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Long-lost model of the USS Enterprise returned to Roddenberry family

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 19 April - 21:05

Enlarge / This mysterious model appeared on eBay with little fanfare. (credit: eBay)

The first-ever model of Star Trek's USS Enterprise NCC-1701 has been returned to the Roddenberry family, according to an ABC News report.

The three-foot model was used to shoot the pilot and credits scene for Star Trek's original series in the 1960s and was used occasionally for shots throughout the series. (Typically, a larger, 11-foot model was used for shots after the pilot.) The model also sat on series creator Gene Roddenberry's desk for several years.

It went missing in the late 1970s; historians and collectors believe it belonged to Roddenberry himself, that he lent it to a production house working on Star Trek: The Motion Picture , and that it was never returned. Its whereabouts were unknown until last fall, when a listing for a mysterious model of the Enterprise appeared on eBay .

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Star Trek : Strange New Worlds est renouvelée

news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Wednesday, 17 April - 05:06

Paramount est loin d'en avoir terminé avec Star Trek, mais prépare déjà les adieux à l'équipage de Lower Decks. Pour Strange New Worlds, l'avenir est plus radieux.

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The restored Star Trek Enterprise-D bridge goes on display in May

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 22 March - 16:48 · 1 minute

A recreation of the Star Trek The Next Generation Enterprise-D bridge

Enlarge / The Enterprise-D bridge recreation, seen in London in 2002. (credit: Peter Bischoff/Getty Images)

More than a decade has gone by since three Star Trek: The Next Generation fans first decided to restore the bridge from the Enterprise-D . Plans for the restored bridge morphed from opening it up to non-commercial uses like weddings or educational events into a fully fledged museum , and now that museum is almost ready to open. Backers of the project on Kickstarter have been notified that Sci-Fi World Museum will open to them in Santa Monica, California, on May 27, with general admission beginning in June.

It's not actually the original set from TNG , as that was destroyed while filming Star Trek: Generations , when the saucer section crash-lands on Veridian III. But three replicas were made, overseen by Michael Okuda and Herman Zimmerman, the show's set designers. Two of those welcomed Trekkies at Star Trek: The Experience , an attraction in Las Vegas until it closed in 2008 .

The third spent time in Hollywood, then traveled to Europe and Asia for Star Trek: World Tour before it ended up languishing in a warehouse in Long Beach. It's this third globe-trotting Enterprise-D bridge that—like the grit that gets an oyster to create a pearl—now finds a science-fiction museum accreted around it. Well, mostly—the chairs used by Riker, Troi, Data, and some other bits were salvaged from the Las Vegas exhibit.

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William Shatner: ‘Good science fiction is humanity, moved into a different milieu’

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 22 March - 07:06

Ahead of a new documentary, You Can Call Me Bill, the Star Trek icon shares his eternal interest in learning more about the world

Cranked out to accommodate the recent boom in demand for fresh content to binge, too many celebrity-profile documentaries are defaulting to the formulaic sameness of assembly-line product: open with some candid talking-head soundbites, a walk down memory lane through their early years, deeper dives into the major bullet points of their career, and tie it up with a bit of summarizing introspection looking back on it all.

Conversely, Alexandre O Philippe’s new William Shatner portrait You Can Call Me Bill spends a goodly amount of time reflecting on its subject’s profound metaphysical bond with horses. The polymath showman also shares his musings on birds, dogs, space, Satan, classic westerns, the symbolic pregnancy of dreams, other people’s impressions of his distinctive voice, and occasionally, acting. He may have naturally wet eyes, but he appears to be on the verge of tears for the entirety of this feature-length philosophical inquisition into the Tao of Shatner.

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Star Trek Discovery : la dernière saison approche, voici sa bande-annonce

news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Wednesday, 6 March - 06:34

La cinquième et ultime des aventures du capitaine Burnham et de l'équipage de l'U.S.S. Discovery atterrira prochainement sur Paramount+.

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Kenneth Mitchell, Star Trek and Captain Marvel actor, dies aged 49

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 25 February - 21:44

Canadian actor who played several Star Trek characters died after complications from ALS, according to a statement on Instagram

Canadian actor Kenneth Mitchell, known for roles in Star Trek: Discovery and the Marvel film Captain Marvel, has died following complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.

Mitchell, who was 49-years-old, died on Saturday, according to a statement released by his verified Instagram account.

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Plucky crew of Star Trek: Discovery seeks a strange artifact in S5 trailer

news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 23 February - 21:16

Star Trek: Discovery returns for its fifth and final season after a two-year hiatus.

It's been two years since we had new episodes of Star Trek: Discovery , which debuted back in 2017. Now Paramount+ has dropped the official trailer for the fifth and final season of the spinoff series.

(Spoilers for prior seasons below.)

As previously reported , Sonequa Martin-Green plays Michael Burnham, an orphaned human raised on the planet Vulcan by none other than Sarek (James Frain) and his human wife, Amanda Grayson (Mia Kirshner)—aka, Spock's (Ethan Peck) parents. So she is Spock's adoptive sister. As I've written previously , the S2 season-long arc involved the mysterious appearances of a "Red Angel" and a rogue Starfleet AI called Control that sought to wipe out all sentient life in the universe.

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Star Trek : Discovery : une date pour la cinquième et dernière saison

news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Thursday, 15 February - 18:03

Bonne et mauvaise nouvelle pour les fans de Star Trek : Discovery qui vient bientôt pouvoir profiter du retour de la série, tout en sachant que ça sera la dernière fois.

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Star Trek : un nouveau film par le réalisateur d’Andor et Star Trek 4 toujours d’actualité

news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Thursday, 11 January - 11:00

Selon Variety, Toby Haynes va passer d'un space opera à un autre et réaliser un film pour la saga Star Trek. Voici ce que l'on sait du projet et de Star Trek 4.