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Treklanta
Treklanta is an annual ''Star Trek'' convention based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States that places special emphasis on fan-based events, activities, programming and productions. It hosts the annual Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant and Bjo Awards Ceremony (formerly the Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards). History The founding of Treklanta (formerly "TrekTrax Atlanta") was, in many respects, a result of its founder and chairman, Eric L. Watts—who had served as Dragon*Con's Director of ''Star Trek'' Programming from 1993 to 2009—not being asked to return for an 18th year by Dragon*Con management in December 2009. In February 2010, several members of the USS ''Republic'', the chapter of STARFLEET International in Atlanta of which Watts is "Commanding Officer" (president), encouraged Watts to continue his service to fandom by launching a new convention in Atlanta, which had not hosted an exclusive, ''Star Trek''-only convention since 1993. Pledging their support, a core g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjo Awards
The Bjo Awards (formerly The Independent ''Star Trek'' Fan Film Awards) is a set of annual awards to recognize achievement in excellence among independent ''Star Trek'' Star Trek fan productions, fan films released to the Internet during the previous calendar year. Inspired by the Hugo Award, Hugo and Nebula Awards and based loosely on the Emmy, Academy Awards, Oscar and Tony Award, Tony Awards, the Bjo Awards are presented at the annual Treklanta convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Created and produced by Treklanta founder and chairman Eric L. Watts, the Bjo Awards is a juried competition judged by a panel of industry professionals with established credits in the ''Star Trek'' franchise and/or notable ''Star Trek'' fans with professional experience in the entertainment industry. Bjo Trimble—who coordinated the letter-writing campaigns that successfully saved the original ''Star Trek'' series from cancellation at the end of its second season and petitioned President Gerald R. Ford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Star Trek Fan Film Awards
The Bjo Awards (formerly The Independent ''Star Trek'' Fan Film Awards) is a set of annual awards to recognize achievement in excellence among independent ''Star Trek'' fan films released to the Internet during the previous calendar year. Inspired by the Hugo and Nebula Awards and based loosely on the Emmy, Oscar and Tony Awards, the Bjo Awards are presented at the annual Treklanta convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Created and produced by Treklanta founder and chairman Eric L. Watts, the Bjo Awards is a juried competition judged by a panel of industry professionals with established credits in the ''Star Trek'' franchise and/or notable ''Star Trek'' fans with professional experience in the entertainment industry. Bjo Trimble—who coordinated the letter-writing campaigns that successfully saved the original ''Star Trek'' series from cancellation at the end of its second season and petitioned President Gerald R. Ford to rename NASA's first space orbiter "USS ''Enterprise''" and who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Trek Fan Production
''Star Trek'' fan productions are productions made by fans using elements of the ''Star Trek'' franchise. Paramount Pictures, CBS, and their licensees are the only organizations legally allowed to create commercial products with the ''Star Trek'' name and trademark. The fan film community has received some coverage from the mainstream media. Films ''Paragon's Paragon'' (1974) ''Star Trek'' fan films have been made since the 1960s by individuals and various fan groups but, before the advent of inexpensive digital cameras, editing and effects in the 1990s, most were on a simple home movie level. An early effort to achieve something more was John Cosentino's ''Paragon's Paragon'', which was an unofficial adaptation of James Blish's '' Spock Must Die!'', an early ''Star Trek'' spinoff novel. The film ran for an hour and was shot on 16mm film using a full-size recreation of the Bridge set. It also used a wide variety of film special effects techniques on a budget of over $2,000 ($ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Trek
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of Star Trek, phenomenon. Since its creation, the franchise has expanded into List of Star Trek films, various films, List of Star Trek television series, television series, List of Star Trek games, video games, List of Star Trek novels, novels, and Star Trek (comics), comic books, and it has become one of the most recognizable and List of highest-grossing media franchises, highest-grossing media franchises of all time. The franchise began with ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' (''The Original Series''), which premiered on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV Television Network, CTV network. In the US it debuted on September 8, 1966, on NBC. The series followed the voyages of the crew of the Starship Enterprise, starship USS ''Ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Space Nine
''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (''DS9'') is an American science-fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller. The fourth series in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise, it originally aired in syndication from January 3, 1993, to June 2, 1999, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. Set in the 24th century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, its narrative is centered on the eponymous space station Deep Space Nine, located adjacent to a wormhole connecting Federation territory to the Gamma Quadrant on the far side of the Milky Way galaxy. Following the success of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Paramount Pictures commissioned a new series set in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe. In creating ''Deep Space Nine'', Berman and Piller drew upon plot elements introduced in ''The Next Generation'', namely the conflict between two species, the Cardassians and the Bajorans. ''Deep Space Nine'' was the first ''Star Trek'' series to be create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klingon Language Institute
The Klingon Language Institute (KLI) is an independent organization originally founded in Flourtown, Pennsylvania and now located in Kentucky. Its goal is to promote the Klingon language, a constructed language from the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe, as well as Klingon culture. General The KLI has members from all over the world. For 13 years, it published a quarterly journal ' (Klingon for "linguistics"), before discontinuing the paper mailings and changing to an electronic version which quickly stopped entirely. It also published the fiction and poetry magazine ' for three volumes. It now publishes a number of translated works, including ''The Wizard of Oz'', the ''Tao Te Ching'', the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'' and others. Each year, the KLI hosts a five-day conference called the (Klingon for "great meeting"), which is open to both members and anyone interested in the language. The KLI is running several projects, including the administration of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence M
Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparatory & high schools * Lawrence Academy at Groton, a preparatory school in Groton, Massachusetts, United States * Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, a high school in Pakistan * Lawrence School, Lovedale, a high school in India * The Lawrence School, Sanawar, a high school in India Research laboratories * Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States * Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States People * Lawrence (given name), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (surname), including a list of people with the name * Lawrence (band), an American soul-pop group * Lawrence (judge royal) (died after 1180), Hungarian nobleman, Judge royal 1164–1172 * Lawrence (musician), Lawrence Hayward (born 1961), British mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armageddon Game
"Armageddon Game" is the 33rd episode of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. It is the 13th episode of the second season. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on Deep Space Nine, a space station located near a stable wormhole between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy, near the planet Bajor. In this episode Chief O'Brien and Dr. Bashir help two races to destroy their biological weapons; but both governments want to ensure no technical knowledge of the weapons can survive. This television episode aired in syndication starting on January 31, 1994. Plot Dr. Bashir and Chief O'Brien have spent the past week helping two races, the T'Lani and the Kellerun, dismantle deadly biological weapons known as "Harvesters". They assure the T'Lani and Kellerun ambassadors that all files related to the Harvesters have been destroyed, so as to prevent them from ever being created again. When the moment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deep Space Nine)
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Starship Mine
"Starship Mine" is the 144th episode of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', the 18th episode of the sixth season. The episode marked an early appearance of actor Tim Russ in the Star Trek canon prior to his being cast as Tuvok on '' Star Trek: Voyager'', and same for Patricia Tallman, later starring as Lyta Alexander on Babylon 5. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, while the ''Enterprise'' is evacuated for hazardous maintenance, Captain Picard must, alone, contend with thieves posing as a work crew aboard the ship. The plot has been noted for its similarity to the 1988 action film ''Die Hard''. Plot The Federation starship ''Enterprise'' is docked at the Remmler Array to be decontaminated through the use of a baryon sweep, harmless to the inorganic materials of the ship but deadly to living beings. The ship is evacuated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Award
The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members. The award is administered by the Worldcon#World Science Fiction Society, World Science Fiction Society. It is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ''Amazing Stories''. Hugos were first given in 1953, at the 11th World Science Fiction Convention, and have been awarded every year since 1955. In 2010, Wired (magazine), ''Wired'' called the Hugo "the premier award in the science fiction genre", while ''The Guardian'' has called it the most important science fiction award alongside the Nebula Award. The awards originally covered seven categories, but have expanded to seventeen categories of written and dramatic works over the years. The winners receive a trophy consisting of a stylized rocket ship on a base. The design of the tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Gendel
Morgan Adley Gendel (born 1952) is an American screenwriter and television producer from West Hartford, CT. Career Gendel served as co-executive producer for the fourth season of the CW sci-fi series, '' The 100''. He has written for such television shows as ''Nash Bridges'', ''Law & Order'', and ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' Gendel is perhaps best known for having written " The Inner Light", one of the most popular and lauded episodes of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', for which he won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation with Peter Allan Fields who wrote the final draft of the script and the episode's director Peter Lauritson. He was the first television writer to win the Hugo for the franchise in 22 years, since the original ''Star Trek'' television series received it in 1968 for Harlan Ellison's screenplay to "The City on the Edge of Forever". As a producer, Gendel brought ''The Dresden Files'' novels to the screen as a TV series on the SciFi Channel. He prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
