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Star Trek To Return Christmas 2008

Posted by kdawson on from the beaming dept.

Tycoon Guy writes "Paramount today announced the new Star Trek film is scheduled for release on Christmas Day 2008. The studio also confirmed the film will be directed by J. J. Abrams, who said the film will 'embrace and respect' Trek canon, but will also 'chart its own course.' Also today, rumors are out claiming Matt Damon, Adrien Brody and Gary Sinise will play Kirk, Spock, and Scotty, respectively."

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  1. oh good by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The studio also confirmed the film will be directed by J. J. Abrams, who said the film will 'embrace and respect' Trek canon, but will also 'chart its own course.'

    It's great that the guy charting that course is best known for a show called LOST.

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  2. Re:I've got a bad feeling about this by soft_guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't think they can make a DS9 movie because of the law they passed that hollywood has to make only movies that suck.

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  3. The Navigator by deathcow · · Score: 4, Funny


    Funny One:
    http://www.videosift.com/video/George-Takei-respon ds-to-Tim-Hardaways-homophobic-comments

    I wonder who will replace our flamboyant navigator.

  4. Re:I've got a bad feeling about this by earnest+murderer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't think they can make a DS9 movie because of the law they passed that hollywood has to make only movies that suck.

    I hear Shatner is in negotiations.

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  5. Re:Matt. . . by cold+fjord · · Score: 4, Funny


    Damon, Matt..... so the Ferengi are in it too?

    Lets just hope the audience doesn't just walk out screaming:

        We've been Khaaaaaaaannnnnnneeeedddd!!!

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  6. Re:Boldly going where we went in the Sixties... by Cordath · · Score: 5, Funny

    P.S. I'm posting about Star Trek while sloshed. Life can sink no lower.

  7. LOST in space by goombah99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard the working title of it was going to be "LOST in Space"

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    1. Re:LOST in space by Anonymous+Brave+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

      I don't get it: why is the latest Enterprise the NCC-4 8 15 16 23 42?

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  8. Obligatory by popo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mmmaaaatt Daaaamon

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    1. Re:Obligatory by gbjbaanb · · Score: 4, Funny

      Spock: "Captain, the warp coils are overloaded and the enemy has us locked in weapons range".

      Kirk: "Yes Spock, looks like we need a montage".

  9. Re:I've got a bad feeling about this by jcr · · Score: 3, Funny

    How would a DS9 movie break such a rule?

    -jcr

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  10. Re:Beating a Dead Horse by cold+fjord · · Score: 4, Funny
    On a serious note, there is plenty of room for reimagining Star Trek, retelling the adventures with fresh faces or perspectives, or picking up on story lines open but never followed. What happens to future crews on the shore leave planet? What happends to the star ship that goes to collect next years taxes on the planet in "A Piece of the Action"? Just look at the evolution of Batman from camp series to the Keaton movie to Batman Begins.

    On a humorous note, imagine John Madden playing Spock:

    Spock: Captain, if you look here (circles empy space on viewer) this is were the bird of prey would be if you could see it, but you can't see, so it's invisible, and you can't see it. And when you can't see a ship, it's cloaked. Now as it moves laterally (Draws diagonal line from empty circle), and you can't see it, but you fire photon torpedoes, sort of like a Brett Farve pass that explodes, and it hits the bird of prey, well then, BOOM, and that's one dead bird of prey.

    Kirk: Sulu, fire at Spock's coordinates!

    Sulu: Aye Captain! .... A hit! We destroyed the bird of prey!

    Kirk: No Sulu, I meant shoot Spock, I can't take this any more!

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  11. Re:Scotty != Bones by dabraun · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know if the editors decided not to RTFA, but TFA doesn't talk about Scotty at all, rather is saying that the role is for Bones.

    Shhhhh .... scotty doesn't know.
  12. Re:Good news! by fellip_nectar · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is Slashdot. You may not post "Good News" without the "Everyone".

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  13. Re:I've got a bad feeling about this by RatRagout · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does that mean this will be a Star Trek "holiday special" ? (http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com/)

  14. Re:I've got a bad feeling about this by sorak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somehow those rumours frighten and shock me. A Kirk that isn't Shatner and a Spock that isn't Nimoy?

    What about a DS9 movie?

    Starring Will Smith as Cisco, Macaulay Culkin as quark, and Wilmer Valderrama as Dr. Bashir

  15. Re:Hey. Stop it. by Flyboy+Connor · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about: "Star Trek: The Crusher Adventures", in which Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton, of course, who is about the right age now) uses his Traveller powers to explore far reaches of the Universe. During the first six or seven episode, Wesley roams the known part of the Galaxy to round up a crew of ultra-geniuses whom he can also teach the Traveller gifts. No Vulcans, since they are too "logical" for such advanced knowledge, and no Klingons because they are too stupid. Several humans, of course, such as Mature-Guy, Black-Guy, and Hot-Babe, and several aliens, such a Plaster-Face, Funny-Hair, and a CGI-generated energy-based lifeform. Perhaps even Orion-Slave-Girl. While originally being able to travel without any visible means of transportation, Captain Wesley decides in season 2 that it would be a good idea to have a cool ship, as a place to call home and to transport aliens and goods. As an hommage to his mentor, he calls it the USS Traveller.

    I am joking, of course, but I would not be surprised to find that this has already been the subject of several novels and a whole lot of fanfic.

  16. Re:I've got a bad feeling about this by nightsweat · · Score: 4, Funny

    I - I would pay to see that, I'm afraid to say.

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  17. Re:Don't forget by markov_chain · · Score: 5, Funny

    No - Britney Spears as Picard.

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  18. Re:Scotty != Bones by NormalVisual · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!! Oh, wait..."

    or

    "This is normally a 5 hour surgical procedure, but I'll have you buttoned up in two!"

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  19. Re:Hey. Stop it. by Jesus_666 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, they have an all-new concept:

    - Scotty has wry humor and uses the sentence "I'm an engineer, Jim, not a *" all the time.
    - McCoy maintains that logic is the answer to everything.
    - Spock has slept with every female on the planet.
    - Uhura can fix any machine in half the time she should be able to.
    - Kirk is rarely seen without a metal dongle in his ear. And a mini skirt. Starfleet Academy wasn't his most glorious time, you see.

    Also, every character who wears any kind of red uniform cannot be killed by any means whatsoever. Indeed, Starfleet is experimenting with ship plating made of redshirts.

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  20. One correction... by MachineShedFred · · Score: 3, Funny

    Instead of Will Smith, get Samuel L. Jackson.

    "Fire the GOD DAMN PHASERS AT THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS."

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  21. A better casting for Spock by AnalogDiehard · · Score: 3, Funny
    Put Keanu Reeves in the role of Spock. Not only would he look the part...

    Kirk: Spock, what is your analysis of that space anomaly that is about to assimilate this ship?
    Spock: Whoa!

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  22. Re:MAT DAAAAA-MON MAT DAAAAAA-MON 8-O by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 4, Funny

    "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."

    Triumph robot dog voice: You have read this deeply into an article about the casting of a Star Trek movie.

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