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    Ugh, no offense AE, but I hate when people mention Khan and how they don't want it to be a Khan movie... People don't seem to get that Chris Pine was making a joke that he wanted to yell "KHAANN!" Also, it doesn't seem like the right term for the next two treks would be one movie, it's more like it would be a story arc or sequel/trilogy.

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    I don't think it will matter one bit. I doubt too many people will notice the difference. Not too many people can distinguish Mila Kunis' "Meg Griffin" from the first girl who voiced it.

    That's true about Family Guy, but the voice actors do more than just the main voices. This link has detailed about all the different characters the voice actors do: http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Fut...ff/VoiceActors/

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    true....but picard was always prepared to die for his crew. kirk wasnt'.

     

     

    Kirk gave his life to help the Enterprise B get out of the Nexus

     

     

    but didn't he go into the nexus?

    Kirk didn't know what the nexus was, no one in the crew did. He did it cause the Captain's place is on the bridge. Kirk basically knew he could be killed by going down to the deflector control room. You can't say a sacrifice doesn't count cause he was brought back.

     

    A great example of Kirk sacrificing for his ship and crew was in "City on the Edge of Forever" when he let Edith Keeler die to let the future happen.

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    From Variety

    Paramount Home Entertainment's "Star Trek" DVD and Blu-ray release is about to again boldly go where no one has gone before -- with a bonus feature on the packaging that opens up an interactive tour of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

     

    Expected to be one of the biggest home entertainment releases of the fourth quarter after its $375 million theatrical run, J.J. Abrams' re-imagined "Star Trek" will make its debut Nov. 17 with all the expected extras on the two-disc DVD and three-disc Blu-ray release.

     

    With the packaging feature dubbed "augmented reality," consumers will be able to hold their disc packaging in front of any standard webcam to unlock an interactive hologram on the computer screen, through which they can tour five cabins on the Enterprise, even shooting enemies from the ship's deck.

     

    Users will have to log in to a website to access the feature, but they control the hologram by holding the disc packaging.

     

    "If you took the visual cue in the package and turned your hand, then you're turning the ship," Paramount homevideo senior VP of brand marketing Bob Buchi said.

     

    The technology has been used before for magazine covers and other types of product packaging, though this is a first for a major home entertainment release.

     

    An early version of the feature, which Paramount tried for the international theatrical release of the film, can be accessed at experience-the-enterprise.com.

     

    Paramount will release three different disc versions of "Star Trek" -- a one-disc version with the movie and director commentary, and a bonus-packed two-disc DVD and three-disc Blu-ray. The two-disc DVD and Blu-ray versions will also include a digital copy of the movie.

     

    Among the other extras on the high-end versions are deleted scenes, such as one with a baby Spock, ears and all. Another cut includes an abandoned storyline about the villainous Romulan mining captain, Nero (Eric Bana), and a look at Abrams' version of the warrior Klingons.

     

    On the Blu-ray set is a BD-Live feature that connects viewers to live updates from space through NASA. Those who want to explore the film's space ships more can also click on the Star Fleet Vessel Simulator for a 360-degree view of the Enterprise and other ships.

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    From Yahoo/AP:

    TAMPA, Fla. – Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50.

     

    Tampa police said Mays was found unresponsive by his wife Sunday morning. A fire rescue crew pronounced him dead at 7:45 a.m. It was not immediately clear how he died. He said he was hit on the head when an airplane he was on made a rough landing Saturday, and Mays' wife told investigators the TV personality didn't feel well before he went to bed that night.

     

    There were no signs of a break-in at the home, and investigators do not suspect foul play, said Lt. Brian Dugan of the Tampa Police Department, who wouldn't answer any more questions about how Mays' body was found because of the ongoing investigation. The coroner's office expects to have an autopsy done by Monday afternoon.

     

    Mays' wife, Deborah Mays, told investigators that her husband had complained he didn't feel well before he went to bed some time after 10 p.m. Saturday night, Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said.

     

    "Although Billy lived a public life, we don't anticipate making any public statements over the next couple of days," Deborah Mays said in a statement Sunday. "Our family asks that you respect our privacy during these difficult times."

     

    U.S. Airways confirmed Sunday that Mays was among the passengers on a flight that made a rough landing on Saturday afternoon at Tampa International Airport, leaving debris on the runway after apparently blowing its front tires.

     

    Tampa Bay's Fox television affiliate interviewed Mays after the incident.

     

    "All of a sudden as we hit you know it was just the hardest hit, all the things from the ceiling started dropping," MyFox Tampa Bay quoted him as saying. "It hit me on the head, but I got a hard head."

     

    McElroy said linking Mays' death to the rough landing Saturday afternoon would "purely be speculation." She said Mays' family members didn't report any health issues with the pitchman, but they said he was due to have hip replacement surgery in the coming weeks.

     

    Born William Mays in McKees Rocks, Pa., on July 20, 1958, Mays developed his style demonstrating knives, mops and other "as seen on TV" gadgets on Atlantic City's boardwalk. For years he worked as a hired gun on the state fair and home show circuits, attracting crowds with his booming voice and genial manner.

     

    After meeting Orange Glo International founder Max Appel at a home show in Pittsburgh in the mid-1990s, Mays was recruited to demonstrate the environmentally friendly line of cleaning products on the St. Petersburg-based Home Shopping Network.

     

    Commercials and informercials followed, anchored by the high-energy Mays showing how it's done while tossing out kitschy phrases like, "Long live your laundry!"

     

    Recently he's been seen on commercials for a wide variety of products and is featured on the reality TV show "Pitchmen" on the Discovery Channel, which follows Mays and Anthony Sullivan in their marketing jobs. He's also been seen in ESPN ads.

     

    His ubiquitousness and thumbs-up, in-your-face pitches won Mays plenty of fans. People line up at his personal appearances for autographed color glossies, and strangers stop him in airports to chat about the products.

     

    "I enjoy what I do," Mays told The Associated Press in a 2002 interview. "I think it shows."

     

    Mays liked to tell the story of giving bottles of OxiClean to the 300 guests at his wedding, and doing his ad spiel ("powered by the air we breathe!") on the dance floor at the reception. Visitors to his house typically got bottles of cleaner and housekeeping tips.

     

    As part of "Pitchmen," Mays and Sullivan showed viewers new gadgets such as the Impact Gel shoe insert; the Tool Band-it, a magnetized armband that holds tools; and the Soft Buns portable seat cushion.

     

    "One of the things that we hope to do with 'Pitchmen' is to give people an appreciation of what we do," Mays told The Tampa Tribune in an interview in April. "I don't take on a product unless I believe in it. I use everything that I sell."

     

    Discovery Channel spokeswoman Elizabeth Hillman released a statement Sunday extending sympathy to the Mays family.

     

    "Everyone that knows him was aware of his larger-than-life personality, generosity and warmth," Hillman's statement said. "Billy was a pioneer in his field and helped many people fulfill their dreams. He will be greatly missed as a loyal and compassionate friend."

  21. Posted

    But by saying that there are "some controversies" and ending there, you're taking a one sided view on history of him. He was a talented singer in the 80's, but to ignore the recent past, you're making him seem like a God among mere mortals in singing. Don't you remember when basically no one would have him play and how concert after concert was canceled for one reason or another.

  22. Posted

    I, for one, won't be sorry to see him go. Yes he was the so called "King of pop" back in the 80's and early 90's. What everyone seems to forget is that he's been utterly insane the past 15 years or so, with sleeping in the same bed as children and being forced to settle out of court after one said Jackson molested him. He had bizarre interviews with the press, like when he shook his baby "Blanket" and had a blanket over its face. Then, he dangled the baby out of the window. Finally, he was pretty much chased out of the states to Dubai. Now when he's dead, everyone is glossing over his molesting, insane "Wacko Jacko" ways.