eFX is making a name for themselves in the prop replica game and now they’re taking on the mother of all scifi licenses, Star Trek.
I had the pleasure of meeting with these guys and seeing their work close up at the D23 Expo in Anaheim.  In addition to their Disney statuettes, they had a 1/48 scale Nautilus that made my husband drool. Great attention to detail and everything they do has this sense of hand-made craftsmanship.
Next on the list is the Mark IX Tricorder as seen in Star Trek: First Contact.
“For many of us, Star Trek was our introduction …read more

When Stewie can’t get his questions answered at at Star Trek: TNG reunion con, he takes matters into his own hands. Like any smart toddler, he builds a transporter and beams the entire cast into his bedroom for his own one-on-one Q&A.
It happens tonight on the Family Guy episode “Not All Dogs Go to Heaven.”
Executive Producer David Goodman sat down with reporters this week to talk the episode and how it came about.
Let’s start with the why:
Goodman: Actually, you could ask last week why did we do a Back to the Future reference when the movie is 30 years old. …read more

This March, the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation will lend their voices to a brand new episode of Family Guy on Fox. In “Not All Dogs Go to Heaven,” the Griffin family heads to the annual Quahog Star Trek convention but Stewie blows a fuse when he doesn’t get a chance to ask his favorite Next Gen cast members any questions. He devises a plan, builds a transporter and beams the entire cast to his bedroom so they can spend a fun-filled day together in Quahog.  
Lending their voices and likenesses will be Patrick Stewart, Levar Burton, …read more

lev·er·age n. : Positional advantage; power to act effectively
Tonight, Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Jonathan Frakes, exerts his own kind of leverage when he takes over the helm of the TNT series. The episode is called “The Juror No 6 Job” and features a few Frakes friends that any good scifi fan should recognize – Brent Spiner and Armin Shimerman.
Leverage and Star Trek stars — that’s a combo I couldn’t pass up, so I got Jonathan on the last call of the day just as he was headed out to do the DVD commentary for the Leverage …read more

Look who showed up to work on Leverage!

The episode is called “The Juror #6 Job” and it features Star Trek: TNG star Brent Spiner as the owner of a supplement company accused in a wrongful death suit.  The episode was directed by his former commander on TNG, Jonathan Frakes. But that’s not all. The episode also features Armin Shimerman of Deep Space Nine and Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
It’s a short hop from Buffy to Angel – and that takes us to Leverage regular Christian Kane. But it’s Supernatural’s Aldis Hodge who really steals the show when he makes …read more