled upon an interesting article on io9…it is about how Vonda McIntyre got into writing one of the first Star Trek tie-in novels, [asin=1451607539]”The Entropy Effect”[/asin], and how through that she gave Sulu his given name of “Hikaru”. Why? Because a love scene was awkward without it…

Leonard Nimoy, having just finished filming his final guest appearance on Fringe, plans to retire from acting after working in the industry for 60 years. “I want to get off the stage” he said, but it pleased that his famous character will live on with Zachary Quinto.

Starting June 11th, visitors to the Kennedy Space Center will get to see a live 30-minute show based on the Star Trek franchise which explores space age technology, and incorporates the audiences as new cadets at Star Fleet Academy.

I was going to post something early this morning on the Oscars, but had to give up when there were too may fires to fight…anyways, although the SF&F genres had a good chance to take some top prizes last night, The Hurt Locker ended up the big winner. Avatar did take prizes in Cinematography, Art Direction, and Visual Effects, while Star Trek did get Best Makeup. Avatar and James Cameron did get a lot of attention, however, including Ben Stiller as a snazzy dressed Na’vi.

As an unfortunate followup to a previous story, it appears that Andrew Koenig’s body has been found in a Vancouver park. A police conference is set for 5pm PT (8pm ET). Our condolences to the Koenig family. Update: Walter Koenig confirmed in a press conference. “My son took his own life,” he said.

The official Star Trek Magazine has a sensational prize up for grabs for one lucky winner – two gold tickets to the official Star Trek convention on August 5-8 in Las Vegas.

The soon to be sold out gold tickets entitles holders to a host of sensational perks, including complimentary in-person autographs with guests and exclusive access to the Saturday night gala party.

Guests at the official Star Trek convention include: WILLIAM SHATNER (Captain James T. Kirk), JERI RYAN (Seven of Nine), JONATHAN FRAKES (William T. Riker), CONNOR TRINNEER (Charles “Trip” Tucker), NANA VISITOR (Major Kira), RENE AUBERJONOIS (Odo/ Curzon Dax/ Douglas Pabst), ARMIN SHIMERMAN (Quark/ Audrid Dax/ Herbert Rossoff), with many more to be added…

To enter, visit:
http://competitions.titanmagazines.com/startrek-convention/