Comments on: Quinto Ready For Spock – Learning Trek Mythology http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-trek-mythology/ the source for Star Trek news and information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:01:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: TrekLog » Blog Archive » Trek XI - Newsflash http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-trek-mythology/comment-page-1/#comment-220099 TrekLog » Blog Archive » Trek XI - Newsflash Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:39:30 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-about-vulcans-and-romulans/#comment-220099 [...] Was ist eigentlich seit der letzten Convention alles passiert? Eigentlich viel (was Meldungen des Trek Movie Report angeht) und zugleich doch recht wenig! Zunächst einmal hat sich das Casting-Karussell ein wenig weitergedreht. Nicht Sydney Poitier, sondern eine junge Dame namens Zoe Saldana wurde für die Rolle des Kommunikationsoffiziers der Enterprise, Nyota Uhura, hochoffiziell gecastet und unter Vertrag genommen. Somit sind schon 3 Mitglieder der Originalcharaktere gecastet worden: Spock, Chekov und Uhura! Als nächstes wird wohl der Chefingenieur Scotty gecastet werden, denn Berichten zufolge wird derzeit nach einem Darsteller gesucht! Daniel Dae Kim aus Lost (hat auch schon bei Star Trek: Voyager Gastauftritte gehabt) gilt ebenso als heißer Kandidat für die Rolle des Navigators Hikaru Sulu, aber wir Leser wissen ja, dass es dahingehend gleich mehrere Bewerbungen zu geben scheint. Der neue Spock-Darsteller Zachary Quinto bereitet sich hingegen ganz speziell auf seine Rolle vor. Anstelle des intensiven Studiums alte Star Trek-Episoden versucht er, sich mit der Person hinter Spock, Leonard Nimoy, zu beschäftigen. Somit verbringen die beiden sehr viel Zeit miteinander und laden sich gegenseitig zum Essen ein, wenngleich die Mythologie, d.h. die vulkanisch-romulanischen Ursprünge, dennoch in Quintos Interesse zu liegen scheint. Über die Plot-Details zu Star Trek XI hatte ich jüngst schon einen Kommentar abgegeben, und laut Quinto handelt es sich bei Trek XI um ein Projekt, dass weitere Fortsetzungen wahrscheinlich macht… damit bestätigt er auch den Wunsch des Autorenteams Orci und Kurtzman, die sich beide ebenso Fortsetzungen erhoffen würden. Zuguterletzt kann man noch sagen, dass nebenbei Russell Crowe kurzzeitig als Bösewicht im Gespräch war (was jedoch Hinweise auf das gesuchte Kaliber des gesuchten Darstellers gibt) und dass das uralte Jennifer Garner Gerücht im Zusammenhang mit einer Liebesaffäre Spock’s wieder aufgetaucht ist. Trek ist also in aller Munde und wir haben dahingehend wohl noch spannende Zeiten vor uns… [...] [...] Was ist eigentlich seit der letzten Convention alles passiert? Eigentlich viel (was Meldungen des Trek Movie Report angeht) und zugleich doch recht wenig! Zunächst einmal hat sich das Casting-Karussell ein wenig weitergedreht. Nicht Sydney Poitier, sondern eine junge Dame namens Zoe Saldana wurde für die Rolle des Kommunikationsoffiziers der Enterprise, Nyota Uhura, hochoffiziell gecastet und unter Vertrag genommen. Somit sind schon 3 Mitglieder der Originalcharaktere gecastet worden: Spock, Chekov und Uhura! Als nächstes wird wohl der Chefingenieur Scotty gecastet werden, denn Berichten zufolge wird derzeit nach einem Darsteller gesucht! Daniel Dae Kim aus Lost (hat auch schon bei Star Trek: Voyager Gastauftritte gehabt) gilt ebenso als heißer Kandidat für die Rolle des Navigators Hikaru Sulu, aber wir Leser wissen ja, dass es dahingehend gleich mehrere Bewerbungen zu geben scheint. Der neue Spock-Darsteller Zachary Quinto bereitet sich hingegen ganz speziell auf seine Rolle vor. Anstelle des intensiven Studiums alte Star Trek-Episoden versucht er, sich mit der Person hinter Spock, Leonard Nimoy, zu beschäftigen. Somit verbringen die beiden sehr viel Zeit miteinander und laden sich gegenseitig zum Essen ein, wenngleich die Mythologie, d.h. die vulkanisch-romulanischen Ursprünge, dennoch in Quintos Interesse zu liegen scheint. Über die Plot-Details zu Star Trek XI hatte ich jüngst schon einen Kommentar abgegeben, und laut Quinto handelt es sich bei Trek XI um ein Projekt, dass weitere Fortsetzungen wahrscheinlich macht… damit bestätigt er auch den Wunsch des Autorenteams Orci und Kurtzman, die sich beide ebenso Fortsetzungen erhoffen würden. Zuguterletzt kann man noch sagen, dass nebenbei Russell Crowe kurzzeitig als Bösewicht im Gespräch war (was jedoch Hinweise auf das gesuchte Kaliber des gesuchten Darstellers gibt) und dass das uralte Jennifer Garner Gerücht im Zusammenhang mit einer Liebesaffäre Spock’s wieder aufgetaucht ist. Trek ist also in aller Munde und wir haben dahingehend wohl noch spannende Zeiten vor uns… [...]

]]> By: Captain Kaplan http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-trek-mythology/comment-page-1/#comment-206239 Captain Kaplan Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:38:37 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-about-vulcans-and-romulans/#comment-206239 The mentioning of Romulans adds credibility to the fact that this is a time travel movie......yawn! The mentioning of Romulans adds credibility to the fact that this is a time travel movie……yawn!

]]> By: TB http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-trek-mythology/comment-page-1/#comment-205607 TB Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:46:16 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-about-vulcans-and-romulans/#comment-205607 #2 - He's learning about Romulans? Possibly adds weight to yesterday's story theories?? Romulans are only an integral part of the background information Quinto must learn in order to portray the character of Spock. A familiarity with naval jargon is probably essential information as well since it is in keeping with being an officer aboard a starship. Thus said, it's probably unlikely that neither of these subjects has anything to do with the plot of this movie. You're out of your Vulcan minds if you believe that Moriarity guy knows anything about the true plot. If the writers a) use time travel, b) blow up the Enterprise, or c) use some sort of 20th/21st century story tie-in as their main plot, then they aren't worthy of penning a Star Trek film & I daresay this venture wouldn't even get off the ground much less be in pre-production. #2 – He’s learning about Romulans? Possibly adds weight to yesterday’s story theories??

Romulans are only an integral part of the background information Quinto must learn in order to portray the character of Spock. A familiarity with naval jargon is probably essential information as well since it is in keeping with being an officer aboard a starship. Thus said, it’s probably unlikely that neither of these subjects has anything to do with the plot of this movie. You’re out of your Vulcan minds if you believe that Moriarity guy knows anything about the true plot. If the writers a) use time travel, b) blow up the Enterprise, or c) use some sort of 20th/21st century story tie-in as their main plot, then they aren’t worthy of penning a Star Trek film & I daresay this venture wouldn’t even get off the ground much less be in pre-production.

]]> By: TJ Trek http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-trek-mythology/comment-page-1/#comment-203504 TJ Trek Sun, 02 Sep 2007 09:31:47 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-about-vulcans-and-romulans/#comment-203504 Nimoy has made comment in various venews that he drew upon Jewish ritual to help build the spock character (particularly in the intro of the vulcan salute) Nimoy has made comment in various venews that he drew upon Jewish ritual to help build the spock character (particularly in the intro of the vulcan salute)

]]> By: Lukas http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-trek-mythology/comment-page-1/#comment-202806 Lukas Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:56:34 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-about-vulcans-and-romulans/#comment-202806 Maybe has something to do with Unification? Maybe has something to do with Unification?

]]> By: cd http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-trek-mythology/comment-page-1/#comment-202494 cd Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:36:32 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-about-vulcans-and-romulans/#comment-202494 #18 - What you said! I hope there is no time travel in this: it just makes for lazy, stupid, incoherent writing, and would just be a rehash of Star Trek, not Star Trek itself. Oh, I'm sorry, the politically correct (and sickening) term is "reimagine". Disappointing. #18 – What you said!
I hope there is no time travel in this: it just makes for lazy, stupid, incoherent writing, and would just be a rehash of Star Trek, not Star Trek itself. Oh, I’m sorry, the politically correct (and sickening) term is “reimagine”. Disappointing.

]]> By: Jon http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-trek-mythology/comment-page-1/#comment-202403 Jon Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:54:21 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-about-vulcans-and-romulans/#comment-202403 Wow.I thought Roddenberry was Jewish.Thanks Greg.I think logic may be a good metaphor for the law that was introduced by Moses to establish a people that emerged out of pharoic slavery and tyranny.Sort of like Vulcans who didn't have an identity before they adopted logic. Wow.I thought Roddenberry was Jewish.Thanks Greg.I think logic may be a good metaphor for the law that was introduced by Moses to establish a people that emerged out of pharoic slavery and tyranny.Sort of like Vulcans who didn’t have an identity before they adopted logic.

]]> By: Greg2600 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-trek-mythology/comment-page-1/#comment-202363 Greg2600 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:20:20 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-about-vulcans-and-romulans/#comment-202363 Jon, Roddenberry was Southern Baptist, although he was not a religious man, and was opposed to organized religions and other such ideologies and their impact on human history. Nimoy is certainly Jewish, and perhaps he applied that to Spock, although I don't recall him saying that in the past. His view on Spock was always about his internal struggle. Shatner was known to bring his personal experiences and beliefs into his writing, but I think Nimoy was much more concerned about the dignity of the character. He was very much worried that his work on Star Trek would be viewed as a joke, because of the space adventure nature of the series. Nimoy has written books about Star Trek (I am/not Spock) but I haven't read them. Jon, Roddenberry was Southern Baptist, although he was not a religious man, and was opposed to organized religions and other such ideologies and their impact on human history. Nimoy is certainly Jewish, and perhaps he applied that to Spock, although I don’t recall him saying that in the past. His view on Spock was always about his internal struggle. Shatner was known to bring his personal experiences and beliefs into his writing, but I think Nimoy was much more concerned about the dignity of the character. He was very much worried that his work on Star Trek would be viewed as a joke, because of the space adventure nature of the series. Nimoy has written books about Star Trek (I am/not Spock) but I haven’t read them.

]]> By: Jon http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-trek-mythology/comment-page-1/#comment-202323 Jon Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:33:39 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-about-vulcans-and-romulans/#comment-202323 To Zach Quinto...Regarding the origin of Vulcan mythology ;Spock states that before logic Vulcans were driven by their passions and that their society was lawless.I don't think it's any coincidence that both Rodenberry and Nimoy may have unconsciously drawn inspiration from their jewish heritage.Because according to the old testament the world was chaotic ,lawless, pagan etc. before moses stood up gave the law (logic) to keep the people.Spock knows the law(logic)keeps him reigned in but he's always looking for more.To be relieved from the burden of logic and reconcile his passions or put them in place(grace?-Star Trek TMP) To Zach Quinto…Regarding the origin of Vulcan mythology ;Spock states that before logic Vulcans were driven by their passions and that their society was lawless.I don’t think it’s any coincidence that both Rodenberry and Nimoy may have unconsciously drawn inspiration from their jewish heritage.Because according to the old testament the world was chaotic ,lawless, pagan etc. before moses stood up gave the law (logic) to keep the people.Spock knows the law(logic)keeps him reigned in but he’s always looking for more.To be relieved from the burden of logic and reconcile his passions or put them in place(grace?-Star Trek TMP)

]]> By: brady http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-trek-mythology/comment-page-1/#comment-202271 brady Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:25:52 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/31/quinto-ready-for-spock-learning-about-vulcans-and-romulans/#comment-202271 #18 ...how do you fill a hole thats a 100 years old?.........lil dinner, lil dancing, and ALOT of TEQUILA lmao #18 …how do you fill a hole thats a 100 years old?………lil dinner, lil dancing, and ALOT of TEQUILA lmao

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