Random Strikes Again

[fangirljen]

It's an end of an era for Star Trek. :( Stupid new owners. Reading this actually made he start to cry. And start planning a trip to Las Vegas for August!


By way of TrekWeb:


Robert Picardo on the Closing of Star Trek The Experience

After 10 years in operation, Star Trek The Experience at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas will close its doors in early September 2008.

Robert Picardo, who spent seven years as the holographic doctor on Star Trek Voyager and was part of the cast of the Borg Invasion 4-D attraction at The Experience, said he's not surprised by the news, but he'll still miss it.

"The hotel changed hands, and [the new owners] have been eyeing that large amount of retail space lustfully for some time," Picardo told a group of reporters including SyFy Portal during a press conference to promote the upcoming fifth season of "Stargate: Atlantis," where he takes a starring role.

"It breaks my heart a little bit to no longer be my own theme park ride. Once you have an action figure for years, there are only a few ways to go up, and being a theme park attraction is one of the only ones.

"Hopefully they'll have an 'Atlantis' theme park ride in the future," Picardo said jokingly.


My spirits were raised a little when I saw this spiffy new ad for Hellboy 2:

CHUCK VERSUS HELLBOY!!! OMGZ!!!!!!!! *SPAZZES*

Comments

[iamradar.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I'm not surprised that the Experience is quietly folding (though i DO hope they keep Quark's Bar) due to there being a lot of waning interest in the fandom over the past several years. I wish I could have seen the Borg run of the ride (I rode the one before it) but ah well.

[sarumann.livejournal.com]

That's so sad! I love Star Trek The Experience. I guess I'll have to make a run to Vegas for one last go on it before it closes. :(

Oh, and that Hellboy/Chuck ad? It wins the universe!!!

[yetanothermask.livejournal.com]

That is sad, I always wanted to go The Experience but never had the time or money. :(

[thepandorarose.livejournal.com]

I am sorry for your loss. I knew not of it, but if it pains you - it pains me.

How are you?

I'm putting together a video of all the times Nathan says "Ma" wanna help?

[brokenbacktango.livejournal.com]

It's really crazy how much emotion he projects and in turn makes the viewer feel during this video. It's also incredibly brave to literally sit there with a camera trained on you, head-on like that. Dude's got so much talent, it's scary.

P.S. It's "Proof" by I Am Kloot.

[cosmicavatar.livejournal.com]

CHUCK VERSUS HELLBOY!!! OMGZ!!!!!!!! *SPAZZES*

Best Chuck episode title ever. *g*

[ewanspotter.livejournal.com]

Best. Video. EVER. I haven't even seen these on TV yet.