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1. Pizza Hotdog - August 14, 2007

Keeping this question or comment strictly to the reasons for it.

I’ll admit, there have been times I have pushed the envelope of decency either directly or metaphorically. Sorry Anthony. I’ll try and be less blantant.

Some posters push passionate feelings to a level of emotional adolescence, perhaps just to encite the bantering as you say.

So exactly or specifically what is it that will “piss you off”? Because there have been some posts that would have made me raise a Vulcan eyebrow, yet no comment from you. Your thick skin must have a developed blister somewhere for the need of the “Piss me off policy”

2. Anthony Pascale - August 14, 2007

firstly I cannot claim to read every post, so do not assume if you read something I approve of it. I have stated that I do not want to see spamming, flaming or trolling…the usual. I also like things to stay on topic and lately that has been a big big problem…and more to the point it seems to be almost an organised effort to use this site as part of some campaign…i will not tolerate that.

I will be writing up a set of formal posted rules, but I think anyone who has followed this site for the last few weeks has been seeing my growing frustration with constant diversions to a certain topic and the ugly fighting that ensues.

3. James Heaney (fka Wowbagger) - August 19, 2007

Hey look! A feedback thread!

Great site, Tony. The fact you have a feedback spot is even better.

4. The Realist - August 20, 2007

Tony great site. Yet again, in your summary of the conversation with Branna, Josht T. is attacking any body that does not seem to agree with his opinion and using offensive language.

I understand that you cannot read all posts but how many times does he have to be warned? I just want to point out that while those who like ir dislike Brannon can debate it openly and honestly, he calls us ass kisses, etc. I admitt I asked questions of him and why he needs to attack other but I do not feel they were offensive, and yet I got a very rude response. I have to ask what if young Trek fans were reading these posts? And saw his offensive language etc? This is a great site, but it is getting off putting seeing Josh’s posts, if they voiced his opinion without the language and attacks I would not have a complaint, but he has gone to far in ignoring your warnings etc.

5. Anthony Pascale - August 20, 2007

thanks for the thoughts. With regards to that poster…one more flame/troll event =permaban.

6. Admiraldeem - August 24, 2007

Thank you Anthony. Josh T. was really irritating. I enjoy your site way too much to keep getting sidetracked with this kind of nonsense. Keep up the great work.

7. RandyYeoman - August 24, 2007

Anthony & TM guys
threee questions
1. when will you have forums
2. are you changing the name?
3. why did you take so long to ban Josh

oh and 4
can you please post the script for the new movie ;)

8. Anthony Pascale - August 24, 2007

1. soon
2. maybe
3 patience
4. no

9. Harry Ballz - August 27, 2007

Hey, Anthony….a while back I suggested a name for the site could be TrekMoviePlus.com. The last time I checked it was available and I know how you wanted to have the name signify that this site was about more than just the upcoming movie. Feel free to use the suggestion….I think it has merit!

10. Anthony Pascale - August 27, 2007

thanks for the notion, but if the site changes names it will be trekhq.com short and sweet and I already own it.

or maybe http://bringbackmugatu.com

11. snake - August 29, 2007

regarding forums – dosnt it work ok with just the talkback? Are forums actually needed?

12. Vulcanista - September 1, 2007

#11:
I think a forum would make a lot of sense for this site. In that format, one could simply look at a list of threads to see those which are still “alive,” rather than having to run through each article. I’m constantly surprised at how many blogs are still active 3, 4 weeks after the original article was posted. It could be a real timesaver.

But then, again, I’m just an semi-old fartette who remembers (not always fondly) the days of Usenet. Just my .02.

Peace. Live long and prosper,
the Vulcanista >:-|

13. Cervantes - September 4, 2007

Er…isn’t the comments board ALREADY a ‘feedback’ board?…

I will miss Josh T.’s verbal wit here…I have a broad mind regarding the views of MANY other seemingly less intelligent posters here that I don’t personally agree with most of the time…but I wouldn’t want them silenced so… ;)

14. Anthony Pascale - September 4, 2007

Josh was banned for breaking rules, not his opinions…he was banned for repeatedly disregarding warnings. And bear in mind you have not seen some of the things he has posted that had to be deleted (including some very uncool attacks on myself and others)…he is not welcome here. It is a mistake to view those who get warned/banned as being disciplined for their point of view…it is for flaming, spamming and other violations of general netiquette.

15. Dom - September 5, 2007

Yeah. One of the reasons I’m all in favour of a registration/forum setup is the ability to edit posts. The other day, it looked like I flamed trektacular and I really didn’t mean to. If I’d been able to assess the post on a preview first, I could have changed a couple of words instead of creating an unnecessary fuss!

There are always certain posters who are deliberate stirrers and, on a vulnerable day, I’ll walk straight into their trap and lose my temper. At least on a forum setup I can follow the rule of ‘Think, think again, then post!’

Also, I guess it’ll be a lot harder for people to post under multiple identities with registration too. Given I only have hotmail and aintitcool addresses, I am slightly concerned that I’ll be blocked, though, as many boards won’t recognise these addresses!

Anyway, Anthony, you’re running a great site that’s brought me back into the Trek fold after a decade or more away. Thank you! :)

16. Cervantes - September 5, 2007

#14 Anthony

What you say is very true…I don’t know what Josh wrote…but from what you say here, it seems he went too far and ‘crossed the line’ alas… and was rightfully punished. Rules are rules at the end of the day.

17. Cranston - September 5, 2007

Just a general comment.

This is a terrific site, Anthony, and you’ve done a great job in really making it unique and not just at the forefront of “breaking news,” but of generally intelligent discussion of Trek stuff.

I’m looking forward to the increased diversity of things we’ll be able to talk about with the new forums, but I admit I’m a little disappointed to see the current format go. When everyone was forced to interact via the comments, it made for a more free-wheeling, we’re-all-in-this-together sort of atmosphere. Smaller and more intimate. It didn’t have the forced compartmentalization that comes with dedicated forums.

But I know that the benefits of forums will outweigh that, and are necessary for a site of growing popularity. I’m looking forward to them.

Anyway, keep up the good work. I’m having fun with Trek again for the first time in years, and part of that is due to having this venue available.

18. green mugatu - September 15, 2007

Have you thought of having a warining page before every articale? I mean like what not to say. There are alot of harsh words here. What happened to Trek fandom? Oh what is spamming and flaming?
You have a wonderful site by the way. How a live video board. That would be fun? Like with You Tube style ramblings? Have people dress up and what not. Now that what be fun.

19. Realitycheck - September 18, 2007

Anthony,
Again I’m sorry if what i have said seems to offend you or the people posting here, but I guess I expected too much. I have said many times how much I ENJOY the remastered shows. All I did was point out the hypocrisy of those complaining about them. So I guess there is plenty of room to complain about all the technical errors, but not about how silly it seems to do so.
I enjoy the discussions regarding the stories, the acting, the continuity issues etc… I have been really amused with the COMPLAINING that goes on. Apparently, there is no room for real discourse here. Yes, you have warned me. I guess I’ll never be able to post here again. My life will be over. Do what you must. So much for the Trek philosophy of different views.
Poor Trekkers can’t take a little criticism, but you can sure dish it out.
I’m sure I will be shut off after this. I’m sure you will all be happy that I am not around to challenge you anymore.
Censorship is a great thing isn’t it?
IDIC is dead

20. Anthony Pascale - September 18, 2007

as stated in #14, people are warned for breaking the rules of netiquette and not for their opinions…and for disregarding previous warnings. Peer into any active thread and one will see a diversity of opinions, what is discouraged is the attacking of others.

21. Realitycheck - September 18, 2007

I NEVER attacked any specific person, But I was attacked for my views, and responded. I pointed out the general hypocrisy , & foolishness of many of the complaints(in my opinion) .Like I said you can dish it out, but you can’t take it.
This wasn’t trolling or flaming. I never insulted anyone or called them names. I never singled any person out,
What are you so upset about?
Have fun with this site. It’s pretty good overall, but VERY closed minded.

22. Harry Ballz - September 21, 2007

Anthony, every time you have two or more posters “going at it”, is it possible to have you invite them to “click” on a tab and have them take their debate/discussion off into some corner of cyberspace where they can rail at each other for eternity without disturbing the rest of us? Hmmm, sounds like a rather bad episode of TOS….but, still…I think it’s a good compromise, if possible…

23. Anthony Pascale - September 21, 2007

maybe i will add a chatroom function in the future for such things, but it certainly will not be tolerated in any more threads.

24. juggernaut - September 21, 2007

#22 Most of TOS were bad episodes. Only about a third of them are really worth watching , the rest are fun to watch because they are sooooo bad.

25. Xai - September 21, 2007

Hi Anthony,
I’d still appreciate you considering making the comments black intead of gray on gray. Thanks

26. Bully - September 21, 2007

Fantastic and entertaining site, Anthony, and thank you for your diligent and even-handed moderation of breaches of netiquette.

I wouldn’t mind seeing you delete those posts that say nothing but “first” to discourage the practice, but aside from that I enjoy trekmovie.com very much.

27. Cygnus-X1 - September 22, 2007

Yeah, “first” is pretty annoying. As are the unsuccessful attempts at “first” that often follow the first post.

But, I’m really just here to inquire as to the winning caption for the Lucas/Abrams photo contest.

Did you ever pick a winner? If so, what was it? And, if you did pick a winner, why didn’t you announce it?

28. pizza hotdog - September 23, 2007

Good ‘morning’ Anthony. Have you posted the winners of the “Look Who’s Talking to JJ” contest? Over 400 posts by last count.

I couldn’t find it if you did. It would be nice to have a top ten list as selected by you and your co-conspirators :) from this web site. Even post them in reverse order like Letterman.

29. Harry Ballz - September 23, 2007

Next time some guy proclaims “first”, simply point out that he probably takes the same philosophy in beating his girlfriend to the punch during sex as to who can orgasm first…..That’ll stop them from “jockeying” for position.
Hmmmm, a “jockey” position in sex……….talk amongst yourselves…..I’ll be right back!

30. Anthony Pascale - September 25, 2007

yes the winner has been updated to the article

31. I AM THX-1138 - September 26, 2007

Sorry, Anthony, but that “stomach churn(ing)” comment really came off as homophobic and bigoted and I didn’t want that to just be brushed under the rug. My feeling, still, is that it wasout of place on a Star Trek site.

32. SHANE S. - September 26, 2007

Anthony, I saw alot of people trashing the last tos, Conscience of a King, I haven’t seen it, but from your understanding, do u believe they are cutting back on the quality of the remaster of Trek, can u find out? You and whomever else is running this site are doing a an A+ job. This truly is the site for all things trek, or at least, what is relevant for the majority of fans

33. Harry Ballz - September 26, 2007

I’m with THX on this one, but, please understand, I didn’t wish to be rude…

34. Mark Lynch - September 27, 2007

Anthony,

Re: your comment http://trekmovie.com/2007/09/26/rumor-mike-vogel-as-kirk/#225399

I must say that seeing people put ‘first’ and nothing else of merit, annoys me more than a little bit.
Fine if as well as that, some form of relevant comment is attached. Otherwise I would vote in foavour of seeing these posts deleted without any further comment.
Surely that would get the message across pretty quickly, and hopefully stop it continuing…

35. Mark Lynch - September 27, 2007

Or indeed, favour…… Sheesh. (or favor depending on which side of the water you live)
My vote also for a preview, please.. I’d look less of a moron that way :)

36. Jon - September 27, 2007

Seems to me my contribution about knowing people who had come out of that lifestyle was pro-intellectual and in the spirit of ” IDIC .The fact that it was presented in the context of a faith based experience doesn’t merit censorship(IDIC?).The response to my post however was a personal attack that i’ve chosen not to repond to as that poster has demonstrated his lack of civility.

37. VOODOO - September 27, 2007

Anthony,

Thanks for the best ST site on the web.

38. pizza hotdog - September 30, 2007

I tried to post a comment in the weekly update thread. It will not post my comments. When I try to post the same comment again, it says it is deleting duplicate comment. Yet nothing is posted.

Any ideas?

39. dil - September 30, 2007

Sorry, I thought this was a serious site for discussion of TOS. Not insults. Delete my account.

40. Harry Ballz - October 3, 2007

Anthony,

sorry, in my attempt to be funny, I overstep my bounds once in a while. I will refrain from now on!

Harry

41. Ty - October 3, 2007

I think if it was the goal to get new fans interested into this franchise,I kinda think they failed at doing it.Because the lack of special FX seems like they are catering to the original fans who already like the show,and they don’t even want the updated FX in the first place.

The new fans that this show is trying to get should do there research better,because the people they are trying to make into new fans are people who are use to seeing amazing sci-fi special FX.

Seems like this project took one step forward,but two steps back.Like on an episode you start to build enthusiasm when you see the new Enterprise in space shooting updated phasers(one step forward),but then you see the Gorn who looks like a guy in a cheap suit(two steps back) which makes you lose the enthusiasm that you were building for the show.

How does it change the story if you use a stuntman to play Kirk,and another stuntman in a better lizard costume(or a CGI Gorn)to have a better fight?It doesn’t change the story at all,the only thing you do is build enthusiasm because people would be into the fight,instead of bored with it so they change the channel.

-$219 for this dvd set is a joke,your not gonna sell that much of them.For one the original fans didn’t want the updated changes so they will pass on it,and the other people wanted everything updated which you didn’t do,so they will pass on it too.

You need to update this set before it comes out,otherwise you have failed at what you were trying to do,which is create new fans.Cater to these potential fans,and update everything.

-The Enterprise bridge,update the monitors,because they look like paintings,it doesn’t take you out of the show to see updated monitors,it takes you out of the show to see a painting in the display of the monitor.

-Make all the planets look different instead of each planet looking like earth.It really takes you out of the show when you see each planet looks like earth,because it feels like they aren’t even exploring the universe at all.(Lets see two moons orbiting next to some of the planets,see different color planets,landscapes,etc.)

-Update all the mattes,create amazing landscape for the planets for when the crew goes down to check things out.

-CGI the bad costumes to the aliens like the Gorn,that guy in the rabbit suit,etc.You don’t want people to turn the channel when these episodes come on,you think your gonna get people to pay $219 for these dvds with those terrible looking aliens?

-Update all of the hand held phaser beams.And make them all one color,except for the rifle phasers,or the alien phasers,then you can use a different color and effect.

-Use CGI to make some alien skins different colors,to add some alien type eyes to some,to make the plague people look better,etc.

-Use stuntmen to make the fights better.

42. Orbitalic - October 3, 2007

Regarding the Takei asteroid story..
He gets an honor and some people make crude jokes about him because of his sexuality?
Yep, unbelievably cool.

43. Orbitalic - October 3, 2007

For those who didn’t GET it…. #42’s last sentence is supposed to be dripping with sarcasm.

44. Cervantes - October 5, 2007

#30 Anthony

Hmmm…well done to Paul, but there must have been about two hundred posts out of the evental four hundred plus that were WAY funnier than that one…some of which were equally politically correct… ;)

#41 Ty

In an ideal world, we’d have been given the originals ‘untouched’ except for the new glorious picture quality (dirt/scratches etc. removed) treatment AND a more comprehensive, bigger-budgeted ‘enhanced’ version, rather than the somewhat ‘unfinished’ ongoing adaption that we did get…

45. Harry Ballz - October 12, 2007

Anthony,

I am both perplexed and frustrated at your selective warnings for spamming. SEAN was more frequent and at least as imflammatory with his remarks and yet no such warning for him. Also, my initial posts were to describe my displeasure with certain choices by the producers; any subsequent posts (by me) were in response to criticisms or comments aimed in my direction by fellow posters. I’d like to think it hasn’t come to the point that any of us regular contributors aren’t allowed to express our opinion, whether it be positive or negative, and that we be allowed to defend ourselves from personal attacks. Barring that, if you are going to warn people that they may be banned based on ANY rules that you request, then I would suggest that you be consistent and FAIR in enforcing such restrictions. SEAN deserved the same warning as his posts were DESIGNED to stir up trouble! I would really like to hear YOUR feedback on this……..

46. Harry Ballz - October 25, 2007

Anthony,

I would like clarification on something. One would presume you’d like this website to have both engaging and interesting posts, otherwise why would anyone come to it? With that in mind it would seem to make sense that any dialogue about Trek, or responding to other poster’s comments, would be fair game. It’s bound to get colourful once in a while because, after all, how often can we debate the shape of nacelle caps? The humour can be corny right up to ribald, but nothing as coarse as, say, The Shatner Roast on Comedy Central (that would be gross and distasteful). With that in mind I’m truly surprised that you keep sanctioning me for what would seem to be relatively low-key humour. Any reader going to a Comedy Club would hear a lot worse than THAT!

I’m reminded of a line by Q (when he is criticized by Picard and crew) who says, “I add a little excitement to your lives and all you can do is complain?”

I would think with your regular “posters” being entertaining to most readers, that you would show a little more latitude in censoring what we write. But, who knows, maybe you’re already (in your mind) showing that flexibility now?!

Anyhoo, since a number of us spend considerable time typing out clever observations and comments for YOUR audience to enjoy, I would think you’d show a little more finesse and understanding before you strangle the goose who is laying those golden eggs for you………….if you ban the half-dozen of us who skirt close to the line, it’ll end up being a pretty dull site, don’t you think??

47. Cervantes - October 26, 2007

I still say I miss Josh T. sometimes… ;)

48. Harry Ballz - October 29, 2007

Anthony, I know you’re a busy fellow, but I would appreciate your feedback on my last post…….

49. Anthony Pascale - October 30, 2007

Ballz….there is nothing to say. I have shown much flexibility you have been warned numerous times but have not been banned yet. I have banned very few people and do no like doing it.

50. Harry Ballz - October 30, 2007

Thanks Anthony, I appreciate you taking the time to respond! I guess what I’m saying is that I don’t try to write ANYTHING for the purpose of flaming, or trolling, or whatever the term is…….I’m simply trying to be engaging, interesting and/or at least colourful……I will make every attempt to stay on your GOOD side!

51. Kirok Fan - November 2, 2007

Hi Anthony,

I noticed that one of my comments was removed from your message board. It was under the “No Cameo for me” story.

It was #399 when it first appeared, and it was a response to what is currently #394, copied here:

394. RaveOnEd – October 31, 2007
Guess we’re at loggerheads with this issue. We’re only saying the same things (or paraphrrases) over and over to each other.
Maybe that’s what Shatner is doing: getting all the fans who are at opposing viewpoints all tired out from fighting, and finally reunite in one common goal: the love of Star Trek!
“After thousands of posts, I think it’s safe to say this is how the majority feel.”
And, after 246 votes, it shows how the true majority feel. 78% of that say he’s not a requirement for people to go see the movie.

My response was essentially that it would be wrong to take this poll as evidence that Shatner should not be in the movie. I stated that since this is a site devoted to Trekkies, if 22% of the people here actually decide to boycott the movie, that is actually a huge number. I stated that there is probably no other actor whose absence in the movie would keep 22% of fans away.

I then stated that it’s important to keep in mind the wording of the poll. The way it was worded would not distinguish those who support Shatner from those who do not. The question asked if Shatner’s participation was a requirement to even see the movie. Therefore, the question will work to distinguish a rather extreme group (those who will never see the movie without Shatner, even if it has many great qualities) from everyone else (including those who hate Shatner, those who don’t care about Shatner, those who like Shatner a lot and wish he was in the movie, and those who love him and have been begging for his involvement but who will see the movie regardless). I also stated that if the question had been worded the other way around (Is Shatner’s participation in the movie a requirement for you seeing it?), almost no one would say that his non-involvement is a requirement for seeing it.

I also added that there are many ways to see a movie these days, some of which make more money for the studio than others. If Shatner gets left out and that bothers me enough, I might wait and watch it with my brother or a friend after they purchase a copy of the DVD, rather than going to the theatre myself.

#403 Iowagirl and #404 John N. both commented that they liked the post and I had made good points.

Shortly thereafter, the post that I had made was gone. (I still have a post at #399, but that one used to be #401)

I didn’t receive any kind of warning or anything, so I’m assuming I didn’t do anything too awful. However, the disappearance of the post has left me puzzled. I am assuming that it did not just disappear by accident. Rather, I suspect that you removed it. I want to emphasize here that I am not complaining, but only inquiring. I wonder if you interpreted my post as a criticism of your poll. If so, I would like to say that I wasn’t criticizing the poll, but rather, pointing out that the poll does not show what some people might think it means – like #394 RaveOnEd. And just so I know for the future, should I refrain from criticizing future polls? On the other hand, I wonder if you might have taken offense when I stated that there are plenty of ways to watch movies that do not make money for the studio. Just for the record, I was not supporting illegal downloading when I stated that I could just watch my brother’s copy of the movie. Perhaps I should have made it more clear that he buys DVDs quite frequently, would probably buy STAR TREK, and I could then watch his DVD with him sometime.

Again, I do not mean to complain. But if I did something wrong, I’d like to know so that I don’t do it again in the future.

P.S.
This is an amazing site. The message boards are easy to follow (not like on some other ST sites). And the news is fast and reliable. AND, you have attracted some people who are actually involved in various ST projects. Pretty cool.

Thanks,

Kirok Fan

52. Anthony Pascale - November 4, 2007

i actually dont remember deleting anything, but if I did i had a reason. the system deletes certain posts automatically for foul language or too many links. and sometimes things just break. I dunno

53. KevinA Melbourne Australia - November 4, 2007

Hi Anthony,
I just stumbled across this feedback section and it has educated me some more. Although I work in IT and run a business that uses the net and PC’s to capacity, I’ve never been interested in prolonged reading or posting of comments on other sites (unless they were forums for technical advise) until TREKMOVIE.COM

Most columns like this that I have read over the years do get off track, do degenerate into childish personal attacks, negativity, foul language and sometimes just plain filth. Some people are so negative that I wonder how they can be Star Trek fans. In this world of Wars and terrorism, it’s Gene’s positive outlook on humanity that keep’s me going. I enjoy all things Star Trek, the good and the bad.

I have often wondered how you dealt with bad posts. The fact that you write to people directly is good because they don’t get embarrassed publically even if they embarrass themselves with their comments. There have been posts that have gone down the “unacceptable” path from time to time but your site always seems to “clean up” quickly. The fact that you have visiting dignitaries like writers and actors is a testament to your diligence.

I now visit TrekMovie several times a day and feel confident I can at times add something to the debate. Here in Oz we are as Star Trek mad as you guys, we just live a bit further away. It’s sites like yours that keep us up to date and make me feel we are one big “intelligent” family as opposed to a bunch of geeks. Each time I come to your site it’s like getting home from work and discussing the day with the family.

So now I know a bit more of how you run things, keep up the good work and I look forward to the next twelve months of banter about the new Star Trek and more of you hard work!

54. Enterprisingguy - November 4, 2007

“52. Anthony Pascale – November 4, 2007

i actually dont remember deleting anything, but if I did i had a reason. the system deletes certain posts automatically for foul language or too many links. and sometimes things just break. I dunno”

Well I didn’t use foul or threatening language and MY post was deleted for sticking up for a post that was only voicing a civil opinion. The reply from Garth was abusive and yet it remains!

Respectfully Anthony, perhaps you should review this protocol which screens your posts and find out what’s happening.

I enjoy this website and all you do. But I feel that some people are allowed to get away with things that others can’t. Please apply the rules, whatever they may be, to all equally! Thanks.

55. Anthony Pascale - November 4, 2007

let me ammend

I also delete flame wars and other posters jumping into flamewars commenting all of the flaming. This is all a distraction…the point is that we try and keep things on topic and not diverted into a soap opera

56. Enterprisingguy - November 4, 2007

55. Anthony Pascale – November 4, 2007

let me ammend

I also delete flame wars and other posters jumping into flamewars commenting all of the flaming. This is all a distraction…the point is that we try and keep things on topic and not diverted into a soap opera

Fair enough Anthony.

I agree with all of your intentions. But please tell me why you allowed Garth’s attack of Steve to remain while my defense of him was deleted. I don’t think Steve’s post was out of line, nor was mine, but Garth’s veiled profanity and juvenile insults was not also deleted. I guess that is what bothers me. If you are going to break up a fight you don’t just hold back one person.

I am not the type of person who engages in, or enjoys, flame wars. I am glad that you keep the peace. But I feel like the rules are not applied equally to all!

57. Enterprisingguy - November 4, 2007

Anthony:

I see that I am wasting my time here since you keep deleting what I am trying to tell you. But let me say that I am disappointed in you at this point and will no longer recommend this site as the prime source of Star Trek information.

58. Anthony Pascale - November 4, 2007

i have no idea what you are talking about steve AND garth got warnings. if i issue a warning i dont delete the post i warned about usually…..and I really dont have any more time to deal with all this.

59. bmar - November 5, 2007

Anthony -

Hello! Have tried to e-mail you a couple of times using the tonyp@trekmovie.com e-mail address, but it keeps getting kicked back. Would like to share some thoughts and an idea, offline…

Thanks!

Bill

60. Anthony Pascale - November 5, 2007

when the site moved to a new server the email addresses for the webmaster and tipline were changed. if you click the links (below and to the right) you should have the right email show up.

61. bmar - November 6, 2007

ok…thanks. sent email to webmaster@scifanatic.net. please let meknow if you don’t get it.

62. bmar - November 12, 2007

Anthony -

Sent you an e-mail at the above address. please let me know if you recieved it.

Thanks!

63. Leonel - November 13, 2007

Howdy.. I noticed the Search feature only works with the articles, and not comments. Any way to expand the search to the comments as well?

64. ACR - November 15, 2007

Anthony – brilliant site! Really well done!

Has there been any news on merchandising for the new movie yet? It seems like we are close enough to the release date that work on action figures, models, etc should be underway given that those contracts will be pretty large (assuming a marketing strategy like Transformers and Spider-man).

In the past, merchandising has been a reliable way (if we ignore Generations) for getting info on the look of the film like uniforms, ship designs, characters, etc.

Just curious as to why there has been so little information on that area of the film’s development.

Thanks again for all of the hard work.

65. Kirok Fan - November 20, 2007

Strange – I tried to post a long message but it didn’t appear. Then I tried to post it again, because it didn’t show up the first time, and the site says that I’ve already said that. Hmm…

66. Sean4000 - November 25, 2007

For Christ’s sake plesae shut down the environmental Trek thread. The global warming banter is really souring this site.

67. Chris Clow - November 29, 2007

Actually, I like that part. That’s a serious issue and it’s cool that the site recognizes that.

68. Sean4000 - December 2, 2007

The new remasterd reel thread is going to turn into a powder keg really soon.

69. Gary Seven - December 4, 2007

Hi Anthony,

I just posted a comment about “The Return of the Archons” preview and it seems to have been deleted. I’m honestly confused because I can’t imagine it had any disturbing element to it. Was it a computer glitch or did I do something wrong?
By the way, this is a great, great site. Informative and FUN.
Thanks.

70. Gary Seven - December 4, 2007

Never mind Anthony, my post reappeared. It was the gift of Landru, I suppose.

71. Sean4000 - December 11, 2007

I am shocked at how large this site has become in such a short amount of time. Have we surpassed startrek.com in number of page hits and views?

72. The Vulcanista - December 12, 2007

Re the Raw Nerve video.

Do I need to adjust some settings on my ‘puter? There’s usually an image inside the screen on these videos. I have a black screen with just the Play button in the center, no image inside.

TIA,

Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|

73. Sean4000 - December 15, 2007

POST 3 IN THE ALTAIR THREAD

I’ll admit that was tasteless please let me edit it to something more tasteful and less abrasive.

The last part was the offensive portion if you don’t like the top part. TOO BAD! That’s my opinion.

IT SHOULD HAVE READ, IN RETORSPECT,

“Cool news indeed.

Re patches: ONCE AGAIN:
The Apollo pathces look better than the Altair patches. Mike Okuda’s design looks like it was done on a cut-rate, in-house, CBS budget. Sound familiar? Hmm….kinda like his TOS-R. He tried to design it and be faithful to Apollo’s design (the original) and it is just not doing anything for me.”

There is that better?

74. USS SANTA - December 15, 2007

Reguarding “Science Friday”

Hello Anthony,
There seems to be alot of energy focused on a manned mars mission, and there is a science channel special called Mars Rising that is narrated by William Shatner. It is quite a series that I highly recommend you view. I think this focus on mars would be an awesome addition to your site. Nasa.gov has a vast cache of data, and imagery that would be relevant. A manned mission to mars is not only a dream, but a passion of millions. Billions have already been spent by the U.S. to make this a reality. Your site could bridge the ever-narrowing gap between sci-fiction, and sci-fact.
I think every trekker has a thirst for real science.

75. jfh100970 - December 15, 2007

Hello Anthony,

I love your site. I just wanted to point out something you probably already know, but I wanted to contribute anyway. =) Karl Urban is going to be in a tv series on CBS I believe starting on December 31st called Commanche Moon. It’s part of the Lonesome Dove series and stars Rachel Griffiths, Steve Zahn, and Val Kilmer. Karl will be playing the role of Texas Ranger, Woodrow F. Call which was originally played by Tommy Lee Jones in Lonesome Dove. I recommend this prequel as a chance to see our new Dr. McCoy in action and because Lonesome Dove is an excellent story.

76. jfh100970 - December 15, 2007

Hi Anthony,

Just wanted to add that I don’t think Dec. 31st is right.

Jeff

77. Sean4000 - December 15, 2007

Anthony, I have a lot of work to do over the next 3 days, please give me a 3-day ban.

78. MikeG - December 18, 2007

Of course I love this site, but then again I’m an original Trekkie.
My question is: why am I not able to participate in the “voting?” It seems whenever I click on my selection, a notice comes back saying “You had already voted…” when, in fact, I had not. Does anyone else get this? Do I need to change some browser setting? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

79. Anthony Pascale - December 20, 2007

mike, please note your broser, version and OS. The poll gets hundreds of votes a day so it is working, but maybe not with every browser. I know it works fine on two of my machines running firefox, netscape, IE and even on my iphone’s safari. It might also be a plug in for your browser.

80. Ralph - December 26, 2007

Hi Anthony

Someone is using my screen name. Is that possible?

81. Xai - December 26, 2007

Hi,
I really don’t think this belongs on your site. It appears on the Marina Sirtis thread. Thanks.

51. KingDarius – December 26, 2007
Man, Takei is a freak. Isn’t it bad enough to know that one of the actors from a beloved show turns out to be a fruit? Why, is he PROUD of it or something? Ewwwwwww. Sirtis, you’re getting too old for this “sex symbol” stuff. Thank god we have a nice, new, young Uhura to look at. Yes, heterosexualism is grand, and is the hallmak of being NORMAL.

82. Maz NZ - December 31, 2007

Great site!

83. GaryP - January 3, 2008

Anthony,

I love the site!

Unless I’m missing an article, a big piece of Trek Movie news slipped by right under everyone’s nose. Are you familiar with Randy Pausch? He’s the creator of the Alice Program which teaches kids how to program and use virtual reality. Well, he has terminal pancreatic cancer and is presumed to only have a few months to live. He’s made the media rounds as of late for giving ‘The Last Lecture’ at Carnegie Mellon. If you watch it, you will realize that he is an AMAZING human being!

Anyway, he is a HUGE Trek fan, and JJ Abrams ended up contacting last month and offered him a small cameo in the new movie if Randy’s health was good enough. Randy accepted the role and shot a scene. He even has a line in the movie where he says, “Captain, we have visual!”

If you want to learn about Randy’s situation, go here:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/

If you want to learn about the Trek news, go here:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/news/index.html

The post on that page is between Nov. 29 and Dec. 1.

I think this piece of news is Trek Worthy. I think this community will really feel good about this story once they read about Randy’s situation.

84. Captain Dunsel - January 4, 2008

I appear to be blocked from commenting at this address (home) but not from my office. Is there a problem?

85. Jim Smith - January 8, 2008

Anthony,

Hi. I know this might sound off but would it be possible for you to pass my details to Roberto Orci? I know that sounds like a fanboy wish-dream but it’s potentially to his advantage.

I was one of the staff writers on the XENA magazine when he was on the show, I interviewed him and we had some correspondance back then. I’m a big fan of his writing.

Obviously I’ve not spoken to him since the magzine ended but I’m now doing some work in UK radio and am in a position where I’d liked to contact him about some potential UK based work that we could offer him that would not constitute strike breaking due to the medium/continent?

I’d appreciate it if you could do that. If you can’t I understand completely, but I’d ask that you delete this post from the feedback thread whether you can or not so no more people than neccesary see it?

ta, Jim Smith

86. billhardin22 - January 8, 2008

Dear Anthony:

I did not know that this section was available for comment on the site.

I think that politcal comments are made all the time in Trek, whatever form it takes. It was certainly Roddenberry’s intention to use the genre of science fiction in a future setting to make commentary on present day realities.

Roddenberry’s views are liberal politcally and socially, at least as viewed by those who are conservative politcally and socially,

When any form of Trek makes a social or political statement, whether it be “liberal” or “conservative”, there will be dissenting opinion.

For example, if Cawley in STNV or Andy Mangelis in his Trek novels uses a homosexual scene or character, they have made their politcial and social statement on that subject. With all due respect, while Cawley may say that the STNV episode is not about homosexuality, it may be a major point he is trying to make about his views on the subject.

However, this will spark debate and dissenting opinion. I think that if this is not expected or desired, controversial topics should be avoided in all forms of Trek. Of course, then it would not be Trek.

I find more and more that many who expect tolerance are the least willing to give it. The homosexual issue is a hot topic and the legitimacy of the lifestyle is not credibly established just because it is portrayed in an acceptable light in a movie, TV or Internet episode, or a novel.

I think that those who do not agree with the homosexual lifestyle are not well received on the site when our opinion is expressed. We are told to “get educated” and that homosexuality is God-ordained (per some posts in response to mine). As one who holds advanced degrees in theology, I can say that these comments are problematic at best.

I don’t mean to cause problems and I really enjoy the site. However, if controversial issues are not open for discussion, what does this say about tolerance in truth?

Thanks!

Bill Hardin

87. AJ - January 8, 2008

Anthony:

Not sure if this is the proper part of the site to communicate this, but as you have posted the latest info on “Blood and Fire,” you may want to link to this NY Times article on David Gerrold from December 2007. I think I linked to it via Trek Today, but I am pretty you missed it: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE5DA143CF935A25751C1A9619C8B63

88. Anthony Pascale - January 13, 2008

here is the problem with political debates…they quickly turn from a discussion of ideas and concepts and devolve into flame wars on fellow posters or on political personalities and I general find it pointless…especially when it has nothing to do with the subject of discussion. And by definition they turn off people.

89. James Heaney - Wowbagger - January 16, 2008

I’ve been reading back over the feedback thread, and I have determined you don’t get enough positive feedback.

Great site, Tony. I don’t know anyone who would even attempt to deny that this is simply the best Star Trek news source on the Internet today… and its scope just keeps growing.

That is all.

90. A. - January 16, 2008

Yes, this is a fabulous site.
But I noticed more negative attention is paid to those who fight back hard, than those who actually start the flames. For instance, someone called me a shatner worshipper, which is clearly a flame since no one in their right mind thinks Shatner is a deity. But if one responds in kind, they often get the blame. It’s not right. The instigators need to be punished too but becuase they’re “left in the dust” so to speak, they are often get away with it.

91. billhardin22 - January 16, 2008

#88

Thanks for the post.

No doubt that political and social debates usually degenerate quickly into somethng very ugly.

And I am sure you don’t want the site to turn into an arena for such debates. Frankly, I come here for fun and to get away from the seriousness of life for awhile.

However, Trek is about politics and social commentary, for good or bad.

I have to admit that I have always liked Trek best for the character relationships and much less for its commentary on issues of our day in the guise of the future.

Anthony, you do have a great site! One heck of a managerial challenge!

Thanks and I appreciate you!

92. AJ - January 17, 2008

Anthony,

I just found a group called “Warp 11″ on ITunes. They have 4 albums of punk music only about Trek, and they get into the fanboy details. I didn’t want to post because it may be construed as an advertisement or promotion

But they are so incredibly funny, I thought I should mention them. Good chance you know of them already. Wouldn’t be a surprise if they lurk here.

93. Adam - January 18, 2008

Anthony,
Just want to say Thank You for all your hard work. TrekMovie.com is awesome! I’m sure this web site will be my primary source for Star Trek news even after they get more stuff on the official Movie page.
Adam

94. Orbitalic - January 19, 2008

Anthony,
As always, thanks for the hard work on the site. At your convenience would you look at the messages by poster A in the “Shatner poor…” story threads from about 250 or so on.
I and others have been called liars, buffoons, etc. Katie G, a new poster has especially been abused. No comment in that thread seems immune.
I admit I’ve reacted badly to his posts and if I have violated a rule, I’ll accept your punishment as well. Thanks.

95. Katie G. - January 19, 2008

Anthony,

Just logged in to connect and found something very disturbing (related to above post #94) Before you respond to the above posting (#90) you REALLY need to read the posting #330 under the “Shatner on Being Poor, Almost Dying and the New Movie” (not to mention the ones preceeding or following it).

I am still shaking. This is very disturbing.

kg

96. Harry Ballz - January 19, 2008

Anthony

you should consider a permanent ban on ‘A’, who is making disgraceful remarks at the Shatner On Being Poor section! Shameful!!

97. subatoi - January 19, 2008

Hi Anthony,

I don’t know if you get my mails, so here it is here – StarTrek.com was updated with a link to the movie site (and a link to their library, which is less interesting).

All the best
subatoi
(Starbase972)

98. The Vulcanista - January 19, 2008

Hey Anthony

There *still* seems to be a flame war going on in the Shatner thread. Seems that A. has ignored your warnings and is trolling and baiting over there.

99. Pizza - January 19, 2008

Anthony I posted a website that was showing the Teaser trailer and the post was removed. What gives?

100. James Heaney - Wowbagger - January 19, 2008

Pizza: very often posts disappear and reappear. Sometimes they never reappear. You sometimes just have to repost–although it usually is worth waiting a day. If Anthony were displeased with you, no doubt he would make his displeasure clear. See #69, #55, #52, and #51 in this thread.

I never thought I’d agree with Harry Ballz, but here it is. I suppose those of us in the Shatner thread deserve a great deal of what we got, because we just kept taking the flamebait and feeding the troll, which is exactly what he wanted. Still, I feel that A. crossed a line last night from trolling into seriously worrisome harrassment in posts #330 and #332. I’d appreciate your looking into it.

101. Anthony Pascale - January 19, 2008

I will look in on the shatner thread…I didnt realise it was still going on

RE: Pizza
sometimes posts with links get removed automatically and assumed to be spam…most spam has links…especially multiple links. Regardless the teaser is embedded in the review/video article already and there is a link to anotehr version online…it is hard to miss there are like 1000 comments!

102. Michael Warren - January 20, 2008

Anthony, figured you’ve seen this already, but Alexa puts the traffic rank for TrekMovie on Friday (ie, teaser trailer day) at 5,908 – an improvement of roughly _50,000_ over the previous day!

Keep up the good work!

103. Katie G. - January 21, 2008

Re: #100 James Heaney – Wowbagger

“I suppose those of us in the Shatner thread deserve a great deal of what we got, because we just kept taking the flamebait…”.

I agree to a point. We wanted to make this person see the error of their ways but it went too far and pushed them over the edge.

I’d like to formally apologize for inadvertently starting the whole thing. Didn’t realize what was going on. Thought I was just arguing with a fellow fan.

Sorry, Anthony. Don’t want you to get so disgusted that you scrap this format. It’s wonderful and we’re glad you came up with this idea. As a fan new to this format, I applaud your patience and hope we don’t stretch the limits of it again.

Sincerely,

“Katie G.”

104. Marian Ciobanu - January 21, 2008

The site is great…is the most interactive trek site..it’s really amazing..now is the best..since star trek .com seems to disappear…

105. Marian Ciobanu - January 21, 2008

sorry i don’t wanted to be so..ruff..

106. Windsor Bear - January 21, 2008

Anthony, anything going on with TOS-R as of late? With startrek.com gone, I’m really missing the previews and comparative stills. I appreciate the screencaps and fx-vids you put up. Just wish CBS would continue to support TOS-R on a site somewhere.

107. Anthony Pascale - January 22, 2008

i am working on tosR stuff…I hope to talk to cbs again tomorrow

RE: Alexa ranking
strange that somone else is checking mine out…especially when I didnt look. of course friday was a huge spike…our biggest day ever. I do hope that like after comic con and other big ‘events’ and breaking news here we will keep a lot of the new visitors. But I am sure my alexa will settle back down. but for one brief day this site had more traffic than startrek.com and memory alpha….we will settle back to third place but remain ahead of all other trek sites.

108. Michael Warren - January 22, 2008

Well, I was actually checking it against MA at the time… :D

109. Katie G. - January 22, 2008

Re: #106. Windsor Bear

Anthony, sorry if I’m breaking the rules but I have been wondering if what #106 said was true, that startrek.com is gone? I was just on that site the other day. Do you know anything about that (that you care to elaborate on)?

I promise I won’t start a thread here. Just want to know.

110. Cheve - January 25, 2008

Hello Anthony

In the thread about the chat, I made an entry saying that I was betting him a coffe on that he wasn’t able to answer every question and asking if he expected such a lot of questions.

I don’t know if it didn’t arrive (I had some connection problems right after that and would like to re-post it) or if it was erased (Which is totally ok and I accept with a smile)

111. BorgDrone - January 25, 2008

Hi Anthony:

Regarding my comment #370 in the Cawley thread. Yeah, you’re right. I knew after I posted it and read it again that I’d stepped over the line. Sorry.

I guess I just have a hard time understanding why certain ppl. need to insult James and express sour grapes over his wonderful success.

As I said in a previous post, I know James is a big boy and doesn’t need anyone to defend him. It just really bothers me though that people would needlessly say nasty things about him without even knowing who he really is.

I’ll do better next time.

112. MoRoN - January 25, 2008

Hello Anthony,

Just wanted to say I love the way you run the site here… If your looking for any volunteers to help you out Id be happy to help

cheers m8

113. Anthony Pascale - January 25, 2008

TrekMovie.com is indeed looking for volunteers. Right now the need is for people with mad web skills and design expertise

114. The Vulcanista - January 25, 2008

I’d be interested in knowing what the traffic figures were for the live chat today. Yay, servers! Didn’t get punted once!

BTW, what would you be having your volunteers do?

Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|

115. Matthew Werny - January 25, 2008

I would like to offer my assistance in setting up a real-time chat applet. I am a web application software engineer by day and a Trek fan by night. I’d be glad to assist in this area pro-bono if the need is there.

I will be emailing the webmaster as well using a preferred email address for replying.

116. The Vulcanista - January 25, 2008

Oops, Anthony posted b/f mine posted.

That counts me out, then. I still at basic computer operation stuff.

Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|

117. Daskill - January 25, 2008

Cool, I didn’t realise that this feedback part existed, apologies.

This is about the point about forums that I raised in a separate topic and I see it’s been discussed above.

This idea is dependent on when TrekMovie is moving to it’s new host, if it’s quite soon then maybe the idea isn’t worth it, but if the move is a little way off then perhaps it’s worth thinking about.

Anyway this is the idea: I’d be quite happen to set up a free invisionboard for all the trekfans on this site, and from the looks of things I’m sure many people would be willing to help out. Then, once you’ve moved to the new host we could all just move over there.

Let me know if you’re interested.

Oh and just BTW, thanks for this awesome site!

118. Anthony Pascale - January 25, 2008

i cannot give out traffic details beyond saying it was in the tens of thousands

119. Anthony Pascale - January 25, 2008

no free invision board needed…thanks

120. Joseph - January 25, 2008

would love to help out in someway… dont really have design skills though…

121. subatoi - January 26, 2008

Anthony, I wanted to say the whole “chat” was cool, regardless of the technical difficulties which were natural, I think, when having this event, this big scale, without a lot of time to organize. VERY Cool.

(I didn’t want the message to be lost on the hundreds of comments about the chat)

122. Marc Klein - January 26, 2008

Anthony,

Hi,

Great site. You asked for volenteers and I would like to help out anyway I can. I would be honored. :)

123. Anthony Pascale - January 26, 2008

thanks for those offering help. As I said, right now we are looking for those with web and design expertise. If you have those and the time to help please contact me via the tipline (right column). If you feel you have some unique skills that we could use for content as well, you can contact me too.

124. cyberghost - January 27, 2008

hi Anthony,

I met you at the st vegas convention this past summer and I sent you an email to the address on the your card and it bounced back, did you drop it or change it?

I just resent the email and hopefully it will get to you

Cya
Scott aka cyberghost
Boca Raton, FL

125. AJ - January 27, 2008

Anthony:

GREAT article in NY TImes about Patrick Stewart

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/theater/27lyal.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087&em&en=2f809e89611b8298&ex=1201669200

126. Bobby Dobbins - January 28, 2008

http://www.superheroflix.com/news/35/26035.php

Anton Yelchin interview

127. Anthony Pascale - January 28, 2008

thanks people….the best way to send in tips is to email to the ‘tipline’ on the right column

128. The Vulcanista - January 31, 2008

I just tried to post this error message I’ve been receiving periodically for the last ten minutes and got the following message *again*. It happens when I’m trying to post and when moving around in the site.

Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|

Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access /2008/01/31/lost-is-back-tonight/ on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

——————————————————————————–

Apache/2.0.61 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.0.61 OpenSSL/0.9.7a FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_bwlimited/1.4 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 PHP/5.2.4 Server at trekmovie.com Port 80

129. The Vulcanista - January 31, 2008

Well, it seems to have cleared up. I’m moving freely about the site and posting again. My hair was standing up on end when I first saw it, ‘cuz I couldn’t think of anything I’d done to get a ban. == }:-0

Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|

130. Andy Patterson - February 1, 2008

Anthony,

I like the site in the basic format it’s in. It’s you. It’ s who you are and it’s what you like. It feels good to me.

My one suggestion, I wouldn’t mind having a forums section to start other discussions.

As I’ve said before, I know maintaining a site like this must be very involved. You do a good job.

131. Sean4000 - February 1, 2008

If there’s anything I can do to help with the site, please let me know.

132. The Vulcanista - February 1, 2008

Pages are loading *much* faster now, with all comments attached.

Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|

133. NCC-73515 - February 2, 2008

I often get a strange unfitting advertisement… it’s not clearly seperated from the rest and extends into the normal text… and in these cases I cannot scroll down beacause there is no scrollbar (also doens’t work with mousewheel), so I refresh the pages until there is a new ad that is in a normal state (seperated) and the scrollbar is back again.

134. James Heaney - Wowbagger - February 3, 2008

Suggestion: Separate tiplines for each of the columnists. That just occurred to me while I was looking for Charles Trotter’s email address.

Comment: Glad to read about the growth of the site. Despite what I said a few months ago, this site has continued to grow, and you’re right… TrekMovie.com is too limiting of a brand name given the scope of this website. I’ll just have to learn to love TrekHQ when the time comes. :)

135. The Vulcanista - February 4, 2008

Man, I can tell a *huge* difference with this upgrade. I’m zipping around here like crazy now!

Thanks all!

Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|

136. Pizza - February 4, 2008

Enough of Shatner.

Hi Anthony, as you mentioned in the thread about the WGA strike being almost over, people diverted to Shatner once again. I know a lot of people can be very passionate about William Shatner one way or the other. Just look at Messages: 7,9,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,29,31,38,39,42,43,45,46,48,49,50,51,52,55. (I posted #55, I should have posted here) And this happens a lot.
I visit your site every day (there is a reason for that) to mostly read, and when the mood strikes, I’ll post. This is your site, and you can do as you please. However, certain individuals just can’t miss an opportunity to talk about Shatner, and this is becoming such a turn off. It use to be entertaining when we weren’t sure of the cast. Not any more.

Cheers, keep up the good work, and thanks for listening.

137. New Horizon - February 11, 2008

Hi Anthony,

I absolutely love the site. :)

There is one incident that is still bothering me a bit and it has to do with the Q and A with the cast and crew from a short while back.

I know it was a rather difficult experience to manage, but I still feel the need to officially voice my disappointment.

I felt that the folks who got their questions in on time were rather short changed. I’m sure other people didn’t get their questions answered either, but I felt that a lot of the questions that got pushed through, by people flooding the board, were completely pointless and truly a waste of this special opportunity.

My own question, while nothing to base a fifty million dollar scientific study upon, did dig a little deeper…and I was really hoping JJ would have had the chance to tackle it. Sadly, the board got slammed and silly questions like…’what color are the underwear’…got answered.

Anyway, I was just a bit hurt by all that. Hopefully things will be a bit more fair handed in any future Q/A’s.

138. Anthony Pascale - February 11, 2008

thanks for all your thoughts…we are listening

139. poster6 - February 12, 2008

I enjoy the site It really is the #1 place for Star Trek movie news. however, I was just reading the Boston legal thread. Do we really need the political crap? I’m just wondering, because if I want that there are numerous online sources for such things. I would appreciate, as I’m sure others would, posters of such comments be given warnings. I used to frequent these comments sections, now they’re just uninviting. Thank you.

140. Xai - February 12, 2008

Anthony, I need a clarification. A comment of mine in the Strike news thread was deleted, as well as the poster whom I was commenting to. They mentioned the production team would now be able to write Shatner into the movie and my response was basically “don’t go there”. While I can’t speak for the other party, I can say I was just giving a friendly warning to them about raising the issue after what I’d read from you on the Boston Legal board.
I am not making waves, but I’d like to know why some comments get warnings and some are deleted. I’d like to avoid both.

141. Denise de Arman - February 13, 2008

Anthony, thank you, thank you, thank you for your moritorium on should he/ shouldn’t he – would also like to express appreciation and respect for
Trekmovie. Rock on!

142. The Vulcanista - February 13, 2008

Hey there!

Is it me, or did you indeed lighten up the Comments section in the new Nimoy article? Much easier to read, either way.

Peace. Live long and prosper.
The Vulcanista }:-|

143. Garovorkin - February 15, 2008

Sorry anthony I do get a little carried away, ,its not my intention to cause any issues or problems

144. thomoz - February 15, 2008

Anthony, did you see this? Mebbe the ST-TOSR sets will come out in blue ray after all.

“Wal-Mart decision signals end for HD DVD format
Friday February 15, 5:43 pm ET

The format battle between Sony and Toshiba is over. On Friday, Wal-Mart, following a long string of other influential entertainment, media and technology companies, said it would drop the HD DVD format and exclusively sell Blu-Ray movies and players.

The move is a coup for Sony, which has been suffering due to lagging sales of its PlayStation 3 entertainment console. The PlayStation 3 features a Blu-Ray drive, which analysts say adds significantly to the console’s $499 retail price point. Blu-Ray is substantially more expensive than HD DVD, but the format holds more data.

Wal-Mart’s decision comes after movie studios Walt Disney Co., Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed on for Blu-Ray exclusivity.

North Texas companies Blockbuster and Texas Instruments have also made similar endorsements.

Published February 15, 2008 by the Dallas Business Journal”

145. TOS - February 15, 2008

Dear Trek movie,
I was not trying to bait other users into an emotional response. I was just saying what I think. Sometimes I got into a back and fore with other posters and I am sorry if it has up-seted people. I was trying to just post my thoughts for other posters who shared the same thoughts.

146. Cheve - February 16, 2008

145. TOS

You are shaping your sentences in those posts as if you where giving us the news, not as an opinion. You don write “I think this may be the reason” (which you have been told isn’t; and we’ve been told that the toys already look very TOSlike), you are writing “Tthis and that is happening”, which people may confuse with a fact instead of an opinion. And you are doing so quite often, which is why Anthony warned you, if I’m not mistaken.

I’m sure your opinion is as wellcome as any other.

147. Garovorkin - February 17, 2008

# AJ. its been fun ,I think I ve pretty much worn out my welcome at this site, probably better for me if move on, One of my god given talents is that I am good at alienating people. It only me 4 days that must be record here. If this case thanks for putting up with all of my nonsense. its become apparent that I have nothing constructive to add to any of discussions. all of you thanks for the ride i would not have missed this experience for the world

Best of wishes
Garaovorkin please discontinue my account

148. Garovorkin - February 17, 2008

#125 A J CHANGED MY MIND PLEASE DO’T SHUT MY ACCOUNT OFF. SORRY.

149. Anthony Pascale - February 18, 2008

Garovorkin,
although we can ban, we have no ‘accounts’ to shut off. However I suggest you cut down…you are spamming the site. You do not need to reply to every post. In some threads you account for up to 10% of the posts….which is quite the feat for a site with tens of thousands of visitors a day

150. Garovorkin - February 18, 2008

# sorry Anthony didn’t realize it ill cut down my comments, did even this was spamming. Honest.

151. Katie G. - February 18, 2008

What exactly is “spamming”? I’ve caught on to the meanings for trolling and flaming but can’t quite figure out spamming.

kg

152. BorgDrone - February 19, 2008

Anthony:

Along with number 151, I really want to know (and please don’t laugh at me), what is “trolling”?

Thanks!

153. pizza - February 21, 2008

Anthony, Of Gods and Men part II will be available March 15

154. Irish Trekki - February 24, 2008

OK Anthony, I do appologize for the language. I don’t like swearing as a rule on sites (You don’t know how young some of the bloggers are). Denise, said something to me on one of the posts and it just got to me. It won’t happen again, I’ve only ever wanted to comment on Trek related stuff, I never like getting bogged down in someone else deciding they have a probleme with me.

155. Irish Trekki - February 24, 2008

Kindly disregard about what I said about Denise, misunderstanding on my part

156. James Cannon (1701-A) - February 24, 2008

Irish Trekki – if you were a Klingon you would have just brought yourself great honour. :-)
All the best to you buddy.

Ant, I should know better at my age and sometimes as Irish Trekki states you dont know how old many of these people are and if they are here just to wind you up. Apologies for loosing my cool.

JC – Liverpool UK.

157. Katie G. - February 24, 2008

Re: #152. BorgDrone

I believe “trolling” means the same thing as if you were fishing. You put the “bait” on your hook, drop the line into the water and have your boat lazily going around the area dragging the line waiting for a fish to see the bait and grab it.

Just looked it up and found another meaning:

“to lure other Internet users into sending responses to carefully designed incorrect statements”.

Someone may post something just to get a “war” going on one of the threads then sit back to watch the fireworks while others jump in and argue. Very frustraing.

And I think I figured out was spamming is. Flooding the thread with your own comments? Anyway, I don’t have the time to do that even though I am a “Chatty Catie”. Thanks for your patience, Anthony.

kg

158. Katie G. - February 25, 2008

Anthony:

Would it be possible to put a “feedback” tab at the top of the column where the other tabs (”news”, “about” and “chat” etc). are? Or is there a way to access this column that I’m not aware of, other than clicking on one of your warnings?

kg

159. KevinA Melbourne Australia - February 26, 2008

Hi Anthony,
In the last 2 days the advert on your main page is starting automatically and you can’t stop it, every so often it starts up again, even if you trying watch a topical imbeddded video.

I don’t know how these ads worked before but shouldn’t you have to click on them to make them start? I’m in Australia and there ’s only a limited number of times I wish to harrased by the armed forces which is the ad. that is currently playing.

I realise you don’t post these adds and you probabaly make revenue allowing them, but shouldn’t we have some control over them? You should be able to stop them playing at least. There are no navigation or control icons with the auto adds currently playing.

160. Harry Ballz - March 2, 2008

Anthony

the Weird Trek thread where I did one too many condom jokes…..I’m curious…..did you chuckle a bit at ANY of them before giving me the spamming warning?

……I’d like to think you did…..just a little….

don’t worry, if you say “yes” it won’t encourage me!

161. Johnny Ice - March 3, 2008

I wasn’t being intolerance towards people ethnicity(quite the opposite). Somebody gave me a feedback that i didn’t agree with. So i threw my 2 cents. Maybe it seems harsh and judgmental (which in hindsight i regret).
On that note i do understand your position and applaud you for that.

162. Irish Trekki - March 3, 2008

#160
I did!

163. Harry Ballz - March 4, 2008

Irish Trekki….thanks!

164. Irish Trekki - March 10, 2008

#158
go into the about tab and it should be about halfway down the page on the right of the screen!

165. Katie G. - March 10, 2008

Re: #164. Irish Trekki

Just noticed that I was #158!! Thanks for the info! Appreciate it.

kg

166. James Heaney - Wowbagger - March 15, 2008

I don’t know if anyone else has this problem. Maybe it’s just me. But the text in articles seems to my eyes to be not black but a light grey. This is kinda nice, because it looks good as an overall theme, but I’ve noticed that it is so light and has so little contrast with the pure white background that it starts to strain my eyes after a very short time. Any chance of slightly darker text, Tony?

167. Irish Trekki - March 27, 2008

Anthony, was I banned briefly?

168. subatoi - March 29, 2008

“new” Nimoy interview in about 5 parts on the following link. Among the other million videos of the same user I’ve seen Shatner & Takei. I didn’t sit and watch but I guess there might be some interesting stuff there :)

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=archive+american+television+nimoy&search_type=

169. Borgdrone - April 1, 2008

Anthony:

I hope you get this cuz I’m having problems.

I am unable to post anything using my regular computer. Have I been banned based on my IP address? If so, I’d like to know why, since I’m a relatively infrequent poster on your site.

At present, I am positng from a different PC in a completely different location. However, when I try to post from my regular PC, the posts never appear in the thread, and if I try and post again, it gives me some sort of message saying “didn’t you already post that?” What gives?

Whenever I try to use a different name, it doesn’t work either. If I’ve been banned, I’d like to know why, because in my opinion, there are other folks out here who have said far meaner and nastier things. In fact, I don’t feel I’ve ever been mean or nasty.

Please respond. I’ve tried to email you using the links below, but that doesn’t seem to work. Thanks.

170. Battletrek - April 4, 2008

Anthony they label themselves, Shatner Fan, Iowagirl.

171. ensign joe - April 4, 2008

Battletrek –

First off, I agree there are a group of posters who, how shall I say, “lean” in a very pro Shatner direction. I don’t think there is any disagreement on this.

Now, I’m not quite sure what Anthony means by labeling. I couldn’t find a definition of it in the forum rules. Actually I couldn’t find any forum rules…

But I’d have to think that it wasn’t so much the labeling (If the shoe fits?) so much as the tone. Do I think the term groupies could apply: yes. But your use invokes a negative tone when paired with your previous “sycophant” comment.

Maybe if you fleshed out what you mean more methodically, perhaps siting previous posters posts to suit your argument, you wouldn’t catch the ire so much..

And finally, remember there are alot of fans out there… each unto their own..

hth

172. Anthony Pascale - April 6, 2008

i have stated before that I do not like people to come into threads and throw around labels to try and goad people…often done before any of the ones being labeled have even posted. One thing I am tired of…very very done with…are the ’shatner wars’…and some seem to try and provoke them…as battletrek was doing…that is trolling…and that will end.

173. Katie G. - April 7, 2008

Test Post:

It seems a few of us are having problems posting. I haven’t been able to post since, what, March 25 or so. Anthony, I have to ask — have I been banned? It appears that you really hate it when the posters ask you that question but I am not computer savvy and haven’t got a clue as to why my posts are suddenly not appearing. I think one or two got in, but mostly they disappear. I’m hoping it can be fixed. Looks like 167 Irish Trekkie and 169 Borgdrone mentioned similar problems.

kg

174. The Vulcanista - April 7, 2008

Hey, guys

I can’t access the chat folder. Everytime I click the chat link, Internet Explorer says it can’t display the page. It’s been happening since late last night.

Is the folder down?

Thanks!

175. Irish Trekki - April 7, 2008

Same with me Vulcanista, me has a bad feeling!

176. Anthony Pascale - April 7, 2008

katie G.
It appears that your IP has been flagged as spam by our spam filter. I only happened to notice your name in the spam folder and manually despammed you. Hopefully the Akismet spam blocker will ‘learn’ you are not spam, but I cant really control it. It blocks thousands of spam posts a week…but has some false positives.

177. James Heaney - Wowbagger - April 10, 2008

Banning Adam E for a week based on his idea that homosexuality will be cured by the 23rd century is horrifically intolerant of you. It’s a stain on the sterling integrity of this site. If TrekMovie.com can invite the asinine reflections of Mark Altman on a regular basis, it can certainly tolerate a differing conclusion on the nature and purpose of human sexuality–a deep and complex question, with sound, rational arguments on both sides, that has troubled philosophers, moralists, scientists, and theologians for millenia. You wanna ban some troll like #201, fine, go ahead. But #16 expressed a rather simple opinion, devoid of hatred and full of principled support for homosexuals despite his anti-homosexuality viewpoint, and you banned him for it.

I’m disgusted. Ban me for a week, too, Tony–more, if you like. And maybe go back and watch some Star Trek. They have a concept on the show called “IDIC”.

I’m very, very saddened by this when I otherwise hold you in such high regard.

178. James R. Kirk - April 10, 2008

I don’t understand why Adam E. was banned. I thought his posts were very neutral, if not pro gays-in-Trek. I offer a direct quote by Adam E.

“As far as including gay characters on screen, I see no reason why you should not. For all we know gay characters were already on screen and we don’t know it, the issue just wasn’t addressed. A storyline focusing on homosexuality could work if it was used to show how the world can advance in showing, tolerance, understanding and compassion. I believe this would only work on the small screen during a series and not as part of a motion picture.”

I have discussed this with several members of the Phase II forum and crew, individuals with opinions on both sides of this matter, and they all agree that Adam E’s post was both respectful and insightful into a different perspective. Then again, we don’t run this site.

If Trekmovie considers having a valid, non offensive, opinion to be intolerance simply because it doesn’t include an overt endorsement of ANY lifestyle (straight, alternative, or otherwise) then I cannot and will not continue my support of this website. I implore Anthony to freely express his thoughts behind Adam E’s banishment. I can understand wanting to gain control of the comment board before it grew into a mud fight, but this was excessive.

Thank you for your time, Anthony.

179. AJ - April 10, 2008

Anthony:

For what it’s worth, I have to agree with these guys.

A Star Trek site has to be able to handle incredible differences of opinion. There may be Trek fans out there who have beliefs that encourage love of diversity, perhaps because they adhere to an organized religion which encourages it. But just not for homosexuals.

Trekmovie.com has to tread that thin line because Star Trek, at its best, does. And Trek has attracted dedicated fans from so many places and orientations. Allow the posts, and let the debates rage, if necessary.

It’s not Star Wars. It’s Star Trek!

180. 4 8 15 16 23 42 - April 10, 2008

I have to agree with Anthony on the bans. The point of the thread was to discuss the question of a gay character on Star Trek. Whether you abide homosexuality personally is beyond the point. There are plenty of posters on the thread who expressed nuanced opinions against certain ways of depicting gay characters on Star Trek — those were not banned or singled out. It’s the ones who saw fit to take on the issue of homosexuality *itself* who got in trouble, and rightly so, in my opinion.

Adam E. said “By looking at the future optimistically, as Star Trek is known to do, I would hope that in the future those with these unnatural attractions would strive to live chaste lives. I would also hope that mankind would be tolerant, understanding, and that they would endeavor to help those with this condition.”

In other words, in this viewpoint, homosexuals are diseased, which explains why they feel “unnatural” attraction to members of the same sex, and they need help.

Brad used the word “deviant” straight out.

Other people should have been banned too. There are posters who started citing scripture. This is unacceptable behavior, and I am glad that Anthony closed that thread down.

181. Leonel - April 10, 2008

Well.. I must confess that I’m on the fence regarding the Adam E. comment. Others,, however.. definitely should be banned. No matter what I’m glad Anthony closed that thread as well.

I can see how policing that topic alone can be a full-time job, and not one even I would want to sign up for. Regardless as an activist I can always appreciate the dialog. Even when it gets out of hand.

Gotta love the human condition! :)

182. Mark Lynch - April 11, 2008

Anthony,

I do not see why Adam E was banned as there were many other posters with more flammatory comments. Why weren’t they banned?

Adam’s comments were not saying that all gay people should be hung, drawn and quartered.
his opinion is that being gay is unnatural and considers it to be an illness of some kind. This may not be accurate, but it is what he thinks.
If it is an unnatural thing to him, then that is up to him.

I think that banning him was over the top and shows more of your intolerance to opinions you do not agree with than anything else. And saying ‘my site, my rules’ is just not good enough.

If a comment made by anyone is reasonable and does not advocate the use of violence, either mental or physical. Then as far as I think, it has a place on a site like this where comment and debate are actively invited.

If someone does not agree, then they should post a reasoned out response that explains why you think they are wrong. One never knows, they just might be brought around to look at their opinion in a different way. Alternatively, ban’em for a week, that’ll teach them….

Sorry Anthony, you really dropped the ball here. If I was Adam E, I would never bother to come back.

183. Mark Lynch - April 11, 2008

BTW
I had not seen poster #177 comment before making mine. I have to 100% agree with them and say that they said exactly what I wanted to say, but with much more eloquence.

184. James Heaney - Wowbagger - April 11, 2008

#182/183: That’s funny. I was just sitting here reading yours (and the others’) and wishing that I had waited until I was less angry before posting my complaint.

Sigh. It is good that the original thread was locked.

185. David Tester - April 11, 2008

Anthony,

I read the 239 comments regarding Gay Characters in Star Trek. I am a Gay American. It deeply saddens me regarding the majority of all of the comments. In Star Trek 6; the very apparently wise Klingon Chancellor leaned over to Kirk and said “I see we have a long way to go”, regarding the deep bigotry between some members of the Federation and Klingon Empire. I am glad you shut the thread down. At least I can have some hope there are “more than not” Star Trek fans out there that really understood what Star Trek 6 was about. Quite frankly it could have just as easily been a movie about many Men and Women, Blacks and Whites and Gay and Straight people. As long as there is Hatred, as I believe Star Trek 6 was trying to point out; there will never be a complete lack of bigotry.

I would most certainly enjoy hearing your take on how and why the fandom of Star Trek has used this site many times to berate each other, especially personally and not just regarding the Gay topic. These attacks disturb me.

However, YOUR SITE is INCREDIBLE!…..Keep up the great work!

186. Paul Martin - April 12, 2008

#185

You’re right, we do have a long way to go. That was a painful comments section to read. Bigotry is something I will never understand and Anthony- you did the correct thing by closing the section for comments and am sure it put you in a difficult situation because these are topics that we all could have interesting discussions about and it would be a shame not to be able to have them.

Great work :)

187. IDICot - April 13, 2008

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20191064,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines

New Sulu is gonna be a daddy!

188. Adam E - April 17, 2008

To the TrekMovie.com staff and online community,

First of all I would like to express my disappointment with the events that occurred last week. Anthony and the TrekMovie.com staff work diligently to provide the best Star Trek news website on the internet. Provided is a place on the internet where the Star Trek fan community can come together and share on of the things we all have in common, the appreciation of the Star Trek franchise.

Last week I posted a comment expressing my views in regard to the subject of homosexual characters in Star Trek. I explained what I would consider my optimistic view of what the future may hold. Needless to say many of my fellow Star Trek fans disagreed with what I wrote and some were offended. It was not my intention to offend anyone. I do believe that some of you read my statement wrong and did not correctly grasp what I was trying to convey. Even though I attempted to word my comment carefully the ideas I wished to express were not transmitted and/or received properly.

I would like to make it clear that I do not despise homosexuals. They, like all people, deserve love and compassion; any unjust discrimination should be avoided. It is not my intention to show any hostility toward anyone. I stand by my belief that any sexual act that is not open to the gift of life is contrary to the natural law and is unacceptable. I understand that some of you beliefs may differ from this.

Anthony, I really appreciate what you and your staff do here. I want you to know that I hold no hard feelings. I will continue visiting TrekMovie.com and recommending it to others. Although I’m not so sure the ban was completely necessary I respect the fact that this is your website. I am glad you shut down the thread because some of the comments were becoming quite hostile. You may even want to delete some comments.

My friends of the TrekMovie.com community, let us put what happened behind us and continue onward to make this the best Star Trek community on the internet. We can be a positive influence on others. Let’s make Star Trek’s dream of a positive future a reality.

Adam E

189. David Tester - April 18, 2008

Anthony,

In regards to comment #188 above; I would love to hear Einstein’s comments on Natural Law, considering same sex or asexual reproduction in nature is quite prevalent. Obviously, the bottom of the line in this subject is that “we are ok being around you and not discriminating against you, our religion just doesn’t accept you.” Is it not an interesting point in all of Star Trek that “good” or “spiritual” religion excluded no one? Please feel free to delete this comment if necessary. But I plead with you; please do something to stop these bigots from offering their view of a bigoted “Star Trek” future. Gene, I think if he were alive, would say the same thing.

All my best to you and your staff!

190. Anthony Pascale - April 20, 2008

The discussion was closed, this is not the place to start it up all over again

191. Kirsty - April 23, 2008

This site is fantastic and is being used as our primary source of information about Zachary Quinto and his role in Star Trek XI, keep up the good work

192. 47!!!!! aka TrekkyStar - April 23, 2008

1.) Why don’t you have any word blockers what I mean is if I type ass it appears as #$%& because there could be young viewers here.
2.) Maybe you could email us so if I get blocked so I know I’m blocked.
3.)Great site I visit everyday…………… OK every hour : )

193. James R. Kirk - April 24, 2008

If the young viewers can’t handle “ass” then they do not need to be surfing the internet unattended. Anyway, it’s not like they can’t infer what the word is. This isn’t Anthony’s battle to fight, but at least it’s good to see that there are people concerned about children.

194. Denise de Arman - April 24, 2008

Anthony, I become offended when I read the type of language used by trekker, post #18 on the current Quinto board (wearing the hat). Would you please delete that message, tell him to knock it off, something?

195. 47!!!!! aka TrekkyStar - April 24, 2008

Can I get Anthony’s response?

196. Mark Lynch - April 25, 2008

Re Article:
http://trekmovie.com/2008/04/24/giacchino-scared-to-begin-star-trek-score/

Mr. Pascale,

I posted a comment which was I think around number five. Nothing serious or nasty, just an attempt at a humorous comment. Something about adding timestamps along with the date to the comments when posted. Said as a joke, because when I wrote my previous comment, there were none and I thought ‘Wow I’m going to be first.”
Then I posted and it was 2nd or 3rd.

Hence the, as I thought, humorous comment about timestamps on comments when posted, so you could see by how little you missed the top spot…

This comment appears to have left the list. I was wondering why.
Is there a technical problem or did it offend and was removed?

197. Commodore Lurker - April 25, 2008

How right you are Anthony, we are a PADANTIC lot aren’t we !?!
Thanks for putting up with us, and keep up the great work.

198. Anthony Pascale - April 25, 2008

196
Trekmovie.com has instituted a policy of ‘no firsts’ and that includes comments on ‘firsts’ or not being firsts, etc. All such comments are deleted.

192
trekmovie.com does have word filters for spam launguage, and some foul language but this site is rated PG, so not every potential word is filtered. This site is not for toddlers

199. Katie G. - April 25, 2008

Anthony:

Another ginormous post…

Have to agree with Denise in the sense that it made me uncomfortable when I read the post she mentioned.

I’d love to kiss up to you but I’m not that kind of person. Don’t like trying to make people like me by fawning all over them. Besides, most of them are intelligent enough to realize that you’re just a sycophant (new word for me) if you do that.

I now like to compliment people to encourage them because I used to be the most negative, insulting person on earth and am relieved that I’ve changed.

All this to say, I know this site is not for toddlers but don’t you think that being too permissive can really encourage some nasty stuff? If people see some things they say aren’t deleted, it may encourage them to push to envelope at our expense.

Yes, I know that some people out there swear. When I was younger I used to be one of the most offensive people on the planet. Now, that language grieves me. Just like when I used to smoke, having other smokers around me didn’t bother me. Now that I’ve quit, second-hand smoke makes me absolutely nauseous. Have no idea why. However, that doesn’t mean that I dislike smokers. Just don’t want to be around the smoke because it makes me feel ill.

As you roll your eyes, please consider that not everyone enjoys expletives. Maybe that makes us boring or priggish but the English language has a lot of words available so choosing the unpleasant ones is really not necessary.

I AM NOT JUDGING ANYONE WHO USES THESE WORDS. I used to be one of the worst offenders. It’s a free country so anyone can swear if they want to. I would just like to not see it everywhere I go, especially in a class act like this website.

Guess what I am asking you to do (in my usual verbose manner) is to please consider setting some limits. Obviously you have the last word. Thanks, Anthony.

kg

200. Katie G. - April 25, 2008

Oops.

…it may encourage them to push THE envelope…

[sigh]

kg

201. Anthony Pascale - April 28, 2008

This site has set limits. I appreciate the feedback but I do not consider words like ‘goddamn’ or ‘ass’ to be over them. I view this site as PG/PG13/MA14 for the most part…nothing you wouldnt see in prime time TV. This site is not for small children. The limits here are stricter than other sites but I wont go so far as to make this site rated G.

202. Katie G. - April 28, 2008

Thanks, Anthony. Just thought I ask…

kg

203. Katie G. - April 29, 2008

Just thought – - I’D – - ask.

That’s it. I’m not doing this in my sleep any more.

kg

204. steve-o - April 30, 2008

Hey i just randomly remembered all the big hype about Star Trek the tour.
do you know what happened to it? i can not find information anywhere and i am sorta bummed about the whole thing.
so if there isnt anything you know. would you care to do some investigative work?

205. Disapointed Trek Fan.... - May 9, 2008

Just read the note about the BSG section.. and since BSG is the ONLY new-release sci-fi on Television right now worth a darn… it is certainly valid to include it… personally, since the Trek news is so thin, and obviously not going to come from Abrams and company, lets put our energy into something real, rather than discussing a bunch of maybes and conjecture…

Keep the BSG, or sci-fi sections please.. at least it’s something we can actually look forward to. Trek will end up being left in the dust.

206. Commodore Lurker - May 9, 2008

Hey Tony,
I’m absolutely baffled why you deleted my post #19 from today’s BSG thread? I save all my posts. After rereading it several times, I can’t find anything offensive about it. I’m not hurt or anything, just baffled? What did I do wrong? I don’t see where my post differs that much from #10 Dennis Bailey, other than I fleshed out my idea more fully. I didn’t flame anyone or troll (whatever that really means). I just disagreed that Starbuck isn’t the worst Captain ever. People disagree with me all the time. And bashing Harriman is a regular occurrance when discussing Captains. I just mentioned his name. As I’ve posted before it’s about reveling in the debate. I assumed that you posted your comment about Starbuck to generate discourse. If your going to delete people who disagree with you, just say so. I won’t make that mistake again. I seek not to condemn, rather I ask only for guidance.
Peace.

207. Anthony Pascale - May 10, 2008

Lurker,
i dont remember deleting anything and obviously you are not banned as there are multiple posts from you. It is possible you used a keyword that was caught by the spam filter or multiple links or something. or just a glitch

208. Commodore Lurker - May 11, 2008

Dear Mr. Pascale,
Upon rereading my above post # 206, I realize I was excessively harsh to you. Please, accept my earnest apologies for that. And I truely hope our over the top exhortations on the Wil Wheaton thread does not preclude future guest bloggers. He certainly got things stirred up. I’m equally delighted that Mr. Orci laid my fears to rest. I think it’s obvious how devoted we all are to our beloved Trek, but I remain baffled by the divisive passions between the fans of Trek’s various incarnations.
Again, thank you for continuing to put up with our padantic rantings, and keep up the superb work.

209. Captain Pike - May 14, 2008

Posts sometime just disappear or never seem to get added to threads. I’ve experience this myself. One or two may have been inappropriate and it’s Anthony’s prerogative as webmaster to remove them, but I’m made what I thought were constructive non-offensive comments that appear to post and then are gone when I go back. Stuff happen I guess.

On another topic, how about an update on Star Trek The Tour? – ah I see someone above mentioned this too. We haven’t any news on that in months….

210. Sean4000 - May 15, 2008

The picture of a bloody shatner on the front page is really bothering/upsetting me. I hate that image and it just evokes unpleasant feelings. I politely and respectfully ask that it be changed.

I apologize for the repeat post but I just couldn’t find this thread in time.

211. spockanella - May 15, 2008

Anthony, I know we folks on the chat tend to get a little out of hand from time to time and have to be reminded to play nice…but methinks there’s a troll named “Johnny Salami” over there lately who seems to be creating havoc quite nicely…is this the proper forum for expressing concerns like that? We’ve generally been fairly good at policing ourselves but tempers are beginning to flare.

212. spockanella - May 15, 2008

RE 211: Thank you, Mr. Pascale.

213. Commodore Lurker - May 15, 2008

re: 211/212

Myself also thanks you for your intervention on the chat sockpuppetting Anthony.

214. Moogie - May 16, 2008

Anthony,
Half my posts are not appearing, am I temporally persona non grata again or is this a system glitch?

215. Gerry Alanguilan - May 17, 2008

I’m a huge fan of BSG, and right now, a bigger fan of BSG than of Trek. But having BSG news that has no direct relation to Star Trek is in my opinion, out of place here. Talk about Ron Moore, talk about Nana Visitor… or any Trek connection BSG might have. That would be relevant to Star Trek.

Why don’t you guys just start BSG blog? We’re all fans anyway. I’ll be there every frakking day. My BSG fix simply can’t be satisfied with just one measly update a week.

That said, this is your frakking blog, you’re the guys making the effort and putting down the money so go ahead and do what the frak you want with it.

216. AJ - May 18, 2008

Tony:

I’m trying to understand why the Takei marriage thread was cut. I read through the whole thing, and was ready to post my support, because the bulk of members here are extremely supportive if you actually read the posts, and it’s wonderful that California has gotten off the pot and legalized this.

This is the type of thread that defines the cred of the site. It is the most important thread so far this year. I ask you, please, to re-open it.

217. Anthony Pascale - May 18, 2008

it was closed due to the volume of trolling that had to be deleted. This site tries to avoid politics and some was quite offensive…mostly due to the article being linked to a number of outside sites like FARK.

bear in mind the vast majority of visitors do not comment, and so the article is still available and therefore the importance of it is still in place.

218. Mark Lynch - May 22, 2008

I have my own ideas of what flaming, trolling and being annonying are. But perhaps these are not in synchronisation with the site owners.

I would like to see a written definition of what constitutes, flaming, trolling and ‘being annoying’ as regards this site.

Also, does the definition of a healthy debate not include the prospect of being annoying to others to a degree?

On a slightly different note, a previous question of mine was answered, I quote;
“196
Trekmovie.com has instituted a policy of ‘no firsts’ and that includes comments on ‘firsts’ or not being firsts, etc. All such comments are deleted.”

Sorry to inform, but it is not working, I have seen many posts either talking about being first or making comment on being/not being firsts.
I have had a couple of posts deleted where I made a tongue in cheek comment about firsts.
If this is site policy, then none should be exempt. It’s the only way to be fair.

When is there going to be some real news about the movie….. :)

219. Anthony Pascale - May 22, 2008

to clarify: the no ‘first’ policy is a policy for posts of no substance except about their position. So noting first in addition to making a post about the article is acceptable. commenting about ‘first’ with no substance about the article is not. The policy is to keep on subject essentially.

I will consider writing out more specific policies at a later time, but the standard definitions of trolling, flaming, etc. apply.

the ‘be annoying’ thing is specific…that is anyone who becomes and nuisance to me personally, eg. I get lots of complaints over, etc. constantly have to warn, etc.

Obviously many posters annoy each other due to differing opinions on Star Trek….that is of course fine. This site is about trek and voicing opinions about it is part of that

220. Spockanella - May 23, 2008

219: Ah…patience, kind sir, I’ll eventually learn the rules. Thanks for the clarifications.

221. Fleet Captain Kor'Tar - May 23, 2008

I’d like to see a section specifically for pictures , either from the set or of production design drawings. Then maybe an area full of the debunked false art from the movie. Other than that keep up the good work! :D

222. Cap - May 24, 2008

There are 4 of us (brothers and a sister) using the same computer here and the same Internet connection. Just wondering how we could each get our own vote on the polls, since right now we’ve just been debating towards an consensus. There are at least 3 votes going uncounted.

Otherwise, great site.

223. Xai - May 24, 2008

Anthony a suggestion,
May we please now have black type on the site? Gray on gray is killing my ancient eyes.
Thanks

224. Katie G. - May 28, 2008

Anthony,

Could we take a poll to see the percentage variance of people still excited about the movie vs. those who have given up (since I’ve read some posts that say they’ve lost interest due to the constant repetition of the same news)?

Like:

Still excited
Losing Interest
Lost Interest
Never Interested

Thanks.

kg

225. Anthony Pascale - May 29, 2008

Xai,
I will look into

Katie,
not sure about that…if they are visiting the site then they are interested to some degree…and those who are truly lost interest wont be here so the sample is skewed. but thanks for the idea

Cap,
sorry but no way to do that. Otherwise it would be too easy to ’spam’ a poll. I can only suggest using computers at work or at school or a friends.

Kor’Tar
not sure I am following please elaborate. are you saying user submitted art?

226. Mark Lynch - June 3, 2008

Question for you Anthony,
Whether you wish to answer or not is up to you :)

If there is no actual registration process, how is it possible to ban posters?
Will they not just use another name/email address and get around a ban?

Just interested, as I work in the IT industry and am technically curious over the process.

Many thanks and kind regards.

227. Mark Lynch - June 3, 2008

#219
Thanks for the answer Anthony. And yet another question above… :)

228. Katie G. - June 3, 2008

Anthony, you may want to check the Shatner thread. It may be winding down but still has the potential of getting nasty. Don’t know for sure – - I had to get out before I said something I shouldn’t about someone’s aggressive posts. I may have said too much as it is.

kg

229. Mark Lynch - June 10, 2008

Anthony,

Apologies if this appears more than once, I seem to be having trouble posting.

Any chance of an article covering fan mad Star Trek computer games?
For instance, there is a group of people making a Bridge Commader inspired game. If they ever get the time to finish it that is. :)
http://www.stexcalibur.com (don’t use IE)
Check out the makers of the game engine
http://www.nanofx.org

Cheers.

230. Mark Lynch - June 10, 2008

Perhaps that should read ‘fan made’? ;)

231. MikeG - June 11, 2008

Hi Anthony,
I apologize up front, but this post is mostly a test because I seem to be having trouble posting over the past few days. I typically go online with aol (and haven’t had any problem until recently), and I’m writing this with IE. So, if this works I’ll know it’s the bloody aol browser.
As always, thank you for a terrific site!!

MikeG

232. Anthony Pascale - June 11, 2008

Mike,

I looked and did find a couple of posts in the the spam filter and I de-spammed them. hopefully that fixes issues

Mark Lynch
It is worth considering fanmade games and mods. I have in fact just started looking into a new fan made sequel to the starfleet command series. However as a gamer myself I do not really want to get into doing stuff on every announced game mod as most never see the light of day and are mostly wishful thinking. So I would only want to cover things that are well past announcement phase and are likely to actually be released.

233. Tango - July 5, 2008

I just found out that Don S. Davis (General Hammond of Stargate) died. I know he is not a trek guy, but I don’t remember seeing it mentioned on this site. If not already mentioned, can we get a mention somewhere?

234. AJ - July 11, 2008

Hi, Anthony.

I’m a little pissed-off at someone who posted on the “Cloudminders” thread as “anti-AJ.”

I’m an adult, and I enjoy debating issues on the site. But, AJ has been my identity here since I found the site last year. I felt offended. And the issue under discussion was innocuous at best.

It’s probably someone just “sockpuppeting,” but it’d be nice not to encounter it anymore.

235. Spockanella - July 17, 2008

Hi, Anthony.

Adverts make the world go round and help fund sites like this one….but…but is there any way to get rid of the horrible chirping popup? It sounds like a mutant cricket on ‘roids. Lots of people are complaining about it; you can’t make it shut up; if you try to close it nothing happens except the whole ad pops up OR it just starts chirping angrily at you again.

Usually I just close out the internet in self-defense. Naturally, I’d rather be reading the stuff on your site.

Any ideas?

236. 'Beach - July 18, 2008

AP,
Great site, BTW. Tell me, is there a filter on how long a post can be?
I am trying to post an installment of a story for the amusement of the Chat Threaders, and it simply dissappears. If it’s too long, I can split it no sweat.

Thanks..

237. 'Beach - July 18, 2008

AP,
Nevermind. Had a word in it your filters didn’t like, apparently. Fixed it. All is write with the Chat thread again.

Thanks.

238. TOS Purist aka The Purolator - July 22, 2008

How come I’m unable to post using my real email? Was I blocked? How come other people get warnings and such, but I just get blocked and my posts deleted with no explanation?

239. Eric Johnston - July 24, 2008

I have been a lurker on this site for some time now. All in all the site is pretty good, but there are certain things that I find questionable, such as the comment in the Leonard Nimoy thread by what I presume is the moderator of the site (post #14). I find that they border on condescending of the other posters here. Truthfully, does one really consider comments about ’seeing the ship’ to be trolling? Like other fans, I too would like to see the ship…what’s changed, what’s still the same, but I would hardly consider voicing such wishes to be trolling on my part; nor do I assume that other posters have the same intent.
I have no doubt that putting together a site like this is no small effort, not to mention having to maintain it. But is such condescending commentary really necessary? Maybe that isn’t the intent being conveyed, but keep in mind that visitors to this site only have the typed words of the moderator to infer an opinion from. I certainly hope that his words aren’t intentionally being laced with condescension, perhaps a bit more care would help to lay aside such impressions.
Otherwise, the site is most excellent. It is indeed truly impressive to see the amount of Trek related material here, thankyou so much, TrekMovie for the effort in putting together such an enjoyable site.

240. AJ - July 24, 2008

Eric:

I think the STXI guys know we want to see the new Big E.

The issue is that we all have to read the posts “Show us the Enterprise!” as we get to the meaty debates and discussions that this site is designed to encourage.

I want to see it too, but posting on the “Nero’s Ear” or the “Nimoy” thread won’t make it happen, and neither will pleading with Mr. Orci. The marketing campaign has begun, so let’s just wait and see.

Anthony & Co. are doing a terrific job navigating our needs vs. what Paramount and JJ’s team, and leaks are willing to reveal.

But he also has to police all the crap posts (Anthony, please stop me if you want) and keep us all enthused until STXI goes into full promotion mode. His advertisers are counting on it.

241. yrch - July 26, 2008

This may has been asked a hundred times already, but is there a mobile-friendly version of this really exceptional page of yours, Anthony?

242. Anthony Pascale - July 28, 2008

239:
As with many issues related to moderation, it is about keeping things on topic. There are a number of posters that have begun spamming almost every thread the the same ‘demands’ in some kind of attempt to divert topics into their agenda…and agenda posting is something we have never tolerated.

Trust me everyone, I have spoken to the guys making this movie many times and have conveyed the wishes of the fans that they want to see the ship. They know.

241:
That is something that will be done after the site redesign we are currently looking into.

243. 4 8 15 16 23 42 - July 29, 2008

I am writing to complain about the posts by TrekMadeMeWonder (#134 / #24 on the “More Star Trek Footage Described Online” post from July 25, 2008.

Just as a fellow board poster, I find it completely unacceptable for TrekMadeMeWonder to be writing posts that I have to scroll and scroll just to skip, not to mention that they are off-topic — TMMW’s suppositions about the movie and the “Mr. Atoz” article may both be “anticipatory” of the upcoming movie’s plot, but the thread is focused just on the former, it is not a free-for-all plot submission forum. I don’t care that TMMW spent 4 hours, I don’t care if TMMW is the next Shakespeare, it doesn’t belong here, in my opinion.

Here’s what TMMW should do: get a blog on Blogspot or Livejournal, and link his/her user name to the URL of his/her blog. That’s what other people on these boards do.

Also, TMMW’s gripe about the IP address blockage and stuff should be posted here on the Feedback page. TMMW’s behavior on this thread is bad netiquette, and it’s irksome.

244. Jacob - July 30, 2008

I seem to be having trouble contacting the site via e-mail address. I’ve used the one in the about section and the one at the bottom of the page. Is there a way to contact somebody that would prove more efficacious and palatable to the wishes of the people in charge? Thanks in advance.

245. Commodore Lurker - August 4, 2008

Anthony, I’ve been searching for the Premiere article of TrekMovie.com and found one from 17 July 2006 about Matt Damon as Kirk. I can’t believe I left the “First” comment on 04 Aug 2008.

Q: Is the 17 July 06 article the “Premiere” article. If not, what was?

246. Anthony Pascale - August 4, 2008

technicaly trekmovie started as stxi.blogspot.com on July 15th 2006, after the Abrams Paramount deal. The first article is archived here:
http://trekmovie.com/2006/07/15/paramount-signs-jj-abrams-for-star-trek-xi-and-multipicture-deal/

This domain was launched the week of the Star Trek con in Vegas that summer, and I had a man there
this is probably the first article
http://trekmovie.com/2006/08/21/shatner-fawns-dorn-balks-roddenberrys-akudas-approvemore-stxi-from-vegascon/

247. Tomi from Slovenia - August 4, 2008

Sorry i don’t know where else i can post this disturbing news but here.
I don’t know the email of Antony to send these newst to him so i post it here!

Exploding Falcon 1 ROCKET SCATARRED SCOTTY ‘ S ASHES All Over the Pacific!

Here is the link:

http://gizmodo.com/5032516/update-exploding-falcon-1-rocket-scattered-scottys-ashes-all-over-the-pacific

248. Commodore Lurker - August 4, 2008

Anthony, thanks for the prompt response. You are a true pro.

249. Closettrekker - August 15, 2008

Hi Anthony,

I want you to know that I honestly did not realize I was violating the rules with my little bit of fanfic. You stated that you warned me before, but I either never saw that warning, or it was long enough ago that I did not remember. I just thought that since it was on-topic, that it would be ok. Once again, I apologize.

Anyway, one of the posters in the chat room suggested that it might be okay in the chatroom. I have seen lots of fanfic there before (I hope I’m not throwing anyone under the bus), but I wanted to make sure it was okay with you. In the meantime, rest assured I won’t abuse my priviledge here.

This is my favorite site and I would hate to have the priviledge of posting here taken away for any reason.

Thanks.

250. Leo Walsh - August 20, 2008

Anthony,

I love the web site. I know it’s a lot of work, but it is very much appreciated.

SUGGESTION: Can Trekmovie.com research the sales numbers for the TOS-R Box Set 1 and Box Set 2? I own both box sets and one model of the doomed Toshiba HD-DVD Players, which by the way is the best upconvert DVD player I have. The resolution is unbelievable for HD-DVD and Standard DVD. Currently I am enjoying Season 1HD-DVD and Season 2 SD via upconversion and waiting for Season 3. I am just curious if the sales numbers reflect the comments left on your website to boycott non-Blueray TOS-R releases. Thank you for your time.

251. Closettrekker - August 22, 2008

Anthony/Charles, etc., this may have very well already been covered long ago and I just missed it.

But I have a very young son (about 8 mos.) whose favorite show (from what we can tell by his total immersement in it as opposed to others) is called “The Backyardigans”. If you are unfamiliar with it, and if you do not have young children, you probably shouldn’t be, it is about 5 animal characters who have pretend adventures in their backyards.

One of the episodes is called “Garbage Trek”. I was in the living room with my son when it came on, and very quickly noticed that the similarities to aspects of Trek do not end with the title. Each bridge sound effect is straight from TOS! I thought it might make a funny little tidbit for the “Great Links” section.

Cloettrekker

252. Jon C - August 30, 2008

I don’t see the merit in introducing/promoting one side of a political argument then banning the other.
Not IDIC.
Ideally IDIC would permit both sides of an arguement in the interest of being informed.
You’ve deleted posts of mine in the past where I’ve disagreed with George Takei’s political agenda, which was being promoted on the website, with comments that were entirely political to the point of attacking dissenting views.
I feel,as someone who has come out of homosexuality ,my view needs to be heard despite the fact that someone may be offended.Fact is I could also claim to be offended.Does that mean You should delete pro gay political posts?
I say let people become informed then let them do what they want to do after that,but don’t leave them in ignorance.
Anyway IDIC right?
Thank You.

253. TOS Purist Guy - September 1, 2008

How come I can’t post under my original name? Blast it Spock, I want answers!!!

Seriously though, wtf.

254. Dom - September 8, 2008

Hi. Has anyone else had any problems with this site on their computer? I’m running Firefox 3 on my Macbook Pro and when I come to this site, Firefox crashes fifty per cent of the time! I don’t seem to be having this with any other sites! It’s obviously related to Firefox 3, as I didn’t have issues here before I upgraded! Maybe there’s something that needs slight alteration on this site to compensate for whatever this glitch is with Firefox! :)

255. garen - September 10, 2008

Anthony…maybe next time theres a story about the official site you could post the following poll…or something close to it.

“Have you ever posted on the forums on the official site”
a. regularly
b. once or twice
c. lurked but never posted
d. never even lurked

I have only posted about 10 time over there…and even that was months ago. I’m just curious to know how many of our friends around here also show up over there. whataya think??

256. Anthony Pascale - September 12, 2008

Dom

please send me an email via the tipline regarding your problem and maybe we can figure it out. The site works fine here on vista and xp with various versions of ie and firefox, but i havent tried latest firefox on a mac

257. garen - September 16, 2008

i must say that i object to the current poll option that states:
“Yes – As long as it doesn’t copy (like Nemesis)”

I feel like Trekmovie just basically made a public (anti)endorsement of Nemesis. Everyone who “hates” Nemesis will only feel more justified by reading this.

258. ensign joe - September 17, 2008

Cool.. wasn’t implying there was anything wrong with the article.. just that since the talkback was short it wouldn’t be found.. point taken though

259. Anthony Pascale - September 18, 2008

RE: Why was my post deleted? / Why cant I post
Some have asked why TrekMovie deletes comments. In actually it is rare that comments are proactively deleted, usually only for offensive content.

However the system also automatically deletes comments that it deems offensive (usually some kind of keyword) or as possible spam (again using keywords, multiple links, or suspicious domains). Sometimes this ‘Akismet’ system does have a false positive, but we have to use it to defend against the thousands of spam comments this site receives every day (no exaggeration) Lastly the system also automatically deletes comments from users who have been banned from the system by an admin.

Regardless, even if your comment was ‘auto deleted’ it will appear to you and only you after you immediately post it. It will then not be there after you refresh. Although this looks like it appeared to the whole world and was then deleted, it was in actually never posted at all. Just a quirk of the system.

We really do not like deleting comments or banning people. But if you have been banned then all decisions are final. We really do not have the time to deal with the policing of this site and due to the volume of comments we get it is just to hard to deal with all the problem cases.

However from the typical post with dozens (or hundreds) of comments, the trouble makers are a tiny fraction and we feel that it is best to be strict and keep a happy community

Thanks
- Anthony

260. NCC-73515 - September 26, 2008

Is the current giveaway contest (alternate realities) open worldwide or just US/canada?

261. Anthony Pascale - September 26, 2008

world

262. NCC-73515 - September 27, 2008

thanks, good to know ;)

263. Dom - September 28, 2008

Hey Anthony! (256) Sorry, I forgot to check back here! Firefox 3 has had a series of updates the last few days and no longer seems to be crashing. Thanks! :)

264. Will - October 1, 2008

Hey Guys,

I am a daily visitor to your site and love all the work you do. I don’t know if you are familiar with the TV sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” (I am pretty sure you referenced it once) but if you get a chance, you should watch it as often as you can – there are Star Trek references just about weekly, and they are very funny at that. This season’s episode 2 “The Codpiece Topology” has one of the main characters in full Spock costume at the end in a funny bit. Just thought I would pass it on, it’s quickly becoming one of my favorites.

265. Mark Lynch - October 17, 2008

Having trouble posting, have tried several times to post a comment in the big 750 message plus thread and none have showed. Is there a problem?

266. Anthony Pascale - October 17, 2008

on the day the photos came out this site was under stress. Comments were set to not display automatically but to ‘cache’ in order to accommodate the load. That was turned off after traffic died down the next day

267. Guiseppi@StarTrekLives - October 20, 2008

Hi Anthony,

Concerning the new pics…

Have you thought about reviving some of you older ‘poll archives’ that related to the bridge and uniforms.

Specifically the ones that asked if the bridge should look like they were Kirk’s bridge or Pike’s bridge and the bridge uniforms, should they look like the traditional TOS style or should they look like Pike/Where No Man has Gone Before style.

I know at this point it doesn’t matter, but it may be an interesting way to see where fans are. Especially given JJ’s comment about who his target audience is (which is a great way for ST fans to see the movie as well as non-fans).

Maybe do it as a post and put up pictures of the different styles et-al.

Just a thought…

Love what you guys do. It has kept my lunch interesting the past year . . . man I’m such a geek.

268. ByGeorge - November 4, 2008

Is it just me or does anyone else feel an extreme lack of humor from just about ALL posters. Why don’t Trek fans have any sense of humor and why do they take opinions soooooooooo seriously? Its a movie — even worse a FANTASTYmovie. Things are never right or wrong in fantasy. Has everyone lost their minds? How can people get so heated about fiction?

269. Commodore Lurker - November 10, 2008

Anthony, man thank you! The mash-up teaser trailer for TUC I’d forgotten about completely. I remember now it giving me chills up my spine in the theater. It is one of the greatest short bits of Trek ever produced. I could watch it a thousand times in a row. I wish you had a side bar on the main page for extra special links. That belongs there. I bet it would be hit dozens a times a day. Thanks for the replay Anthony. }:-D>

270. garen - November 11, 2008

Anthony…i’m just wondering about your “spoiler” policy….if you even have one for the site.

Obviously with today’s news and reviews of the screen footage..things are going to get quite hectic around here and that will only increase in the coming months. I’m going to try to avoid spoilers. And that’s easy enough when aritcles are clearly marked with warnings and such. What i’m afraid of is accidentally coming across spoilers in the comments section of articles. Even aritcles which are off topic and have nothing to do with spoilers wil no doubtedly get comments which do contain spoilers. Just wondering if there are any plans to spread “official information” regarding the film…while not broadcasting the spoilers.

perhaps the comments will be “read at your own risk”. That sucks because i really like reading most all of the comments around here. but i’ll do what i must to stay un spoiled

271. Anthony Pascale - November 12, 2008

generally spoilers in comments are a no go for non spoiler flagged articles

however this is hard to police on items that get 1000 comments in an hour

272. Chingatchkook - November 15, 2008

Very interesting to see all of the commentary about the latest round of pictures, and now the trailer. That burning smell must be coming from the Trekmovie servers, lol.
I’m just kind of curious, is the operation of this site a full time endeavor for the Trekmovie staff? Or is this sort of a sideline/hobby site that is being operated by fellow fans like us?
Either way, thanks for all the news and updates.

273. Carlo A. Flores - November 18, 2008

Hey, when are you guys going to post the review on The Cage remastered? I’m dying with anticipation!

274. Mark Lynch - November 19, 2008

Anthony P.

Is there any chance of a more ‘proper’ forum being implemented where it is easier to be less exposed to spoilers?

I want to read the articles, but people are placing spoilers here there and everywhere and it is virtually impossible to avoid them all.

275. cagmar - November 19, 2008

There is a “CONGRATULATIONS WON a FREE PRIZE!” banner that appears far too often on trekmovie these days and that would be okay, except that it also beeps every 5 seconds.

Anything we can do about that thing so I can read or watch the video clips in peace?

276. Muggleboy - November 22, 2008

Anthony P. thought you might like to know…

FYI if you have an Xbox 360 I noticed tonight you can download the trailer (the 2nd one), a star trek theme (from the new movie), and movie icons. All free (though I am not sure if you have to be a gold member only to get the downloads for free, my guess is you don’t have to be.

277. Anthony Pascale - November 22, 2008

RE: TrekMovie staff
Firstly everyone who works on this site is a fan, just like you. It is a part time endeavor for all the columnists in their areas and a labor of love. RE: servers, those are handled by Voxel (same company that handle sites like PerezHilton and DailyKos) so no one at TrekMovie is dealing directly with the tech. This site did start as a sideline, but now that this site is the number one Trek site it has become close to a full time job for myself as editor although I still continue doing other journalism and web consulting work.

RE: prize ad
I will look into it, Ads are served up by our advertising agencies and we dont pick them

RE: Forums
I promise by the end of the year

RE: Cage Review
Hopefully this weekend or next weekend, it is being worked on.

278. Carlo A. Flores - November 23, 2008

Thank you Anthony! I really have enjoyed all the great articles you guys have done on the remastered episodes. I’m saddened that it’s all coming to an end, it’s what originally drew me to the website.

279. Anthony Pascale - November 24, 2008

Hopefully we have enough stuff to keep you going in the post TOSR era

280. Chingatchkook - November 24, 2008

277-
The fact that you you an your colleagues do a site like this part time is nothing short of phenomenal. You’re gonna have to share some of your time management secrets :-) Thanks.

281. Green-Blooded-Bastard - November 27, 2008

Hey, a feedback spot. I didn’t even know it existed, very thoughtful.

I honestly take no issues with the site. The fact that people directly involved in the movie-making process come here to offer their opinions and read what we have to say speaks volumes about the site. I was surprised the first time I saw Bob Orci leave a post. I was also surprised to see him leave his 50th or so.

I wouldn’t change a thing here if it attracts that kind of attention. The rules are easy for (most) to follow and are plain and simple. They could even be narrowed down to something ambiguous like “don’t be an ass”, though there are some that would still mess that up :P

We have a tight community here where everyone knows each other for the most part, and I like that as well.

A tip of the hat to each and every one of you that contributes to making this site the go-to place for information both in and out of the film word. Grats!

282. shane s - November 27, 2008

Hi Anthony, thanks for all you do in regards to this site and Star Trek, it is a great site for all things Trek and although you set it up for the new movie, I hope you keep it going after Trek 11 because it’s the best place for all us fans to come to. I’m sorry if I was attempting to thread jump, I didn’t even know that there was a name for it and that people did it on and on going basis. I would like to see a though a thread on how it was possible for the timeline to be affected by all incidences of time travel on Star Trek and how this could affect the timeline. So many people talk canon, canon, canon and I understand the point but if you look at how many times Star Trek has gone back in time, the timeline would have to be affected, at least that’s what I think but it would be a great way to discuss canon and time travel. Thanks for all you do, Shane from Canada.

283. Anthony Pascale - November 28, 2008

As stated before (and above) this site will live on past the movie and be ranamed trekhq.com This site is now the number one ranked independent Star Trek site and the editorial content has been about much more than the movie for a long time, covering toys, books, comics, celebs, science, etc. The name is just the one we started with.

There will be plenty to talk about after May 2009, and of course there can very likely be another movie too

284. Topaz172 - December 1, 2008

I don’t know how to report this to you admins

but George Takai has been talking about Enterprise (NCC1701) on ‘I’m a celeb’

Apparently Enterprise DID have toilets ….suction powered and fitted into the seats. He comments that this was why he was always seen seated, that suction was pleasurable and that the public know only a fraction of what went on.

Methinks he’s just kidding

285. AJ - December 5, 2008

Hi, Anthony.

This site is amazing, and you know that I hang with the lunatic fringe over in chat. You caught me “sockpuppeting” a few weeks ago. And, instead of warning me, you asked my colleagues to keep me in check (They did).

What irks me honestly is why you should be policing our conversations. Harry is banned, and Denise is quite able to defend herself.

And it’s not your fault.

I love Star Trek as stupid as any of the guys who come on. Give me Gary Mitchell and Lt. Watley, and I’m in.

What’s tough for me, Anthony, is the enforcement. You shouldn’t be having to deal with this stuff. It’s actually none of your business. If one of the girls here said she was gonna come up to NYC and give me a hummer, would you delete it?

Give us unlimited talk on the Trek site, and find a way to it!

286. Shaun "I am in the UK not on Mars so why the delay with boxsets?" B. - December 6, 2008

Hi Anthony,

firstly let me say that as a UK fan I have found that over the last twelve months or so I have checked your site at least once a day…and I love it. For reasons that my un-techy head can’t seem to grasp, you always seem to be one step ahead of every other ST site out there, and I just wanted to say that even on the other side of the big pond, your efforts (and your staff) are greatly appreciated and if you are ever UK bound let me know and I’ll buy you a pint for the amazing work that you do.

I’m really not too sure if this is the right place for this, and if it isn’t, please let me apologise in advance…but I have a question in regards to The Original Series Remastered Seasons Two and Three. My question is this…As far as I can see (and I have done a lot of checking and looking) Seasons Two and Three have yet to be released in the UK (or have I missed them?) and I was wondering if you have any information at all related to this matter? Again i apologise if this is not the right place for this…

Love the site, love the diversity of the information on here, you have created my fave ST site and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that.

Take Care, and keep up the amazing work.

287. G-Grasper - December 6, 2008

@ Shaun (AND ALL EUROPEAN TREKKIES!)

Season 2 and 3 (and the Only-DVD-Version of Season 1)
of STAR TREK REMASTERED (DVD ONLY!) will arrive in May 2009 with a different box-design for the european market!

Source: PARAMOUNT GERMANY

THERE WILL BE NO RELEASE UNTIL MAY 2009!!!!
IT IS PART OF PARAMOUNTS MARKETING-CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW “STAR TREK” -MOVIE!!!!

288. Shaun "I am in the UK not on Mars so why the delay with boxsets?" B. - December 6, 2008

@287 G-Grasper

Thank you so much for the information, part of me was hoping I was going to be getting myself a couple of big boxsets for Christmas but alas, its not to be…but thank you so much for the information, maybe now I can relax a little and just enjoy Season One.

Again, thank you so much, I appreciate it so much.

Take Care.

289. CmdrR - December 8, 2008

beans

death to all Typonians

290. CmdrR - December 8, 2008

Anthony –

In all seriousness, I produce a morning news show on WGCL in Atlanta, GA. I would love to have you on for an interview, if we can work out the logistics. I still have to pass the idea by my Executive Producer, but that shouldn’t be too much of a problem. Maybe we can talk about Trek, or websites, or the joy of Nerddom. Email me and we can start.

291. AJ - December 17, 2008

Anthony:

Someone in CHAT is making us all go over to Facebook.

292. Closettrekker - December 18, 2008

Apparently, Majel Barrett Roddenberry just passed away early this morning.

Checkout accesshollywood.com

293. hitch1969© BANNED @ trekmovie chatroom. - December 23, 2008

Anthony,

I think that we need a “second” chat forum. You know, one that can be accessed by everyone who wants to chat – not just an exclusive group who don’t follow the rules here but also get you to MAKE UP A RULE to ban someone from their chat simply because they dont appreciate his presence and they therefore threaten to leave to another site to chat.

Can you please create a real chat forum in addition to the first one that is being horribly misappropriated, and is in line with Gene Roddenberry’s vision of all inclusiveness? One without a random litmus test for entry or “acceptance”. One without the hatred and name calling. The rush to judgment, the passing of judgment. Its akin to racism and gay bashing and its incredible that its not only tolerated, but encouraged here.

They don’t want the colorful guy on their bus so please segregate for them and put the colorful guy on a different bus for colorful people. Being a colorful man is my only sin here, then so be it. IF trekmovie dot com wants to acommodate separate drinking fountains, separate schools – across the board – for the colorful man, it sure seems like a step back. You had previously allowed me the right to have a dedicated long term relationship with partners in chat but then by power of veto, that right has been stripped of me. Sounds very prop ocho, bro. But hey, I’m cool with that. I’m an easy guy. I’m affable. I can GET ALONG. others can’t… but I can. and will continue to.

Can the same rules apply to everyone here or is that too much to ask?

Banning someone just because you’re getting sick of complaint emails that aren’t even valid complaints… doesnt seem fair, AP. Especially when i could be emailing you VALID complaints of being called all kinds of names and being ostracized… and do you the courtesy of not emailing you anything. Out of respect for you having to deal with REAL issues and whatnot.

Can we please get a second, REAL chat forum that anyone can post in to chat about star trek or whatever off topic thing is on their mind? I would be all for anyone posting in it. I would never say that someone should be banned for using it. I’ll be in silent mode, taking notes of course, in the first chat forum until the second chat forum is established.

=h=

294. krikzil - December 23, 2008

Hitch

Your post above is an example of why you didn’t fit into chat. You stir the pot and then play the victim. There was no rush to judgment either. Constructive criticism was repeatedly given to you and you ignored it.

I am truly sorry it came to this but the needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the one in this case.

295. hitch1969© BANNED @ trekmovie chatroom. - December 23, 2008

Thats fine, Liz. I’ll be a good fit in the real, second chat.

MANY people at this site like me, love my posts. Love my sense of humor. Look forward to seeing what I am going to say about whatever. Some even look to me for wisdom and inner strength.

You miss the point that I had not violated any rule – while everyone around me was (and still is, as i am reading in there now).

I’ve kept my personal opinions of you all PERSONAL. I shared them with AP in an email yesterday. I did not post them publically, like you guys did – over and over.

There was no legit reason to ban me, and it was even posted in chat yesterday that AP was “asked to make something up” to ban me. I’m amazed that he went along with it.

I’m not crying victim anything. I am asking for a second chat forum. WHICH, I will invite you and everyone from chat 01 to post in. Thats just how I roll.

Fairness and inclusion,

=h=

296. Katie G. - December 23, 2008

Anthony:

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a wonderful (and safe) Christmas. This website is such a HUGE gift to us – - we can’t thank you enough. Brilliant concept. Thanks for taking the time to make it a home-away-from-home for us Trekkers.

Thanks and Merry Christmas to EVERYONE at trekmovie.com.

kg

297. Anthony Pascale - December 23, 2008

Thank you Katie

Krizil, do not start debates in Feedback

Hitch, decision is mine and mine alone and final. And one final warning to you before total permaban for your comments in the Phase II article and change your name too…basically stop whining and stop trying to turn this site into all about you…it is all about star trek

Final word

Merry Christmas

298. hitch1969© - December 23, 2008

okey dokey artichokey.

299. krikzil (aka Lix) - December 23, 2008

Sorry Anthony.

Merry Christmas. I hope you get to take a break.

300. Denise de Arman - December 23, 2008

I would like to throw in with Katie on the thank you, Anthony. You bring so many people together here for the info that we crave – just cannot thank you enough for the gift that you give us every day here. Much appreciation.

301. Harry Ballz - December 23, 2008

Merry Christmas, Anthony!

302. BND - December 23, 2008

My God…
Wit’oot this site I wouldn’t know Chris Pine from Pine Sol… though I imagine both are equally shiny and blonde-ish…

And I was able ta’ re-examine tha’ TOS eppy-sodes as an adult since I hadn’t seen ‘em since I wuz a wee Ensign or so – all cuz o’ this site’s analysis on tha’ bonny re-mastered.

Who knew all tha’ things goin’ on in tha’ Trek-iverse?!
Anthony do.

It be a year ago now that I came aboard, and I recall tha’ last New Years article wit’ evil Kirk swiggin’ his brandy… knowin’ then this be a special place since I post nowhere else, mind ye’… and I recall tha’ first glimpses o’ Nero and his Van Gogh affliction… and postin’ blokes goin’ on aboot warp mechanics… and Chris Doohan poppin’ in… Sulu gettin’ married… Shatner everywhar’ like a kingdom o’ spiders… pics of green girls here and thar… “gal”actica Starbuck updates… real science news only a dozen folks post in but I enjoy… fightin’ funny Simon Pegg 24/7 in tha’ fall… and, o’ course, “lower decks” chattie room crew best of all…

Oh, and how tha’ January teaser trailer and subsequent discourse on ship-buildin’ had me post so naval-like.

Thanke’

And happy holidays ta’ all those that bring us tha’ news herein. Even that bloody Trotter bloke! : ) Oh- And thanke’ fur not bootin’ me oot like I should be booted oot.

All the best. May tha’ new film be as grand as tha’ anticipation Trekmovie.com has riddled me full of… and fun!

Now then, when can I start sayin’ “shalzbot” indiscriminate-ly? At na-noon tomorrow perhaps? Goodness… time ta’ start wearin’ pants, I suppose…

Arrrrrrrrrr…

303. AJ - December 24, 2008

Anthony:

I will carry on the tradition of Chatters turning “Feedback” into a giant Christmas card.

Have a merry Christmas, and thanks for the hard work on the site. I wish you and yours peaceful and joyous holidays.

304. That One Guy - December 25, 2008

Ah, what the hey. I might as well join the club. Merry Xmas, Anthony!!

305. Chingatchkook - December 25, 2008

I’m not sure if this is affecting just me or not….I went to TrekMovie today for my daily update of what’s new and attempted to view the two new articles that were posted for Dec 25th. I had an annoying and persistent popup from “antivirusfastscanner.com” trying to redirect me from trekmovie.com to their site. I was finally able to disable this annoying site from it’s attempted redirection with the Firefox ‘blocksite’ add-on.
I remember Anthony (or one of his colleagues) mentioning that they didn’t directly handle the advertising that was done on trekmove.com, but it was done with a 3rd party agency. Would they be responsible for ‘antivirusfastscanner.com’ attempting the re-direction and attempt to load this bogus program on my PC?
Otherwise, great site as usual, thanks for all the great stuff this year. Merry Christmas and all the best for 2009!

306. Chingatchkook - December 25, 2008

Just as a followup to my previous post, I’m now certain that this is something coming from the trekmovie.com site and isn’t some bit of adware running on my PC. I just attempted to go to trekmovie.com from a brand new Fedora 9 PC running Linux, a system that I haven’t even surfed the net on yet. I received the same popup along with the same re-direction away from trekmovie.com to the bogus antivirus site. Hope you guys can take care of this, many thanks again.

307. Katie G. - December 26, 2008

Hi, Anthony.

If you have a minute, please remove post #111 from the “Behind the Scenes” thread.

Thanks.

kg

308. Katie G. - December 26, 2008

Thank you!

kg

309. Anthony Pascale - December 26, 2008

Chingatschkook

thanks for the feedback. I have blocked antivirus-fast-scanner.com from placing ads through google on TrekMovie if you see the problem again please let me know

310. KJTrek - December 26, 2008

Yeah, on the same note as 305, there are a few people I’ve been talking to on the Star Trek movie forums who have said that they were getting malicious pop-ups/viruses from this site, but now everything seems to be fine – thanks for staying on top of things

Hope you had a Merry Christmas.

311. Chingatchkook - December 28, 2008

#309

Will do and thanks

312. Mikey1091 - December 29, 2008

Can someone PLEASE tell me why one of my favorite articles, Sci-Fi Saturday, did NOT get posted last week? I have been waiting since Saturday night and it is now Monday. What happened to Sci-Fi Saturday?

313. Anthony Pascale - December 29, 2008

I am sure Russ will be pleased to know how much you enjoy his column, however he took the week off and may again next week, but we will be back on track in the new year don’t worry.

314. Mikey1091 - December 30, 2008

Ah ok I see. Thanks for the information, Anthony. I look forward to his return :)

315. Anthony Pascale - January 6, 2009

RE: The Cage review
some posters have taken to posting requests for this over and over in any topic they can find. All I can say is we will get to it when we get to it, asking about it in every thread is off-topic and doesn’t make it come any faster.

316. P Technobabble - January 8, 2009

Hi Anthony. Just wanted to let you know that on several occasions when I have connected to Trekmovie.com, I’ve been hit by an attempted virus attack. A dialog box pops up, telling me my computer is at risk of viruses, and so forth. I don’t know if anyone else has experienced this, or if you are already aware of this. It’s obviously not happening as I write this, but last night and earlier this morning it happened. I think it happened several weeks ago, as well. I am not any sort of computer expert, and I don’t know much about viruses and hacking and so forth, but I thought it might be something you’d want to know about, if you weren’t already aware…

317. P Technobabble - January 8, 2009

I gotta apologize for my last message, and the fact that I didn’t read the earlier posts about the antivirus problem. Please forgive my brain-dead-ness, I have the flu……

318. Denise de Arman - January 10, 2009

Anthony- hitch is up to his OJ joke-making again, posts #54 and #73 on the Superbowl thread. Could you please let him know that some of us do not appreciate the wife-beating jokes – he seems to have no clue as to why someone would find his remarks offensive and blasts anyone who confronts him on his statements.

319. scifib5st - January 11, 2009

Anthony you ROCK! I quote this site almost every day. My co-workers are starting to roll their eyes when I say “On Trekm…..” Your team does a fantastic job!!! I wating for pictures of Enterprise toy that you can pre-order. I know you will be the first to post this.

Any word if there will be any cell phone tie ins to this “Blockboster” move? I’m looking for a new cell phone and would hate to buy one now, just to have a great deal with a ST commincator come out.
Keep up the good work.
scifib5st

320. AJ - January 14, 2009

Anthony:

Your latest poll about Bob Orci’s interaction on the site is funny, because I feel that it’s unprecedented. It’s a credit to you and the team that luminaries such as Bob chime in as they do. It’s important these days that Trek fans have access to TPTB, and your site has done it to the nines.

I’ve also made some good friends on the site, especially in CHAT, and I appreciate your hard work in getting the site set up, and your mother-henning of all the threads.

Good luck as we approach Zero Hour May 9th!

321. AJ - January 14, 2009

Anthony: Ricardo Monatlban died today.

322. AJ - January 21, 2009

Anthony:

AJ again.

The Obama article is vital to the site, You shouldn’t close it.

I understand why you did, being a 2-year fan of the site.

But keeping fans of a left-wing show silent after the election of someone like Obama is not the way to go, IMHO. I would guess that you had to delete many crappy posts, but there must be a better path than closing down the associated comments thread.

Maybe you could set up a contract system for sensitive topics with an “I ACCEPT” option which allows unbridled discussion of “iffy” Trek topics.

CHAT is certainly not the place for it, God forbid. But you have a lot of Trek fans here with opinions. TM.C is not an official site, so it’s not an extraordinary thought. Obama being a ‘Trek’ fan is certainly more important than Playmates’ new toy line.

323. Jerrad - January 21, 2009

Is it really necessary to have a bunch of ads for books from that nut job L. Ron Hubbard on the site?

324. earthclanbootstrap - January 22, 2009

Hello Anthony,
For what it’s worth, it’s a shame that you had to shut down the comments on the Obama article, but I kinda see why you felt it best to do so. Babysitting a bunch of political blowhard-ism wouldn’t have been very fun for you. Unfortunately it was looking like some posters were going to take it in that direction. For the record, I did thoroughly enjoy it as what it was meant to be: whimsical reporting on a mainstream conflation of Wars and Trek.

As a great Jedi Master once said:
“We must draw the line HERE! This far, no further!”

325. AJ - January 22, 2009

Anthony:

Someone is impersonating “Harry Ballz” in CHAT.

Please try to stop it, if possible, and if Harry can do anything, please let him know. AJ

326. Babel Girl / TrekkyStar - January 28, 2009

Hi
I’m an admin on the new Star Trek Fanon Wiki, Memory Gamma. We have about 10-12 users in all that edit every week, so I was wondering if you could help get the news out about MG. The wiki is for fans who want to write story about Star Trek, maybe a whole series, maybe one episode, or just make an article about a fanon character. Maybe it could go into a Great Links article. You can contact me at
http://memory-gamma.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:TrekkyStar

Thanks

327. AJ - January 29, 2009

Anthony:

TM.C just zapped a satirical fake news article I posted in CHAT.

I figured 50/50 on that one.

Could you post more specific guidelines for us, please? Was it inappropriate because of language? Was the format, or mention of JJ Abrams inappropriate?

If we know specifically what is verboten on the site, it will be easier for us, who sometimes put time into these silly stories, to know boundaries. Thanks.

328. Swollen Ballz - February 2, 2009

Mr. P

Can u kindly respond to me via the dozens of e-mails I sent you?

Thankis a lot.

329. Swollen Ballz - February 2, 2009

Please check my IP address and other resources available to you. I have been making attempts to reach you for quite sometime with a multitude of questions. I AM NOT attempting to impersonate anyone here. This is a message for the curious at heart.

Once you get those facts about my ID, you will understand why my name is changed for YOURS and MY future dialog.

Thank you kind sir.

330. Shamrock - February 14, 2009

Where is that report from Phoenix comicon?

331. Anthony Pascale - February 15, 2009

did you search for ‘phoenix’?

you would have found this
http://trekmovie.com/2009/01/26/trek-stars-talk-and-rock-at-phoenix-comic-con/

332. Commodore Lurker - February 17, 2009

Anthony, you might want to check out post # 1361 in Chat. }:-D>

333. Commodore Lurker - February 18, 2009

Anthony, OUR names are popping up in the upper right Ad box for MS Live Search. So far I’ve seen Denise DeArman’s and YOURS! Is this kosher?? Man, I’m glad I didn’t use my real name when I registered with you! Also, Denise’s search brought up posts on chat from over a year ago! Is there nothing sacred anymore???? }:-{>

334. Shamrock - February 19, 2009

Anthony P. wrote:
“More from Phoenix Comic Con coming up
did you search for ‘phoenix’?
you would have found this
http://trekmovie.com/2009/01/26/trek-stars-talk-and-rock-at-phoenix-comic-con/ ”

And this is said in the end the that report:

“There is more from my trip to comic con to report. TrekMovie will have a review and report from Chase’s screening of “Yesterday is a Lie,” plus video interviews done in conjunction with Phonix Comic Con of all the Trek celebrities. ”

“There is more…” ?????

335. Shamrock - February 19, 2009

Oh crap! Awful mistake. Now the message doesn’t make any sense.
Forge that previous message.

To Anthony:
It was said in the end of the first phoenix report that “there is more…”

So?

336. Anthony Pascale - February 20, 2009

Shamrock…we are still waiting for them to edit the videos, it was done with PCC.

Lurker, i don’t know what you are talking about, what ‘ms search box’? you will have to email me a screenshot

337. Anthony Pascale - February 20, 2009

RE: charity thing
yes we were emailed that, we are double checking to make sure it is legit

338. Shamrock - February 20, 2009

Okey. No problem. I may live to see them. Thank you.

339. AJ - February 26, 2009

Anthony:

CHAT is regularly getting messages from posters that are meant for you and your team, i.e. links to an article or requests for information. We had one this evening.

Any way to better clarify in your header the best way to contact management?

AJ

340. Dom - February 27, 2009

Hey Anthony.

Might’ve overdone the sniping a bit on the BSG preview page! Putting my hands up and apologising.

Dom :)

341. Irish Trekki - March 2, 2009

Hey Anthony,

This may seem random but I was wondering if this site will still be up and active after the movie comes out?

Regards

342. Anthony Pascale - March 2, 2009

AJ
not sure what to do…it says it there already…people dont always read

Dom
I read through that thread and must say I am not happy. I am glad you apologized, that is big of you. I really dont want to see that kind of thing here again. This is not that kind of place

Irish
if you look at the coverage on the site, the majority is not movie related, that will of course continue. And then there is the next movie to cover. This site has the highest alexa rank of any indie trek site and will continue to lead the news for all trek into the future. It has already been stated the site will be rebranded after the new movie comes out to reflect the more general trek nature of the content.

343. Mark Lynch - March 2, 2009

I was wondering whether there will be a ‘proper’ forum on trekmovie in place for the films release so that all the millions of comments can be categorised and perhaps easier to run through?

344. Jon Harrison - March 3, 2009

Can we work with you on an affiliate links scheme?

345. AJ - March 4, 2009

Anthony:

I expressed an opinion as to the “Trek” fragrances, and Tenuto lashed out at me in a big way.

If he were a poster, it would’ve been fine, but he’s one of your official contributors, and he was simply an a**hole to me directly. I responded to him, but I have never, ever been personally insulted by a contributor to this site until now.

I tried to make nice (I think), but my comments on Trek cologne didn’t deserve the response I got.

346. AJ - March 4, 2009

John Tenuto:

John: If you feel I came on too strong with my opinion, I am sorry. You are reporting news, and not expressing an opinion, and I thought the cologne was just stupid. I should not have assumed you would “buy in” to my opinion, and I’m sorry for inferring that you should.

There are times when this site acts as an effective “bullsh*t detector” for Trek, and I thought the fragrances merited a strong response.

I thought your response to my post was somewhat out of line, but I realize I came on a bit strong to start, so I apologize for any misunderstandings which may have come out of it.

AJ

PS: All I want is a D7 battlecruiser, damn it!

347. LoyalStarTrekFan - March 8, 2009

I would like to officially complain about thorsten’s conduct in the forum of this story:
Exclusive First Look At Cover Of Star Trek Movie Adaptation (w/ New Plot Summary)

A debate began about the destruction of Romulus, whether it was necessary for the story, and my perception that people seem to not want to critique or debate any element of this new film when they look forward to the film and/or like J.J. Abrams, etc. and I was insulted by thorsten. Quotes are below:

219. thorsten – March 5, 2009
@218…
You say: “It seems that in the eyes of many JJ Abrams can do no wrong just like some have similar attitudes regarding the current President.”
“Earlier all of my concerns about this film had been laid to rest. They are back full force. I’ll see if those concerns are justified this May.”
Did you hear the story about Latreasa Goodman, who called 911 three times in Florida because she was not able to get Chicken McNuggets at McDonalds. The restaurant took her money, told her they were out of McNuggets, and refused to give her a refund, telling her it was against their policy.
“This is an emergency, If I would have known they didn’t have McNuggets, I wouldn’t have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don’t want one, this is an emergency.”

My response:

225. LoyalStarTrekFan – March 5, 2009
219, so when you don’t have a decent argument you insult people? So much for respect of other people’s opinions. By the way, as someone going into law enforcement, I know what a real emergency is and what isn’t and that woman was charged with misuse of the 911 system, as she should have been. Further, you may notice that I did NOT insult you. I expect civilized debate, if that’s too much for you then I’d rather you not respond at all.

thorsten’s response:

235. thorsten – March 5, 2009
LoyalStarTrekFan
Your reactions pretty much prove my point.
You are an embarassement for this site.
There is nothing about Star Trek you understand.
And with your attitude you don’t belong into law enforcement.

I was not personally offended as I have dealt with rude people before and will undoubtedly again but his behavior is inappropriate and I felt that a formal complain was necessary. Further, while I wasn’t personally offended, I also do not tolerate it. I wish this was not necessary but after post 235 I feel I have no choice. I would appreciate any disciplinary action you think is required. Thanks.

348. Dom - March 10, 2009

Hi Anthony.

I don’t know if this post will appear, as there are no comments registering on this page, but there seems to be a constant problem seeing comments on the various articles just lately!

I’m using Firefox 3.0.7 and I thought it might be a Firefox 3 issue again (the difficulties I had with this site on Firefox 3.0 before were sorted on the 3.0.1 update!) but I’m having trouble with the latest Safari too now!

Could there have been some upgrades to the various browsers that are creating the difficulties with Trekmovie?

Anyway, in unlikely case you didn’t know, I thought I’d better mention it!

Sorry if this turns out to have been already posted, as I can’t see any comments!

All the best, Dom :)

349. thorsten - March 12, 2009

@347…

My dear LoyalStarTrekFan, you forgot to mention your post 228.
I guess you are aware what “drinking the kool-aid” means.
My post 235 was a direct result of your post 228.

228. LoyalStarTrekFan – March 5, 2009
btw, 219: keep drinking the kool-aid. I hope it helps.

And I found your statement regarding President Obama extremely offensive.
It was the basis of my conviction that you don’t belong into law enforcement.
If you want to continue this, I am always there for you.

350. THX-1138-Star Trek: Timmy! - March 13, 2009

Anthony,

The last post on the James T. article is out of line.

351. THX-1138-Star Trek: Timmy! - March 14, 2009

I apologize about the twits crack. But at least I got you to look at me, AP.

Fresh boy.

352. James Thompson - March 20, 2009

Don’t know if it’s worth ya posting on the main page. Maybe just a small tidbit. But I saw on CNN that they were aucting off Michael Jackson’s stuff. So what the hell I went online and looked at the Catalog of stuff. He has a Trek TNG pinball game;) The King Of Pop a Treky;)? Is that a good thing;)?

353. pizza - March 23, 2009

Hi Anthony, I was in Daytona on the weekend and seen “Knowing” with Nicholas Cage. The interesting note here, they showed the Star Trek movie trailer and Terminator Salvation trailer. Wasn’t expecting either.

Whereas in Tampa a few days before, An IMAX theatre did NOT show the Star Trek trailer for the Watchmen.

Just food for thought.

354. AJ - March 26, 2009

Anthony, you should add to your latest “Getting New Star Trek Playmates Toys?” poll “Yes. For my kids.”

355. Closettrekker - April 2, 2009

Will TM send anyone down to Austin for the 10 minutes of footage to be shown at the special screening of TWOK, or do you expect it to be a condensed version of what you already saw at JJ’s presentation?

356. Harry Ballz - April 7, 2009

#355

Boy, Closettrekker, I bet TPTB wish they had paid a bit more attention to THAT query!

357. Millennium Vulcan - April 15, 2009

Just saw a TV spot I had not seen before on G4. Looks like another action themed add. It aired during the “The Onion Movie”.

358. AJ - April 17, 2009

Anthony and John T.

The toy/collectible reviews are becoming increasingly distant from what they should be. Trekmovie should be providing hands-on consumer testing of toys meant for kids first, and second, a BS detector for issues involved with accuracy, especially for adult-oriented collectibles.

John, the video in your last column showed a defective product, Playmates’ JJ’s NCC-1701 with warped nacelles. Job one is to call Playmates and describe the defect, and when a new product is received, make sure the defect is corrected. If it is not, there should be an article describing the defect, and advising TM.COM members to avoid it until the defect is corrected, or where to send their defective products for exchange.

That should be the number one point of any articles here which refer to consumer goods. I have sparred with John, as have many others, about the validity of much of what is here or coming relative to Star Trek in terms of consumer goods. I believe the “collectibles” column should deal less with sociology, and more with consumer support. Many Trekkers will be spending money this year from much leaner wallets. It’d be nice to have some advice separating the shite from the shinola, and an advocate with the manufacturers.

359. AJ - April 19, 2009

Anthony:

We have issues with the Yahoo and Google Japanese translations over in the ARG thread.

You asked someone you know to do a good translation of that first snippet. Could you see if he could do it again?

We’re fine with French, German, and Spanish.

Thanks, if you can (and to your contact), and, if you can’t, maybe one of us can go out for sushi later and get it!

360. AJ - April 19, 2009

Anthony,

Sorry to harass you again, but most of the ARG participants have gone to a CHAT site to banter in real time, especially as new intel was received this morning.

The site is: http://widget.mibbit.com/?settings=ce9a733dae31c19c6cf23d9e4a4db1fa&noServerTab=false&server=irc.tvdw.eu&channel=%23arg&autoConnect=true

and was set up by a user called “Tom.”

I invited thorsten in for a bit of German translation (and fun), but it’s been wildly active all day. I guess you’ll get to it ;-).

AJ

361. Admiral_BlackCat - April 20, 2009

Anthony, the Star Trek ARG update 4 has some vague and slightly irrelevant information.
Under the Analysis: Who are these people? section there are names and email addresses
HORI KEI, horikei1234@gmail.com
Camille Dupont, cdupont969@googlemail.com
Albert Stein, albertstein160@googlemail.com
Ferdinand Franco, ffranco649@googlemail.com
It is not explained how these names and emails were obtained and what their relevance, if any, they are to the game.

362. kmart - April 22, 2009

you guys should probably put up some mention of how Millimeter.com / digitalcontentproducer.com has a long (but not at all comprehensive) article on TREK vfx and cinematography … basically a paean to endless dumbass lens flare, but I’m sure your readership will eat it up..

363. Denise de Arman - April 23, 2009

Anthony, I just want to thank you for all the time you and your staff are putting into the articles. With the movie premiere so close, it is great to read all the tidbits you are giving us. I can only imagine how busy you all will be after the film opens. Much appreciation to the best site on the Net.

364. Swollen Ballz - April 24, 2009

Anthony

I echo the sentiments as #363.

All the best to you and your staff

365. Admiral_BlackCat - April 24, 2009

Anthony and crew.
Kudos.
Your site is just as important to Star Trek and the fans as all the promtions, premiere events, new merchandise, and all the rest.
Just kudos.

366. That One Guy - April 29, 2009

Apparently there was some form of modified opener with Trek stuff in it. I was in the shower at that the time, but my roommates say that the Enterprise flew by with a clip from the movie right after.

I think CmdrR mentioned it in Chat.

367. art diaz - April 30, 2009

Thank you Anthony for this wonderful site…

Would it be too much to ask if you send me a private email with all the movie details/review?

cmdr_artdiaz1701@yahoo.com

as you know the movie has been postponed indefinetly in Mexico and this is killing me…

Thanks again Anthony

368. Toben - May 2, 2009

Why was I being censored yesterday? In the comments section about the recent interview with Orci & Kurtzman, I made two legitimate posts why I thought a proper prequel would have been better than what they actually came up with. And both these posts were deleted shortly after.

Then I asked why my posts had been deleted, but instead of giving me an answer, you deleted these posts, too, and after that I wasn’t able to submit any new message.

What is going on? What did I do wrong? Will anybody answer me to that or are you just going to censor me for no reason again?

Regards,
Toben

369. Closettrekker - May 4, 2009

There is a regular program on Reelzchannel called “At The Movies”. This week the two critics reviewed 4 films—-Star Trek, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Obsessed, and Battle For Terra.

Of the 4 reviewed films, only Star Trek avoided the “skip it” tag. Both critics said “see it”. Those two guys are rather harsh sometimes, so that was impressive to see.

370. Mikey1091 - May 5, 2009

When you posted the Nimoy interview you said there would be 2 interviews posted every day. Might I ask where the second interview for yesterday is, and where today’s interviews are?

371. Joe Holland - May 6, 2009

Love the site. I thought you might get a kick out of the comparison between The Onion Star Trek story and the NPR Story that ran this morning.

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/trekkies_bash_new_star_trek_film

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103824300

372. AJ - May 9, 2009

Anthony:

“Star Trek” has always been a baby of the New York Times. Maybe it’s the secular humanism that Trek has always espoused, but every film has always been well-reviewed (even TFF).

I was searching around today, and found this:

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/05/08/opinion/1194840097393/bloggingheads-star-trek-and-america.html

David Corn, super-liberal (Mother Jones, The Nation) spars with James Pinkerton, conservative (Fox News), and they both agree on the importance of Star Trek’s resurgence, and throw in a few jabs at George Lucas to boot. Worth a look!

373. Blue99si - May 9, 2009

I am interested in taking my son to this movie but, am wondering about the sexual content? Anyone care to elaborate as to what the sexual content is and whether it is something that a parent should worry about?

374. C.S. Lewis - May 10, 2009

Dear Mr Pascal,

I appreciate all the hard work you do on your site and I trust the remuneration has made your effort worthwhile. I also appreciate that you permit me to explore the edge of the bell curve given this site’s youthful demographic (old Liberal Arts fogey that I am).

However, I appeal to you as a fellow Christian, please do something about the blasphemy such as this quote from “Star Trek’s $112M Global Opening Weekend + Quinto,Nimoy & Pine on SNL + More Tidbits”:

137. Ricker’sDad – May 10, 2009

124. … For Christ’s sake look at Voyager. …

I do try to be open minded about what passes for civil conversation today, and as a one-time frat boy have nothing against a good string of expletives — in private conversation between men. But this is in an altogether different league and, given the beating Christians take in the current environment, I hoped you might encourage your posters to find another way to mark their writings with curses less offensive to us that believe. (Surely, were they to invoke “Allah & Mohamed!” &c. they would be perma-banned without possibility of parole.)

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
C.S. Lewis

375. That One Guy - May 11, 2009

Anthony,
Thanks for the real-time chat in Chat! I like it. It is exciting.

376. AJ - May 12, 2009

Anthony:

Issues with real-time CHAT, which is great:

1. The language filter blanks out the first four letters of William Shatner’s surname.

2. It converts odd spellings, common to Star Trek to bizarre nonsense/smiley combinations, especially Vulcan female first names. (T’Pol comes out as ‘T&apos (smiley) ol.” I typed the word ‘both’ in parentheses, and it did the same thing).

3. CHAT will not accept ordinal numerals over three digits. As we debated the length of the Enterprise, 4 digit numbers flagged a warning about sharing phone numbers (1000 feet, etc).

4. The maximum length of a post is only about 4 lines. Anything over is blocked.

377. AJ - May 12, 2009

also, the CHAT was spammed multiple times with p*rn.

378. Christine - May 20, 2009

Hi, Mr. Pascale. I’m a regular around here, and love the site. It’s what got me really into Star Trek. But I saw something that was a little interesting…

I was just reading through all the posts and threads here, and saw that there’s actually a “Fan Fiction” section. I also saw that it hasn’t been updated since about mid-2007.

I think it would be really great to get the ball rolling again on that part of Trekmovie. I know I’m pretty big on writing, and some contests would be fun for me and, doubtless, some other people.

What do you think?

379. Ben - May 22, 2009

I hope trekmovie.com goes on even with the new film out.
it is simply the best source for everything trek.

huge thumbs up and thank you!

ps: please keep the site as simple structured as it is now, it is easy on the eye, not cluster with whatever unnecessary tools or graphics.

380. AJ - May 22, 2009

Anthony:

On the latest BO numbers thread (two weeks), both RD and I are being sockpuppeted, probably by “Trek.” I think he’s nuts, but I’d ask you to get on his case, please.

381. Anthony Pascale - May 25, 2009

I will answer many recent queries

‘Trek’ was banned for puppeting

I am looking into getting rid of the talking Wii ad, it isn’t as easy as people think, i have asked both google and gorilla to find the culprit and get rid of it

I will see to finding a better live chat client

As stated many many many times before, TrekMOvie is going nowhere, the release of the film is just another day in star trek and as the biggest trek news site we will continue on, and of course there is going to be a sequel

We are going to try and improve our coverage of Fan Productions, including fan fiction. Admittedly this is not something we have done enough with

I do not consider using the phrase ‘Christ’s sake’ as warnable, sorry.

382. Harry Ballz - May 25, 2009

Anthony, in your defence, using the phrase, “TrekMovie is going nowhere” seems unfair to all your wonderful efforts! Maybe to say, “TrekMovie is not shutting down” would be more appropriate. When one says that they are going nowhere, it sounds like they have neither purpose or direction. You, sir, obviously do not suffer from that! Kudos to you and your team!

383. Christine - May 25, 2009

“…We are going to try and improve our coverage of Fan Productions, including fan fiction. Admittedly this is not something we have done enough with…”

Oh! Wonderful! That’s very heartening to hear. I’ll be watching eagerly.

384. Admiral_BlackCat - May 27, 2009

TrekMovie.com
“Boldly Going Nowhere!”
LOL

385. Harry Ballz - May 27, 2009

Boldly Going Nowhere To Where Everyone Goes Anyway!

386. Anthony Pascale - May 27, 2009

perhaps that could be better worded…of course by nowhere it is mean we are not leaving the stage, we are staying and will continue to do our thing

387. Harry Ballz - May 27, 2009

Attaboy, Anthony!

388. AJ - May 28, 2009

Anthony:

I’ve been asked by Trekmovie chatter Denise DeArman to let you know that her posts in CHAT have a 100% fail rate. She even posted here in Feedback, and the post did not take. There shouldn’t be a reason for her to be banned, so she asked me to inquire. Thanks.

389. Denise de Arman - May 28, 2009

test

390. Anthony Pascale - May 29, 2009

it appears Denise can chat here, i checked and saw some stuff in the spam filter though, it updated it to try to not flag her but the akismet filter has a mind of its own. she should try again

391. Denise de Arman - May 30, 2009

Thank you, Anthony. My posts are now sticking. The cyber-Orc was eating them there for awhile.

392. THX-1138 - June 10, 2009

Anthony, I gotta tell ya’ I think Brian Kirsch is working me. And I didn’t have a very civil tone for him. My apologies. But he came out of nowhere and was insulting to a portion of the fanbase which happened to include me. And was dismissive about the discussion in a thread about the E’s size, which we were, for the most part, having a decent back and forth. I’m sorry if I don’t take to being called immature, but I acknowledge that I lack the ability to ignore it. I rarely seek it out.

I think the dude is a troll and is trying to flame threads to get weak individuals like me to bite. Protect me from him, please, before I say something I will REALLY regret and get myself banned.

393. Harry Ballz - June 12, 2009

Anthony

apparently the fair Denise still can’t post on Chat! We’re all wondering whether she was banned, which we doubt as none of us recall anything happening to warrant that….could you please check into this? Thanks!

394. Denise de Arman - June 14, 2009

Thank you, Harry, but I know Anthony did not ban me. The fault lies somewhere within the stinky hardware components of my computer (either that or the CyberOrc which loves to eat my posts when I hit ENTER). Today seems to be a good day – two posts have actually stuck in Chat!

395. Dom - June 15, 2009

Hey Anthony! Bit of a loaded poll question, isn’t it? I’d choose books about Kirk, Spock and McCoy set in either universe (they won’t be that different fro one another!) but I’m having to make a choice about what is, to all intents and purposes, the same Star Trek!

396. Dom - June 15, 2009

There was supposed to be a smiley and joke shoved on the end of that post to make me sound less serious, but I accidentally hit the send button and came off sounding like a nerd . . . dammit! ;)

397. Closettrekker - June 17, 2009

Hey Anthony,

I hate to be that guy, but please check the latest post by “Spock” (the longtime troll) in the “Star Trek Crosses $350 million Mark” thread. It is post #56—”buy silver sneakers so some black guy can steal them?

No THANKS.”

398. AJ - June 19, 2009

PARAMOUNT TO MERGE?

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/06/14/afx6541803.html

399. Anthony Pascale - June 19, 2009

Closet
that guy has been permabanned for racist comments

AJ
we reported that four days ago, and with more info than Forbes
http://trekmovie.com/2009/06/15/paramount-could-merge-with-another-studio/

400. EMH22 - June 22, 2009

Whenever I try to load this site i am attacked by a new page that covers this one that says my computer is under attack by viruses, did you know about this?

401. Anthony Pascale - June 22, 2009

can you send me a screenshot. It is likely an advertiser using bad code, i need to block them but I need to know which one it is. I havent seen it

402. EMH22 - June 23, 2009

I’ll try to get a screenshot, but I know the website that owns it. The website is “mypersonalscanner.com”

403. EMH22 - June 23, 2009

sorry thats now “secure-my-pc2.com”

404. Anthony Pascale - June 23, 2009

thanks that helps, i will try and block them from the ad system. Sometimes these are tricky. The way ads work, they are placed all via gorilla and google. sometimes these nasty ones slip through.

405. That One Guy - June 27, 2009

Anthony,

I was taking a trip to W. Lafayette, Indiana this morning. Beforehand, I stopped by Barnes and Noble’s to get an audiobook. I found Randy Pausch’s “The Last Lecture” that I recognized from an article from about a year ago. Just wanting to say thanks for pointing it out. It was a well-spent 4-hour trip.

406. EMH22 - July 7, 2009

You might want to check the responses on your SyFy article. It looks like there are some auto-posts generated by websites there (check the posts in the 60’s)

407. That One Guy - July 7, 2009

There’s a new show on History called “That’s Impossible.” It’s an hour long, involves lots of Trek references, is about theoretical technology, and is narrated by Jonathon Frakes!

I don’t think anything’s been mentioned here about it.

408. Norm - July 11, 2009

No one would happen to know if Brannon Braga or Rick Berman have made any comments on Star Trek XI have they? If they’ve seen it, I’d love to know what they think…

409. Commodore Lurker - July 20, 2009

Congats on getting the commentary for FC, Anthony!

I look forward to hearing it; I know you must have been thrilled and all aquiver to let us know for some time.

}:-D>

410. AJ - August 1, 2009

Anthony, Denise De Arman and I are in Parsippany. Do you have someone here? Would TM like some information? Denise has a gold pass.

Despite what’s been written, today and tomorrow are both sold out, though the Hilton is trying to make more room.

411. 'Beach - August 6, 2009

Anthony,

This was posted in Chat this morning. Are you aware of this?

“490. garen – August 6, 2009

what is Netseer? and why does it seem to occassionally take over and sorta re-direct me to a screen that only says Netseer? happens on multiple computers and only with trekmovie.com

any thoughts? anyone else experience this?”

This happens to me, too, from time to time.

412. THX-1138 - August 6, 2009

I, too, have been redirected to a Netseer page that does nothing. Is it some sort of keystroke tracking program? It happens only on Trekmovie and on multiple computers. Is this something that you are aware of?

413. Spockanella - August 6, 2009

413: Me too! (Netseer) Muy annoying.

414. AJ - August 10, 2009

Anthony,

I wanted to say “thanks” for such great “Trek” coverage the last two weeks. I followed the Sunday tweets, and talked with friends who were out there throughout the day, and it’s a close as you can get to being there. Brillliant job. And you guys are out there to have fun, too.

Also, thanks for giving Denise and myself the chance to contribute to the Parsippany coverage. I blog on a consumer goods website for an industry I have been in for years, and writing part of an article for Trekmovie was an honor and a privilege, especially as I didn’t see the request until Monday morning!

Keep it up.

AJ

415. THX-1138 - August 12, 2009

Anthony I hate to keep harping on it and I know that you have been really busy with the con and all, but the Netseer thing is really gettting bad. I can hardly post or look at articles without having to skip back from the re-direct from Netseer. It is really starting to seriously diminish the enjoyment level.

416. Anthony Pascale - August 12, 2009

This netseer thing started when I left for Vegas and I am now looking into it, it is related to one of our ad networks and I am trying to find out where it is and block it.

417. Anthony Pascale - August 13, 2009

i believe we resolved the neseer thing yesterday, if anyone has issues let me know

418. AJ - August 18, 2009

Anthony:

The Meebo real-time CHAT is being swamped with spam (links to XXX websites) to the point that some of us ditched a chat session. Not sure if there is a solution.

419. pock speared - August 22, 2009

“47. ger – August 22, 2009
I hope they really do a Khan story. I want to see a fresh and exciting new take on an old character in this exciting new and fresh universe they opened to us.

48. ger – August 22, 2009
After Khan, I want them to remake The Doomsday Machine! The original episode is so 60s. Pine and Quinto will make a much better job. And a story about a doomsday machine would be a refreshing and exciting new twist in this exciting new universe.

50. ger – August 22, 2009
And then, when the trilogy is over, they should reboot again, and give new actors a chance, so that Pine, Quinto & the others can go on in their exciting career.

52. ger – August 22, 2009
And I hope they reboot the Khan character. Originally he was from 1996, that’s impossible. So he should be from, like, 2063 or something. And hopefully they get a Bollywood actor to play him. That would be great.”

that does it. anthony, ban me for this if you gotta, but put this crap out of our lives. ger is flaming, blatantly, and with intent. he being isn’t cynical. he’s baiting. i have A REAL PROBLEM with the “bollywood” comment. dancing around the edge of belligerency is belligergency. fire everything and let this poster fall back into the black hole from which he emerged. please.

420. ChristopherPike - September 17, 2009

Emailed Anthony, aka the Editor-in-Chief (not the cigar chomping of comic books hopefully) about my concerns about mysterious disappearing posts, (strangely aimed specifically at me), my unabashed love for ENTERPRISE and my fondness to link any cause involved in campaigning for its return.

421. AJ - October 4, 2009

Anthony,

This is coming up on the Meebo Chat repeatedly.

guest3870522: 18 female bisexual with video chat add me on m.s.n to chat
tinycandice18@hotm ail.c om make sure to remove the spaces

Any way to cut it off?

AJ

422. Harry Ballz - October 19, 2009

Anthony

it seems lately it takes forever to post a comment in the Chat section. Others acknowledge the same problem. When you type in a comment it takes about 4-5 minutes for it to appear on the screen and only then can one post it. I know the Chat section is probably low priority, but we would appreciate it if you could look into this. Thanks!

423. AJ - November 2, 2009

Hi, Anthony.

Is there any way to recruit some more posters over to CHAT?

We’re quite an insular community, for sure, and we are definitely ‘rated PG-13′ but I think CHAT’s existence is largely unknown to most.

CHAT has lost a few people the last year as well, and we all are linked via Facebook. Just not in CHAT.

I know you have plans to ramp up the site in the near future. Give us a little banner-ad if you think about it!

AJ

424. That One Guy - November 2, 2009

Speaking of Chat, I really don’t like to complain, but it’s begun to pile up, in more than one way…

425. David L - November 9, 2009

Hi wanted to just say I love the site. I get most of my trek news here on a daily basis. Sometimes things are missed, and if it is OK i would like to let folks know about something. On HDNET you can view Enterprise in hi-definition most days. Check your listings for times. Also the big news is on HDNET Movies (A commercial free hi-def channel) they are currently airing Star Trek The Motion Picture and Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan in hi-def (see their website for listings). In December they will be showing Star Trek III The Search For Spock and Star Trek IV The Voyage Home. Just thought folks would like the information.