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.

Comments

Re:Hmm.

[YogSothoth]

Hey Wombat,

      As far as I know, this is the scoop on the neck pinch ...

      It was invented for the episode "The Enemy Within" by Leonard Nimoy, who felt that Spock was too dignified to render someone unconscious by striking them over the head with the butt of a phaser.

This comes from Memory Alpha but I recall reading the same explanation 20+ years ago so I think it's likely the correct one.

Re:Burying Itself In Its Own Plot

[The One and Only]

Having read that pitch, it seems that Straczynski returned the favor (from Ron Moore and the DS9 staff stealing the Babylon 5 premise) and ripped off Ron Moore's BSG reimagining. The document is dated 2004, one year after the BSG miniseries and the same year BSG started running on Sky in the UK, and among other things, it suggests making Scotty a woman!