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Great Scott! And Sulu! And Chekov! And Bones!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here.
Looks like the next wave of character teaser posters for JJ Abrams' STAR TREK have leaked to the nets, this one featuring a few more peeps that weren't on the one you've all seen by now with Uhura, Kirk, Spock and Eric Bana. Yay for Simon Pegg! trekmovie.com has the scoop. Check 'em out below, but click through to visit trekmovie for higher res versions!
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I hardly recognized the guy!
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Well played. Is the fourth guy Karl Urban? I can't tell, and I only see him as Pathfinder.
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Other wise they are weird angles. I kinda wish they had gotten a Japanese guy to play Sulu, also.
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Karl Urban is the key ingredient to this re-make.
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The Batman reboot worked pretty well, no?
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The Bond reboot also worked well.
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rubbish
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Batman Begins and TDK were a good example of a reboot that worked, as was Casino Royale.
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I can't tell who is who in this poster, I only know Pegg is Scotty because I've been told. Which is Bones? Only other one I can tell is that Yelchin or whatever as chekov.
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Peg looks a bit weird, Scotty had more hair! Overall, for teaser posters, their all right. I like'em!
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Simon Pegg looks a bit like Dean Stockwell in this poster?
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Which makes other dude bones. So now my favorite country doctor from the future looks like a fucking douche. Nice job.
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I'm getting a heavy Sam Neil vibe from the Pegg poster.
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I cannae like to have seen Montana, Cap'n.
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See you at da party Richta!
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So this will be fine. These posters look great btw.
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I fuckin' love Pegg. He's so cool.
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chekov looks pretty awesome. i believe in reboots. franchise become franchises for a reason, people like the basic story and characters.. unfortunately that can grow stale..reboot and tweek it a bit, and hopefully the masses will remember why it was a hit in the first place.
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Spot on with the "Sam Neill" look-alike response for Simon Pegg.
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Didn't recognize him at all.
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Not that I agree with you on Batman Begins not being a reboot but ok let's for the argument say it's not.
Burton's Batman was a pretty good reboot of the 60s show and that movie STILL influences superhero movies to this day with rubber outfits instead of tights and the major villain dying at the end instead of just being captured. That was a huge change in 1989. -
And as someone else mentioned, Casino Royale was a great reboot and Iron Man/Hulk basically rebooted the entire Marvel Universe successfully.
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you beat me too it! Pegg looks exactly like Sam Neil in Hunt for Red October, and I was gonna go straight for that line!maybe you used your Heroes time travel powers yet again, waited for me to say, it, then went back and stole my thunder.Kaaahhhhhhhhnnnnn!!!!
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What the fuck are you talking about? That's just plain WRONG. It isn't a matter of opinion either. You are factually incorrect. Why is Scotty balding like that? Even old man Scotty had full hair.
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Not everyone is supposed to know about my Hiro power. Now I need to go back in time and make sure I never post about Montana so you don't reveal it and then come forward and not make this post and ... fuck it, that makes my head hurt.
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...or more accurately, it was as successful as Marvel were expecting, and the head of Marvel Studios says they're going to do a sequel to it.Anyway, in your first post you were talking about whether a reboot like this Trek one could be any *good*, not whether it would be financially successful.
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Just sayin'. He *does* look black.
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Aug 10, 2008 8:54:28 PM CDT
And now I see where the douche says CR is not a reboot.
by iamjack'suserid
Good god, man. Why the hell are you here discussing movies when you have NO FUCKING CLUE about them? Jeez, how stupid can some people be?
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or seen any of the movies...the closest I got was watching "Trekkies"...but I find myself strangely excited for this one...also, is it possible I'm the only talkbacker who's never seen ANYTHING Star Trek related?
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It operates fully within established continuity. Now somebody get Scotty a wig.
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I canna tell! Not a huge fan of the Rider of Rohan / Doom guy.
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http://tinyurl.com/5or2wc (your .02 on this Heroes spoilery, if I could), and the writers are gonna need to twist themselves into the shape of a Philly soft pretzel to explain THAT pairing.
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Production costs were high but both movies made more money in total world wide gross. But this message board isn't about The Hulk movies it is about the future of Star Trek
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there's no way they can avoid a few hiccups though, right? I mean Trekkies are NUTS for histroy, timelines, backstories, etc, right? they're bound to slip up somewhere.
"UM, Mr. Abrams, I see that Chekov has 2 stars on his medal for this and that, when according to fan story 394A-M he clearly at this time would have 3 stars due to blah blah blah"so if that's the case, I say let Pegg proudly display his receding hairline. maybe sometime in the year 3000 he got a rug! -
yeah having the two young blondes bouncing around together might be good for ratings, but why the fuck would they be working together? or, you know, together at all?must be someone else, I bet...
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If people have a problem with Pegg's hair, why not have a problem with the fact that Pegg actually ISNT actually James Doohan!! There's a bigger discrepancy there! But I agree with BadMrWonka. Trekkies are going to find thousands of nitpicks with this unless they are the kind of Trekkie who will try to justify everything. Maybe they all had plastic surgery at some point in their career to hide from the Klingons!!
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Star Trek threw out loads of continuity with the first 1979 movie. The stars turn into lines when the ships go into warp. The Klingons' spines go up to their foreheads. Girls can command ships. Yes, details will continue to change. No, it isn't a reboot.
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That was explained in Enterprise. :)
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...then it's a fucking reboot based on "ENTERPRISE" B&B continuity, and not on TOS Roddenberry continuity.
Klingon ridges were explained. Command structures were never specifically defined as patriarchal in the series (just because you never SAW a female captain doesn't mean there weren't any) and the warp differences are attributed to advances in the technology from the time of TOS to the time of 1979's Trek.
I don't mind that it's a reboot, but you can't honestly say it isn't at least a "re-imagining" of the Trek background. Unless they're going with analog dials for the instrument panels, and a bunch of knobs and physical buttons for the controls, it's not following TOS lore... Unless you want to argue that by the time Kirk graduates and takes control of Enterprise the "fad" was to design ships with analog controls.
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and casino royale fucking rocked
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yeah, but they never fucking explained how they turned back, did they?
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and still keep any kind of original series timeline. First of all..they did not all go to Enterprise together; second Enterprise was none of their first assignments, except for Chekov who came on board straight out of starfleet in the second year. Go ahead..call me a fuckin geek, all I am asking for is follow the established timeline...or have ONE HELL of a good reason why/story.
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I think this operates within Roddenberry's expectations
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The only robot in the universe? Tell it to Sargon! Or Ruk! Or Harcourt Fenton Mudd what have you been up to????
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running around in 1966!
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Klingons have always had "ridges", those that did not have been explained as a genetic disease that led to deformations (human traits). These Klingons were shunned, and only found "Honor" when they sent off to partol the borders of Klingon space near the Federation zones.
Data was able to learn and adapt, not just follow his programming....he could "reason" even if he lacked emotion...and was therefore unique.
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Come on! Who cares? It's like this...
There are so many movies made about Pearl Harbor or World War Two. Different movies, same version of events. This new movie is just a different version of telling that story of Star Trek. It's a retelling, but not so much a reboot. Not like "BATMAN BEGINS" that completely changes the origin story and characters and relationships the 90s Bat-franchise tried to establish. This film tells the origin story in a new way. They even got Leonard Nimoy in it. Happy?
So yes, "BATMAN BEGINS is a reboot, "STAR TREK", a retelling. So fuck you you twitty twat virgin shut ins counting down to "FINAL CRISIS" or whatever bullshit garbage DC Comics tries to give you regarding alternate universes. Grow the fuck up and don't get a hang up over this. Go to opening night, enjoy the fucking movie, and get a girlfriend. NAH! =0p
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I think it will. If regular joes and janes cant recognize the stars in the film then they're not gonna bother checking it out
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It was limited to a group of klingons, and eventually there would be a cure. This group was used by the klingons for diplomacy purposes with the humans.
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How are they going to explain THAT continuity gaffe?
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This is considered a reboot for the franchise. While they made sure that some of the actors somewhat resemble the original stars, they aren't so preoccupied that it becomes another Star Wars Episode 3 (Grand Moff Tarkin looked rediculous). What they are more looking for is an actor who has the essence of the character, and I am sure Simon Pegg will pull of Scotty perfectly.
About the Chekov thing, watch Wrath of Kahn... somehow Kahn knew who Chekov was and vice versa. The episode with Kahn was in season 1, and Chekov was introduced as a new crewmember in season 2, so Star Trek is already chock full of messed up continuity. THis movie is supposed to be a fresh start/reboot... and with JJ Abrams I am hopeful that it will be much like Casino Royal and Batman Begins. -
Batman Begins has NOTHING to do with the earlier movies obviously since it's an origin story. Joeelliot, you're the only dumbass to ever say it isn't a reboot. Just google 'Batman Begins' and 'reboot' and see how many articles pop up and acknowledge this fact. Casino Royale is a reboot as well as it starts Bond off on his first assignment after getting his 007 status. And so, as easy and clear as possible, both movies are reboots because they discard prior film continuities. It's a fact, just as it is a fact that you're doubly mistaken. Now shut up and go color.
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Or is that Lorne Michaels?
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That's the DeForest Kelly one not the Emily DesChanel one (Although I'd take her to the moon if you know what I am saying).... This movie will turn for me on Urban. Don't matter if Pine, Sylar, or Bana knock it the fuck outta the park, if Urban sucks, the movie's wrecked.
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To reinstate... the original show, movies, sequel shows, etc all had messed up continuity (which only got worse when they started throwing time travel in every which way). Kirk died in Generations which Scotty witnessed... but when Scotty showed up in The Next Generation he had know clue. If you REALLY have to complain about the movie, make sure it isn't something that can already be used against the show to begin with.
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"The whole point was to try to make this movie for fans of movies, not fans of 'Star Trek' necessarily [...] this film is so unlike what you expect, so unlike the 'Star Trek' you've seen. I can tell you that the idea of the universe of 'Star Trek' has never been given this kind of treatment."I've never even seen Star Trek, so I don't find that offensive in any way, and I Think it's probably a great idea. but doesn't that sound like a reboot or a reimagining? it's not simply a prequel if he's knowingly changing the entire look and scope of the filmic universe, right?
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Unfortunately, some close-minded people will accept no one else playing these characters. Or if they do, they want them purely cast on the basis of their resemblance. This is big problem with some people. Honestly, would you prefer bad actors as long as they resemble the originals. I've noticed some people think Urban looks to "badass" here. On the contrary, I think he looks slightly irritable, actually. He's got a cynical Bones look on his face if you ask me.What no one fails to consider is that this potential film series is a way to give these characters a new and a LONGER life. If we simply say that those characters can only exist in the old 60s show and the movies, and can never be played by any other actor, then these characters will become more and more obscure and will eventually die. This film, if done well, can give them new life. Yes, I'm a big fan of the original characters. I think of Shatner as Kirk, Nimoy as Spock, etc. My favorite character was always McCoy, though, and I think Kelley is criminally underrated as an actor. But all that said, do we want the wonderful characters who were created by both writers and actors to start to slip away and become "those guys from that old TV show"? If you consider yourself a Star Trek fan and REALLY love these characters, you should be giving this movie a chance.
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They are all unrecognizeable.
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And on a very geeky note, has NO ONE noticed that Urban has the trademark Star Trek "pointy sideburns"??
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Are you serious? What the fuck? I thought it was pretty obvious...
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I didn't know that this was a DS9 movie.
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Aug 10, 2008 10:35:09 PM CDT
Kirk looks exactly like a womanizing douchebag
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
Excellent!
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doesn't mean it isn't a reboot - which is OBVIOUSLY IS to anybody who isn't desperate to convince themselves otherwise. IT. IS. A. REBOOT. Abrams, et al, are clearing throwing out whichever bits of Roddenberry, Coon, Fontana, et cetera, that doesn't jibe with the story they want to tell. That isn't "within established continuity". That is most specifically RETCONNING, or to the less pedantic, a REBOOT. And they all look like they're wearing sweater vests. NOT SEXY.
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to judge this film based on some admittedly crappy teaser posters. Though the first one was better.
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It blows my mind that they gave this mutant roles in both Star Trek and Terminator Salvation. He must have a relative in the studios or something...
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Aug 10, 2008 11:02:00 PM CDT
The last actor looks like he's getting a whiff of fart
by writefromleft
Well, he does. Image Sulu just ripped one on the bridge. Then scroll up and look at the last actor. Tell me he's not inhaling a stinky and trying to figure out who's foul.
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my finger up Chekovs butt
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...but we saw that trend starting with his first appearance on Dr. Who.
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who cares
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Aug 10, 2008 11:34:13 PM CDT
Harry, what happened to your Clone Wars post?
by stereotypical evil archer
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Harry's review that Clone Wars is a piece of crap is GONE! What's up with that?
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bond acting like a shithead teenager ugmo running around like a bumbling energizer bunny, and there is no origin there. bond doesnt have a fucking "origin" to become james bond, he's become that person throughout his whole life. fuck casino royale, worst fucking bond movie ever.
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...and everyone's invited. I cannot freaking wait until May.
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Too bad his ugmo (whatever the fuck that means) opinion is tygu worthless. Fuck Prossor, worst TBer ever.
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nuff said
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Seriously, folks, I just don't get it.
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Aug 11, 2008 12:43:20 AM CDT
hairlines, japanese vs. korean actors, analog controls, klingon
by executor
THIS IS WHY THE WORLD HATES TREKKIES. GODDAMNED GEEKS. IT'S A FUCKING MOVIE!!!!!
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Wanker reposted a Dark Knight spoiler bemoaning the fact that another twat posted the spoiler. So he reposted the whole fucking thing for eveyone to re-read. Fucking twat ruined Dark Knight for me.
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id call it a reboot, even if it does fit in the trek time line. if braga, or roddenberry, or anyone else closely involved in previous trek stories were doing a 'prequel' with the same cast, then it wouldnt be a reboot. but take a 'hot' writer/director right now, and give him a big budget, with the goal to make people who werent interested in star trek before want to see it, then its a reboot, even if it does fit in the continuity. if it does well, dont you think we'll see sequel with this cast, in the style of this movie? yes, yes we will.. therefore..reboot.
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the new gervais
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Did Picard leave the keys in the ignition or something? Why do all these movies have to cast so young? Didn't Dark Knight and Iron Man prove that people will watch adults in these roles?
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you wish to blaspheme, go right ahead...but getting on a public board to broadcast to thousands on the internet your absolute lack of intelligence is truly pitiful...if the original series was laughably bad, how is it that it has captured imaginations for well over 40 years? you stupid shit...you fucking nothing...you have never come up with a good idea in your life...you idea of a good idea is to whether to wipe forwards or backwards...rodenberry created a classic that was years ahead of its time...why the fuck would jj(i borrowed all my good ideas from old tv shows and comics) decide to make this movie, if there wasnt already a built in audience....you asshole....you piece of shit....dont you ever let me catch you on the street
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they are gonna have kirk fucking his way out of the kobiyahi maru test...how in the world does one get a comidation for fucking?
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It was a throwaway line about the virus being with the Klingons "for a generation."
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Surely if there was continuity spock would be with pike. There would be No mccoy and, no checkov. This is a REBOOT. So be it.
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... are you stupid? Harry has already said that he'll repost the review. Nothing is "gone." However, in the real world where the grown-ups work, occasionally there are rules one must follow, and the embargo is part of the world where we work. You can calm down, or you can keep being a reactionary dickhole about it, but seriously... you're overreacting.
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My family has always been a Trek family. When I get married and have kids my home will be a Trek home. Any Jedi will be disowned. So I'd just like to say that whether it be a reboot or a story set, however tenuously, in the TOS universe, as long as the movie itself is good I'm not going to give a rat's ass. The analog vs digital controls, people not resembling the original actors, I don't care. If the script is good, if the performances are there, no real Trek fan *should* care. We should be happy we're getting the proper blockbuster treatment at all. This is a chance to bring new fans into the fold; make that your focus, not Scotty's hairline.
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?&&rid=11497
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And to the guy who didn't like Bond, shove off. That movie was much better than Bond acting like a teenager by fucking everything that moves. "Christmas has come early!" Go fuck yourself, tardass.
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in ANY of these fucking posters is Sylar as Spock? Oh, that's right, because they cast him due to him looking passably like Nimoy, not because he has jack shit in common with the man in terms of acting style or voice or anything else. Hopefully he won't ham it up as much as he has on Heroes, or even on that Tori Spelling sitcom (which, sad to say, I didn't think was that bad).
Anyway, who the fuck is who in this cast? I only got from the first poster that Uhura was "the black chick" and Kirk was "the guy in yellow" because that's the color of his goddamned uniform. This one is even worse. At least Harold & Kumar Sulu wasn't put on the "yellow" frame this time, gee, I wonder how they decided to put bogus Chekov there instead, yeah, real head-scratcher there. OW! I think I strained a muscle rolling my eyes on that one.
So ultimately, this thing better tell a damned good story, because it really doesn't have shit going for it at this point visually. Fuck, even the Star Trek New Voyages/Phase 2 "actors" are more believable, and they didn't have to run the gauntlet of casting directors, they just donated some money.
Oh, and JJ Abrams is kinda ballsy claiming to be doing something Trek's never done before, Trek's pretty much done it all - even a few shitty westerns. His claim better not just be "more realism, more cash" because that's not something we've not seen before, it's just additional flash. -
Freaky...
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Lots and lots and lots and lots of people read aintitcool.com. Do the math. It's not that hard to figure out.
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I wish they would make one more TNG movie, because Nemesis was one hell of a way not to end TNG. One more Q/Borg movie would have been grand... or something to sew up the "Unification" plot line from the series would have been awesome.
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Google trends says so. These posters don't do much for my excitement. A trailer might suffice though.
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What have they done to the lower half of his face?
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i had a vivid dream about watching battlestar galactica, they landed on earth, adama sacfiriced himself as he was a cylon and they landed just as one of the apollo missions were being launched. totally bizzare. stra trek posters * meh*
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Which is too bad, because I hear that Ron Perlman's a real jerk on and off the set.
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review? Did George send in the clone troopers?
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Why don't they just leave STAR TREK alone? Why do a reboot (or whatever it is?) The reason this is being made is it's a recgognised brand, so Mr Abrhams can make his vision of STAR TREk and be garaenteed an audience of some kind. Like Bond and Batman et al etc etcthey can con a few pennies out of us all. Why don't they invest in a new set of characters, if they want to make changes to it or reboot etc etc. The fanboys have kept the STAR TREK 'dream alive' so why shit on them first chance they get. The studios just show contempt or make fun of the loyal fans of films/shows (whether it be Bond or STAR TREK etcetc). Just leave it alone. Make something new. Just leave it how it was. All this crap about making things relevant for 'todays'' audience is bull. It's all relevant about making money. Sorry about the typos but I can't be arsed to proof read.
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The end.
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www.youtube.com/evilthatiswes
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..I really hope he actually acts in this and blows us all away, rather than do his usual - as others have said - gimmick acting, or his schtick of raising his eyebrows with his mouth agape. And at least he's shaved that fucking beard off.
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I'm forced to agree with you. It looks like Star Trek for the MI:3 audience. I just don't rate JJ Abrams as an artist i'm afraid. When a franchise starts to employ its own fans as its creative directors you know it's doomed. Nicholas Meyer knew nothing about Trek when he took it over, and look at the job he did. Trek died towards the end of TNG really - Voyager and Enterprise were awful. The values and spirit of Trek don't seem to fit in with the ultra-commercialised world we live in today. Pass.
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Wessels!!
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...from DS9 & Voyager. And where's Spocks Bowl cut?
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It was up last night, now I don't see it anywhere. I read a little of it. He really hated it and it sounded like he had good reason. Stinky the Hutt or whatever. But where is it now?
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Nothing that spesh or particularly teasy bout these!?
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Simon Pegg doesn't look like Simon Pegg so what exactly was the point of casting him?
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... don't they have Hair Club for Men in the 22nd Century?
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This is purely money driven and Hercules, take your pills...this is the mother of all reboots.
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"Now.. you.. will.. face.. justice..!"
"We have enjoyed preparing many of your esoteric dishes. Your Monte Cristo sandwich is a current favorite among the adventurous."
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Now put the rest of The Boys up against the Klingon Empire. Shit's gonna hit the fan...
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Admittedly, this looks like crap. Instead of just complaining, and then spending your time & money to go see it anyway, don't waste your time. I'm also not going to see Clone Bores after reading Harry's review. If enough of us have the common sense to do this, we will ultimately get better products like the Dark Knight & Iron Man.
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Scotty looks like a balding Chekov! WTF!
Seriously, check it out!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Chekov
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There, I said it!
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everything i've seen and heard makes me excited.
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And Xena kicked ass my friend.
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its impossible to tell who is playing which roles. This is either very good or very bad.
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DOOM thinks Simon Pegg looks like the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude!
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is a reboot of Animal House, right?
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Maybe we get a scene in the engine room of them toking up with Urban passing the Romulanale!
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"We should be happy we're getting the proper blockbuster treatment at all. This is a chance to bring new fans into the fold;" I really don't get this line of thinking. Why should I be "happy" this movie is getting "the proper blockbuster treatment"? And why should I give a shit whether a recast watered down rebooted quote-unquote Star Trek brings "new fans into the fold"? Fuck them. There's like 10,000 hours of Star Trek around - and some of its actually pretty good! If they can't get into Star Trek based on that then a its-not-a-reboot reboot isn't going to suddenly make them realize how great it was all along. There's a segment of Star Trek Nerd who is desperate have Star Trek be mainstream and popular and, thus, to have their years of nerdy devotion to it validated. "See! See! I wasn't a nerd all along! I was always cool for liking STar Trek! And now everyone knows how great Star Trek and I are!" Star Trek will always appeal to a fringe, even at its most successful. And as an old school Star Trek Nerd, I have no interest in appealing to the wide audience with a Muppet Babies version of Star Trek.
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At first glance, the uniforms the people are wearing look like DS9 or NEXT GEN movie uniforms. Doesn't look ORIGINAL TREK to me. Only Spock looks original.
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I hope this piece of shit bombs big time - it may stop Hollywood in their tracks with all this insane rebooting & reimagining. I couldn't agree more with Geekgasm's points. And another thing - Star Trek is a television show. They could make the occasional movie, like Wrath of Khan, and then put it right back on TV where it belongs. Even the most successful of the films drew the fringe fans at best,and so will this new one, even with the cutesy casting. I have a good feeling this is going to be a tank for the ages that will ultimately get us some better products.
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It comes a week after WOLVERINE, a week or two before TERMINATOR 4 and NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2. Basicly it's in the same position Speed Racer was in.
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but I am pretty damn excited for thsi flick
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I assume by "look the part" you mean "look like the original." yeah, Quinto looks exactly like Nimoy, which was a given as soon as he was announced. honestly, it sounds like you're basing your criticism of casting decisions on the first one sheets for them. who the hell cares if John Cho is Korean? I tell you one thing, Zach Quinto sure as hell ain't the least bit Vulcan. what you want is the quality of the actors. Simon Pegg? John Cho? I'll take both of them
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1. THERE IS NO WAY SHATNER IS NOT IN THIS!!!!
2. Simon Pegg will likely be great although he looks like a scrawny JASON FUCKING CONNERY (not Sam Neil maybe Noel Neil but not Sam Neil)
3. They should have had the foresite and balls to cast an actual Japanese or at least Hong Kong superstar to play sulu. Most of the Hong Kong stars speak excellent english and Edison Chen (The guy who got busted for fucking all the hot married actresses in Hong Kong) is a huge star who would have brought a tremendous amount of International (Panasian) box office for the film.
See how fucking huge the whole Chinese Olympics thing is?? An unbelievably huge untapped potential audience to capture with their own burgeoning space program to boot. Fuck how about Andy Lau or Tony Leung as a fucking Admiral or something?
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Fuckin' badass! What, they're supposed to be teaser posters? What of?
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into a young Sam Neill. I mean look at him! He should be cast as Damien when they do a remake of Final Conflict.
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How and why did they so readily accept that Data 2.0 in the last STTNG movie knowing that Lore was still about and what happened with him? I mean seriously? Not one metion of Lore in the whole flick. Fucking AWFUL.
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than does that mean this Sulu with be a fancy pants swishing toolbox like the real Sulu ? I would be a shame to see Milf-guy suddenly enjoyed steam rooms and Oscar parties in the Enterprise lounge.
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How dare you! Though I have no idea what else he did, Anton Yelchin kicks ass in CHARLIE BARTLETT. That movie is a Ferris Bueller for the Noughties, and my friend, Anton is indeed the man for the job. CHARLIE BARTLETT is a magnificent movie, and based on that alone, Yelchin gets his free pass from me to reinterpret Chekhov how he wants. Dude is a great actor.
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Boy did they fuck that poster up. He looks like Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder. Way to go boneheads.
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Aug 11, 2008 1:38:16 PM CDT
Seriously. Abrams leaving "Lost" for "Mission Impossible" and "S
by starwarsredux
...is like David Lynch leaving "Twin Peaks" for "Wild At Heart". Except "Wild At Heart" was kinda good.
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Very modern and retro at the same time.
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Aug 11, 2008 1:57:19 PM CDT
THE MOST UNDERWHELMING POS MARKETING MATERIALS I'VE EVER SEEN
by no_rest_4_retreads
These faces mean absolutely nothing to those outside the close circle of aintitcool sci-fi masturbatory nerds.
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I'm glad someone else mentioned it because I thought I was the only one who that he looked black in that picture. It was only when I tried to download it and it said jjtrekscotty.jpg that I realised who it was.
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harcor fenton mudd without a stache?
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I would just like to invite all cute, under-40, close-circle-of-aintitcool-sci-fi-masturbatory-nerds to my house for an intergalactic circle jerk. Bring your own lube.
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If Warner Brothers or Lucasfilm asked to have it pulled that automatically says "Hey this is a piece of shit that should've remained a tv show" If this is the case they should let the review remain and allow the fans to read it and decide for themselves...suck it, Lucas!
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And who the fuck came up with that casting decision? They need to be fucked by a freight train.
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Does it really matter if this new Trek movie adheres to continuity? All movies should be judged on their own individual merits anyway. It's not like this movie is being filmed by the original Trek creative team. Roddenberry and co. are dead and buried. They don't give a shit, why should you?
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then they should just own up to what it is, which is a reboot, and stop playing coy games of patty cake and picking the things they subjectively like and the things they subjectively don't like. If they want their movie in The Canon of What Has Come Before, they need to write around the stuff they don't like. If they're not willing to do that, then they need to wipe the slate and start from scratch. As it is, Abrams, Orci and whatever the other guy's name is are not worth to hold Dorothy FOntana's ink pen or to twitl Bob Justman's curly mustache. Its not their sandbox to scoop out the parts they think might be cat turds. One man's turn is another man's treasure and so they should leave it the fuck alone, and write their own Star Trek Version from the ground up.
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I look more like Sulu that that kid, and I'm a fucking caucasian.
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....but we don't have to see it. Boycott this piece of trash. A 40 year old Sulu, a Superman-looking Bones, Scotty without the necessary greasy toupee (borrow Ben Affleck's), Kirk looks like a guy from big brother who's about to take off his shirt & show his abs during an earthquake. The only one who looks good is Spock, but I understand when he opens up his mouth he sounds like a whiney little girl. Please, I'm begging you fanboys, don't rush to Burger King to get all the new "Star Trek" bobbleheads that will inevitably be coming, and fool yourselves that you liked this junk & see it mutiple times. You're just encouraging them to produce more garbage.
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But pretty much anything JJ touches turns out that way. MI 3: Crap. Cloverfeild: Crap. Alias: Eventualy Crap. New Trek: Most likely crap. I think I've made my point. lol
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I seriously can't tell who is supposed to be who on these posters. I can't even really tell which one is Sulu. But anyway, I am looking forward to this- so far Star Trek has all it's ducks in a row. Keep it up Abrams.
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As far as I'm concerned, if you want to dump on people who want the continuity straight, you can lay the blame for that mostly at the feet of the producers and the studio, because they are largely responsible for creating the expectation that Star Trek productions have tight continuity. The fans did not make Roddenberry and his writing staff reference Bjo Trimble's Star Trek Concordance. That was Gene's decision. THe fans did not put a gun to Mike and Denise Okuda's heads and force them to do that exhausting Star Trek Encyclopedia and that exhaustive Star Trek Chronology, which the productions used all the time. There are twenty years' worth of articles and interviews and EPK soundbites and DVD special features about how the production scoured reference material and pulled old set pieces out of storage and consulted original set blueprints and made precise measurements from screen grabs because "it was so important that we get it exactly right". Star Trek fans have been fed that kind of intricacy for 25+ years by the very people making the shows, they created that expectation themselves, and NOW some of you are like "Oh for fuck's sake, why are you people hung up on that shit?" Tough titty. They created this whining, annoying, inconvenient Frankenstein of which I am a part, and they have to endure it. And after all, its only a lot of bitching. Its not like anyone's burning down the studio or egging J.J. Abrams' flex-fuel Hummer or toilet papering boborci's Malibu love nest.
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Go kiss a boy.
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Isn't he going to be portrayed by the same guy who played Harold in the Harold and Kumar films? He doesn't look 40 to me.
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Trek VI - the kitchen with the mixing bowl - and the bunk beds that fall over in crew quarters when the Enterprise is attacked. BTW, Fuck Lucasfilm. No more $ from me. Unless they bring the girl on girl action in the next IJ movie. Willie, Marion, and Elsa!
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There is no doubt in my mind that this thing will bomb like nobody's business. Shatner, Nimoy and the rest of the original cast are so identified with these characters that it is impossible for me, and many other fans, to accept anyone else in these roles. This entire project has the stink of death about it. This thing looks like a very expensive internet fan film. It's like somebody died and left all of their assets to "Hidden Frontier". If they were so determined to revisit this era in "Star Trek" continuity then why not just do a film about Captain Pike or even Captain April. All I can say is why do we even need this POS when we have the enhanced "Star Trek" airing on television. The enhanced "Trek" has breathed new life into the original series without compromising the characters and the actors who originated the roles. Mark my words, this will bury the "Star Trek" franchise for years to come.
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As a "Star Wars" fan (one of the few who actually likes "Star Wars") I don't really have anything emotionally invested in anything "Star Trek". I just think it's profoundly odd that Abrams would leave his own show to direct a feature based on somebody else's show. Granted, "Lost" doesn't seem to need Abrams anymore, but still.
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I eagerly await the New Checkov / New Scotty slash fic.
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Go suck an elderly man's asshole until it prolapses into your mouth and you choke on it you sad fuckhair. Oh and Chicken Thunder, boo-fucking-hoo. If your life is so empty that having a plot point revealed to you ruins your day, go fuck yourself. Then go eat a whole box of Girl Scout cookies by yourself; that'll make you feel better.
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I've never been much of a Star Trek fan, but I'm really looking forward to this film. The teaser trailer was apparently just a taste of the balls-out action that's more influenced by "Battlstar Galactica" than... "Star Trek."
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These posters AREN'T a good way to introduce the public for the first time. The way they were shot and designed is just going to hurt the new movie. And it's still almost one year away from release and it's getting a strong negative vibe. They should of just released the SPOCK poster, at least that SEEMED FAMILAR. YOU CAN'T TELL WHO THE REST OF THE CAST IS SUPPOSE TO BE, Except for sulu(the non japanese) and uhura (the lady). Other than those three, who are those other guys!
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Cuh! I'm assuming you're American, as only Americans are obsessed with "Monny Pie-thonnnnnnn".
THIS is clearly the best Star Trek clip ever. Or at least in the top 230.
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You guys are. This much emotion over 2 fucking posters. "This looks like Balls!!!!!" "JJ Star Trek will BOMB!!!!!!!!!" Why the fuck do you CARE? If you don't like it, why the investment of the time and effort to post meaningless drivel in a fucking talkback about a poster for a movie a year away? That can only mean one thing: Good or bad, this movie will rule opening weekend. Because no one puts that much energy into something and then DOESN'T go to see it, even if it's just so they can come back here and lie and say "I had by brother's friend who works at the theatre get me a private screening, because I wasn't going to pay money for this shit, and I was RIGHT, it SUCKED BALLS." Every trekkie on here who is bitching will be there opening weekend. I just hope you stay fucking quiet at least so I can enjoy a well-funded, well-promoted, well-hyped Star Trek movie for the first time in 17 fucking years.
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...you can see the same honeycomb pattern on their shirts that was used for the spandex costumes in Spider-Man and Superman Returns. I'm used to it now, but when I first saw it on Spider-Man, I thought it made his costume look like a sports jersey.
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I honestly don't think any of them looks like the original actor or is capturing the character in these posters (and honestly, I'm not sure you CAN capture these characters in a poster, they're not the most iconic in the crew). I maintain that the only way people like Urban and Yeltsin, both talented actors in my opinion, are going to work is when they are acting on screen. If Urban were Gary Sinise, I might feel differently, but for now he's just not Bones. Yeltsin has an interesting face, but he doesn't look like Checkov or Keonig at all. Until they can complete the illusion with their acting, there's not much to bet worked about seeing them unless we get to see the costumes (and we don't much here). Simon Pegg doesn't look like himself, but he don't look like Scotty either. And I honestly do not see why anyone would cast Harold as Sulu apart from he's Asian American, male, and an actor. He's not Sulu at all. His voice is too nasaly, and I don't know if I can watch him without remembering that he peed on Stiffler. I'm really skeptical of this, but I appreciate that the posters are trying to keep these characters in focus and not let it be about models in space and Klingons...holy shit, what will the flat-headed Klingons look like?! Hell.
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When will we have the big suprise Shatner Nimoy poster!!!!!
Shatner is the greatest intergalactic cocksman of all time!!!! -
dont come at the show with 21st century standards...and the producers had alot to deal with that scene, including a shatner that had a habit of being out of shape at all stages of production...oh, and part of the plot is that the alien he is fighting is slow both physically and mentally...and good trivia...bill and ted die at that same rock...special effects dont make a show anyway...scripts and concepts do. and the vast majority of the show was great...until the third season, when nbc cut budget
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IF they just showed a full body pic of a girl in a star trek uniform and miniskirt, that would make people notice and be anxious for this film to come out.
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I wonder if it's too late to put him in that hairpiece he wore in the flashbacks of RUN FATBOY RUN, even though it was (to quote another movie with Simon Pegg) fuck ugly.
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casino royale was NOT a "prequel." It was a reboot of sorts--even according to the producers.
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Who's the genius who casted this one? Jeez Louise -- Beam me out!!!!
Hey fellow Treckers.. check out this great new blog at: thebitterproducer.blogspot.com -
EMBARGO!!!
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QUICKLY!!! Before the word gets out!!!
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You could clone the original actors and put them in a dead perfect replica of the original Enterprise complete with cardboard consoles and psychedelic posters on the bridge (that's what those were, right?), and they'll still cry for mama: "HEY! Those new doors make a 'Chsssst' sound, not a 'Ch-sssst' sound! FUCK THIS! I want my *real Trek* ba-ack!"
Stands or falls on the quality, same as Bond and Bats. -
I couldn't believe that was Simon Pegg. He looks nothing like he does in real life! He looks more like sam neil, or indian or sumthing. Not the pasty white ginger guy us brits know, love & are very proud of. Gonna need to see more pics before I'm convinced he'll be a good scotty tho.
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You know, morbidly obese middle aged virgins? Now THAT would be something to see.
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Looks like it
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....if it WAS a reboot. Star Trek has too many damn continuity issues for the hardcore fans to possibly be happy with the final product, and, conversely, for the casual fan to appreciate the story. I hope they let J.J. take some creative liberties so maybe we'll have a decent movie and not one long string of played out Star trek cliches. Thank you goodnight.
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pegg without the goatee looks crazy. keep the goatee dude, you're one of the few people that can pull it off.
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Hasn't anyone seen Hot Fuzz?
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