Star Trek XI Trailer, Sneaky Camera Version

November 15th, 2008

Well, let’s see how long this lasts before someone asks to take it down. This is an in-theater cap of the new Star Trek XI trailer, that will be online in much better formats come Monday.

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New Star Trek Flick: William Shatner: Nobody Offered Me A Part

September 19th, 2008

I’m not too enthused about the new Star Trek movie, coming out May of next year, with a whole new cast of young ‘uns portraying the original Trek crew — that idea alone annoys this original Trek fan to no end.

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Star Trek: Back Of The Envelope Calculation

February 9th, 2008

Star Trek The Original Series

3 seasons = 79 episodes

Star Trek The Next Generation

7 seasons = 176 episodes

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Geek Test: New Star Trek Movie Trailer

January 18th, 2008

There’s a teaser trailer for “Star Trek XI” attached to Cloverfield. As a long time Trek fan, the trailer hits a few good notes: the Enterprise being built as a visual metaphor for the movie trying to rebuild the franchise after several years, and tugging on those heart strings with Spock and some iconic lines.

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Casting For The 2008 Star Trek Movie Solidifies

October 12th, 2007

So in case you’ve been living under a pile of quatrotriticale for the past year, there’s a new Star Trek movie coming out in late 2008. It’s going to be one of those “reboots” or possibly a “reimagining” that takes us back to the beginning of the original series, with Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. But since those iconic actors are now well into social security collecting days (or at least starring in Sandra Bullock movies or doing “art photography”) — the brain of JJ Abrams is recasting younger actors in the roles.

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