Star Trek: Nemesis Gets the Go Signal

PatJensen writes "Star Trek TNG: Nemesis, the 10th Star Trek movie gets the green light from Paramount today. It will be directed by Stuart Baird, who did Executive Decision, US Marshals and Tomb Raider. Looks to be pretty action packed. Digital Domain (LOTR, Titanic) will be doing the SFX. The movie seems to be based around Romulan conflict with the Federation. " Can't be as bad as Insurrection. At least, I hope not. BTW the first movie is out on DVD now and they did a pretty good job with the re-release.

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Stuart Baird did *not* direct "Tomb Raider"

[imac.usr]

That film was made by Simon "I haven't got a fucking clue as to how to edit a close-in action scene" West, the luminary genius behind "Con Air".

Note that he's scheduled to direct the feature-film adaptation of "The Prisoner" as well. God help fans of the original series.

He, Akiva Goldsman, and Nora Ephron should all be made part of the cast of the next "Survivor" series so that they can't do any more damage in Hollywood for at least a year or so.

Romulans

[digitalsushi]

Finally.. we had to wait til the 10th movie to finally arrive at the one with the Romulans. They've been saving them as a plot for... forever. And, its an even numbered flick, so its probably inevitable that this movie is going to be very, very good.

"Captain Picard and Commander Data. Oh, and those other guys too."

Fisrt movie DVD?

[Havokmon]

"BTW the first movie is out on DVD now and they did a pretty good job with the re-release."

You mean now the WHOLE 2 hour jouney of spock flying through V'Ger is in there? COOL!

They're all out on DVD...

[The Good Reverend]

BTW the first movie is out on DVD now and they did a pretty good job with the re-release.

All of the films are out on DVD (and have been for a while), they're just not worth buying because they contain no bonus features to speak of. Strange, considering Trek is a franchise that specifically caters to a crowd/fanbase that would love to see behind the scenes, technical, and "making of" documentaries.

Re:They're all out on DVD...

[shymog]

Yeah, they're all out now. However, ST: The Motion Picture was released about 3 weeks ago.

It can't be totally devoid of bonus features, being that it has a whole second disc of them.

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[xTK-421x]

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Coming Attractions - Star Trek 10: Nemesis

Just a warning, spoilers are present..

Rumored to be last TNG movie...

[Masem]

I've heard rumors to the effect that this is the last planned TNG movie, at least based on the fact that Patrick Stewart no longer wants to be in that role (not that he doesn't dislike it, but he wants to return to stage work). Same rumors suggest that this isn't necessarily the end of the Trek series of movies, and future movies may either take place in the mid-series of DS9 or Voyager, or possibly an aglomeration of plots that would occur after Voyager returns.

Anyone else heard similar? They *are* just internet rumors, after all...

Re:Rumored to be last TNG movie...

[GreyyGuy]

I had read on Wil Wheaton's site that Lavar Burton had mentioned that this was the last one.

I think it would be cool to have the next film with the DS9 crew. Thee were a lot of stories left open. Sisko coming back. A whole new relationship with the Changlings. The whole Gamma quadrant. Lots of material.

I don't know what Voyager could do. They got home. End of story. Thank goodness. 7 of 9 aside, I didn't like the show.

Patrick Stewart gets cloned!

[wrinkledshirt]

The plot, I read somewhere, is about a Picard clone trying to gain control of the Romulan Empire. No word on whether or not the stem cells will be used to help treat the obvious brain damage of the screenwriters of Insurrection.

Enterprise movie?

[Merlynnus]

If they release a movie based on Enterprise, will they have to use negative numbers? Star Trek -1: The Klingon Wars

Re:Bring back Wil Wheaton!

[Foochar]

According to a statement made by Wil Wheaton at www.wilwheaton.nethe will have at least a small role in the movie. wilwheaton.net is down at the moment so here is what I can recal from his comments. When they taped The Weakest Link episdoe Wil made a comment to Levar Burton about wanting to come back and give the character some closure, but that he didn't feel like Rick Berman and the other producers liked him. Apparently Levar went to bat for Wil because they decided to give him at least a small role. According to Wil he has been fitted for a uniform and has possesion of a script with the confidential stamped in red on the top every page. I would provide links to wil's site, but for some reason Wil has had to put the moose back out front again.

Save Wil Wheaton's Career!

[toupsie]

The last thing in the world we could want to see is Wil Wheaton's career suffer. We need a petition to urge the producers of this future flop not to hire Wil Wheaton. After reading his website and responses to questions on Slashdot, I started to really like this guy and learned that he is not the dweeb I once imagined. We all know this movie will be a boring morality play where the Prime Directive will be violated during a temporal distortion caused by Data's emotion chip malfunctioning after having a "human" moment with Jorde's visor in the privacy of the holodeck.

However, I hope every scene is filled with Brent Spinner. After that "Ol' Yellow Eyes is Back" album, he deserves to spend the rest of his life having to listen to plot flaws while signing autographs for socially-retarded Acne cream test subjects. Also, I hope that they make Marina Sirtis cover up. At her present age, they must be bouncing off her knees now.

Captain Archer owns Captain Picard!

Re:it's an even number trek

[sam@caveman.org]

let's run them down, shall we? plot writeups and ratings by leonard maltin, quoted from IMDB.

1. star trek: the motion picture. "The crew of the Enterprise is reunited to combat a lethal force field headed toward Earth. Slow, talky, and derivative, somewhat redeemed by terrific special effects and majestic Jerry Goldsmith score; still, mainly for purists." RATING: 2.5 stars.
2. star trek: the wrath of khan. "Kirk and the Enterprise crew must do battle with the nefarious villain of 1967's ``Space Seed'' episode. A bit hokey and pretentious at times, but a likable adventure overall, with nice touches of warmth and humor." RATING: 3 stars.
3. star trek iii: the search for spock. "Picking up where #2 left off, Kirk reassembles his crew and shanghais the Enterprise to try and rescue Spock--in whatever form he may still be alive--while both he and the rapidly destructing Genesis Planet are endangered by a Klingon warship (led by Lloyd, in an ineffectual performance). Subdued sci-fi outing very much in keeping with tone of the original TV series... and therefore, recommended most heartily to Star Trek fans." RATING: 3 stars.
4. star trek iv: the voyage home. "The Enterprise crew takes a sharp left turn toward comedy in this uncharacteristic--and very entertaining--movie. Story has the familiar characters time-traveling back to the 20th century in order to save the Earth of the future, with the help of some humpback whales. Sheer novelty of the comic tone excuses some forays into the obvious; it's all in fun." RATING: 3.5 stars.
5. star trek v: the final frontier. "The Enterprise crew takes off on an emergency mission when an apparent madman takes over a distant planet and holds its interstellar ambassadors hostage; his motives, however, turn out to be anything but terroristic. Dramatically shaky trek starts off with a case of the cutes, and gets worse before it (finally) gets better. A weak entry in the series. Shatner's feature-film directing debut; he also shares story credit." RATING: 2 stars.
6. star trek vi: the undiscovered country. "The Enterprise crew is assigned to negotiate truce with Klingon leader, only to fall prey to a trap set by one of his renegade cohorts (Plummer, in a deliciously flamboyant performance). Entertaining saga cowritten by director Meyer. Nimoy helped concoct the story and also executive produced." RATING: 3 stars.
7. star trek: generations. "The old guard gives way to the new, as Capt. Kirk (Shatner) passes the baton to a new Starfleet commander, Capt. Picard (Stewart). Episodic adventure yarn plays like an elongated segment of the Next Generation TV series; not inspired, perhaps, but entertaining just the same, with some impressive special effects. Oddly enough, the weakest segment is the climactic teaming of Picard and Kirk, which seems like a leftover from an old Saturday matinee serial. Whoopi Goldberg appears unbilled as Guinan." RATING: 3 stars.
8. star trek: first contact. "Capt. Picard lives his worst nightmare as the villainous Borg (who almost overtook him in a two-part TV episode) land on earth with domination their goal. The solution: the crew travels back in time to 2063 to make sure a cockeyed scientist (Cromwell) fulfills his role in history with a precedent-setting rocket flight. Story goes on a bit, following two concurrent threads, but series fans will have no complaints. Krige is a standout as the seductive Borg Queen. Feature directing debut for Frakes, better known as Riker." RATING: 3 stars.
9. star trek: insurrection. "Good entry in the long-running series has the crew befriending the eternally youthful residents of a Shangri-La-like planet whose existence is threatened by the vengeful Ru'afo (Abraham). Picard (Stewart) even has a dalliance with one of the women there (Murphy). Reliably entertaining for Star Trek fans." RATING: 3 stars.
10. star trek: nemesis - ?

looks pretty random to me.

-sam

Nudity...

[Jugalator]

Since the next Bond movie is supposed to have a scene with female nudity, I'll boycott this one if it don't have a shower scene with Seven of Nine. Regardless if it fits in the story or not!

But seriously, what do you feel about nudity in ST movies? Does it belong there? Or does it make the movie anti-ST and/or lower the quality?

Re:good lord

[SuiteSisterMary]

It is, indeed, much better. What Robert Wise was forced to release in the 70s was infact a rough cut. Now he's had a chance to go back and finish it, and it really shows. And what other movie these days has the guts to have a several minute musical overture before even the title card comes up?

Don't worry, it will be good, it's an even number!

[sterno]

Let's look at the brief history:

Star Trek I - Rather cheezy looking and overall not that good of a movie

Star Trek II - KHAAAAAAAAAN! Still one of the best Start Trek movies

Star Trek III - The search for spock. It had some good moments but overall kinda dull. Not bad, but not great

Star Trek IV - Okay, the environmentalism was layed on thick, but overall a very different style from the other movies (much more humor), and quite a bit of fun

Star Trek V - Today red shirted ensigns we are going to go find God on some funky planet in the middle of nowhere. Set phasers on CRAP!

Start Trek VI - My personal favorite. Lots of good drama between Federation and the Klingons. The big fairwell for most of the original cast.

Star Trek VII - a crossover between the old and new, and the movie clearly suffered for trying to force that.

Star Trek VIII - We get to see the old federation, a borg trying to seduce Data, and overall a fun and action packed movie.

Star Trek VIX - Ummmm.. what was this movie again. I know I saw it, but I don't recall it having anything worth remembering. Something about somebody rebelling I think but I forget.

So, back to an even number and so we can reasonably assume it will be good. It seems like they screw up, and then work hard to get the next one right. Then they rest on their laurels and screw up again.

Re:it's an even number trek

[hardburn]

Capt. Kirk (Shatner) passes the baton to a new Starfleet commander, Capt. Picard (Stewart).

That scene sucked. In Star Trek V, he said he knew he would die alone. Checking "Generations" again . . . nope, Picard was standing right there when he died.

Then Shatner has to go and write some stupid books about it, bring Kirk back to life after "Generations" took place, then "die alone" (as he was supposed to) while having the arrogance to destroy the entire Borg collective, then writing another book after "Insurrection", bring back Kirk AGAIN, and saying "no, I didn't destroy the Borg, that was just a small section of the collective". Uggg.

Digital Domain should not be listed for LOTR

[tswinzig]

I know you have a boner for SFX companies that use Linux, but Digital Domain only did a few FX shots for LOTR. To list LOTR as one of "their" SFX films is a bit much. Here's a quote directly from lordoftherings.net:

Peter Jackson and his team not only created a physical Middle-earth, they also designed an entirely digital universe for The Lord of The Rings trilogy. This staggeringly intensive, behind-the-scenes work was carried out by WETA Digital. The New Zealand based F/X company assembled a crack team of computer artists, key frame animators, modelers, digital paint artists, motion editors, compositors and software engineers, among others, to devote years of their lives to creating never-before-seen effects.

Re:Question:

[ncc74656]

I read somewhere that Patrick Stewart doesn't want to do the Trek series anymore, and has had his hands in writing his death into the next movie.

...as if a small detail like death has ever kept a Star Trek character from returning...

At least the titles of Star Trek films aren't bad.

[weave]

Can you imagine The Attack of the Klingons or The Romulan Menace.

And as annoying as Wesley might have been, he's no C3P0....

Statement from wilwheaton.net:

[artemis67]

"When I did Weakest Link, I stood next to LeVar," Wheaton said on his website, in a post earlier this evening. "We were talking during the commercials, and I said to him that I really missed them. He said to me that I should be in the movie, especially since it's going to be the last TNG movie. I told him that I would love to be in it, but I really thought that Berman and company really didn't like me. He seemed surprised, and he told me that he was going to call Rick the next morning, and suggest to him that I be in the movie, at least as a cameo. I thought that would be really cool, and told him so.

"Last week, on Friday, my agent called me to let me know that there was an offer from Paramount to reprise the role of Wesley Crusher in Star Trek X. We just needed to work out the details.

"So we spent some time negotiating it, and --get this-- Rick Berman told my agent that he was 'very pleased' that I was going to be in the movie!

"I am really excited about this for three reasons:

* I am going to get to work with my friends again.
* Wesley Crusher will have some real closure, finally.
* For the last 5 years, at least, everywhere I go, fans ask me if I'm going to be in a movie, and what happened to Wesley, and I can honestly say that I'm doing this for the fans, because it will be so damn cool to see all of us together again.

"WHEEE!"

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Re:it's an even number trek

[denzo]

Generally based on Maltin's ratings, here is the empirical formula to a successful new Star Trek movie:

• Directed by Frakes.
• Story and executive production by Nimoy.
• Keep Shatner the heck away from the set.
• Keep it fast and not too much dialog.
• Bring in Whoopi again.
• Throw in some Klingons and Borg.
• Music by Jerry Goldsmith.
• What about Q?
• And at last but not least, for the last half of the movie, turn it into a comedy where the crew goes back to the 20th Century with the help of dolphins and Lassie to help save Wil Wheaton's career by coercing him not to accept the role in the series. Suddenly, a disruption in the time-space continuoum causes Richard Simmons to suddenly replace Wil Wheaton in all the series and movies, and the whole thing was just an aerobic workout video to begin with.

What do you think? ;)

The heck with ST X, we want GQ II!!!!

[hughk]

After watching Galaxy Quest, I realised how much ST films sucked. I am sorry, but the acting/direction isn't really there. GQ was just a satire on the whole ST idea.

Sorry I am spoiled, I want to have better action and more fun with this sort of movie and ST lacked in both departments. We all have got a little blase about SFX, they are good for spectacle but don't exactly help the movie develop. Some of the ST story lines were just plane lame, some showed promise, but were not well developed.

Re:Don't worry, it will be good, it's an even numb

[mshomphe]

Star Trek VIX - " The Vapo Rub"