I came across an issue (printed) of an older fan magazine in the Star Trek genre called, "Trekbeat", for which I was a contributing columnist. The issue is dated,
Feburary of 1992 and is full of insightful and fun articles, news and photos, which
was the norm for fanzines of the era. I absolutely loved my time spent writing for Trekbeat and for the genuine people who ran the club!
The article I wrote about was the last major film with the original cast from the
first Trek tv series. I had titled it..."Is this really the end?" and concentrated on the
film which was titled, "The Undiscovered Country". Captain Kirk and Dr.McCoy run
into some major problems with the Klingons and are accused of murder. Those of
you who haven't seen the film, rent it today and watch one of the better story~lines
in any Trek movie, in my humble opinion! For us who saw the film at it's release,
it was an enjoyable "who dunnit" type of mystery in space.Of course, in the movie
that followed it, 1994`s Generations, saw William Shatner play a major role along
side Patrick Stewart to stop the twisted efforts of Dr.Soron from 're~creating
the Nexus, a dimensional paradise where one could live in bliss over and over
again. Sadly the end comes for Kirk after defeating Soron and Picard has the woeful
duty of burying a legend!
What I miss about this fanzine was the comrodere and the wonderful people who
worked tirelessly day and night to bring the fans a unique and informative club~
magazine in which they could participate themselves. There were contests, cartoons,
subspace~messages, fans opinion page and lots of great artwork! It was a joy to
take part in. By the way, I forgot to give you the name of the fanzine, sorry, mental
lapse there. It was called, "Engage" and was headed up by a really cool lady by the
name of, Kimberly Pederson, who I can honestly say was a big help to me during
our short time together. Unfortunately, the magazine and fan~club lasted only a
few months through 1992 due to Kim and her husband both being in the military
and moved around quite a bit!
A good question to ask today is...would there ever be a desire among Trek fans to
see a printed version, apart from the official Stat Trek Magazine, that would involve
the fans in a big way? They could contribute in much the same way as we did back
in the day and it very likely would bring fans of the iconic series even closer to one
another. Personally, I would really enjoy having a weekly or monthly column to
contribute on such a project! I am certain that there would be ample participation
from fans across the globe and it could bring about newer ideas and even more
technology to the current facet of this empire!
With the latest Trek series set for the spring of 2017, one could speculate that for
New and old trekkers/trekkies alike the future is looking even more exciting and
with that excitement could come more and more creative story~lines for both
tv and major film projects together. From this writer's point of view, I would say
there are infinite possibilities, wouldn't you? Seems like I heard that from some
place before.
Live long and prosper folks
Jeff pendleton
10/16/16
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