What better way to celebrate the long weekend than with a video pitting the two most beloved science fiction franchises against one another in heated combat? No matter your allegiance, Star Trek or Star Wars, you’ll find a lot to like about this masterfully done video. Finally, fan boys on both side of the spectrum can declare a truce and enjoy the holiday season without malice or grief. You Battlestar Galactica fans are screwed, though.

YouBuyNow.com has begun selling replicas of the cute and annoying Star Trek furry, Tribbles. The replicas will shake and coo just like the real thing. They’ll even get agitated and want to be left alone, just like the real thing. Unlike the real thing, thankfully, these Tribble replicas will not reproduce at an alarming rate and take over your life in a matter of hours.

They are due to ship in early 2009 and each Tribble will cost $28.

Toshiba in a joint promotion with CBS Home Entertainment’s launch of "Star Trek: The Original Series," Season 1 has unveiled this "Star Trek" Combo which features HD DVD on one side of the disc and standard DVD on the other.

Purchasers of the boxed set and any Toshiba HD DVD player will be offered the limited edition "Star Trek" Phaser – a remote for Toshiba’s HD DVD players.

In New Mexico, alien-worshippers from nationwide are flocking to Roswell to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the supposed alien crash. Alien species and UFO’s are, of course, welcome to attend. And yes, this is a serious request.

The festival, which officially commenced on Thursday, includes the standard live band and alien-themed contests. The attendees range from "relatively sane" to "like trekkies at a ‘Star Trek’ convention." Also attending are many guest-speakers, who discuss everything from alien encounters to "What Does NASA Really Know?"

This is the first year the celebration is actually being held at Roswell. While there might not be a high chance of having an alien visitor, it looks like a bit of fun during these boring summer days.

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Unlike other home theater rooms, this Star Trek-inspired creation uses real props from past movies.

Gary Sekulow collected backlit graphic panels from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Voyager, the captain’s chair from Star Trek: Enterprise and numerous props from other Star Trek series and movies, and commissioned an Atlanta home theater installer to put the whole thing together.