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Thats pretty baffling. A red corvette? Couldn't be a holodeck thing since they didn't have them during Kirk's early years.

Probably just an antique.

I've never seen Tron but the first Matrix is a great movie. The second is pretty good but complicates what was actually an uncomplicated story in part one and the third is just okay with not enough time in the Matrix (and has a terrible DVD cover). This really should have been the great modern trilogy but instead its a strong first movie that could have easily stood on its own with two weaker sequels. I think Lord of The Rings still constitutes the best film trilogy of the past ten years.

Really, the Wachowski brothers got greedy by making the story dependent on the Enter The Matrix game and The Animatrix (only about half of which is any good or has any real story value).

Also Keanu Reeves is a terrible actor (Carrie-Anne Moss isn't all that good either). Ironically, Hugo Weaving puts more emotion into what is really a less emotional character than Neo. Hands down Weaving is the best actor in the trilogy with Fishburne as a very close second.

I might only see this to see the Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

Of course, I don't understand why they describe the guru as "coming to America" when he's going to help the TORONTO Maple Leafs' star player.

I was so psyched when I heard Pegg was going to be in this movie and every interview he's been doing just gets me more and more psyched. I think he is totally going to rock as Scotty.

Nice find, UH! I wonder if it will be a flying car in the movie?

More than likely based on what I've heard. It wouldn't make much sense to have a car available in 2008 (only in California now) to be driven around in the same fashion in whatever time period the movie is primarily set in (presumably 2250-2265). It would date the movie.

I agree that it may have been a little on the long side and I wasn't big on some of the retcon stuff but I think BBS still had the same sense of humour the series did with an excellent plot and the right mix of sentimentality. I eagerly await The Beast with a Billion Backs.

Where's Neville Flynn when you need him?

(Snakes on a Plane reference)

I don't know MacFarlane seems like a pretty smart guy despite the low brow shenigans featured on his shows. I'm betting this was probably just more of a joke, maybe even showing how dumb Stan Smith is. If not, oh well, to each his own.

This is great. I'll be seeing this guy at the Shore Leave con. Maybe he'll spill some Trek 11 details!

Well, with the huge confidentiality agreements they have to sign, it won't be on purpose.

I won't be seeing the movie as I don't support the whole reboot scheme. It's bound to be a bomb, many hard core Trek fans want nothing to do with it, and non Trek fans sure won't be standing in line for tickets. I would however have liked to have seen Shatner in some kind of small role, they affored Nimoy a spot they could done the same for Shatner, he is after all the heart and soul of Trek as Kirk (regardless how anyone feels about him *personally*). Abrams could have made a smart move by putting Shatner in as he is a money maker and good for PR.

The fact that Shatner is not in the movie proves that this is not a reboot (you know, other than the repeated statements by the writers and Abrams). The writers have repeatedly said that the couldn't work Shatner in as Kirk because the Kirk is dead. The can't work around his death, ergo no Shatner.

Spock is not dead, therefore Nimoy can be in it.

Honestly, I don't know what you're seeing because I think the reaction to the movie has been generally positive among hard core fans (Abrams has even managed to win over James Cawley of Star Trek new Voayges, who is a very hard core fan and also initially had problems with the concept), aside from a few extremists.

I won't be seeing the movie as I don't support the whole reboot scheme.

 

That makes two of us. If nothing else, Enterprise showed me (at least) that going backward in Star Trek is a monumentally bad idea. I have a theory that someone that really hates Star Trek is making these decisions at Paramount.

I liked Enterprise and I will admit it has its flaws but overall, it was not the prequel concept alone that did Enterprise in. I disagree about the person not liking Trek making these decisions. If that was the case how the heck do you explain a $130 million budget and the move back to summer 2009 after being impressed by what has been shot thus far.

Honestly, would going back to TOS have been my first choice? Probably not, but I'm liking what I'm seeing. The fact of the matter is after being saddled with a crappy network and a burnt out writing staff, Star Trek was one nail in the coffin away from being dead for quite some time. Now, we've got a new movie with new blood behind it, re-establishing the franchise by returning to its roots which is the only commercially viable strategy before moving forward with anything else.

But, hey everybody's entitled to their own opinions.

DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise all have absolutely no chance of ever getting a movie aside from perhaps a direct to DVD release. I like them all but it just isn't going to happen.

None of them have the widespread popularity that TOS and TNG had outside of the core Star Trek fan base for Paramount to justify investing in a movie. We're big, but the most successful films were always able to tap into the general market beyond just the hard core (i.e. TWOK, FC, and especially TVH).

And I just realized I said pretty much this same thing on the first page of this thread. Oh well, don't like it? Talk to the mod of the forum, which is me. Check and mate. j/k

God, I love Simon Pegg.

Yeah, Alkar probably wasn't under the Federation's jurisdiction (i.e. not a citizen of the Federation) and may have even had diplomatic immunity. If he's a Federation citizen, they could probably arrest him, no problem.

I'm sure once factors had been worked around, he would have been prosecuted on his homeworld especially since I doubt Maylor was the first of his "receptacles". However, it never got that far.

Good start getting Bryan Singer. This movie is already better than the last one.

Um, Bryan Singer directed Superman Returns.

Kind of surpirsed if Orci and Kurtzman are writing it, they seem like they're already pretty busy with producing Star Trek, writing Transformers 2 and their series Fringe.

Garth was Pakistani?

Well, just because he's a Pakistani actor doesn't mean he can't play someone from another planet in Trek. Who knows?

It's been confirmed that this a new character, so its not Garth of Izar. Aside from which, Garth of Izar was played by a white Czechoslovakian.

Was it ever established that Kirk's father was in Starfleet?

Not in onscreen canon.

Technically, Robert T. April isn't even canon as his only onscreen apprearance is in the animated series. Beyond that he's been limited to novels (which does establish that George Kirk served on the Enterprise).

I love Memory Alpha.

As if claiming to be me would get him out of trouble.

Also, if this guy is delusional enough to think he's Jack Bauer you'd think he'd get more of the details right.

It was at Wolf 359, damaged and left adrift and then was salvaged, repaired, and back in service by the time of the Klingon Civil War.

http://www.memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/USS_Ah...%28NCC-71620%29

I wonder how long it will take to get things back in production - will there be any more new eps of any series for the remainder of the season. I guess some networks kept series staff on payroll but others didn't. I think some shows were cancelled mid season and there may not be anything to replace them until the fall.

 

Other shows such as Sarah Connor Chronicles and Jericho Season 2 were already filmed for a short season. Don't forget to watch Jericho this Tuesday the 12th. :tank:

I've heard 8 weeks to get the scripted series back to the air.

Sorry, if I could vote I'd have to go with this ticket:

Picard/Riker 08

Either them, or the Federation President from "Articles of the Federation", Nanietta Bacco.

What about those Duras sisters? :jem'hadar: Two strong women destroying the opposition - literally

Also dead.

I didn't see a thread with this title!? And it's not old news to me.

I didn't see one either that why I said I didn't think it'd been discussed. The article is about a month old though.

Old news but I don't think anyone's discussed it.

Technically, Star Trek XI is not a re-imagining, at least in terms of story. The actual designs (primarily the interiors) will be faithful to the original but still be new.

 

"Time-travelling quasi-prequel" may not technically be correct either, because while this is definitely a prequel, the time-travelling element is somewhat unclear at this point as the AICN article that originally suggested that plot line ended up describing something very similar to Of Gods and Men.

Who cares what its called? I just can't wait for it to come out!...

I share your enthusiasm but I get annoyed with the media constantly mislabeling the movie. Especially when its called a reboot, because if they were going to reboot, Shatner would be in the movie because they could just ignore Kirk's death entirely.

Technically, Star Trek XI is not a re-imagining, at least in terms of story. The actual designs (primarily the interiors) will be faithful to the original but still be new.

"Time-travelling quasi-prequel" may not technically be correct either, because while this is definitely a prequel, the time-travelling element is somewhat unclear at this point as the AICN article that originally suggested that plot line ended up describing something very similar to Of Gods and Men.