SoCal Treksters—see you at Stan Lee's ComicCon (ex-Comikaze)

Yes, it's now named Stan Lee's L.A. Comic Con, it's next weekend and I'm thrilled to say that Star Trek Continues will again have a panel Sunday after a screening of Episode 6, "Come Not Between the Dragons," which moi am honored to moderate.

You can see the episode on the big screen, only 7 weeks from its world premiere at Salt Lake Comic-Con, at 11:30 am in Room 304ABC on Oct. 30 at the LA Convention Center. Even on Sunday morning, allow plenty of time for downtown parking!

I will hardly need to creatively consult for this part of STC, as I'll be joined by our talented and risk-taking guest star Gigi Edgely as Ensign Eliza Taylor from that episode plus director Julian Higgins, who made his incredible first mark on STC with this one. 

Gig has a signing table all weekend, but this panel is the only appearance that weekend for Juliand and I, so come by and say hi during and afterward. I'm happy to talk about any Star Trek, STC or Trekland projects for a bit!

L.A. ALERT! This Sunday—it's another chance to see 'The Green Girl' at NoHo's Valley FIlm Fest

For any Treklanders, TV Golden Age buffs and women-in-media advocates around SoCal who still have not seen it, the Susan Oliver bio-documentary The Green Girl will have a big-screen showing at noon this Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Laemmle NoHo Theater, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., 91601, as part of the 14th Annual Valley Film Festival.(Tickets at that link).

My buddy George Pappy Jr. will introduce his film, all about the actress who played Vina in "The Cage" and so much more: from Hollywood's go-to girl on camera to bumping up against the glass ceiling in film, speed racing and flying. I was fortunate to be a part of the many who recount, along with numerous and wittily-used clips, the rise, incredible diversity and the sad final years of this amazing pioneer.

Meanwhile, thanks to the attention that The Green Girl has focused on Susan's life and body of work, George shared news on Facebook that the actress was just honored with a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award by the Women's International Film and Television Showcase (left).

Susan's niece Timi attended to accept the award, and at the same event editor Amy Glickman Brown was also honored for her excellent work on The Green Girl.

Again, I'm very proud to have been one of many George asked to be a part of this film, and I will be there as well Sunday for the post-screening Q&A panel.

LA ALERT: This Friday FREE in Glendale: Celebrate "Mirror" past and present with Star Trek Continues and author Marc Cushman

And all of this is free, with lots of parking!:

For you SoCal Treklanders, here's a chance THIS FRIDAY NIGHT in Glendale for a big-screen viewing of both the original HUgo-niminated "Mirror, Mirror" and the Star Trek Continues' inspired follow-up, "Fairest of Them All," with a chunk of the STC cast on hand and hosted by author Marc Cushman.

The event is actually titled "Star Trek: Past, Present and Future" and has a Facebook page; it starts at 7 p.m. at the Glendale Central Library, 222 E. Harvard in Glendale.  Marc will share notes on the TOS version from his "These Are The Voyages" book on Season 2, and then it's all capped off with a Q&A with STC cast and crew.

Unfortunately for my STC family feels, I will be in El-Paso for EP-Con—a wonderful opportunity to be with fans there and screen it—but  slated to be on hand in Glendale (check the poster (left)!) are Vic Mignogna, Todd Haberkorn, Chris Doohan, Kim Stinger, Michele Specht, Asia DeMarcos, Kipleigh Brown, and co-writer/director James Kerwin — plus guests stars past and present Bobby "The Gorn" Clark and Michael "Apollo" Forrest. And "more"….in surprise...

In case you didn't hear, this is my first chance to blog it and boast like a proud uncle: STC just won "Best Web Series" at the live-streamed Geekie Awards, and only last weekend took home the festival win in New Media—Drama at the Burbank International FIlm Festival after its World Theatrical Premiere…check it out here (at left)!  

VEGAS ALERT: See "The Green Girl" bio-documentary, but get tix now!

UPDATE: Wow, folks—you did it! With an hour to go, the 66-seat threshold was met. Now, there's still 30 more seats available, so don;t wait til Thursday of STLV: if you want to go, reserve it now at the same site.

Yes, I was proud to be part of this wonderful documentary "The Green Girl," about studio rebel, glass-ceiling-breaker and go-to guest star Susan "Vina" Oliver. But as an indie film, it's been hard to see on a big screen--until now: Director George Pappy Jr. has a chance to show it very near the Rio during Vegas Trek weekend!

But you have to act fast to make it happen—by THIS Monday night, July 21.

George has an IMAX showing set up a long block away from the Rio at 9-11 pm Thursday, July 31—but to make it work, the house needs to clear 66 tickets at the GATHR system online on-demand website. Go here to get your tickets now and help make sure it "makes." (Your card is not even charged until the quota is hit, and it is "for sure" happening.)

At the time I write this, the showing still needs 28 tickets sold—but surely out of the thousands pouring into the Rio for the Khhaaaann, a few dozen fans have no Thursday night plans and would love to see a rare big-screen treat about this woman we know so well, and yet so little.  A panel and giveaways, too! And once the minimum 66 sell, there will be more seats.

Best of all, no fears: Like me, you can attend this 9 p.m. event and STILL make the midnight free screening and post-panel for Star Trek Continues' "Fairest Of Them All" at the AMC Town Square 18 on the Strip.

I was pleased to join a near-full house for "The Green Girl" premiere and panel in Hollywood last spring (at left); and since then, there's been just one Gathr screening set: July 29 in L.A.—so this is indeed a rare treat as the film is just starting to get known. (I'm sure George would love to have you Like the Facebook page as well.)


Here's the invite George wrote on the Unofficial Vegas Trek Facebook page:

Hi everyone. I just wanted to introduce myself and invite you (if you’re in Vegas Thursday night, July 31) to stroll one block down from the Kahn to see my documentary about Susan Oliver (who you’ll all remember as Vina from “The Cage”/”The Menagerie.” Her Orion Slave Girl remains one of TOS’s enduring icons even 50 years after her original work on the pilot. Sadly for Susan, she died quite young and missed out on the modern convention era, so she never really got the chance to connect with all her fans like so many others continue to do even today.

This film has been a 3-year labor of love and tells the remarkable story of one of the most prolific actresses of her era, an accomplished female pilot (one of the first to ever fly the Lear Jet), and one of only a handful of women who directed television in the early 1980’s (including a M*A*S*H).

We’ve been lucky enough to get this chance to show you the movie at the IMAX just one block from the Rio on Thursday, July 31 at 9pm. I hope to have Larry Nemecek and Celeste "Yeoman MArtha Landon" Yarnall (who are both in the movie) there with me to do a Q&A afterwards, and we’ll be giving away some free Green Girl T-shirts and copies of the DVD (which is making its first public appearance at the convention).

The IMAX will only hold the theater for this screening if we can get at least 60 more fans to reserve their seats by July 21 (I know, that’s really soon!). We really hope you can come and that you’ll help us make sure the screening happens – Susan Oliver’s amazing story deserves to be seen and shared (so please tell all your friends, too)!

You can reserve your seats (AND see the movie’s trailer) here:

http://gathr.us/screening/8411

Faces and crowds from "TNG Night at the Movies"

Did you go Monday night?

Actually the name was more like the "25th Anniversary TNG Event" and HD remastering showcase for two episodes and new features,  at theaters across the US, Canada and Australia. And yes, it was also a mega-marketing event to promote the formal release of the TNG Season 1 Blu-ray set the next day.

For most fans it was just a rare chance to see their TNG heroes on the big screen, pre-Generations, all dressed up and ready to shine.

It was last-minute, but on the afternoon of this CBS/Fantome event, I'd asked my tweeps and Faceboook Treklanders to snap and send pics from their movie sites. Part of this was my wondering if the question posed by the LA Times would turn out to be true, regarding any possible adverse box-office impact by the Aurora movie shootings at the TNG event.

There were hits and misses on the campics, but crowds also seemed to vary by area—and whether fans had perhaps too many choices for theaters in some markets, diluting numbers. Other sites were packed, according to anecdotal reports.

So, here's some images from all over—and thanks to those who sent in. Sadly, there's none from any of the mass sell-out crowds I've read about as well in Toronto and Orlando, to name a couple. As for my own, the Universal City IMAX was about 3/4 fuill of its 400, I'd say.

Send more, we'll add'em. (I'm lookin' at you, East Coasters & Upper Midwesterners).

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Seattle: "Full theater! We only laughed at the actually funny bits, I swear."—@gregharbin:

 "Our crowd at Regal 20 in Jacksonville, Fla."—@LorrieS68:

Full house in Emeryville, CA (Bay Area):(who sent me this? Let me know!):

"30 people in Cinemark16 in Myrtle Beach S.C."—@MrrWilly:

"We have a line. Perhaps 150 people (one costume)" in  Mira Mesa (outside San Diego)—@starfleetmom:

 

Theatre full for Star Trek 25th Anniversary Event: Albuquerque NM"—@MfaBfd:  

Las Vegas: "We had about 100, I would estimate, in my theater at the Orleans Hotel. It would have been better if CBS selected only 2 or 3 locations around Vegas instead of 5."—Paul Walker:

Myself and a couple of my Klingon Shipmates in Summerville, S.C.; we had about 70 people in a 240-seat theater. Small but raucous, happy crowd. "—Erika Yvette Figueroa / FB:

 






















And I suppose I need to include the AMC Universal Citywalk  Stadium 19 IMAX turnout: About 3/4 of the 400-some seats? I missed the lights-up pre-show time, but here's the after-show scramble about a minute after show's end:

PLUS: No pics, but thanks for these reports:


 "About 150 in 200-seat theater in Medford, only theatre in southern Oregon"— Paula Block &Terry Erdmann/ FB

"Sadly, no screening in Fargo, so I will live it vicariously through pics and RTs."—@ohtheprofanity

"Toronto's Yonge and Eglinton was sold out. I had to drive to the suburbs to get a ticket at another theatre!"—@robheydari

"The Burbank house was 3/4 full."—Barbara Watson/ FB

"150 or so in OKC"—Scott Johnson/ FB

"Three screenings in various theatres in Portland, Oregon - all three were sold out. Great crowd in the theatre I was in! Lots of costumes and cheering."—Anthony Wynn

"Larry, the theatre here in Orlando is packed. Will try to take a photo after."—@TrekRadio


Thanks to all who joined in to share, and enjoyed the evening!

Will CBS and NCM Fathom repeat for S2 and beyond, unlike the TOS Remastered kickoff event in theaters? Stay tuned ...