El Paso is home to one of the most celebrated science fiction legends of all time, heres why you should be celebrating 'Live Long and Prosper' Day. Especially if youre a Trekkie from the borderland.
The new season of the Plaza Classic Film Festival has added more movie titles to the film festival with the addition of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Funny Face starring Audrey Hepburn.
The late, great Leonard Nimoy, who died earlier today at the age of 83, will always be Mr. Spock, second-in-command of the USS Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk. For a long time, Nimoy was not okay with this. And then, over the years, he embraced the character that defined his career and inspired an entire generation of fans (many of whom became scientists, engineers, and astronauts). But Nimoy didn't just sit back and rest on his Vulcan laurels. When he wasn't wearing those pointy ears, Nimoy was acting, directing, writing, singing, and lending his likeness and distinctive voice to commercials and TV specials. He was a real Hollywood renaissance man, dabbling in high art, low art, and everything in-between.
This video, posted to YouTube by Patrick Stewart's fiancee, shows the actor in jovial spirits demonstrating the rare quadruple take. Also, he could possibly be stoned.
The first time the word "Hell" was spoken on television, was in an original "Star Trek" episode entitled, "City on the Edge of Forever", on April 6th, 1967. The exact quote was, "Let's get the hell out of here..!!" It was spoken by Captain Kirk, William Shatner...
While ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ would occasionally make a stab at humor, few would describe the sci-fi series, which ran between 1987 and 1994, as a comedy. But it turns out there was a great sitcom lurking beneath the intergalactic quandaries and technical jargon all along, and all it took was simple laugh track to unleash it.