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Spock's Daddy Is...

first!!!! by So What?	Nov 19th, 2007 09:00:32 AM
wow.
I AM YOUR Daddy! by Proman1984	Nov 19th, 2007 09:02:49 AM
and second!
too old? by Wonderboys	Nov 19th, 2007 09:05:26 AM
Although vulcans live longer (and prosperer) than humans, in TOS, Sarek looked in his forties. In a prequel to TOS he should appear younger, no?
Wait a minute . . . by ShallowGrave	Nov 19th, 2007 09:06:33 AM
Nouveau Barnabas Collins sired Spock?! My mind asplode.
*Note, I am not Really your daddy but this is great casting by Proman1984	Nov 19th, 2007 09:06:41 AM
Cool.
Looks good by Magma Suit	Nov 19th, 2007 09:09:16 AM
I don't know the guy but he sure looks like Sarek.
Nothing special by damned-dirty-ape	Nov 19th, 2007 09:12:01 AM
I don't think this film is going to be terrible, but i just can't seem to get excited about it. I don't get why everything needs to be a prequel. Trek could easilt be rebooted in other ways
He's a damn good actor. by metaluna	Nov 19th, 2007 09:19:19 AM
Why he's doing this shit lord knows. Oh I know - kerchinnng! He could do this in his sleep.
Ben Cross + Winona Ryder = Zachary Quinto? by SpyGuy	Nov 19th, 2007 09:22:33 AM
Get the fuck out of here...
this movie has had so much hype by JackGraham	Nov 19th, 2007 09:24:59 AM
i love the original trek movies with shatner and the gang, parts 2 3 4 and 6 being my favourites, and im curious to see what they do with this one, but with all the casting news and all the hype surrounding it its got alot on its space continual hands, i dnt recall any of the previous trek movies having this kinda build up, but obviously this is no ordinary trek movie, i hope im proved wrong but i sense that this movie is gonna crumble under the weight of expectation, with so many characters involved im worried its gonna be a bit of a mess, and jj abrams is obviously a fan but am i the only one who felt mission impossible 3 was a complete bore. id love to grab hollywood execs by the balls and shout in their god damned ears the following bit of insight "great stunts, great action do not make a great movie, great characterisation, great script, great acting does, dnt even think of rolling a camera until u know for sure that u have those elements in place and that ur confident that the picture ur about to embark on will be worthwile" but hey what do i know, im jst a fan.
No way would Winona get jiggy with 'dat by aboriginal	Nov 19th, 2007 09:27:36 AM
She's too high class.
STAR TREK: DEAD ON ARRIVAL by uss cygnus	Nov 19th, 2007 09:40:00 AM
See: Star Trek: Nemesis, Insurrection ST: Enterprise...
He was Barnabas Collins, too! by YotzVonFrelnik	Nov 19th, 2007 09:42:00 AM
Dark Shadows: 1991 is where I got my first exposure to the guy. He was a great updating on the Barnabas character. Very Nosferatu in his physical presence, while having a certain romantic charm as well. Yeah, I think he'll project range well, if he handles the role properly.
who will be cast as Sibock by Bullet_time_Facehugger	Nov 19th, 2007 09:44:18 AM
You know, Sarek's first son, and Spock's half brother who became an emotional prophet or some nonsense and was the big bad in Star Trek V. They should cast Jack Black. It would make about as much sense as Karl Urban playing bones.
Officially one story too many about Star Trek by gruntybear	Nov 19th, 2007 09:56:22 AM
My interest is gone. This is now "Star Trek 90210: The Bee Movie" to me.
I totally read that as David Cross by indiebum	Nov 19th, 2007 09:58:19 AM
Analrapists and Nevernudes unite!
JackGraham by Series7	Nov 19th, 2007 09:59:55 AM
The reason there is so much hype about this movie is because its the first Star Trek movie not going to use a cast from the TV show. Though I do agree, once all the casting is announced, I would not like to hear anything about this movie except maybe a site visit and a teaser trailor. But I feel we will have update overkill like the new Batman.
Lyrics to the song "Help Me Spock", by Warp 11 by warp11	Nov 19th, 2007 10:00:38 AM
HELP ME SPOCK Help me Spock, the shields are down The wormhole's caving in I been up and down the galaxy And I never seem to win I got a forlorn Gorn and he’s at my back and he ain’t preaching “No kill I” Well he’s slow and green and really, really mean And that f***** just won't die So please, please Help me Spock Well a Klingon bastard killed my son And the Nexus took my life And if I had the chance, I’d do it all again And take a green bitch for my wife Yeah I was getting fat, feeling old And my hair was getting thin I been up and down the galaxy and I never seem to win So please, please Help me Spock
At least it's not "Spock's Daddy is ARMIE HAMMER" by GCH888	Nov 19th, 2007 10:15:58 AM
... which is going to be the latest casting news for the Justice League of America as to the actor playing Batman.
Better casting: Christian Slater by Abin Sur	Nov 19th, 2007 10:16:11 AM
Oh, and USS Cygnus...do you like anything? Everytime I've seen your name in a TB you're bitchin' about something. Dude, lighten up.
USS CYGNUS how dare you.... by seniorspeilbergio	Nov 19th, 2007 10:18:53 AM
not mention Voyager when you're naming off D.O.A. Star Trek projects? That's the cream of the crop when it comes to poorly executed Trek concepts.
Next casting news: Christian Slater to play Picard's Grandfathe by GCH888	Nov 19th, 2007 10:19:29 AM
... or something like that. I mean how long is this movie going to be? Looks like they're trying to fit every Star Trek character past, present and future into this single film.
pon farr question by captain_kirk	Nov 19th, 2007 10:50:31 AM
cradle robbing aside, could a much older sarek (cross' bio lists him as born in 47) satisfy a voracious young amanda (winona's bio lists her as born in 71)if they only did it EVERY 7 YEARS? ON VULCAN NO LESS?
I support the vulcans on this one by BigTexas42	Nov 19th, 2007 10:50:32 AM
they deserve compensation for mind-meld content
In Space, No One Can Hear by palewook	Nov 19th, 2007 10:50:37 AM
Kirk Scream..
Not bad. He has the look. by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Nov 19th, 2007 10:51:12 AM
Now lets see if he has the acting chops to pull it off.
vulcan births by captain_kirk	Nov 19th, 2007 10:51:31 AM
and here's another thought. do vulcan women scream during labor?
voyager wasnt doa by aestheticity	Nov 19th, 2007 10:58:16 AM
it was popular during its run regardless of quality. recent movies and enterprise crashed and burned in every way. i think trek can return but needs reinventing in a way not involving time travel and prequels. if it cant be done then screw it. child of its times anyway, nobody watches traditional scifi anymore.
Problem with Kucinich as Spock dad by Diagnostic	Nov 19th, 2007 11:17:18 AM
is you'ld never get the ears back.
Sarek in ST:5 by KentButabi	Nov 19th, 2007 11:17:30 AM
Not sure, but he was a dead-ringer. They should have gotten him.
My God Gives Me Strength by antonphd	Nov 19th, 2007 11:21:50 AM
To Live(spit) My(slobber) Life!!!
vladimir kulitch for spock's father! by ironic_name	Nov 19th, 2007 11:22:26 AM
and the peanut butter solution's trailer, shwartzman loves this movie. http://www.doubleviking.com/th e-absurd-peanut-butter-solutio n-trailer-7046-p.html
Just like Quinto, Born for the Role by Pipple	Nov 19th, 2007 11:23:23 AM
And I support the Live long and Prosper on this one.
This is the guy who played the villian in by antonphd	Nov 19th, 2007 11:24:55 AM
First Knight. Remember that shit? Poor what's her name. That movie ruined her career. And she was so great in Smella's Sense of Snow.
GET SHATNER IN FUCKING NOW !!!! by picardsucks	Nov 19th, 2007 11:43:30 AM
Someone in this movie has to be able to throw a believble punch!!!! Good cast but a bit femmy (except for Cross) Get SHATNER FUCKING NOW!!!!!
S.S. Doomtrooper = Poop?! by modlight	Nov 19th, 2007 11:52:08 AM
Pshaw, show me a big budget Hollywood movie with the balls to have a giant mutant Nazi as the villain.. Nooooo they just go for the standard old guy in black with the German accent. Snooze. And for those who say the CG character effects for the Doomtrooper were crap!? Keep this in mind, it was WWII, 1945, they didn't even have CG back then. BAAM!!!
Julia Ormond - that was her name by palimpsest	Nov 19th, 2007 12:07:21 PM
The triple whammy of SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW / SABRINA / FIRST KNIGHT killed her stone dead career-wise. I'll have to IMDB her to see what she's up to. Ben Cross? That's OK casting. Shame he's done so much genre movie villainy in his career. See McDowell and Warner also. Slackers!
he was great on arrested development by ironic_name	Nov 19th, 2007 12:20:30 PM

Julia Ormond by antonphd	Nov 19th, 2007 12:21:43 PM
Isn't it funny that Harrison Ford, Sean Connery and Richard Gere, the stars of Sabrina and First Knight, got a free pass on those movies. Smilla's Sense of Snow was a kick ass flick. One of my favorite.
Ormand Ain't Hurtin' by KentButabi	Nov 19th, 2007 12:33:54 PM
With five projects so far for '08, I think she's doing OK. Besides, after Legends of the Fall (great on so many levels) it was all down hill for her anyway. She could never top that nutty character.
Sarek in ST:V was dubbed by Demode	Nov 19th, 2007 12:35:50 PM
From what I understand, his voice was dubbed in to sound like Mark Leonard. Great for just one line, but not for a bunch of lines. Would look and sound wrong.
Shoulda been.... by Loosejerk	Nov 19th, 2007 12:45:25 PM
Patrick Stewart...in heels.
Empire has got the high-res CLOVERFIELD - by Romoehlio	Nov 19th, 2007 12:50:02 PM
trailer...thought some people might be interested
SAREK HAS A PLOMEEK BROTH AND CHEETS ON AMANDA ! by Pound Sand	Nov 19th, 2007 12:59:42 PM
I had to use the Google for this catchphrase.
Star Trek: Failure to Launch by GaiusBaltarsMojo	Nov 19th, 2007 01:03:35 PM
Aaah...I really can't get excited by new Trek. Compared to newer franchises, the crew of the Enterprise, etc. always look like a bunch of back-down bitches.
cloverfieldmovie.com - GLORIOUS QT!!! by Romoehlio	Nov 19th, 2007 01:24:44 PM
jep
01:12 sees Alien Redux! by Romoehlio	Nov 19th, 2007 01:44:53 PM
gotta love QT
01:29 a GIANT TURTLE by Romoehlio	Nov 19th, 2007 01:47:30 PM
so is this a TMNT-Sequel? NY check, some kind of radiation gone wrong check, turtle check...hmmm
How is a veneer severe? by queerfilmjunkie	Nov 19th, 2007 02:03:43 PM
Somewhat took a metaphor too far...
First piece of decent... by poeticwarriorII	Nov 19th, 2007 03:37:26 PM
casting for this thing. Too bad the others aren't this good.
"Great casting" =/= "won the lookalike contest" by spacehog	Nov 19th, 2007 03:57:11 PM
Seems like a simple enough concept. And yet I've seen plenty of people going "That guy who plays Spock is a terrible actor, but man, put a wig on him and he looks just like a young Leonard Nimoy! I feel better about this already." How does that make any sense? If this Ben Cross guy is a terrible actor, how does looking vaguely like the guy he's replacing make things better?
picardsucks: you mean a "double-punch," yes? by gruntybear	Nov 19th, 2007 04:39:55 PM
Because the only type of punch "the Kirk" ever threw was a double-punch to the back of the neck. And then a hop, a roll and a tearing of that green velour top. Kirk-fu is more science than art, my friend.
isnt ben cross about 4' 2" tall? by dr.bulber	Nov 19th, 2007 04:51:29 PM
winona is taller.
Yeah great ... Now get Shatner in this movie by DARTH VOODOO	Nov 19th, 2007 06:05:19 PM
Having Shatner + Nimoy in this film is the only casting I care about. Thus far I am 50% interested. Get Shatner + Nimoy and you have 100% of my attention.
by jiggertool	Nov 19th, 2007 06:49:48 PM

by jiggertool	Nov 19th, 2007 06:50:46 PM
Ben Cross would've been great as the Shadow twenty years ago
Spocks Dads Brain by AMAZING_BIZARRO	Nov 19th, 2007 07:33:33 PM
Ben Cross will do fine and will probably steal the show from the WB grade cast he'll be working with. Aside from Simon Pegg and Cross this cast is BORING!!!! But they sure are 'pretty'.
Why Can't The Writer's Strike by TheBladehelm	Nov 19th, 2007 08:06:33 PM
Kill this movie? It shelved "Angels and Demons" aka "The Bad Hair Returns", why not this movie?
Victor Garber by wilbur gray	Nov 19th, 2007 08:22:46 PM
When I first heard Abrams would be doing this project,the thought occured that Garber would make an excellent Sarek.No such luck.Instead the casting directors went with the imaginative choice of an actor with a British accent and a sharp profile to convey authority.They're really batting a thousand with this one.
Isn't this guy like a total B-movie actor? by IAmMrMonkey!	Nov 19th, 2007 08:37:38 PM
Wasn't he last seen in some budget science-fiction movie where he played an alien who had stop another alien from impregnating Earth women or something? F**k, I really should head over to IMDB before I post these things.
Guess Who Red Shirt #4 Is Going to Be!!!! by Buck_Turgidson	Nov 19th, 2007 09:00:25 PM
[Insert C-List twentysomething TV actor here]
Are they ever going to start filming this thing by I Dunno	Nov 19th, 2007 09:47:36 PM
Or are they just going to cast every character who has ever been on Star Trek?
Cross might be good, but he looks too . . . Romulanish. by kabong	Nov 19th, 2007 10:49:06 PM
Maybe he should be Sarek's cousin.
I have no idea why Paramount is tossing this hack money... by tailhook	Nov 19th, 2007 10:52:21 PM
Everybody knows JJ's niche is TV. There isn't anything in the feature film arena he's ever shepherded that made respsectable money. His TV stuff just simply doesn't translate well in the feature film arena. He should stay where he belongs and have them look to him to make another TV show.. not waste $150 million on a ST movie that will be poorly received due to the fact he TeeVee's it up.
Cross was really good as Barnabas Collins by Yeti	Nov 19th, 2007 11:22:05 PM
In the 1990 re-do of Dark Shadows I think he pull this off.
FYI according to the IMDB Ben Cross is by Trader Groucho 2	Nov 19th, 2007 11:23:37 PM
5'11". Which, if you're Mae West, you respond to by saying, "Forget about the five feet. It's the eleven inches I'm interested in."
He is really a very good actor. by gotilk	Nov 19th, 2007 11:38:07 PM
But I watched him in a horrible film recently. He obviously realized it was a stinker before the looped (overdubbed) his part. I guess he never showed up for it, because they actually used another actor's voice to do the looping. It was HORRIFIC and obvious. It sounded like they got the guy who did the main character's voice in the first Resident Evil game.
Temuera Morrison woulda been a better choice... by Monkey_King	Nov 20th, 2007 04:17:34 AM
and he looks more like Lenard.
GIVE ME BACK MY SON!!!!! by JustyHakubi	Nov 20th, 2007 06:44:31 AM
NO SPOCK, I AM YOUR FATHER.
I just hope they get JAMES HORNER back to do the score by BendersShinyAss	Nov 20th, 2007 08:28:16 AM
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So Sarek AND the Borg Queen were Chariots of Fire? by Drath	Nov 20th, 2007 08:10:21 PM
And so was Ash/Bilbo as well. Damn I'm a nerd.
thing that bothers me the most by crweb	Nov 20th, 2007 09:27:56 PM
You know, I'm sure this film is a bitch to try and cast. I love classic Trek and would really like to see more stories of classic trek. I also understand that the original actors who played those roles can no longer do so. Sure they could go out and find exact doubles for the original actors but they probably would not have the talent to play the roles. So they try to find actors who bare a resemblence to the original actors and can also act. They have no choice. OK, I can live with that, even thou some of the casting has seemed more than a bit wacked. But the thing that bothers me the most is reading that they have redesigned the Enterprise. Why? This more than anything else will probably keep me from seeing this movie. This is just stupid.
Ben Cross rocked on Dark Shadows... by lynxpro	Nov 20th, 2007 10:55:51 PM
He was a better Barnabas Collins than Jonathan Frid ever was. This is decent casting. He'd also be great on Doctor Who as some type of villain.
Corey Johnson for Harry Mudd... by lynxpro	Nov 20th, 2007 11:00:36 PM
Now that would make sense. He already played the Mudd-esque character Henry Van Statten on Doctor Who. He's also been in other genre features such as The Mummy, Hellboy, the last Bourne flick, and A Sound of Thunder. He's always turning up in stuff.
check out A Twist of Fate... by lynxpro	Nov 20th, 2007 11:03:06 PM
Ben Cross was in that, plotting to blow up Hitler before Tom Cruise was taking his first auditing class while pondering (hetero) celibacy while married to sexpot Mimi Rogers.

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