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Things to do in Las Vegas: The Star Trek Experience
There are a great many things to do in Vegas. And Star Trek is not the first thing that comes to mind. But in the past years as Vegas tried to become family friendly it built several of these attractions to get money from those not wanting to gamble.
The Star Trek Experience is located at the Hilton right off the Strip. It’s a great attraction for any Star Trek fan and even those that are mildly interested. I would not have gone myself because I think those aliens are ugly but my husband is a big fan.
On the Strip and in the magazines you will find in your hotel are ads for places that sell show tickets at half off. These places don’t have tickets for any of the major shows that most people want to see but they do have tickets for Star Trek. Stop by one of these kiosks and save yourself at least $15 per ticket.
The attraction starts with what they call the museum. It contains some props from the shows and movies. But the best part was the timeline. They have a visual timeline with pictures of the entire Star Trek story including all the TV series and movies. If you have missed any of the Star Trek action or are confused about what happened when or why, you can get your answers here.
The Experience itself is made up of two different shows. In one you fight Klingons, the brown fighters with the ridges on their heads. In the other show you fight The Borg. These are people combined with computers that try to assimilate every species they come in contact with. Needles to say, you wouldn’t want to mess with these things.
As you wait in line, a few of the actors come out in costume to take pictures with you. They look so real it is uncanny. They look more real then they do on TV.
Your fight against the Klingons starts onboard the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. The bridge is full size and down to detail. The story is set in Star Trek The Next Generation. As the action starts you are shown to a turbolift that takes you and your group to the shuttle bays where you board a shuttle pod to fly back to the past. (I won’t explain so it doesn’t ruin the story.) The pod is a motion simulator so you watch the movie while the pod shifts back and forth like a ride and any amusement park. At the end, if you don’t feel like throwing up you are in good shape.
The other event, is set in Star Trek Voyager. You are taken to a remote star base when the Borg attacks and abducts you. The majority of the attraction is a 4-D movie. Of course everything turns out ok in the end. But it was very nicely acted out. The action is live and full of excitement.
Even not being a Star Trek fan, I enjoyed the Experience. Maybe that’s because I had my husband with me to explain what all the different aliens were and why everyone wanted to kill us.
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Should William Shatner return as Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movie? – Part 8
Only when we step away from a project and the project still reflects the scope and theme can creation truly earn accomplishment. Star Trek accomplished this feat with reruns every evening, death of the creator, and the success of many spin offs. Even if you return to the original storyline one can accept the flattery of immitation
Gene Rodenberry’s work has spanned beyond his grave. Directors and writers have been able to write and direct pieces that fans can relate to as Star Trek rather than similar to Star Wars or Stargate. These others are neither diminished nor strengthened, but stand on their own question of whether or not creation occurred. Creation continued beyond Gene Rodenberry and William Shatner so it is time to allow the creation to progress.
William Shatner set image of a Deep Space Captain, but left space for others to develop the variety of personalities that fall within any profession. Reverent references to William Shatner can suffice in the new movie much as present presidents compare themselves with other presidents. Not all living presidents attend each event of the new era and the same can be said for past characters in a fictional genre. Star Trek the Motion Picture illustrated the attitude as the new Captain stood at the wall commemorating all the ships named Enterprise. The use of the name Enterprise was a tie to an actual naval past. William Shatner was a part of the past. The Star Trek experience wants to live on because it failed to be only the 60’s short-lived creation and grabbed others along the way.
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Fans of Star Trek began their trek at various stages of the experience. Population of characters grew and complete representation of the creation expansion would cause story limitation. Additional characters added more challenges and more ways for individual viewers to relate. Captain Kirk inspired many, but others envisioned themselves as Spock, Scotty or any of the characters. Other moviegoers, who began their mission to explore new worlds with another Captain, might feel left behind. Holes in the story that commemorated the first Captain might cause attention problems in newer Trekkies.
From Gene Rodenberry’s creative thought, to the actors portrayal and the audience William Shatner placed into the heads of many viewers fantasies of their own journeys into space. Since William Shatner said, “boldly go where no man has gone before”, moviegoers have to honor the creation and allow the Star Trek saga to boldly progress and let William Shatner accept his share of the accomplishment.
TV show reviews: Star Trek – Part 3
We watched the first episode of DS9 now that we’re done with TNG. My thoughts on the first eppy are as follows:
* Incredible acting with ALL of the cast EXCEPT for Avery Brooks (Sisko) and his now departed wife (character-wise). Those two could not be more emotionless. Their portrayals of grief, happiness, love, romance, and sadness were so forced it actually annoyed me to the point that I was mocking Sisko’s constant hand gestures, which as much as he tried, didn’t add any realness to his expressions. The other cast members really shined, even the minor ones.
* I like the comedic nature of Bashir, the humbleness of Dax, and the hardheaded Bajoran Kira (which had many similarities to Ro). Odo is still hard to read for me, I haven’t found any appeal to him yet other than his powers as a Changeling. His persona seemed extremely serious and detached in the first episode.
* The first episode wasn’t that captivating to me, except for some of the minor action. I was dying for it to be over, it was too drawn out and long.
Of course, these are my initial reactions to the first episode. My boyfriend swears that everyone loves Avery’s acting, but I do not and I hope that it improves or I will not be too thrilled with him being the main character. (I’m already missing Picard) I’m also sure people will say it will get better, and I’m sure it will… just my first experience wasn’t too great. I felt that way about TOS, and goes to show how I changed my mind towards the middle of the series.
Background on my Star Trek experience: I’ve seen the series in ST order for the first time. I’m not done yet! The ones I’ve seen are in this order – Enterprise, The Original Series, The Original Series Movies, The Next Generation, The Next Generation Movies, and the first episode of Deep Space Nine which is what this review is about solely. I will write more as I progress into the series.
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