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Yes, But Can He Scream?? Russian Born Actor To Be JJ's New Chekov!!
Merrick here...
JJ Abrams has found his Pavel Chekov. It's Russian-born Anton Yelchin, pictured here:
I wonder who they'll get to play Sulu?
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Will it be up to old standard?
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never heard of this guy
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I hating this new gay college kids cast. Do we really need a backstory to the classic Kirk days? NO! Give us something new for chrissake.
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Wasn't the Enterprise mission only for 5 years????
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Wasn't the Enterprise mission only for 5 years????
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Jeez that guy looks young.
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I've loved this kid since I met him in 'Huff.' I can't wait for 'Charlie Bartlett.' And now he's in STAR TREK. Sooooo happy right now.
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or vee vill destroy you.
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That would just be too corny.
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Either that, or Mr. Sulu's personal cabin boy.
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I was excited about this whole thing when I first heard about it. I'm a fan, practically indoctrinated into it by my dad, but the more I think about it, the less I enjoy the entire concept. Sure more Kirk, Spock, and the rest SOUNDS great, but seeing someone else in the roles, even if they're great... it can't possibly match the experience. Even if they seem to do better than the originals, they're still just copies. Rodenberry wanted Trek to be about going forward... so let's go forward. Forget backtracking, forget looking at the early years, give us a new ship, a new crew, and new adventures. Besides, it's not like there can be any real sense of awe or danger. We've all been here before, and we KNOW that everyone comes out of it okay, since we have already seen their further adventures. Move on.
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Shia still gets a cut of his income. Shia owns Hollywood.
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Jeesh.
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With something this incredibly important, you would think people would check their facts.
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Corny yes, but I was watching G4 and they were at comic con and talking to him, and he does a great impression of our boy George.
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They were effectively RESTARTING the franchise. Just like the Batman films have no relation to the Tim Burton or later 90s films, and have no limitations on what they can or can't do bacause of what may have occurred in them.<p>That way, Chekov or Uhuru (or anyone else) MIGHT be killed or married off, and wouldn't have to follow any sort of pre-planned "timeline" laid down by any of the earlier Trek shows or films.<p>THAT would be cool, as opposed to simply trying to shoehorn in this new films to fit pre-established Trek lore.
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But for the real Star Trek loons, misspelling a character's name is grounds for a slap fight. Hell, it's like saying that Mos Eisley is on Alderan or something. Hey, how the heck do you spell "Alderan?"
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That could be a way of doing it, but what would the point be? If you just jump a few years past TNG/DS9/Voyager, you can have the Star Trek universe and do whatever you want in it without worrying about uspetting 40 years of fanbase with a "reimagining".
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Wassup Bronx
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He could be in the remake of that episode. He's creepy enough.
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Just like Walter Koenig did in his early episodes.
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would be the same as the updating in Batman Begins or the new Battlestar Galactica: To take 40-year-old characters and put a 21st century spin on them. Better writing, better acting, cleverer concepts on what the future in space might hold. Keep the basics, but change many of the details.<p>THAT would be a more interesting and exciting spin on the films than already knowing ahead of time how everything ends up.
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seriously.
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and enter your wessel.
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I suppose... although that just opens the door to rebooting the entire thing every so often when reality doesn't match our predicted timeline of things. Which could be a good thing, I guess, so we don't hear about things like the Eugenics wars in the late 90's...
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Anybody know what episode that pronunciation came from? Say it a few times...:)
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Thanks for the laugh. And the spelling correction. I knew I had it wrong.
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I always like the reasons the regulars didn't appear in the show sometimes. Maybe this'll jump around a bit and he's just five mintues of filler in the pic that has some dramatic effect on how they all come together. What wil the costumes look like? I'm thinking alterverse here and JJ setting up for a Star Trek New Old Series.
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This kid is an amazing actor...to hold your own (and sometimes outshine) against Hank Azaria, Blythe Danner and Oliver Platt is pretty damn great.
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What's next? They hire a Scotsman to play Scotty? God damn I hope they don't screw that up. Hire Canadian!
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I'll accept him if he's ina red shirt and gets beamed down first. But seriously, it's too late to bitch and moan about it but Trek's about moving forward not going back. I don't think the franchise needs any sort of restart, just get a good creative team and stop decorating the federation ships like the Holiday Inn (Enterprise D carpeting anyone?).
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Huff, a guest spot on Criminal Minds and the star of Duchovny's directorial debut "House of D." One of the best of his age group.
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Bronx is buying. Thanks Bronx!
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In a way I couldn't agree more. Trek has been around for so long and in so many forms sticking strictly to "cannon" would be extremely constrictive. Although I would be cool with untold Enterprise adventures that take place between the episodes of TOS.
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Chekov is the man. Wessel!
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Yeah, I read that, and that they also had some other star cameos that they hadn't named... didn't much care for that idea either.
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Let him prove his acting chops.
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is if Christian Slater showed up as that same comm officer... Leaning in a dark captain's quarters doorway... Creepy....
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Anthony Wong. He played Ghost in the Matrix movies so he's already played someone's right-hand-man on a ship. BOOYAH
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Word is that John Wynn is in consideration - John Wynn is the star of CDUSA - great actor - just shot a lead role in the feature TUNNEL RATS / also Guest-Star on CSI, etc... He is the perfect SULU! Check him out on MySpace - whattya think?
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and preferably in that shirtless fencing scene. Wessel!
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http://tinyurl.com/34yzdv
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http://tinyurl.com/34yzdv - TOO FUNNY!! -- But I think they may want someone who speaks english (just a guess).
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Kirk needs to be and full of himself and campy!! -- Nathan Fillion??
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Fillion could pull it off, no doubt, but looks a little older than the age range they're going for, I think.
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BECAUSE YOU ARE TALKING OUT OF YOUR ASS! Obviously this casting does not contradict Star Trek lore. If you read the last ST talkback with the SIDES. You would have read the Chekov bio someone pasted, and how it explains why someone as young as this kid (17!) would be cast to play Chekov. Seriously dude; you are like an unaccredited freakin source. Get your head out of your ass before you go getting all FANBRATISH on this side. Aside from you; CHEKOV IS IN THIS FUCKING MOVIE! BOOYAH!
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Yeah - maybe, but it may be good to have some age with all these youngsters - it is beginning to look like a Harry Potter Star Trek!
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http://imdb.com/name/nm1792493/
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They'll be retconning Welshie in as the original ships engineer or something...
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You, sir or madam, should be a casting director. <p> I can hear Kirk saying, "I am to misbehave."
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What people seem to be missing is that TOS had great character and relationships - to tell the exploits of Kirk and company with updated effects and better story-telling is no different than making a new Bond, a new Batman or a new Tarzan or Hercules... These characters have become modern myths... And to say only Shatner can play Kirk? I agree Shatner defined Kirk - so find an actor who will not do a parody, but give us the essence of the iconic Kirk... It's like saying you can't do a movie about Truman Capote because he won't be playing the role... It's called acting. Imagine if 007 had stopped with Connery - I loved his 007, but some post-Connery Bond (especially Casino Royale) kicked ass. Open note to J.J. Abrams - have Nimoy's Spock explain that this is an alternate timeline - then the hardcore Trekkies won't be on your ass and you'll be free to tell the best stories, unfettered by 40+ years of cobbled-together continuity.
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I know! - I moovin' to Hollyweird!! -
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Nice work, I had to search myself to figure out who this guy is. Why wouldn't you run down his recent work so we get a feel for how he might fit the role? /endsarcasm.
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That is the best comment! -- I am so sick of re-makes that are just new actors saying old lines like the old actors - and off the subject or on: what is with all these remakes? Now they are re-making "Foot-Loose" - like we needed a second one - Is Kevin Bacon playin' the preacher? -- OK - back to Trek!
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The difference between a Batman "restart" and one for Star Trek is that Batman is more of an archetype than a three-dimensional character. You can Elseworlds/re-imagine Batman out the wazoo and still retain the essential core of the character. Trek ain't like that. A re-imagined Kirk, Spock etc. are *no longer* Kirk, Spock, etc., they are some other characters entirely. Every Trek TV project since DS9 has been an abject failure because those who had creative control kept looking back instead of forward. You want a good new Trek series? Crib from Roddenberry the way DS9 cribbed from JMS, and rip off the basic plotline of Andromeda. Jump ahead a century or two, have the Federation destroyed, and base the series around a lone ship keeping hope and the Federation's ideals alive in a galaxy full of anarchy. Basically the series Voyager could have been if they'd had any balls. Trek 90210 is gonna suck, just like Generations and First Contact and Nemesis and all the rest of the recent movies sucked, until they get someone in charge willing to expand the Trek universe rather than contracting it.
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I'm cool. This Chekov debate gets heated man. IT GETS HEATED, but I am cool. Yeah. Cool.
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I second the opinion that y'all should see the first season of Huff. This kid is gold.
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This kid right here. Looks like something funny. Even quirky like the original guy. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1655038/
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Fuck those cunts. Jeremy the most cos he is a dumb shit.
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ERIC BRADY FTW!!!
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J.J. Abrams is currently wooing Tom Cruise for the Christopher Pike role. <br> This article from ign. <p> http://movies.ign.com/articles/810/810794p1.html
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...which I finished watching about half an hour ago. That's really all I got to say. I've no interest in this TREK shit.
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...and FUN!!! <p> Say hello to my shit list, STINO!
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would be perfect casting to play an older James T Kirk. DO IT JJ!! DO IT!!! GET HIM IN THIS MOVIE!!!! I was talking to Mrs Luthor last night about the possibility that we might see Mulder, Scully, Indy and the original Kirk and Spock all up on the big screen again next year. That's some geekgasm right there. I also agree Nathan Fillywazzizname from Firefly would be a great choice for young Kirk.
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Make this project fall into development hell... somehow. Some things just shouldn't see the light of day.
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Saying Batman is merely an archetype while Kirk, Spock, McCoy and crew are somehow more 3-dimensional is kind of silly. Star Trak's Big 3 are the quintessential archetypes: Kirk, the randy stud leader; Spock, the logical and rational counter to Kirk; and McCoy, the crusty crew member who spars with Spock over passion vs. logic.<p>Whether or not Batman, Star Trek, Bond or any of these characters get fleshed out beyond those skeleton personalities depends entirely on who's writing them.<p>And I certainly think that there's VAST potential for telling great stories involving those characters that don't require following previous Trek history, while maintaining the characters' basic personalities.
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I said in the last TB that Captain Mal (Nathan Fillion) should play Capt. Kirk, and Daniel Dae Kim should get Sulu. I am a fanboy trailblazer!
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It's ok that they have Chekov this early because if you recall, Khan recognizes Chekov, stating he "never forgets a face" when he sees Chekov on Seti Alpha 5, even though Chekov was NOT in the Space Seed episode. SO THERE! <p> KKKKHHHHHHAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!!
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SHATNER AS KIRK! SHATNER AS KIRK! SHATNER AS KIRK!
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Hey, BSB, that's the blue stuff, right? We are gonna party like it's 2247!
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As Kirk. I love Nathan Fillon, but he's too old for a 20 something Kirk.
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Or, if you prefer, "I don't like to loose". I actually used that last one in an appraisal with an old boss once, (she was a corporate clone without one ounce of geek in her who wouldn't know Wrath Of Kahn from Grapes Of Wrath) and she actually fell for it. I was promoted as a result. Bless you Jim Kirk.
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His looks match the charecters ego.
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from the very end of Bourne Supremacy. This would fix everything!
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JJ's checkov looks sorta like that guy from saved by the bell
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He's got the hair, he's got the chops, he's got the time, and he's got the pipes. Call me a "Daydream Beliewer". Now, if he could only play an insturment...
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If only he wasn't dead. He was great in M*A*S*H.
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He did "Jesus Christ Superstar" in a (bad) touring production. It's not quite "The King of Kings"...but close!
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Chekov is smarter than the President of the United States. Wessel?
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Just so someone could "airlock" the bitch. A more self-loathing black woman I've never seen. Bad idea. Uhura is the shit. Maybe get the mom from "Good Times" (Estelle Whatshername) to be Uhura, and SHE AIRLOCKS TYRA! JJ HEAR MY PLEAS!
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I bought some of that at the Vegas Hilton. Tastes like watered down Heineken. And yes, it's blue. Where's the Aldeberan Whiskey??
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She's coming apart Captain!<p>Good, keep spreading those legs Scotty!
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Full impulse power baby ...
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are you?
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Hey Captain Kirk no time for love!
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and if they wanted to find someone who looks as unlike the old Chekov as possible, they succeeded. Will the entire cast be children?
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... that creepy-ass kid with the pet aquatic whatsis from Surface. Or that creepy-ass grocery store clerk with the no-way-in-real-life-even-if-there-really-was-a-nuclear-war hot popular chick girlfriend from Jericho. A lot of young actors look like that lately for some reason. If Shia had a Jewfro, he'd look just like 'em, too.
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First contact was a great Star Trek movie , STFU..Also this kid will be great as Chekov..this movie is going to be damn good. This franchise needs someone like JJ running the show.
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The guy's nutty (The Perfect Score) but it's hard to think of a young Asian guy with more charisma.
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Let's all pronounce in a heavy Russian accent: "VAHL-TER KAY-NIKH". Then relax, and repeat.
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"Wessel!" <br><br> Seriously, good for him. He was great in ALPHA DOG.
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I'm basically a fan of JJ Abrams for "Lost" and the first two seasons of "Alias," so I'm taking a wait-and-see attitude with this new Trek. Hopefully they'll give these characters a dramatic, action-packed arc and bring something new to the table.<p> The thing I'm still skeptical about, however, is the time setting. Why did they have to set it in the past? Unless Abrams directs a stunning masterpiece of science fiction, this film will always be relegated to woulda-coulda-shoulda. I've always wanted Trek to move forward into the unknown future. But Brannon-Braga et al decided to give us prequel series and parallel series, not one of which pushed viewers into the future. Move it the fuck along already! Most of the technology in the original Trek has already been invented, and we've already advanced farther than Trek ever thought we'd go. So I'm sick of homages, prequels, origin stories, shit that looks backwards. I want NEW stuff, NEW characters, NEW ships, NEW weapons, NEW conflicts, not the same old same old, which Abrams's Trek seems to be swimming with.<p> Now that my rant is over, I hope JJ busts out a fresh can of whoopass and creates a masterpiece.
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Dustin Diamond as a red shirt.
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That's not the Chekov I was hoping for, he needs a brilliantine rug and an extra 5 years worth of testosterone...meh! ;-)
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he wasn't on the show until the second season, and i know everyone laughed off that fact in WOK with the botany bay discovery, but if chekov is in this movie and some how saves the day by yelling zippie, i'm gonna be super pissed. Have him appear as a cameo at star fleet or maybe some small part on the ship, but for the love of god if this is a prequel then he rightfully should not be on the bridge, unless this takes place after season 2, which would just be ghey
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I mean, my 8-year-old cousin looks older than this kid. I'm smelling a BSG-style continuity reboot...
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Soowender da Wesel,.... that line has to be in any Trek movie if Chekov is in it...
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or perhaps Stephen Chow, whatever...
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Something tells me Damon is gonna be replaced with Shia...
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NUFF SAID.
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Ahem.
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"yes I am" "I want you to show me how you did that card trick!!" "cant do it-your not a magician"
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Yeah Cobbio, just this morning I beamed over to 7-11 for a coffee and donut. The store got held up while I was there but luckily I had my phaser and was able to stun the robber. After work today the wife and I are going to hop in our ship and travel Warp 3 to that nice little French restaurant orbiting Jupiter.
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Jewfro? Check.<p>Cheesy over-acting? Check.<p>Future hawking Priceline? Check.
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Star Trek IV rules!
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nothing ever again.
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Starfleet should have taught him to chomp on the cyanide before Khan could get to him.
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Aug. 8, 2007, 8:53 a.m. CST
Nicholas Meyer was the only great Star Trek director
by BringingSexyBack
He created the feel we have all come to know and love. RIP Nicholas Meyer.
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although if it was me, I woulda shot Kirk with no hesitation.
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I hope the Space Whale makes an appearance.
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though the concepts are cool man this thing has been as dull as the dullest south american soap-opera...that fans let alone rabid fans of this can exist, is one of the biggest proofs that the future of mankind has little hope.
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He and Rick Berman pushed Jonathan Frakes aside to make himself a lead. That's what killed TNG. Fucking asshole.
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God as imprisoned alien = Flames on Optimus.
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fucking space alien freak.
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Xenu's arrival forces the Federation, Klingons, Romulans and Borg to join forces. <p>Holy shit that sounds pretty good dontcha think?
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Aug. 8, 2007, 9:15 a.m. CST
Kirk didn't even grieve one minute over Paul Winfield's
by BringingSexyBack
sacrifice, now that I think about it, that's fucked up. Kirk = Ego-centric space prick.
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z z z z z z z z z z z
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The needs of the many are about to be fulfilled.
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All Hail Xenu
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...because Kirk would have found another way to survive the Ceti eels instead of simply offing yourself like a punk-ass bitch. And then Kirk would have found the nearest green chick and banged the green makeup right off of her. That's why Kirk's The Man and always will be.
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Kirk has always cheated death, never faced death. Paul Winfield is a bitch, agreed.
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I mean, I believe Abrams' has the creative vision, but this whole movie is starting to feel really off. I think the idea of a young TOS cast, but it's hard to see new faces replacing Shatner, Nimoy, and Company. But to me, it's all about the story. IMO, many of the Star Trek movies are really lacking in storyline/plot. If this one can nail a good story, that is a major plus.
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How young is this guy, like 16? Wasn't Chekov a lot older looking that this kid?
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Data isn't in this one!! He was a great character but man talk about monopolizing the franchise...Berman totally overused him and it sucked the life outta TNG.
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janet jackson as uruhra, owen wilson as bones and vinnie jones as scottie also i really hope jj gives the movie a rock soundtrack featuring sum 41 and greenday, oh and have the enterprise sport a sony logo...this film is gonna be wicked phat!
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What we really need are the basics of the original Trek. The Final Frontier, to explorer new worlds, etc...and at the same time analyze the human condition. Too many of the superfans are attached to their beloved history of mis-matched continuity. Throw all of that out the window and forget it happenned. So much of it doesn't add up.<br><br> Star Trek fanboys except some of the worst story cross-overs and writing errors this side of Vader building 3P0. They treat it more like a L. Ron Hubbard science FICTION novel written on sheets of stainless steel stored in underground vaults in New Mexico.<br><br>Star Trek needs to be reborn. It needs to have it's basic premise rebooted, have the original character archetypes that we learned to love. Hell, half the reason I love the original Star Trek is because of the cheese. Shatner monologues, bad sets, bad costumes, matte paintings, Kirk banging everything. Those things alone brought charm to a show that had serious issues at a time when sci-fi was a cliche in television alone.<br><br>Bringing back Trek, making it modern, real, and exciting. That's what I'm waiting for. Phasers that are lethal and not just an effect. Science and its drawbacks. One scene alone from the Motion Picture said enough for the flaws in the human condition and that science/technology is not perfect: The failed transporter scene. It pushed Bones as a character as well as the laws of life and the universe.<br><br>Klingons need to be feared as a warrior race. Not reject bikers mixed with samurai ethics who love Shakespeare?<br><br>As for actors being too young? I guess you have been paying attention to the world around you lately for about the last couple thousand years. Military, as well as commercial vessels, have had even small children on ships since the beginning of time. Even in today's American military you can be 18 years old and be on a ship serving. Not an uncommon sight to see, maybe washing a deck or running papers, but still don't comment on something unless you've thought about it. Star Trek originally was a military style show. I hope to see more of that included and it's one of the reasons that Battlestar Galactica is successful. It brings a connection of realism to the show, as well as a rule set to follow.<br><br>I'm excited to see what they bring to the table. Hell, I even thought the idea of Damon being Kirk was ok. Nathan Fillion will only be one Capt. in my mind and I would much rather see that ship and crew coming back than him being re-assigned to the Enterprise.<br><br>My biggest concern...you can change the uniforms...you can change the cast...don't change the ship.
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Come on guys it's too early to say it's going to suck. 90210? last time I checked, young unknown actors were good for a movie.
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Don't get me wrong -- Shia is a capable actor, but do we really need to get more people that look just like him?
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along with dakota fanning he was really good in that mini series, he was also on an excellent episode of without a trace and his appearence on curb your enthusiasm was hillarious...he's a decent actor, not sure if he should be chekov only for the reason that chekov should not even be in this movie to begin with
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Masi Okkkha is a terrible choice! - and he is an arrogant #%@&*! / Kirk can be 30 or over -- look at Tom Welling as a 30 year old Superman!
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Skipped a bunch of the TB, so if I'm repeating excuse me. Just cuz we didn't see Chekov on the bridge or in the "Space Seed' doesn't mean he wasn't there. Graveyard shift man! Also I believe he was reading "Orion girl's quarterly" in the only Enterprise bathroom while Khan was doing the full bladder hop outside. As Chekov came... out of the bathroom, Khan looked at him and told him that he was on Khan's sh!t list...
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and the dead, souless Josh Harnett as GEN X slacker Kirk. Wow, now that would be a hit.
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Aug. 8, 2007, 11:14 a.m. CST
Stop worrying about when he shows up in the original!
by krushjudgement
This is the re-boot. They can rearrange shit. Look at Superman, specifics change but the mythology remains intact.
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Why don't all you "I want a reboot" now generation punks come up with something original instead of milking off other's work in the past. Seriously, why bother with the Enterprise and trying to "re-imagine" characters that belonged to a different generation anyways. There were other ships in the fleet. Follow one of them during the time of the original Star Trek.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ5LBD43T7I Pretty funny, no?
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I don't know about this, he was good in ALPHA DOG, but he annoys me generally. CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS, HUFF... annoying. Also, Merrick, dude, your articles are just excuses for you to paste YouTube clips. Please stop.
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Nuclear Wessels.
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i've always thought they should have done a series set in the time of kirk or even picard, but on another ship, even with todays technology you could have an ep where a new crew could enteract with the crew we already new on the enterprise (trials and tiblleations). i however still say the best movie idea would have been a trilogy detailing the earth/romulan wars, even if it didn't involve archer and the enterprise crew, it could just involve another ship and crew. bottom line is that handing this franchise over to jj was a bad idea, he's too much of a showy director and too big of a name, paramount would have been best to air one more season of enterprise, give us a real TNG finale movie, then waited a few years (2009 or 10) and started a new series set in a time years after the tng/voyager/Ds9 timeframe, but of course that makes sense and paramount is notorious for not having any, they would rather have jj make a dawson's creek startrek movie that fucks with continuity and pisses of fans
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1) She must be a hardbody.<p><p> 2) She must wear a tight-fitting uniform (preferably the one from the mirror universe).<p><p> (Yes, Uhura was very important to me as a young man. Why do you ask?)
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whomever they sign, they need to have them sign multi-picture contracts to keep it going...
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Part of me thinks that due to Chekov's age, he's going to be Abram's entry character in the story; ie, the wet behind the ears ensign on his maiden voyage. Kirk and Spock will still be our leads but a young Chekov serving as our viewpoint and lead in to the story(such as Myers in Hellboy). I could be wrong. I probably am wrong.
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DDK Should play him! He's on Lost => He's already known and respected by JJ Abrams. It's a lock.
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and FUCK Perverted Justice up their stupid asses. Sick assholes.
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This kid's too young to be Chekov.
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and have her appear topless at the beggining of the movie, that be pretty hot
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You wouldn't happen to be a previous guest on that show, would you?
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What's with the pedophile? I know it's a Star Trek TB, but Pwned is pushing the envelope!
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speaks volumes! <p>And how are you doing these days? I dreamt of young Chekov last night hence the multiple posts this morning.
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Wow, I cannot believe they would outlaw pedophilia!?! Man, I guess these people that try and catch pedophiles never read or saw 'Miniority Report'. 'I was just here to talk to her/him.', then why do you have jimmies and this donkey with you?<br><br> I guess PwnedbyStallone likes the choice of young Ensign Chekov....
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I may be late to the NW party but damn that show is fun to watch. Those are some crazy courses.
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That "I was just here to talk to her/him" defense don't cut it for that one Indian guy who took off all his clothes and walked around the living room nekkid. HAHA
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Come on people.
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so why did they hire a 13 year old to play him in this, the movie cannot possibly be set that many years before the show, cuase if it was it would conflict with christopher pike being in comand of the enterprise... unless this kid is olde then he looks, anyone know how to find out what his age is, i've looked everywhere and exhuasted all sources trying to find his age and have come up with nothing
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I call the tit-fuck position. Looking forward to some Betazoid breast banging.
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Episode One: Pavel embarks on his first wessel.
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chekon
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Kirk out...
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i love that song
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Sweet MILF!
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... Tom Cruise as Xenu and Jon Heder as Jehovah (the one from the planet Kolob). Offend two wackjob cults in one shot! Beautiful!
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...only Nixon could go to China."
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that would be cool! yippeee!
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Ok...The kid is 18 but looks MUCH younger...plus he's actually Russian so I guess it could work. But his hair is just...too danged curly for Chekov...and the wrong colour. But still.. WTF is Abrams thinking having Chekov in this movie??? He wasn't even part of the crew (altho Khan remembered him) till the 2nd season! :/
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I agree, the Russian girl from Bourne Supremacy would be great. They really need to change things up, otherwise everyone is just going to bitch that it isn't Shatner, Nimoy, etc (me included). I really don't see how hard it is to make up a new character set. There are plenty of other ships in the Federation, why not follow one of them? I guess they think they need established characters to bring in an audience, but really the name itself should be sufficient. Sure the power of the name Star Trek has been diluted by the past 10+ years of lame movies and series, but if the movie is good then the previews should bring in an audience. I know it is too late to bring such things up and it is going forward anyway, but whatever, I can still voice my complaints. ^^;
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Aug. 8, 2007, 2:35 p.m. CST
do a reboot/sequel in the lines of diary of the dead
by Automation Overlord
its in a way a prequel as it goes back to the era of the first one, but its also a reboot in that it follows a different group of characters then we saw in the first movie. JJ should have done that given us a TOS era star trek but with different characters, hell i doubt any one would even mind a cameo by spock or kirk as long as the main characters and ship were new
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I like it. Take a look at this photoshop image I just put together. He definitely has Kirks' swagger and dashing swashbuckliness. http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ackelskirkbl0.jpg
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Bruce Campbell as Kirk (revisiting his Ash persona)! Admiral, with all due respect, you are in charge of two things: Jack and $#!+, and Jack warped out.
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Chekov was added as an attempt to show the absurdity of the politics of the time. Those of us old enough to remember know that fear of nuclear annihilation from the USSR was rampant in the mid sixties. Adding a Russian crew member was Roddenberry's attempt to show that this too shall pass. And it did, as will the current fear of terrorist attacks. If this show was in production today, no doubt they would have one or more Muslim crew members.
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You have to love the fact that Abrams is hiring actors. If the actors are good and the script is good, you can take this movie to the bank. I have been a Trek fan since I was 10 in 1967 and I can't wait for a reboot done right.
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Will he be handling any nuclear wessels during the movie?
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J.J.should track down the wonderful Laurel Goodwin, whose only claims to fame were Yeoman Colt in the pilot and Elvis's main girlfriend in "Girls, Girls, Girls". Had a huge crush on her, then she drops out of sight after the "Star Trek" pilot.
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Sulu: "My face too"
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How is the cast a teenage cast there's only been two actors cast they are Leonard Nimoy 77 years old and Zachary Quinto 30 years old now how the hell is 30 teenage. Nimoy was 34/35 in the first season of Star Trek so everyone just shut the FUCK UP.
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Yeah...those Nimoy films really sucked ass, didn't they. Freak!
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than I will fucking boycot that shit
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Kind of like Muppet Babies, but with more kirk.
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I hope you know...I was making the same point, only without droping the Wise-bomb.
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was a GOOD Movie....sorta
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kind of like Boba Fett in the prequels. I am worried that they'll have every character from the original series in some form. It just seems a little too coincidental that the same characters show up twenty years earlier for an adventure that takes place before they're assigned to the enterprise.
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This project sounds like a total disaster. Most fans will never accept anyone in these roles other than the original actors. It's just not going to happen. Shatner IS Kirk, Nimoy IS Spock and etc. I will stick with "Trek" enhanced thank you. The most exciting thing to happen to "Star Trek" in a long, long time.
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Think about it long and hard, and know that their real-life friendship would have informed the Kirk/Spock relationship and made for very special cinema.
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stop pretending it's going to be faithful to concept, earlier series, characters <p> it's going to be stupidass crap <p> but all the fag producers in sick-freak Hollyweird are excited about the tender tush twink cast as Chekhov
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If you dont know who she is Do a Google Image search and your life will never be the same.
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turned into pubescent teens? and you thought Kirk was Horny in his 30's!
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Right? He has to be Sulu.
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First off I never thought that Anton Yelchin was that great of an actor. Him and Cameron Bright seem very robotic too me. This is who I would cast for the rest of the crew: Kirk - James Franco Bones - Clillian Murphy Sulu - Roger Fan Ohora - Gabriel Union Scotty - James McAvoy
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Ewan McGregor as Scotty? We know he wouldn't do it...but it would work. He could be a bit cheeky.
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At least Zachary Quinto LOOKS like a young Leonard Nimoy. Yelchin looks nothing like Walter Koenig. I will give him he was great in one of my favorite episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm, but I don't see him as Chekov. Then again, with the man behind Lost at the helm, I still hold out hope for another Batman Begins, rather than a Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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continued to act until the end of the 60s http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0329507/ FILFAX magazine had an interview with her a few years ago and she attended a Trek conention in August 2005.
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Who cares if this child is playing Chekov?
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for this film. In fact, I think Trek needs some new radical ideas to keep it alive. If the franchise is going to survive it's going to have to be updated while still adhering to it's roots. I think Abrams can pull this off, and if not I think Trek is dead. Perhaps they should have just let it die after DS9, but if you're going for gold you can't let something like continuity stand in the way, especially since there are a million continuity errors in past shows and films.
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I always thought Jamie Bamber, "Apollo" from Battlestar Galactica would make a good young Kirk.
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Just saw his Sci-Fi film - OK - This is it!
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Just saw his Sci-Fi film - OK - This is it!
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Talk about hiring young for Star Trek XI...:O
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Would be good as Sulu What about this guy? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1655038/
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