Flail post

[dieastra]

I feel it is time for another flail post. So much going on this year that a fan can look forward to. Where to begin?

Star Trek:

- I have preordered and paid the new 1:6 scale QMX Kirk and Spock. Now I just need to wait for them to arrive in July. The story behind those is wonderful. In 50 years of Star Trek no company ever made 1:6 scale high

Comments

[niviene]

Wow the QMX Kirk & Spock look so realistic. Amazing really!! I too am looking forward to the new Star Trek move. It looks like a fun thrill ride especially as it's being directed by former Fast & Furious director Justin Lin. I hope he does as good a job on the third installment as JJ Abrams did with the first re-boot. Who uninvited Captain Kirk? Srsly? That's so weird. William Shatner & Patrick Stewart were at Fan Expo here in TO a couple of years ago and I didn't attend their panel mostly because it cost extra to go and it was on a Sunday evening after the con closed. Plus I'd been at the con for 3 days and was tired but I'm still kicking myself for not going as I don't know when I'll see them together again, if ever

[dieastra]

Fedcon hasn’t yet uninvited William Shatner and I hope they don’t! As I only bought my ticket when he was announced in November. Most of the other guests are from other Star Trek series which I haven’t seen yet so I don’t know them

[niviene]

A 100 Euros for one picture!?1? That's crazy expensive. I've never seen that kind of fee here unless it's multiple celebrities from a very popular show appearing together in the same photo op

[dieastra]

It all depends on the celibrity, really. Some take even more, much more. I don't remember what the price was for Sylvester Stallone a friend told me, but I remember thinking that it was way over the top. Definitely more than 100 Dollars. More than 200 even probably, but I don't want to say something wrong

[niviene]

I agree cons are starting to rip off the fans. Here in Toronto at Fan Expo VIP is $550 CAD which doesn't include most photo ops or autographs. In addition they charge extra for some Q&A panels - $50-$100 depending on the celebrity guest. It's ridiculous. I heard at Wizard Con in Philadelphia where members of Avengers are appearing they're charging $950-$1350 for VIP but it includes photo op & autographs and you can only get into the Q&A panel by buying a VIP ticket...it's just incomprehensible imho.

I will definitely check out Star Trek Continues.

I've always loved sci-fi and yay for wobbly sets :)

I wouldn't say Reign was a tween or teen series by any means but it does sometimes have that YA vibe in certain episodes but all CW shows have that to me...it's still worth checking out to see if you might like it or just watch the John B's episode as you say and then decide.

[dieastra]

That sounds indeed awful. One day the whole thing will implode and nobody buys any tickets anymore. Of course, fans also demand more and higher guests, and they have to pay the rates somehow.

I recently saw a picture someone had taken with the original Star Trek crew in a shopping center back in the Seventies - for free! With William Shatner and everyone.

Oh yes, please check out Star Trek Continues and then come back to me as I have so many more videos to share - they recently built an engine room and showed videos of how they did that. Scotty is played by Chris Doohan who is the son of James Doohan.

Here's the link to the episodes - five are out so far, number 6 will come in May and number 7 in fall. If you start with number 1, which is my least favorite, please believe me it gets better with each of them: http://www.startrekcontinues.com/episodes.html

Make also sure to watch the funny behind-the-scenes videos.

[niviene]

Thanks for the link to ST Continues!