Star Trek is the comfort food of science fiction. It is enjoyable and satisfying even if it isn’t always good for you. In this season of traditions and celebrations we decided to compose our Ode to Star Trek. Helping us talk Trek this week is renowned Star Trek authority Larry Nemecek, author of ST: The Next Generation Companion, Jim Krieg director of The Kirkie, the Star Trek themed short film that won Best Sci-Fi Short at Seattle’s Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival and as if that wasn’t enough we also had another chance to talk with Dayton Ward, author of more Trek related novels, novellas, short stories and articles than you can shake a tricorder at.
We also have the weekly geek news, Seattle area geek events and a brand new contest!
Our Geek Week
- Listened to the audiobook of Under the Dome by Stephen King
- Listened to the audiobook of Eden Born by Nick Sagan
- Downloaded the Leonard Maltin Movie Guide iPhone app
- Enjoying the new content patch for World of Warcraft
Matt was the guest-host on the Warcraft Outsiders podcast. The episode should be out today (12/10)- Went to the Steampunk Exhibition Ball at MOHAI
- Fundraiser for the Center for Sex Positive Culture
- Featured several musicians from the Sepia Chord label
Ode to Star Trek
J J Abrams Movie
- IMDB Trivia
R2-D2′s cameo in Star Trek. (click to enlarge)
Interviews
- Larry Nemecek
- Jim Krieg
- Jim Krieg on IMDB
- The Kirkie
Jim menaces his children with a fake boulder at Vasquez Rocks, scene of the climactic battle with the Gorn in the original series episode The Arena. The location was also featured in The Kirkie. (click to enlarge)- Viva Spiderman
- Jim Krieg on IMDB
- Dayton Ward
- DaytonWard.com
Dayton’s latest Star Trek novel – Star Trek: Vanguard: Open Secrets- Dayton Ward on Amazon
Dare Shannon to Watch a Bad Movie
This week’s movie was The Astro-Zombies (1968)
Next week’s bad movie will be Ice Cream Man (1995)
If you want to dare Shannon to watch a bad movie, e-mail us at seattlegeekly@gmail.com or call us at (206)201-2352
Check our Dared Movies Page to see what is on the list and what Shannon has already watched.
News
- Once again the Seattle Geekly podcast will be on hiatus for the last two weeks of December. Our last new show of 2009 will be next Thursday, December 17, and we will return again on January 7!
- Get your very own SARLACC (Seattle ARea Lucasfilm Artifact Collectors Club) charity pin! This is a very nice cloissone pin showing the Millenium Falcon flying toward the Space Needle and they are available now! The pins are $10.00 plus shipping and the proceeds benefit Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. We bought ours! Visit SARLACC.org to donate today!
- Josh Brolin replacing Tommy Lee Jones in Men in Black 3?
- Are John Malkovich And Anne Hathaway Both Flying Into Spidey 4?
- Beautiful box set of 25 Akira Kurosawa films by Criterion
Events
You can see more events and keep up with everything going on in the Seattle area on our event and convention calendars
- December 18, 2009 8 – 10pm Neptune Coffee 8415 Greenwood Ave N Seattle – One Trivia Night to Rule Them All with Seattle Geekly! Join us as we host a night of trivia covering The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Books and movie versions are all on the table! Test your knowledge and win some prizes!
- December 11 – 31, 2009 6pm & 8:30pm The Grand Illusion Cinema 1403 NE 50th st, Seattle – Playing twice daily, Frank Capra’s holiday classic IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
- December 15, 2009 7pm The Grand Illusion Cinema 1403 NE 50th st, Seattle – It’s A Wonderful Life Grand Illusion Holiday Party! Please accept this invitation to join The Grand Illusion for their 6th annual holiday bash! Free admission for free food, drink, more food, good cheer, and more drink. Meet volunteers, fellow patrons and find out who will be the recipient of this year’s George Bailey Award. Then we’ll all sit down and watch It’s A Wonderful Life together!
- December 19 & 26, 2009 1pm EMP|SFM 325 5th Avenue North, Seattle – Screening of the science fiction holiday classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians in the JBL Theater.
- December 13, 2009 10pm The Rendezvous / Jewel Box Theater 2322 2nd Ave, Seattle – Nerdcore Night! Live performances by Death*Star and Ultraklystron. Tickets are $7 at the door.
- December 19, 2009 10:30pm Odd Duck Studio 1214 10th Ave Seattle – Blood Squad presents Nightmare on 34th Street. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring…except the slightly disoriented-looking guy in overalls with a giant knife crawling out of the fireplace. ‘Tis the season for slaughter! For the holidays, Blood Squad presents a show in the style of Christmas Horror inspired by such classics as the original “Black Christmas”, “Silent Night, Deadly Night” and “Gremlins”. Join us for a one-night only show and holiday party featuring music, comedy and a yule-tide improvised slasher movie. Featuring the comedy stylings of Travis Vogt and Danielle Radford, with festive songs by The Ghoul-Tide Carolers and holiday food, drink & fun!
Contest!
We have a bar of Geeky Clean‘s Bar Trek soap to get you smelling good for the holidays and a Seattle Geekly “geek bingo” t-shirt to give away!
Need that Klingon stink to cling off? Showers can become scarce in between the hot alien babes and judo chopping the next Romulan. You, my friend need Bar Trek! This unique black soap shimmers like stars when wet, and leaves you feeling fresh all the way from Delta Quadrant to Uranus! Bar Trek, it’s only logical!
Bar weighs roughly 5 oz and contains a black d20.
The t-shirt is the one featured in the Seattle Geekly store and comes in the size of your choice as long as that size is L, XL or XXL.
Contest will run from December 8 until Decmber 27, with the winner picked December 28/
“How do I enter?”
Please register / log in to our website, and leave a comment on THIS POST and tell us your favorite character or movie, or episode from Star Trek. One entry per person please, we’ll delete any multiple or offensive posts. Make sure you use a valid e-mail address when you register so we can contact you if you win!
“How will you randomly pick someone?”
We have D&D dice of all shapes and sizes, even a 100 sider! We’ll roll and see who wins!
We’ll be sending out the prizes to you via USPS
Music
Music this week was various themes from Star Trek, plus bits from the 2009 Star Trek movie.
Next Week’s show: Winter Reading Roundup! We’ll be talking to authors Harry Connelly, Ben Thompson and Caitlin Kittredge of Seattle, and Ken McConnell of Idaho about their latest books.
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