StarPodLog #6

On this exciting episode of StarPodLog, we discuss the content of Starlog magazine issues 11 & 12 from 1978, including discussions about Logan's Run, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Wars, Superman, and more!

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Follow along with us by pulling out your copy of Starlog, or read it free online at: https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-009/page/n11/mode/2up

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Meet us at these upcoming conventions!

Methrotham Con: https://metrothamcon.com/

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Anthony Rooney will examine tv's most controversial sci-fi series - The Prisoner!

https://youtu.be/DJIluC7TjIw

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Paul Haber tells us what went wrong with the Logan's Run TV Series though the eyes of David Gerrold.

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Billy Hogan chronicles the activities of Superman: The Movie producer Ilya Salkind.
https://thesupermanfanpodcast.blogspot.com/?m=1

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Did Star Wars save Marvel in the 70s?
Former Marvel Comics Editor in Chief Jim Shooter discusses the connection between Science Fiction and Comic Books. We interviewed him at the Huntsville Comic and Pop Culture Expo.
https://www.shooterswork.com/
https://www.hsvexpo.com/

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Nathan Allan covers the amazing computer vector animation that Larry Cuba used in creating the Death Star!

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Kevin Packard is joined by Grant Baciocco to discuss the Superhero shows of the 1970s.
https://www.checkpointcharley.rocks/
http://www.doctorfloyd.com/

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All this, plus Close Encounters of the Third Kind, UFOs. Makeup Artists Stewart Freeborn, Rick Baker, Dan Striepeke, Dick Smith. The Pressman Movie & TV Makeup Kit and more!

Topics:

Star Wars

Superman

Superheroes

The Prisoner

Logan's Run

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Tags:

Star Wars

Superman

Superheroes

The Prisoner

Logan's Run

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Music used with permission Checkpoint Charley.

Publication date-Stardate 2021.04.28
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Nice to See Ya at ICCC

        The Imperial Commissary Collectors Convention, aka ICCC, is a Star Wars focused event that is held annually in Nashville, Tennessee. It was held most recently on April 16-18, 2021 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel. More that just a convention, this has turned out to be an international family reunion with people coming from all over the globe. Showrunners Michael and Andrea Havens were gracious hosts that greeted everyone at the entrance. There were so many attendees this year that the line to get in wrapped around the building! 

The vendors’ room was filled to capacity with rare, high-end toys and collectibles from around the world, including Model Trem, Lili Ledy, Palitoy, and more, thus demonstrating for the third time in a row why this con is THE place to be for Star Wars collectors. Cosplayers were also in full force with brilliant costumes representing everything from Star Wars to Star Trek to GI Joe. The model-makers with their remote controlled droids were a huge hit!

Many actors, artists, movie, toy, and gaming industry professionals were in attendance to mingle with fans, sign autographs, take pictures, and present panels. Dungeons and Dragons writer Jeff “Duck” Leason was a really nice and funny guy. Angie Mayhew was also in attendance with The Peter Mayhew Foundation to discuss this charity origination.

https://www.mayhewfoundation.org/

Given the choice to attend the next Star Wars Celebration or ICCCon, we would definitly choose ICCC!

https://iccollectorsconvention.com/

-by the Noble Nayr and the Honorable Kavura

Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo 2021

This was our third trip to Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo in Huntsville, AL. On the drive down from Nashville, TN, there were several huge model rockets along the roadside to welcome us to the city nicknamed Rocket City. The city earned its moniker by being home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. We attended the con sporting our replicas of NASA uniforms worn by the crew of Enterprise, the first space shuttle, which takes its name from the famous spaceship from our beloved Star Trek. We always enjoy this con for its laid back atmosphere and its great location at the Von Braun Center. Huntsville is also the hometown of our STARFLEET Internation ship, the USS Wernher von Braun. One of our shipmates, Laura, is a yearly vendor at the con, greeting everyone with a smile, and always being the most Trek-stocked vendor out of the huge vendors’ room.

This is one of the best cons for comic book collectors, having comic book guests and loads of vendors selling comic books of all kinds from all eras. We even did an interview with comic book writer Jim Shooter. Star Wars was represented by fan tables by the 501^st Legion and the Rebel Legion. Both groups are there every year trouping in costume and happily taking pictures with fans.

We presented two panels this year. The first was “Star Trek 101”, a primer on all the Star Trek TV shows and movies for anyone new to Star Trek or anyone who just needs a review of this classic show that has endured over fifty years and has so much content that only the truest of fans can keep up. Our next panel was “Starlog: The World’s Greatest Sci-Fi and Fantasy Magazine”, covering all the things that were great about this magazine that kept us informed of all things geeky before there was an internet. We had a great time at our panels, receiving positive and enthusiastic feedback from the audiences. Next year’s expo has been scheduled for April 22-24, 2022. We plan to be there in costume and making a boom in Rocket City!

-by the Honorable Kavura

StarPodTrek Episode 5

On this exciting episode of StarPodTrek, we and our guests discuss the content of Starlog magazine issues 9 & 10 from 1977, including discussions about William Shatner, NASA, STARFLEET International, and more!

Follow along with us by pulling out your copy of Starlog, or read it free online at: https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-009/page/n11/mode/2up

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Our Upcoming Cons!

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We will be presenting two panels at the Huntsville Comic and Pop Culture Expo in Alabama: Star Trek 101 and Starlog- The World's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine.

https://www.hsvexpo.com/

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Join us at the Imperial Commissary Collectors Convention in Nashville, Tennessee!
https://iccollectorsconvention.com/

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We will be presenting the panel Star Trek on Paramount+ at Metrotham Con in Chattanooga, Tennessee
https://metrothamcon.com/home

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STARFLEET International

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NASA Contractor & STARFLEET International Region 2 Fleet Captain Lauren White covers the legacy of Doctor Wernher von Braun. SFI members Admiral Richard Trulson and Commander Laura Peterson on being part of chapter named after von Braun.
https://sfi.org/
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We consider the contents of Starlog magazine issues 9 and 10 including:

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Chris Kroznuski is the Visual Effects Artist, Music Composer, and Associate Producer for Potemkin Pictures. He compares the methods for visual effects in 1977 to what is being used today in Fan Films.
http://www.potemkinpictures.com/
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Galtrol is a lifelong Science Fiction and Astrophysics fan. He considers Isaac Asimov's faster than light principals. Can they truly work in Star Trek? Do these principals stand up to how we understand them today?
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What was William Shatner up to after he recorded his college tour album in 1977? We discuss his life after Trek and rumors surrounding original cast getting together for the Star Trek TV movie.
Check out his record album here:
https://youtu.be/Tz542sWJKtc

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Topics: Star Trek, Starlog Magazine, NASA, William Shatner, Isaac Asimov, STARFLEET International, fan films, sci-fi conventions

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Music used with permission Five Year Mission
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Publication date-Stardate 2021.04.04

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