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Dinner With JJ April 30, 2007

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Abrams , 6 comments

As part of our ‘get to know your Trek XI team’ series, here are some clips from IFC’s Dinner for 5 shot In the summer of 2005. There is nothing about Trek in this, but shows JJ Abrams in a more relaxed setting.

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Rossi and Nemecek Opine On Star Trek XI

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Star Trek (2009 film), TOS Remastered, Trek Franchise , 97 comments

In the latest Star Trek Magazine, regular columnists Dave Rossi and Larry Nemecek have Star Trek XI on their mind. Rossi, who has worked on Trek for 15 years including being a producer on Trek Remastered, laments on how even though he works on the Paramount lot he will be ‘on the outside looking in’ for Trek XI. But he looks on the bright side noting that he can again just be a fan. He also dismisses ‘franchise fatigue,’ noting

Star Trek fans want to like Star Trek. If the stories are good, if the characters are compelling, if there’s balanced doses of action, humor, and drama, people will watch. Not surprising then that Paramount chose to go with Star Trek: The Original Series and moreover with Mr. Abrams.

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This Week In Trek April 29, 2007

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: This Week In Trek , 10 comments

TrekMovie looks at all the Trek news here and elsewhere for the last week

Trek XI:

All quiet on the Trek XI front, but this week marked the one year anniversary of the first report from Variety of a JJ Abrams Star Trek film. That was well before this site existed, but my first comment on the news can be seen at TrekBBS (under my alias ‘PowderedToastMan)
There actually was some fake news, TheSpoof.com ‘reports’ that Vice President Dick Cheney has accepted a role in Trek XI.

TrekMovie.com will have a Trek XI Update in the upcoming week

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A Piece of the Action Screenshots and Video

by Matt Wright , Filed under: TOS Remastered, TOS-R Screenshots/Video , 49 comments

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Doohan Headed To Final Frontier [Updated] April 28, 2007

by Rick Kelvington , Filed under: Fan Productions, Trek Franchise , 19 comments

The ashes of James Doohan were launched into space from New Mexico this morning. Family and hundreds of fans attended the event, more details at Rueters The Headline News report also discussed Trek fan films.

[UPDATE: StarTrek.com have put up an on-the-scene report]

Remastered “A Piece Of The Action” Airs This Weekend

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS Remastered , 18 comments

The Enterprise finds a planet that has taken a book on Chicago mobsters waaaay too seriously

Preview | Episode Info | Show times

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Travel Back To ‘Tomorrow Is Yesterday’ Preview April 27, 2007

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS-R Preview , 98 comments

StarTrek.com have put up the preview for next weekend’s "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" Remastered.

click image to play in WMP or Click Here for QT

Gag Reel for A Piece of the Action

by Matt Wright , Filed under: Humor , 25 comments

While we wait for this weekend’s showing of "A Piece of the Action" remastered one of our resident video mavens, SpockBoy, has made a gag reel. So pump it up and get your gangasta’ on! [BTW: Today is SpockBoy’s B-Day!]

ART thou Shatner? April 25, 2007

by John Tenuto , Filed under: Shatner , 33 comments

It has been called “funny and philosophical” by NPR’s Meredith Ochs. It has been utilized in the unique documentary William Shatner in Concert. College professors lecture regarding its lyrics and music to teach students about social issues. It was the focus of dance performed by the Milwaukee Ballet. Now, the William Shatner and Ben Folds musical collaboration of Has Been is the starting inspiration for an art exhibit featuring 76 talented illustrators and artists who represent the entire Shatner experience on canvas and other palettes. Has Been is now art in more than the musical variety.

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Review of “All Our Yesterdays” Remastered April 24, 2007

by Dennis Russell Bailey , Filed under: Review, TOS Remastered , 130 comments

“Will the last one through the time machine please turn out the lights?”
The sun of the planet Sarpeidon will explode in less than four hours, destroying everything for hundreds of millions of miles around. Since long-range scans show no intelligent life on the planet in need of rescue, Captain Kirk thinks it would be a good idea to go there and nose around for a while just before the big bang.

Who knows, maybe the Prime Directive has a special exemption in these cases for looting or something.

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Slow News Day Video Fun April 23, 2007

by Paul (Spockboy) Sibbald , Filed under: Humor , 43 comments

Anthony is busy digging up the latest, so here are a couple of vids I made. First up is "Hairy Bones" based on a video of a girl named Jessica talking about a certain doctor.

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This Week In Trek April 22, 2007

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Trek Franchise , 35 comments

A new feature of TrekMovie.com, we take a look back on the news of the week reported here and elsewhere.

Trek XI:

The big news of the week was our report that JJ Abrams confirmed that Kirk will indeed ‘appear’ in Star Trek XI. This along with his ‘message to the fans‘ last weekend shows a bit of a growing openness on Abrams part.
The only other movie news was a brief mention of Star Trek XI in Variety, where it was listed as one of the big movies that Paramount has high hopes for in the next year.

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All Our Yesterdays Screenshots and Video [UPDATED] April 21, 2007

by Matt Wright , Filed under: TOS Remastered, TOS-R Screenshots/Video , 185 comments

Spock’s ancient lovefest remastered

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Remastered “All Our Yesterdays” Airs This Weekend

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS Remastered , 41 comments

Kirk, Spock, and McCoy take inadvertent time traveling vacations into a doomed planet’s past

Preview | Episode Info | Show times

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Berman To Write Book On Trek Experience April 20, 2007

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Trek Franchise , 149 comments

In the latest issue of Star Trek Magazine, Trek’s longtime producer Rick Berman has a sort of ‘exit interview.’ The interview was conducted last December, shortly before he packed up to vacate his offices on the Paramount lot after 22 years with the studio. When asked if he is considering writing about about his experiences not only did he say he would, but he has already started…

I have started writing a book because I realized that in 1986, when Gene Roddenberry asked me to get involved in work with him on this thing, the number of stories that I have accumulated is amazing.

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