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Picardo Emcees, ANDRO Nods, X3, Card Trashes TREK, Shatner Peddles Cereal, Combs/Behr Reunion et al

By Steve Krutzler / 06:50, 4 May 2005 / Todays Tribblets

Yesterday:

Robert Picardo emcees as the Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducts Steven Spielberg, Philip Dick, Chesley Bonestell and Ray Harryhausen, on May 6th.

GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA has been nominated for five Leo Awards. (1 comments)

StarshipModeler has a detailed review of the new Polar Lights Enterprise-A model kit.

Matthew Vaughn, the British director who will helm the third X-MEN movie, talks about his plans for the upcoming movie at Action Movie.

"As those 700-plus episodes kept cranking out like space sausage, they just kept getting cheaper- and lazier-looking," stabs the Seattle Times, panning Rick Berman's STAR TREK as an empty well. (4 comments)

Sci-Fi writer Orson Scott Card trashes STAR TREK in an editorial published today in the L.A. Times. (12 comments)

William Shatner is currently featured in a Kellogg Canada ALL BRAN product campaign, using TV commercials and PR spoofs.

Earlier:

Denver Sci-Fi con attendees report that Jeffrey Combs ('Weyoun', 'Shran') announced a guest appearance in the second season of Ira Steven Behr's THE 4400, premiering this summer. (May 02, 1 comments)

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Card Trek | Report this post to moderator
By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:58:12 on May 05, 2005

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Sci-Fi writer Orson Scott Card trashes STAR TREK in an editorial published today in the L.A. Times.

A former DEEP SPACE NINE writers' assistant responds to Card's comments: Card Trek.

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By: Miles Edward O'Brien (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:57:18 on May 05, 2005

Shatner's been doing the Kelloggs adds in the UK for a few months now.

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Ok, I realize I may have bashed the franchise a bit... | Report this post to moderator
By: JD (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:37:48 on May 04, 2005

...but if you read those commentaries in the Seattle and LA Times you have to agree, these guys are bitter people who probably hate sci fi fans, think of them as nerds and geeks and 2nd class citizens, and probably never watched the shows but feel as though their opinion still counts. These are the people who, were they at a BBQ of mine, I'd save the burgers that fell on the lawn for.

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RE: Ok, I realize I may have bashed the franchise a bit... by Hober Mallow @ 14:02:34 on May 05
RE: Ok, I realize I may have bashed the franchise a bit... by The_Sisko @ 14:52:56 on May 04

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Card Trek | Report this post to moderator By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:58:12 on May 05, 2005

Shatner | Report this post to moderator By: Miles Edward O'Brien (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:57:18 on May 05, 2005

Ok, I realize I may have bashed the franchise a bit... | Report this post to moderator By: JD (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:37:48 on May 04, 2005

Card Trek | Report this post to moderator
By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 14:58:12 on May 05, 2005

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By: Miles Edward O'Brien (Odo's file, contact) @ 03:57:18 on May 05, 2005

Ok, I realize I may have bashed the franchise a bit... | Report this post to moderator
By: JD (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:37:48 on May 04, 2005