Category Archives: Star Trek

News about Star Trek and any of it’s many spin-offs, movies, books, and more.

Trek News: Online Convention & Nemesis Preview

Online Convention

It’s bad enough Star Trek fans don’t get out in public very often, but Viacom has found a new way to compound the problem: Online Conventions. Using real-time video streaming and 3D avatars, fans from around the world will be able to attend Vir-Con 2002. For more details check out vir-con.net

Nemesis Preview at E3

Star Trek fans attending E3 this year (May 22-24) will be in for a special treat. According to StarTrek.com Paramount & Activision will be distributing free CD-ROMs with Star Trek: Nemesis material on it. No details as to what that material may include.

Just a mere mortal with no connection to the game industry? Don’t panic. Paramount will be passing out the discs at Star Trek conventions throughout the summer and autumn.

Nemesis opens in the US Theaters Friday, December 13th. That’s right kids, Friday the 13th. Get it out of your system now.

Star Trek II: Director’s Edition

Following in the footsteps of ST:TMP, Paramount is releasing an expanded DVD edition for “The Wrath of Khan.” Sweet lord, the “Battle of the Mutara Nebula” in Dolby 5.1? I may wet myself.

I know many a fan who considers this to be the best of the film series, so this should sell even better than the first film’s digital treatment.

Expect discs to hit store shelves on or around August 6th. I didn’t find any pre-order options as yet.

The Future of Trek Films

Cinescape has a piece from Rick Berman on the future of Star Trek on the big screen. Sort of reconfirms what we heard a few weeks back from Ira Behr.

Basically if they are going to feature other characters, it will be an mix of casts and ships/locations. Not really the thing I want to hear, each cast has their own feel, and relationship with each other. This really isn’t a mix-and-match sort of thing.