Star Trek XI

[RVR II]

And that is why God punished them by sending fire (but not brimstone oddly perhaps the old chap needed to restock) to destroy them for their wastefulness.

LA's been burning to the ground for years.  Any connection?   

Yes.

Are you sure it's not connected to this??

[Chaos]

And that is why God punished them by sending fire (but not brimstone oddly perhaps the old chap needed to restock) to destroy them for their wastefulness.

LA's been burning to the ground for years.  Any connection?   

Yes.

Are you sure it's not connected to this??

Nah... it's much simpler than that.

Los Angeles and Las Vegas are the new Sodom and Gomorrah. Better go see 'em before they turn to salt again...

[gbeenie]

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20049407,00.html

Ending months of speculation, J.J. Abrams announced the first major casting in the director's hush-hush re-energizing of the Star Trek movie franchise by tapping Zachary Quinto to play Spock, the hyper-logical science stud with the pointy ears and Vulcan death grip. In case the name doesn't register on your tricorder, the 29-year-old actor plays Sylar, the serial killer who eats superpowered brains on Heroes.

Fuck you, Entertainment Weekly! There's no such thing as a "Vulcan death grip."

/Geek Mode OFF

[Sharktopus]

And that is why God punished them by sending fire (but not brimstone oddly perhaps the old chap needed to restock) to destroy them for their wastefulness.

Oh no. Poor Grommit. 

[daltysmilth]

I'm willing to give this film the benefit of the doubt, and here's why:
When Star Trek: The Motion Picture came out, everyone thought that was the end of Star Trek.  It had done fairly well at the box office, but not well enough.  The actors, especially Nimoy, weren't satisfied with the experience, and despite the impressive special effects, it's an abysmally boring movie.  Then along comes Harve Bennett, a TV producer who's looking to get into movies, and he says to the Paramount executives, "Let me see if I can do something with Star Trek".  Several months later, (I admit I'm skipping quite a bit, but I don't want to go into all the details right now), he produced Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, which is widely regarded as the best film in the franchise, and which pretty much jump-started Star Trek into BEING a succesful franchise again.  All thanks to Harve Bennett, a TV Producer.  And now, J.J. Abrams, another TV producer, has been given the reins of Star Trek.  I haven't seen much of his stuff, but what I've seen of Lost, I've enjoyed.  And to answer a concern someone expressed about his writers not knowing how or if different plot threads are going to end up, that's not an uncommon thing for series writers.  When Douglas Adams started writing what became the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, he didn't know how he was going to have Ford and Arthur rescued from being thrown into deep space, or that the bowl of flowers would play a significant role later on.  Sometimes when writers introduce something, they'll know exactly how it's going to pay off later on, and other times they just introduce it and say, "Well, maybe I can figure out how to get some use out of this later."

[Chaos]

I see what you're saying, and your points are valid.

However, I must point out one small detail of your arguement that you seem to have missed or passed over...

Harve Bennett is a bit of a genius.
J.J. Abrams is just a bit of a twat.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

I see what you're saying, and your points are valid.

However, I must point out one small detail of your arguement that you seem to have missed or passed over...

Harve Bennett is a bit of a genius.
J.J. Abrams is just a bit of a twat.

   

[bettertomorrowamy]

I'd rather kiss a twat than a genius though if that helps.

[Steve-O]

I'd rather kiss a twat than a genius though if that helps.

I find that the two are frequently rather difficult to tell apart.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

I'd rather kiss a twat....

We must have different connotations of that word....   

[Chaos]

It's all in how you use it.

[bettertomorrowamy]

I thought it was the motion in the ocean.

[Chaos]

No, it's how you wiggle your snorkel.

[Sharktopus]

Then if the pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon, the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true?

[Rude]

...

Anton Yelchin Joins Star Trek

J.J. Abrams has added one more name to his Star Trek prequel crew with actual Russian Anton Yelchin taking the role of Chekhov, the Enterprise's navigator. You probably saw Yelchin in his recent role as the kidnapped kid in Alpha Dog, the one the blonde girl strangely identifies as "stolen boy" in the trailer. The actor is twelve years younger than the film's Spock, Zachary Quinto, which seems like a larger gap in age than I would have expected, though I know nothing about Star Trek ages and have no reason for thinking that. Still, it's given me hope for a toddler Sulu, which will be adorable when he tries to fly the ship and can't reach the pedals.