Star Trek Convention Celebrates The Show's 50th Anniversary

An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: CNET has a photo gallery with highlights from this year's Star Trek convention, celebrating the show's 50th anniversary. Highlights include a replica of the time portal from Harlan Ellison's City on the Edge of Forever episode, as well as a weird model of the Enterprise made entirely out of balloons. Special guests included former Star Trek actors Jonathan Frakes, Kirstie Alley, Levar Burton, and Whoopi Goldberg. And William Shatner reportedly made "the Captain Kirkiest stage entrance ever made," then talked about everything from Star Wars and The Twilight Zone to Pokemon Go.

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[FrankHaynes]

I can't believe Shatner is still alive!

"You're dead, Jim."

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[lord_mike]

He'll outlive all the original cast.. just you watch!!

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[Bing Tsher E]

Ironically, the most likely way for starship captain Shatner to be killed is from being thrown off a horse, as horses are one of his main interests these days.

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[skegg]

Not a coincidence at all. Also saw him do it on Boston Legal. (Shatner, not Kirk.)

I saw an interview once where Shatner expressed his equine passion, and how he tries to involve horses in his work.

Denny Crane!

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[The Grim Reefer]

He'll outlive all the original cast.. just you watch!!

When my wife told me that the actor that played Chckov had died, I thought she was talking about Walter Koenig. I mentioned that I thought he was one of the younger of the surviving original cast. Then she told me it was Anton Yelchin and my first thought was that Shatner may end up outliving the new cast too.

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[kheldan]

No kidding. Magnificent Bastard that he is (and that's High Praise coming from me, by the way; it's an exclusive list). Sadly, once Shatner is gone, all we'll have left is the 'artificially Star Trek-flavored' shit they're putting out now; I don't think that George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, and Walter Koenig can carry the torch alone. The Berman era had it's flaws to be sure, but it's not the crap aimed at millennials we're being subjected to now. "Fire everything", indeed.

"the Captain Kirkiest stage entrance ever made"

[Ecuador]

In case you are wondering, here it is: https://cnet1.cbsistatic.com/i... [cbsistatic.com]

Re: "the Captain Kirkiest stage entrance ever made

[CQDX]

She's the character Shahna from the episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion". Google her to see the costume.

You can turn in your nerd card on the way out.

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[PolygamousRanchKid]

Hey, you get 1,000 Quatloos for that post . . . and the tin foil bikini.

And the "training harness".

Best Star Trek episode for making crude drunken dubious jokes EVAR . . .

The convention doesn't end for like 8 more hours

[Crackerjack]

CNET should have waited awhile, there's still a few surprises left!

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[rfengr]

I didn't even realize ST was in color until we got a color TV when I was 9 in 1980, even though I had been watching it since I was 2.

How is this news for nerds?

[agm]

Heh. Just kidding.

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[wbr1]

Someone have Scotty check the transporters. I think Lt. AGM's sense of humor was left behind on Delta Pablonis.

Kirstie Alley's 1st Trek Convention?

[Wolfrider]

--Man, she's been missing out all this time. Wonder if she'll be inclined to do more after this.