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Nimoy May Be the Star of the Next Trek Film?
ajs writes "Moriarty, over on Ain't It Cool News is running a column about the upcoming J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie. In it, he discusses some theories about where the movie is going, but doesn't reveal his sources. He claims that Nimoy's Spock, not the younger versions of the original Trek trio, will be the primary star of the film; and that the movie will make some very substantial changes to the Trek lore in a way that is internally consistent with what went before, but opens up many more options for future franchise films or series. If he's right, there are some pretty substantial spoilers in the column." Obviously, as unverifiable speculation this should be taken with a grain of salt. Live long and prosper.
At the end of Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan. He comes back to life in III, though.
"very substantial changes to the Trek lore in a way that is internally consistent with what went before, but opens up many more options for future franchise films or series"
There will be a tachyon anomaly that will give all the old characters characteristics of the new actors that play them.
An article that is definitely News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters.
Cool.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Hopefully it will not be a musical Aaaahhh!
Although if Captain Kirk shows up, even properly aged, he can sing amusing songs, now and then.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
I once read that Nimoy invented the Vulcan neck pinch early on in ToS because he couldn't be bothered filming all the running around and fighting. Perhaps the older Nimoy will come up with a bone-snapping Eyebrow Raise of Doom.
It's crap, Jim, but not as we know it.
Star Treck needs to spice things up. A lesbian affair of some sort with full sidal nudity, some tentacle monster having its way with a few crewmen, a gay marriage to a robot, perhaps?
Are you people writing this down? It's gold I tells you.
After navigating your somewhat tortuous text, much of which involves a series of unconnected programming metaphors, I'm left to ask the following:
Are you, perchance, a Perl programmer?
This is a dynamic I really don't think Paramount will get right without a lot of effort.
{sigh} given Paramount's history with the franchise, I really don't think they'll ever get it right.
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McCoy: Mr Spock, you said a while ago that there were always alternatives.
Spock: Did I? I may have been mistaken.
McCoy: Well, at least I lived long enough to hear that.
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Spock: I made an error in my computations.
McCoy: Oh? This could be an historic occasion.
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Kirk: You're suffering from a Vulcan mind-meld, Doctor.
McCoy: That green-blooded son of a bitch! It's his revenge for all those arguments he lost!
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Spock: Your attempt to improve the species through selective breeding.
McCoy: Oh now wait a minute - not our attempt, Mr Spock. A group of ambitious scientists. I'm sure you know the type - devoted to logic, completely unemotional - !
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
good thing you signed your post, otherwise we wouldn't have known who wrote it
They could make a movie about Moore's paradox, but I don't think they could.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." -- Hanlon's Razor
"True" fans as you put it, enjoy the entire series. It's the whiney, "my Boba Fett Underoos are too tight on me" posers that do nothing but bitch and moan about the prequels.
Xenon, where's my money? -Borno
Can I get a second?
but I agree with everything else you said.
They're using their grammar skills there.
i was hoping for "the rock" dwayne johnson to play spock
they both got that eyebrow raise
"DO YOU SMELL WHAT THE SPOCK IS COOKING?"
the vulcan nerve pinch could segue into a chokeslam and a powerbomb followed by a pummeling by a folding chair
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Yep... True fans even liked the Star Wars Holiday Special. By that, I mean they're fucking retards. Congrats. You're in rarified company.
Oh. Heck, I thought you were going to say we should put them together in one large, well-insulated box, and then drop it to the ocean floor. In the process we'd probably rid ourselves of 85 percent of the people who use the word "canon" to refer to something not related to the Roman Catholic Church.
Oh, wait a minute ... you didn't use the word "canon." You said "cannon." I'm back with you. Maybe you better start over from the beginning, though, because I'm not totally sure where you're aiming and what kind of ammunition you plan to use.
Breakfast served all day!
Damn... there must've been a speck of dirt on my monitor or something, because I read, at first, "...a movie set in the evil goatse universe...". Horrifying thought, let me tell you.
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