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The Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day clearly dictates the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes Pic!
It’s about to be a very Nicholas Meyer-centric few days here on AICN. Tomorrow I have a little bit of Meyer news to announce, but first up is today’s BTS pic from the Meyer directed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan where a deranged looking William Shatner squeezes some poor dude’s head (checking for ripeness, maybe?).
At first I thought the squeezee was Meyer, but I’ve seen shots of the man from this time period (and from his first directorial effort, the great Time After Time) and unless The Shat is transforming his face using sheer might I don’t think that’s him. Maybe a more educated Trek 2 fan can point out the identity of the squeezed man in the talkback below.
Even if it remains a mystery for all time, this picture is funny as hell. So, since I don’t believe in the no win scenario, I count it a win.
Click to embiggen! Enjoy!
Tomorrow’s Behind the Scenes Pic can only be attributable to human error.
-Quint
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Is he directing the new film? I hope so, because it will definitely be awesome then!
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and he's got peter lorre!
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you throw me the idol, i throw you the whip. looks like alfred molina to me!
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He's talented. Looking forward to the Meyer news though, whatever it is.
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Wrath of Khan is FUCKING AWESOME. The majesty of Horner's opening credits for Khan is better than JJ's entire film. And then there's another 110 minutes of Khan to follow.
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never seen that pic b4 and i thought i seen em all! wonder what the Meyer news is gonna be? involved somehow in Trek 2? script polishing or something? (crosses fingers)...maybe even directing? (oh man...) or gonna be something else?.....Wolverine?
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..its Satipo..and you call yourself a librarian..;-)
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Here he is with Nimoy: http://trekmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/meyer_nimoy_twok.jpg
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wow who knew - i'll keep my eyes peeled next time i watch Trek II
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Mad as a hatter in this one.
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trying to implant his amazing "Indiana Kirk and the Quest for God" pitch in there...
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Shat, squeezes out his big-giant ego.
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May 3, 2011, 3:58 p.m. CST
An-nnnnnd cue a hate-filled "JJ Abrams' Trek Sucks" rant by Asimovlives 5... 4... 3... 2...
by Astronut
'Cause you know it's gonna happen.
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Never knew that
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May 3, 2011, 4:06 p.m. CST
Funny how fast Shatner aged between the TV series and the movies.
by Nasty In The Pasty
The end of the show to the first movie was only 13 years, yet Shatner looks like he aged at least 30 years (and fifty pounds) between the two. Funny how some actors hardly seem to age, while others fall apart within a period of only a few years. Look at Roger Moore...still reasonably presentable in 1979's Moonraker, yet looks like he's aged about 15 years by the time 1981's For Your Eyes Only rolled around.
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May 3, 2011, 4:07 p.m. CST
man wearing Michael Myers flesh mask kills Nick Meyer shocker!
by CARTMANEZ
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in season 3 of TOS he looked like he was serging more to how hed look in the movies...maybe its the thicker bushier hair, few pounds heavier anyway Shatner looked great in the first couple of movies
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May 3, 2011, 4:14 p.m. CST
Meyer doesn't have a cigar sticking out of his mug
by openthepodbaydoorshal
Thats why Quint doesn't recognize him.
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I wish all your comments would disappear xD I'm here all week folks.
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he did do the Day After right? looks like Lin doing F&F 6
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Think-he-has-a-fever..............
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May 3, 2011, 5:01 p.m. CST
Tomorrow's pic was believed to be "deliberately buried."
by Squinty CGI Flynn
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May 3, 2011, 5:15 p.m. CST
Admit it, most of us fantacized about getting a head "treatment" from Shat at one time or another
by Proman1984
Captain Kirk please attend to the cockpit.
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haha
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... and along with Search For Spock and Voyage Home kicks off a damn superb trilogy. Star Trek '09 is Star Trek rebooted, rekindled, reignited, revitalised, reborn and reperfected. Yep. I love both. And I love even more how that makes Kwitz's and Assy's heads EXPLODE.
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but I won't-because I need you..."
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... just not on my head.
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May 3, 2011, 6:47 p.m. CST
Glad to see phrenology has become a respected science in Kirk's time...
by WriteForTheEdit
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ST`09 was a good, fun movie and not at all a ST:Nemesis or ST5 level travesty. At the same time, it wasn't the second coming of the franchise. For one thing, it's always a dangerous proposition to play the time game without confusing or alienating the core audience. While I think that nobody was confused by the time travel aspect, I think that it was too damn risky to place the future of the franchise in the hands of an alternate, parallel world. ST'09 drew a clear line in the sand and separated ST:TOS fans from those of the later, far superior entries into the TV line. I'm not sure that every ST fan is/was ready to give up the happenings of the 24th century crews or their universe. The rich universe crafted on the TV front was not forgotten, but still tossed aside somewhat. My second problem with ST'09 was that it felt a bit shallow. In order for them to reboot the characters, some were painted in somewhat simple terms. That led to some fairly tragic mishandling of characters like Chekov or Scotty. This caricaturization also led to an underwhelming sort of role for Bana. ST has rarely been known for its captivating bad guys, but Bana's Nero fell below even Tribble territory. My final problem had to do with some of the more obvious and glaring contrivances. The ice planet scene, where Kirk conveniently finds Spock could've been written by any fanboy. Look at how long it took to find Bin Laden. Look how easily Kirk accidentally found Spock. To call this an amateurish oversight would be an insult to amateurs. ST'09 had some truck sized holes. Overall, it was a good movie, but not a great one. For me, the best Start Trek flicks were.... Motion Picture, Wrath of Khan, Voyage Home, and First Contact. The rest were hit and miss, with Generations and `09 being right on that border. As far as this pic.... That's some special loving, Denny Crane style. =)
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which I'm sure you have all seen, an interview with Meyer about how, upon yelling "CUT!" on the Spock death scene, he turned around to see the entire crew and cast in tears, literally, totally unprepared for what Nimoy and Shatner brought to the table. The funny part is Meyer had never even seen a n episode before, so had no idea what everyone was so emotional about LOL
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that Spock scene is one of the get-out-of-jail free moments for open weeping by grown men.
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May 3, 2011, 7:18 p.m. CST
To those who think Star Trek had "never been better than this..."
by Astronut
You're right.
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May 3, 2011, 7:22 p.m. CST
Yeah that does look a lot like Alfred Molina but it's not. It's Nick Meyer.
by Astronut
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FACT
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your casting was excellent but you fucked everything else.i hope the sequel will have smaller BO success than the first one.
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The Abrams Trek has a lot going for it. I don't get why some people trash it as if it were some kind of sub-standard POS.
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getting a transference of the Shat's directorial talent.
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get Pilkington in here!
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Did he convert?
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May 3, 2011, 8:50 p.m. CST
Hey how come that level 7 nuclear disaster that's still spewing rafiation
by UltraTron
on everyone and will likely kill 200,000 or more from cancer hasn't been concreted over and is impossible to find in the news. Meanwhile ca tap water is now radioactive. Oh yeah. Because the needs of the few that get selected to live through the globalist attack are outweighing the many. Maybe it's not a globalist attack though. Maybe it's just an attack of STUPID CUNTS who have no idea what in the FUCK they are doing. Concrete over it. You saving it for christmas? You got things you need to still need to do with a leaking, unusable death spewing, broken beyond any repair reactor? I mean besides making sure tons of slow death escapes? No? Can't think of anything else? Well then concrete the fuck over it you STUPID CUNTS.
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Did they learn nothing from Trek II?
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Uncredited, he rewrote much of the script, shaped it into the excellent form we all know, and directed the bloody thing to boot. Without Wrath of Khan, there would be no Star Trek.
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rarely surpassed-- some episodes of STDS9, latter episodes involving the Dominion War Arc-- great stuff ! REALLY great. STTNG had a large handful of stellar episodes STVOY rarely great stories, but some STENT OMFG they killed the Franchise. KILLED IT Cheap looking aliens in Nazi uniforms-- DONE STTOS TONS of great stories, politically and socially relevant !
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The man who saved Star Trek. God bless him! He has directed a number of othe rmovies ove rthe years (many TV movies and mini-series). I would love to see him direct a three-part Star Trek: The Next Generation mini-series for TV (HBO, Showcase, AMC, or Sy-Fy.) That series deserves a better send off.
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And he is a very nice man. Not the typical Hollywood douche, but a very warm, personable, and engaging guy. Can't help but root for him. Even without his Trek stuff, I'd still love his Holmes pastiches, and I'm very grateful to him for introducing me to the works of Robertson Davies. He's been through a lot, and I wish him nothing but the best. I hope you've got some good news, Quint.
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Is that starfleet issue?
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Is that starfleet issue?
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May 4, 2011, 5:15 p.m. CST
What's the E Street Band's Steven Van Zandt doing on the Star Trek II set?!?
by MrMysteryGuest
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May 4, 2011, 11:30 p.m. CST
Shatner's doing his best Curly impression: "Why, soitenly!!! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!"
by MrMysteryGuest
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May 4, 2011, 11:31 p.m. CST
Before he became famous, Deepak Chopra was Shatner's favorite squeeze toy!
by MrMysteryGuest
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