The Las Vegas Strip was invaded by Trekkies, who congregated outside Bally's Hotel last Thursday evening, hoping to get a glimpse of their Star Trek heros making their way up a red carpet to attend the world premiere of Star Trek The Insurrection. Producers selected the first Annual CineVegas film festival as the arena in which to showcase the movie which opened to the public last Friday.
Insurrection is the best of the series with cutting edge special effects.
This time it's an alien race that tries to take over a planet that holds the secret to immortality. Stewart came periously close to losing his mortality in a recent Broadway theater mishap that gashed open his folically challenged head. The actor had the last of the stitches removed from his pate only a couple of days before flying to Las Vegas. The production was a double hitter - receiving both rave reviews and an audience that clamoured for more. That became the problem.