If you follow us on Twitter your feed was probably overwhelmed with our overexcited blow-by-blow account of the weekend at DSTG. To save you trawling through them forever more. Here are some of our highlights.
We're back in day two at DSTG listening to Marina and LeVar. Did you know that was Marinas real hair in the first episode!?
— Trekkie Girls (@TrekkieGirls) February 22, 2014
Marina and LeVar on Michael Dorn "he remembers every line...now but then, not so much!" #dstg
— Trekkie Girls (@TrekkieGirls) February 22, 2014
Gates would have liked to play Spot. Spot bought a lot to the show, huge range of emotions and a redhead #dstg
— Trekkie Girls (@TrekkieGirls) February 22, 2014
Gates would've liked Crusher to be humorous but then it turned out all women in her family had … Continue Reading ››
Brent: I am hamlet. Michael did you get part of worf cause your so stupid Michael: uncontrollable laughter #DSTG
— Trekkie Girls (@TrekkieGirls) February 23, 2014
Brent: I am hamlet. Michael did you get part of worf cause your so stupid Michael: uncontrollable laughter #DSTG
— Trekkie Girls (@TrekkieGirls) February 23, 2014
Thanks for everyone who joined in our women of Star Trek talk. Some very philosophical points from the audience #DSTG
Opening night of his one man show on broadway there were "technical" difficulties (bad burger) # dstg pic.twitter.com/kkyiCEzW28
— Trekkie Girls (@TrekkieGirls) February 23, 2014
William Shatner will hopefully bring his one man show to the westend #DSTG
— Trekkie Girls (@TrekkieGirls) February 23, 2014
It's closing up time here at DSTG and we are sad it's all over. We spent the afternoon doing our Women of Star Trek panel which we hope raised awareness to the role of women in Star Trek and in the audiences that watch it. We are very grateful to all who came and especially those who shared their insights with everyone else.
The William Shatner talk was captivating. He has an ability to answer every question with a remarkable and relevant story from his past.
Karl Urban talked about his other work and quoted his own lines in character much to the audiences delight.
Did you know his three favourite films are One Flew over the Cookoos nests, Bullit and No country for old men?
The TNG bunch have the reputation for being the most close knit bunch but the same rapport … Continue Reading ››
This was the moment we had been looking forward to all weekend. William Shatner hosting the TNG reunion event. We wanted to see how this would play out. How would the personalities of the high energy crazy TNG bunch gel with Bills larger than life persona. And we weren't disappointed, it was an hour of belly laughs that would make a Targ smile
Whilst Bill was the moderator, it was Brent who got the first question in asking how Bill felt when he heard about the Next Gen being made? You got to admire his honesty when we said "with great envy and jealousy"!
The questions from the audience was electic. And yes someone snuck in a happy birthday request *collective throwing of tribbles*.
Some of our favourite questions were;
What other Star Trek series would you have liked to be in?
Gates - The new … Continue Reading ››
Mornings are not our friend but fortunately we have a timezone shift on our side. So we just made the first talk of the day with Marina Sirtis and LeVar Burton, followed by Gates McFadden and Michael then Brent Spiner. This gave us an envious insight into what life must have been like back on the TNG sets. We say envious because we would have loved to have been part or that comraderie. But it's a privilege to have them share their stories with us fans.
Check out our Twitter feed for the highlights of these talks.We then had the honour of hosting the costume contest which was actually our idea to hold quite last minute. There were so many fantastic costumes it was really hard to choose. … Continue Reading ››
We arrived a few hours before the convention opened via a sneaky site to site beam in. As we walked in the opening vista is the beautiful Enterprise D bridge. We were a bit nervous when we heard the organisers had commisioned their own bridge to be made, could such a venture be trusted in a commercial venture? (typical lefties) but we were stood relieved on the bridge which is a sympathetic tribute. Most importantly, you feel like a boss sat in that chair!The museum was much improved from DSTL with more space to browse and a lot more costumes. Somehow seeing the clothes the actors wore makes us feel closer to them... Ok we sound creepy, we didn't touch anything we promise!
Up to our usual shinnanigans we explore the Borg Regeneration chambers and the museum. Sadly the video doesn't showcase how well made these are. They were commisioned especially for this event, there's two and they look like something out of Voyagers cargo bay... Or Jeri Ryan's games room apparently!
Karl enters the stage and we prepare to strap down Carole (it's like she collects restraining orders!)
He woos the audience by speaking in German (most people are English and just smile and nod!)
Karl talks about being a fan of Star Trek and grew up watching the original series and how he is a great admirer of DeForest Kelly's Bones.
We didn't catch much else because we were too busy staring!
No sonner does the TNG conference finish as nearly every other guest arrives on stage. We find press conferences a bit weird because there is no fan spirit just photogs gawking!
Dominic characteristically gets the first joke in when they ask for questions he asks "when's lunch?" - well we laughed!
Trek radio ask Jeffrey Coombes about difficult makeup. But Jefferey doesn't have a favourite, he said it would be like picking a favourite child.
We asked Dominic and Conner about the campaign to bring back Enterprise which they felt was very flattering, especially seeing people standing outside the studio and actively campaigning. But they feel it is unlikely with the industry being as it is. - shame!
24th Century Socialites. 21st Century high functioning nerds. We go to Star Trek Conventions and talk about Star Trek a lot.
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