morningsong said:

Interesting tidbit. In late 2016, Farrell announced that she was in a relationship with Adam Nimoy, son of Leonard Nimoy who played Spock in the original Star Trek series, and accompanied him on promotional duties for his documentary For the Love of Spock.

oh cool. Wish them all the luck

I know Bashir and Kira got married (Now divorced)

Got our tickets ..

Saw this pic on-line, glad to see the former cast members still friends

Star Trek: Discovery producers: Major characters won't be safe

The update comes on the heels of EW reporting how Star Trek: Discovery has more leeway to depict human drama among the Starfleet crew members than previous shows in the franchise have been given in the past, as well telling a more heavily serialized tale. The producers’ goal is a series that takes advantage of modern Peak TV dramatic storytelling techniques while still honoring Gene Roddenberry’s optimistic future-shock idealism.

Across the franchise’s 700 TV hours, there are instances where Trek series regular characters have died in previous editions of the show, of course. Such examples were typically due to a non-creative backstage reason, or followed by a speedy resurrection, or when a show was approaching its series finale.








Discovery stars Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) as a brilliant Starfleet First Officer — the first human educated on Vulcan — who’s forced to make an impossibly difficult decision which impacts the entire Federation. The series also stars Michelle Yeoh, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Shazad Latif and Mary Wiseman.


(Well that answers that question)

kpowers said:

I know Bashir and Kira got married (Now divorced)

Yeah. I like how they played with it in the show. He'd get on Nerys' nerves talking too much. Bashir putting Keikos baby in Nerys to cover for the fact that Visitor was actually pregnant by Saddig. iirc, they even had a hook-up in a dream or somekind of alternate situation.

morningsong said:

Star Trek: Discovery producers: Major characters won't be safe

The update comes on the heels of EW reporting how Star Trek: Discovery has more leeway to depict human drama among the Starfleet crew members than previous shows in the franchise have been given in the past, as well telling a more heavily serialized tale. The producers’ goal is a series that takes advantage of modern Peak TV dramatic storytelling techniques while still honoring Gene Roddenberry’s optimistic future-shock idealism.

Across the franchise’s 700 TV hours, there are instances where Trek series regular characters have died in previous editions of the show, of course. Such examples were typically due to a non-creative backstage reason, or followed by a speedy resurrection, or when a show was approaching its series finale.








Discovery stars Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) as a brilliant Starfleet First Officer — the first human educated on Vulcan — who’s forced to make an impossibly difficult decision which impacts the entire Federation. The series also stars Michelle Yeoh, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Shazad Latif and Mary Wiseman.


(Well that answers that question)

Wonder why they feel the need to explain everything

Now I'm wondering if she hooked up with Ted Danson

Terry Farrell: I Wanted To Stay On 'Deep Space Nine'

Jadzia Dax actress opens up about what led to her departure, and how it was shared with the crew

By the time fans were getting ready for the seventh season of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," it was clear this would be the last. Because of that, it was a shock for many to find out that Terry Farrell and her character of Jadzia Dax would not be a part of it.

Reports of Farrell's departure centered on the extremely vague "failed contract talks," and it seemed even showrunner Ira Steven Behr had no idea why he suddenly had to create a new character to replace Jadzia.

Farrell recently opened up about what happened behind the scenes of those negotiations with ShowbizJunkies reporter Kurt Anthony Krug with one surprising revelation: Farrell didn't want to go. But she did leave, because of who she says was one person: franchise executive producer Rick Berman.

She was burnt-out, and wanted to reduce her time on the show.

"I knew they wouldn't say you don't have to show up until 9 a.m.," she said. "However, I did suggest in the wake of that (that) I could be recurring ... not be in every episode."

The offer from Berman, however, was take it or leave it, Farrell said. She chose to leave it.

A lot of Farrell's frustration stemmed from her inability to do other projects, or at least get ready to do other projects when DS9 wasn't in production. Farrell cites one example of earning an audition for a show with comedian Jerry Seinfeld after casting producers spotted her on the cover of TV Guide with "Star Trek: Voyager" star Jeri Ryan. She was hoping to get a few days off to audition, but Berman wouldn't let her.

"It's a week. It's five days," Farrell said. "How many people are on DS9? There's a lot. The truth is, there's many episodes where all of us had very little to do because other people were starring in them, including recurring guest stars."

DS9 was definitely known for its large ensemble of recurring characters, like Andrew J. Robinson's spy-turned-tailor Cardassian character Garak. Those actors could come and go, and didn't have to commit to specific shooting schedules. But main cast members like Farrell — despite having reduced screen time compared to other shows because of the ensemble — couldn't have the same benefits.

"It's great that they got the deal where they could go out and do stuff," Farrell said. "But knowing that was possible, it wasn't being made possible for me. I was only asking for five days, not five weeks."

It wasn't until just a few years ago Farrell ran into Behr at a convention, and was able to really talk about what happened for the first time.

"I thought poor Ira was gonna projectile vomit when I told him," Farrell said. "He was just so shocked. He's like, 'We could've done that.'"

Hearing that really helped Farrell find closure for that departure. "It made me feel so much better because I'd been carrying this around — 'Nobody wanted to fight for me, really?' I just couldn't believe that."

Farrell retired from acting more than a decade ago to focus on her family, but is still a regular at Star Trek conventions around the country. She does hope to return to acting, Krug reveals, but there's still no timetable.

kpowers said:

Terry Farrell: I Wanted To Stay On 'Deep Space Nine'

Jadzia Dax actress opens up about what led to her departure, and how it was shared with the crew

By the time fans were getting ready for the seventh season of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," it was clear this would be the last. Because of that, it was a shock for many to find out that Terry Farrell and her character of Jadzia Dax would not be a part of it.

Reports of Farrell's departure centered on the extremely vague "failed contract talks," and it seemed even showrunner Ira Steven Behr had no idea why he suddenly had to create a new character to replace Jadzia.

Farrell recently opened up about what happened behind the scenes of those negotiations with ShowbizJunkies reporter Kurt Anthony Krug with one surprising revelation: Farrell didn't want to go. But she did leave, because of who she says was one person: franchise executive producer Rick Berman.

She was burnt-out, and wanted to reduce her time on the show.

"I knew they wouldn't say you don't have to show up until 9 a.m.," she said. "However, I did suggest in the wake of that (that) I could be recurring ... not be in every episode."

The offer from Berman, however, was take it or leave it, Farrell said. She chose to leave it.

A lot of Farrell's frustration stemmed from her inability to do other projects, or at least get ready to do other projects when DS9 wasn't in production. Farrell cites one example of earning an audition for a show with comedian Jerry Seinfeld after casting producers spotted her on the cover of TV Guide with "Star Trek: Voyager" star Jeri Ryan. She was hoping to get a few days off to audition, but Berman wouldn't let her.

"It's a week. It's five days," Farrell said. "How many people are on DS9? There's a lot. The truth is, there's many episodes where all of us had very little to do because other people were starring in them, including recurring guest stars."

DS9 was definitely known for its large ensemble of recurring characters, like Andrew J. Robinson's spy-turned-tailor Cardassian character Garak. Those actors could come and go, and didn't have to commit to specific shooting schedules. But main cast members like Farrell — despite having reduced screen time compared to other shows because of the ensemble — couldn't have the same benefits.

"It's great that they got the deal where they could go out and do stuff," Farrell said. "But knowing that was possible, it wasn't being made possible for me. I was only asking for five days, not five weeks."

It wasn't until just a few years ago Farrell ran into Behr at a convention, and was able to really talk about what happened for the first time.

"I thought poor Ira was gonna projectile vomit when I told him," Farrell said. "He was just so shocked. He's like, 'We could've done that.'"

Hearing that really helped Farrell find closure for that departure. "It made me feel so much better because I'd been carrying this around — 'Nobody wanted to fight for me, really?' I just couldn't believe that."

Farrell retired from acting more than a decade ago to focus on her family, but is still a regular at Star Trek conventions around the country. She does hope to return to acting, Krug reveals, but there's still no timetable.

They should have kept Terry Ferrell; Dax was never the same without her in the role.

Wow, just wow. I didn't know this was all going on regarding the JJ-verse and the original timeline. Just crazy.

purplethunder3121 said:

kpowers said:

Terry Farrell: I Wanted To Stay On 'Deep Space Nine'

Jadzia Dax actress opens up about what led to her departure, and how it was shared with the crew

By the time fans were getting ready for the seventh season of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," it was clear this would be the last. Because of that, it was a shock for many to find out that Terry Farrell and her character of Jadzia Dax would not be a part of it.

Reports of Farrell's departure centered on the extremely vague "failed contract talks," and it seemed even showrunner Ira Steven Behr had no idea why he suddenly had to create a new character to replace Jadzia.

Farrell recently opened up about what happened behind the scenes of those negotiations with ShowbizJunkies reporter Kurt Anthony Krug with one surprising revelation: Farrell didn't want to go. But she did leave, because of who she says was one person: franchise executive producer Rick Berman.

She was burnt-out, and wanted to reduce her time on the show.

"I knew they wouldn't say you don't have to show up until 9 a.m.," she said. "However, I did suggest in the wake of that (that) I could be recurring ... not be in every episode."

The offer from Berman, however, was take it or leave it, Farrell said. She chose to leave it.

A lot of Farrell's frustration stemmed from her inability to do other projects, or at least get ready to do other projects when DS9 wasn't in production. Farrell cites one example of earning an audition for a show with comedian Jerry Seinfeld after casting producers spotted her on the cover of TV Guide with "Star Trek: Voyager" star Jeri Ryan. She was hoping to get a few days off to audition, but Berman wouldn't let her.

"It's a week. It's five days," Farrell said. "How many people are on DS9? There's a lot. The truth is, there's many episodes where all of us had very little to do because other people were starring in them, including recurring guest stars."

DS9 was definitely known for its large ensemble of recurring characters, like Andrew J. Robinson's spy-turned-tailor Cardassian character Garak. Those actors could come and go, and didn't have to commit to specific shooting schedules. But main cast members like Farrell — despite having reduced screen time compared to other shows because of the ensemble — couldn't have the same benefits.

"It's great that they got the deal where they could go out and do stuff," Farrell said. "But knowing that was possible, it wasn't being made possible for me. I was only asking for five days, not five weeks."

It wasn't until just a few years ago Farrell ran into Behr at a convention, and was able to really talk about what happened for the first time.

"I thought poor Ira was gonna projectile vomit when I told him," Farrell said. "He was just so shocked. He's like, 'We could've done that.'"

Hearing that really helped Farrell find closure for that departure. "It made me feel so much better because I'd been carrying this around — 'Nobody wanted to fight for me, really?' I just couldn't believe that."

Farrell retired from acting more than a decade ago to focus on her family, but is still a regular at Star Trek conventions around the country. She does hope to return to acting, Krug reveals, but there's still no timetable.

They should have kept Terry Ferrell; Dax was never the same without her in the role.

Jadzia Dax has grown on me over the years. I can see how it would be difficult in conveying a dual personality. How do you be your inexperienced self and a 300 year being with several past lives behind it? Her tomboyish fearlessness and confidence sold it. The new Dax lacked confidence and it was just weird, looking at a fumbling young girl who really didn't want to be there, that's also supposed to have now 9 lifetimes inside of her.

[Edited 7/5/17 18:57pm]

kpowers said:

morningsong said:

Star Trek: Discovery producers: Major characters won't be safe

The update comes on the heels of EW reporting how Star Trek: Discovery has more leeway to depict human drama among the Starfleet crew members than previous shows in the franchise have been given in the past, as well telling a more heavily serialized tale. The producers’ goal is a series that takes advantage of modern Peak TV dramatic storytelling techniques while still honoring Gene Roddenberry’s optimistic future-shock idealism.

Across the franchise’s 700 TV hours, there are instances where Trek series regular characters have died in previous editions of the show, of course. Such examples were typically due to a non-creative backstage reason, or followed by a speedy resurrection, or when a show was approaching its series finale.








Discovery stars Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) as a brilliant Starfleet First Officer — the first human educated on Vulcan — who’s forced to make an impossibly difficult decision which impacts the entire Federation. The series also stars Michelle Yeoh, Jason Isaacs, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Shazad Latif and Mary Wiseman.


(Well that answers that question)

Wonder why they feel the need to explain everything

After I just watched that video I just posted it makes sense. I think I've lost all enthusiasm for this new series.

morningsong said:

kpowers said:

Wonder why they feel the need to explain everything

After I just watched that video I just posted it makes sense. I think I've lost all enthusiasm for this new series.

I'm just gonna stop reading into everything and just watch it as a new Star Trek series

Poor Ezri, no action figure made of her

[Edited 7/5/17 20:27pm]

THE NEUTRAL ZONE

Ever notice when the Enterprise goes into the neutral zone there are always at least 3 Romulan Warbirds there

[Edited 7/6/17 7:32am]

Bring on the Beard: Frakes Directing DISCOVERY Episode



He directs a lot of Star Trek episodes.


"Frakes, who got his directing start in TNG’s third season (with “The Offspring”), went on to direct fourteen Trek television episodes in total, and of course two of his crew’s big-screen adventures, both Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)."

SteelPulse1 said:

Got our tickets ..

Have fun, seeing William Shatner here in Hawaii August 26

Oh my goodness this makes me feel so much better about ST:DSC.




Alex Kurtzman says 'we have to respect canon' & Discovery "gives you hope".



I need to figure out how this whole Netflix thing is going to work. Is it going to air after the entire season is over, or is it like a day or 2 delay per episode like the overseas market?

Comes out July 30

New William Shatner Doc Explores Star Trek’s Influence On Science And The World


http://trekmovie.com/2017/03/18/new-william-shatner-doc-explores-star-treks-influence-on-science-and-the-world/


William Shatner is back with a new Star Trek-themed documentary, The Truth Is in the Stars, premiering on Sunday on TMN in Canada and coming soon to Netflix in the US and globally. Directed and produced by Craig Thompson, who also co-produced Shatner’s The Captains in 2011 and Chaos on the Bridge in 2014, The Truth Is in the Stars moves away from looking at the making of Star Trek to a focus the franchise’s influence. In this film, Shatner narrates and travels the world for a series of interviews with celebrity Trek fans as well as brilliant, groundbreaking scientists.

Kate Mulgrew revealed that she had pretty strong ideas about not sexualizing Captain Janeway, the first female lead character in Star Trek franchise history. She even believes her stance eventually led to the introduction of Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine.

“That moment stands out for me when Jeri Ryan arrived. That was an interesting moment because – there’s been a lot of controversy about it generated by me – again unfortunate,” Mulgrew explained during her panel. “When you’re the first female captain you hope against hope that that’s going to be sufficient until the day it wasn’t. Because men like – as they should, as all of you should and I love and adore every one of you – they love sex. And they need it. And I said ‘No’ to all of that going in.

“I said, ‘I’m not going to sleep with Chakotay, it’s not going to happen,’” she recalled. “I said you’re just going to have to go somewhere else for it, so they got this very beautiful girl to come in. She played a wonderful character. And yes, I was unsettled by it because I had hoped – as I’m sure Hillary Clinton hoped. We all hope. Hope springs eternal that we can do it by ourselves but we still need sex. So that one stands out.”

Taking a firm stance on sex was just one way in which Mulgrew was forced to be firm after falling under an intense amount of scrutiny for being the first female Captain. Well, the first female captain to last for more than a day at least. The role of Janeway originally went to French-Canadian actress Genevieve Bujold.

“She lasted one day! As a result of that strange dance for the first six months at least ten guys from administration – Paramount, UPN – stood on the lip of the stage arms crossed like this and just watched me,” Mulgrew remembers. “They just watched. It was sort of unbelievably unnerving. But I took it as the gauntlet that it was. And I said to myself, ‘You want to play that game? Then I am going to play it with you and we will see wins this. And it’s going to be me.’

“Something in me rose up at the very thought that after Miss Bujold defected, that I would fail and then they would bring back another man,” Mulgrew continued. “I thought, ‘No, no, no we can’t have this. We simply cannot, we must go forward.’ And so we did. And guess who had me to the White House after the end of the first season? A woman by the name of Hillary Clinton.”

morningsong said:

Kate Mulgrew revealed that she had pretty strong ideas about not sexualizing Captain Janeway, the first female lead character in Star Trek franchise history. She even believes her stance eventually led to the introduction of Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine.

“That moment stands out for me when Jeri Ryan arrived. That was an interesting moment because – there’s been a lot of controversy about it generated by me – again unfortunate,” Mulgrew explained during her panel. “When you’re the first female captain you hope against hope that that’s going to be sufficient until the day it wasn’t. Because men like – as they should, as all of you should and I love and adore every one of you – they love sex. And they need it. And I said ‘No’ to all of that going in.

“I said, ‘I’m not going to sleep with Chakotay, it’s not going to happen,’” she recalled. “I said you’re just going to have to go somewhere else for it, so they got this very beautiful girl to come in. She played a wonderful character. And yes, I was unsettled by it because I had hoped – as I’m sure Hillary Clinton hoped. We all hope. Hope springs eternal that we can do it by ourselves but we still need sex. So that one stands out.”

Taking a firm stance on sex was just one way in which Mulgrew was forced to be firm after falling under an intense amount of scrutiny for being the first female Captain. Well, the first female captain to last for more than a day at least. The role of Janeway originally went to French-Canadian actress Genevieve Bujold.

“She lasted one day! As a result of that strange dance for the first six months at least ten guys from administration – Paramount, UPN – stood on the lip of the stage arms crossed like this and just watched me,” Mulgrew remembers. “They just watched. It was sort of unbelievably unnerving. But I took it as the gauntlet that it was. And I said to myself, ‘You want to play that game? Then I am going to play it with you and we will see wins this. And it’s going to be me.’

“Something in me rose up at the very thought that after Miss Bujold defected, that I would fail and then they would bring back another man,” Mulgrew continued. “I thought, ‘No, no, no we can’t have this. We simply cannot, we must go forward.’ And so we did. And guess who had me to the White House after the end of the first season? A woman by the name of Hillary Clinton.”

I didn't want that to happen as well

Fuckin geeks.

kpowers said:

morningsong said:

Kate Mulgrew revealed that she had pretty strong ideas about not sexualizing Captain Janeway, the first female lead character in Star Trek franchise history. She even believes her stance eventually led to the introduction of Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine.

“That moment stands out for me when Jeri Ryan arrived. That was an interesting moment because – there’s been a lot of controversy about it generated by me – again unfortunate,” Mulgrew explained during her panel. “When you’re the first female captain you hope against hope that that’s going to be sufficient until the day it wasn’t. Because men like – as they should, as all of you should and I love and adore every one of you – they love sex. And they need it. And I said ‘No’ to all of that going in.

“I said, ‘I’m not going to sleep with Chakotay, it’s not going to happen,’” she recalled. “I said you’re just going to have to go somewhere else for it, so they got this very beautiful girl to come in. She played a wonderful character. And yes, I was unsettled by it because I had hoped – as I’m sure Hillary Clinton hoped. We all hope. Hope springs eternal that we can do it by ourselves but we still need sex. So that one stands out.”

Taking a firm stance on sex was just one way in which Mulgrew was forced to be firm after falling under an intense amount of scrutiny for being the first female Captain. Well, the first female captain to last for more than a day at least. The role of Janeway originally went to French-Canadian actress Genevieve Bujold.

“She lasted one day! As a result of that strange dance for the first six months at least ten guys from administration – Paramount, UPN – stood on the lip of the stage arms crossed like this and just watched me,” Mulgrew remembers. “They just watched. It was sort of unbelievably unnerving. But I took it as the gauntlet that it was. And I said to myself, ‘You want to play that game? Then I am going to play it with you and we will see wins this. And it’s going to be me.’

“Something in me rose up at the very thought that after Miss Bujold defected, that I would fail and then they would bring back another man,” Mulgrew continued. “I thought, ‘No, no, no we can’t have this. We simply cannot, we must go forward.’ And so we did. And guess who had me to the White House after the end of the first season? A woman by the name of Hillary Clinton.”

I didn't want that to happen as well

I am glad we were spared the sight of Chipoltle and Janeway bumping uglies.

2freaky4church1 said:

Fuckin geeks.

Did you guys get any ballers in the draft this time or just more whiny kids and grannies?

2freaky4church1 said:

Fuckin geeks.

Coming from the nerd