Review “The Squire Of Gothos” Remastered July 25, 2007
by Adam Cohen , Filed under: Review, TOS Remastered , 86 comments
“What does God need with a starship?”
-James Kirk, “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier”
I know, it’s off the map to mention “Star Trek V” in a review of a TOS-R episode, but in watching “The Squire of Gothos,” I couldn’t help but replay the moment from the 1989 movie through my head where James Kirk faces down a God-like being with some healthy skepticism. Captain Kirk does not suffer deities kindly, especially those who abuse their power. Be it an Ancient Greek god or a super-computer, there is a recurring theme that comes up throughout The Original Series and it is best summed up by Mr. Spock in this very episode: “I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without constructive purpose.” Fellow Trek fans, this is the sort of stuff that elevates Star Trek above your average science-fiction fare. “The Squire of Gothos” is vintage Trek.
Star Trek and TrekMovie.com @ Comic Con 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Merchandise, Star Trek (2009 film), TOS Remastered, Trek Franchise, TrekMovie.com , 36 comments
Everyone knows that this week’s comic con in San Diego is going to be a big moment for Star Trek. The two biggest news events will be on Thursday the 26th.[all time PST]
Thu 12:30 – 1:30 TOS-R on HD-DVD: All about new Remastered Trek on HD DVD.
Thu 1:30 – 3:30 Paramount Presentation: Covers multiple Paramount films including Star Trek and 1-18-08. JJ Abrams to attend with other producers…Trek expected to be last
TrekMovie.com will report from both as soon as possible…so keep checking back.
Later on Thursday I will also be a panelist on a Geek Monthly.com Star Trek Panel. Plus there are other Trek related panels & events (details on all Trek events below)
Quinto Spock Deal Looks Certain – Will Split Time Between Star Trek and Heroes
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: ST09 Cast , 45 comments
More and more reports continue to support the story that Zachary Quinto will be the new Mr. Spock. Moviehole is now reporting that that Quinto has finalized his deal with Parmount. TVGuide.com has also confirmed the story and noted that Heroes exec producer Tim Kring says he is ‘thrilled’ for his star to be the new Spock. One of the big issues for Quinto is how will he fit Trek in with his current job playing the villain Sylar (pictured right) on the NBC hit Heroes (currently shooting). Quinto himself is already dealing with juggling with the publicity. In a new article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Quinto states
I would love for it [the Spock role] to be true. We’ll see what happens. We can only talk about ‘Heroes’ today. I’m under a strict directive from NBC. When I have something to say about ‘Star Trek,’ I will.
New Star Trek (Dominion War?) Wii Game July 24, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Games , 28 comments
Haven’t heard much from Bethesda since they launched a slate of Trek games in 2006, but this week a new game titled ‘Star Trek: Conquest’ has come out of nowhere. It has shown up at the Gamefly rental service (which is known to leak games from time to time). Gamefly only provide a game category (Action/Aventure), a release date (11/03/07) and box art (pictured right…click to enlarge). The Nintendo Wii is the best selling new game platform and so it is a natural for the Bethesda to take advantage of it. From the looks of it this is a new game and not a port of one of the other games. Hopefully the game will take advantage of the Wii’s unique ‘Wiimote’ controller.
Red Shirt Compiliation(s)
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Humor, TOS , 18 commentsThe KvP script contest is now over (final script here). Wil Wheaton and KvP team have put together one their last vlogs…a great compilation of Red Shirt deaths.
The Squire of Gothos Screenshots and Video
by Matt Wright , Filed under: TOS Remastered, TOS-R Screenshots/Video , 40 comments
Quinto-As-Spock Deal Almost Done [UPDATED] July 23, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: ST09 Cast , 147 comments
You heard it here first. We have been reporting on Zachary Quinto as Spock since last December and it appears our sources that recently told us that Quinto is in talks were correct. E is now reporting that the Heroes star has a deal in place to be Spock for the new Star Trek movie, and all that is left to do is a few lawyers to sign off.
Assuming that this is true this means two things we have been reporting would also be true
- Abrams is looking at lesser known actors for the major roles
- Abrams is looking at young actors, but not as young as 20 (Quinto is 30)
UPDATE: Deal complete – Quinto will split time between Heroes & Star Trek.
Shatner On Tabloid Stories: Not Upset – Not Lobbying For Part
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: ST09 Cast, Shatner , 40 commentsIf you just cannot get enough of Shat talking about not being in the movie…here is more from Shatnervision. Shatner says he has ‘known for a while’ that he will not be in the new Star Trek, and that he called director J.J. Abrams after the recent rumors hit the tabloids to tell him he wasn’t upset. The original Captain Kirk did admit to being ‘disappointed.’
IDW Planning Alien Series, New TNG Series And More
by Mark Martinez , Filed under: Comics , 9 comments
IDW Publishing staff laid out some of their plans for Star Trek comics in this week’s Focus On… Star Trek.
When Blood Will Tell concludes this fall, the creative team of Scott and David Tipton, and artist David Messina, will kick off a new six-issue mini-series, Star Trek: Alien Spotlight, with a tale of the Gorn. In each subsequent issue, different creative teams will focus a spotlight on other alien races from the Star Trek universe: Vulcans, Borg, Andorians, Orions (everyone’s favorite green gals, to be precise), and Romulans. IDW promise ’six different races their own issue in which to see things from their side, no matter how alien the perspective.’
Nimoy Coy About Part In New ‘Star Trek’ – Shatner Says He Is Not In It [UPDATED] July 22, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, Nimoy, Shatner , 179 comments
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy appeared today at a Creation’s New Jersey Star Trek convention. TrekMovie.com received a con report from Ky-Malairn who reports that Nimoy was pestered for details regarding his participation in the new film, but would only repeat
As of this time I don’t have a deal to be in the new Star Trek movie.
D.C. Fontana On TAS Canon (and Sybok)
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Feature Films (TMP-NEM), TAS, TOS, Trek Franchise , 84 comments
Dorothy Fontana (aka D.C. Fontana) was with Star Trek since the beginning as both a writer and Story Editor for Star Trek: The Original Series. She had the same job for The Animated Series and went on to write episodes for both TNG and DS9 (and even for the recent Trek game and New Voyages fan series). Fontana is interviewed in the new ‘Focus on Trek’ from IDW Comics. The interview covers a number of subjects, but her comments on the often debated issues of canon were noteworthy. Regarding TAS and canon Fontana says that Gene Roddenberry never took TAS seriously. She also does not seem happy with the makers of Star Trek V who gave Spock a half brother (details below)
TOS-R Producer Explains Remastered Production Process July 21, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS Remastered , 38 commentsCBS Digital Executive Producer Toni Pace has a new article at DigitalMediaNet where she gives some behind the scenes insights into the Star Trek Remastered project. She says that so far been over 1,800 shots to do and that the project "cannot be done without advanced technology that can track and manage the information on each shot.": To that end she has created a special database to track each shot. Pace goes into detail on how this database is used. For those interested in this kind of thing check it out Digital Media Net, but bear in mind it is written for post production professionals.
Perpeutual Show New Strange New Worlds From Star Trek Online
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Games , 43 commentsThe second biggest Trek project going on besides the new Star Trek film is ‘Star Trek Online’ the MMORPG being built by Perpetual Entertainment. Just this week Perpetual have added a ‘DevLog’ to the official STO site. The first DevLog written by story designer (and avowed hard core Trekkie) Mike Stemmle discusses the process for making each of the planet designs from concept to 3D build in the "World Machine." Here is a final result
Remastered “The Squire Of Gothos” Airs This Weekend
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: TOS Remastered , 55 comments
The Enterprise meets another superbeing…but this one is a real snappy dresser.
Kissing Goodbye To Shatner As Kirk? July 20, 2007
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Humor, Shatner , 87 commentsIn the last week we have learned that William Shatner is probably not going to be in the next Star Trek movie and a week from now we may very well know who the next Kirk will be. Regardless sometime soon Kirk will be embodied by a new actor and Shatner will be a bit like Sean Connery to the Bond franchise (beloved, but not the ‘current’ star). So for our Friday Night Movie it feels appropriate to give our favorite captain one last big kiss.
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