The Maritime Museum of San Diego recently acquired DeepFlight I, a unique “flying” underwater submersible developed in the late 1990s. You can read more about this amazing, advanced submersible here.
Visitors to the San Diego museum might be astonished to learn that this one-of-a-kind prototype appears in every episode of Star Trek: Enterprise!
DeepFlight I can be seen momentarily in the Star Trek: Enterprise introductory sequence, which begins every episode. The sequence depicts the evolution of human technology and exploration. DeepFlight I appears at the 34 second mark here!
Super cool!
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What happens when Star Trek: Strange New Worlds beams into San Diego for Comic-Con 2025? A Strange New Spectacle!
Dancers representing characters from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds have appeared this Saturday on the streets of San Diego, performing in an unusual but entertaining Broadway-like production!
Who knew the 23rd century would be so much fun!
Captain Christopher Pike, Spock, Uhura, and the happy crew of the starship Enterprise danced before a large crowd in the Gaslamp Quarter, loosely reenacting scenes from the science fiction series. Boldly they went where no one has gone before: a noir murder mystery (complete with trench coats), a sudden zombie situation, a ’60s retro mission, a Vulcan wedding, and plenty of sci-fi mayhem that the crowd loved.
Yes, it was a little bit silly, but everyone loved it. Lots of kids were in the audience. A few even danced along with the futuristic acting troupe!
Wouldn’t dancing in San Diego in the 21st century violate Starfleet’s Prime Directive?
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Costumes worn by actors in both the Doctor Who and Star Trek science fiction franchises are now being displayed in San Diego for Comic-Con 2024!
The free-to-the-public exhibition is titled Friendship is Universal. It’s located at two separate locations: 226 and 230 Fifth Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter. The original television and movie costumes fill the latter address, and that’s where I took these photographs yesterday afternoon. (I’m afraid I accidentally missed two Star Trek costumes as I moved through the exhibit–Seven of Nine and Kathryn Janeway.)
If you’re in San Diego during San Diego Comic-Con this year, check it out! The offsite activation opens each day at 11 am. There is a photo op and merch to be had at the second address, just a few steps away. The lines for both locations tend to be small.
If you can’t see these costumes in person, please enjoy some cool photos!
Through fifteen Doctors and their companions and over a dozen brave captains and their crews, we’ve traveled on journeys spanning the cosmos…
Doctor Who costumes:
Left: Amy Pond, Vincent and the Doctor Costume. Right: Eleventh Doctor, Various.Left: Yasmin Khan, Flux Costume. Right: Thirteenth Doctor, Various.Left: Fourteenth Doctor, 60th Anniversary Costume. Right: Donna Noble, 60th Anniversary Costume.Left: Ruby Sunday, Boom Costume. Right: Fifteenth Doctor, Boom Costume.
Star Trek costumes:
Left: Beckett Mariner, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Right: Brad Boimler, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.Left: Nyota Uhura, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Right: Hemmer, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.Left: Emperor Philippa Georgiou, Star Trek: Discovery. Right: Michael Burnham, Star Trek: Discovery.Left: James T. Kirk. Right: Spock.Visor used by Geordi La Forge.Hat and pipe used by Data playing Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Red Hood and Starfire cosplay during San Diego Comic-Con.
A whole lot of very cool cosplay could be seen today, Thursday, outside Comic-Con 2024!
Here’s a collection of 29 photos. I spotted these creative costumes as I walked around downtown San Diego, the Gaslamp Quarter and the San Diego Convention Center.
Enjoy!
Thor, Loki and Hela cosplay.I asked if this is Scarecrow cosplay, but I got a shake of the head.Rogue cosplay.Mystery Science Theater 3000 cosplay.Raven cosplay.Star Wars cosplay.Cinderella cosplay.Rogue cosplay.Mad Hatter cosplay.My Hero Academia cosplay.Batman with Beetlejuice cosplay.Indiana Jones cosplay.Grogu armor cosplay.Jack in the Box cosplay.Daredevil cosplay.Cobra cosplay.The Incredibles cosplay.Marvin the Martian cosplay.Dungeons & Dragons cosplay.Star Trek cosplay.Star Wars cosplay.Zatanna cosplay.Spider-Man with pirate hat cosplay!Wolverine cosplay.Warhammer cosplay.Iron Patriot cosplay.Spock cosplay.Wolverine cosplay.
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An iconic prop: the famous phaser used by William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television show.
A very special exhibit is on display during San Diego Comic-Con week. You’ll find it at the Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park. Famous one-of-a-kind movie and television props, original artwork and collectibles can be viewed before they are auctioned off this coming Sunday, July 28, 2024!
Comic-Con Museum Presents: TCM | Julien’s Auctions 2024 Spotlight Series: Harry Potter and Other Heroes will excite fans of the Harry Potter movies, Batman movies, and X-Men movies. In addition, two historic, one-of-a-kind objects in the museum gallery will delight those who love the original Star Trek television series!
Visitors to the museum will see a whole roomful of props and artwork, all of which could belong to you at the end of this week! (The auction of the Star Trek props, including William Shatner’s phaser and communicator, will be held separately later this year.)
To learn more, check out the Comic-Con Museum’s website by clicking here! It explains: Highlights of the auction include an array of iconic costumes, production material, and beyond from various productions of the Harry Potter film franchise; Marvel’s greatest superheroes and their most high-octane pieces will hit the auction block featuring original storyboard illustrations by storyboard artist Gabriel Hardman from the X-Men blockbuster X2; and from DC Comics’ Batman Begins, items wielded by Christian Bale, such as a stunt grapple gun prop and batarang prop. Plus, Other Surprises Crash the Party!
I took a few photos of the exhibit for you to enjoy. Head up to Balboa Park and see everything for yourself before the online auction in the museum’s auditorium on Sunday!
The Comic-Con Museum in San Diego’s beautiful Balboa Park.An original Hogwarts invitation envelope from the production of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.An original knight’s head prop from the production of the chess game scene in the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.Marker ink on card drawing on Batman by artist Bob Kane, the character’s co-creator. The Superman drawing is signed by co-creator Joe Shuster.An original grapple gun prop used by Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman in the Christopher Nolan film Batman Begins.Original production storyboard from X2: X-Men United, by artist Gabriel Hardman.
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This morning I noticed that two Star Trek captains are beaming down to San Diego for Comic-Con 2024! They’re materializing high up on the Marriott Marquis hotel in the form of a gigantic building wrap!
The wrap, when finished, will no doubt promote Star Trek shows on Paramount+.
(That yellow section in the middle of captains Picard and Pike is an old Esri User Conference wrap being removed now that their recent convention is over.)
I’ll take more photos once this cool Star Trek wrap is completed and post them below as an update!
UPDATE!
The awesome Star Trek wrap appeared to be nearly finished the following morning. I added contrast to the photos to bring out the colors, as our San Diego sun hadn’t yet penetrated the early overcast.
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Enjoy these photographs of cosplay spotted outside Comic-Con 2023 on Thursday!
Every year San Diego’s epic Comic-Con has some of the best costume play to be found anywhere. I’m sure I’ll see many, many examples the next several days…
Davy Jones cosplay.Star Wars dark side cosplay.Victorian era Starfleet officer cosplay.Peter Parker and Miles Morales cosplay.Batwoman cosplay.Dragon Ball cosplay.Marge Simpson cosplay.Cobra cosplay.My tired brain is drawing a blank. Leave a comment!Roronoa Zoro cosplay.Harry Potter cosplay.
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Several cool new faces have appeared outside Comic-Con 2023 since my walk around downtown San Diego yesterday!
I caught these faces with my camera this afternoon for all to enjoy.
Those two faces above–‘TIL ALL ARE ONE–are part of very cool artwork leaning up against Paramount’s coming offsite activation in the Gaslamp. The Lodge will be located inside Happy Does.
The big Star Trek wrap on the Marriott Marquis has added the face of Picard…
The Sand Land world premiere screening wrap on the Marriott now features the face of character Beelzebub…
Piccolo is pictured on a crate waiting to be unloaded in the Marriot Marina Terrace, where the Dragon Ball outdoor activation will open to the public during Comic-Con…
A deflated face up in the air above the future Adult Swim on the Green offsite activation…
Jack in the Box has a trolley wrap featuring Jack fan art, it appears! I spotted these faces in the trolley yard from the Harbor Drive pedestrian bridge…
Finally, check out this cool graphic on one of the Amazon Prime Video wraps near the Gaslamp Quarter Archway. I’m afraid I don’t know the character. Leave a comment if you do!
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With four days to go until Comic-Con 2023 Preview Night, preparation for a massive crowd of pop culture fans descending on downtown San Diego is now in high gear!
Many Comic-Con offsites are in the early stages of construction. More buildings wraps are appearing in the Gaslamp Quarter and by the San Diego Convention Center.
Enjoy these photos from my long, very fun walk late this Friday afternoon!
Twisted Metal banners line Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade.A meaty wrap on one side of the Hilton Gaslamp.The big Fox Animation Domination wrap on the Omni appears over half finished.The stylish Interview With The Vampire graphics on the Hilton Gaslamp are among my favorites.
The following structure that has been erected in Gaslamp Square will promote NBC’s classic show Quantum Leap…
More fun FOX animation graphics on the Omni…
FX has begun building their Comic-Con offsite in their usual spot–the grass in front of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel.
Looks like FX will have a big stage or video screen.
I suspect the big wrap on the Hilton will promote a show on FX.
Adult Swim has returned to their usual spot behind the San Diego Convention Center after their absence last year. They were just beginning to set up their offsite on the green.
A cool new offsite by Hulu, promoting Ani-mayhem, is setting up in the parking lot behind the convention center.
I climbed the stairs behind the convention center…
Look at all the trucks behind the San Diego Convention Center. They’re here for the big Morgan Wallen concerts at nearby Petco Park.Getting things ready under the sails of the convention center.
I got some great views from the convention center…
Back on Fifth Avenue in the Gaslamp, I checked out more Amazon Prime Video wraps…
Oops! Well, maybe that’s a new superpower.
And finally a look toward the Marriott Marquis hotel, as a big ESRI building wrap comes down and one promoting Star Trek goes up!
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A second San Diego Trolley wrap that promotes entertainment available on Paramount+ has appeared for Comic-Con 2023!
I photographed one side of a trolley car with the first Paramount design yesterday. You can see those photos here.
The new trolley wrap that I discovered today features many more shows available on Paramount+. Graphics on one side promote iCarly, Yellowjackets, School Spirits, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and 1923. The other side includes Star Trek: Lower Decks, Bumblebee, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Evil, and Tulsa King.
I added a little contrast to some of these photos.
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