Awesome news (again):
Seven years after they last shared a screen together, the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (Yes, even Wil Wheaton and Denise Crosby) are reuniting... for an episode of Fox's Family Guy.
The crew of the Enterprise-D will get back together for, of all things, a Star Trek convention in next month's "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" episode, which will see Patrick Stewart, Levar Burton, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, Wil Wheaton, Denise Crosby, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes appear as themselves as they get kidnapped by Stewie after he doesn't get to ask all of the questions he wanted at Quahog's Trek convention.
The episode is due to air March 29th.
source:
http://io9.com/5160294/st-tng-cast-reunite-in-cartoon-form (http://io9.com/5160294/st-tng-cast-reunite-in-cartoon-form)
There is a thread about this from a few months back..
http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=5659.0 (http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=5659.0)
But it's awesome news...
Yeah, I thought there was. Just a little reminder then about it. This plus the season finale when they do "The Empire Strikes Back" means some great "Family Guy" ahead. :starwars:
March 29th ??!! Patience young padawan...
Here's a preview for this coming Sunday's episode.. it's the TNG episode
OMG I have watched this so many times... it's hilarious. This looks to be the funniest Family Guy to date.. I can't wait.
http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=familyguy&ep=1238001628897# (http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=familyguy&ep=1238001628897#)
I'm not a big fan of family guy, but this does look fun. :)
Awesome awesome awesome! This won't be as epic as the Star Wars episodes but it's going to be hilarious. I'm so glad they were able to get everyone.
I wonder if Patrick Stewart being a regular on American Dad had anything to do with it.
Funny, funny, funny!
I didn't expect that to play over here.
No sure if my opinion can be considered a spoiler but...
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Well, frankly I was not impressed. Basically if you watched the link above, that was every scene they were in. I LOVE Family Guy but this one was just not all that funny.
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[spoiler]Same here. The preview was every scene - almost every line. I enjoyed about 5 minutes of the entire episode.[/spoiler]
Hmmm....
[spoiler]For something they have talked about for some time, yeah a disappointment. Couple new things, especially at the very end Trek related but too much on the Brian/Meg story. Oh, well.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]That whole ending with West and Ward(?) was just wierd[/spoiler]
I haven't seen it yet.. but I heard that the Meg and Bryan story was the A story and they felt it couldn't carry the episode so they decided to add the TNG B story.
I won't lie, I liked it. Do I wish they could have focused it more on Trek? For sure, but for what the episode was, I enjoyed it. I personally liked the Brian and Meg story, but I can see how others would find the episode disappointing overall. [spoiler]I feel a little bad about this, but I laughed when Denise Crosby was shot by Stewie, just because her character was the only one that died during TNG. Seriously, it was loud enough for the world to hear... :ohwell[/spoiler]
I'm with KC.. I really enjoyed it. Yes most of the TNG stuff was in that preview but it didn't take anything away from it.. at least for Harry and I.. we both laughed at every joke again.
I totally didn't get the Rob Lowe and Adam West thing. And the Meg/Brian Story was okay.
All I could think of when I saw Rob Lowe and Adam West was how much their pajamas and twin beds reminded me of Bert and Ernie.
Well the beauty of ths place is we can all have different opinions! I guess my major issue with it is that I really wish there was MORE. Looking at what they did with Star Wars I guess I was expecting something of the same calibre.
I'm with Joe. I was fine with the episode, but it really needed more from the TNG cast. They got them all together and that's all they did with them? I watch "Family Guy" each and every week and frankly this wasn't even some of their best stuff. They always have multiple stories going - sometimes even more than two. But I had hoped the TNG/Stewie thing was going to be the main chunk of the episode. Oh well.
Wil Wheaton tweeted this:
QuoteAlso, I recall there being way more TNG stuff in the script I read. If they animated it, I'm sure it will make an eventual DVD release.
http://twitter.com/wilw/statuses/1416304524 (http://twitter.com/wilw/statuses/1416304524)
This is my new Desktop picture. :)
(http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/40/738480-familyguy_tng_super.jpg)
Quote from: KC on March 29, 2009, 09:47:23 PM
All I could think of when I saw Rob Lowe and Adam West was how much their pajamas and twin beds reminded me of Bert and Ernie.
haha, glad I wasn't the only who noticed that.
As for the episode, I'm highly disappointed. Hopefully they have a lot of extended scenes on some sort of DVD. Otherwise, they spent way too much time on Meg (and when he said: "Yep, this is going to be a Meg episode....no one will blame you" I thought he was joking...apparently not)
Otherwise, it was full of laughs and such, but overall, they should have done more. It seems like such a waste. :(
King
Well, I'm not a family guy fan at all, but I watched this one. Ok, interesting.
I think I may even do a whole podcast on it. Why you may ask?
At first I was a little offended at the way they totally ranked on Christianity. But as I got to watching, and watched a second time I had to be very sad for the way that people who profess to serve God act and portray their faith. Seth had an amazing point to the whole thing. I don't agree with his conclusion, but I completely understand why he would think that. I think he was commenting more on the system and "brain washing" that takes place. He pegged Kirk Cameron. Gee whiz. I used to sit through his instructional videos for "The way of the Master" series.
I think the reason it was hard for me is because I actually know people like that. Yeah. It is what turns my stomach in my faith. I think they mean well, but I doubt the sincerity and question the motive behind it.
I think a few years ago I would have been ticked off at the show, but today, it was thought provoking and sad to me. Kind of strange to have two of the things I love about life-- God and TNG in the same episode. Both got a good ribbing. :)
Really though, in conclusion it proves the point I have been trying to get across in my podcast Take Him With You- there is a big difference between religious dogma and true faith.
Ok, I'll get down off my soap box. :)
Oh, I forgot the thing I liked the most about it was when meg threw the cross stick for Brian.... oh I laughed out loud and rewinded several times! AWESOME!
Quote from: moyer777 on March 30, 2009, 04:43:51 PMOh, I forgot the thing I liked the most about it was when meg threw the cross stick for Brian.... oh I laughed out loud and rewinded several times! AWESOME!
I love it when they occasionally actually treat Brian like a dog. The best part is he can't help himself and he hates it.
Quote from: billybob476 on March 30, 2009, 04:57:45 PM
Quote from: moyer777 on March 30, 2009, 04:43:51 PMOh, I forgot the thing I liked the most about it was when meg threw the cross stick for Brian.... oh I laughed out loud and rewinded several times! AWESOME!
I love it when they occasionally actually treat Brian like a dog. The best part is he can't help himself and he hates it.
Well I couldn't keep from laughing when he was like "no, don't, please don't!" then my dog does the exact thing when you try and take the stick away from her, just not in tune. :)
How about God flying around like Flash Gordon?! That was pretty cool!
Flash is God (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u6IWA5Mmc0#lq-lq2-hq)
Yes, I got a huge kick out of that, being a fan of that movie... heeheh.
Quote from: moyer777 on March 30, 2009, 04:43:51 PM
Well, I'm not a family guy fan at all, but I watched this one. Ok, interesting.
I think I may even do a whole podcast on it. Why you may ask?
At first I was a little offended at the way they totally ranked on Christianity. But as I got to watching, and watched a second time I had to be very sad for the way that people who profess to serve God act and portray their faith. Seth had an amazing point to the whole thing. I don't agree with his conclusion, but I completely understand why he would think that. I think he was commenting more on the system and "brain washing" that takes place. He pegged Kirk Cameron. Gee whiz. I used to sit through his instructional videos for "The way of the Master" series.
I think the reason it was hard for me is because I actually know people like that. Yeah. It is what turns my stomach in my faith. I think they mean well, but I doubt the sincerity and question the motive behind it.
I think a few years ago I would have been ticked off at the show, but today, it was thought provoking and sad to me. Kind of strange to have two of the things I love about life-- God and TNG in the same episode. Both got a good ribbing. :)
Really though, in conclusion it proves the point I have been trying to get across in my podcast Take Him With You- there is a big difference between religious dogma and true faith.
Ok, I'll get down off my soap box. :)
Oh, I forgot the thing I liked the most about it was when meg threw the cross stick for Brian.... oh I laughed out loud and rewinded several times! AWESOME!
Yeah, that's pretty much true for me too Rick. (Completely forgot to comment on that...shame on me). When shows do it so...so sarcastically it does rank me too. However, I don't get upset about it. It is, as you say, thought provoking. (Besides, what's the point getting upset over a TV show...seriously. :P)
The really sad part is, I've never seen a "true" Christian on TV as of late. Its either very joking like, sarcastic, fake or plain wrong. The only religion they show is anything but Christian faith. Seems to be bad mojo to show it on TV. They show anything from murders to geeks to nutcases. But they never show Christian faith. This seems wrong to me....
Ok, off my tiny soap box too. :P
King
P.S. Yes, Rick and I just derailed the thread. Shame on us.
First of all, I was a little disappointed that the TNG cast was only in the B story of a 22 minute cartoon. And I didn't even think with 9 guest stars from TNG there was any need for a B story at all.
I can totally understand the culture's problem with TV preachers who mix their bible with their politics, but I really don't get their beef with Kirk Cameron. He was kind of a wild child star who found a faith that changed his life for the better. So why would it be inappropriate for him to share his faith? He wasn't one of those countless stars that died of a drug overdose or lifelong addiction problems. As far as we know, he's not one of the stars who falls in lust with each co-star and jumps from bed to bed as he goes from movie set to movie set. He has a wife and a beautiful family and I find it sad that our culture would find him to square and rip him as many times as they do; but they wouldn't if he were twice divorced, in and out of rehab, etc. That would put him in the "Hollywood in crowd" I went to school with this guy who was an atheist and was asked to be a guest on Kirk Cameron's Way of the Master radio show. He was treated well and wasn't put down at all.
Christian bashing on prime time network TV is nothing new and sadly, I've kind of become use to it. I'm all for edgy, challenge everyone's prospective in story telling but at this point, wouldn't that be doing the opposite of how they did it?
The university I went to was a state school but most of the science professors were evangelical Christians. They taught Darwin but in an open minded non hostile way and those who didn't agree weren't looked down on at all. In astronomy we watched Carl Sagan's entire cosmos series and everyone enjoyed it. The professor showed us an episode every Tuesday and we always looked forward to "Tuesdays with Carl." After astronomy we would all head for the Christian student union where they served us a free lunch and had a short lesson. It was hosted by a different church in town each week. My college experience was as far away from the book burners from the Family Guy episode as you could get. How would something like that be for turning the viewer's perspective on it's ear?
Soapbox time for me is over.
Quote from: StarTrekFanatic5 on March 30, 2009, 02:44:02 PM
This is my new Desktop picture. :)
(http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/40/738480-familyguy_tng_super.jpg)
Where's Tasha ?? :D
Watch near the end of this...
!!STEWIE: STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NYcQFKfZ9E#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Quote from: marcnrow on March 31, 2009, 11:34:19 AM
Where's Tasha ?? :D
Never accuse Stewie of just being a baby.
I finally saw this today and I really enjoyed it. Having been warned that it wasn't just a Trek story, I was able to enjoy the Brian/Meg story for what it was.
Durn DVR cut it off. HILARIOUS !!
Yeah - the ending was great!
Fun to watch again - even with the limited Trek stuff in it.
http://www.hulu.com/embed/kriOkL22aXNhO-DuFVYZGw (http://www.hulu.com/embed/kriOkL22aXNhO-DuFVYZGw)