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[showmasters]

we want to run one to BUT what guests to get and do you want from it ?  

Star Trek is big and we also want to do it in our own way so we are asking you the help

if you think you would attend a Star trek event if we run one then please fill in this poll as it will help us to make the con how you would like it to be  

what size event the bigger it is the more we will have to spend on guests

also if you can let other fans know we are planning this event and get them to vote as well it will also help us to know who many people would be behind this and that will help us know how big we can make this

thanks to you all so much as we are all trek fans here and would love to run an amazing event for you and us  

jason  

[bonniesrg]

I would like guests from all shows and the all the films, though I do have a certain preference for some people in the new film.

I would like guests who have been before and ones who haven't, as it always nice to meet pleasant repeat guets again.

I picked 600 attendee con, but really Idon't mind either way. As with a 600 attendee you'll get a good range of guests. And with a 1200 attendee con you'll probably get one really pricey guests and the rest all cheaper repeat guests.

Edited by bonniesrg, 16 August 2009 - 10:32 AM.

[1of2]

Wohoo!!



I went for all shows, any guest, and 600 (although I wouldn't mind if it was larger)

[dwarfbabe]

1of2, on Aug 15 2009, 09:28 AM, said:

Wohoo!!



I went for all shows, any guest, and 600 (although I wouldn't mind if it was larger)

Ditto. Would be good to see at least one captain there though.

  

[the dude]

too easy -

guests from all Star trek films/shows

main and supporting cast

as big as possible

the dude

[1of2]

dwarfbabe, on Aug 15 2009, 09:31 AM, said:

Would be good to see at least one captain there though.

One? I am imagining a, tad unrealistic, group photoshoot with all of the Captains

A guest poll is a frightening prospect. It could be huge!

Also imagining all of the potential talks - Siddig paired with Meaney or Robinson., Spiner/Burton, Picardo/Ryan, Shatner/Nimoy, Keating/Trineer, Auberjonois/Shimerman. The ultimate talk would involve Mark Allen Shpherd (Morn)

[ComwWhite]

I'm glad no ones voted to cut out the new cast - that would be a ridiculously stupid move. "Well done for gaining a new audience to the franchise! We don't want them here... we are the purist geeks."

It's been way too long since I saw anything Trekish in the UK.

[TurkFox]

I only like ToS and the new film, so it was sort of a "just click something" in the first section. I'd like main and supporting (particularly Greg Ellis <3) and 600 sounds better just because with 1200 we'd barely get any time with the guests. I'd rather be missing a couple of the biggest names than be rushed through signings and risk being at the back of a thousand people in the talks.

[Lizzy]

SM, take a look at the current list for the Las Vegas show (no other details given obv, but SM should know the one I mean). That is what we want!!

We want Captains! Ones from new films! Fan faves! Ones who've not been in a while! Ones who've NEVER been! You want a good cast list? I'm perfect person to ask!

Ones who I've never seen announced for a UK show since CM started up (not inc LOTS of supporting cast who are regulars on the US circuit, but not here):

TOS:
Kirstie Alley .... Lt. Saavik
Stephen Collins ... Cmdr. Willard Decker
Catherine Hicks ... Dr. Gillian Taylor
Laurence Luckinbill ... Sybok
Todd Bryant ... Capt. Klaa
Spice Williams-Crosby ... Vixis
George Murdock ... God
Charles Cooper ... Gen. Korrd
Cynthia Gouw ... Caithlin Dar
Kim Cattrall ... Lieutenant Valeris
Kurtwood Smith ... Federation President
Christopher Plummer ... General Chang
Iman ... Martia

TNG:
Wil Wheaton .... Ensign Wesley Crusher
Whoopi Goldberg .... Guinan
Diana Muldaur .... Dr. Kate Pulaski
Patti Yasutake .... Nurse Alyssa Ogawa
Brian Bonsall .... Alexander Rozhenko
Carel Struycken .... Mr. Homn
Alfre Woodard .... Lily Sloane
James Cromwell .... Dr. Zefram Cochrane
Neal McDonough .... Lieutenant Hawk
Alan Ruck ... Capt. John Harriman
Jacqueline Kim ... Ensign Demora Sulu
F. Murray Abraham ... Ad'har Ru'afo
Donna Murphy ... Anij
Anthony Zerbe ... Vice-Admiral Dougherty
Tom Hardy ... Praetor Shinzon
Dina Meyer ... Commander Donatra
Alan Dale ... Praetor Hiren

DS9:
Terry Farrell .... Lt. Cmdr. Jadzia Dax (ahem)
Marc Alaimo .... Gul Dukat
Rosalind Chao .... Keiko O'Brien
Salome Jens .... Female Shapeshifter
Barry Jenner .... Admiral Bill Ross (12 episodes)
Hana Hatae .... Molly O'Brien (11 episodes)
Ken Marshall .... Lt. Commander Michael Eddington
James Darren .... Vic Fontaine
Philip Anglim .... Vedek Bareil Antos
Tiny Ron .... Maihar'du
Wallace Shawn .... Grand Nagus Zek
Melanie Smith .... Tora Ziyal
Deborah Lacey .... Sarah Sisko
Camille Saviola .... Kai Opaka
Paul Dooley .... Enabran Tain
Julianna McCarthy .... Housekeeper Mila
Duncan Regehr .... First Minister Shakaar Edon
William Sadler .... Luther Sloan

Voy:
Jeri Ryan .... Seven of Nine
Scarlett Pomers .... Naomi Wildman
Martha Hackett .... Seska
Manu Intiraymi .... Icheb
Alexander Enberg .... Ensign Vorik
Josh Clark .... Lieutenant Joe Carey
Nancy Hower .... Ensign Samantha Wildman
Simon Billig .... Lieutenant Hogan
Cody Wetherill .... Rebi
Kurt Wetherill .... Azan
Marley McClean .... Mezoti
Susanna Thompson .... Borg Queen
Martin Rayner .... Dr. Chaotica

ENT:
Mark Correy ... Engineer Alex
Gary Graham ... Vulcan Ambassador Soval
John Fleck ... Silik
Matt Winston ... Temporal Agent Daniels

... and all from the new movie!


And then, the ones who have been to shows, but they were quite a while ago, and I missed a fair few anyway! *sniff*:

TOS:
Grace Lee Whitney .... Yeoman Janice Rand
Robin Curtis .... Lieutenant Saavik
Nichelle Nichols ... Cmdr. Uhura
William Shatner ... Admiral James T. Kirk

TNG:
Gates McFadden ... Doctor Beverly Crusher
Jonathan Frakes ... Commander William T. Riker
LeVar Burton ... Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Ron Perlman ... Reman Viceroy Vkruk

DS9:
Colm Meaney .... Chief Miles Edward O'Brien
Mark Allen Shepherd .... Morn
Cirroc Lofton .... Jake Sisko
Casey Biggs .... Damar (I'm ignoring Glasgow boo)
Penny Johnson .... Captain Kasidy Danielle Yates
Alexander Siddig ... Doctor Bashir
Nicole de Boer ... Lieutenant Ezri Dax (ahem again)

Voy:
Kate Mulgrew ... Captain Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran ... Chakotay
Roxann Dawson ... B'Elanna Torres
Robert Duncan McNeill ... Tom Paris
Tim Russ ... Tuvok
Garrett Wang ... Harry Kim
Jennifer Lien ... Kes

ENT:
Jolene Blalock ... Sub-Commander T'Pol
Linda Park ... Ensign Hoshi Sato



... And that's only the ones I can think of!! Pretty good list for you there SM, hope you use it! Obv, I've not put down fan faves- that is for others to say. However, as 1of2 said, group/ dual talks and photoshoots are always a hit with the fans! Martok and Gowron; The two Spocks; The 2 Daxes (ahem!!!); The Captains; The first officers... etc!

Edited by Lizzy, 15 August 2009 - 10:46 AM.

[1of2]

Lizzy, you have some great choices in your list. Stepehen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Wil Wheaton, Alan Ruck, William Sadler, James Darren (spots a duet with Trekkiefan), Martha Hackett, and the two "ahems"



Would like to add a few more

Tony Todd -  Kurn, elderly Jake Sisko (excellent performance)

Barbara Mach - Lursa

Gwynth Walsh - B'Etor

Michelle Forbes - Ensign Ro

Jennifer Hetrick - Vash

[Lizzy]

Ah yea, missed Vash and Michelle (although she has done a few of the "other" cons)... others I've met myself, and just forgot they hadn't been as recently.
There are just hundreds of fairly minor guests from the episodes, but it's up to personal preference. You could say Ashley Judd and Teri Hatcher because of their now fame, but they had fairly minor roles. Same with Christian Bale! Just any that SM had the opportunity to get, I'd be more than happy with.

Few more for TNG:
Natalia Nogulich ... Admiral Alynna Nechayev
Andreas Katsulas ... Commander Tomalak
Carolyn Seymour ... Commander Toreth
Clyde Kusatsu ... Admiral Nakamura
Eric Menyuk ... The Traveler
Ken Thorley ... Mr. Mott
Doug Wert ... Jack Crusher
Jonathan Del Arco ... Hugh
Ronny Cox ... Captain Edward Jellico
Susan Gibney ... Dr. Leah Brahms
Jim Norton ... Albert Einstein
Elizabeth Dennehy ... Lt. Cmdr. Elizabeth Paula Shelby


etc!!

[1of2]

Few more suggestions.

Dwight Schultz - Reg Barclay
Julie Caitlin Brown  - Ty Kajada
Olivia d'Adbo - Amanda Rogers
Patricia McPherson - Ariel
Susie Plakson - K'Ehleyr, Female Q
Elizabeth Dennehy - Cmdr Shelby
Carel Struycken - Mr Homn
Johnathan Del Arco - Hugh
Chase Masterson - Leeta

and who can forget
Ashely Judd - Robin Lefler
Kirsten Dunst - Hedril
Terri Hatcher - Lt Robinson

EDIT: Oops - duplications with Lizzy - I am a slow typer!
p.s. Andreas Katsulas sadly passed away in 2006 with lung cancer

Edited by 1of2, 15 August 2009 - 11:29 AM.

[Lizzy]

I mentioned a few of them above lol

*edit* posted at same time! Oh, that's a shame... thought I knew most of them who had died

Edited by Lizzy, 15 August 2009 - 11:30 AM.

[Psychosis]

Not a popular answer, but I don't really like the shows, yet I love the new film, so I voted for that. I thought the film had spark that the shows were sorely lacking, and I'd love to meet the cast responsible for really breathing life into it.

[sagart]

OK, now we're getting down to it.

Most of what has been said makes sense. I've been going to Trek cons for 20 years, big and small and have enjoyed them all. I don't want to sound like I'm bragging but over the 20 years I've met just about all the big guns, except Jeri Ryan, Terry Farrell and John Billingsley so obviously, my vote would be for them but in my experience, the best guests have often been the supporting cast or guest actors.

Judson Scott who played Joachim in TWOK is one of the nicest guests I've ever met at con. There are lots more like him who have wonderful stories and love sharing them with the fans.

I think everything should be done to get one of the new movie cast. I've been fortunate enough to meet Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana and each were very nivce. I've seen Zach on stage at *ahem* another US con and he's a natural, very comfortable with the fans and, of course, you've got the Heroes crossover.

The best cons have had a relaxed atmosphere (which is possible with a big crowd, it all depends on how it is organised), a good venue, interesting guests (not just big names who aren't great con guests) and, of course, the unique mix that is the Star Trek fans - Each of the shows has their own fanatical following but most of us just love TREK!!!

Now is the time, on the back of the new movie's success, to bring home the Daddy of all cons, where it all started - STAR TREK!!!

[1of2]

Lizzy, on Aug 15 2009, 12:29 PM, said:

I mentioned a few of them above lol

*edit* posted at same time! Oh, that's a shame... thought I knew most of them who had died

Ok, I checked and you don't appear to be looking at this thread currently so I should be safe . I am going to try and stop posting suggestions now before we list everyone possilble between us .

It was a shame about Andreas. He was excellent in what ever I saw him in, Trek, Babylon5, The Fugitive etc, and Tomalak was a great character.

Psychosis, on Aug 15 2009, 12:40 PM, said:

Not a popular answer, but I don't really like the shows, yet I love the new film, so I voted for that. I thought the film had spark that the shows were sorely lacking, and I'd love to meet the cast responsible for really breathing life into it.

Nothing wrong with just liking the film. I know a few fans who only like one show from the series (i.e. either TOS, TNG, DS9, etc). The film was very good and a welcome addition which, like you say, has reinvigorated the franchise

[Kinggodzillak]

TOS/TNG/DS9 regulars and recurring cast, mainly. New movie is good too, and Voyager...well, if you must.

But anything Enterprise-related should be confined to the smallest space possible. In one of the toilets, perhaps, or the carpark. Of a building several miles away from wherever the main show is being held.

Lots of good names suggested, but a few regulars from TOS I'd love to meet would be:

Eddie Paskey (Lt Leslie)
John Winston (Lt Kyle)
Bill Blackburn (Lt Hadley)

And any of the DS9ers who've been by in the last few years would be great to see again, especially Nana Visitor...

But please don't hurry to get Michael Dorn back...

[dwarfbabe]

Kinggodzillak, on Aug 15 2009, 01:09 PM, said:

TOS/TNG/DS9 regulars and recurring cast, mainly. New movie is good too, and Voyager...well, if you must.

But please don't hurry to get Michael Dorn back...

Why not Michael Dorn? I've met him twice and he was lovely both times.

[mrsclairecarter]

Mr Carter would love a star trek con  

[the dude]

would love to see a star trek Con, it's been a while

main guests i would like to meet are:

any one from star trek 2009 movie
also:
colm meaney
tim russ
jeri ryan
wil wheaton
Robert duncan Mcneil
Terry ferrall

the dude