Star Trek XI

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

I wish they could come up with a movie that doesn't have a real "villain".  Like The Voyage Home - the probe was doing damage but not intentionally.

Make a nice change.

[Chaos]

I expect that the bulk of today's audience would be bored by such a concept. And since the bulk of today's audience are who Paramount is trying to dumb the series down for, I don't think you should hold out hopes for a villainless Star Trek movie any time soon.

[Sharktopus]

I wish they could come up with a movie that doesn't have a real "villain".  Like The Voyage Home - the probe was doing damage but not intentionally.

Make a nice change.

It would be nice to see the Enterprise engaging in its primary function for a change, rather than just finding new ways of blowing up Klingon ships. Most of the fun comes from the interaction between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy anyway. Of course, a Voyage Home-type plot runs the risk of becoming a Motion Picture-type plot, especially if they try to tone down the humor.

[Rude]

...

I'm one of the few people who really liked The Motion Picture. I thought the plot was pretty clever, the film managed to create an amazing atmosphere and the special effects were pretty cool. Even if they ripped of A Space Odyssey. And, now that i think about it... the first film basically tried to reboot the series as well. It mixed the basic Star Trek premise with new uniforms, a few new characters and a brand new ship. So maybe i will actually like the new film.

I'm ready to give it a chance. But i'm still disappointed with the fact that, for the most part, it is a remake. It's my opinion that the series needs to move forward. If this film is successful, we're going to be stuck with this era of Trek for years to come. And i was never a huge fan of the original series. It was fun, but the new Treks created an entire galaxy rather than random weekly "adventure planets."

Where was i going with this?... Aw, crap. Whatever.

-Rude

[Junkyard]

Yeah, that's the big thing: Moving Forward. Try something new, even if it pisses off a few fans. Even if it pisses off a lot of fans.

[Chaos]

Yeah, that's the big thing: Moving Forward. Try something new, even if it pisses off a few fans. Even if it pisses off a lot of fans.

If? When.

[RVR II]

These New Writers can't move Forward and add to the collection already??

[Junkyard]

Yeah, that's the big thing: Moving Forward. Try something new, even if it pisses off a few fans. Even if it pisses off a lot of fans.

If? When.

Right! Fans get pissed off whatever you do- might as well be bold.

[bettertomorrowamy]

More money spent on CGI!!!!

[Sideswipe]

we just need to sacrifice all the rabid fan boys in the way best befitting virgins.  Just like in Futurama.

[Principal_Skin-trade]

we just need to sacrifice all the rabid fan boys in the way best befitting virgins.  Just like in Futurama.

I am not willing to sacrifice myself... oh wait, forget I said that.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Still say we should "wait and see".....?

Winona Ryder Goes Trekking
By Gina Serpe
Today at 1:24 am

For Winona Ryder, it's a fine line between pixie-like and Vulcanesque.

The actress has become the latest boldface name attached to J.J. Abrams' highly anticipated reboot of the Star Trek franchise, signing on to star as mother to a young Spock.

It will be Ryder's biggest studio film since 2002, when the two-time Oscar nominee costarred in Mr. Deeds with Adam Sandler and S1m0ne with Al Pacino. Ryder laid low for several years following her shoplifting arrest and has only appeared in a handful of mostly independent films, most notably in Richard Linklater's 2006 rotoscope-animated feature, A Scanner Darkly. 

Variety reports the erstwhile Heathers star will play the Vulcan mother of the Starfleet logician,  sending Trekkers into a tizzy. Abrams is messing with a key element of the Star Trek canon: In all previous installments of the franchise, Spock's mother was human, not Vulcan (the pointy ears come courtesy of his father's side of the family).

As conceived by Trek mastermind Gene Rodenberry, Spock's mother was Amanda Grayson, a teacher who met and married Sarek, the Vulcan Ambassador to Earth. The two later decamped  to planet Vulcan. Spock's maternal unit was first introduced in a 1967 episode of the original series and portrayed by actress Jane Wyatt. Wyatt reprised the role in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

The 36-year-old Ryder will mother Heroes' Zachary Quinto, an actor just six years her junior. It's unclear whether movie makeup magic will make up the age difference or whether Ryder's character will only appear in flashback. Original Spock Leonard Nimoy is also slated to appear in a cameo role, though it's unclear in what capacity.

No official details have been released about the film's plot, other than it will revolve around the Starship Enterprise crew's first mission together.

Ryder's addition signals the end of casting. In recent weeks, Abrams beamed up Chris Pine (Kirk), Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy), Simon Pegg (Scotty), John Cho (Sulu), Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Anton Yelchin (Chekov) and Eric Bana (the nefarious Nero) to the film.

Shooting is scheduled to begin on the film this month and is expected to last through March 2008. The film is slated for a Christmas 2008 release.

Wynona F**cking Ryder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

[bettertomorrowamy]

I love Winona Ryder.  Shoplifting just makes her sexier to me.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Maybe Paramount thinks she can steal her own wardrobe for the movie...save them some scratch?

Don't get me wrong.  She's made some good movies.

She is COMPLETELY wrong for this part!  She's too young & she doesn't have the presence - the gravitas - of the woman that Sarek would marry and take back to Vulcan to raise their son.

[Sideswipe]

The Fan Boys, and my mother, are going to have Abrams head if Spock's mother is Vulcan.