The BACKDOOR CHALLENGE POLL is complete and the authors have chosen the stories they want to write. Here’s the lineup:
So, we’re off and running! The completed stories will be posted on the 9th of November.
The voting poll for story arcs submitted in the BACKDOOR CHALLENGE is now open. We have 5 authors lined up and waiting to find out which of the 28 submitted story arcs they’ll be writing.
All Forum members are eligible to vote for their five favorite story ideas. Votes can be changed if you have a change of heart and the poll won’t close until midnight, Sunday Oct 19 (if you want to be precise, midnight CDT [US]) so there is plenty of time to make up your mind.
Glo has said flat out she’ll be shamelessly campaigning for her favorites so you all might as well too. It’ll be great fun to watch how the voting turns out with the added benefit that we all get five brand new J/7 fan fiction pieces to enjoy.
By T’Bonz at TrekToday
September 22, 2008 - 11:13 PM
Brent Spiner is keeping busy with a new documentary project and with promoting his Dreamland music CD, and has no plans to reprise his Data character.
As reported by UInterview, Spiner is working on a new documentary, but he was coy with the details. “I’m going to go from one end of the country to another,” he explained, “just going to people’s houses and talking to them. There’s a specific reason, which I’d rather not talk about, but I won’t be making fun of people, that’s not what I’m looking for. I really am just looking for ordinary people or extraordinary people or peculiar people or not peculiar people to visit. Just a variety kind of a cross-section of America and there is a theme but I’m going to keep that to myself just at the moment because it’s so simple that I’m afraid somebody else will do it before I get out there.” Spiner encouraged people who would like to be a part of the documentary to contact him at brentdoc@aol.com.
An upcoming appearance at the Los Angeles Comic Book & Sci-Fi Convention is in the cards for Spiner. The convention is being held in Los Angeles at the Shrine Hall on 700 W. 32nd Street (across from the U.S.C. campus) on Sunday, October 12. Spiner will be there to promote and to sign his Dreamland music CD from 1 to 3 P.M. Admission to the convention is $8.00 and the cost for the Dreamland CD, autograph on the CD and autograph for one additional item will cost $25.00.
Spiner has no plans to play the popular Data again, feeling that he is told old to play the childlike android. “Sean Connery said, ‘Never say never,’” said Spiner. “So I wouldn’t say ‘never,” but probably never. We are getting a little bit old in the tooth to be doing it, at least I am. Data is a character that I think is about youth, in a way. And he’s about childlike wonder. Exploring humanity with sort of childlike eyes…some of the other people could come back way easier than my character could.”
To see the video, head to the link located here.
By T’Bonz of TrekToday
September 17, 2008 - 1:54 AM
George Takei and his long-term partner Brad Altman were wed on Sunday in a multicultural ceremony in Los Angeles.
As reported by the Associated Press and Pageoneq.com, the Japanese-American National Museum was the location for the nuptials of Takei and Altman. “It was exquisite,” said Takei. “It was magical. It’s something we’re going to remember for the rest of our lives.”
The couple wore white dinner jackets with black pants, and made their entrance to the tune of One Singular Sensation from A Chorus Line. Other music included a Japanese Koto harp and a bagpipe procession.
Takei and Altman shared a traditional Japanese tea ceremony and were married by a Buddhist priest, exchanging Native American wedding bands. They wrote their own vows for the ceremony. Part of Takei’s vows to Altman were “I vow to care for you as you’ve cared for me, and to love you as my husband and the only man in my life.”
Altman said that in addition to other titles he had given Takei over the years, such as “life partner, significant other,” he “can add ‘my husband’ to the list of things I call you.” For Altman, their marriage was “a dream come true for me.”
Guests, including Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols, dined on Asian/Baja California fusion cuisine. They took home Japanese tea ceremony treats in boxes which had printed on them: “May sweet equality live long and prosper.”
Takei and Altman will honeymoon in Argentina and Peru.
The National Movie Awards 2008 (UK) will see a fantastic array of stars attend both as nominees and award presenters including NICOLE KIDMAN, MERYL STREEP, SAMUEL L JACKSON and EMMA WATSON.
The awards, which are the only film awards to be voted for by the public and include categories for Best Musical, Best Male Performance and Best Film with great acting talent such as Christian Bale, Harrison Ford, Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Pierce Brosnan and Will Smith all being nominated.
The National Movie Awards are made by Indigo Television for ITV1. They will take place on Monday 8th September at London’s Royal Festival Hall and will be broadcast on Tuesday 9th September on ITV1 at 8pm.
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We’ve built two new threads in our MIRANDY fandom area. The AUTHOR TALK thread will host discussion on Mirandy FanFiction concerns (characterization, Canon etc) and the VIDEO LAB thread will be a resource area for folks eager to try their hand at Mirandy vids.
C’mon in and play!
To no one’s surprise, Sazzy has won the 2008 Creation Conventions Video Contest held in Las Vegas, NV! As usual, great work!
Famous as perhaps J/7 fandom’s most prolific fan fiction author, Gina Dartt has published the 20th and final installment of her Millennium series. Aptly titled “Final Frontiers”, the story brings the epic serial to an adventurous close. Gina has indicated that her sojourn in the J/7 universe is not necessarily over. There are apparently many stories left to tell, but none of them are likely to be as massive as her previous tomes. We wish Gina the best and look forward to her next efforts!
The Faction wishes Olympic athletes from all countries good luck and success in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad.