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THE FINAL FRONTIER
The Final Frontier is the Association’s Television Discussion Group. Some gatherings may focus on a particular show, like STAR TREK or DOCTOR WHO. Other events may discuss something more general, like Leadership.
The club has organized two branches of the Final Frontier, one in Bergen County, the other in Livingston, New Jersey. At the present time, only the Bergen County chapter is active. We therefore list the Bergen County group first. The Livingston chapter appears later.
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The Final Frontier: Bergen County Chapter.
The Final Frontier currently meets at 8:00 PM on the first Tuesday of each month at Borders Books & Music, Interstate Shopping Mall, 235 Route 17 South, Ramsey, New Jersey (201) 767 – 1967. This is the latest incarnation of the group.
This chapter of the Frontier has had an intermittent existence. When originally organized, it met on the second Saturday of the month before the General Meeting. It was later replaced by our Armchair Odyssey pre meeting event. It resurfaced again on the second Saturday in 2004 before being spun off to a new venue and day.
A more detailed write up of the first incarnation of the Bergen County Chapter appears at the end of this article.
2012
May 1, 2012..................................SONGS & JINGLES April 3, 2012..................................NIGHT TIME CARTOONS March 6, 2012................................FALL 2011 SEASON ASSESSMENT February 7, 2012............................BEST COUPLES / WORST COUPLES January 3, 2012..............................SPY FI (Science Fiction Spies)
2011
December 6, 2011.........................VIDEO PROGRAM: CURRENT SERIES November 1, 2011..........................FALL 2011 SEASON ASSESSMENT October 4, 2011.............................RED DWARF September 6, 2011........................FALL 2011 SEASON PREVIEW August 2, 2011..............................SUMMER & REPLACEMENT SERIES July 5, 2011..................................SUGGESTED REBOOTS June 7, 2011..................................FALL 2010 SEASON RECAP May 3, 2011..................................STARSHIPS & SPACE STATIONS April 5, 2011..................................COMIC BOOK ADAPTATIONS March 1, 2011...............................FALL 2011 SEASON UPDATE February 1, 2011...........................(Comic Book Adaptations Canceled Due to Snow) January 4, 2011.............................PUPPETS, MUPPETS, DOLLS, MARIONETTES & MANIKINS
2010
December 7, 2010.........................VIEWERS CHOICE VIDEOS November 2, 2010..........................FALL 2010 SEASON ASSESSMENT October 5, 2010.............................ALTERNATE DOCTORS, ALTERNATE DALEKS September 7, 2010.........................FALL SEASON PREVIEW August 3, 2010..............................WITCHES July 6, 2010...................................BABYLON 5 June 1, 2010..................................FALL 2009 SEASON RECAP May 4, 2010..................................RECURRING STAR TREK CHARACTERS April 6, 2010..................................MASH UPS March 2, 2010...............................ROBOTS February 2, 2010...........................MINI SERIES January 5, 2010............................SEAS AND ISLANDS
2009
December 1, 2009........................VIDEOS BY ACCLAIMATION November 3, 2009.........................FALL SEASON ASSESSMENT October 6, 2009...........................FALL SEASON PREVIEW, PART 2 September 1, 2009.......................FALL SEASON PREVIEW, PART 1 August 4, 2009............................SWORD & SORCERY July 7, 2009.................................TIME TRAVEL June 2, 2009................................REFLECTIONS ON PAST TV SEASON May 5, 2009................................THE OUTER LIMITS April 7, 2009................................VAMPIRES ON TV March 3, 2009.............................ADAPTATIONS WE'D LIKE TO SEE February 3, 2009.........................GENRE INTRUSIONS INTO MAINSTREAM SHOWS January 6, 2009...........................BEST SERIES, 2004 - 2008
2008
November 4, 2008........................NEW SEASON REVIEW, PART 2 October 7, 2008...........................NEW SEASON REVIEW, PART 1 September 2, 2008.......................FALL SEASON PREVIEW August 5, 2008............................DESIGN THE NEXT STAR TREK SERIES July 1, 2008................................FILM TO TV / TV TO FILM June 3, 2008...............................SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS May 6, 2008................................REFLECTIONS ON THE TWILIGHT ZONE April 1, 2008...............................TRICKS, HOAXES, & PRACTICAL JOKES March 4, 2008............................CROSSOVERS: REAL AND IMAGINED February 5, 2008........................LOVE, ROMANCE & SEX on Genre TV January 1, 2008..........................CHRISTMAS ON TV -- special 6:00 PM start time.
2007
November 6, 2007......................ASSESSING THE NEW SEASON, PART TWO October 2, 2007.........................ASSESSING THE NEW SEASON, PART ONE September 4, 2007.....................PREVIEW OF NEW SEASON August 7, 2007..........................RECYCLING GENRE ACTORS July 3, 2007..............................ALIENS June 5, 2007.............................GOVERNMENT AGENCIES May 1, 2007..............................SIDEKICKS & SECOND BANANAS April 3, 2007.............................HUMOR AND SATIRE March 6, 2007...........................BRITISH TELEVISION February 6, 2007.......................MEMORABLE WOMEN January 2, 2007.........................DOCTOR WHO
2006
November 7, 2006......................SUPER HEROES October 3, 2006.........................LEADERSHIP September 5, 2006.....................SHORT LIVED SERIES August 1, 2006..........................STAR DRIVEN VS ENSEMBLE SHOWS
Prior to August 2006, the Group met before the General Meeting on the second Saturday of the month.
2005
August 13, 2005.........................LIFE AFTER STAR TREK July 9, 2005...............................REQUIEM FOR THE STAR WARS FRANCHISE June 11, 2005............................REQUIEM FOR THE STAR TREK FRANCHISE, PART 2 May 14, 2005.............................REQUIEM FOR THE STAR TREK FRANCHISE, PART 1 April 9, 2005..............................RECENT GENRE SHOWS March 12, 2005..........................BATTLESTAR GALACTICA February 12, 2005......................TIME TRAVEL January 8, 2005.........................MEMORABLE VILLAINS
2004
November 13, 2004.....................MONSTERS October 9, 2004..........................HEROES & HEROISM September 11, 2004....................SPACESHIPS AS SETTINGS
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1997
July 12, 1997.............................TREK IN BOOKS, TV, & MOVIES (Greenberg) June 14, 1997............................SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION UPDATE (Blog)
1996
November 9, 1996.......................SPACE STATIONS AS SETTINGS October 12, 1996........................NO OFFICIAL DISCUSSION September 14, 1996....................THE TEN BEST STAR TREK EPISODES? (Ruiz) July 13, 1996..............................UPDATE ON TREK HAPPENINGS (Blog) June 8, 1996...............................NEW & RECOMMENDED STAR TREK BOOKS May 11, 1996..............................HUMOR IN STAR TREK April 13, 1996.............................SEQUELS WE'D LIKE TO SEE (Gonigal) March 9, 1996............................THE IDEAL AWAY TEAM (Archer) February 10, 1996.......................THE CAPTAINS OF THE ENTERPRISE (Tellado) January 13, 1996.........................STAR FLEET ECONOMICS (Tellado)
1995
November 11, 1995......................STAR TREK ALIENS, PART TWO (Tellado) October 14, 1995.........................STAR TREK ALIENS, PART ONE (Tellado) September 9, 1995.......................PREVIEWS: DS9 AND VOYAGER (Tellado) July 8, 1995.................................THE TIME LINE OF THE FEDERATION (Tellado) June 10, 1995..............................REVIEW OF THE FRIST SEASON ON VOYAGER (Tellado) May 13, 1995..............................TIME TRAVEL (Tellado) April 8, 1995................................THE PRIME DIRECTIVE (Tellado) March 11, 1995............................THE SCIENCE OF STAR TREK (Tellado) February 11, 1995........................STAR TREK VOYAGER (Tellado) January 14, 1995.........................STAR TREK: GENERATIONS MOVIE (Tellado)
1994
November 12, 1994.....................A LOOK AT THE DOMINION (Tellado) .................................................Video: PIGS IN SPAAACE! THE NEXT GENERATION October 8, 1994.........................Best & Worst STAR TREK NOVELS (Smith & Greenberg) September 10, 1994...................STAR TREK: VOYAGER PREVIEW (De Parto)
The Bergen County Chapter of the Final Frontier met from 6:00 - 8:000 PM on the second Saturday of the month before the General Meeting of the Science Fiction Association of Bergen County during the period from September 1994 to March 1998, until it became ARMCHAIR ODYSSEY.
There were originally two parts to the Frontier's meetings. From 6:00 - 7:00 PM, there was a topic discussion and an update of TREK news. From 7:00 - 8:00 PM, there was a viewing fo the broadcast episode of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE 9.
The Frontier was fortunate to have Tony Tellado as moderator of the group from November of 1994 to March of 1996. He then retired from the group to devote more time to his radio show, SCI-FI TALK. Sharon Archer, Gary Blog, Philip De Parto, Brian Gonigal, Roy Greenberg, and Fernando Ruiz have all taken turns moderating Frontier meetings.
In January of 1997, we altered the format of the Bergen County Chapter. While continuing to watch the broadcast of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE 9 at 7:00 PM, we also showed first season episodes of BABYLON 5 during the months of September through May. Because the June, July, and August meetings are not held at our usual meeting site, we substituted a discussion for both the video and broadcast viewings.
In April of 1998, we changed the name of the Bergen Chapter to ARMCHAIR ODYSSEY. At 6:00 PM, we view the broadcast of EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT, and then watch STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE 9 at 7L00 PM.
Since many people led these discussions, we list the moderator's name in addition of the topic title.
THE FINAL FRONTIER, LIVINGSTON CHAPTER
March 5, 2004...............ARROGANT ALIENS February 6, 2004............-- Event Cancelled -- January 2, 2004.............THE PRISONER
November 7, 2003..........STAR TREK AS SEMINAL SCIENCE FICTION October 2, 2003.............THE OUTER LIMITS REVISITED September 5, 2003.........STARGATE: SG-1 August 1, 2003..............GUILTY PLEASURES: QUESTIONABLE STUFF WE LIKE July 4, 2003...................THE 70'S BRITISH INVASION June 6, 2003..................CAN THE STAR TREK FRANCHISE BE SAVED? May 2, 2003..................THE TWILIGHT ZONE REVISITED April 4, 2003..................SEXUALITY IN SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION & MOVIES March 7, 2003...............COMIC BOOK ADAPTATIONS February 7, 2003............WOMEN IN SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION AND FILM January 2, 2003.............-- Event Cancelled --
November 1, 2002..........ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE October 4, 2002.............FORBIDDEN PLANET REVISITED September 6, 2002.........SPACESHIPS AND STAR TRAVEL August 2, 2002..............BUFFY REVISITED July 5, 2002...................THE PRIME DIRECTIVE REVISITED June 7, 2002..................ENTERPRISE: SEASON ONE REVIEW May 3, 2002..................KLINGONS April 5, 2002..................ARCHER AS CAPTAIN March 1, 2002...............BUFFY REVISITED February 1, 2002............ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY January 4, 2002.............STAR TREK'S TRANSPORTERS
November 2, 200............ENTERPRISE REVIEW October 5, 2001.............SIMPSONS HALLOWEENS / ENTERPRISE IMPRESSIONS September 7, 2001.........DARK FUTURES August 3, 2001..............VAMPIRES, WITCHES AND WEREWOLVES July 6, 2001...................BUFFY / ANGEL SEASON REVIEWS June 1, 2001..................VOYAGER RETROSPECTIVE May 4, 2001..................FEMINISM IN VOYAGER April 6, 2001..................CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE IN STAR TREK March 6, 2001...............2001 (THE MOVIE): WHAT WENT WRONG? February 2, 2001............MID SEASON REVIEW January 2, 2001.............-- No Event --
December 1, 2000..........STAR TREK: A NEW HOPE November 10, 2000........JAMES CAMERON October 13, 2000...........ANGEL September 8, 2000.........CLASSIC '50'S MOVIES August 11, 2000.............STAR TREK'S BEST IDEAS July 14, 2000.................INFLUENCES OF STAR TREK June 9, 2000..................STAR TREK'S WORST IDEAS May 12, 2000.................FARSCAPE April 14, 2000.................XENA: EPISODES DARK AND LIGHT March 10, 2000..............THE BORG February 11, 2000...........BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: TEEN ANGST January 14, 2000............STAR TREK AS A WESTERN
November 12, 1999........THE BEST CAPTAIN October 8, 1999.............THE BEST DOCTOR September 10, 1999.......STAR TREK IN OTHER VENUES August 13, 1999.............SPOCK July 9, 1999...................STRONG WOMEN June 11, 1999................DEEP SPACE 9 REVIEW May 14, 1999.................Q April 9, 1999..................RULES OF ACQUISITION March 12, 1999..............SELF SACRIFICE February 12, 1999..........THE MIRROR UNIVERSE January 8, 1999.............-- Event Cancelled --
November 13, 1998........RELIGION IN STAR TREK October 9, 1998.............HORROR IN STAR TREK September 11, 1998.......DOES CLASSIC TREK STILL HOLD UP? August 14, 1998.............NOT SO SPECIAL EFFECTS July 10, 1998.................BABYLON 5 SEASON 5 June 12, 1998................7 OF 9 REVISITED May 8, 1998..................THE X-FILES April 10, 1998................INFLUENCES ON BABYLON 5 March 13, 1998..............THE NAKED AND THE DEAD February 13, 1998..........STAND ALONES AND STORY ARCS January 9, 1998.............MIXED MARRIAGES: DO YOU TAKE THIS ALIEN?
November 14, 1997........CAST CHANGES: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY October 10, 1997...........THE PRIME DIRECTIVE: IS IT THE LAW OR JUST A GOOD IDEA? September 12, 1997.......OTHER CASTS FOR STAR TREK August 8, 1997..............GENERAL DISCUSSION July 11, 1997.................GENERAL DISCUSSION June 13, 1997................COOL IDEAS IN SCIENCE FICTION May 9, 1997..................WHAT'S WRONG WITH VOYAGER AND HOW TO FIX IT April 11, 1997................STAR TREK AND BABYLON 5 LOOK AT EVIL March 14, 1997..............GENERAL DISCUSSION February 14, 1997..........THE SPACE STATION AS A SETTING January 10, 1997...........REACTIONS TO STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT
November 8, 1996.........."THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER" REVISITED October 11, 1996...........SEASON DEBUTS: BABYLON 5 AND DEEP SPACE NINE September 13, 1996.......SEASON DEBUT: VOYAGER August 9, 1996..............PREVIEW OF SCI FI TALK RADIO SHOW WITH TONY TELLADO July 12, 1996.................THE LIFE & TIMES OF SHERIDAN AND SINCLAIR June 1, 1996..................THE LIFE & TIMES OF JANEWAY May 10, 1996................THE LIFE & TIMES OF BENJAMIN SISCO April 12, 1996................THE LIFE & TIMES OF JEAN - LUC PICARD March 8, 1996...............THE LIFE & TIMES OF JAMES T KIRK February 9, 1996............LOVE & ROMANCE IN STAR TREK
November 10, 1995........TALK: AUTHOR JOHN GREGORY BETANCOURT October 13, 1995...........STAR TREK ALIENS: THE BAD GUYS September 8, 1995.........GENERAL DISCUSSION / ORGANIZATION MEETING August 11, 1995.............INFORMAL, UNOFFICIAL FIRST GATHERING
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LIST OF TOPICS DISCUSSED:
STAR TREK OR ST/BABYLON 5 DISCUSSIONS:
November 7, 2003..........STAR TREK AS SEMINAL SCIENCE FICTION June 6, 2003..................CAN THE STAR TREK FRANCHISE BE SAVED? July 5, 2002...................THE PRIME DIRECTIVE REVISITED June 7, 2002..................ENTERPRISE: SEASON ONE REVIEW May 3, 2002..................KLINGONS April 5, 2002..................ARCHER AS CAPTAIN February 1, 2002............ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY January 4, 2002.............STAR TREK'S TRANSPORTERS November 2, 2001..........ENTERPRISE REVIEW June 1, 2001..................VOYAGER RETROSPECTIVE May 4, 2001..................FEMINISM IN VOYAGER April 6, 2001..................CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE IN STAR TREK December 1, 2000..........STAR TREK: A NEW HOPE August 11, 2000.............STAR TREK'S BEST IDEAS July 14, 2000.................INFLUENCES OF STAR TREK June 9, 2000..................STAR TREK'S WORST IDEAS March 10, 2000..............THE BORG January 14, 2000...........STAR TREK AS A WESTERN November 12, 1999........THE BEST CAPTAIN October 8, 1999.............THE BEST DOCTOR September 10, 1999.......STAR TREK IN OTHER VENUES August 13, 1999.............SPOCK June 11, 1999................DEEP SPACE 9 REVIEW May 14, 1999................Q April 9, 1999..................RULES OF ACQUISITION February 12, 1999..........THE MIRROR UNIVERSE November 13, 1998........RELIGION IN STAR TREK October 9, 1998.............HORROR IN STAR TREK September 11, 1998.......DOES CLASSIC TREK STILL HOLD UP? June 12, 1998................7 OF 9 REVISITED October 10, 1997...........THE PRIME DIRECTIVE: IS IT THE LAW OR JUST A GOOD IDEA? September 12, 1997.......OTHER CASTS FOR STAR TREK May 9, 1997..................WHAT'S WRONG WITH VOYAGER AND HOW TO FIX IT April 11, 1997................STAR TREK AND BABYLON 5 LOOK AT EVIL January 10, 1997...........REACTIONS TO STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT November 8, 1996.........."THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER" REVISITED September 13, 1996.......SEASON DEBUT: VOYAGER June 1, 1996..................THE LIFE & TIMES OF JANEWAY May 10, 1996................THE LIFE & TIMES OF BENJAMIN SISCO April 12, 1996................THE LIFE & TIMES OF JEAN - LUC PICARD March 8, 1996...............THE LIFE & TIMES OF JAMES T KIRK October 11, 1996...........SEASON DEBUTS: BABYLON 5 AND DEEP SPACE NINE February 9, 1996............LOVE & ROMANCE IN STAR TREK October 13, 1995...........STAR TREK ALIENS: THE BAD GUYS
OTHER TELEVISION SHOW DISCUSSIONS:
October 13, 2000...........ANGEL
July 10, 1998.................BABYLON 5 SEASON 5 April 10, 1998................INFLUENCES ON BABYLON 5 July 12, 1996.................B5: THE LIFE & TIMES OF SHERIDAN AND SINCLAIR
August 2, 2002..............BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER March 1, 2002...............BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER July 6, 2001...................BUFFY / ANGEL SEASON REVIEWS February 11, 2000..........BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: TEEN ANGST
May 12, 2000................FARSCAPE
October 2, 2003.............THE OUTER LIMITS REVISITED
January 2, 2004.............THE PRISONER
September 5, 2003.........STARGATE: SG-1
October 5, 2001.............SIMPSONS HALLOWEENS / ENTERPRISE IMPRESSIONS
May 2, 2003..................THE TWILIGHT ZONE REVISITED
May 8, 1998..................THE X-FILES
April 14, 2000................XENA: EPISODES DARK AND LIGHT
MOVIES DISCUSSIONS:
October 4, 2002.............FORBIDDEN PLANET March 6, 2001...............2001: WHAT WENT WRONG? November 10, 2000........JAMES CAMERON September 8, 2000........CLASSIC '50'S MOVIES January 10, 1997...........REACTIONS TO STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT
GENERAL DISCUSSIONS:
March 5, 2004...............ARROGANT ALIENS August 1, 2003..............GUILTY PLEASURES: QUESTIONABLE STUFF WE LIKE July 4, 2003...................THE 70'S BRITISH INVASION April 4, 2003..................SEXUALITY IN SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION & MOVIES March 7, 2003...............COMIC BOOK ADAPTATIONS February 7, 2003............WOMEN IN SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION AND FILM November 1, 2002..........ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE September 6, 2002.........SPACESHIPS AND STAR TRAVEL September 7, 2001.........DARK FUTURES August 3, 2001..............VAMPIRES, WITCHES AND WEREWOLVES February 2, 2001............MID SEASON REVIEW July 9, 1999...................STRONG WOMEN March 12, 1999..............SELF SACRIFICE August 14, 1998.............NOT SO SPECIAL EFFECTS March 13, 1998..............THE NAKED AND THE DEAD February 13, 1998..........STAND ALONES AND STORY ARCS January 9, 1998..............MIXED MARRIAGES: DO YOU TAKE THIS ALIEN? November 14, 1997.........CAST CHANGES: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY August 8, 1997..............GENERAL DISCUSSION July 11, 1997.................GENERAL DISCUSSION June 13, 1997................COOL IDEAS IN SCIENCE FICTION March 14, 1997..............GENERAL DISCUSSION February 14, 1997..........THE SPACE STATION AS A SETTING August 9, 1996...............PREVIEW OF SCI FI TALK RADIO SHOW WITH TONY TELLADO November 10, 1995.........TALK: AUTHOR JOHN GREGORY BETANCOURT September 8, 1995..........GENERAL DISCUSSION / ORGANIZATION MEETING August 11, 1995..............INFORMAL, UNOFFICIAL FIRST GATHERING |