Incidentally, if you did "DragonCon Goes Virtual" you got an extra fillip this year as well: today is
Star Trek Day, the anniversary of the premiere of the original series. In celebration, www.startrek.com has had a live, free virtual feed all day celebrating all the
Star Trek series: they played all the pilot episodes, then began playing memorable episodes (the original series story they showed was "City on the Edge of Forever"), then took a break at 3 p.m. Eastern time to present 3 1/2 hours of all-new interviews with each of the series' casts, conducted by Wil Wheaton of
Star Trek: The Next Generation (and the ultimate geek) and Mina Burton, daughter of LeVar Burton from
Next Gen and
Reading Rainbow on PBS. The final interview featured Wheaton, Patrick Stewart, and Jonathan Frakes from
Next Gen/Picard.
I
remember when Jonathan Frakes showed up at DixieTrek in 1988 with his
beard; all the ladies (and I'm sure some of the guys) ooohed and
aaaahhhed over it. He looked good then, and I swear he looks better
every year. I sat there watching him talk and smiled a lot. Goodness, he's adorable.Once the interviews were over, they did more memorable episodes.
So it was like having an extra day at DragonCon.
Labels: anniversaries, DragonCon, television
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