Tag Archives: Star Trek

Star Trek Day TO

By Dork Shelf
September 1, 2011

Star Trek Day TOSponsored by the Silver Snail

Star Trek Day TO, a Nerd Mafia collaborative extravaganza that celebrates everything Star Trek, will be hosted at the Toronto Underground Cinema on October 02, 2011.

Why Star Trek? Star Trek represents a hopeful vision of the future — a future that promotes collaboration, inclusiveness and responsibility. Celebrating Star Trek not only honours the ground-breaking work the franchise has already done, it also shows our commitment to internalizing these values and making them reality.

This fun-filled event will cater both to the casual fan and the hardcore Trekker with trivia, a costume contest, musical performances, comedy, the screening of Star Trek feature films and a 19+ after party for mature Star Trek fans.

Tickets are available for pre-order on Brown Paper Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/185549.

Tickets are also available in person at the Silver Snail.

Daytime Programming:
* Star Trek 101 – an introduction to Star Trek, for those new to the franchise.
* Star Trek Geek Off – trivia contest
* Costume Contest (categories TBA)
* MOVIE: Wrath of Khan
* MOVIE: Star Trek (2009)

Evening Programming:
* Comedy by Nerdy Little Secret, featuring Gavin Stephens
* Music by Nerds with Guitars
* Burlesque by The Cinnamon Hearts and Nerd Girl Pinups
(Additional acts TBA)

Additional sponsors: Polaris, FutureCon

Official Star Trek Day TO website here.
Facebook Event Page here.

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Thor Review

By Sasha James
May 4, 2011

I should preface this review with one caveat: I’ve never read or watched — or heard of Thor at all, really — before seeing the film. As you can probably guess from the preceding sentence, I don’t even know what format of text or media from which its story originates. Colour me uneducated and largely incurious. Instead of attempting to hide this gaping hole in my nerd credentials, I’m sure that highlighting my lack of Thor knowledge will make for a pretty interesting review. Continue reading →

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Doctor Who Episode 6.1 Review

By Sasha James
April 21, 2011

In the previous series, Steven Moffat hit the ground running, creating one of the most entertaining collections of episodes in Doctor Who history. With the eleventh incarnation of The Doctor garnering an impressive amount of critical praise and fan approval, its understandable that Moffat’s sophomore effort is one of the most highly-anticipated television shows of the year. Continue reading →

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Podcast 6: Look at All Those Tentacles

By Dork Shelf
May 26, 2009

The dorks are back with a sixth podcast. The Star Trek movie is discussed, as is a slew of video games. Will has been playing Broken Steel, Lucas talks about thievery, and Jeff explains how to learn more about upcoming comics through solicitations. This podcast is dedicated to one of our Italian fans. I’m not too keen on hokushu goukan myself, but I hope you find this episode is as gripping and as pleasurable as a horny cephalopod. Continue reading →

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Captain Kirk’s Dad Cast as Thor

By Will Perkins
May 17, 2009

Deadline Hollywood Daily has confirmed that Chris Hemsworth; who most will recognize as the ill-fated George Kirk from J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot, has been cast as Thor. The big screen adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Thor is being helmed by … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Review

By Will Perkins
May 7, 2009

As a life long Trekkie, I went into the new J.J. Abrams Trek reboot/sequel with my expectations set to stun—fearing that if I set them to kill I would end up vapourizing myself… whatever that means.  Phaser analogy aside, I … Continue reading →

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Every Star Trek Theatrical Trailer

By Will Perkins
May 5, 2009

With the release of J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot/prequel this week, Dork Shelf wanted to take a look back at the previous 10 Star Trek films—or at least their trailers. There have been great Trek movies like Star Trek II: … Continue reading →

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Podcast 5: Phone Journey

By Dork Shelf
May 2, 2009

Know what to expect when you go to see Wolverine—at least, what to expect from the trailers. Will, Jeff, and Lucas analyze a bevy of movies, video games, and promotional TV shows. Lucas Preys, Jeff tells us what he thinks of documentaries, and Will survives wave after wave of zombies. All this, Daredevil, and Montalbán’s chest are in the fifth episode of the Dork Shelf Podcast. Continue reading →

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New Star Trek TV Spot

By Will Perkins
March 24, 2009

Latino Review has posted a new TV spot for J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek. The 30 second spot shows most of the stuff we’ve seen in trailers so far, but there are a few new things that make it worth watching. This … Continue reading →

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Will Captain Kirk be the Green Lantern?

By Will Perkins
March 20, 2009

IESB.net is reporting that a reliable source at Warner Bros. has pegged actor Chris Pine for the role of Hal Jordan in the Green Lantern film.  Pine who plays Captain Kirk in the upcoming Star Trek movie from J.J. Abrams … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Trailer Hits

By Will Perkins
March 6, 2009

The final trailer for J.J. Abrams Star Trek prequel/sequel has hit the web and can be seen on Apple.com.  The trailer can also be seen this weekend attached to the much anticipated adapation of  Watchmen. Star Trek trailer @ Apple.com … Continue reading →

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