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Simon Pegg to Play Scotty
In response to yesterday's casting news about Chris Pine possibly taking the captain's chair for the new Star Trek movie, apparently Simon Pegg will be playing the role of Scotty. Simon Pegg is known for his role as Shaun in Shaun of the Dead and more recently for his leading role in Hot Fuzz. "Pegg joins Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Anton Yelchin as Chekov, John Cho as Sulu and Zachary Quinto as Spock in the film which reportedly, and logically, 'chronicles the early days of the Enterprise crew.' Leonard Nimoy will also put in an appearance, while Eric Bana signed up this week as the movie's villain, Nero."
SCOTTY DIES ON PAGE 43!
Spock kisses him ever so softly and he comes back to life - as a zombie - then Nick Frost is tasked with killing him while muttering "Can I bring any of you cunt's a drink?"
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Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
What do you want, Jim Carrey?
I heard they cancelled Enterprise when Mr. Bakula started calling his tricorder "Ziggy"
Shaaaaaaaaaaaun
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
Well, as long as he's wearing the requisite red shirt...
{ - Generic Guy - }
Yeah, and they cast a human as Spock! Given how underrepresented Vulcans are in the entertainment industry (I challenge you to name one, just one Oscar winner), it's only logical that they should cast a full Vulcan in that role!
You think that's bad? I hear Zachary Quinto is from Earth. Pssh.
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This is the show that gave us the term, "red shirt," after all.
I thought that was from College Football.
Note for Star Trek Fans: Football is a form of athletic contest between two groups of players, each group fielding twelve* players at one time. The game is divided into a series of downs, where each team lines up on opposite sides of a brown ball called a 'football', and one group tries to take the ball and advance it past the other group, by carying or throwing the ball, without getting tackled. If they advance it far enough, they get more attempts, and eventually score. But if they don't advance the ball at least 10 yards in 4 tries, the opposing team gets the ball.
Secondary Note for Star Trek Fans: An 'Athletic Contest' is an event in which multiple participants compete under a set of rules designed to compare the relative motor skills and/or strength/endurance possessed by the participants, although many athletic contests also include a strategy component.
* If you are not a Star Trek fan, shhhhh.
paintball
Cast Obi-Wan Kenobi as Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott?
You do realise you just exploded the brains of at least two distinct sets of geeks, right?
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
"Brothers and sisters are natural enemies! Like Englishmen and Scots! Or Welshmen and Scots! Or Japanese and Scots! Or Scots and other Scots! Damned Scots! They ruined Scotland!"
-"You Scots sure are a contentious people."
"You just made an enemy for life!"
Lets see:
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
Shatner. Is. Kirk.
Indeed.
When Eric eats a Banana he becomes....
Dude, as a heterosexual female I do not see this as a drawback. Far from it actually.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
"Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better." - Unknown
You're pretty. Will you be my girlfriend?
I spent three seasons wondering why he didn't jump back.
I mean, he solved the problem, every week. He's supposed to jump back then and leave the real captain behind, right?
In other news, Nicole Kidman to play Yeoman Rand. We're all boned.
Operation Guillotine is in effect.
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This is why we can't have nice things.
Dude, as a heterosexual female
what, on slashdot? naaaaaah...
I wrote my first program at the age of six, and I still can't work out how this website works.