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Oh MY!! Is George Takei In J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK Movie??

? by onusbone	Feb 26th, 2008 07:20:48 AM
First!
"No Comment" now means yes? by critch	Feb 26th, 2008 07:21:47 AM
No comment doesn't mean whatever you want it to mean. He could be upset about the whole thing just like Shatner was. Quit making up news.
The time travel storyline is fucking stupid. by scudd	Feb 26th, 2008 07:23:43 AM
They should have went with a complete reboot. How are they going to rationalize that the events of any future movies, that will only follow the re-casted crew, will be different than the original show and movies? Now they are going to have to deal with stupid fanboy questions like this for the life of the new film series. Good luck, fellows.
Leave the captain dead please. by Engelhast	Feb 26th, 2008 07:25:05 AM
I really don't want to see The Search for Kirk.
Nice by onusbone	Feb 26th, 2008 07:26:03 AM
If they use time travel as an excuse to bring all the geezers out to play, I would be disappointed. Spock is alright cuz he's an alien, and, well, he's SPOCK. Still, having Nimoy in the film is toeing the line of "too much." The Shat is great, and Takei is great, but the first step of a reboot is to give the boot to as much of the old preconceptions as possible without losing the core story. Hence, old actors are the first to go. Let 'em go gracefully.
Here's an idea. by Knuckleduster	Feb 26th, 2008 07:26:22 AM
Why don't they just get EVERYONE from the old cast back to do this movie. Fuck the kids!
If it's not an Excelsior series, we don't need Sulu by chrth	Feb 26th, 2008 07:28:00 AM
It's bad enough Time Travel is involved in the first place. But what purpose would it solve to reunite all the cast as periphery characters? And Kirk is still alive in the Nexus. They can always get him out from there (Guinan was still there after she left). The Kirk-reborn stories sucked, btw.
Bastard Klingons.... by EvilGeek1	Feb 26th, 2008 07:28:08 AM

WELSHIE!!!!!! by chrth	Feb 26th, 2008 07:29:06 AM

Ain't in Abrams Amazon Links by Aquatarkusman	Feb 26th, 2008 07:29:16 AM
Oh well, at least it's a blessed reprieve from Transporter 3 news.
More Chekov = Guaranteed $100M opening weekend by Aquatarkusman	Feb 26th, 2008 07:31:19 AM
Walter Koenig: [groans] Ven we voke up, we had these wodies. / Fry: [delighted] Eeeee! Now say "nuclear wessels"! / Walter Koenig: NO!!
Star Trek New Voyages by enoodle123	Feb 26th, 2008 08:02:18 AM
Let the old dudes continue pooping up on Star Trek New Voyages. If Shatner wants some Kirk time, he should approach them, they would be glad to have him. And their shows are getting better all the time. It's not exactly shameful anymore.
Khaaannnn!!!!! by _SnakePlissken_	Feb 26th, 2008 08:09:56 AM

My prediction by kwisatzhaderach	Feb 26th, 2008 08:11:00 AM
THIS FILM WILL SUCK
"Bukkake! Bukkake!" by SkinJob69	Feb 26th, 2008 08:17:06 AM
Takei kills on the Stern show. Not sure even he can save this latest ST sequel though. I'm thinking this TB goes 1000-1500 posts, eh?
Does anyone think is going to make money? by ldm882	Feb 26th, 2008 08:21:30 AM
I'm not hating on Trek, I'm just saying I don't understand why this thing is being treated by the studio like a huge tentpole release. While some of the previous films were fairly successful, I can't imagine why the studio thinks this will gross anymore than say 120 million domestic. Not a bad figure at all, but I'm sure that between the budget and marketing costs for this thing it's going to have to make a hell of a lot more than that (both domestic and foreign) to really be a sucess. Plus, I'm not sold on the fact that J.J. Abrams' name can open a movie the way that someone like Spielberg or Lucas or Shymalan can. Thoughts, anyone?
who cares? by FILMFUNK	Feb 26th, 2008 08:24:28 AM
hyperbole begin again!
OK by Doc_Martigan	Feb 26th, 2008 08:25:08 AM
So he may or may not be in the movie just as much as Shatner may or may not be in the movie? And? It would be great if they were, it would be even better if there were news that actually confirmed it. The "Oh MY" at the beginning of the article title implies excitement and surprise. This is not concrete enough to be exciting, and even if he came and out said "yes I am in it," it would surprise no one. Former show members having a cameo in the movie is sort of expected, yeah?
Definite new casting news.. by SkinJob69	Feb 26th, 2008 08:26:49 AM
Darlena Tejeiro and Paul Townsend are to have roles in Star Trek XI. "As reported at Trekmovie.com, actor/stuntman Townsend will be playing the part of a Starfleet security officer, with several scenes in the movie. Townsend is no stranger to working on Star Trek, having been seen before on Star Trek: Enterprise, where he appeared as a gunfighter and was also a stuntman in the episode North Star." "Tejeiro's role is unknown at present, although she will not be playing an Orion. Her filming work in Star Trek XI has already been completed."
Come on by Darth Busey	Feb 26th, 2008 08:28:16 AM
Do you people really believe that Shatner ISN'T in this?
Why every friggin' Trek movie has a time travel plot... by Kid Z	Feb 26th, 2008 08:34:22 AM
...Corporate-think, as usual. "That one where Kirk and crew went back to now-a-days to save the whales made more money than any of the others... if you do Trek, you have to do time travel" The worst Trek plots in all the Trek series were all time travel plots... Trek time travel is idiotic. Especially if it involves travel to the moronic, ridiculously-designed 1960's retro-future of the original series, which is what Abrams is obviously up to... a cinematic version of that stupid effin' Deep Space Nine episode where they traveled back to the Trouble with Tribbles episode... that was an hour out of my life I'll never get back. Abrams comes up with some great stuff, but also some lousy stuff... remember, this is the guy who wanted to make Lex Luthor a Kryptonian! This movie will... WILL suuuuuh-uuuuuuh-UCK!
What would Roddenberry think of this crap? by SkinJob69	Feb 26th, 2008 08:39:55 AM
Glad he's not around to see his creation tarnished like this. It's just Paramount's $tar Trek now
Hikaru actually by hyperboycomics	Feb 26th, 2008 08:56:10 AM
Just sayin
Kid Z by systemsbroom	Feb 26th, 2008 09:15:22 AM
I dunno, I kinda liked that DS9 episode. It was gimmicky and tongue-in-cheek, to be sure, but it was pretty cool to see them do it on TV.
Make Room For Shatner is a good name for a sitcom by rev_skarekroe	Feb 26th, 2008 09:16:50 AM

GEORGE TAKEI WILL OWN YOUR ASS! by DocPazuzu	Feb 26th, 2008 09:20:00 AM
It had to be said. Where'd that talkbacker go, anyway?
haha Stan Gable by haggardatbest	Feb 26th, 2008 09:24:20 AM
"Dry oatmeal" gets me every time. It is always a great surprise when George is announced to be sitting in for a week. The shows with him are always fantastic.
Anyone see shaved-head Eric Bana by skimn	Feb 26th, 2008 09:28:10 AM
on the Tonight Show last night? He was being coy, but hinted it was for a role.."Any Star Trek fans.."And yes I occasionally watch Leno, only for the guests.
I Agree by Geekgasm	Feb 26th, 2008 09:31:27 AM
The time travel storyline is fucking stupid. And done to death.
Why Shatner's not in the new Trek by skimn	Feb 26th, 2008 09:36:16 AM
The film is not being shot in Cinerama....
No countdown necessary, fatkids by gruntybear	Feb 26th, 2008 09:36:48 AM
The homophobes are already out in droves. Please just kill "Trek." This whole Abrahms mess sounds horrid. Of course, on the bright side, it might make "Enterprise" and "Voyager" suck slightly less in hindsight.
OH SNAP!!! IN A Z FORMATION!!!! by BringingSexyBack	Feb 26th, 2008 09:37:10 AM
Full impulse power up Kirk's anus! I hope Kirk stays dead but CAPTAIN SULU fucking rocks. If Abrams pulls this off, this will et every Stern fan into the theaters, and there are a lot more of them than fans of Priceline commercials.
DELETED SCENE OF SULU TAKING OUT KIRK!!! by BringingSexyBack	Feb 26th, 2008 09:53:04 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =x88yskz1p4M&feature=related
kkkkkhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaa aaaaaannnnnnnnnnn by Pipple	Feb 26th, 2008 10:07:07 AM
yoou feeeeeeeeeel the loooove tooooniiiiiiiight??
Balloon Knot by Nice Marmot	Feb 26th, 2008 10:09:18 AM
That is all . . .
Aw c'mon, we all know the Shats in this thing by nerosday	Feb 26th, 2008 10:12:18 AM
A movie involving time travel, Kirk was lost in a temporal ribbon, Spock will save him off camera during the story and he'll pop up in a cameo at the end. Now with Shat you know he'll be there somewhere. Now I'd be really impressed if they could time travel and bring back Scotty and Bones, but alas.
Shat's participation will be announced in time for by kabong	Feb 26th, 2008 10:17:50 AM
the big media push. All Starfleet personnel should have been copied to a transporter pattern buffer and archived at Memory Alpha.
Oh my god. Its that guy groaining in the space toilet by Knobules	Feb 26th, 2008 10:19:28 AM
Sulu is that you? You ok in there? Dude you sound kinda bad.
Shatner points out that he's not in it cause Kirks dead? by Bass Ackwards	Feb 26th, 2008 10:20:09 AM
Really? That's awfully diplomatic, considering how outraged he was just a lil while ago about being left out of the movie. If he's suddenly become polite and demur about it Id have to suspect Abrams and Shat are planning on pulling off a surprise in the flick.
Scotty got trapped in a transporter or something by INWOsuxRED	Feb 26th, 2008 10:27:45 AM
and wound up in the future too. So he shouldn't be in the end of the film, but maybe they should have the guys walking around wondering where he went.
But seriously... Why!? by nerosday	Feb 26th, 2008 10:30:29 AM
Why redeaux, retconn, reboot, this thing, honestly, man? Star Trek was great for its time, but with every generation there are fewer and fewer Trekies. The further that we go from the Space Race the less relivent the explorer spirit is to the new kids. I'm a teacher and most of my students don't even see the point of going to Mars. They laugh at it. They just don't get it, that worries me. They don't have that hunger to see what's beyond their X-Boxes. And to take the one show that really had the ability to make you think, and inspire you to go out there and turn it into drival with time travel every second movie and then to reboot it to conform to a generation that alreay doesn't care... Why bother? If you want to reboot Star trek let it lie for anohter decade, and the come back with a new show about new characters... and for the love of God this time make it good.
Space... by Embeedeuce	Feb 26th, 2008 10:31:22 AM
It's not just the final frontier, it's also the fabulous frontier.
Or wait to bring it back... by nerosday	Feb 26th, 2008 10:34:48 AM
In 15 or 20 years when we start heavily with the Mars program.
I don't need... by Billy The Fish	Feb 26th, 2008 10:36:53 AM
...to make a comment 'cos Kid Z did it for me. Spot on, fella.
Spock wasn't even in Generations by pokadoo	Feb 26th, 2008 10:37:32 AM
So this could potentialy be set before Generations? Ok, Kirk might be a bit fatter now, but that could easily be explained with Shatner-Kirk saying something like "I want to look good for my inspection of Cameron Fry's new Enterprise, which is coming up soon. I think i'll go on a diet!" at the end of his final scene in the new movie. Presto!
Is there a role for Shatner to play... by metaluna	Feb 26th, 2008 10:48:12 AM
... unless they need some fat Jabba the Hutt like character in this movie? Lord knows why the Shat'd be cast in it, never mind our favourite gay starship driver. Smells like a very convoluted plot to me. I wish they'd just leave it alone.
HaikuMurder by samurai sark	Feb 26th, 2008 10:51:29 AM
Oh Star Trek Re-boot How much money will you make while selling this crap?
Face it, Shatner looks like hell... by Bill Clay	Feb 26th, 2008 10:58:59 AM
C'mon, do you really want to see him playing an obese elderly Kirk? They would have to CGI the hell out of him to make him look presentable. At least Nimoy and Takei still look like their original characters.
Bill Clay by MattmanReturns	Feb 26th, 2008 11:10:00 AM
He's 77, you fuck. People DO age in the Star Trek universe, just like in real life.
NO....MORE....TIME TRAVEL! AGGGH! by uss cygnus	Feb 26th, 2008 11:12:21 AM
"It is the only thing speaking." "Let me hear!" "9....8...7...6...5..." "GET OUT!! GET OUT OF THERE!! GET OUT!!" Time Travel has KILLED Trek. KILLED IT. Booooo.
It doesn't matter who or what is in the film because of Time Tra by uss cygnus	Feb 26th, 2008 11:14:07 AM
Add to the fact the blatant and bland miscasting, ignoring of established canon....you could put Pacino in his "Godfather II" prime in this film and it wouldn't matter. The franchise is dead.
George Takei is your ass landlord by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 26th, 2008 11:24:32 AM
Rent's due, bitches.
TIME TRAVEL IS GREAT by BringingSexyBack	Feb 26th, 2008 11:25:12 AM
Love time travel stories!
Only if we can have Kirk and Spock playing horsey. by Friendo	Feb 26th, 2008 11:29:27 AM
Like that one where they rode each other. Screw the old cast already. If you're doing a reboot, do a reboot. Personally I love revisiting the mod-60s era Trek... I hope Abrams actually does that and does not go the Enterprise route with techie industrial 21st century hardware. Them skirts damn well better be short and them Uhuru jubblies better be cleaving and them cell phones better twitter and tweet.
possilble spoiler in the title... by BigTexas42	Feb 26th, 2008 11:59:39 AM
AGAIN!
for the record by BigTexas42	Feb 26th, 2008 12:00:23 PM
i don't really care - just sayin'.
Who cares that this "Jim Kirk" is dead? by Elim Garak	Feb 26th, 2008 12:34:33 PM
... OK I will be really geeky and point out that it is James Tiberius Kirk - James T. Kirk. Not Jim Kirk. Either Hercules or Shatner is getting senile.
I stopped caring about this movie long ago by disfigurehead	Feb 26th, 2008 01:01:30 PM
bonk bonk on the head
Shatner is 77? by Darth Fart	Feb 26th, 2008 01:02:29 PM
Geez. I remember these guys in 80s and seeing them hit old age kinda sucks.
Am I in the new Star Trek film? by bluebottle	Feb 26th, 2008 01:07:21 PM
"no comment". Read into that what you like.
Cool, bring back the old cast by Aethyrr	Feb 26th, 2008 01:26:50 PM
Because it's the only one I'm familiar with! :P
DRY OATMEAL... by Riley Martin	Feb 26th, 2008 01:37:19 PM
FUCK! FUCK! DRY OATMEAL... FUCK!
Sulu is awesome. by TattooedBillionaire	Feb 26th, 2008 01:50:07 PM
That is all.
Captain Sulu will own your er um ass by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 26th, 2008 02:01:42 PM
after he sets phasers on Gayify.
Aquatarkusman, I remember that episode. by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 26th, 2008 02:03:50 PM
I never watched Futurama regularly, but saw that one. It has to be one of the funniest ever.
Koenig was fun in Trek, but by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 26th, 2008 02:04:49 PM
Babylon 5 showed us exactly how underused his acting skills were. Bester was the ultimate villain, and Koenig was incredible.
All of them are back by Ray Gamma	Feb 26th, 2008 02:45:55 PM
Abrams has all the surviving original actors back for a cameo in this - they're just trying to keep it secret, but here's the thing; by the time the movie comes out, everyone's gonna know already!
This movie has the biggest cast of no names ever by skywalkerfamily	Feb 26th, 2008 02:47:56 PM
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
Target that explosion and... by electric_sheep	Feb 26th, 2008 02:51:48 PM
fail.
JUST MAKE THE MOVIE WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST THEN FFS! by dr.bulber	Feb 26th, 2008 02:53:37 PM
theyre all gonna be in it anyway. -well, the living ones.
Hire me for a Red Shirt. by skywalkerfamily	Feb 26th, 2008 03:24:37 PM
I can get killed by an alien blob. It is my dream.
And The Shat Shall Be Cast by bswise	Feb 26th, 2008 03:47:22 PM
But what I expect to see in JJ's re-bootious Trek is a scene where the Enterprise has crash-landed on a beach, but the engines are still going and, like, somebody walks by one of the engines and they're, like, sucked into it causing a BIG EXPLOSION, and then, like, the camera goes all shakey when a big freakin monster shows up, but, like, off-screen, and starts shredding and melting a bunch a people and sh*t... because THAT'S the kind of action that I've come to expect from Mr. Abrams.
is this a reboot or not? by mansep	Feb 26th, 2008 04:01:56 PM
make up your fucking minds
"Do you want me to talk like George Takei some more, Mike?" by Osmosis Jones	Feb 26th, 2008 04:18:03 PM

I could go for a "Space: 2099." by kabong	Feb 26th, 2008 04:42:39 PM
Star Trek is carrying too much lost baggage. See what I did? It was a lamo-feeb allusion that makes little sense to this yackback. I should be writing for JarJar. See what I did there? It was another lamo-feeb allusion, this time to a lamo-feeb movie series character that has nothing to do with Star Trek. These typing fingers of mine are magic.
Kirk's funeral? by Demode	Feb 26th, 2008 04:51:35 PM
Just a thought, but what if there is a flashback to Kirk's funeral in the 23rd century? You could have Sulu, Chekov, Uhura and Spock there. Hell, you could even insert McCoy and Scotty in the scene by digitally inserting them using clips of them from the past (so long as it's just them standing there looking at his coffin and not saying aything). Just a thought.
Or you could Forrest Gump it and put old Nimoy by skywalkerfamily	Feb 26th, 2008 04:54:53 PM
in shots of the Original Series or movies as a bystander.
Kirk: WORST DEATH SCENE EVER! "Oh, my!" by Uncle Stan	Feb 26th, 2008 05:38:02 PM
Even an off-camera death would have been preferable to falling off a rock. That is not how legends die.
You know by Series7	Feb 26th, 2008 05:49:50 PM
The shatner is going to be in the movie.
Two Words: by Embeedeuce	Feb 26th, 2008 06:36:59 PM
Denny Crane.
Shatner, man! by Marvinatmiddleage	Feb 26th, 2008 06:53:20 PM
Da B-Shat in da house! Yeah!
Star Trek XI: No Undiscovered Country for Old Men by SkinJob69	Feb 26th, 2008 06:55:36 PM

"Take a look at that fuckin' Bones!" by SkinJob69	Feb 26th, 2008 06:56:36 PM

uss cygnus by R L S	Feb 26th, 2008 07:27:51 PM
What does Star Trek 3 have to do with any of this?
NEW RULE: Re-boot THIS motherfuckers! by Bill Maher	Feb 26th, 2008 08:14:13 PM
It's just as bad as remaking a movie, only not quite as lazy. An Original Series prequel would have been cool as long as they kept it campy and silly like the old show. Polyester costumes and female crew members in miniskirts and go-go boots would ROCK! But I get the feeling this will be a big pile of wank. "Isn't he the gay Trekkie? by leobloom" All Trekkies are gay, dumbass. As Artie Lang said: "Shatner is a hero among legions of Star Trek fans who call themselves... Oh yeah, QUEERS!" Takei is still cool. Lisa Lampanelli said it best: "Being gay and Japanese isn't all bad -right, George? You can bow down to say hello and take it in the ass at the same time." YOUNG WET BITCHEEEEEEEEEES!
Get Shatner in for Fucks sake !!! by picardsucks	Feb 26th, 2008 08:14:57 PM
This is retarded, they pushed the film back to summer 09, they writers are back. Hire the Shat a good personal trainer to shed a few Harry's and get him in the fuckin movie!!!! I wanna see him punch out a bad guy one more time. Denny Tiberius Shatner fuckers!!!!
I thought it was FUCKED UP way for Kirk to....... by Han Cholo	Feb 26th, 2008 10:06:30 PM
buck the kicket. If you could go to anywhere from the Nexus then why didn't Kirk just go back and arrest McDowal's character when they 'rescued' him? Or Kirk could have stayed and Picard could have gone and arrested him when they intially met. The whole Generations movie was done halfass period. I never was a Trekkie but Trek died for me after that fiasco of a movie.
Oh My! This is old news by therobcat	Feb 26th, 2008 10:52:34 PM
Sulu said something a long while back that he spoke with JJ. I don't remember the exact circumstances, but I think it was two or three months ago.
I will gladly give credit to jesuschrist Yackback by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 26th, 2008 11:26:16 PM
Our comedy gold lord and savior. His words shall live on in our hearts and deeds.
Shatner's dignity-- by thegreatwhatzit	Feb 27th, 2008 01:02:30 AM
forget it, he hasn't any. It was transported to another dimension or whatever.
Shatner: Kirk can be Funny and Serious by Demode	Feb 27th, 2008 01:22:28 AM
Don't be dissing Shatner's Kirk! He may have playe dthe character for laughs sometimes (depending on the script), but there was some great drama in classic Trek, and Shatner was often quite moving in his portrayl of Kirk. Anyone who doubts that should go watch Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock again.
Takei is ancient by Mr. Gunderson	Feb 27th, 2008 02:56:35 AM
Just saw George Takei at the Arclight after "In Bruges" took him about 5 minutes to walk past me, kinda sad.
NO SHATNER = NO STAR TREK by LaserPants	Feb 27th, 2008 05:54:57 AM
Star Trek hasn't been Star Trek for years. Star Trek isn't about a Shakesperian captain who deserves our respect, its about a fat, sweaty, borderline psychotic, violent, womanizing, bad method actor! Shatner -- in all his swaggering overacting glory is THE representative of humanity throughout the Cosmos. He's Bruce Campbell without the irony. He's ALL MAN! Get Shatner on this bitch or shitcan the whole mess.
ThaSithMaster, you be wrong. by Shermdawg	Feb 27th, 2008 06:03:39 AM
Generations grossed $75,671,125 First Contact grossed $92,027,888 Insurrection grossed $70,187,658 Nemesis grossed $43,254,409
the ass landlord has come to collect! by ironic_name	Feb 27th, 2008 06:10:07 AM

Vampire Kirk makes me want to vomit by Mutant Leader	Feb 27th, 2008 08:08:55 AM
WHY did Shatner have to write "The Return" and all that other crap? WHY?
LOUD POSTING by JAGUART	Feb 27th, 2008 08:21:36 AM
CAPS IS THE NEW GAY!
The camera should pan around and Kirk has... by performingmonkey	Feb 27th, 2008 08:51:59 AM
been sitting there the whole time, listening to Spock tell the story. Not that this will happen though. This is likely a story of how Spock dies for real.
It's very funny by Archive	Feb 27th, 2008 11:03:34 AM
On CHUD, the current Devin's Advocate is about Devin's frustration with how people having lunch keeps leading to speculation about who's in what film. Given what a fan George Takei is of Trek, it seems reasonable that he'd just want to meet J.J. Abrams... Given how frequetly Takei cameos in Trek it does make sense - giving him a walk-on role is almost part and parcel to the content, but it's very funny that this article went up when it did.
kabong, did you and I have the SPACE: 2099 by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 27th, 2008 11:26:39 AM
discussion a few months ago, or was it someone else I was chatting with? If it was done well, like Sci-Fi re-booted Galactica I would see it. Reboots/remakes/reimaginings are always a crapshoot. I'd love to see Koenig as Koenig though. Don't turn it into a fisticuffs flick, but a real suspense/action/thriller, and it could work. Not a Chekov Koenig of course, but a Bester Koenig. He should smack the next person to ask him to say "nuclear wessels."
Sulu is headed straight for Uranus by Bobo_Vision	Feb 27th, 2008 12:25:34 PM

Read about this on fark weeks ago by I Dunno	Feb 27th, 2008 12:45:08 PM
even had the same headline. This obviously takes place during or after the TNG and then before TOS. So Sulu is either DEAD or a 30 year old. No Takei, no room for you.
It's stupid to have Nimoy + not Shatner (bring backk the Shat) by DARTH VOODOO	Feb 27th, 2008 03:52:32 PM
Why would they put Nimoy in but not Shatner? If this is a time travel/alt time line there is no reason not to have Shatner in the film.
Quit bitchin'... Some of us fans be excited. by OtisSpofford	Feb 27th, 2008 04:23:09 PM
It's called an alternate timeline, kids - no need to serve the continuity gods. If you don't like Trek, go back to your Veronica Mars TB - if you do but you hate TOS or this concept or JJ Abrams then stay home and enjoy a nice warm mug of Klingon Shut the Fuck Up.
'CAUSE SULU'S GOTTA EAT! by BurgerTime	Feb 27th, 2008 04:53:20 PM
Someone had to say it.
Grammaton, it wasn't me; but I like the idea. by kabong	Feb 27th, 2008 10:06:19 PM
Almost all remakes or re-visionings leave me cold. But "Space:1999" was a good concept, and it doesn't have too much baggage dragging it down (unlike Trek). They could make a few changes or a lot of changes, without having to turn it into either a lame homage to the original series or into some gawdawful updating that dumps all over the original. Somewhat related: There was supposed to be a "U.F.O." remake series in the works, but it collapsed.
kabong, I think if they get rid of a lot of the by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Feb 28th, 2008 07:33:58 AM
metaphysical stuff a la Star Trek V, and go straight for the survive at all costs fight for your life action then it would work very well. This show came to the US around '76. I know because I was in first grade, and there were all the toys and lunchboxes out there. This probably planted the merchandising seed in Lucas' brain. But anyway, it was set about 20 years in the future. So to do it today as 2099 would be great. What U.F.O. series are you referring to by the way. Was it Project U.F.O, because I remember that one vaguely.
"U.F.O." was a series from the same producer by kabong	Feb 28th, 2008 10:28:30 AM
and it seemed to be connected, as if in the same universe. It was about a secret organization fighting alien invasion. http://tinyurl.com/36bd6x

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