yesterday, we went to this. . .

The Star Trek ST:NJ: Trek to New Jersey Convention event, organized by Creation Entertainment, features a lineup of Star Trek actors, including William Shatner, Kate Mulgrew, and more, for autographs, photo opportunities, and panels!

Gorn Today, Gorn Tomorrow

there is sadly going to be a time when we don’t have kirk in our lives, it’s just a hard fact. BUT before we write him off let it be known that he was on fighting form, standing up, walking about and just doing kirk things, what a legend and to find out that he has never watched any other star trek kinda blew me away.

The star of the show for me thou was Kate Mulgrew, Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager because it really allows me to realise that there was so much more than i had not delved into, she was fantastic, so brave, such a leader, such an inspiration to many, women and men alike – a real powerhouse of a human being, she just had that aura about her and i was glad to have updated my perception of this actress in more detail, i’ll be certain listening to more podcasts and audio books about her soon.

Klingon to Every Moment

the event was really well actually i was’nt sure what to expect as it seemed they had moved the locations at the last minute with bits of black gaffer tape over the logos on the graphic boards all around.

It reminded me of my older days of being on the ground at events in europe with the issues with audio on video playback, locked of cameras and just all the little quirks you see when you know what goes into pulling something like that off – the presenters were fantastic, they really kept things moving along.

the structure of the two days was great too – it’s obvious that it’s a major photo/money play with the characters even thou i do believe they love the star trek family and i’m guessing a lot of people were keen to get a signed photo with kirk, for 93 i’m amazed to be honest and he was back home on a red eye on that sunday night for a job thing on monday morning, he aint stopping working and quite the inspiration on that front.

Romulan Around the Convention Floor

the location was pretty perfect, the car park was full, they setup the systems great for getting in and out and there was a lot of people dressed up as federation, as you can expect from a micro con like this the people there were smart, respectful and really just got along with everyone, most of the ball room sessions were packed out (especially sunday) and we had a great time, it had a nice flow to the day, it was great to have so many of the trek actors from lots of different treks.

Ferengi-ing on the Edge of Awesome

they had a bunch of break out rooms where you could grab merch, the usual shirts, badges and enhancements to your comic con setup. they had a bunch of different micro parts to the day, auctions and trivia contests, voting on who had the best outfit, some great talks as well about viruses and biology – the production team behind it all had been doing this for well over fifty years which was quite staggering that they had just been cranking it out – i think the next one is vegas for sixty years of trek! wow.

Vulcan’t Believe How Amazing This Was

i think my biggest takeaway from the weekend was just how many stories and inspiring takes both the actors and the crowd had to offer to the mix, not the usual “trek changed my life” but more about the diversity, the “smarts” of the way the context of the show made people think about each other, what was right, what was fact and true.

i had such a good time and i really did not know what to expect, it felt rare to have it not in the city and all the potential stress of that to get in to the city to see that, for us it was a relatively easy thing to get too and i was pleased how they deployed it.

it was nice to see behind the veil of the actors and hear some of their life stories, how they loved their fans so much and how the fans were impacted by trek.

A great weekend activity – can’t wait to go to another one in the future!