Review of Catspaw Remastered October 31, 2006
by Jason Lee , Filed under: Review, TOS Remastered , 20 comments
Kirk and the gang find a planet where an alien odd couple has set up their own private house of horrors complete with spectral witches, a sinister castle, a black cat and zombified landing party members. All of this seems to be an elaborate ruse to discourage uninvited guests and/or evaluate their worthiness as a species, etc, etc. It’s a rare, Halloween themed episode of Star Trek with some fun and memorable moments, but mostly you’ll go home with a bag full of cheese instead of candy. With the new remastered ‘Catspaw’ you get more castle, more cat and no strings attached.
Trek XI Convinced Paramount To Pass On Halo?
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Abrams, Paramount , 33 comments
Like Star Trek XI, the Halo movie was one of the more anticipated films planned for 2008. Now the film is in limbo, and apparently Trek is partially to blame. After losing financing from Universal and Fox, the Halo producers (Peter Jackson and Microsoft) pinned their hopes on Warner Brothers and Paramount. According to IESB, Abrams and Trek factored into Paramount’s decision to say no. IESB quotes a Paramount exec as saying
Why share a franchise with other parties when we own Star Trek and have a real director doing that film?.
Abrams Still Not Sure If He Will Direct Star Trek XI October 30, 2006
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Abrams, ST09 Creative , 21 comments
Paramount chief Brad Grey recently described JJ Abrams as a ‘triple threat’ because he can write, produce and direct. However so far it looks like Para is only getting a ‘double threat’ for the first project under his new multi-mil deal. Abrams is down as producer and (co)writer for Trek XI, but tells MTV that it is still ‘too early to make the call’ on directing. He also talked again how ‘cool’ Trek XI is going to be, saying…
we’re all ridiculously excited about it. It’s hard to talk about at this stage, because there’s so much still left to do, but I can say that the story is incredibly cool. To be honest with you, I haven’t been a follower of the more recent "Star Trek" films. I got to appreciate them and like them, but this is the movie I would be in line to see.
Abrams: Trek XI Story Is ‘Incredibly Cool’
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Abrams, STXI Status , 42 comments
TV Guide has an interview with JJ Abrams that focuses on M:I:3, which is released this week on DVD. However, they do throw in a couple of Trek questions
TVGuide.com: Changing topics, where do you stand on the Star Trek feature? Is there any framework in place, a setting, characters…?
Abrams: The framework is firmly in place, the script is being written now, and we are incredibly enthusiastic about it.
Shatner To Set New Standard Of Cheesiness October 29, 2006
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Shatner , 13 comments
Details on the new Shatner hosted game show ‘Show Me The Money’ are starting to come out, and it sounds pretty cheesy. Variety reports…
After answering a trivia question, a contestant will choose one of 13 dancers, each of whom has a scroll with a dollar figure to be added to or subtracted from the player’s winnings. Contestants must answer at least six questions. ABC is calling the hoofers the "Million Dollar Dancers" and says they’ll always be "ready to break into any style of dance, while audacious master of ceremonies William Shatner spontaneously boogies with the beauties onstage."
Listen To Trek Actors Performing ‘War Of The Worlds’
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TNG , 4 comments
Just in time for Halloween, LA Theatre Works present the classic radio play ‘War of the Worlds’ performed by a whole bunch of Trek stars. Lending their voices are John de Lancie, Gates McFadden, Leonard Nimoy, Dwight Schultz, Armin Shimerman, Brent Spiner: and Wil Wheaton. de Lancie, a LATW regular, directs. It was originally aired last night on KPCC in Los Angeles. No word yet how many Angelinos thought aliens were actually attacking Grovers Mill, New Jersey. It is available online for free until Nov 4, after that it will be available for purchase.
[Listen with RA 
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“Catspaw” Screenshots and Video [UPDATED] October 28, 2006
by Matt Wright , Filed under: TOS Remastered, TOS-R Screenshots/Video , 84 commentsWe have the usual assortment of old versus new and remastered shots for your pleasure.
Click the pictures for larger versions.
Today Is Catspaw Remastered Day
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS Remastered , 46 comments
The Enterprise and her crew are held captive by some spoooooky aliens
Video preview / Local Station & Showtimes / More at Memory Alpha
This rare ‘themed’ episode is yet another one with few opportunities for new CGI crew. We already know there is a new matte painting for the castle. In addition keep your eye out for…
- new planet and Enterprise in orbit shots
- new witches maybe?
- maybe some new magic flashes?
- …and for the aliens…no strings attached!
so what did you think of Catspaw Remastered
Picardo Says Abrams Has ‘Golden Touch’, Questions Prequel October 27, 2006
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Abrams, Trek Franchise , 20 comments
Robert Picardo, Star Trek Voyager’s lovable Holodoctor, seems to have a nuanced view of Star Trek under the command of JJ Abrams. According to an interview from Trek Magazine (via SciFi Pulse) the actor seems to be supportive of Abrams helming the franchise, but isn’t too sure he likes that rumored prequel idea.
Look they’ve re-launched the Batman franchise and that worked out. I’ve heard that they may re – launch the franchise with a story about Kirk and Spock as younger guys, back in the day, but I don’t know whether that’s the way to go because it seems to remove some of the jeopardy to know what happens in the future. On the other hand, they did kill off Spock four times and bring him back to life. I lost count!
Bryan Fuller Says Trek Needs JJ Abrams
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Abrams, Trek Franchise , 9 comments
Bryan Fuller is certainly one of the more successful Star Trek almuni in Hollywood. Since his time as a writer on Star Trek Deep Space Nine and Star Trek Voyager, Bryan Fuller has been very busy with shows like ‘Wonderfalls’, ‘Dead Like Me’, and this year’s breakout hit ‘Heroes’. Comic Book Resources interviewed the writer/producer on his various projects, but spend quite a lot of time on Trek. Fuller said he got into the business because of Star Trek and he could talk about it all day. He certainly seems to be optimistic on Trek’s future under JJ Abrams, saying:
I think the status right now is very encouraging, and I’m referring to the J.J. Abrams-helmed reinvention of the franchise, which it’s desperate for.
Trek’s Return To Gaming Off To Shaky Start October 26, 2006
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Games , 8 commentsIt is great to see Trek return to the world of gaming, but perhaps the new publisher Bethesda could have chosen a better game than ‘Star Trek Encounters’ to be the first entry. IGN gives the game a 4.9 out of 10. From the review: "Encounters suffers from a dire lack of Star Trek. There’s very little point in using the Star Trek license without exploiting its greatest assets"…ouch. Bethesda has just started shipping the 2nd game (Tactical Assault for the PS2 and DS), hopefully the reviews for that are better. For the third and most anticipated game, ‘Star Trek Legacy’ it appears we will have to wait even longer. Gamespot reports the bad news that the game is being delayed until the end of November due to quality assurance issues. There is a bit of good news, Bethesda recently announced a deal with Ubisoft to distribute all the new Trek games in Europe, story here. While we wait for Legacy, Bethsoft has provided some screenshots to tide you over…
(Xbox 360)
Cruise Rumor Morphing Around the World…Original ‘Source’ Denies Ever Running Story
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Rumor, ST09 Cast , 18 commentsYesterday we reported that the Tom Cruise in Trek XI rumor appears to be bogus. But of course it is hard to keep a good rumor down, and anything with Cruise in it is ‘good’ to the tabloids. The British tabloid Daily Star has picked up the rumor but morphed it into ‘Cruise Will Be Spock‘. That story is now being cited by others including ITV a British TV Network, but so far this is our favorite…
Original ’source’ (TV Guide Canada) denies ever running the story…
Boo…It’s The Catspaw Preview October 25, 2006
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS Remastered, TOS-R Preview, Uncategorized , 35 comments[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZA1kWjqNaU[/video](download WMV / pics of the new spooky castle)
thanks again to our ChiTown Reader for scaring this up for us
Cruise Trek Rumor Denied
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Rumor, ST09 Cast, Uncategorized , 14 comments
It looks like Tom Cruise won’t be beaming up. As we reported yesterday there is a new rumor about Tom Cruise and JJ Abrams being in talks for a cameo role in Trek XI. TrekMovie was skeptical so we looked into it and so far cannot find any corroboration. Paramount insiders say they know nothing about it, and Arnold Robinson, a publicist for Mr. Cruise, tells TrekMovie.com "that story is not true." As yesterday’s article stated, WENN (who first reported the rumor) don’t exactly have the best track record on these things. However WENN’s Editorial Director Kev Lewin tells TrekMovie that they stand by the story, but also stated "we are not on that story anymore, that is yesterday’s news."
CBS Is Future Proofing Original ‘Star Trek’
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Interview, TOS Remastered, Uncategorized , 55 commentsAccording David La Fountaine, exec-producer on Trek Remastered and Exec VP at CBS Paramount, there there is more than meets the eye when it comes to the Star Trek Remastered project. As everyone knows, each week the CBS digital team send out a new digitally remastered CGI-enhanced version of the Star Trek: Original Series for broadcast syndication. La Fountaine tells TrekMovie.com that what we are seeing is only one of the many different versions of each episode that the team is making. The first version they make an unedited or ‘network’ version without any CGI enhancements but with all the digital remastering from the original source. Then they make the CGI enhanced version of the full length version, and then edit it down for syndication. This means that some of the new CGI effects being done are not being seen in the syndicated versions. Plus all 3 versions are being done in both High Definition and Standard Definition. In addition all the new CGI space shots and matte paintings are being done in 16:9 wide-screen, so every time you see a new shot in Trek Remastered there is a bigger HD version waiting in the wings.
Review of Arena Remastered October 24, 2006
by Jason Lee , Filed under: Review, TOS Remastered , 35 comments
When I was about six my father sat me down to watch a show with a guy in a yellow and black uniform fighting it out in the desert with a big, ugly, green skinned lizard. He told me it was called ‘Star Trek’ and I was hooked. I voraciously devoured every episode and, in through my formative years, the show and its characters became a central part of my worldview. My childhood hero was Captain James T. Kirk, and few episodes of the original series epitomized who and what he was better than my first episode: “Arena,” Now the Remastered version brings back all those memories and created some brand new ones…if you are looking close enough.
Preview of New ‘Catspaw’ Castle
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS Remastered, Uncategorized , 40 commentsThis week Trek Remastered has a Halloween theme with ‘Catspaw’…check out the brand new spooky castle…
Cruise Cameo in Star Trek XI? [update…rumor denied]
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Rumor, ST09 Cast , 35 commentsThe WENN entertainment news service is reporting
TOM CRUISE is in negotiations to reteam with MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 3 director JJ ABRAMS for the next STAR TREK movie. The movie superstar is reportedly a huge fan of the sci-fi franchise and jumped at the chance to play a cameo role in the new film, which will be directed by Abrams. An insider tells Canada’s TV Guide magazine, "He didn’t even need to be begged to appear in it.".
Memories of Roddenberry and Wyatt
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Trek Franchise , 8 comments
15 years ago today Gene Roddenberry, creator of ‘Star Trek’, passed away. StarTrek.com marks the date with an excellent article and retrospective. On the subject of what Roddenberry would think of Trek going strong in the hands of a new generation of professionals (including JJ Abrams) and even the fans themselves (in the form of fan films), it says: "it’s probably a safe bet that he would say something to the effect of, Star Trek no longer belongs to him, it belongs to the world." Well said. It is a true testament to Roddenberry’s vision that 40 years after he started the franchise and 15 years after his passing, Trek still inspires generation after generation.
To mark the 40th anniversary of Trek, Roddenberry.com is selling a DVD of one of the last interviews Gene Roddenberry ever gave. More info at RodenberryInterview.com
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