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All right! I get to be first.
Okay, for the inaugural video, we have to post something classic. Drum roll.
It’s Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog at the Star Wars: Attack of the Clones premiere. Special guest at the end of the video for Trekkers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zWNJHS9PBE
Wow.
Didn’t think Anthony would actually do it.
‘Space.
The Final Frontier.
These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.
Her ongoing mission: To seek out strange new worlds…
To seek out new life…New civilizations.
To Boldy Go Where No One Has Gone Before.’
Let’s do it, ladies and gentlemen.
Ooooooh, nice and clean. Me likey!
Hey. Thank you Anthony. He read my post about resetting and keeping it in honor of Del Trame. Sweet.
Now I have to come up with new stories and more from the Empire. This is for our Absent Friend.
Long Live Del Trame!!!!! British Naval Dude!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some of the old crowd should come back now that we have a new slate!
Are you listening, Denise?
Mike:
Please do a ‘courtesy dump’ of Del’s greatest hits, so we have access to the Great One’s humor right up top.
Is ‘courtesy dump’ even an expression? Shit. I think it’s bedtime.
Hey AJ. Here is a BND Great Hit. His Take on trek 2009.
249. British Naval Dude – May 9, 2009
I want me a gremlin like Scotty had…
“Get down from thar’!”
“What or who the hell is that up there, Mr. Scott?”
“Well it’s… it’s… it’s green!”
Very different actually from what I expected. Very good, though. And indeed darker but yet withoot tha’ customary ruminations o’ morality and life… well, unless ye’ count Spock’s tale o’ how tha’ previous reality wuz’ grand fur’ Kirk and how tha’ previous reality wuz’ being changed fur’ tha’ worse cuz’ o’ Nero or how ye’ have destiny despite quite different circumstances… and a good electrician can really brighten up tha’ place.
A “9″ I will give it. But I reserve me tens fur’ films like “Thar’ Will Be Blood” and “Tha’ Outlaw Joesy Whales.”
Tha’ perspective o’ tha’ ships wuz’ well done… and how great be it ta’ peer deep inta’ tha’ hangar bays. Soooo… arrrrrrr tha’ ships smaller or larger than ye’ always thought? Both it seemed dependin’ on tha’ shot.
Finally see tha’ ship upside down as well! Guess Rick Berman had his upsy-daisium in check all those years as thar’ really be no up nor down in space.
Vulcan lost… sad but yet daring since thar’ wuz’ no re-set button in site…
I’ll say Nimoy did dominate his scenes and wuz’ captivatin’… but maybe that’s just our own partiality speakin’. What’d he say at tha’ end? “Thrusters on full.”? Indeed.
And boy did transportin’ seem really harsh! Looks like it hurts! Hurts sooooooo good, though…
Ouch! Quit injectin’ me wit’ that shalaly, Bonesy!
Maybe it wuz’ me but except fur a few shots ye’ didda not have a lot o’ time ta’ ogle o’er tha’ ship… and engineering looked like a tha’ factory where they make me chum-burgers.
Great! Excitin’! I thought it wuz very well done. Which is how I like me chum-burgers.
Me brother did say that now Amok Time! and Jourey ta’ Babel canna happen since Vulcan went bye-bye. But that’s tha’ way tha’ red matter ball bounces.
I want more o’ Scotty and his gremlin!
Arrrrrrrrrrrrr ye’ still readin’ folks’ reviews? Oh, my… It’s a good film and, indeed, “I am relieved.”
Hey- how did this beagle just appear in me bathroom?
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…
I do not think this thred will ever die. Lol.
http://trekmovie.com/2010/12/17/sci-fi-movies-friday-iron-man-3-the-avengers-gravity-tron-legacy-paul-potc-4-spider-man-musical-more/#comment-4479847
I was watching the SAG awards the other day. And a couple of things caught my eye.
http://www.anomalousmaterial.com/movies/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sag-awards-2012-viola-davis.jpg
Yay! We got a re-boot while I was asleep! It loads much quicker now :-) You folks have been busy too, yay on Basement B being 1st.
Ah. It smells all fresh and flowery in here.
I bet 1,000 Quatlos we get this new thread to 5,000.
Hey, who left a Tribble Burger wrapper on the floor? Let’s TRY to keep this place clean, eh??
Would that be a Tribble Triple or a Triple Tribble?
It’s a Triple Tribble with Cheese, Federation Fries, and a Sherman’s Shake.
To boldy go.
Hey. Don’t forget my all time fave drink. Warp Core Breach. Trust me. Drink one and you will not even remember putting the glass down.
The women! Okay, let’s try to get the ladies back with classic comedy videos that should appeal to them and of course us male Trekkers also.
1. Marion Cotillard does an ad for a product that gets men to stop looking at women’s chests. (Ahem, @11)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDPUJOz9mZg
2. Billy Crystal pitches sequel to “When Harry Met Sally” but the studio has another idea to make the new film more appealing. Hilarious faux trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9pkhp_SSr8
Wow this looks nice and clean!! OH YAY! I’m able to type text into the box again without it taking forever!!! Thanks Anthony! =D You guys are making this girl hungry…I’ll grab some food and a drink and settle in to watch BB’s videos for us girls, lol Come on Spockanella and Doohania I’ve saved you a spot! & name your poison :)
https://www.facebook.com/#!/charla.eitel also for anyone who wants to get on FB too. I seen Trekmovie has a spot, didn’t realize it but added it also. Does anyone know if that is a picture of Anthony there?
Del J. Trame Memorial Chat: Very classy Anthony, thank you.
#3 If this was your idea Commodore Mike thank you as well.
It certainly took the old boy long enough to clean up the mess in here.
Love what you’ve done with the place, by the way. It could use more booze. And bacon. After all, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner.
That Billy Crystal trailer is LOL funny.
Required annual viewing:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7msf6_saturday-night-live-star-trek-the-l_fun
(May not play outside US and A)
#22 THX
I assume the bacon is for Mongo?
Thanks Silvereye’s. But it was actualy either Harry or AJ’s Idea. I just got the ball rolling with Anthony. All I did was email him and posted a comment on the main thread.
Silvereyes
Heck no. The bacon is for me and mama. The booze is for me. In moderation, of course.
I just happen to moderate at a higher level than some folks.
You guy’s can have the Bacon. i’ll take 2 Warp Core Breaches. Yum Yum!.
I was partial to the Borg Sphere’s myself.
@20. Charla. Thanks my dear! I’m afraid I am up to my forehead-t*ts with school work but I should emerge soon. It is 11.30pm here so I’m off to bed. Darn this time difference! There was also a jokey French video for a portable ‘camel toe’ you could slide down your pants, but I can’t seem to find it. I’m quite sad about that, Basement B. would love it. Nighty Night x
I understand Doohania- I wish I were like you, busy with school work- I had to drop this semester of grad school b/c of the car wreck. I cried January 9th most of the day! I hope they take me back in March. In the meantime now that chat is fixed, I can hang out here more! It’s also getting easier to stay on a little longer too w/o the headaches. Have a good nights rest and see you later! : )
AJ, I couldn’t see the video of SNL and even tried to see it on YouTube but no luck. I did find a couple funny ones, one with Carol Burnett and the other with Jim Carrey when he was on “In Living Color 2″.
http://youtu.be/tVuxvJVdZQc – Jim Carrey
http://youtu.be/SnvzAyZIqRc – Carol Burnett
Those videos were funny too BB- Harry will like the first one LOL!
Hey Charla. I got your Facebook request. thank you for friending me. Hope you get to feeling better.
@ 30
Hope you feel better Charla. Ah, the classics. That’s how we get this party going.
@ 23
Yeah, the classics! Belushi does a pretty good Kirk.
Thanks CMotTE and BB – I am doing a little better, thanks- Still have a little difficulty seeing properly but hope in time that will improve!
Oh I gotta look up Belushi too!
Oh look! A new chat! It’s all nice and shiny… and not taking up 5 Mbs of cache!
DENISE! Where the frak are the marionettes? I left them here last time, now I can’t find them.
THX,
I eat bacon as if it were an olympic sport.
Watching the TNG Blu Ray right now! Absolutely spectacular! Can’t wait for season one to come out, even though its one of the weaker seasons. I just want to see Remmick’s head exploding in HD.
Anyway, nice to see this thread re-set. I can actually type now without a ten minute delay from when I type to when it posts.
Update on my screenplay:
Bob Orci has read it and is asking me to send him an outline of the script. His exact words are “I would love to read an outline of the script so I can see the structure more clearly and faster”.
Well, I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me. I’ll keep you posted.
Shhhh, don’t tell anyone outside of Chat.
This is very good news, Mr Ballz.
@38. Harry. Woooooooooooooo! Mooshy hugz for Ballz.
@30.Charla. I hope you are on the mend, and that they let you back to school. What are you studying?
Harry,
What’s this about a screeplay? I’ve been out for a little while. Care to fill me in?
Good News, Harry!
I guess Bob just wants a bird’s eye view to put it all in perspective. Quite the man to read it as well. He’s got stature in Hollywood,for sure.
That is wonderful news Harry!! Mum’s the word here…. but so excited for you!
Thanks Doohania- I think I am just taking longer than I want. I am studying to be a nurse practitioner. I hope to not have to wait long to get back in. What about you?
Hey Harry. When you get rich and famous. Remember us little people. lol.
THX (& Da Missus & Mongo) and TOG!
Welcome back, old friends.
Way to go Harry.
Don’t forget us poor unfortunate peons when you’ve hit the Big Time!
Yes Harry, congratulations. You know, when you’re a good person in life and do the right thing before doing the easy thing, life rewards you with success and hapiness. Ok enough with the crap. So how the hell did YOU get this chance anyway?
I’m kidding!
Thanks for the kind words, folks!
What I don’t understand, if Bob actually read the script, I don’t see why he needs an outline of it, unless he needs it to show someone else.
TOG, about a year ago I mentioned to Bob that I wrote a screenplay about the JFK assassination. He was kind enough to say, “send it to me and I’ll read it’. It took a while, but we’re finally at this point.
#48.
Good for you Harry!
I think the studios usually request an outline before the script. They just want to read the basic premise so that they have an idea of whether they want to pursue it or not.
Although my words on the subject are pretty worthless as I know nothing of Hollywood ins and outs.
Ryan, I appreciate your thoughts on the matter.
Ballz Goes Hollywood!
or…
When Harry Met Orci
or…
Will Success Bust Ballz?
or…
A Star is Ballzed
or…
(I have pages of these.)
Congrats, Harcourt Fenton Ballz.
Good on ya’, Harry! I knew you had it in you! Umm…..something like that. Seriously, though, that is excellent.
TOG, great to hear/see your smiling…er…typing…thing, stuff? happy day my Sharky friend.
Bacon all around on behalf of Harry!
And Beach, all involved say “Hello” to you. Even Mongo with his bacon filled mouth.
BTW, I got the TNG bluray and it really is fantastic. Although Encounter at Farpoint ‘aint exactly Shakespeare. I can’t see myself shelling out that much money on the whole series again though.
Now with Blu-Ray, when Troi moans, “PAIN!” you can actually see her co-stars’ eyes rolling.
Ha! Good one.
Back to required classics:
Le Wrath di Khan from ‘Robot Chicken’
It’s always extra tasty when the parody-makers throw in obscure details like the actual prefix code of the Reliant.
This is YouTube, so hopefully accessible to all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iauuuhpSfRQ
@ 55
Thanks AJ. Great stuff, especially if you like opera.
@ 38
Congratulations Harry. Does this mean Erica Durance will play Jackie Kennedy? I keeed. I keeed.
If you make it big in Hollywood, introduce me to Scarlett Johansson? I’m not keeding.
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Commodore//Silvereyes:
We took an informal poll here in December 2010 as to what to write in the LIVE CHAT BND dedication which Anthony had offered to post up top. That’s the one that was up there the past year (should’ve read ‘I kidz ‘cuz I luvz.’).
Commodore Mike and I have been politely pestering Anthony to flip CHAT recently, as for many, it had become difficult to use.
As Anthony is back to his site-nurturing ways, he finally took down the MEEBO empty space, rolled us over, and simply named CHAT after Del.
Mike is now in charge of pasting ‘Hey boborci, will you mention BND in the new film’ in all the threads. Orci recently requested Del’s full name, spelled correctly, which I sent. Mike said Orci may want the pronunciation at some point as well. Positive signs indeed.
Speaking of Bob Orci, he got me hooked on Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. And AJ showed me this piece where he takes on Bon Jovi.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1z09v_triumph-the-insult-comic-dog-bon-jo_animals
Jim Carrey does Spock from Amok Time in The Cable Guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5n28hpMFBE
52.
Thanks, THX!
Hey A.J. Orci keeps ignoring me on using Del’s name. I even mentioned him using Anthony’s name. But that may be a good thing as we all know that J.J likes to keep everything a secret. We will just have to wait and see.
@43. Charla, I’m doing a Bachelors in Environmental Science and Archaeology. Luckily in my 3rd year so nearly done :-) Nurse practitioners are practically doctors! Go you :-)
I’m afraid I’ve created a monster. I think I’ll put it back in the box for a bit.
THX:
Lightening up the discourse in the boring non-news ‘Orci Says ‘Yup’ about Engine Room’ threads is hardly a monster.
Though, the idea of ‘British Mongo Dude’ was a bit scary, I think it’s all good.
Here is a pretty cool drinking game.
it is called Hi Bob.
http://www.webtender.com/handbook/games/hibob.game
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/53186
What?
Why?
Why??
Good Lord I’ve been away for too long. Has Denise been around lately? What about Nella, Christine, or Nista? It seems most of the guys are still here.
I’m about 4 months from graduation. So that’s my little update.
Harry, that’s great to hear about bob!
Thanks, TOG!
I sent Denise a personal note that she is missed here. Hopefully, we’ll get a ’sighting.’ Like MONGO.
I’ll lure her in, and Harry (who’s Canadian) can bag ‘er an’ put ‘er in the back of the F150.
Been here since Anthony created this place and Just found this section, so hi to all and congrats and good luck with your writing Harry.
A matter of perspective on being alive when JFK was shot dead, ideally it will give some of you younguns a feel for what things were like. Those of you who were not around back in those days may have some difficulty imagining the high stress levels of that era, even for kids.
I was 8 and in the third grade when JFK was killed. Our school principal piped the radio news reports through the intercom system in each classroom. The entire school was assembled (small town, small school) in the auditorium and the principal announced JFK’s death and we were released a little early from school that Friday.
This was just over a year after the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962, when we were taught to “duck and cover” under our classroom desks and the fire alarm in town was tested at least once daily using a different tone than for routine fires. That alarm was a big part of our community “early warning” air raid alert and it was straight out of a 50’s sci-fi movie except it was all deadly serious.
Fallout shelter signs were on most brick buildings of any size and stockpiles of military rations and Geiger counters were sitting ready to be dispersed by Civil Defense officials.
The location of the small town is very close to Fort Bragg, NC, so we were well aware of the increased troop movements and alerts during the Cuban crisis, the standoff in Berlin when the wall went up and after the JFK murder.
Back in school on Monday the day of JFK’s funeral, the classmates with parents in the military were repeating what their parents were told and that was if the Russians did not attack us by Wednesday, there probably wouldn’t be a nuclear war.
Take this level of paranoia in existence at all levels and insert it into the minds of all world leaders and military to get a bit of insight into why the JFK assassination had to be marginalized to a lone nut in early news reports and in the Warren Commission report.
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Welcome, Quatlo.
I was born in 1964, so I missed those days. The Fallout Shelter signs I remember, however, all over NYC growing up.
Welcome Aboard Quatlo. I was born in 1968. Our Civil Defeanse sirens were primarly for Tornadoe’s. When we would hear one we would take cover. Maybe that is why I becamse a Storm Chaser Lol. Yes. I also chase Tornadoe’s and Severe Thunderstorm’s.
From the Terran Empire News Service.
This day in History.
1892 – Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe & Frank Crosby
1912 – Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe)
1922 – It was 2:22:22 on 2/2/22
1923 – US signs War treaty with Central American countries
1931 – 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail (Austria)
1932 – Al Capone sent to (Atlanta, Georgia) as Governer.
1932 – Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries. Later the U.S Empire Breaks away.
1935 – Lie detector 1st used in court (Portage Wisc) In lieu of torture.
1942 – US auto factories switch from commercial to war production.
1951 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1954 – Pres Eisenhower reports detonation of 1st H-bomb (done in 1952)
1962 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1964 – GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy’s toy. Also first toy the Empire put into the hall of fame.
1974 – The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time. Also fist jet to drop a Nuclear Warhead.
2008. Punxsutawney Phill was put to death for getting the winter wrong.
2020. Mt St Helens erupts with twice the force it did in 1980. 389 were killed.
2050. 9.7 Quake hit L.A.
From the Terran Empire News Service.
It was reported today that Mongo has been named chief of security for the Empire. With Mongo’s help. Security will be as tight as ever. Also Mongo has been put in charge of the Agony Booth.
From the Terran Empire News Service.
It was reported today that Capt Harry Ballz of the I.S.S Hood tracked down one of the Empire’s most wanted fugitive Erica Durance. After a brief communication with her scout ship. He Fired 4 Photon Torpedoes and Destroyed her ship. It is not know what was said between the 2 as that has been Classified by the Empire.
1932 – Al Capone sent to (Atlanta, Georgia) as Governer.
Never happened. Never could happen. Big Al was too honest with his finances.
Change of subject. I’ve spotted the new Trek villains:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVkoQHCXSK8
Or if not, let’s at least find their tailor so we can use him in the sequel.
Hey CmdrR. That was in an alternate Universe. The Empire. Lol.
Commodore Mike, I sure hope so. I just know that if that church serves Kool Aid, I’ll go thirsty.
Lol. Don’t worry. We are safe in this universe. At least for now.
@77
When I saw that, I chuckled, then laughed, then fell off my chair gasping for air, cause I was dying of laughter.
@77. CmdrR. Wheeeeeeeeeeeee. What in the heck? That first man is a fruit-loop! His suit looked like it was from ‘Herman’s Hermits’ circa 1960.
Double-post. I am watching ‘The Big Bang Theory’. I LOVE Bernadette, she is the cutest lady on TV.
71.
Welcome Quatlo and thanks for the good wishes!
Funny, I, too, was 8 and in the third grade when JFK was killed.
I remember being pissed that the news coverage pre-empted all of my favourite cartoons that weekend.
Harry. What Cartoons did you watch. Superfriends,Bugs Bunny.
Commodore – My favorite Bugs Bunny Episode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e1hZGDaqIw
I also liked Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.
I loved Hee Man and Transformers and Superfriends and of Course Bugs and Daffy and Taz. Also. Scooby Doo.
ROLL CALL FOR THE MONGO FAN CLUB! All who are present, state your name and what you do for the club. Tanner, Unofficial Mongo Club suggester guy.
Wow Doohonia! The field your going into sounds like so much fun!!! I love archeology too! And combining it with environmental studies as well- you will be in demand with the push for green technology. I love the thought of using alternative energy, and are trying to implement it in our own home.
Congrats to Mongo and Harry on your achievements for the Empire! ;)
And Craiger loved all those cartoons back in the day (and still today lol)
& Welcome Quatlo!
Have a good night everyone, gonna call it a night.
Harry, so we’re the same age, EH? Might be why we both know what a snake LBJ was. My dad was in DC on business 11/22/63 and witnessed first hand the disruption in the telephone system there. He traveled a lot and went to his grave convinced LBJ was behind the assassination. And he died in January 1966, way before so much seedy background info was available about LBJ.
Have you ever read the supposed quote from LBJ after he became JFK’s vice president at the 1960 Dem convention? It was something like, “Every fifth US president has died in office, I’m a gambling man.”
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKjohnsonJ.htm
The Road Runner was my favorite cartoon, always enjoyed seeing Wile E. Coyote’s efforts fail and the little puff of dust seen from the rocky mountains above from the Road Runner’s POV when Wile E. impacted again. Cartoons in the early 60’s were pretty violent if you think about it.
I have to post my vote for the WB cartoon stable as well.
Just think: Bugs Bunny used to go out in drag to inevitably trick Elmer Fudd into chasing him. The characters all smoked and drank.
Those early cartoons were almost direct segues into Woody Allen’s early films for me in the 1970s. And Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc were geniuses.
85.
Cartoons? Same as AJ….Warner Brothers-Looney Tunes. Great stuff!
91.
Yeah, Quatlo, I agree with your father. LBJ was a complete scumbag!
@ 90. Charla, thanks! I hid a bit on my major here as there was a bit of climate-change denial going on in the chat a few weeks ago :-( I used to be a sys admin person, back in the day, so I really want an information management job in Archaeology, that would be my dream…. job climate hard at the moment in the UK, like the US, and my choice of field is only just catching up with the fact that they need information people.
@94. Harry. Ah say boy, ah say… Foghorn Leghorn and WB all the way for me. I introduced my beautiful God-Daughter to WB (she is 18 this year, where did the time go?). The characters are so well-drawn in WB. Perfect.
Loved the WB ‘toons. But if Wile E. Coote is such a fugging super-genius, you’d think he’d have figured out how not to have his ass handed to him by the RR all the time. Though i guess if you think about it, all the Road Runner did was successfully stay out of Wile E.’s way. The dumbass coyote did himself in just fine, no?
Also liked Superfriends. Decent, intelligent stories (usually) and truly killer theme music. Laugh if you want, but i actually liekd the Wonder Twins. They beat hell outta those other kids, Marv and the dog and the girl’s name escapes me.
LIked Justice League but saw more of the Unliited version later.
Bruce Timm’s Batman was cool. His Superman was okay.
The Batman, that came later, wasn’t bad either.
Batman Beyond was just dumb.
Batman Brave and the Bold is decent. Deidrich Bader makes a pretty good Bats. I like how they integrate those other Godlen Age DC characters into storylines. Pretty cool.
Ugh. Really?
WILE E. COYOTE, anyone?
Wow.
After cartoons my dad and I would watch.
A.B.Cs Wide World of Sport’s. Now that was a great show. Loved the opening with that Skier always crashing. Lol. Oh the Agony of Defeat.
Long before Espn we had great Sport’s.
Ow.
When I was living in Boston, used to watch ThunderCats even though I was in my mid-twenties. Can’t remember any of the episodes but for some reason I liked watching it. There’s something about the character of Cheetara that I find appealing. Hmmm. I wonder what it could be?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKSM9NhyHxA
@ 86
Craiger, what about the surreal “Duck Amuck?” Looney Tunes breaks down the fourth wall as an animator toys with Daffy Duck. I could write a paper that it’s a metaphor about man’s relation with God but I would be a stinker to bore you with that.
Here’s the cartoon, have fun guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH6i2Z6mTRE
In my late teens, I was totally hooked on StarBlazers. The live action Japanese movie from last year is fun (dumb, but fun.) Wish Hollywood would do RoboTech or Captain Harlock.
In my younger years, I watched TAS and Looney Toons… and yes, Thunder Cats. Plus, you couldn’t beat the original Johnny Quest.
Speaking of Wile E. Coyote, maybe he should have switched brands. ACME products gave him a lot of grief. Trivia: Back in the days of Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty used a Rickenbacker 325 guitar to get the twangy almost banjo sound on many CCR tunes, “Green River” being the best example of that sound. Those guitars were and are delicate and don’t tolerate the rigors of the road well. Frustrated with the guitar, Fogerty switched the Rickenbacker logo plate on the headstock out on his 325 and replaced it with a blank piece of white plastic upon which he wrote, “ACME”.
Starblazers was a guilty pleasure of mine. Loved that show.
Duck Amuck is Hilarious.
I don’t think there is anyone in the voiceover field before or since as versatile as Mr. Blanc (rest his soul) was. Now they have to have what? Six or more people or whatever to do all the voices that that one man could do?
Absolute genius, that man.
Anyone see the recent The Thing prequel?
Not half bad. The ending ties into the begining of the Carpenter film quite nicely. there are several story points that they hit dead on, like the odd two-faced corpse, the fireax in the door, and the ice block, that are present in the Norwegian camp visit in the original film. It also explains how the alien ship is exposed instead of still buried.
The effects were by and large practical/makeup, with of course digital help in some cases. They sort of evoke the original Rob Bottin work rather well. There is a rather startling transformation that is actually a great twist, mostly because it involves (if you’ve been following the story) the wrong person!
Well, anyway. I liked it…
Starblazers. Epic. I have a great Yamato model from Space Battleship Yamato that I am quite proud of. I haven’t found anyplace to see the live action Starblazers movie, CmdrR. Where did you see it? Was it dubbed or captioned or do you speak Japanese?
Anyway, the reason I originally came in here today is because I found some emails Del sent me. I was wondering if it would be the sort of thing that would be appropriate to post in here, as it may offer a little bit more of his unique and singular wit. And it might give us a glimpse of the man behind the BND persona.
Let me know what you think.
Hey THX. Anything of BND. Please Post it. This Live Chat is Dedicated to him.
That would be cool THX- I didn’t have the pleasure of interacting with him.
THX, for some reason, I’m not finding it now. But, I watched the movie on You Tube about three months ago. Annoyingly, I see a Russian and French version… and the original Japanese.
This is just a trailer, but at least you can see the special effects, which are way better than the acting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Row0rYFQCHs
stills:
http://www.vcdq.com/files/samples/01-2011/58190/121086267.png
http://gelber-drache.de/gelberdracheblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/SpaceBattleshipYamato_B7.jpg
http://pajamasdiary.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2011/07/10/6.jpg
If you do watch it in Japanese, keep thinking:
“I’m sad.”
“You’re an awfully strange good/evil alien with awesome powers.”
“We must go on!”
“Oh! Aaaarrrrgghh!”
and (spoiler) “I love you because you died.”
That pretty much covers the whole movie’s dialogue. Seriously, it’s wonderful eye candy.
Yeah, but where did you see it? And how can I see it?
Del’s email forthcoming.
Two shows I liked as a kid Speed Racer and G-Force.
THX, yes share Del’s email if it please ya.
D’oh. TPTB deleted the link but search youze tubes.
Space Battleship Yamato. 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swerha2CGlU&feature=related
Japanese.
Why it’s a bad idea for anchorwomen to talk about sausage eating contests.
http://youtu.be/1KuRDzQ-ufY
Blogger, what was wrong with that newscast? It’s the best I’ve seen lately.
OK, the original post is there.
Maybe I’m eating too much peyote on my cornflakes, but I’d swear it was missing last night.
Anyway… Starblazers is dumb fun.
Anyone seen these great vids???
http://www.youtube.com/user/mylex67/videos
Mr. Jordan,
Gorgeous stuff. Naturally I started with the Mutara Battle. (But, shouldn’t the E have gone in first; why is Kirk chasing Khan??)
Does anyone remember Jabber Jaws.
Found this on the web. A pretty good comparison between Tos and Trek 09 actors.
http://onekeoneisland.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/star-trek-crew.jpg
TOG#35- Sorry about the marionettes – I took them home and have had TOO much fun playing with them for lo these many months… have not even had time to visit 69 Forward as I have been busy finding fascinating positions for them using the K/S Vulcan Kama Sutra… Might have to clean them up a bit before bringing them back (I know I have some industrial strength sex-toy cleaner around here somewhere…). On a positive note, they both have huge smiles on their faces now…
By-the-by – four months until your graduation??!? Time flies by when you are preoccupied with Kirk and Spock dolls…
Hiya Harry! Hate to mention it, my dear, but the Hollywood glam squad for This Means War seems to have done a good job prettying up Ms. Witherspoon from the previews I have seen…
AJ – my darling – you had to have known I would find some way of getting past computer malfunctions to post on the new thread when you implored me so prettily… you know I can never say no to you…
So happy to see that Anthony dedicated the new thread to Del. 69 Forward WAS his sandbox – he was just gracious enough to let the rest of us try to keep up.
Welcome back Denise. I’ll try to get some new ideas for guests for my Star Trek Holiday Special. How about Toby Keith and Kanye West singing “White Christmas?”
Denise, I left some Funny or Die comedy for the women on post 19. It’s on YouTube if you have trouble with the Funny or Die website.
126.
Denise, you’re still alive, my old friend!!??
They made Witherspoon look good? Yes, it IS amazing what they can do with special effects these days. Personally, I think if the movie This Means War depicts two men fighting over who gets Witherspoon as the prize, the flick should have been released under the category of SCIENCE FICTION!
Now, if it had been Alice Eve being pursued, THAT would make sense!
Denise. You made it thre the Empire Traning. Wtg.
Great to see you back.
I think Witherspoon is cute.
126
Wow, Denise.
I think my jeans just got a little bit tighter.
Nice to see the band is getting back together. I’ll pester Vulcanista and Kate on Facebook to have a look in as well.
Keep those marionettes nice and unclean. They’re like a wok. All the absorbed goo from past use enhances the flavor of what’s prepared next.
132.
Yes, but can she wok the talk? If so, then goo-d for her!
Hmmmm, marionettes are usually made of wood.
I hate to think of where she may have got a splinter!
Yikes!
It gives new meaning to the phrase, “got wood” !
D!
Personally, I think if the movie This Means War depicts two men fighting over who gets Witherspoon as the prize, the flick should have been released under the category of SCIENCE FICTION!
How do you know Kirk’s not fighting so Shinzon gets Elle?
Sample dialogue: “I am also a mirror for you. You wear too much base.”
Now, a simple eye test:
http://matttoomb.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/galactica.jpg
AJ… Consider me pestered. (He left me a note on Facebook to drop in and say hi to everyone.)
Hi, guys. Just wanted to pop in for a sec. Will be back later. Haven’t been doing much. And you are still as funny as ever. I see we have some fresh blood. Hope they’re enjoying Chat.
Just did “the pirate thang” on Facebook to remind myself of how it worked. Hilarious…
TTFN, me hearties.
ktg
Katie!
Well, I guess if the other girls are stopping by, I can quit lurking and make an appearance.
Just found out.
This Means War Part 2 will Star Harry Ballz and AJ. Both will be fighting it out to win the love and Affection of Erica Durance. It also will be filmed in 3D.
Hello Katie. Welcome back to Live chat. Always a pleasure to have you here. Oh and yes. We still love to tease Harry on his Love intrest of Erica Durance.
Oooooh, the whole gang is here……c’mon, everybody, group hug!!
140. “Both will be fighting it out to win the love and Affection of Erica Durance”
I’m glad they’re filming it in 3D.
That way you can see my projectile vomiting as it hurls toward you!
“The women!” as Spock said in “The Menagerie.” Post 19 featured some female-centric video humor. How about another one
1. Women for Eli Manning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZypW_Y1xcpc
2. Why Callista Gingrich on Open Marriage
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/feaa3a44b1/callista-gingrich-on-open-marriage
137: KG
Nice to have you back!
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Yikes! The Time Cops have taken over.
I don’t know but I think a virus just nailed us.
This is what happens when you insert Erica Durrance in this chat over and over without dousing your nethers with gasoline.
Good. The shot worked. Thanks, Doc.
148.
It would take a lot more than gasoline to cleanse yourself after touching the Durance monster.
TOG! Where are you, my young love? We must get details on your plans after you receive your sheepskin and funny-shaped grad hat. Also, any significant others in your life now? You know that AJ and I, as your ST mom and dad, must approve any and all suitors.
Harry- Perhaps the director of This Means War stipulated that Ms. Witherspoon undergo massive facial reconstruction to appear in his movie, complete with chin realignment…
AJ- Ooh, jeans getting tighter… reminds me of the good ol’ days.
Thank you for the welcome Commodore Mike and Basement Blogger! I have not been able to post for months due to the thread demanding 3 hours of time for every word typed. Nice to be able to post in real time. And just to let you know of my perverted proclivities, I hold an unhealthy obsession for Kirk and Spock as Buddies With Many Benefits… AJ and others have on occasion indulged my irreverent fantasies by writing filthy and tasteless, though humorous, vignettes of our dynamic duo’s sexual escapades (with each other), to which I respond with various replies along the lines of “Oh you magnificent stud – more!!!”. I remember on one occasion finding myself sitting on AJ’s lap, unbottoning confining garments and fanning myself as he typed away furiously on his laptop to get me so hot as to have to remove all my clothing, black fishnets included. Oh, my prevalent choice of clothing in 69 Forward is leather bustiers (in the dominatrix style), black 5-inch chase-me-f–k-me shoes and various and sundry accoutrements which accompany an over-the-top (WAY over the top) characterization of a disturbingly K/S sex-crazed nympho interested only in our intrepid Captain and his alien lover in myriads of sexual situations…kinky, I know – I just appreciate male-on-male hotness (and I do not discriminate – I also like female-on-female action, and have been known to write such for the guys on CHAT as a way for thanking them for putting up with my perverted preoccupations…). Thankfully, Spockanella indulged my warped whims as long as she was provided a copy of a Captains of the Enterprise calendar on occasion (I made sure the captains were appropriately oiled down for their calendar pics).
Hope I have not intimidated you TOO much, though most doms get into intimidation. Just think of me as a benevolent dom, hyped up on K/S hormones…
Apropos of nothing, I have purchased and am watching ‘Space, above & Beyond’ I am enjoying it. And my Spock Puppet (hee, see what I did there?) got involved in an accident. While hiding out in my handbag on vacation he got slimed by a ballpoint-pen explosion His command gold shirt (for he is from ‘Where no man has gone before’) is now purple. I have tried bleach and ink-stain remover but no dice :-(
Denise, would sex-toy cleaner help?
Doohania- Re. Spock’s inkstain: The sex-toy cleaner I use comes in 50 lb. vats with a skull and crossbones on the side, various warnings from OSHA and other Federal agencies emblazoned in large black and red lettering… I am sure my particular brand would get out Spock’s inkstains, but you must have an appropriately vented room, various sized beakers, a decon suit and attached helmet, plus radioactive isotopes available in proper storage containment nearby. It also helps if you know someone who works at your local nuclear-reactor facility just in case you need someone to call in case of … a problem….
@152. And, madam, would you care to explain to the court how you destroyed your own house, and four surrounding blocks?
Well, when I lowered Spock into the vat, his copper-based haemoglobin bonded with the molecular structure of the sanitation fluid, and it was like, when toon-town got dissolved in ‘Who framed Roger Rabbit’….
*Bang of gavel*
‘She’ll get 30 days, Muskey, 30 days.’
151.
Oh, my!
Star Trek 2009 premiers on FX on 2/14 at 7PM Eastern / 6 PM Central time.
Harry,
http://www.more.com/sites/default/files/reese_witherspoon_1.jpg
Here’s another good looking actress.
http://gossip.whyfame.com/files/2010/09/kaley_cuoco.jpg
It would be very interesting to have Star Trek back as a series. Hope it won’t be a disaster. If you get good writers, it could be wonderful.
Sure would like some of the white stuff here in Toronto. (Um, precipitation, that is.)
Anybody home?
ktg
Agree Katie, I would hope that someone could do a series without messing it up. I would love to see it done with the feel of TOS.
@ 151
Denise, what the…. I don’t think I can keep up with you. But again, welcome back.
Anyone seen the new Enterprise F in the STO Game? What if the next series was set on it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI1GY2KWBTU&feature=related
SNl did a humorous piece on Newt Gingrich’s idea of a moonbase.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/05/snl-newt-gingrich-moon-colony-cold-open_n_1255630.html
151: Denise:
“I remember on one occasion finding myself sitting on AJ’s lap, unbottoning confining garments and fanning myself as he typed away furiously on his laptop to get me so hot as to have to remove all my clothing, black fishnets included.”
Denise, you are so modest in your descriptions. What I was typing at that point was something akin to hgfjkdgfkjhawjh;waiur;ajveng/.kienop;5ii609. Obviously with one hand.
Though, we did manage to co-report on the 2009 New Jersey convention together,
http://trekmovie.com/2009/08/03/con-report-star-trek-new-jersey-2009/
(Go down to Sunday. Denise’s photos, my prose)
I assure you we were both fully clothed when we posted it. Before having drinks at the Newark Airport TGI Fridays at 10AM.
And I found out I went to gradeschool with Gowron! Our photo looks like a couple of dudes in a bar smiling like idiots. Except he is Gowron. No link. Secret.
Gotta love that ‘Star Trek.’
159:
Hi, Katie. I am in northern NJ right now, and we are quite warm, with no ‘white stuff.’
Any new ‘Trek’ on any screen would be welcome. A series would rock. Let’s get the ball rolling…
CHATTERS ASSEMBLE!
Did that help?
New chat? Already? I leave for a week and everything changes? Oi!
Well, in any case, at least everything looks bright, shiny, and new. (:
(You’ll probably see me in like a month or something ridiculous like that.
But now that I’ve said that you’ll probably see me every day.
Funny how that works.)
AJ#164- What? I was sitting on your lap getting all hot and bothered, thinking you were composing a filthy story about Spock having his wicked way with Kirk, and all you were writing was hgfjkdgfkjhawjh;waiur;ajveng/.kienop;5ii609??!? And I took off my fishnets for that??!?
No mojito for you!
167
Denise,
You take off those fishnets and sit on my lap, and Star Trek is the last thing on my mind…
167 & 168 — Do it! Do it! Do it!
Did I mention I’m 12?
167+8.
But, if you take away the fishnets, how can one play “here, fishee, fishee….”
Hey everyone. Just getting up from being hung over from the Superbowl party. Great Game. From what I can remember of it. But the Giant’s won. That is all that matters.
170:
Easy! Hook, line & sink ‘er! Ba-bang!
Hey, I put up the pilot today for an animated web series I’m working on. The first five episodes feature a parody of “Amok Time.” I’m hoping to have them all finished in time to officially launch them in April.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_8XwHfWoOQ
The parody is called “Amutt Time” and plays on the idea that “Mr. Spott” is a “Vulcanine.” :-) (If I don’t kill myself trying to get it done in time, I’m thinking about doing “Balance of Terrier” with the “Ruffulons.”)
This has a crazy long history. I originally started doing it on my TOS fan site I had in the mid-90s and then did it as an ebook comic book around 2000. Finally, I’m getting to animate it …as 3D puppets. :-)
Hopefully, the fans will like it. I’ve been having more fun than I should be allowed doing it.
How’s this for (way) outside-of-the-box work opportunities?
A large European tobacco company is having meetings in NYC right now with the bigger US bloggers who support smokeless tobacco. I’ve known the head of PR there for years, and I used to blog for one of the bloggers when I left Big Tobacco. She wants to put me forward for a position in CANADA.
Chance of success: 0%. Level of Interest: 100% Level of absurdity: 100%
Since it’s a Swedish firm, the position is probably available in 2087, week 34 (Think the urgency and planning ability of Organians). And selling any tobacco product in Canada will require me to wear a long black raincoat which I’ll open to passers-by in a dark alley somewhere in Ottawa between 10pm and 2am. Very restrictive. Maybe Harry has some old ones to lend with lots of pockets (and hopefully dry-cleaned).
Now THAT would be weird.
This was awesome: Avengers trailers shown during the Super Bowl
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/53312
AJ, is that raincoat for selling junk to passing Canaderan girls… or just for showing off your junk?
AJ, I wonder what Harry thinks of Scarlett Johansen? :)
Charla:
Have you been trying to ‘Friend’ me on Facebook? Someone named ‘Charla’ found me (I’m not printing the surname), referred to me as “AJ” and then apologized, saying I’m not who she thought I was.
175
Yep, it looks cool. Loki, ” I have an army.” Tony Stark, “We have a Hulk.”
AJ
I think you would like it here in Canada. We have a reasonably stable economy, good beer, nice women, little crime and KILLER WEED!
Maybe you and I could finally get together for a few drinks! That would be a hoot!
CmdrR:
If Harry has an appropriate raincoat, you never know how far you can go!
Craiger: I think Harry ain’t too impressed with Ms. Johanssen, if I recall.
She’s might purty to my eyes, but I need a personality to put it all together. As ‘Black Widow,’ she is just fine.
Scarlett Johansson is a joke! If she didn’t have big tits, nobody would look at her!
And those chipmunk cheeks!
I want to ask her how long she’s storing those nuts for Winter!
160. Charla
That would be AWESOME. I have really missed seeing them. Love all the old ones but some new ones would be so exciting.
Harry, don’t you dare get together with AJ and not invite me. (Of course I’ll probably run screaming from the place after the first 10 minutes…)
Heehee.
Mongo made a reappearance in a BIG WAY on the Pine thread. The whole freakin’ family showed up.
I’m getting teary-eyed… damn Mongo. I’ve missed him.
AJ I love New Jersey. Hubby lived there for 13 years before his dad’s job transferred him (again) to Columbus, OH. He showed me where he lived when we went back there to the wedding of his sister’s friend in 1988. Beautiful, beautiful country. We drove down from Toronto. So nice…
Hi CmdrR, ‘Beach, TOG and Commodore Mike! Glad to see you’re still here.
Denise and Spockanella — Greetings!!!!!!!!!!!! All we need now is Vulcanista (and *sniff* BND). Threw me for a minute when I saw his post until I realized Commodore Mike had submitted it.
Just got kinda busy on Facebook and other stuff. Sorry. Didn’t mean to stay away so long. Every time I popped in, it was people chatting that I didn’t know. Guess I just kept missing when you guys were on.
BTW, I would LOVE to hear what you thought of the ST:OGAM web movie. Have been meaning to ask but kept forgetting. (I know, I know, it’s ancient news now.) Anyone like it?
Ta… I’m going to sleep now. Perchance to dream… of a new Star Trek series.
ktg
Greek Goddess Maria Menounos, host of Extra and known to have interviewed the Obama children, ran around on Media Day in a Tom Brady jersey. She said if the Giants won the Super Bowl she would host the show in a bikini. Um, sorry Maria and good news for all us guys. Maria is smoking. No shame Greek Goddess, with a body like that I’d show it off. Check her out below.
http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2012/02/maria_menounos_pays_off_her_bikini_bet.php
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2097442/Super-Bowl-2012-Maria-Menounos-strips-bikini-Times-Square-losing-bet.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
183.
Katie, it’s good to have you back in the fold!
184 – Sorry. I’ll get a bucket and clean up my drool.
Ever since that explosion threw Harry into the bulkhead, he’s had total resentment towards pretty women.
btw, not that anyone asked, but cmdrRR is my phonepuppet.
Katie#183- Hi sweetie! Have not talked to you in forever! If you, AJ and Harry get together, I promise I will fly up there just to protect you from their indecent proposals – I will stand in front of you and deflect with my trusty WonderWoman bracelets that I ordered from ebay.
Harry how about showing your list of talented beautiful women actresses? :)
Denise,
I’ve been good. I’m actually sitting in the middle of a 3 hour long class, utilizing my break to type. It’s funny because we’re actually discussing how the internet has the ability to bring people together. Sadly, there are not any new developments in my love life. Chances are I’m going to get a job rather than go to Grad School, so I’m not really wanting to get involved if I have to move again.
Christine! How’ve you been? Are you in college yet? I forget
>_<
187:
“– I will stand in front of you and deflect with my trusty WonderWoman bracelets that I ordered from ebay.”
Which way will you be facing, and what will you be wearing, apart from the bracelets?
#189, TOG:
Hey man! Long time no talk!
I am indeed in college. Second semester’s so much tougher than first – but of course I just kinda brought that onto myself. And I got at least three more years of this, depending on whether or not I need a fifth year. But it’s too early to tell.
I am taking Astronomy this semester (I have to have three science courses, two with labs… they want “well-rounded English majors”) and I had a bit of a funny conversation with a girl I was working on a lab with.
Shantel: (Trying to find location of Orion) “So at a latitude of forty degrees North, Oree-on would be-”
Me: “It’s Orion.”
Shantel: “Huh?”
Me: “Orion. Not Oree-on. God, it’s not an Oreo star.”
Shantel: “How do you know that’s how it’s pronounced?”
(An awkward silence as I consider telling her that’s how Dr. Lee pronounced it in the lecture.)
Me: “…I watched a lot of Star Trek in high school, okay?”
We did end up getting into a conversation about Stargate (strange, considering how she’s more of a Jersey Shore kinda girl) primarily because I told her Chris Judge was hot, and she’d heard of the series. She readily agreed after I showed her a picture of him. :D
I’ve heard the ‘oree-on’ variant before. But, considering is was named after Irishman Paddy O’Ryan (real spelling) with his belt of rainbow gold, we Trekkers must always be vigilant. ;-)
Mongo say hi to Spockanella, Katie G, and Denise ladies! It good to ….um….see type. Mongo happy today!
Has anyone heard if any of the cast for the Star Trek shooting now will be appearing at SDCC or STLV? Especially Quinto?
lindsay:
No news yet. The JJ-cast has been very anti-con since the start, though JJ rolled out Quinto and Nimoy together, I believe at the SDCC directly preceding ST09’s release just to get people psyched up. Actually, ZQ was in Vegas a few years ago as well. I believe Denise de Arman attended a breakfast with him at the hotel.
BTW, We here in CHAT are not moderators, but fans in an off-topic chatroom. Pay attention to the regular boards on Trekmovie, and if ZQ does appear, you’ll know about it with ample notice. Also, check the Creation website. They do Vegas. I’m sure they’ll be updating their guest-lists throughout the year.
OK, so it was in 2007 and 2008 that Del and i had been emailing back and forth, talking about my wife’s cancer treatment and his families health issues. As we would all find out, Del had health issues of his own that he didn’t mention to us, but that was Del. Anyway, I had written him a note after some brilliant bit that he had written in chat and wanted him to know that I thought he was very talented. We had been talking about movies and life and stuff. And Jolene Blalock. Here is what I wrote:
OK, sorry, there ‘aint no Jolene Blalock pictures. It was all a ruse to get you to open the email.
I have never seen the movie “The Legend of 1900″ but after checking out the info, I’ll get right on it as it looks fascinating. There was a feller on one of the cruise ships I worked on that never came out from below decks and rarely saw the light of day as he worked in the engine room. We called ‘em Deck Zero guys. I went down there once on an invite from my Honduran room steward who was going to take me ashore to a great restaurant and bar where the food and drink were cheaper and fresher than what a gringo like me could ever hope to find. It’s sounds way weirder than it actually was as the fella was a great guy and we were good friends. But those below decks areas were like the third world. It really opened my eyes to the differences between the South American labor and the North American staff elite and how we were treated. I played for dances and the guys down there made the ship run. Needles to say, I learned to treat the fellows down there with the respect they deserved.
On another note, I wanted to tell you that I think you are one of the most intelligent, well read, and funniest people on the Trek site. I ‘aint just blowin’ smoke either. You my friend, as I have said before, are a freakin’ genius. And no, I ‘aint hittin’ on ye’.
Sorry for all the spammy email. I like to write.
Charles–THX
And here was his response:
Hey thar’ THX Charles,
My oh my… I’m gunna get such a swelled head that I’ll need ta’ start puttin’ anti-inflammatory like Preperation H all over me scalp.
Well, allow me to say a lot and really say nothing at all then…
“The Legend of 1900″ is a bit of a fairy-tale movie, but it has some great piano playing scenes… including one where “1900″ unhitches his piano during a storm at sea and plays while it zigs around the ballroom… also there’s a showdown with Jelly Roll.
As for me, well I really am 35 and that is me in the pics on my site. There is indeed military tradition in my family. Funny though, I had one gent e-mail me asking about being a veteran, which I am not. (I have no idea what his Trek screen name is, but I do possess his real name, phone number and e-mail address… poor fellow.) I would hope it’s obvious that “British Naval Dude” is a fictional character and I certainly do not want to mislead people into believing I’m a pillaging rapist who puts a black-eye on Her Majesty’s Royal Navy and the brave gents that serve therein. Hmmmm… I suppose I am though…
Such is life.
And in life, it’s always eye-opening to see how other people live- like your description of the lower deck gents. Maybe someday I’ll share how I’m really a geologist stationed in Antarctica who, after months of icy solitude, has developed an attraction for flightless waterfowl. How do you get their tuxes off? Or perhaps I’m just like everyone else, an office exec working 9 to 5 selling jars of urine for a large corporation… and I just happen to know how to set the azimuth for a shipboard tomahawk missile.
Trekmovie is truly my first foray into “posting” and “chatting.” It’s the mystery of what exactly is real on the interweb that’s both maddening and enticing. No need to pay any attention to the man behind the curtain. Suffice to say, I am sincere in my posts when I do go on about one thing or another. Like I am now…
My sisters, Carol and Mary, have indeed battled and continue to battle different forms of cancer. My 73 year old mother was just diagnosed with DCIS, which is essentially “pre-cancer”, so she’ll be having surgery soon. Perhaps, like you, it’s just nice for me to get on-line and act like a prat and have some fun. The interweb ain’t really real to me, but sometimes one does chance to meet really grand folks, such as yourself there.
Now then THX, I have your picture and a picture Sir Harry Ballz of Canada. If I can collect a few more, I’ll set up my “gallery of rogues” page. Or, I’ll just draw the rest of the chat crew based on what I think they look like. How many eyes you suppose TOG has?
Arrrrrrrrrr…
Cordially,
DJ
I thought it was the right thing to do to share what Del wrote instead of keeping it to myself, this being his chat room and all. It was one of those rare times that he sort of opened up about himself and didn’t rely totally on BND to speak. He was a great guy, to be sure.
And sorry about the html frak-up. Hopefully you can make out what I was getting at.
187.
Denise, that simply means AJ HAS to get that job in Canada now! That would be hilarious to get our group together!
196.
THX, thanks so much for posting that email from Del. It was great to read, but JESUS, it makes me miss him more than ever!
p.s. I think we’re the only three people who ever saw the movie “Legend of 1900″!
I enjoyed it.
196:
“Or perhaps I’m just like everyone else, an office exec working 9 to 5 selling jars of urine for a large corporation… and I just happen to know how to set the azimuth for a shipboard tomahawk missile.”
I’m crying from laughing…I think it’s from laughing, anyway. How awesomely funny he was. Sweet guy, as well.
I no longer have the few e-mails he and I exchanged, but they were mostly logistical, regarding the pics of me and my son he posted in the rogues’ gallery.
BTW, if anyone has that web address, I am reloading everything back onto my PC, and I lost the bookmark. Please post.
Harry if you like stuff from that era you might like this video game. It’s set in an alternate 1900.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB05z90×190
The new Spiderman trailer is up, and I’m not sure if I like it or not.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/53355
Not quite the butt-kicker that the latest Avengers’ one is, but…Hmmmm…..
AJ – Weird that they are rebooting Spiderman 3 only being 5 years ago and the first reboot movie being 10 years ago. It looks like the first one and going with Gwen Stacey and The Lizard vs. Mary Jane Watson and The Green Goblin.
The first two Sam Raimi Spidey films really evoked the spirit of classic John Romita. The third was just silly. I remember when Spidey did the black uniform bit in the books, but Spidey 3 was completely unnecessary. The initial trilogy did classic Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and J. Jonah Jameson to a tee.
I agree that there seems to be no reason to re-re-boot it. The F/X look fine. Maybe even more real. But, do we have to sit through another ‘radioactive spider-transformation-amateur-wrestler-uncle-Ben-is-killed-Spider-Man-catches-the-killer-with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility-Mary-Jane-Flash-Thompson’ origin story? Been done. And well.
AJ – That looks like Flash in trailer right?
Looks like SpiderMan.2 is for those who missed the more recent ones. Nothing really new there. Just marginally better fx.
Likin this:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/53352
204:
Flash as in THE Flash (DC Comics)? or Adobe Flash?
My super-hero knowledge from comics ends at, like 1981.
Sorry, Flash Thompson.
208:
Too many Flashes. At least it wasn’t “Golden Age” Flash with the yellow suit and the wok on his head. Yes. It would seem to be Flash Thompson.
It’s amazing how much useless shit we all have stored in our brains. And we don’t need to upgrade, because we barely use any of our capacity.
196: Thanks for posting that. Can’t believe how much I miss someone I never met.
199: Here ya go.
http://sites.google.com/site/deltrame/home
193: Mongo! My furry fuzzy wuzzie!
You bet, ‘Nella. I miss the bongke knerck too. And thanks for the link to BND’s page. Even though I can picture you all when we correspond it was nice to see all your smiling faces again in the rogue’s gallery.
I keep bothering Bob Orci with putting Dels name in the new movie. So far he told me he is trying to. Keep your fingers crossed.
Here is some Facinating Information on a strange Warped Galaxy.
http://news.yahoo.com/small-twisted-galaxy-warped-galactic-stealth-merger-192003341.html
Hmm. An Ancient Cricket Love song. Or is that Harry who went back in time to lure Ericka Durance.
http://news.yahoo.com/jurassic-chirp-scientists-recreate-ancient-cricket-song-225113981.html
Hey anyone see this? In this movie Sara Palin is President!
http://collider.com/iron-sky-trailer/143821/
215
Anthony reported on the movie in January and it’s made by the guys who made a Star Trek parody, Star Wreck. Link.
It looks like they’re using Sarah Palin for good comic effect.
http://trekmovie.com/2012/01/26/watch-space-nazis-from-the-moon-in-iron-sky-trailer-from-makers-of-star-wreck/
#216, This is full trailer. The one back in January could have just been a teaser trailer.
Sarah Palin does not exist in this dojo.
MONGO!!!!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXO
LOL
187. Denise de Arman
Denise, if you show up, they won’t even NOTICE that I’m there so… no problem!! Wouldn’t it be hysterical… Where’s Vulcanista and Spockanella? Maybe if it’s the four of us against those two it’ll be okay. Heehee.
Maybe we could get a major conference call on Skype… look out.
The sequel is only a little over a year away… CAN’T WAIT!
ktg
“The women?!” (Part 3) As Spock would say in “The Menagerie.”
Okay, here’s a takeoff of Mob Wives. The plot of this video is something that annoys women.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/8d78878ca8/mob-wives-2-the-christening?playlist=featured_videos
219.
Is it possible to have a conference call with us on Skype? Somebody set it up! :>)
188. Craiger
“Harry how about showing your list of talented beautiful women actresses?”
Brooklyn Decker and Alice Eve are pretty hot. Can they act? Who cares!
(lick, slurp)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2098164/Explosion-Russian-power-station-sparks-conspiracy-theories-Moscow.html
Did Denise leave “something” on overload in AJ’s Moscow apartment?
Brooklyn Decker as Kirk’s love interest in the sequel. Also Decker is in the new Battleship movie.
224:
Hardy-Har-Har. That was just her curling iron.
223
Holy sh#t. The report says “no one was hurt.” I expect a Russian Hulk. Hey AJ, wasn’t St. Petersburg once Leningrad?
224
Craiger,
I bet Alice Eve is Kirk’s real love interest. Though adding Decker would be a great move. Maybe have her and Eve and Saldana strip down to space bikinis. “Battleship” looks silly. And you know somebody is going to say “You sunk my battleship” in the movie.
“The women?!” Hey, the only woman crew member who hasn’t reported in yet is Aurore. She really loves this music video. Time for Quincy Jones, Ray Charles and Chaka Khan covering “I’ll Be Good to You.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl4BWx0fyjw
St. Petersburg was once St. Petersburg, then during WW I was renamed Petrograd, then after Lenin’s death in, was renamed Leningrad. I think it was re-renamed St. Petersburg in 1993. Residents just call it “Peter” for short.
The name “Leningrad” is still close to the hearts of many because of the 900 day Nazi siege (1941-44) during WWII which killed over 1.5m inhabitants.
Lenin’s death in 1924
Ouch!!!!!. Dog bites Anchor on Live TV.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/rescued-dog-bites-nbc-anchor-face-during-feel-141755422.html
Here we go. A Bugatti-Veyron going 225Mph. Nice.
http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/really-video-bugatti-veyron-doing-225-mph-155812320.html
@ 231
The dog biting someone who needs their face for a living is worth a lot of money. I wish I wish i were more than poor lawyer who subcontracts with the public defender to get that kind of money. But I dream of a Star Trek universe that I can live in.
231, 233: I suppose lawsuits can happen for a variety of reasons…but you put your face near a strange dog (or even a not-so-strange dog) and you’re begging to get bitten. It’s “rude” in dog etiquette.
Very True. When I read that Article I was like. What!. This Dog is still a little Tramatised after the rescue. One Rule about going up to a dog you don’t know. Always put your hand out palms down and fingers closed and let the dog know you are not a threat. She broke that rule.
Commodore, sometimes there isn’t enough time. My housemate had a buddy come over with two jet-black dogs that were up to my waste in height. As I reached out to one, she got on her hind legs, put her front paws on my shoulders, and gave me a big ol’ kiss on the kisser. I was exercising the “don’t show any fear” rule before I could manage to extend my hand.
I prefer cats. When you extend your hand they either just stare at it, or look at you like you’re wasting their time.
Hey AJ. Some Dogs are like that. Some dogs arn’t Just have to play it by ear. Or paw. Lol.
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OK, who’s going to see “The Phantom Menace” in 3D? Not I, for sure. The reviews for the 3D FX are ‘meh,’ and the film itself is just annoying.
The Asian/Islander/Jewish stereotypes are offensive enough, but there are too many actors sitting and standing around spouting dry gibberish half the time looking as if they are reading cue-cards. And the kid just doesn’t cut the mustard.
I might go and see “The Phantom Menace” in 3D on the weekend. Not sure at this point though.
And yeah, Jake Lloyd was annoying as hell. Talentless too. Probably why his career went into the dumpster.
In anticipation of TPM’s re-release, I accidentally found this gem on the net from the UK, and I think it’s fairly recent: Liam Neeson and Sir Patrick comparing the Quigon-Jin and Picard action figures. Picard has quite the disadvantage….
http://io9.com/5883204/the-most-adorable-star-wars-vs-star-trek-battle-pits-patrick-stewart-against-liam-neeson
MUST see.
236. AJ “two jet-black dogs that were up to my waste in height”
Wow, sounds like those dogs were in some deep shit!
228. Bernie.
What do you mean?! I was there, once, a few days ago!!!!!!!!!
Didn’t you notice?
….It’s understandable; you were drooling over the other WOMMIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNN ( rightly so )!!!
:))
Mmmmmmmmm………………….. ‘just couldn’t resist your mad DJ SKILLZ!!!………..
Thank you.
Bernie.
Your link led me to another one, which in turn led me to another one ….Then, I found THIS ( the “conclusion ” of which I found a little abrupt, but damn! ) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=r1Gzow7wZP8
:)
Hey, BB, don’t count this woman out just yet! LOL I am down, but not out entirely. Looks like I have a couple of surgeries ahead, then I can come back and bug the rest of you like a crazy Trek woman!
Still reading from time to time the funny stuff you all post just wanted to say hi. Good to see the girls too and was way cool to see everyone’s picture on Del’s site. Gotta a good lookin bunch here!
Hope to see you all around, talk to you later!
238 – Your list of great romantic conquests??
http://www.examiner.com/tabloid-headlines-in-national/woolly-mammoth-video-prehistoric-animal-seen-crossing-river-siberia-video
We’ve spotted Mongo!
Nah. That’s just me when i stop shaving!
Thought I admit the thing in the video is smaller…
Hey careful. Mongo is the Cheif of Security of the Empire. I promoted him my self.
206: Thanks for posting that; interesting stuff 32 years ago.
“Never mind that shit…Here comes MONGO!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28khv-BydeY
@ 243
Aurore,
Sorry I missed you.
@ 244
Wow. Thanks for the Patti Austin singing “Lady Be Good.” That’s one hell of a rehearsal.
@ 245
Charla,
Get well soon. You will always get entertainment here at Live Chat.
252.
AJ, ever notice that “Mongo” clenches his eyes shut just before he opens the “candygram”?
Of course, as an usher when the movie was shown in my theatre, over the course of the year it played, I only watched Blazing Saddles about 150 times!
Blazing Saddles is my all time fave westeren. Where else can you see Hitler and KKK and Cowboys and Dancing girls and a black Sherif all in the same movie. But the camp fire scene with all eating beans and farting is the best one.
Spaceballs is better than Blazing Saddles. :)
Funny or Die decides on Jean Dujardin’s (The Artist) next role. Of course that means in Hollywood he plays a villain. Check out this cute video.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6cddad07b7/jean-dujardin-s-villain-auditions
Hey Craiger. I also Loved Spaceballs. Where else can you get Star Wars Meets Star Trek meets Alien meets Planet of the Apes meets transformers. Loved that movie. Oh and here is a little trivia for you. In Space Ballz when Lone Star and Barf go to the Diner. If you look closley at the other space ships at the diner you will see the Milinium Falcon.
Here is a lonk to some of the Gags for Space Balls. Funny.
http://www.sciflicks.com/spaceballs/facts.html
Sheesh! “Lonk” is actually a word!
Hey AJ. Anyone can make a mistake. Except MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Just found out that Whitney Houston has Died. Very Sad.
Yeah, watching the Whitney Houston death coverage right now.
Huh. Probably a drug or alcohol overdose. What else is new.
Whitney Houston was one of the most overrated singers ever. Her last major hit was over twenty years ago.
Saw “Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace 3D.” SAVE YOUR MONEY. 3D effects didn’t pop. There’s no depth despite what George Lucas says. And it’s too dark. Trust me on that one. I’ve seen it many times on home video.
Now I’m worried about how crappy Star Trek (2013) in converted 3D might look. All this stuff over new 3D technolgy to convert 2d film is just hype.
The 3D HDTV’s aren’t selling well anyway right? I hope its a fad. I think the new trend in HDTV’s is surfing the web on them. Unless that will be a fad also. Or if the HDTV’s could have a full version of Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox or Opera on it?
Star Trek 2009 premiers on FX on 2-14 at 7PM Eastern / 6PM Central.
260 – There’s a Millenium Falcon at my local TGI Friday.
Craiger – The next big thing is Senso-Vision… where Zoe Saldana sits next to you during the movie and you suddenly don’t give a rats rump about lens flares, 3D, or much of anything else.
Also — though I love me some good Mel Brooks, Space Balls beats neither Blazing Saddles nor Young Frankenstein, and only ties with High Anxiety and Silent Movie.
Anyone remember “Jews in Space”?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZhtT-dUyo&feature=related
CmdR that’s not Senso-Vision that’s the Holodeck.
266:
I think her voice was probably considered great for its range in the sort of pop/gospel thing she was into. I just don’t consider it to be anything but sappy teen pop. It’s ironic how so many ‘idols’ of pop music with young fan-bases just blow themselves up.
I would tell my kids Michael Jackson was a pedophile pill-popper, and Whitney Houston stank of booze and smokes the night before she died.
Neither of them is any better than Sid Vicious, who also killed someone in a drug-fueled rage before he overdosed at 17. The only difference is, they were adults with kids and responsibilities, and they were both too stupid to turn themselves around, and were most likely surrounded by enablers instead of friends.
But, AJ… they’re CELEBRITIES!!!! They’re more important than mere teachers, heads of households, best friends, or honest Americans.
I concur that WH’s musical taste appears to have been driven by fairly narrow choices to accomodate the narrow acceptance of the narrow-minded recording industry. In short, she had one helluva remarkable run based on one sustained high note and a few pop hooks. Ah well. I’m very sorry for her daughter, though.
Seen Star Wars Ep 1 tonight in 3D at the Alamo draft house with my girlfriend. It was ok in 3D. But was nice to see it on the big Screen. Only a matter of time before someone decides to do all of the Trek Movies in 3D. I would be glad to see all of them. Not because of 3D. But because it would be on the big Screen.
275
Commodore Mike, I didn’t think The Phantom Menace was worth the extra bucks for 3D. If you listen to Lucas, he’s what I call a 3D snob. He decries thngs thrown at you on the screen. Okay. But that’s one way of emphasizing the medium. Hugo does very little of the things thrown at you. Hugo is the greatest 3D movie ever made. We talk about whether the effects pop which is what good 3D cinema should have. Of course there should be depth too.
The Phantom Menace in 3d had no pop. Lucas claims he looked for depth but really? Artists and computers cannot add the missing depth to a move shot in 2D. Light and shadow are missing. Might check out Titanic just to see if Cameron can do better. I have grave doubts. The 3D trailer did not convince me.
Trekkers with families should consider taking them to see “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.” in 3D or better yet see it in IMAX 3D. It’s a sequel to 2008’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth.” It may not be deep but it’s a lot of fun. Filmed in 3D and it shows.
Oh, I forgot. Get to Journey 2 on time. There’s a cartoon with Daffy Duck called “Daffy’s Rhapsody.’ They use Mel Blanc’s voice from a song he did as Daffy. Just be prepared for a 3D CGI cartoon. Elmer Fudd is also in the short.
@ 271
AJ, my favorite number from that movie which was Mel Brooks’ “History of the World, Part One” was “The Inquisition.” He turns one of the darkest moments in religion into a musical. Of course he did this with “The Producers.” Plus check out the note Brooks hits at the end with word “Today…” Check it out below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oppHeMlaLVM
Last night on CNN, Piers Morgan, who figured if Michael Jackson was called “The King Of Pop”, suddenly decided to bestow the title of “Queen Of Pop” on the late Whitney Houston. Right.
Too bad about Whitney Houston.
Of course, I have little sympathy for someone who gets handed the world on a platter and decides to piss it away!
Well, to be fair, she had to put up with the douchebag Bobby Brown! That would make anybody crazy!
Thats crazy!!!!
First look of the Star Trek Calendar 2013!!!!!!
http://www.amazon.com/lm/R15SQR2R9GAGRO/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=8ofsguitothet-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
282.
Yeah, like she had a gun to her head FORCING her to put up with Bobby Brown!
She could have dumped his ass to the curb on day one!
As soon as the drugs showed up she could have headed for the door!
We all make choices in this life and Ms. Houston made some lousy ones!
Good singer, flawed individual.
Aw, well……………………………………………..NEXT!
#284.
Well, I guess it was a choice, I suppose. She at least had the resources, money, and clout to leave him. More than what you can say for abused women who aren’t Hollywood/music superstars.
Anyway, she’s joined Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse at the Six Feet Under Music Club.
I wonder who’ll be next to go? Personally, I hope its Chris Brown. What a piece of CRAP!
Nah, pieces of human dogshit like Brown usually live into old age!
#287.
Yeah, but at least dogshit can be thrown in the trash, where it belongs!
#288.
True.
Of course, then the trash will try and detatch itself and run away from Chris Brown!
@277 Basement B. I was going to see ‘journey 2..” but mainly coz of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. Mmmmm…. Dwayne.
@283 Chris. I wish they had ‘look inside’ the calendars. The TOS one looks like it may be similar to the one I had in 2010, but I could be wrong.
Harry, RDRyan, agreed, Chris Brown is an odious individual. I hope he gets his one day.
Whoops! I meant Bobby, but same thing really, they both are *%^@*+. The person I feel sorry for is their daughter, Bobbi, she is only 18 and has lost her mother, and her dad is a heel.
292 – Bobby Brown is what the heel stepped in.
Chris – I have the 2012 ST Calendar on my wall. Gotta say, it’s a little annoying. It mounts sideways, like a Playboy centerfold… and the days are arranged by someone who was late for lunch. January had eight days per line, meaning each line began with a different day of the week. And before you cue your Beatles song… February is 3 lines… 10, 10, and 9.
Come on guys, even in the 23rd century, we want calendars to make sense.
Love the art, though.
SOTL, I mean.
280:
“Queen of Pop?” No way. Madonna would have her beat hands down.
#284
Harry, my friend, I agree with you wholeheartedly!
Whitney Houston was a superstar 25 years ago and she had everything going for her and she blew it. I have no sympathies for weak character individuals who dig their own graves. Bobby Brown? She could and should have dumped his ass and move on…
How’s that for self-righteousness… At least I can spell wholeheartedly and self-righteousness…
Oh and AJ’s right. Queen of pop can be no other than Madonna. Anyone even thinking Lady Gaga should be instabanned…
296: Madonna sounds like a squirrel in a blender. But she certainly does have the art of self-promotion down to a science. :)
297: Madonna sounds like a squirrel in a blender
No, that’s Mariah Carey… As far as self-promotion, Madonna pales in comparison to the Gaga freak. And no, that’s not a good thing.
The endless spectacle used to promote mediocre music is at the very heart of what’s killing the music industry. And please stop telling me how important these pieces of drek are. Hip-hop sucks, has sucked, will always suck. Gaga and Madonna’s incarnation of pop is as disposable as a Big Mac. $$$$? Sure. Mommy and Daddy shell out. But, it’s a slash-and-burn strategy. Ultimately, people who love music seek out something worthwhile to build a collection they’ll still value 50 years from now.
I’ll say this. Madonna did a fantastic job at the Superbowl. I usualy do not watch the half time show but I did this year and she did great job. As for mia giving us the finger. Right back at her.
299 CmdrR
I agree, except for the part where you say Hip-hop sucks. I like it for its sheer badassness and also as an expression of the african-american culture although one could argue rap is a better means for this purpose.
Yes it’s all about the $$$$ but at least Madonna has the credit of being the first to do it. Just like you must give Debby Gibson credit for being the first of her kind as well (or was it Samantha Fox…).
To copy mediocrity though, like the Kei$ha’s and the Gaga’s and the… what’s the platinum blond chubby’s name now… anyway that’s really pathetic.
I have never even heard of “Adele.”
What’s interesting is that the amount of product being released has been so reduced in recent years due to inability of acts to make money from making recorded music.
Last year, the most successful tours were Roger Waters/The Wall, the Eagles, etc., and there is no grammy for Best Old Farts on the Road. If they release a CD, it’s every five years or so.
So, what we have left is these one-note-wonders, who really aren’t innovative at all, playing as bigger fish in a much smaller pond.
Here it comes…..
SPACE 2099!
http://io9.com/space|-2099/
Posters look damn cool. Descriptions read like he’s re-doing Star Trek.
I’ve watched Adele perform a few times now.
She’s a reasonably good singer, but I really don’t see what all the fuss is about.
She is neither a great or amazing singer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsH6Zd2z_xk&feature=related
SPACE 1999 Main TITLES
@303 AJ. I LOVED Space 1999, and watched it every saturday morning. I even had an ‘eagle’ space craft, apparently it was the most expensive sci-fi ever.
The eagle in the poster is very recognisable. It is a shame that the answer to every question in the interview was ‘I can’t really say’. I look forward to a re-boot of commander Koenig and Helena, and Mya. I had a major crush on Tony too.
Adele is definitely the real article. Big pipes. Good music.
Somebody or other has been redoing the sfx from Space: 1999, but this is the first I’ve heard of a true reboot. Great! I’m on for the ride… unless it turns into Stargate: Universe, then I’m stealing the first Eagle outta there.
Loved the original’s first season (series 1). After that, when Fred Freiberger brought his million great ideas to bear on the show, it turned into a comic book. If it’s not dark chocolate like BSG, I hope it’s at least slightly serious, but fun.
A little more, including another poster:
http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/space-1999-space-2099-tv-series-22092/
oops. same poster.
Just curious what anyone think the sequel could flop, even though I am anxious to find out what its about, would Paramount then put Trek to rest for a long time or for good on film and on TV?
306
Doohania,
I had two “Eagles,” one for cargo with a magnetic grappler on a string, and the other for standard passenger/crew carriage. The design in the poster absolutely makes me want to check it out.
I would bet my plate ‘o’ haggis that the moon will be orbiting the Earth in this series, if he’s looking for “plausibility.”
Hey here is my favorite singing group.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5MrqjLsm8c
@310 AJ. Mine had a detachable cargo/people container (perhaps they all had that?). It was pretty chipped and the paint coming off, coz it was loved. That was also the year I fixed the crystal radio set in the backpack of my cousin’s ‘Steve Austin’ (we can rebuild him). It broke and he threw it away, but undaunted I opened it up and re-built it. Boys, huh? I hope the moon is going round the earth too.
On another note, Mr Doohania just saw something on TV about Valentines day. He has totally forgotten! He went quite grey.
The heart and soul of Space: 1999 was that we were in the cosmos, but we weren’t truly ready. So, it was a forced survival struggle. Gotta love that. The moon could still be the first line of defense, if there’s nosey aliens messing around in the neighborhood. Or maybe it’s home to Earth’s only working worm hole (not Stargate, dammit! I said worm-frakkin-hole).
Anyway, whenever this thing hits air, cable, net, or plastic disc, please somebody send up a flare.
I had several models and the Moonbase Alpha model as well.
Nerderific.
309:
Craiger:
Just as “Star Wars” inspired Paramount to put Trek on the big screen again, i suspect these guys at ‘2099′ see a gap on TV now, where Trek and BSG are gone, for doing a high-budget version of, essentially, what was a copy of Star Trek.
When ‘1999′ came out, TOS was kicking butt in syndication, and more than likely, inspired ITV to green-light its own Space-show. Then, as CmdrR mentions, Mr. “Spock’s Brain” Fred Freiberger came in and akshinned it all up, and killed it.
The new creator’s interview sounds so much like a Trek re-boot on TV, but I am not sure anyone can copyright the human adventure. One bad sign is he blames others for the failure of “V.” He blames them for not giving him full control. Way to get fired, dude.
I’m looking forward to a reeboot of Gilligan’s island.
Hey. How about. Gilligan’s Island in the Style of Lost.
314. CmdrR. So you are saying the moon is the moat to our castle? :-)
I am kind-of upset it will not be a dark-imagining (being a GIANT new-BSG fan, that appeals to me) but given that a lot of sci-fi is ‘Alien’ influenced grunge, shot down a mine, it is refreshing to see that Gerry & Sylvia A based Space 1999 on Kubrick’s 2001 (one of my particular favourites). It would be refreshing to see a re-boot filmed in bright light. Now.. where have we seen that before?
I was watching an ep of Hercules the legendary Journey’s and I did not realise that Karl Urban played a few Eps on there. He played Cupid and on Xena for quite a few eps played Ceaser. Also did not realise that Bob Orci did some writting for Herc and Xena.
AJ – I wonder if CBS will look at how well Space 1999 to see how Scifi does on TV?
@318 Mike. Karl is not cast in the best light in some of these shows. And he looks terrible as a blonde.
I’m afraid they almost certainly will go with cgi, which is a shame considering how well Brian Johnson’s effects worked… and how great they hold up compared to many cgi efforts.
319:
Of course they will, unless 2099 is so bad that it tanks immediately.
@321. Just found out Brian was assistant special effects on 2001 (googled ‘im). A movie that 44 years later looks so crisp and bright, nothing looks even a bit dated. Because it was real, it looks real.
#319. True. But he did a good job in those two shows.
Sorry I meant Space 2099.
316:
Commodore:
I thought LOST was already a re-boot of Gilligan’s Island.
Isn’t that generally accepted?
AJ,
As far as I’m concerned, yes. Who WROTE the ending for that series?
Transformers 4 is confirmed as a reboot
http://collider.com/michael-bay-transformers-4-reboot/145200/#more-145200
@ 291
Doohania, I hope you see Journey 2. Yeah, it ain’t deep. It’s just there for entertainment value just like Journey to the Center of the Earth. Love the 3D! Filmed in 3D! Literally ducked when the giant electric eel tried to eat our heroes. And the Rock does that crazy thing with his chest. And it’s all in good fun.
Trkekkers with families should take them to see this fun movie.
My IMAX review.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/journey-2-mysterious-island-imax-3d.html
Okay, I’ve argued why you should save your money and not see Star Wars:Episode I- The Phantom Menace 3D. Here’s my detailed review. 3D conversions suck. I’m probably going to see if James Cameron can live up to the hype about conversions from 2D, with Titanic. But my research indicates conversions are noting move than cinematic pop up books.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/star-wars-episode-i-phantom-menace-3d.html
I hear Star Wars episode IV is supposed to be good.
Glen Bleck does a rant on George Lucas.
http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=24079&count=0
Shatner article in NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/theater/shatners-world-we-just-live-in-it-heads-to-broadway.html?_r=1&hpw
333 – Live long and laugh, Bill.
332 – Even when I agree with Beck, I wish he’d bite down on the paddle, take his volts, and shut the hell up.
Santorum is leading in Michigan about beating Romney in the national poll.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/
Hey Craiger, Santorum has a Google problem. Just Google Santorum. Let my man Stephen Colbert explain it.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/374851/february-21-2011/rick-santorum-internet-search
I’m going to move to Russia! They have a lot of female topless protesors, This just happened. Check out these women protesting Putin. And click on the photo of the male employees carrying a blonde female protestor out. Look at the smiles on the men!http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/femen-protests-gazprom_n_1273892.html
Oops, sorry about that link problem. Here’s the recent story about the topless female Russian protestors. Got to find a way to move to Russia. :-)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/femen-protests-gazprom_n_1273892.html
Google Romney as well. “To defecate in terror.”
It stems from the fact that he and the family once strapped the family dog to the top of their car for a 12-hour road-trip to Ontario in 1983.
Did you see under the new 2013 budget the debt goes up to 21 Trillion by 2021?
@ 341
Craiger,
I detect you like the right and that’s okay. (Beck, anti-global warming science, etc.) But I don’t agree with conservatives. I used to be a Republican. I liked Gerald Ford, old George H.W. Bush, and Nelson Rockefeller. I voted for former Republican turned independent John Anderson in 1980. Moderates no longer exist in the party. Anyway, let’s talk about the current economy and your comment.. .
1. President Obama inherited the budget deficit from President George W. Bush. Those deficits are from the Iraq War, Afghanistan War, and the Bush tax cuts.
2. No one argues that the country was in a recession in 2008. The banking crisis came under Bush’s reign. Obama was elected in November of 2008 and did not take office until 2009.
3. During the recession, consumer and business spending went down. Logical. If you don’t have money, you don’t spend. For example, if you are making less, you spend less. For example, the less you go to the pub, the less money the bar makes. The bar lays off bartenders. The laid off bartender spends less money. The businesses he spends at, make less. Hence a vicious cycle occurs.
4. During any recession or depression, there’s only one entity large enough to spend money in a down economy. It is unfortunately the government. While government spending can be detrimental it can also lead economies out of depressions. SEE WORLD WAR II.
5. Obama enacted increased government spending to stimulate the economy in 2009 . 120 billion went to infrastructure spending, i.e. road construction etc.
6. Yeah, I know there is a difference between the deficit and the national debt. But getting the deficit down is the first step to getting the debt down. Last time we had a surplus? Right after President Clinton left office.
7. The recession under President George W. Bush ended in the summer of 2009. Link. And while times are still bad, the Bush recession is over. This occurred after the first six months of Obama’s administration and approximately four months after the stimulus package was approved.
http://www.nber.org/cycles/sept2010.html .
Women of TrekMovie.com,
Happy Valentines Day!
How about some Brazilian jazz?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpcg5Pg4zHY
Saw “The Grey.” Considering the previews included “Battleship” and “Wrath of the Titans,” this is your last chance for some time to see Liam Neeson in a non-shite flick. In fact, it’s mostly about the characters, not the wolves. It leaves you with something to think/feel about.
And, damn, the actors look cold.
@343. Basement B. Thanks for the kind wishes! You did better than Mr. Doohania, although he had the grace to look sheepish about his lack of Valentine’s anything.
I am off to see ‘The Muppets’ toinght! Mana mana doo doo doo doo doo. Mana man doo doo doo doo….
342: Yes.
342 – Check.
#344.
Agreed about “The Grey”. The producers did a great job in depicting a cold, dark, isolated environment. It was filmed near Smithers, B.C. Never been there myself, but Liam Neeson said he had a very good time filming the movie there.
Liam Neeson gave a great performance, as did everyone else. And yeah, it was more about the characters than the wolves. That is why the movie works on so many levels. Lots of suspense and action, some gore, but great character moments too.
A must see. Except possibly for Harry Ballz, who has said he couldn’t stand Liam Neeson.
NY Daily News article on the Shat.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/shatner-world-ever-relevant-william-shatner-brings-one-man-show-broadway-article-1.1022348
The Shat’s show is coming to Cincinnati. And according to the above article from AJ, I feel like going if I have the money. Especially when he’s this witty.
“At my age, I could die at any time,” he says. “So come to the theater, because I might die on stage that night. And if I die while you’re there, think of what your ticket will be worth!”
Pekingese won the Westminster Dog Show. First, I think it’s an ugly dog. Second, I can’t watch that show without thinking of the comedy, “Best in Show.”
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/top-breeds-at-Westminster-Dog-Show-news-updates-021312
348. “Except possibly for Harry Ballz, who has said he couldn’t stand Liam Neeson”
Correct. It ruined it for me when he popped up in the Batman and Star Wars franchises!
BB – I am a Conservative.
Harry, did you see what I posted what Glenn Beck said about Lucas?
Yeah, I did read the Beck stuff about Lucas. And I kind of agree with him. Star Wars 3D was not worth it. And Red Tails was earnest but very cliched to the point it was almost amatuer in its writing.
Okay, here’s some bipartisan humor. Remember former Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner? He was the one that got caught sexting and sending pics of his um, junk throught the Internet. Well last summer Bill Maher and Jane Lynch (Glee, Best in the Show) did a dramatic reading of Weiner’s sexting episode. Check the hilarious reading. Considering the Kirk-Spock sex stuff, I figure you all can take it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HClsBFDLye4
I went to see ‘The Muppets’. It was awesome, and I cried (just a tiny tear).
And @351.Basement B? I LOVE Best In Show, anything Christopher Guest does is gold in my book. As a good friend once said: ‘If you’re tired of Spinal Tap, you’re tired of life.’ And Pekingese look like their eyes are ready to pop.
BB – Beck said that McCain would have been like Obama.
Looks like there will be a new Transformers movie.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/transformers-4-michael-bay_n_1275191.html
Last night on Valintines day. I aksed my girlfriend Brooke Allison Bajdek to marry me and she said yes. I am so excited. Oh and she says high to everyone here and yes. Even says high to Harry. Oh and Last year when I met Brooke she had not seen any of the Trek movies or series. She is now hooked on The orignal series and loved Trek 2009 and can’t wait to see the next movie. I even got her to watch all of the Harry potter movies and she got me to watch the Twilight movies. Lol.
Way to go, Commodore! Congrats! And say “high” right back to Brooke from all your friends in the Chattie Room ;-).
Congratulations Commodore Mike! You’ll have to learn to dance to this standard at the wedding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N_cv4X5gVY
@360. Commodore Mike OTTE
Congratulations for creating another Trekker! Oh, and the engagement! A lady with taste :-)
Congrats Commodore, wish I had a cute Trekkie/Syfy girlfriend or wife.
Thank’s everyone. I will get her to create a Live chat name and post on here tonight.
Hang in there Craiger. If I can get this Lucky. You can as well.
@.343. Bernie.
Thank you for your Valentine’s Day wishes.
( I’m late to the Brazilian jazz party, I know )
“I will get her to create a Live chat name and post on here tonight.”
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Allow me to say “hi! ” ,and, “congratulations” to your bride-to-be, in advance, then!
It’s time for me to go to sleep.
Good night, all .
:)
Night Aurore, I’m off to bed too. Nighty night :-)
Thanks, Commodore.
Your welcome Craiger and thank you Aurore.
I just went down from 225 LBS to 162 LBS.
Wtg Craiger.
Thanks.
Good job Craiger. Losing weight is difficult.
I can’t believe I’m actually posting on here. He has brought me into this Empire. I’m proud to announce that I will be the Commodore’s woman. lol. Hopefully he will give me little Trek babies. I would like to say to Harry, that I also am not a fan of Erica Durance. She is a hussie. She think’s she is all of that and she is not. My man of course thinks she is a good actress, yeah right.
Really Brooke. Well. As the Commodore’s woman you should always agree with me that Erica Durance is a good Actress. Lol. As the Commodore Welcome to the Empire. Yes. Brooke is a real Nurse, and no. She does not give sponge bathes. Except to me. Oh and Harry. Don’t get any idea’s. Mongo is my Chief of Security and has full access to the agony booth. Long live Erica Durance.
376.
Well, Brooke, you obviously have good taste. Not just in your choice of men, but in knowing that Durance is a total scuzzbucket!
As to your recent engagement, MAKE IT SO!
p.s. welcome aboard!
I don’t think it is logical that Erica Durance is a good actress. Just for that comment Mike. No more sponge bathes for you. Oh and who is Mongo? What is this Agony Booth? Maybe Harry can tell me about this Mongo Character.
Thank you Harry. I knew I would find someone who hates Erica Durance just as much as I do. Lol. Thank you for welcoming me to live chat. Now Harry I’ve read on here that you are not a big fan of Liam Neeson. I do have to tell you that I am a Liam fan.
Yes Harry. She does have good taste. I do consider my self very lucky. As for Erica Durance. I converted her to Trek. In due time. I think I can get her on my side regarding Erica. Lol. So Harry. Enjoy you ally while you can. .
I can’t wait for the new Star Trek movie coming out next year. I just can’t figure out what Bob Orci has in store for us. I will be first in line for this movie. i can’t believe that Mike has made me a Trekkie. i love it… So excited to be on here. I’ve actually asked Mike to take me to a Trek convention.
Oh and Commodore Mike, stop giving Harry a hard time. He’s my new friend. I will not be coming onto your side about Erica Durance being a great actress. I think she is a big HUSSiE!!!!
Yes. I will take Brooke to a Trek convention. We all here keep on Bob Orci about the new movie. As for Erica Durance. Well. We will see. lol.
380. “I do have to tell you that I am a Liam fan”
Well, confession IS good for the soul and, hey, nobody’s perfect!
Oh, and Mongo is a real dog of a human being!
“The world is a dog-eat-dog place and I’m wearing milkbone underwear!”
Nurse Brooke of the Terran Empire – Welcome to 69 Forward!! So good to have a new female convert in the ranks! As for the Agony Booth mention, get the Commodore to show you the original series episode Mirror, Mirror – it is one of my favorite episodes. Also, the Las Vegas con, always held in August, is the best con to go to – a legion of fans dressed in Star Trek garb, Star Trek celebs and table-after-table of vendors selling their Star Trek wares (you will probably find yourself having a drink in the bar beside 2 Klingons arguing with a Feringi – I kid you not).
As for you, Commodore Mike of the Terran Empire – nice going!
Denise, my liege!
Welcome back, old friend…
Welcome, Nurse Brooke!
Hey, Hey, Denise…
What’s shakin’, sweetie? ;-)
Thank you Denise and welcme back.. Yes. I am a very lucky man. Right now we are planning on mid July to get married. As Scotty says. I like this woman!. She’s Exciting!.
When exactly did Scotty say that, Commodore? Did your betrothed ask for a towel?
D!
Hmmm.
Colbert suspended his live shows yesterday and today.
Hope everything is OK.
Hmmm, indeed.
If this happened on the set of the film, we’d have 563 conspiracies theories fired up by now.
CmdrR:
It did happen to Star Trek…TWICE. Delays on both films, and exactly 563 conspiracy theories.
Congratulations, Commodore Mike. Brooke sounds lovely.
Boy. you’re in for it now! ;-D
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204792404577227262417627108.html
WSJ says it’s a family issue. Best wishes to Stephen Colbert and his family.
I hope Stephen is OK, we have his show here and it is brilliant.
Nurse Brooke OTTE, Welcome! :-) And, BTW, that Erica Durance? I saw her in Smallville, En-durance, more like! I seriously do not get it. I am reserving what Mr. Doohania calls my worst insult for her.
She is plain.
Mongo say happy day for Commodore Mike mans. Mongo say hi to Nurse Brooke ladies.
Mongo say hi everyones!
Colbert’s Mom, who is 91, has apparently fallen ill.
Maybe John Stewart will shed some light tonight.
Hoping for the Best.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/16/colbert-report-suspends-production_n_1280913.html#11_colberts-mother-seriously-ill-report-sources-close-to-the-show
AJ, sorry to hear about Stephen Colbert’s mother. Thoughts and prayers to Colbert and his family.
@ 376
WELCOME ABOARD NURSE BROOKE. So do you have control of the Tantalus Field?
Hey Mongo, our favorite pawn in the game of life.
Hey Mongo! Who is in the agonizer booth tonight? Oh chief of security?
Here’s some recent Stephen Colbert to hold you over. He goes over President Obama’s decision to mandate that religious institutions that provide for heal_h insur_nce to its employees to cover contrapceptives. Funny satire and sarcasm
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/408347/february-14-2012/contraception-crusade
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While Colbert takes his time, we’ll gather round and watch Mongovision.
Best hopes for your future happiness, Commodore.
No, we should watch these shows:
http://web.gbtv.com/index.jsp
http://web.gbtv.com/index.jsp
Sorry, I meant this as the second one.
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html
Thank’s everyone. Oh and yes. Brooke is a real RN. She is smart and beautiful. I got very lucky.
Ohhh a Nurse. :)
Talk about a crackpot review of “This Means War.” He calls it ’stealth Star Trek’ and actually uses events in ST09 to justify Shinzon meeting Kirk. Or something. Note the Hebrew subtitles in the extended ‘09 scene (!?)
http://io9.com/5885054/why-mcgs-new-romcom-is-secretly-a-star-trek-movie?tag=startrek
Now I am trying to decide which one is better Durance or Witherspoon its close. :)
Craiger. Very true. That is a tough choice.
#’s 410+411
Trying to decide if either Witherspoon or Durance is better than the other is akin to deciding which poison tastes better!
410-412.
Hmmmmm, Durance is a horse with store-bought tits while Witherspoon has a pointed chin that you could cut paper with…………to be fair, at least Witherspoon can act, she’s always “in the moment” while acting. Durance can’t act worth shit and should be working in a Hooters somewhere.
Score one for Witherspoon!
410
You can always start with both, and play a bit of musical chairs….
Well, they’re starting to eat each other over there on the ‘Chris Pine lawsuit’ thread. Time for some real news!
Shat on GMA! Of course, he totally owned Josh Elliot’s butt.
Gorns don’t make Shat flinch.
Cannibalism in Starfleet?? I’d like a leg of Scotty. (It’s soaked in Whiskey.)
Huffpost review of “Shatner’s World” on Broadway
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/17/shatners-world-we-just-live-in-it_n_1284276.html
Here’s a clip from with Witherspoon in This Means War. She looks good in a black dress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjU514Ur8pE&feature=player_embedded#!
Read some of the reviews for This Means War. They say it’s a piece of dogshit.
Oh come on Harry. Tell us what you really think. Please. Do not hold back.
I’ve decided I like both Durance and Witherspoon.
Harry, did you watch Chuck, McG also worked on that show.
I liked Witherspoon in Monsters vs. Aliens.
Hey! Guess what I dragged in? Denise’ll love this one.
1) I have no clue why people would be excited…
2) I would exactly call it dragging…
Anyways, good to be “back”
(The things I do….)
Whoops…..typo…..”wouldn’t”
Oh shuddup. You know you love me.
More Stephen Colbert to us over. Here he goes after a “do gooder” who has an invention to prevent people from cutting off their fingers on table saws. Caution: It has women in bikinis using power tools and a depictin of cutting something that Harry loves dearly.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/408216/february-13-2012/people-who-are-destroying-america—sawstop
421.
Craiger, I’m one of the few who like McG’s directing style.
http://collider.com/mcg-this-means-war-spring-awakening-terminator-interview/143750/
I thought “Terminator Salvation” was pretty good. Problem is though, it doesn’t hold a candle to the first two “Terminator” films. But it is better than “Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines”, which I still like, by the way.
I thought McG wrecked Terminator Salvation with the way he directed the actors. The actors just yelled at each other. He directs with a sledge hammer. “This Means War” got a good review from Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly. She gave it a B.
I kind of didn’t like how he ended Chuck.
Just watched The Descendants with George Clooney. Decent little film.
@433 Harry
I also saw the Descendants this week, I really liked it, very dark though. Some critics talked of George ‘ugly-ing up’ puh-leease! What a joke, he looked much like he usually does.
Anyone think that Act of Valor looks good? It has real Navy Seals as the stars.
I saw a little Michael Caine actioner last night called “Harry Brown.” Anyone here ever see it? Sort of a “Death Wish” type of thing. I loved it.
“If there’s anything I hate more than a stupid action comedy, it’s an incompetent stupid action comedy. It’s not so bad it’s good. It’s so bad it’s nothing else but bad.”
–Roger Ebert on “This Means War”
Ouch.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120215/REVIEWS/120219990
434
I consider “The Descendants” one of the best films of the year. Just remember that it’s not a comedy. George Clooney (from Northern Kentucky; dad was a newscaster here in Cincinnati) was excellent as the beat down father trying to deal with his wife’s sickness and the demands of his relatives. I did think Clooney was much better in “Up in the Air.”
Entertainment Weekly’s yearly survey of Academy voters gives George a 35 per cent chance of winning. He’s in the lead with a five per cent over Jean Dujardin. EW’s survey is usually dead on.
AJ, I haven’t seem “Harry Brown”, but I’ve heard good things about it.
Harry:
Worth a rental, for sure. If you are a fan of Michael Caine, and can handle a bit of onscreen violence, go for it.
@436. AJ, I haven’t seen Harry Brown either, but I have seen Michael Caine’s wonderful series of films about Harry Palmer, the 1960s spy. The Ipcress File is worth checking out, the other two not so much. For film music buffs, it has an awesome score by the great John Barry. There are three films, the Ipcress file being the first. They were released in 1965, 66 and 67. How’s that for a trilogy?
@438. Basement B. I also thought The Descendants was great, but I was more moved by Up in the Air.
Loved Up in the Air. Will have to check out Decendents.
One of my favorite films is The Final Countdown about the USS Nimitz going back into time just before Pearl Harbour.
Actually The Final Countdown used to be my favorite movie of all time that was until the Star Trek reboot movie came out.
The Final Countdown is a real doozy. Loved that one.
I wonder if The Final Countdown would make for a good reboot? Maybe they could even do it so they prevented Pearl Harbour? Then they went foward into time and saw the changes they had made and they were drastic so they would have to find a way to fix them?
George Takei is apparently on the new season of “Celebrity Apprentice” which kicks off tonight. Yay.
FX is showing Star Trek again tonight. I have watched it a couple of times already.
Trekkers, today’s date movie recommendation is “Pina” in 3D. Yeah, it’s Wim Wender’s dance documentary. Here’s why it’s a great date movie.
It was filmed in 3D and Wenders maximizes the 3D medium. You feel like you’re in an abstract painting. Characters at times feel like they’re in the theater with you. The 3D is just fantastic. The modern dance is maybe avant-garde but it’s never boring. Wenders told NPR he would never film in 2D again.
Here’s a trailer and my review.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/pina-3d-review.html
441.
Doohania
My favourite music by John Barry is the opening theme to The Persuaders TV show starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. Brilliant!
DEAR WHITNEY HOUSTON,
You’ve taken a lot of criticism over the Internet. Long ago and far away, I was a music major and studied jazz at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Sweetheart, Whitney, you had the voice of an Angel. That comes from my expert ear. Last night I played your song “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” at the pub’s jukebox and danced with a pretty woman.
If God lets me into heaven, let me request some jazz and standards for you to sing. You have a great voice Whitney. For those who don’t know “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”, I’ve linked the video below. I hope to see in the next life, Whitney Houston. . It’s going to be great to see you sing with Charlie Parker, sweetheart. Good night..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3giaIzONA&ob=av2e
I LOVED the movie “The Final Countdown”. Have been looking for it for years but never found it. Been keeping my eyes open in Wal-Mart cheap bin but I may have to just bite the bullet and go to HMV/Future Shop whatever… and pay full-price.
Hi, guys. Missed you again. Gotta go to bed before I fall over. It’s 2:15 a.m. est.
Talk l8r.
ktg
452:
Amazon has it in a few versions:
http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_19/192-8315124-1115039?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=the+final+countdown&sprefix=The+Final+Countdown%2Caps%2C509
I didn’t realize it’d already hit blu-ray…
450. Harry Ballz,
The Persuaders theme is fantastic, I have a couple of John Barry Albums, and the greatest hits one has The Persuaders on it. I didn’t see the show though. I was however obsessed by a show called ‘Randall and Hopkirk, Deceased’ which not only had a marvelous John Barry-esque theme tune (I’m sure it wasn’t him though) but also a terrifying series of opening credits where the main character is hit by a car. They haunted my dreams when I was young and easily scared.
Speaking of reboots/reimagines/retripstothewell….
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/fash-track/johnny-depp-dark-shadows-twilight-robert-pattinson-vampires-283729
Fingers crossed about Dark Shadows.
If you’re hunting DS stuff, find the two movies with the original cast. Great stuff.
House of Dark Shadows (Jonathan Frid is the definitive Barnabas!)
http://www.impawards.com/1970/posters/house_of_dark_shadows.jpg *
also…
Night of Dark Shadows (David Shelby as Quentin)
“…a bizarre act of unnatural lust.” Kinda like Harry and that inflatable Erica Durance doll.
Selby, actually.
I bought the version of Dark Shadows with Ben Cross (Sarek) a few weeks ago after reading about the Burton/Depp collaboration. It was cheap on Amazon. Haven’t watched it yet. Ben Cross is a great actor though, I hope we see a glimpse of him in Trek (although I think we won’t). I don’t think the original aired in the UK, but I may be wrong.
Hells bells! I just popped over onto the latest ‘Pine’ thread, it’s like ‘going over the top’. Where did I put my tin helmet? Madness I tell you…madness.
Doohania — That’s the one season Dan Curtis reboot. The good news is that it follows the story arc of the earlier series (there was a writers strike at the time) and that it has something of an ending.
Ben Cross is wonderful (almost as good as Jonathan Frid) and the production values are great.
My only quibble is the change in Willie’s character, to make him a blithering idiot. John Karlan’s conflicted mind-slave is far more interesting to watch.
Anyhoo — It’s worth a look. Kinda sexed up, as I recall.
Harry, my favorite TV show theme is Airwolf’s.
Looks like we are in another slow Trek news pattern. I wonder why all the secrecy on the sequel? I hope that’s not a bad sign that the story isn’t that great.
http://vimeo.com/32442801
I’m just now at SW. I’ve been watching the others.
I know I’ve stuck this link in before. Just ignore it if you hate the good SW flicks and Raiders.
http://www.trekp.com/posters/gw264-auditions.jpg
Pic from the set?
OK. I admit I’m bored….
CmdrR, I’ve got something better, the first trailer for sequel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFeYUNHtUG0
465 – What scares me, is I laughed.
I was watching “09″ on FX last night with my 42-year-old brother. It’s great to watch ‘Trek’ with him, because he’s seen almost all of TOS and most of the films, and he never, ever remembers them. He said, “This is really good! When did it come out?”
“You’ve seen it.”
“Did we see this in a theater? We saw it at home, right?”
I answered, “We went to the first showing on 68th and Broadway. We were interviewed by ‘Good Morning America’ in front of the theater.” (we were). He goes “Really?”
Just funny, I guess.
Hey Craiger. Airwolf was my fave as well. Loved the Pilot Ep when Airwolf hunted down Moffett with the music playing. Pretty cool how Moffett was blown up.
465
I’m not a Stooges fan but when this ran in the theater, I cracked up and so did the audience. Maybe this Stooges movie will be good. Hey, it has Jane Lynch as a nun and not just any nun but Mother Superior! There’s Sofia Vegara, and Kate Upton. Hmm. Wonder what the attraction there is? And of course, Snooki.
465. Craiger, and 469. BB, is this a spoof? I thought it looked like a SNL sketch. I fear it looks too expensive to be a spoof.
Doohania no spoof that is going to be a real Stooges movie out on April 13th.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383010/
I am on the fence about seeing it. I am not sure these guys can replace Moe, Larry and Curly. I am not a Shemp, Curly Joe or Joe DeRita fan.
Commodore, that was a great scene in the Airwolf movie. I wonder where I thought Borgnine was funny when he first go in Airwolf figuring out what all the buttons were for. Airwolf could have gone if Jan Michael Vincent wasn’t drunk most of time during the filming of the show. I think that was the main reason Airwolf got cancelled. I think the ratings were good it was just the problems with Vincent. I think that could be the reason they brought on Jean Bruce Scott. Maybe they intended for her to replace Vincent but the Studio didn’t like that idea?
This Means War tanks at the box office. Uh, oh I hope this doesn’t mean Pines carrer might be fading. I think he was great as Kirk and in Unstoppable with Denzel Washington.
http://trekweb.com/articles/2012/02/20/Star-Trek-Stars-Chris-Pine-and-Tom-Hardys-New-Movie-This-Means-War-Bombs-at-the-US-Box-Office.shtml
Trur Craiger. It was a great show and when it was on it was fantastic. I know they tried Season 4 and it just sucked. But at least we got to see String reunite with his Brother.
471. Craiger. For a Mo (see what I did) I thought the curly guy was James Gandolfini, and I wondered how he had come to such a dire situation.
The Stooges (IMHO) did not really transfer to Europe (strange as the comedy is both broad and physical), so perhaps this is a US nostalgia-flick, which is great for the fans.
I just watched “Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes” (such an awkward title; “Rise Of The Apes” would’ve worked just fine) last night.
Great movie. Very thoughtful. True sci-fi. I struggled to grasp James Franco as a scientist though. He wasn’t bad, but they should have had an older actor in the role. The cgi apes looked convincing, and Andy Sirkis nailed it again.
I’m going to watch the original “Planet Of The Apes” movies tonight. Never seen them before, believe it or not.
477:
The first (Charlton Heston) is THE classic, with the sequels starting off with an interesting premise (especially #2), and then descending into lameness.
PLANET of the Apes is the franchise name, hence the title of the latest one.
Hey Ryan. You will love the orignal Planet of the Apes. What I can’t wait for this year is The Avengers. Now that will be some great action.
The Avengers looks, cool. Not sure about The Amazing Spiderman another reboot just after the Tobey McGwier one. Then their is the last Batman movie. Unless they reboot Batman again.
Battleship looks to be good as well.
My list of movies I will see this year.
Avengers.
Battleship
John Carter of Mars.
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.
Gi Joe 2.
Wrath of the Titans.
The Three Stooges.
Men in Black 3.
Prometheus.
Spider Man
Ice Age 4.
The Dark Knight Rises.
The Expendables 2.
The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn 2.
Superman. Man of Steel
The Hobbit.
All in all. Some good Movies this year.
I’m sure my future wife will take me to see some movies she likes as well.
Man of Steel is 2013. Not to sure about that one either if they are going to just redo Superman 2.
Battleship also looks cool.
Act of Valor also looks good. They use real active duty Navy Seals as the actors in the movie.
I cant’ say that Battleship is any good. It’s based on a game, folks. I will bet money that somebody in the movie will utter, this line.
“You sunk my battleship.”
Trekkers, you like thought provoking science fiction. Here are two action paced science fiction movies from 2011.
1. “Source Code” Whoa. Parallel universes gone wild.
2. “Real Steel” Rock em sock em Robots meets Rocky. Trust me. It’s all heart.
BB – http://collider.com/source-code-television-series/115221/
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Wow. Commodore Mike, you want to see every geek movie in 2012. In this universe, G.I. Joe (2009) sucked. Not deep. Lot of yelling by the actors. Pound you in your seats action for those who have ADHD. Really stupid. My review linked below.
Battleship is based on the kids game about simple deduction. I mean there was nothing in the game about science fiction or character development..
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/gi-joe-rise-of-cobra-movie-review.html
Plus Brooklyn Danner is in it.
@ 488
Thanks Craiger. Source Code is more like Quantum Leap. The film itself was like a big budget Twilight Zone episode. The Trek connection is the parallel universe stuff.
Sorry I meant Brooklyn Decker.
Craiger,
I love hot chicks as much as the next guy. But I can see that on the Internet. I want smart science fiction. Or if it’s all about entertainment, I don’t want stupidity. I can defend Battle: Los Angeles but G.I. Joe (2009) is a movie for me to POOP on.
Yeah, I just finished watching the first two “Planet Of The Apes” movies. The first one was great, the second……merely okay.
Anyway, the movies I’m most interested in this year are “The Dark Knight Rises”, “The Avengers”, “Prometheus”, “Skyfall”, and “The Hobbit”.
I really don’t want to know a whole lot about these movies before they’re released. Especially about “Prometheus”. That looks like a return to greatness for the “Alien” franchise. Keeping my fingers crossed.
“The Amazing Spider-Man” is a tough call. We already had an origins movie involving the web-slinger ten years ago. But it could still be enjoyable.
“Battleship” looks stupid. Alien robots? WTF? If I recall correctly, the game involved two players trying to sink each other’s battleships. There were no alien robots involved. The movie looks like a rehash of “Transformers”.
I predict “The Avengers” will be the box office champ of the summer, mainly because its more of a kid-friendly superhero movie as opposed to the more adult-oriented “The Dark Knight Rises”, which will see a significant drop in revenue due to the fact that there is no Heath Ledger this time. TDKR, I predict, will earn about $600 million worldwide, tops. “The Avengers” will earn $800 million, and “The Amazing Spider-Man” will be the sleeper hit and earn $500 million worldwide.
“Source Code” was awesome. Scott Bakula had a voice cameo. Duncan Jones directed it. He also directed the “2001″-homage film, “Moon”. His real name is Zowie Bowie, the son of David Bowie. I wouldn’t mind seeing his take on “Star Trek” somewhere down the line, if he so chooses.
I’ll skip “Dark Knight Rises.” Same with “Spiderman.” The past two Batman films essentially sucked wind, and you cannot beat Sam Raimi’s 1 & 2 on Spiderman.
‘Avengers’ and ‘Hobbit’ will be cinema events for me. I’ll add in “Man of Steel” unless it falls into the “every Zack Snyder film sucks now” category.
I liked the last two Batman movies. The Supreme Court cites Dark Knight as a goal for stroryteling. Dark Knight had metaphors for the war on terror. The Supreme Court said they want to go deeper. Which is what I want for Star Trek.
HBO Family is running Star Trek II and III this month. Hint? Want to start a Khanversation?
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Agree with you AJ on Heston’s “Planet of the Apes.” Classic. 1968 was a great year for science fiction. 2001: A Space Odyssey came out that year. I wonder if Hollywood would ever put a movie like 2001 again.
I’m now interested in Spider-Man though I agree with you RDR that we’ve already seen the origin of Spider-Man. And we just had a Spider-Man movie in 2007; so why reboot? Still, I’m probably going to see it.
Interested in the Avengers movie. I’m more of a Marvel guy. Love Iron Man and Captain America. Hope the Dark Knight Rises gives us something to think about since it’s going to be big. That way Hollywood will respect our intelligence.
I hope Prometheus does well. Ridley Scott filmed in 3D. I’m getting tired of conversions. Just saw the dance documentary Pina in 3D. If a little art film can be filmied in 3D so can big movies. Pina was fantastic in 3D.
The Hobbit was also filmed in 3D And I can’t wait Peter Jackson really loves the material. I believe that passion will translate to the screen.
BB – Reboot 2001: A Space Odyessy with a moden take on it and no classical music. Some of that film was to far out their for me and the classical music.
Craiger, I liked the classical music. I like thinking when I’m watching a movie. The atonal music by LIgeti when the screen is black had me thinking about what the hell is this movie about. I think Kubrick uses the music to cue ideas.
Using Richard Strauss’ “Also Sprach Zarathustra” indicates to me the idea of the evolution of man. Of course, the whole movie was about alien life directing man’s evolution.
Using Johann Strauss’ waltzes gives the movie some whimsy I tview that music to represent that man had evolved to a civilized and technological pinnacle. But then the aliens would have another step for man. The music then became again more abstract, perhaps not understandable. Then the Star Child is ushered in by “Also Sprach Zarathustra.” By the way, Strauss’ tone poem is or was inspired by Nietzsche’s treatise of the same name.
Colbert is back. funny as ever. some explanation as to why he was gone.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/back-stephen-colbert-addresses-rumors-absence-142343345.html
“Hobbit” will also be filmed in a higher frame rate (48 fps as opposed to the standard 24), so not only will it be true 3D, but should look lush and detailed as well. Can’t wait.
Yeah, I don’t want to see a remake of “2001″. But we will probably eventually get one. It’ll have more action, explosions, rock music, and star the lunkhead Chris Hemsworth.
Both “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight” are considered two of the greatest superhero movies ever made. Classics, they are.
RDR – I thought Hemsworth was great as Geroge Kirk and as Thor.
Can’t wait for this year’s batch of genre flicks. Hoping for really good stuff, Bat, Hob, and DarSha-wise.
Yeah, Hemsworth was good as George Kirk. But that was only five minutes.
Hemsworth, as Thor on the other hand, came off as an overgrown, steroids-ridden, pretty boy neanderthal!
I got the perfect crossover movie Trek Reboot and The Avengers. LOL.
So, I just read the JJ Abrams-written Superman script from 2002. Wow, it was horrible. I mean, even if you ignore how he totally wiped out 60+ years of Superman canon, it is a bad movie. Maybe I just couldn’t get over how you change basic Superman story points such as Krypton not blowing up and Lex Luthor is Kryptonian.
Abrams is a pretty good director (for example: Star Trek, M:I3, Super 8) But based on this Superman script, I would say he is a bad writer. But, you know what they say: “You fail upward in Hollywood.”
Daren Dochterman’s TV ads for TMP recreated in HD.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/53721
VZX – I remember reading about Abram’s Superman script and he also had Superman rescuing an airplane scene. I really liked the airplane rescue scene in Superman: Returns. I thought what if they did that airplane rescue scene in a true reboot movie that would have been better? I wonder how they would have the crowd react in the stadium seeing Superman for the first time?
VZX – Abrams did write Super 8
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650062/fullcredits
VZX:
Does the changing of the mythology necessarily mean Abrams is a poor writer?
Obviously, obliterating canon was meant as part of the process. And ‘Super 8′ was quite entertaining for what it is.
I think JJ knows his limitations and strengths. Best to direct, produce, and conceptualize new properties for his writing teams to go with.
Craiger: OK, Abrams can be decent writer. He did create Felicity, Alias, and Lost and your’re right about Super 8. But he also wrote Armegeddon (bleh!). I guess it’s just that he wasn’t a good fit for Superman. Abrams should stick to what he knows.
The Singer Superman Returns did borrow from the Abrams script quite a bit. The airplane rescue was similar. There was even a “listening” scene. Not that Superman Returns was that great, either.
I liked Kevin Smith’s Superman script from the late 90s, without the Jon Peters influences.
Here’s hoping Nolan’s Man of Steel gets it right.
Nolans Superman sounds too much like Superman 2 to me. I hope its not, but do we need another Superman origin story?
I thought Alias was great. Here is a great scene fromt the pilot. The music fits perfect with the scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fFW5qyMCLE
What a pleasant surprise!
VZX came to visit…
@ 506
Craiger,
I thought Thor was pretty good. But this is where a 3D conversion made the movie worse. I saw it in 3D and the movie was too dark. The attack on the Frost Giants was pure mud. You see the conversion was an afterthought. Pissed me off. Still, l I liked bulk of the movie.
518
Hey Aurore, how’s everything in France. Looks like Dominque Strauss-Kahn (former IMF head) is being accused of more naughty stuff. Link. It says something about being involved with a prostitution ring. Hold on. The story says something about an orgy in Washington. I mean here’s the quote from his lawyer.
“In a colorful exchange in a recent radio interview, one of Mr. Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers, Henri Leclerc, said the former IMF chief wasn’t aware that the women at these parties were prostitutes. “He could well have not realized it, because you see, in these parties, one is not necessarily clothed and I challenge you to tell a naked prostitute from a naked worldly woman,” Mr. Leclerc told Europe 1 radio.”
WTF?! Well there goes DSK’’s shot at the French presidency.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204909104577237100297065144.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Are we going into another month off of no news at Trekmovie?
BB:
The French are more at ease with their leaders having affairs and mistresses than the pseudo-religious twats who run, or try to run get into position to run, our country. The Italians are the same. When Clinton had his little run-in, the reaction in Europe was “Why is she so ugly? he can do better.”
DSK does super-size the sleaze a bit by actually cavorting with whores, and is Berlusconi-esque in his near-flaunting of his infidelity. DeGaulle had a daughter with his mistress, so thinking that this would ruin DSK’s chances for a run at the French presidency is premature.
521:
Craiger: At this point in time, I ask the same question.
Summer will probably bring more official info, i.e. SD Comic Con in July, and Vegas in August. Let’s hope the leaks pour in long before…
“WTF?! Well there goes DSK’’s shot at the French presidency.”
__________
Bernie,
I, personally, was never sure he had a chance of becoming president before he got arrested, a while back, in the first place.
I may be mistaken, but, often times, I’m under the impression that political journalists, here, take their own opinions ( desires ?) as facts…But, I digress…
You were the one who told me about his arrest, a few months ago.
I do not follow the news regularly ; I cannot say I trust much of what I hear on the “news” (channels) I used to watch avidly, many years ago.
For instance, after the man was arrested, all of a sudden, people (colleagues, *journalists*,etc…) had plenty to say about his dodgy behaviour, “happily” claiming that they had known about it all along…It felt a little like I was the only person who was discovering a very well-kept secret.
I’m exaggerating, of course, but, only slightly.
Unfortunately, that kind of situation happened before. Many a time .
Understandably, when someone like the person we are talking about is in real trouble, THEN, and, only then, does one seem to feel safe in revealing everything they know …As far as I’m concerned, it’s always too much information…Too LATE.
Bernie.
By the way, I assume you were joking, for, in fact, it’s been “over” for him, for a long time…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_presidential_election,_2012
Been without Trek news… for soooooooo long…
for a long time… = for a while, now…
With out Trek news for a long time ago in a galaxy far far away with the Borg.
I wonder how TNG HD is doing…
#529. Except for a small case of arthtitis. I’d say pretty good.
I wonder why all the secrecy for the sequel? Do they feel they let too much out the last time?
It could be that Star Trek meets Lost.
Maybe you can’t really do a blog on just Trek news since their is not that much Trek news to report. That;s why I think Anthony should expand and report Scifi news when their is a lull in Trek news. I don’t even think they have news on old Trek or Trek products that much anymore. Or would those sound boring? Even Gustavo over at TrekWeb says he is getting burnt out on reporting Trek news.
I forgot to add that maybe Anothy is getting to the point as being the same as Gustavo?
“If you Google ‘Santorum,’ you’ll see he’s long been associated with coming from behind.” -
Bill Maher on Santorum’s rise to the top
Anthony could post another ‘non-news’ story:
GEORGE TAKEI NOT CAST IN NEW ‘STAR TREK’ FILM
He did it with Shatner, and it actually made it across the web.
533 – As long as we don’t get updates on pro Wrestling.
@ 525
Hey Aurore,
I was joking. But I want to be invited to one of those Washington parties where there are naked French women running around and I am unable to tell who’s a prostitute. (See post 520)
535
God love you AJ. I get to post stuff making fun of right-wingers, because usually Captain Pascale will delete my political stuff on the main threads for being too political. Captain Pascale will also delete conservative attacks also.
So, since you brought up Santorum’s Google problem, I again link the Trekkers’ favorite satirist, Stephen Colbert’s . classic piece on Santorum’s Google problem And remember you Republicans, please click on Santorum’s ass juice definition to get riid of it. :-) I keeed. I keeed.
Colbert’s classic piece on Santorum’s Google problem.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/374851/february-21-2011/rick-santorum-internet-search
539:
Keep the posts apolitical and neutral, and you just lure ‘em in.
In any case, Santorum has that problem regardless of which side you’re on.
Trekkers check out the new HD trailers for Star Trek: Link. The Motion Picture.
WOW! It makes me yearn for that human adventure. And Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack kicks ass.
http://trekmovie.com/2012/02/22/watch-original-star-trek-the-motion-picture-commercials-now-in-hd/
“(See post 520)”
________
Oh,I saw your post, Mr. Wong.
And, I also suspected you were joking.
( See post 525 ).
:))
Jeez, I posted the Dochterman thingies at post 511. The CHATTIE ROOM is the cutting edge of Trek knowledge.
From the set of the new Trek Movie, Simon Pegg sends a 35th Anniversary greeting to the classic British comic 2000AD… And there’s a special guest appearance by someone who has a strong connection to the comic! Definitely worth checking out!
http://www.2000adonline.com/news/22-02-2012/happy_birthday_2000_ad_from_simon_pegg_and_a_special_guest/
544:
Sweet…
@516
We need a fresh take on the Superman mythos. And I say that as a huge fan of the two Donner Superman films.
544.
Thanks for sharing, Michael!
You can see the blue Trek tunic on Urban under the coat he’s wearing!
It’s not much, but it’s something! :>)
“499. Basement Blogger – February 20, 2012
Heston’s “Planet of the Apes.” Classic. 1968 was a great year for science fiction. 2001: A Space Odyssey came out that year. I wonder if Hollywood would ever put a movie like 2001 again.”
I wish they would. 2010 (the movie) was not too bad, the novel was brilliant.
Anyone see the lastest Far Cry 3 trailers. I wonder if pretty soon actors will get replaced?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bypdZUcVw5w
546:
“We need a fresh take on the Superman mythos. And I say that as a huge fan of the two Donner Superman films.”
We need to hope that Zak Snyder doesn’t muck up his take on Supes in the next film. The casting seems right, but his take on “dark and edgy” now officially seems contrived. You want Superman dark and edgy? Watch Reeve’s portrayal of him drunk in the horrible Superman III.
AJ – Would alcohol still affect Supes even under that strange Kryptonite that Pryor’s character created?
549
Thanks Craiger for the link. The CGI is excellent. But I don’t think that’s gameplay graphics. Mass Effec 2 had this ad but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t gameplay graphics. The gameplay graphics were pretty close to the ad though.
Here’s the Mass Effect ad I saw on TV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLhptv1yYMU&feature=player_embedded
Oh, I don’t think that is gameplay graphics either. I think the CGI is better in the cutscenes than the gameplay. I saw the latest Mass Effect 3 trailer, however I hope I am not starting to grow tired of video games. It seems to me like the gameplay is the same in games. Run and shoot the bad guys, duck and hide from bad guys, crawl up this ladder or ledge, go down this corridor ect.
Sorry about the YouTube vid requiring you to sign in. Try the Mass Effect 2 ad on my blog. It’s the first video.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/mass-effect-2-video-game-review.html
551.
Craiger, it must have been tequila!!
Burma!
What?
I panicked.
553
Craiger,
Bioware just released an all CGI ad for Mass Effect 3. WOW. It kicks ass. I hope that’s Miranda standing next to my or Shepard. My Shepard is Asian looking.
Check out the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBktyyaV9LY
@ 544
Thank you Michael. The first video from the set? Got to send this to Captain Pascale and tell the guys.
Watched the Pegg vid. What kind of collar is that under the rain slicker? Very interesting. And did anyone else notice the strange looking “alien” woman in the background on the right? I only watched once. Was I seeing things?
Going back now………
Nope, no alien woman. Just someone with a bad haircut and horrid fashion sense.
I think it’s a f*ckin’ joke that the 10 of us here at Chat are privy to the only leaked video from the set of the new movie, while the rest of the masses coming to this site don’t get to see it!
Oh, I see BB just posted it there.
Never mind.
Hmm. Sent it off to Anthony.
It’s up now.
BB – Max Payne 3 looks cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTPRPr15sW0
561:
Harry:
CHAT is the vanguard of the Trek movement. We’re the ones with the keys to the Captain’s Yacht, and access to the real alcohol in Ten-Forward.
We discuss Space 2099 and Superman whilst others languish on the ‘Chris Pine on Kimmel’ thread.
In any case, “Michael Carroll” probably thought this was the ‘feedback’ thread as many do.
AJ
don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great that we are the “inner circle”.
We are the ones in “the know”.
Putting ego aside, I think it explains why we here have an affinity with Bob Orci.
He knows who the “power brokers” are on this site. Damn straight!
:>)
Hey Harry. We here at the Live Chat are not just the inner circle. We are the Core of Trekmovie. Most of us have been here for many years.
1514. Red Dead Ryan – January 10, 2011
Harry Ballz, Harry Ballz
A few actors drive him up some wallz
Like Reese Witherspoon,
To whom Harry would show her his moon,
Or Erica Durance,
With whom he’d take no chance
As we learned from his rants,
It’s an anti-Erica stance
He’d just exile her in France!
Or how about Tom Cruise,
Who is old news,
As Harry ponders over booze
How to give the ego a bruise!
Harry Ballz, Harry Ballz
Ready when this site calls
His wine is deep red,
As so often he has said,
On a million a thread,
Hates going to bed,
Would rather write posts,
Which include some boasts,
But more often, roasts!
569.
Nicely done, Commodore Mike!
I’m glad to see that my bad habits are on the record!
Yup! I wrote that, Harry! Commodore Mike reposted it. Special thanks to the Commodore from the Mirror Universe.
Burma is now Myanmar. But they still speak Burmese.
There once was a Canuck named Ballz
A lumberjack in ‘Trek’ overalls
He drank all the breweries dry
They say he was that kinda guy
Molson said: “We don’t need you”
Moosehead said “we don’t want you”
Labatt’s took a chance
With a Harry Ballz dance
“that’s the last free case we will front you.”
But on one most remarkable day
A Maple Leaf scored a goal, ‘Let us Pray.’
The beer companies rallied
Once the sales numbers were tallied
And Harry was back in the fray!
Yay!
I leave a response each time I like a post on a website or I have something to contribute to the conversation. It is a result of the fire displayed in the post I browsed. And after this article Chat | TrekMovie.com. I was actually moved enough to post a comment ;-) I actually do have 2 questions for you if it’s allright. Could it be just me or does it look as if like some of the remarks appear like they are coming from brain dead folks? :-P And, if you are writing at other online sites, I would like to follow you. Could you make a list the complete urls of your community sites like your Facebook page, twitter feed, or linkedin profile?
Actually I am dead but my brain is still working.
@ 565
Craiger,
I’m also a Grand Theft Auto fan. GTA V looks like it’s going to take place in Los Angeles or Los Santos. Trailer below. Yeah, GTA is evil but I love the open world-sandbox game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkkoHAzjnUs
My brain is in a box, surrounded by hot Imorg chicks in go-go boots.
Ah, the pain and delight!!
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/actress-lucy-lawless-climbs-1360584.html
Go, Number 3!
hey-YAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAAAA!!!
BB – GTA V also looks good.
hey Red Dead Ryan. it is my pleasure. I got that post from the ever popular thred that just won’t die.
http://trekmovie.com/2010/12/17/sci-fi-movies-friday-iron-man-3-the-avengers-gravity-tron-legacy-paul-potc-4-spider-man-musical-more/#comment-4479847
New Triumph. At the “Golden Collar” awards show.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/golden-collar-awards-2012-triumph-video_n_1298932.html?ref=comedy
571.
Thanks, Ryan! I didn’t notice that at first glance!
The Fringe mid-season finale is tonight on Fox at 9 PM Eastern / 8 Central.
So… this is totes off topic but I finished my nu!Spock costume and I thought I’d whore it out where people /might/ actually like to see it :)
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/051/9/7/set_phasers_to_stun_by_xrandomosityx-d4qgk3d.png
I made the shirt myself and even sacrificed part of my eyebrows :D
583.
Nice shot. May I ask how old you are?
Thank you :)
I’ll be 19 in May. Do I look younger/older?
No, you look about that age, maybe a shade older.
Tell me, who took the photo and where do you live?
@ 580
Thanks AJ. That was funny.
@ 583
Nice Spock get up and phaser.
Where were all the cute Trek gals when I was 19??
Seriously, the only women who liked Trek then dressed as Hortas, only they didn’t need costumes. Not that I’m shirtless Kirk, mind you. But,
times have definitely changed.
Harry, what are *you* wearing?
577. CmdrR, Go Lucy! I loved her in Battlestar (which I am marathoning my way through again at the mo).
585. Randomosity, Your costume is awesome! I only have the ears, and when I wore them at Christmas 2 years ago it took 2 hrs for anyone to notice! Seriously though, very nice job :-)
ok. we’re missing one very game-changing pic from this new set session.
check out the cover shot for the Feb 24 entry on Trek Core. Not the file itself, but the cover image on the homepage.
whassup wit dat??
Hey Harry. Quit hitting on the poor girl. Lol. Randomosity is a die hard Trek fan. Very good look and she deserves to be in the next Trek movie.
Commodore, do you think she looks like a young Laura Croft?
CmdrR, Kirk and Uhura have an affair behind Spock’s back and that pisses Spock off. LOL.
Exactly.
hehehehe
Hey Craiger. She does have that look. I bet she has to beat all the guy’s off with a portable agoniser.
Sorry for the false pic alarm. Looks like it’s just an old Pine shot.
It’s cropped on the other site; looks dif.
Haha, thanks guys :DD
You’re very sweet to say such nice things :’)
Randomosity, do you live somewhere in North America?
583:
Randomosity:
Excellent work.
And welcome to the Chattie Room: The most friendly thread on the web.
Harry. Do I need to get Erica after you. Lol.
Randomosity. You have a place in the Empire.
602.
Just trying to make our 18 year-old visitor feel welcome by showing interest!
Hey, I’ve been 18 a few times myself!
:>)
Ok Harry. But how have you been 18 a few times. This I have got to hear.
Commodore Mike
that’s easy……………I’ve been 18 a few times. First, when I turned 18, then when I turned 36, then when I turned 54.
All together now………………………..D’OH!
Gents! As Austin Powers said ‘oh behave!’ We will be lucky if Randomosity ever puts her head round here again :-)
Randomosity, please come back, we need a few more ladies, and my time-zone means I am not always on chat when others are.
I’m not flirting, I’m simply interested in “the newcomer”! Sheesh!
Sorry Harry! Now, if we were both unmarried… You like red wine and I like white ;-)
Oops! F*ck it, I should stick to one name, Bernie was right.
Serves me right for nagging Harry.
Hey Spockchick. Nagging Harry is always a lot of fun. Lol.,
Ah yes, he has effectively ‘de-cloaked’ me. I must not nag my elders.
597:
Commodore: You wrote: “Hey Craiger. She does have that look. I bet she has to beat all the guy’s off with a portable agoniser.”
Now, what’s wrong with this picture? Not that it’s important or anything, but beating off with an agonizer causes serious callouses.
Owweeeee
Hey AJ. What’s up with Dat!
Goatee Spock: Mister Chekov has been in the agonizer booth for a very long time.
Scarface Sulu: I know, and he didn’t even do anything this time.
Chekov (’bout the same in either universe): wooo hooo.
You guys are funny~ I’ll try and drop by every now and then. Friendly places on the interwebs can be hard to find.
@Harry: I live in Canada. BC to be more exact. Any other Canadians here?
Hey guys, is Star Trek Online any good? Your review will help me determine if I should waste time on it. I waiting for Mass Effect 3.
I’m confused. Wasn’t Spockchick the same person as Doohania? Because if that’s true, hey Doohania stick to one moniker.
Randomosity
if you’ve been reading here for a while you probably know that I live in Toronto.
I’ve been to Vancouver a number of times. My favourite spot is sitting having a coffee at English Bay with the Seawall on one side, Stanley Park on the other. Nice! Where do you live in BC?
Oh cool! I’ve been to Stratford twice. I’ve only been lurking here for a couple months (I only saw the Star Trek XI in the spring of last year, glad I did too – I think I would have died having to wait 4 years for the next movie)
I live in Victoria :)
I’ve been to Victoria a couple of times. Enjoyed “high tea” at one of the better hotels. Years ago Victoria had trouble with a lot of vagrants begging on the streets. Tell me, is that still a problem?
619. Basement B. Yes, you are right, I accidentally used my other name, thereby demonstrating why having 2 is futile. I am reverting to one as you originally suggested :-)
620. Harry, I went to a wonderful seafood restaurant in Stanley Park, Vancouver is a very interesting place, and great food.
I went to see Chronicle last night, I thought it was excellent, and very thought provoking.
Only been to Canada once. Cape Breton. Saw a moose. Them suckers is big. It was July but was still cold at night. Not a problem, since it was my first honeymoon.
South Park – Blame Canada!, Blame Canada!
623.
Spockchick, it sounds like you get around! Where else have you been in your travels, darlin’?
35 years ago, my family rented a camper van, and we drove up from Maine through New Brunswick, and across the bay to Halifax. I also spent time in Quebec city the following year. I’ve also spent time in Toronto, and have done a few quick border crossings to meet friends, or just see the Canadian side of Niagara falls (Sorry, but Yuck).
First, what happened to Kayla and the science report? Anyway here’s something to worry about . The Galazy has rogue planets. Could the Mayans be right?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/25/rogue-planet-nomads-may-outnumber-stars_n_1301721.html
Kayla is getting a PhD in the UK, and travels frequently (We’re “Friended” on Facebook, so I see her travel snippets). Not as much free time as there used to be.
626. Harry, I have been to Texas, New Mexico, New Orleans, NYC, Florida, Vancouver, Banff, Comox, Spain, France, Hungary, The Netherlands. Not so much for a lady of my age (same age as Trek), but it’ll do! I don’t travel so much now but I got to the Chichen Itza Myan ruins in October which was the awesomest awesome thing ever. Especially for an Archaeology student.
Reality check with Captain Picard:
Don’t ever show this to your kids!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgnrsFwenI
631. AJ, that was adorable, what a good sport Patrick is. A real gent.
630.
Interesting, Spockchick!
Out of your list I’ve been to New Orleans, NYC, Florida, Vancouver, Banff, Spain, France, The Netherlands AND the Chichen Itza Mayan ruins.
We obviously travel in the same circles!
Watched Oscars last night. What was up with the Angelina Jolie sticking out my bare leg pose while presenting? Emma Stone stole the show with her charming banter. Douglas Trumbull got a richly deserved honorary Oscar. And welcome back to hosting Billy Crystal!
@550
I don’t want a Superman that is dark and edgy.
What I do want is a serious Superman character realistically portrayed that does not automatically get the police, politicians, public etc. thinking he is a hero just because he suddenly shows up and does a few things.
I’d like to see reactions based more in reality. And like I said before, I say this as a huge fan of the Donner films.
Nice to hear Douglas Trumbull got an Oscar….
I’m so miffed. I had a perfectly good nip slip and no one noticed. They were all obsessing over that J Lo tart.
Anyone catch this on Kimmel? Funny stuff.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/53888
I watched Celeb Apprentice last night and the guys won. George Takie did a pretty good job. They all went to a Midieval times and had to put on a show in a live audiance. The Guys did a great job abd George with his voice was a narrator. The girls did something like Midieval Housewives N.J or something like that.
Fox prime time programming is interupted tonight for the Dayton 500. Anyone like Alcatraz. Its strange just like Fringe.
639 Mike. George does have a lovely voice, in common with many of the trek men, not so much with the new cast, but Cumberbatch has a deep voice, so there is hope for us ladies who like a sexy voice.
@ 638
Saw it on Kimmel. Cute. Kudos for all those stars. And I agree with Seth Rogen, about Kate Beckinsale. Got serious pants issues.
If Kimmel can get that done, he needs to be president.
Hey!
I just got back from Seattle and thought I would share. Of course, if you know me, you know that i go to the sci-fi museum all the time. I should, as I am a contributing member. But this time there was no sci-fi museum exhibit. I was a little worried, as that is where they have TONS of Trek stuff on display (the center seat from TOS, Kirk, Spock and a “female lt.” uni, phasers, communicators, pieces of the bridge–even the Enterprise filming model from Trials and Tribble-ations) along with just a bunch of other cool stuff (the original Deathstar from Star Wars for Pete’s sake).
Instead, there was the Avatar Exhibit. And it was cool. Upon first entering you have a table that is a video screen. You put these little squares on the table and all this video info comes up that you can move around and share. They also had a motion capture display where you get scanned and then walk around a blank set while your motions are interpreted in real-time on a Na’vi character that you can see. Lot’s of props like and AMP suit (the big robotic gizmo that the soldiers walked around in) with a video camera in the cockpit you can operate, reference costumes and such.
The screen table:
http://youtu.be/w-Glo_brxmk
some video I found on yoo toob (not me in any of this)
http://youtu.be/l5dbIH_vsEs
There was also a horror exhibit that had some great stuff, too. Frankenstein’s boots and head piece from Abbot and Costello. The Creature from the Black Lagoon mask, the axe from The Shining, the face hugger from Alien, and the sign that hung outside the Slaughtered Lamb from American Werewolf in London.
The real reason I went, though, was the great BSG exhibit:
http://youtu.be/d5CPquMO8jo
Those are the real ships from the show, too. Again, not my video. You guys should come visit me when I go back to the Sci-Fi museum. What a hoot it would be.
Ha! I think I’m pissing someone off on the leaked vids article. What fun! Just like the old days.
I’m back, baby!
Oh yeah, I’m supposed to be friendly. Hmm.
Maybe I’ll compliment him on his nice smile. Or his dress.
645: I think you won. Yours…is…the superior…intellect…….
Happy Leap Day?
THX-1138 – When the Avatar table serves up my drinks pronto, I’ll be impressed. The BSG exhibit looks cool; looks like they mix the two series without much differentiation. I know the fans know, but you’re always looking to make converts, and ya gotta beware the cheese factor.
644. THX-1138
Did someone say BSG exhibit? I’m gutted I live too far to go.
Would stink if you went to that exhibit, ran home to see the hot Cylon in the red dress, and got Dr. Smith’s voice inside a tall dude in a red robe with a Christmas Tree topper.
645
Don’t you hate those self-righteous poo-poo heads telling people to grow-up when it’s obvious they’re the ones still in the throes of intellectual adolescence? Some people need to get over themselves and take a “get-a-life” pill. Just sayin’.
You should have sent Mongo after him/her/it.
Superlatively bad-ass new Avengers trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tY9DnBNJFTI
RIP Davy Jones from the Monkees.
I was just trying to have a little fun. I remember when Harry or I or both of us would try to set someone straight when they were foaming at the mouth about something. I do enjoy a debate. But I don’t like to send Mongo in to a fight. He is a gentle soul and it’s nice when he can be persuasive with kindness. He tries to get me to be “kinder and gentler” and that’s good. (I have officially lost me marbles)
CmdrR, the Sci-Fi museum actually does a pretty good job educating the regular public (after all, the thing is part of the Experience Music Project and has lot’s of musicians and music fans in attendance). I might take it for granted that people know what’s going on but I do see lot’s of info available for folks to edify themselves with. As a musician and absolute geek the place is like Mecca for me. That it’s a 4 hour drive is of no consequence. I hope that they will once again host a huge Trek bash there so that I might be able to attend and have some (or all) of you be able to attend. The place is perfect for a con.
AJ
I can’t believe it. Way too young to pass. Thoughts and prayers to his family.
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Oh, and the Avengers trailer looks like chocolate covered awesome. Don’t anyone rely too heavily on my opinion, though. I dug the Green Lantern movie. I’m easy.
I love The Avengers trailer and also Battleship trailer. Looks to be a good year at the movies.
That shot of Hulk leaping to catch Iron Man, and using the skyscraper wall to decelerate his fall is just Marvelicious.
I like the new Avengers trailer, BUT what is Scarlett Johannson doing in this movie?
Every other member of the team has superpowers and there she is, a chick with a handgun.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
(wipes tear)
That was the scene that caught my attention too, AJ. I liked it alot.
658:
Onde description I read is that she has some genetic enhancements, and super hi-tech suit/weapons, as well as martial arts abilities.. Sort of like a mix of Iron Man and Cap. Not sure what Hawkeye can do power-wise.
Agreed, AJ.
Davy Jones — a good musician, possible inspiration for Chekov.
Sail on, brave soul. And thank you.
Hey hey
One less Monkee
They putting Davy in the Ground
Now only Mickey’s singing
That signature Monkees sound…
RIP Davy.
Hawkeye-AKA Clint Barton–has no superpowers beyond being an extraordinary archer/marksman. He keps himself in peak physical conditioning, and is a expert hand-to-hand combatant.
Gawd i am such a geek.
CmdrR you bring up a great point about Davy Jones. I had forgotten that he was a sort of “non-acknowledged” inspiration for Chekov, even though it is rather obvious.
I really think AP should do some sort of article, brief as it may be, recognizing Davy as such and honoring him on this sad day. It’s what a real Trek fan would do.
(Uh-oh, I used the “real Trek fan” card. To the dungeons with me.)
Both TOS and “Monkees” were on the tube at the same time, and Davy J. was the inspiration for Chekov’s look.
Poor Davy, so young. I loved the Monkees to bits when I was a nipper. Better looking than Chekov (sorry Walter). RIP Davy.
Davy was the reason for Checkove. But. that’s just my opnion. Rest in peace Davy.
Not THX. To the Agnoy Booth with you.
@ 652, 658
That Avengers trailer kicked ass.. I feel for Captain America. He’s lost his world and stuck in the modern one.
So what does Black Widow bring to the party? Well, let’s see. She has something that the other “guys” don’t have. And she’s got a couple of things on her chest that the guys don’t have.
Speaking of babes. And yeah she’s old but I had a crush on her, Jenny Agutter (Logan’s Run) is listed in the cast.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/
@ 665
Yeah, ABC News just ran a piece and talked about the Star Trek connection with Chekov. I’m sure Captain Pascale will run a story on it.
Another piece of my childhood gone…when I was a prepubescent lassie, I loved Davy Jones with a passion. Can still remember the white hot rage of jealousy over my cousin’s Monkees lunch box, and surreptitiously smooching a photo of Davy. Anyone remember a cereal box with a 45 record of the Monkees on it? RIP Davy.
I never, ever bought a Monkees record, yet I know all the songs in that weird preserved bottle of childhood memories we all have, and we recall, even now, when we can’t even remember who won the Superbowl last month.
I think I even had a Corgi model car of their red station wagon they used to frolic in.
Back in those days (early 1970s), I was watching Trek, Batman, Superman (with George Reeves) and the Monkees regularly after school, all in syndication, obviously.
And it was all good.
I do have a bunch of Monkees albums. I still think they sound great. They’re right at the “start” of my musical coverage, ranging from 60’s to now. Many of those hits are timeless.
I also note that AP (Associated Press, not Anthony P) after pumping out the canned obit has now posted a nice, detailed obituary.
David Bowie (AKA David Jones) used the name Bowie so he wouldn’t be confused with Davy Jones. And if you look at some of the videos of the little side to side dance Davy used to do, you will notice that a certain Axl Rose stole the move later on. Man, I feel old.
You guys are great. Yeah, I remember buying a couple Monkees records.
My poor parents. Thanks to the Monkees, I wheedled and begged until I got them to buy me a keyboard and a really super awesomely cool tambourine. It was purple/violet with black streaks. Wish I still had that thing.
Hey, Yahoo ran this story about a guy who photographed a beam of light erupting from a Mayan pyramid, The pyramid is El Castillo, a sacred temple to the Mayan god Kukulkan. Sign that the world ends this year?
http://news.yahoo.com/mayan-light-beam-photo-message-gods-iphone-glitch-145401585.html
Oops, forgot. It’s Leap Year. Check out this classic Frasier show about leap year, called “Look Before You Leap.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVMZk6SfKVA
Look for the Shat on Colbert on the web Thursday. The interview was hilarious, and overloaded with Fanboy love and over-the-top egos.
680
Yeah, I saw it. Colbert almost lost it.
Why do I have to work?
Must get home and watch Shat.
#668 Mikey me boy
Whatchoo talkin’ ’bout? It IS me! It IS me!
Ok THX! It is you. Then you are safe. For now!.
Colbert says the Shat is beautiful.
http://theclicker.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/01/10549740-william-shatner-agrees-he-was-beautiful-on-star-trek
Face it. Shat was it, baby.
BB – Assassin’s Creed 3 is going to be set during the American Revolution.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/01/assassins-creed-3-boxart/
686
Craiger, fascinating.
Mass Effect 3 is out Tuesday. I have mine on preorder.
Also Bioshock: Infinite is out on Oct. 16th in the U.S.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/01/bioshock-infinite-release-date-october-16/
Hey Craiger. Assassin’s creed is my all time Fave game. besides trek of course. I would love to see a Trek version of Assassin’s creed. That would be fun.
Commodore, Assassin’s Creed 3 is supposed to wrap up the story. I don’t think they are doing anything more after that.
I actually thought the first Assassin’s Creed was kind of boring, it picked up after that.
688
Craiger,
I play few games. But the ones I love, I play the daylights out of. Mass Effect is one of them I can’t wait. I urge all sci-fi fans to play the first two Mass Effect games if they haven’t. Then go out and play Mass Effect 3. I’m assuming it’s going to be an evolution and great. Mass Effect 2 was a flawed masterpiece but a maserpiece nonetheless.
I’ve posted this Mass Effect 3 vid above. But in case any of you have not seen it, it kicks ass.
Yeah, I really love Mass Effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBktyyaV9LY
I live in Ohio. Next week is Super Tuesday. I’ve just received two robocalls from Mitt Romney’s superpac. Both were negative ads, one against Santorum and the other against Obama. I feel like Bill Murray in Ghostbusters. I’ve just been slimed. Oh, by the way I’m not a Republican.
Here’s an old one:
I have a rhyme which comes with a riddle
What’s round on the ends, and “hi” in the middle?
Bernie’s disqualified from answering. ;-)
Uh, OHIO?
Got it, Harry.
That was an old one, AJ. It was featured on the last Antiques Roadshow. Spielberg and Lucas were going to have Indiana Jones go on a globetrotting adventure for it. It was a favorite of Uncle Milty’s.
Harry’s heard it.
THX:
Are you implying that Harry is as old as what they show on Antiques Roadshow?
Is that what you’re getting from it, too, AJ? Because that’s how I read it.
That damn THX.
(I luvz ya’ Harry)
698.
Uh, no, I hadn’t heard it, but the clues were all there.
They don’t have that joke in Canadia? Heck, they were telling that joke in the Looney Tunes cartoons. When they were still good.
Anyway, way to go then. You’re a regular Sherlock Ballz.
702.
Well, when BB said he lived in Ohio and the very next post gives the riddle but says that BB is disqualified from playing, it was a no-brainer. Hell, even Durance could’ve gotten THAT one!
702. “Sherlock Ballz”
The game’s afoot? Well, not yet, but a certain part of my anatomy IS!
ba-dum-bum!
Anyone see the latest Avengers trailer?
http://collider.com/avengers-trailer-itunes-record-2/149781/
Hey guys- just pokin in, hopefully more often now- 8 days in the hospital in Tampa. I can see!! I can see!! LOL Really I can do this better anyway- so happy : )Can’t believe it took about 7 mos to figure out the problem. But I am not really complaining…happy to be on the mend.
You guys talked about the Monkee’s records and such, but did you watch the show too? I used to love to watch it and want to see some old reruns. I couldn’t find them on Netflix or Block buster. Ooh maybe youtube?
Also looking forward to ME3 as well- plan on getting it soon if everything goes well with my eye peepers. I want to finish Skyrim first though I think.
706
Charla, great to hear you doing better. I hope BioWare fixes the small text problem they had in Mass Effect 2. Could not read it on a SDTV. And even on a HDTV, the text was too small. Still can’t wait for the game.
Charla:
Great news! Now you can see how handsome we all are!
I don’t recall any commercial releases of the old “Monkees” TV show, or reruns on any of the nostalgia-oriented cable channels. I watched religiously as a kid in syndication.
Happy Scotty to all!
It’s James Doohan’s birthday.
Scarlett Johansson is to star in a film about the making of “Psycho.” Reports claim she may play the shower scene naked. Men, I say “don’t count on it.”
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/scarlett_johansson_goes_psycho_EvJ7QlFCx9Mto5tYJZoRtK?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20Page%20Six
Quite funny:
“Star Trek: TNG Season 8″ plot tweets
https://twitter.com/#!/TNG_S8
Here’s a fun spoof of Shit Girls Say: Shit Klingons Say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roa7bS1SGYQ
712
John, that was cute.
Thanks BB and AJ, How bad is this? I was actually in for 10 days, 3 days in ICU and 7 in neuro. I think I lost track of time somewhere. Maybe I was in an alternate universe…
Fortunately I didn’t have any visual problems with the text in ME2- Hopefully it will be better with the new release.
AJ – I was thinking the same thing since my eyesight is better! LOL We do need a place to put pictures up for the willing-like BND did. Not that kind of pictures Harry ;) From what I seen on his site we have a good looking bunch though!
Good catch too CmndR on James Birthday- You beat me to it! :P lol- and lastly that was a funny video John about the Klingons and honor. Now I need to watch a few more before bed lol.
714. “Not that kind of pictures Harry”
Who, me?? I promise to keep it clean!
Charla’s right…It’d be nice to put up some recent photos. Those that remain on BND’s site show that we are real people who do not dwell in basements (yet). How do we do it? Does someone have to start a site?
Hey, high schools set up Facebook reunion pages all the time.
People post photos there.
Can’t we do the same thing?
So, I set my Android phone to Trek Pic of the Day, which is nerdly enough, and I get this:
http://www.treksinscifi.com/trekdaily/
Gotta be careful what I have on the phone in front of EnsR.
AJ, Putin won the Russian presidency again. There are reports he got sixty per cent of the vote. He’s really popular. :-) But here’s a reason to move to Russia. Again I love the way the women protest.
“There were no immediate reports of trouble, although police arrested three young women who stripped to the waist at the polling station where Putin cast his ballot; one of them had the word “thief” written on her bare body.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/04/putin-wins-election_n_1319506.html
Hey cool Mass Effect 3 trailer released two days ago. This one is different from the one I posted. It looks like in game graphics. It kicks ass. Can’t wait for my chubby Asian Shepard saves the galaxy.
http://www.gamespot.com/mass-effect-3/videos/mass-effect-3-launch-trailer-6363925/
Hey, interesting interview with Norman Spinrad at StarTrek.com. He discusses the genesis of “The Doomsday Machine.”
http://www.startrek.com/article/doomsday-more-with-norman-spinrad-part-1
719:
Putin won the election fair and square. Correcting for ballot-stuffing would lose him only a few percentage points. Neither Zyuganov, Prokhorov, Zhirinovsky or Mironov were anywhere close to his numbers.
The issue in Russia has less to do with dishonest balloting, and more to do with the inability of opposition candidates to use TV as a way to get their platforms across. TV is all state-owned. Also, the other 3 candidates were either Communist (fading philosophy), Nationalist & batshit crazy, a super-rich eccentric owner of the NJ Nets, and a complete nobody.
The thing with the topless protesters in Russia and Ukraine is getting tiresome in my book. Now they’re also doing punky anonymous things to get coverage, and post on YouTube, like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rco6jEZQ9O4.
It’s all shock-value stuff which is disconnected from those who are seeking real reform, like Yale-educated Alexei Navalny:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Navalny
I think it will take one more generation to flush all the remaining flotsam out of the system. Then again, it’s been endemic for 1000 years.
If you like Game of Thrones, prepare to be whacked on the chin:
http://io9.com/5890410/watch-the-simpsons-game-of-thrones-intro
“The Liberator.” A short film starring Lou Ferrigno as an apparently disgraced super-hero trying to regain his reputation. Co-starring Ed Asner as The President, and…………………………………….Michael Dorn!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JFrW9xUpgfg
724
Lou Ferrigno in a staring role! What the? ….. Ed Asner, Peta Wilson and Michael Dorn. What the? …. Asner was just in “Too Big to Fail” and “Up.”
Good luck to the filmmakers.
Those sound like great ideas AJ and Harry- We could make our own Trekmovie tie in site with Anthony’s approval, with a different title of course and maybe set to members only or we could do the FB idea that Harry had which is also good- each member could post their own picture instead of a webmaster. I think the FB would mean less work for whoever put it up.
I would love to see everyone- Like you said AJ to show that we are regular folk and don’t live in basements! love it!
Any other ideas?
So, it was just discovered by a NASA spacecraft that the moon Dionne has an oxygen atomsphere. Now, it is 5 trillion times less dense than earth’s atmosphere (too light for us to breath) but it’s interesting to note that it does not take a biological process to happen for a planet to have oxygen in it’s air. This could give a greater chance for life as we know it to exist on other planets (or moons).
BTW: Dione’s oxygen is from weird electrolysis process from all the ice on it’s surface.
727: Can we send Newt Gingrich there to start his moon colony?
Very interesting VZX—– ROFLMAO AJ!!
For those of you who don’t know anything about the video game Mass Effect, guys at GameSpot are playing Mass Effect 1, 2 and at midnight Mass Effect 3. Tomorrow, Mass Effect 3 launches.
Check out the gameplay and remember you can adjust the looks for the hero, play as a he or she.
http://www.gamespot.com/shows/gamespot-live/?event=mass_effect_3_marathon20120305
Found this earlier- on one of my FB buddies pages-
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/03/05/five-leadership-lessons-from-james-t-kirk/
Rush Limbaugh has now lost 12 sponsors. What a nice man!
Charla: I love those Kirk as workplace manager articles. The Forbes one was succinct and to the point (and all true).
Hello everyone. Well. Nurse Brooke and I have set our wedding date for December the 8th. I for one sure can’t wait.
733
Congratulations Commodore Mike!
Commodore Mike
Yeah, well, as the demented whackjob Rick Santorum would say, keep it in your pants until then, mister!
:>)
Congratulations to both of you for this beautiful moment in your life, Commodore Mike of the Terran Empire!!!
:)
AJ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Tkku74Diw
Congrats on the Wedding date Commodore. Did you see on NCIS Palmer is getting married soon also?
Congrats, Commordore Mike. Bon chance!
Bernie,
Did you ever see this duet, before?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2yW4Nh4Ijc
Thanks everyone. Been doing a lot of work on the wedding with the venue and everything. Did not realize how much can go into a nice wedding.
I see george Takie got FIRED from the Trump. Sorry to see him get the Ax. I can think of a few others on there that really deserve it.
737:
I have the impression that Bernie Goldberg considers Limbaugh far too important to the Right to have irresponsibly said those words denigrating the GU law student. The issue under debate is still out there. It’s his words which are under fire. Even O’Reilly seems to have tempered his opinion since Friday.
Also, the fact is, Rush doesn’t understand that women on the pill do not take more pills to have more sex. They take one per day regardless. His inability to grasp something so rudimentary, and then lash out is just stupid.
733:
Congrats, Commodore!
Don’t let the wedding planning ruin your lives. Get it done ASAP and enjoy the rest of the year.
Commodore, congratulations to both of you. Good thing she’s a nurse, so she can explain what you’re supposed to do on your wedding night.
oooh! ZING!
Much happiness.
743.
AJ, you could have saved your breath on that last paragraph and typed…………….Rush……is just stupid.
Interesting article about the state of large budget TV shows. I wonder what this means for Trek on TV?
http://entertainment.time.com/2012/03/06/extinction-level-event-why-you-should-care-that-terra-nova-was-cancelled/
CmdrR. Really. At least I have someone who is real.
Oops. Did I say that!, Lol.
748.
Commodore, I think you were telling CmdrR to save his breath so he could blow up his inflatable date later tonight!
Harry, all I need is a patch now and then, and a state where the lookie-loos will let me and Helia twist ourselves into interesting animal shapes in peace.
Oh, the humanity!!
And for the record… banned from Lakehurst? Yeah, like we were ever going back to that rat hole again.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-movies/designer-of-star-wars-1375215.html?cxntlid=thbz_hm
RIP. Ralph McQuarrie.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Phase2-enterprise-2.png/220px-Phase2-enterprise-2.png
http://www.omega-level.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Ralph-McQuarrie-Does-Trek-1.jpg
http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ConceptEnterprise8.jpg
and that other thing at the googleplex:
http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2012/03/05/ralph-mcquarrie.jpg
http://www.ralphmcquarrie.com/gallery_1/films/star_trek/index.html
733- So happy for you Commodore!! What Star Trek item do you have on your registry? An Enterprise pizza cutter? Some “Pon Farr” perfume for her and some Star Trek cufflinks for you? LOL
Well. For the Groom Cake I will try and get the Enterprise N.C.C. 1701 on the Cake. So. Yes. There will be some Trek of some sort at my wedding.
Oh. I finaly got to see George Takie on Apprentice and he did a good job. Everyone on that show had a lot od respect for him. Sad to see him go though.
750.
Heh, heh! Nice, CmdrR! Carry on!
@ 740
Thanks Aurore. That was nice.
I walked right by George Takei on 8th Avenue and 51st Street yesterday afternoon. I was with my brother, and Takei, in a crowd of rush hour pedestrians, whisked by in a black overcoat, and I asked my brother: “Was that just George Takei?” My brother just shrugged.
From behind, a lady says “It sure was. I am a HUUUUGE Trek fan.” I said I was as well.
Ahh, well. New York is that type of town. ‘Til next time, George.
The only time celebrities in Cincinnati pop up is when they’re filming here. Thank you George Clooney from Northern Kentucky. Of course there’s Jerry Springer who’s from Cincy but he doesn’t tape his show here.
:-D That would be so funny and cute Commodore with the Big E somewhere- even if it was in a subtle way… My husband would have called it off if I would have even tried to slip in something Trek! LOL
And as George would say AJ,”Oh my” because I think that is too cool!
It was 9 blocks away from where I almost literally bumped into William Shatner back in 1992 as he was headed into the ABC news studios. The West 40s and 50s comprise Broadway, MTV, and many major news shows (all three networks plus CNN and FOX) and comedy franchises (Letterman, Stewart/Colbert). Go down 50th, and you hit Rock Center between 5th and 6th (Jimmy Fallon/Today Show). The area is just crawling with stars.
Awesome AJ! I am jealous! lol I need to go visit New York again sometime. It has been several years, and I would like to go see Cobert and some Broadway.
Fingers crossed: Had a good, solid phone interview this morning with the Dutch CEO of a Russian pharmaceutical company owned by a larger Polish conglomerate, having been put forward by a UK-based consultancy (seriously). This would be to develop and manage the rapidly developing Key Accounts segment. Think Walgreens, CVS, or Boots- that type of thing.
There is some optimism in the air for a change, and I must touch base once again in 10 days. I am hoping for this one. Pharma would be a valuable new horizon for me, with a potential future going forward. This one would be based in Moscow, which is an old stomping ground of mine.
Silence until then, for luck!
AJ, your opportunities certainly are interesting ones! Bon chance, old friend!
Thanks, Harry. As a cheerleader, you’re always up there with the greats!
I’ve had the opportunity to run around the world several times in the last 20 years, and the world seems to have gotten used to it. No picket fence can keep me down….
AJ, I’m sure you’ll agree with this…..travelling the world is the best education of all!
AJ, if you lose your resume, we have a chronicle of your global endeavours here in chat. I’ll just forward them to your prospective boss and…
**p’choo sound of JJ-style phaser**
Cmdrr: Oh! By doze! OK, I wote send da file. Ib you ged duh job, can you sen me some azprin… an doze liddle blue pills, too. ?? Thangz.
Just want to say Happy Belated Birthday to both Jolene Blalock and James Doohan. Jolene still looks like in her twenties (and more beautiful than Angie Jolene) and as for James, I hope heaven is throwing a great birthday party. I hope Ricardo Montleban and his wife will be there. Anyone’s guess. Have a great weekend everyone. And thanks.
*Sigh*
OOH Do keep us posted AJ!! With your experience, I can’t imagine them not picking you up! Ok, back to excited and hopeful silence… : )
Why *sigh,* Sigh Guy?
772:
Because of message 769. Random well-wishing Trekkie stranger pops in with fringe information, thinking we are TPTB.
I miss the Greek guy who used to celebrate the Russian dog launch into orbit every year.
Maybe it’s the “anyone’s guess” thrown in there. Does that mean he’s musing over the possibilities of an afterlife versus nothingness… or do we really have to Wiki Ricardo Montalban’s wife (Yes, I have too much time on my hands… he and Georgiana Young had a fantastic 63 year love affair) and then send off to the pope to learn whether she’s worthy of entry into the choir invisible?
I vote YES!
And now back to your regularly scheduled reality.
OK, everyone go to Amazon.com, and look up “Wesley Crusher: Teenage F#ck Machine” and then read this article:
http://io9.com/holy-crap-wtf/
AJ, it all sort of reminds me of a quote from “Time After Time.”
Jack the Ripper: Ninety years ago I was a freak. Today I’m an amateur.
We will all have to simply try harder with our TrekSex parodies.
CdrR
Time After Time is one of my favourite time travel movies!
David Warner made such a great friggin’ villain!
Oooops, I mean CmdrR!
775
Read the fictional excerpt. Okay, some Trekkers have vivid sexual imagination.
Today’s date movie recommendation is “John Carter.” It’s an epic and romantic science fiction movie. Now it’s not perfect. Some of the narrative is confusing. Fear of exposition. But it’s enjoyable.
Avoid the 3D. It’s a conversion from 2D. Not bad but nothing special. And it’s too dark.
Beautiful score by Michael Giacchino. Beautiful woman is Lynn Collins.
My review and trailer.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/john-carter-3d-review.html
The punditocracy is already flying around “John Carter” like vultures, as it’s now fallen into 2nd place behind “Lorax.” $250m is a lot to spend, especially considering how ‘meh’ the FX look on TV. Looks like the next “Mars Needs Moms.”
My next trip to the cinema will be for “Avengers.”
Looks like this site is having a lull in news again.
777 – Time After Time is a total failure. No 3-D, no giant robots, no teen pseudostars. Amazing they even dared to release a movie that totally depended on a fun concept, great character actors who have great on-screen chemistry, and sparkling dialogue. (Oh, and a pretty good director.) Sheesh. Thank goodness, movie studios have come to their senses.
I thought Time After Time was good also. I thought it was funny when Wells was in McDonalds ordering and eating it.
Maybe they should reboot it? :)
Sorry, I meant to say HeHe after my reboot comment.
Here we go. Johnny Depp as Tonto in the Lone Ranger.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/johnny-depp-cool-tonto-lone-ranger-181416009.html
Reboot Airwolf and Knight Rider for the big screen.
And Blue Thunder
The U.S.S Enterprise Is now on it’s final voyage. Aircraft carrier that is.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/10/worlds-first-nuclear-powered-aircraft-carrier-big-e-makes-final-voyage/?test=latestnews
789 – Commodore. I saw a documentary on the preceding Enterprise, and how it tore the hearts out of the WWII vets when the Pentagon scrapped her. They REALLY need to turn this one into a museum. AdmR, EnsR, and I visited the Yorktown a couple of years back, in Norfolk. What I thought would be a 90 minute tour (a 90 minute tour…) lasted 4 hours and only ended because my legs were giving out. It’s absolutely fascinating to tour a ship that big.
We need a petition, gentlemen. Save the Big E!
Was gonna make a joke that we need to preserve the dent Chekov’s head made in the hull, but I see those scenes were actually filmed on the Ranger, because E was working at the time.
While I was in the navy on a Destroyer we actually pulled along sider the Enterprise and she was a beauty. We watched a few jets take off and land and it was a site. The history of that ship is very impressive. I hope they do make it a museum. She deserves nothing less.
USS Ronald Regan is better than the Enterprise. That is until the replacement Enterprise Aircraft Carrier comes out, if they are planning one.
The USS Gerald R. Ford is the Enterprise’s replacement. Its also going to replace the Nimitz Class Carrier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CVN-80
Oh, oh. American soldier killed Afghan civilians.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/11/afghanistan-shootings-us-soldier_n_1337636.html
794:
Bernie:
There is no place on Trekmovie to appropriately comment on this.
The Russians went nuts in Afghanistan as well, with all the violence, misery and rampant drug abuse by the troops. The same thing is happening with the US, and is being handled with a far greater level of incompetence by local US/Allied Command. The Russians knew when to leave, after they were humiliated. We are humiliated now, and we stay.
War is hell. That is a given. Atrocities like this, and the gang-rape/family murder in Iraq have happened in droves throughout human history’s sad wars. Now, thanks to our culture, each one is a news item!
It’s just awful. It’s also a reason why iconic symbols like CVN-65, The USS Enterprise, should be made into grand museums, and not be replaced by anything. Besides, unmanned drones don’t rape and mass-murder innocent children house by house. That’s a program to perfect and go with. Get the boys home.
@ 795
AJ,
It’s just more of the mess in Afghanistan. And I’m guessing more riots and killing of our boys. It’s a vicious cycle. I’m just worried about our guys. I would like to bring them home. Didn’t mean to make the chat room that serious but it really makes me worry.
If you all don’t mind, maybe I should change the topic. Time for Bob Orci’s favorite dog. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog! Here’s the classic bit where he’s reporting from the Westminster Dog Show.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/233953/triumph_goes_to_the_dog_show/
795.
AJ, I know you’re busy making a living, but you really should try your hand at writing.
You have a talent for it. Maybe a book of your social commentary about the world.
Here’s the easy way to get started…..verbally dictate your thoughts into a tape recorder, then have that transcribed on paper. Next, review the content and edit it. Scribble notes of what you’d like to add. Continue the verbal recordings, edit the transcribed notes and…..next thing you know, you’ve got the outline of a rough draft on your musings. Edit that and add some extra bits. Next thing you know, it’s almost a book.
Please consider this, I’m not kidding.
Wish I could joke about this one, really. Can’t.
I do think it’s unavoidable, when you put young men into a situation where no laws of logic or decency apply. In short, war.
I’ll happily eat my words on the 10th anniversary of Iraqi or Afghan stability.
798:
Harry Ballz, I shall consider it.
It’s not the first time I’ve been told that, either.
Do they still make “tape recorders”?
Hey AJ. Just use your I-Phone to record your thought’s. Much better then the ole tape Recorder. Lol.
NY Times on the blunders and expectations at Disney related to “John Carter.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/business/media/ishtar-lands-on-mars.html
I was thinking about seeing John Carter. But I was just not sure if it would be worth watching at the movies. Probly will wait for the Blurey or on Netflix.
John Carter is definitely a rental for me. I was going to read the series this summer, so I’d like to do that before watching the movie. Besides, it’s pretty much bombing right now, so I wouldn’t want to waste my $20 if it sucks.
AJ – yeeeeeeeeaaaahhh, when virtually the first thought in a movie review is “Ishtar,” you can pretty much save yourself the read and assume the flick’s gonna crater. I never really got into this project, although I’ve heard of it many times. Coincidentally, I’ve got “Tales from Development Hell” loaded onto the Nook for my vacation. It’s mostly about genre projects that get ruined by oh-so-smart studio execs. John Carter sounds like it would fit right in.
http://screenrant.com/tales-development-hell-david-hughes-interview-robf-157603/
Is John Carter acutally on Mars?
Whether or not John Carter sucks will be unknown to me until I see it.
Ironically, it MUST be better than any of the three ‘Transformers’ films, all of which have made a billion dollars. I’ve sat through all three, and the level of pure suck is surreal. The butts-in-seats power of that franchise makes the films break even simply from the fan-base’s first outing to the cinema, and then, internationally, they also hit home runs consistently.
They are marketed quite simply, as what they are: Giant transforming robots who make ’splosions. “Carter,” which today, qualifies as a fringe pulpy property known to aficionados of 1940s pop scifi, was made to look like ‘Star Wars,’ and the ‘Attack of the Clones’ – style arena battle scene has already been fingered by some critics as a major turn-off to those who regret having sat through that film. Also, no stars, and FX which do not impress.
The article’s ‘Indiana Jones on Mars’ rationalization at Disney shows an almost pathetic lack of knowledge on the part of studio execs of what is popular in the market, and just how the budget went to $250m is mind boggling. And Disney is already looking to write it down, so the year-on-year results won’t be awful, only because “Mars Needs Moms” tanked last year. Advice to Disney: STAY AWAY FROM MARS.
Funny ‘Willie Wonka’ rap video w/Gene Wilder and original scene as the basis.
http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/12/early-bird-special-258/
AJ: From what I hear, it sounds like we can blame Stanton himself for this. I think he coined the phrase “Indianna Jones on Mars” in his pitch to the studio. He also had some control with the marketing like the bland billboards and the reel he showed at conventions. Stanton is a great director of animated stuff, but it’s looking like that did not translate to live-action.
Although, it was Disney (specifically Rich Ross) who wanted to drop “Mars” from the title. That was Dumb Move #1.
I guess Brad Bird made the “graduation” to live-action better than Andrew Stanton.
807
I rated Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) a “D.” It was pound you in your seats action all the time. For the ADHD crowd. The 3D effects were great but that’s because they were filmed in 3D; the movie was both converted and filmed in 3D.
Yes, “John Carter” was much better than Dark of he Moon. I gave it a B grade. John Carter has problems. The nineteenth century Martian weapons. I mean they have gun like weapons and they’re still using swords. The narrative is confusing. I mean Mark Strong plays a member of the Therns. I have no idea what they’re motivations are. And then there is the mysterious machine in the middle of the movie What was that? And what is this nine rings stuff?
Yet, I enjoyed it. John Carter is not a great movie. I did like the strange new world The Tharks were cool looking six limb aliens. I did have some feelings for them. One of the female aliens adopts Carter ala Tarzan. She had my sympathy. The actress Lynn Collins was nice eye candy. Michael Giacchino’s score was epic, and romantic. It had touches of “Planet of the Apes” and a theme that reminded me of “Lawrence of Arabia..”
Look, if you’re bored, you could do worse. Argue with a drunk Ron Paul supporter. I did. I would rather watch John Carter on IMAX than do that again. John Carter should be viewed as a pleasant time waster. There’s no need to see it in 3D since it is a conversion from 2D. Nothing special about the 3D and it’s too dark.
Tape recorder??
YES, I AM THAT OLD!!!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Thanks for keeping me young, guys!
Harry. Just like Kirk said in Trek 2. I feel young.
As long as you feel young that’s the most inportant thing.
I never had the pleasure of seeing the latest MI film, but I heard Brad Bird did a terrific job, and is in their sights for a fifth film once Trek is in the can. I loved “The Incredibles,” and so did my kids.
Hell, he’d be a stellar choice to take the reins from JJ for Star Trek 3, if JJ decides to just produce next time. That will be in 2019, most likely.
I can just imagine the SFX in 2019 and beyond that they will have for the third Trek movie if they make one and the Trek TV series if they make one.
Is Edgar Ramirez still the villain in the sequel? Maybe Cumberbatch is Jaquim?
http://www.thefancarpet.com/NewsPage.aspx?n_id=5686
Kelly is best known for bringing Donnie Darko to the big screen but has also known for Southland Tales and The Box while Ramírez has been linked to high profile projects including Kathryn Bigelow’s Osama Bin Laden proct as well as the villain roles in Star Trek 2 and Superman: Man of Steel before losing out to Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon respectively.
813: Wow. A Brad Bird directed Star Trek movie? My head just exploded.
Never mind on my last post didn’t see the lost out part in it.
816:
VZX:
Mine did, too. When boborci resurfaces, we can float the suggestion. Not pushing aside JJ, or course, but sicking some serious new and tried talent on the franchise would always make for a great ride.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/12/stephen-hawking-to-cameo-on-big-bang-theory/
blip on Nimoy’s tweeted response.
Maybe Sheldon will ask him about the time he played poker on TNG. Fanboy squee!
As usual, news flows through the CHAT days before it appears officially on this site. Must be a thankless job: running a Trek news site dedicated to films about which the director refuses to divulge even the slightest bit of information.
All Anthony needs to do is write an article: “STAR TREK Sequel Still Filming,” and he’ll get the commentary back on course.
They’ve been at it for two months, with pre-production having commenced earlier. I wonder if they’ll manage at least a teaser by summer? I mean, look what Peter Jackson came up with (Hobbit teaser) one year before release, with fully realized FX at Rivendell and an exclusive musical piece.
Who here remembers that Trekgasmic super teaser for ST VI narrated by Christopher Plummer that showed scenes from TOS the series, and the films reflected off the hull of the Enterprise? Even something like that would get the blood flowing for the fanz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llPv-d5TL_E
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think teasers usually come out a year before the movie’s release date and full trailers come out about six months before the release date. At least that’s what it seemed for most of the big movies that I follow.
So, I would think we will see something for Star Trek 2 by the San Diego Comic-con in July, if not sooner.
Yeah, I called it Star Trek 2.
AJ, does Anthony really want to keep this site up just for his loyal viewers? I am not sure doing this site just for us would be much of a money maker. I think it feels he’s getting burnt out on running this site just like Gustavo is over at Trekweb. I remember this site in its heyday, it was fun inteacting with the site and people involved with old and new Trek and members here. Now we have these lulls every now and then that make it boring.
AJ I posted that last comment in the wrong place sorry. I meant to post it in the Shatner article.
It’s Anthony’s candy store, no matter what we may want. I hope he’ll keep it up, but if he’s bored and it’s not making enough money, then I suppose he’ll let it die.
Trek R. Movie
c1277.1 to 1313.7
Anthony always reminds people that those of us who post are a teeny-tiny slice of the overall viewership of the site. Fact is, if he has no news to write, no-one else does either. Three weeks ago, we were rolling in it.
820.
AJ, that is my favourite trailer for any of the Trek movies. Nicely done!
@ 820
That was great. Christopher Plummer is just fantastic.
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet…
Well, Juliet………has….nice……..
BOOBIES!
@ 828
What the? Too much of the dystopian future or too much Jar Jar Binks.
The truth is out there. One of my loves of the nineties says she had lesbian relationships. Gillian Anderson (X-Files) who has kids says she had sex with other women. Now what would Rush Limbaugh say about this and tapes?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/gillian-anderson-lesbian-relationships-out-magazine_n_1342801.html
Speaking of redheads. An older James Bond fan and myself were talking about “Diamonds are Forever.” And my thoughts ran to total Bond Babe, Jill St. John. Yeah, I’m not young but she lit up the screen during the sixties.
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/photolib/people/Jill%20St%20John%20(PD).jpg
Aaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaahahaaaaaa!! Tape recorders. You’re too funny. Wait. I had one of those…
And AJ, Harry is right. I just read your post at #807 and was thinking “this guy should write… be a movie critic or something along those lines”. Then I saw Harry’s post that you should write. Hmmm…
And I love your line in #800:
“Harry Ballz, I shall consider it.”
Sounds like you just heard the line:
“In every revolution, there’s one man with a vision.”
Yes, I watch WAAAAAAAAY too much Star Trek.
See ya.
ktg
Hey, Jill St. John was my favorite Bond girl! I think she gets really short shrift, because I happen to think she was especially gorgeous.
Same goes for Sophie Marceau. I’d let her straddle and strangle me any time ;-) She takes my breath away, and is far more beautiful than the other woman in the film, Denise Richards.
832:
Katie:
This is, of course, a Star Trek fan-site, so if I refer to a ‘Widin milk bottle,’ everybody here knows what I am referring to without having to Google it. Right?
Right?…..
Well, now that I have the support of most of Ontario (Harry and Katie) for my writing career (I’m still looking for my buddy/ex-boss from Sudbury who ended up in Azerbaijan last I saw him, for a hat-trick), I can actually get on with it.
I may actually go out and find a “tape recorder.” They are under $30 US, and the media required for them are dirt-cheap as well. I’ll probably just steal some of my brother’s old Bob Marley cassettes, put tape on the holes, and then, world, get ready…..
AJ, if you write your autobiography, will it be entitled…..Rebel Without A Clue?
(runs and hides)
Hey, on TMZ they’re saying that Zoe Saldana’s house was broken into while she was away. Some real freaks out there!
836 – Yeah! And besides, her bloomers didn’t even fit… Erm, I mean…
837 – Of course, the real jest here is that Zoe’s entire collection of underoos would likely not even cover one of my buttock cheeks.
Ok. I admit it. I was the one at Zoe’s place. Man does she have some cool stuff.
Oops. Gota go!.
Why I love BOTH TOS and BSG:
http://ma1h1.deviantart.com/#/d2n6ny2
http://www.startrek.com/article/life-sized-spock-figure-ready-to-beam-up
I assume Denise already has one of these, but has sawn off the base, so as not to bunch up the comforter (in the wrong place.)
CmdrR, I have to admit that I could not get beyond the sexy Cylon in my head thing in the pilot for BSG. So I didn’t watch it. That being said, Tricia Helfer is in Mass Effect 3, the videogame. In Mass Effect 2, she was just the ship’s computer and um, she was depicted as a talking slot. :-) In Mass Effect 3, she gets a robot body. Check her out.
http://www.masseffect-universe.de/images/screenshots/663.jpg
@ 833
Shilliam,
Yeah, in “The World is Not Enough”, Denise Richards almost wrecks the movie. She is totally miscast. Nuclear scientist in hot pants! Sophie Marceau is smoldering.
How about more pictures of Jill St. John?
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/3300000/Jill-St-John-Tiffany-Case-bond-girls-3326663-640-259.jpg
She was in a Batman TV episode where she dances with the Caped Crusader.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1RqxHQOG7w
@ 828
Is this what you’re talking about? Disney women gone wild. It’s good to be the Bieber.
http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/spotted-on-set-slideshow/
843 – providing the collars and cuffs match…
I went and see John Carter of Mars with my bride to be and I have to say I liked it. I thought it had a good story and the fx was great. Nurse Brooke liked it as well. The 3D was ok.
@ 846
See you guys. I liked “John Carter” also. It wasn’t great. It was a pleasant time waster. The 3D was good for a conversion but it still looked like a big cutout book with the night scenes too dark. When willl Hollywood stop with the conversions. Next thing you know they’ll convert the next Star Trek movie. … Um, okay, they are going to do that.
Yeah, “John Carter” has problems. Again, the narrative was confusing. Mark Strong played a Thern whose motivations we have no idea of why they are doing what they do. And the Martian designs were too much out of the nineteenth century. Still… it was fun, not great. What was great was Michael Giacchino’s score.
Hey Blogger. I loved the score of the movie. Michael Giacchino’s music is great. I loved his music in Up and of course Trek 2009. Which I own by the way. For John Carter. I had a very enjoyable time watching the movie and that’s what I am after. I would loved to have seen a little more back story of the Thern.
Oh by the way. it sure has been a while since someone has used the name.
ERICA DURANCE!.
Speaking of Erica Durance. Her new series has been picked up by N.B.C
http://www.tvguide.com/News/NBC-Erica-Durance-Drama-1044331.aspx
The sound of an explosion from Canada is the sound of Harry Ballz’ head exploding, Get this Erica Durance is going to play a surgeon. From the TV Guide story, it’s Grey’s Anatomy meets the Ghost Whisperer.
Hey. If Harry needs a Doctor then I am more then sure that Erica will be more then happy to help. Hmm. Sounds like a Supernatural Episode.
Cool, I love me some Erica Durance.
830- BB Interesting read on Gillian Anderson. I loved the X-Files and still watch the reruns today. She sounds like she lived her teen years on the edge and she’s not too far off today lol. I would have liked to have seen a another XFile movie if they could have pulled off a good script. The last one was like a long TV episode.
Oh and thanks guys for telling about Michael Giacchino’s involvement in the movie John Carter- I can’t wait to hear it, he is so talented.
Erica Durance?
Pure dogshit!!!!!!!
@841
That’s an interesting sculpture. But for almost $3000 I’d want it to actually look like Leonard Nimoy…
I hear Harry paid 5K for an Erica Durance statue.
Oh wait. That was Erica Durance.
**There, Harry. Don’t say I never gave you anything.
WOW. Harry Paid 5k for an Erica Durance Statue. OMG Harry!!!. What got into you.
857.
Sounds like I paid $4,998 too much!
Headed to Hong Kong tomorrow.
Be nice, people. Don’t make me come back to blood stains, like last time.
#860. D’oh!
860:
Count me envious. Always wanted to visit!
I’m sure when you get back, we’ll all still be previewing William Shatner’s performance on tonight’s “Psych.”
@ 860.
好，祝 你 一 路 平 安。
多保重！
:)
Aurore,
Remember J.J. Burnel and the Stranglers?
Here’s a link to RTL “Les Nocturnes” radio show from 14 March.
While all the entries are great, ‘Partie 1″ has an interview with him en Francais. The live concert is quite good listening as well.
Bonne Nuit!
Yeah, “The X-Files” was great, at least for the first five or six seasons. Season 9 was crap. Robert Patrick was good, though. “Fight The Future” was entertaining, though it provided no answers. “I Want To Believe” sucked. Gillian Anderson phoned it in.
I don’t think there will be another “X-Files” movie. David Duchovny has stated he’s moved on, and Chris Carter is burnt out. I also don’t know if there are any more stories that can be told.
Hi, AJ.
Thanks.
It’s 6:39 AM, here, and, I just found your message.
I can’t see the link in your post right now; maybe it’ll show up later.
If not, thanks to the information you gave in 864, I will try to look for it, as soon as I can.
Thank you again.
I do remember loving the links to “Le Whiskey” and the Stranglers.
:)
Thank you, Aurore.
Admiral Barnett is hosting Barack Obama for a gala.
The after-party is 35K a head.
Aurore:
Oops!
Link: http://www.rtl.fr/emission/les-nocturnes/billet/les-nocturnes-du-mercredi-14-mars-2012-une-emission-speciale-avec-the-stranglers-7744388431
http://news.yahoo.com/record-seeking-skydiver-makes-13-mile-test-jump-233204849.html
Uh-oh. He’s got red in his jump suit. We know what that means…
@869.
I will check it out !
Encore merci, AJ!
@ 865
Totally agree with you on the X Files TV show. Robert Patrick did not bother me as much. But the last three years sucked. It made no sense during the season finale. It was about building supersoldiers? And what about Scully’s pregnancy? Scully couldn’t get pregnant. Now she can. And the kid was Mulder’s love child. But the kid had special “alien” powers? What?! Absolutely dreadful. Yeah, at least we have the first six seasons.
The great thing about Star Trek was that every series had some klunkers. But at least they wreck themselves in the last three years. And don’t get me started about the last season of Lost. Damon Lindelof I want my six years back. :-)
Oops. What I wanted to say “But at least they didn’t wreck themselves in the last three years.”
I also enjoyed the first few years of the X Files. Then it just got stupid and retreaded. Still. Better then most shows on tv right now.
Yeah I don’t think there will be anymore X-Files. It did get silly at the end, and I hate to say it but I didn’t like the the ones that were by Gillian- I don’t think she did alot, but a couple were just way out there.
I do agree the show is still better than some of the stuff out there now.
New Japanese “Avengers” trailer; completely different than the last awesome US trailer, and just as awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KrCDmxER-vs
Yep, AJ that trailer kicked ass. Got to get a better view of the bad guys. They’re riding some kind of flying motorcycle or flying animal? Hey the flying aircraft carrier reminds me of the one in the cartoon. Sorry, I don’t read the comic books, just watch the toon on occasion.
877:
BB: If I recall, S.H.I.E.L.D., the outfit headed up by Nick Fury (Samuel Jackson’s character), is based on some kind of gigantic flying base. At least it was in the ’70s, when I read comics.
Joss Whedon is pulling out all the stops in this one.
Hey, it looks like they’re going to made “Dark Shadows” into a comedy. At least it looks like it has a lot of comedy. Here’s the new trailer..
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dark-shadows-2010/trailers/
Erica Durance as the lead for Dark Shadows.
Almost forgot. HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY! Here’s the Corrs and the Chieftains.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-HU2Xh7PE&feature=related
880.
Grrrrrrrrrr! Please, keep her in the shadows!
Last night I was drinking at Hap’s Irish Pub in Cincinnati. Three things I noticed.
1. Guy wore a green tutu without anything else. And he had the body like Ryan Gosling. So girls were touching him constantly.
2. Fat drunk girl hit on all the good looking guys. She asked me how to hit on a tall guy. I just told her to go for it.
3. Guys don’t wear underwear beneath a kilt. So fat woman above lifted the kilts of a guy to check out his junk. Hey, if you got it, show it.
Old joke:
Q: “Tell me, is anything worn under your kilt?”
A: “Worn? no, everything is in fine working order!”
Beaming in from Tianjin, China. Visiting AdmR’s family. Hmmm. I’m beginning to suspect she’s Chinese. Anyhoo — They’re torturing me with food. If the plane home gets off the ground, it’ll be a miracle. BTW – I’m in love with Korean Airlines. Nice seats. Great food. A video thingie in every seat back so you don’t have to watch the same movie as everyone else. Saw The Decendents on the way over. Quite good — I love it when they make a movie for someone over 14. As for Tianjin, it’s growing FAST. They’ve knocked down huge chunks of the city Mao ruined and are replacing it with modern towers. Gone too, are the drab clothes of most people on the street, replaced with western-leaning action wear. Oh, and a gawdawful lot of cars. They’ll have to come to terms with that. But, it’s a growing exciting city (with a nuclear plant or two right in the middle of it.) Hope everyone’s behaving here.
Dark Shadows a comedy? Erm….
Oh, guess I should say this is my first trip back to China since 2006, before the Olympics made its impact.
“As for Tianjin, it’s growing FAST.”
_______
It’s very nice hearing about Tianjin, CmdrR.
Very nice, indeed…
I’m glad you are, obviously, enjoying your time there!
CmdrR how’s China compared to the US? Donald Trump says he has friends in China and that China is laughing at the US at our economic situtation and how China is overtaking us.
I find this lull highly annoying.
Craiger,
I wouldn’t put too much into what Donald Trump says. He’s a birther. (Thinks Obama was born in another country.) And many in the birther movement are racists. Why? No American citizen who put out the proof that Obama put before the release of the long form birth certificate would ever have his citizenship challenged. Here are the facts.
1. Obama released his short form birth certificate a long time ago. Sometime during the 2008 campaign. That is the form that Hawaii gives you when you request it.
2. . Hawaiian authorities have consistently said that Obama was born in the state. Now, If I had the backing of Ohio, that should be enough.
3. A Hawaiian newspaper announced his birth in the sixties. It would require time traveling liberals to make this conspiracy.
4. Obama released his long form birth certificate.
And yet Trump has refused to disclose his investigation into the issue. Remember how he said he guys in Hawaii looking into this?
As far as the Chinese doing better than us, well that’s debatable. You have to look at standard of living, personal income etc.
China is still an authoritarian regime. That means if they deem they need a large stimulus, no one debates it. It’s done.. Link.. Move a million people without due process to build a dam? Done. The Chinese government is very Borg like. I would rather live in the United States where there’s freedom.
So where do we go from here? There has to be compromise. The right-wing cannot continue to say no new taxes for the rich. And yest there has to be spending cuts too. now that the recession of 2008 is over.
Sorry, here’s a link to a Time article on why the Chinese are doing better than the U.S.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2043235,00.html
BB – Romney/Rubio 2012!!!!
892
Since you are a conservative, can you trust Mitt? He says anything to get votes. In Massachusetts, he’s pro -choice and is moderate. Now he’s a born again right-winger.
As a liberal, I’m rooting for Gingrich or Santorum. Neither will get independent, liberal, moderate and women’s votes.
Sure he’s not perfect but he’s a business man and he has run companies so he knows about the economy.
@ 885 CmdrR, I’m a Chinese American, and let me tell you. Chinese love to eat. And the first thing any Chinese person will say to you as a matter of hospitality is “Have you eaten?” And they eat just about anything.
Gingrich is an arrogant, self-absorbed pr*ck and Santorum is mentally unbalanced!
Okay, Harry, an Irish friend told me that you should wear your kilt without underwear. So, watch out if a drunken fat woman wants to check you out if you’re wearing a kilt. That means if you have big junk, you’re okay. Well, if it’s ugly, you might have an issue. And guys who aren’t like John Holmes, well be ready to joke about “it.”
BB
keep in mind that some guys are more of a “grower” than a “shower”!
They’re feeding me til I’m cross-eyed. It’s great, but wow, am I ever gonna have to romance Jenny Craig after this.
Trump and all other NeoCons can bite me. China is in rapid change. Neither anyone here, nor in the US knows all that that means. Like all growing things, it’ll get hit in the teeth with the bad, and get plenty of unexpected blessings as well. 6 years ago, my impression of Tianjin was that it was my least fav of the 8 we visited on that rip. This time, there’s real life in the old gal. It’s still got challenges: pollution and the diseases it brings; cars and traffic laws that are almost universally ignored. But, there are tiny bright spots that make me happy, such as a psa on government tv that shows the dangers of too many cars; the cause the polar bears’ ice flows to melt, raining water through an hour glass flooding the city of the cars shown earlier. Plus, the Chinese ability to stage huge project such as basically perfoming gentrification on an entire city all at once is pretty damned breath-taking. And since the poor get a check and a new government home to replace the crappy government home that Mao built, it’s not so bad as gentrification in the U.S..
In the end, the US and China will be partners. That’s the simple truth of it. You can’t have two such energetic productive countries, and not have trade between them. Duh. So, quit whining and start working, everybody.
Anyway… I guess that’s enough for the moment. I wouldn’t want to make AJ wish he hadn’t wished for news. Although it’s nice to see that Shat’s nightly stint on Psyche is now on Day 12.
“least favorite of the 8 cities we visited on that trip.”
Kirk: CmdrR, you’re out of uniform. In fact, what the hell are you wearing?
CmdrR: It’s my summer preview swimwear. I got the idea from Lt. Saavik.
Kirk: Including stuffing your tranya belly and pasty white thighs into a full body stocking?
Spock: Attempting to contain 324 pounds of mass in a sausage casing made to hold 190 pounds is not logical.
CmdrR: Ooh, you two are so mean. *sob*
@ 899
Thanks for the report CmdrR.
“Kirk: Including stuffing your tranya belly and pasty white thighs into a full body stocking?”
CmdrR, we could have all lived long and happy lives without that described visual.
But for fun, let’s make some comparisons between the U.S. and China. Since you brought it up, let’s start with sausage.
OK, I don’t know anything about Chinese sausages (quiet Harry). But in no way imaginable could I see any country outside of Germany bettering Chicago in that department. Which brings me to……
Pizza. East coast thin crust, Chicago deep dish, and west coast fancy shmancy-Wolfgang Puck style. Italy is the only country with a richer pizza history.
Ice cream. Don’t know nothing about no Chinese ice cream. But wars could be waged to control the power of Ben and Jerry’s Chocolate Fudge Brownie (quiet Harry).
Super Bowls. Not even a close contest there. I admit I have never watched the Chinese Super bowl. But with the commercials alone…I mean…c’mon.
HD channels on their cable or satellite provider. I have the basic satellite at the compound and I have about 20 zillion HD channels.
Sticky Icky. It’s the leading cash crop in my state and they will probably legalize it in the next 5 years. I’m no expert, but my sources indicate that it is da’ kine. Of course with all the described Chinese eating going on, maybe they have the munchies.
Star Trek. I acknowledge that it belongs to the world. But it was built in the U.S.A. And yes, Harry, I know it used Canadian parts. Like Dodge. Which brings me to:
4X4’s. We have more of them. They are bigger (at this point I will also recognize the fact that China now produces the Hummer ((quiet Harry)) but we sold it to them, making the U.S. a badass car dealership too–how pimp is that?). And they have the bonus of using more fossil fuels than any other type of vehicle, thus speeding us all on the way to better alternative fuel sources. You see? All my gas guzzling cars ARE good for the environment. Eventually.
So you see, the U.S. is just about as good as China in some ways. Probably. I think.
Tell me, THX, how much did you pay for your last hummer?
See? Nothing too dirty.
That should go a long way to sausage…..er, I mean….assuage your fears!
THX, there is such a thing as Chinese sausage. It’s fatty and hard in texture. The color is red. And I’m not kidding. Just go to Chinatown and you can see them.
Guys, it’s eighty degrees here in Cincinnati. And it’s stil March.
#904
The last hummer was free. The first one, however, cost me my innocence. But I was OK with that.
“See? Nothing too dirty.”
I have always maintained that nothing was too dirty for you.
#905
OK, there is such a thing. But is it better? Don’t wait for the translation, answer the question! (Sorry ’bout tha’. Had ta go all Plummer on ya’.) But you’r saying that Chinese sausage is fatty and hard in texture, eh? Quiet Harry.
And if someone wouldn’t mind tossing this “e” up there, I would be grateful.
Typonians.
Russian sausage is dark and extremely hard. Bonk! Bonk!
906:
BB: It’s 65 here in NYC, and beautifully sunny. 2 days left of winter….
It’s going to snow here for the next two days. Yay spring!
Now it’s 68.
For the latest in Trek news, look no further than CHAT!
George Takei, the iconic Mr. Sulu on “Star Trek,” and a star of stage and screen in his own right, has released a special ringtone to benefit the Old Globe Theater in San Diego:
http://www.myxer.com/get/item/15455302/
@ 907
I prefer Western sausage. You definitely can’t put the Chinese sausage with eggs. Chinese sausage is an aquired taste. It’s pretty good with rice. You kind of eat as a side dish not the main dish.
China, via Cracked:
http://www.cracked.com/article_19742_the-5-most-insane-examples-chinese-counterfeiting.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_campaign=new+article&wa_ibsrc=fanpage
911: I kinda wish it would snow here. We skipped winter and now it looks like we’re skipping spring too. And I refuse to turn on the air conditioner in March. Would rather sweat and complain.
Nobody beats my American sausage!
Tiambean (if I’m spelling that right) is a great breakfast. Like stuff, greasy pancakes with attitude. Nothing quite like it in western chow… yet.
And yes, AJ. Everything in sight is a knock-off or an outright fake. On our last trip, I was offered a great deal on a Rollex watch. Disney is losing a fortune to the vast armies of families that sew Mickeys and Minnies in their homes and sell them to co-ops. And those amazing antiques? They go back four, five days sometimes. On the other hand, you can get fun trinkets for almost nothing. Hand-carved luck pieces and nice looking fetishes for the co-workers and friends. Those kinds of things in the states would be machine-stamped and cost ten times as much. Now if I can only get the nunchucks through customs…
I see the site is back and running again. Phew, that was a long one. (No comments, Harry.)
http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-movies/disney-says-john-carter-1390954.html?cxntlid=thbz_hm
Oh wow, John Carter is Disney’s Black Hole!
Oh wait, Black Hole was Disney’s Black Hole…
Black hole??
Well, there was this one time where………..nah, too easy!
The Black Hole. Where no motion picture has taken you before.
Except for that time Erica Durance did something to Harry.
Entertainment Weekly says that Disney’s “Mars Needs Moms” was such a disaster that the suits removed “From Mars” from “John Carter.” But at the end of the movie you do get the title “John Carter from Mars.” 3-23-12, page 15.
Can see why some critics hated John Carter. Unexplained plotlines, etc. But I liked it. Liked the six limb aliens. Just a pleasant time waster.
Oh, oh. Russian troops in Syria?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/russia-troops-in-syria_n_1364835.html
Reading Tales from Development Hell. I think most of the folks in here would enjoy it. Really, all you need to like is a good train wreck, which is what most of Hollywood is. Be grateful it took as long as it did for audiences to get LOTR. Had John Boorman got his mitts on it, we’d have gotten one (and only one) very different movie. No flying nazgul; too expensive. Also, the flaming eye of Sauron gave Boorman the giggles. Oh, and stars? Try: The Beatles. Paul as Frodo… or in an earlier go-around over The Hobbit, Paul as Bilbo and… John Lennon IS Gollum.
Les Nocturnes.
That was a great interview with Jean-Jacques-6ème dan de karaté-Burnel.
I learned a lot about him and The Stranglers. The hour went by fast.
All the entries were indeed worth checking out*. In the videos, for instance, it was nice to see the band ; they were, evidently, enjoying themselves, and, it showed.
*My favourite parts were the interview, and, the acoustic concert in Bruges.
Speaking of development hell, Chris Pine just might find himself with time on his hands after filming NuTrek II:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118051662.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNews%7CLatestNews
925: Yeah, I was excited about Chris Pine playing Jack Ryan. I hope this happens. Pine is the perfect choice.
924:
Aurore:
I have put the Stranglers at the top of my list since I first heard them in 1979. Unlike many bands which stick around through the years as self-tribute bands playing only old hits, these guys continue to produce fine music. The new album, “Giants” is worth getting, for sure.
They are doing a two-week tour of France the first half of April:
The dates are on the their homepage: http://www.thestranglers.net/
Glad you enjoyed it!
And now back to random Star Trek banter….
Strange now the Star Trek book reporter is back. Unless Anthony hired a new one?
Just saw “Hugo” in 2D at home, and it was a beautiful ride. There are a few scenes, it seems, which would have benefited from 3D. but it seems it’d been distraction from the story.
I hope it breaks even, at least ;-(
“It WOULD ‘VE BEEN a distraction” from the story.
Wonderful stuff, that Romulan Ale.
@927.
Thank you, AJ.
I’ll most certainly listen to Giants.
I went to their homepage.
Now, I understand what Jean-Jacques Burnel meant by “La pochette de l’album n’est pas encore terminée, mais, je ne peux pas en dire davantage.” (Or, something to that effect…)
@ 929
AJ, “Hugo” in 3D is one of the finest 3D films ever made. Martin Scorsese clearly worked every shot to utlilize the medium. At the theater, it was a mind blowing experience.
If “Pina” is still playing in 3D, I strongly recommend you see it at a theater. Director Wim Wenders like Scorsese worked on all the visuals to utilize the 3D to capture the dancers. The result was just extroridinary. It’s a work of art as the 3D captured the dancers in space. Trust me, it may be a documentary about a modern dance company but it’s not boring. It’s riveting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNuQVS7q7-A
It’s freaking 85 degrees here in Cincinnati! And it’s still March.
New Dr. Who companion announced. She looks cute.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/tv-film-news/a-look-at-the-new-doctor-who-sidekick-768004
82 in St. Louis.
Spoke too soon temp. drops to 66 tommorow and 51 the next day. Early Summer is over.
Russell Crow to play Noah. As in Noah’s Ark.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/russell-crowe-reported-set-sail-noah-191715064.html
Thanks Commodore Mike for the link. The director says it’s going to be like science fiction. Huh? Religioin and science fiction don’t mesh very well See Lost or don’t see Lost, especially season six.
It says Crowe is going to be Superman’s dad in the new Superman movie. Didn’t we just have a Superman movie in 2006? By the way it talks about his recent film failures including Robin Hood. That movie was joyless.
Meanwhile, the Hunger Games is about to open. It’s based on a young adult novel. Sigh. I think I saw a review where Roger Ebert considers it science fiction.
Is this another movie designed to get the teenage- Twilight demo? At least it has Gary Ross (Seabiscuit, Dave) at the director’s chair.
NPR story- movies are for teenagers, TV is for adults
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130612646
Aurore:
Here’s one more look at the Stranglers during a concert in Liverpool a few weeks ago.
It’s well known amongst fans that bass player JJ Burnel is a 6th-level Dan Black Belt Karate master with his his own dojo. He is a living lethal weapon.
In the old days, when this happened, he would actually do physical harm to the perpetrator. Now, at 60, I suppose it’s his martial arts discipline which keeps him from doing so at this concert….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vnzzIrR26c&feature=related
Syfy’s Galactica Prequel – Blood and Chrome has been cancelled. It could become a web series.
I now think we will never see a new Trek TV series until the economy improves. Or some network is willing to gamble on Trek. A new Trek TV series would probably have to get at least 10 Million viewers or more a week to survive on a regular network and cable.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-cancelled-syfy/
Here’s the trailer for Blood and Chrome. This is why series like this would be too expensive for TV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eovCFMb5cEs
It looks like a feature film.
Mmmmmmmmmmm………………….
I like your quiet strenght Mr. Burnel………so sexayyy………..
:)
…….Ahem……..Well…Yeah…..Anyway….I saw even more links to The Stranglers….
@ 941
Yet, eight of the top ten movies for 2011 were science fiction or fantasy. Period pieces and fantasy TV shows use CGI to save money. Pan Am was canned. But “Once Upon A Time” is doing well. The thing about Star Trek is that it has a built in fan base. You just have to get new fans to join.
If a new Trek series is done right it could have a ratings like Tng did or better. I think a new Trek series should be in Syndication like Tng. That way people can watch it any time and the ratings will be strong. On a regular network. It would probly go to different night’s which usualy kills a new or existing show. But would C.B.S be willing to do that.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/klingon-dictionary/id509869093?ls=1&mt=8
Try this its brilliant
944.
strenght = strength
HAPPY 81st, Mr. Shatner!
Have to say, this site’s just jumping on the Shat’s birthday! It’s also “International Talk Like William Shatner Day,” which Trekmovie usually covers quite closely.
@ 946
There’s always been a line on the Internet that CBS CEO Les Moonves does not like Star Trek or science fiction. The Bang Theory does not count. I’ts not science fiction. I’ve always said let the producers of Star Trek cast his wife Julie Chen in the show. That way old Les could green light a new Trek series.
@ 950
AJ, you’re right. Many times news is takes place here on Live Chat. And…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL SHATNER!
Here’s our favorite dog and Bill Shatner.
Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog makes fun of Bill Shatner on an old Conan show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6qIkAkbyuw
Time to be fair and balanced. I voted for John Edwards in the Ohio primary. And it turns out he’s not a good guy. Now he’s named in a big New York City prostitution ring as a customer. Can’t believe his lawyers’s denials He did have a love child while being married. Hey the madam’s second in command is good looking.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/22/john-edwards-millionaire-madam-anna-gristina-upper-east-side-_n_1372316.html
954:
Well, at least he has a healthy penis, regardless of what a horrible, terrible person he was and is.
I bet that visit to the ‘Comfort Inn’ was terrific, after being spoiled at the Loews. I hope he had some coins on hand to make the bed vibrate…Ooh-la-la!
In the end, he is just a younger Newt Gingrich with a brighter mind, and an even darker soul. And with similarly poor judgment.
They’re all just fodder for the dustbin of history in the end, anyway.
955
“I bet that visit to the ‘Comfort Inn’ was terrific, after being spoiled at the Loews. I hope he had some coins on hand to make the bed vibrate…Ooh-la-la!”
Ha, ha, ha.
Hi guys! Wow, it has been WAY too freaking long since I’ve been here. :P What is up? What’s been happeneing? Someone fill me in! I was so sorry to hear about BND, but that’s pretty much the extent of what I know about the goings-on here. How are all y’all?
Hey, rose:
Not much is new. The site alternates between non-news and silence, as there’s almost no information being released on the new film.
We think we got the message across to the writers that a BND reference in ST2013 would be great. This comes from feedback to that effect.
Other than that, Denise only lurks now from time to time, and the old-timers are still here. Hell, even the new guys/gals are old-timers now.
Hope you’re well, and come by more often!
New Three Stooges movie trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHoP21n2KSA
I wonder if the Sony studios have tighter security then Paramount does and that is why we aren’t getting anything? I wonder why someone should even have a Trek blog when their is almost no Trek news anymore? I wonder how long it would be if their isn’t old Trek news anymore or old Trek news got boring to look at?
I guess we now khow that the k’zinti are the new villians…..apparently Cumby is only doing motion capture. Aintitcoolnews.com coaxial new photo update for dr. Who. Ok its a joke but fun
#961 Where did you hear that the K’zinti are the villains? Why choose them when the general movie going public have never heard of them?
@ 857
Hello Rose. I’m a new old timer. And please emphasize OLD. :-)
I’m a politically incorrect liberal. And I just saw a complaint about celebrity women showing too much cleavage. Link. SIGH. As a heterosexual man, gorgeous breasts and gorgeous woman’s bodies will never tire me or will I argue that a great looking woman should cover up. And by the way, it’s okay for Ryan Gosling to go shirtless for the ladies. If I looked as great as these people, I would show off my body too.
http://www.stylelist.com/christina-anderson/celebrity-boobs_b_1372966.html
K’zinti?
This is CHAT, guys. Whether it’s TAS or the Larry Niven series, or whatever it is, CHAT is off-topic. Sex & Drugs & Rock’n'Roll + the normal trials of life. No angry intergalactic kitty-cats, please.
965. “No angry intergalactic kitty-cats, please”
Hey, do you know how much pussy Kirk scored in outer space?
And I remember SOME of them being angry!
The kzinti arent the alien… the aint it cool link has photo comparing cumberpatch to a catlike otter…
I wonder if the sequel is based on the Kzinti? I found this at Memory Alpha. I know the Animated Series isn’t canon but maybe they based the sequel on this?
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Kzinti
In 2269, Dr. Keniclius 5 cited the Kzinti’s ongoing rivalry with Earth as a reason for the necessity of eugenics experiments to improve the human breed. (TAS: “The Infinite Vulcan”)
Ok. I say. Let the Breen in as a bad guy. Hey. They can look like anything. We have never seen what they look like.
I wonder what Erica Durance would look like as an Kzinti.
I just heard on the news that Dick Cheney, 71, has received a heart transplant!
How dare this crusty, evil old bastard take a heart that should have gone to a more deserving individual!
What a pr*ck!
Um, Harry you’re letting your political views show. All I can say is that I wish Dick Cheney well. I don’t agree with him on many things. And the Iraq war was a disaster even though the buck should stop with Bush. I just hope that he recovers. He’s still a human being and I don’t want to see him die.
Okay, just saw “The Hunger Games.” It is science fiction. It’s a teenage version of “Gladiator.” And the fight to the death game was done better with Star Trek’s “Arena” because that was smarter.
Still…. it’s well made and thrilling. I give it a B.
972.
Uh, no, BB….Dick Cheney is a true scumbag. He should be convicted for war crimes.
The man is pure evil. Too bad there’s no hell, because he should rot in it!
Didn’t Cheney set a record for the sheer size of safe in a vice president’s offices?
Ni hao, everyone! I’m eating as fast as I can, but they apparently keep making more food in this place. I feel myself slipping into carbolepsy.
Hope everyone’s well.
Space kitty for Kirk? JJ really does get Trek!!
The Hunger Games just kicked Twilight in the fangs at the box office. Hmm. Must make Chekov more appealing to teenage girls. Hey, they already injected Star Wars into Star Trek.
Hunger Games is probably why Trek for TV and Movies is going to be geared for young people and probably leave us old Trek fans behind right?
I also wonder if interest old Trek TV and movies will start to fade because us old Trek fans will start to grow tired of it because we have seen it alot and thus TV Stations wont show it that much anymore? I mean you don’t really see much of TOS, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise anymore that much right?
I forgot to add that I am starting to loose interest in old TV and Movie Trek and the other things like Trek products. Unless some of the old Trek stars are on current TV shows like Nimoy on Big Bang Theory.
Craiger,
Star Trek 2009 was geared to young adults and teenagers. . You look at the faster pace, the quick cuts. Less talk, more loud, colorful action. That doesn’t mean I don’t like it. But I prefer my Star Trek to be smarter. There’s nothing wrong with dialogue.
I think there was franchise fatigue in 2005. However, now that we have not seen Star Trek since then, it’s time. Adults watch more TV than teenagers. Link. But Trek should be on a cable station like SyFy, TNT or AMC.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130612646
He’s the king of the underwater world. James Cameron has dived to the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/25/james-cameron-mariana-trench-dive_n_1378507.html
I knew Mariana had a deep trench, I just never expected anybody to film it!
BB – Its only been 7 years since Trek’s been on TV. I also wonder if Paramount and CBS reached an agreement not to do another TV series until the film series is done, so they won’t oversaturate Trek again. I guess the film is series is still going to be a trilogy? If so I am guessing no new Trek on TV until 2018 or 2020 right?
So, a book/movie about how grown-ups are evil and teen are good and victims make $155M in its first weekend. Twilight is a world sensation because it’s about teens losing their virginity (you didn’t really think all that stuff was about vampires, did you?). And Harry Potter generates 8 movies about how magical teens can be if only someone would just murder their parents.
Hmm…
Think I’m gonna write a book about how teenaged scientists discover a fantastic dimension where they never have to talk in complete sentences, or bathe, or hold jobs. I’ll call it: My Parents’ Basement Realm.
CmdrR
how about calling it………The Land Of Entitlement
Nice.
HAPPY 81st BIRTHDAY TO LEONARD NIMOY! YAY!
I wonder if the Shat or Nimoy will be lucky enough to make it into their ’90’s?
Harry, let’s hope so.
In Guangzhou tonight. They have too much food here, too. We took a walk along the river after dinner. The whole city looks like something you’d see looking out Malachi Throne’s office window! It’s a fantasy land done in concrete, steel, glass, and light. Wonder if JJ could shoot a few scenes here as a double for Rigel Iv.
Harry, congrats on getting a laugh outta Chris D.
Nice to see he’s got a sense of humor. Who do we have to letter/email blitz to get him in more movies??
Sorry, school is paddling my ass at the moment so I have been AWOL.
CmdrR, your Twilight analysis was ace, and I am so interested in your time in China.
Commodore Mike? I say again. Erica Durance is a wee bit homely, IMHO, and I am too, there is nothing wrong with men lusting after homely gals.. oh, wait I just talked myself in a circle. I’ll get my coat.
Check this out CmdrR- http://www.startrekcontinues.com Chris is in on this as well as Grant Imahara from Mythbusters. Still need him in some movies though! :)
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Thanks, CmdrR!
Do you realize Chris Doohan and Leonard Nimoy are the only two people to appear in both Star Trek:TMP and Star Trek 2009?
Harry, what role did Chris Doohan play in TMP?
Now it looks like if they make another Trek TV series it would have to get over 10 million viewers each week to stay on the air. Would that be even possible? Looks like Alcatraz wont be back next because they now consider even 4.7 million a low number which is what Alacatraz’s season finale got plus they left us with a cliffhanger and a strange cliffhanger. I didn’t get the ending.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/27/alcatraz-finale/
Silvereyes, remember the scene early in the film where the entire crew meets on the hangar deck to hear about the threat of V’Ger? Chris is standing in the crowd as you hear Kirk giving his speech.
Sure, he’s just a glorified “extra”, but he IS in the movie!
We’ve checked into our hotel in Shenzhen (wasn’t he the bald Romutard in…. oh, nevermind) and have spent nearly 45 minutes here. So, off we go to Hong Kong.
I thank the Lord for my beautiful wife, and for my Rockports.
Hey. Is it time for 1,000.
Ok. As post number 1,000 I say this. All hail to King Ballz. Ruler of the universe.
Why is everyone trying to destroy those rosy Verhoeven memories of my childhood?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=T-Jt9RCy4v4
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Ah, yes, just as it should be, Commodore Mike!
Yes, yes, a thousand times, yes! :>)
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I liked the original Total Recall but found Arnold Schwarzenegger’s acting to be deficient. I know there were some that hated Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers. But I liked the theme, “war makes us fascists”, even if it was over the top.
Last Verhoeven movie I saw was “Black Book” which was about the Dutch resistance during World War II. And yeah it was typical Verhoeven with crazy scenes. Poor actress Carice Van Houten. She had a scene where she’s dying her um, carpet to match the drapes and later at a concentration camp she has tub of poop dumped on her.
The new TR looks almost just like the old one. Of course, if they don’t use Robert Picardo as the voice of “Johnny-Cab” again, my whole childhood will be lost.
Even though I was 26 when the film came out.
Hey, there’s a new show at Second City here in Toronto. It’s called…………….
Live Wrong And Prosper!
I don’t think there’s any Trek-related stuff in it, but will probably check it out!
And Erica Durance as Harry’s Queen. :)
1007.
&$#@&%*#!!!!!!!
Has anyone seen The Hunger Games. I am not sure i will watch it. But. is it any good.
#1008.Harry. LMFAO. Lol.
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Commodore Mike
I’ve seen The Hunger Games. It’s a teenage version of “Gladiator.” And it is science fiction. I liked it. Emotional and thrilling. One problem. Don’t go to the movie expecting to think about the dystopian society that would have such barbaric sports. It’s not that smart. I thought Trek’s “Arena” was smarter the way it handled the game that is about a battle to the death.
Battleship with Aliens. Here is the reason why.
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2012/03/19/berg-reveals-why-aliens-are-in-battleship/
Michael Bay tells the Turtle fans to Chill.
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2012/03/21/bay-tells-turtle-fans-to-chill/
Thank’s Blogger. I think I will wait for Netflix or Blu-Rey.
Time for another Reboot. Carrie now get’s one.
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2012/03/28/moretz-offered-carrie/
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I keep saying this. Somebody in “Battleship” will say “You sunk my battleship.”
Hey, Colbert did a funny piece on the idea of small helicoptres delivering you tacos. The company is called Tacocopter
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/411211/march-27-2012/thought-for-food—tacocopter
Hey Blogger. I bet 500 Quatloos that they won’t.
Looks like Logan’s Run might get a reeboot.
http://www.scifimoviepage.com/blog/movies/actor-signs-on-for-logans-run-remake/
Commodore Mike, you maybe right but in “GI Joe” somebody did say “Go Joe.”
Well. I hope everyone enjoyed me scouring the Internette to bring you some scify news. Maybe tomoorow I will bring some Erica Durance news and Picks.
Well. I just might lose the bet. You know the writters of Battleship will have someone say it.
Commodore, thanks. The thought of a reboot of Logan’s Run is interesting. Hollywood could comment on the always appealing to the teenagers by doing a movie that is about a society that is all about young people and no one over thirty.
I wonder if Bob Orci will have Kirk say. Beam me up Scotty.
I loved Logan’s Run. Such a Classic. Michael York is a great actor. It will be very hard for someone to be as good as he was in Logan’s Run.
Everyone has heard of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonly Heart’s. But how about.
Star Trek’s Pepper’s lonely heart’s.
http://www.rabittooth.com/TrekPepper1024×768.jpg
Read “Tales from Development Hell” if you want real insight into just how f’d up the process is of remaking Total Recall. Arnold was not helpful, to say the least. As for acting, it’s a three-way tie as to who stunk up that movie the most… Arnold, Sharon Stone, or the psychic rubber baby on that guy’s stomach.
I happen to love Starship Troopers. It’s so subversive to make the heroes into facists. Besides, with the ST sequels, Jolene Blalock would have no career at all now.
Survived the worlds biggest/most crowded shopping mall, aka Hong Kong. I got my pic taken with Jet Li’s star on the Avenue of the Stars. I know you’re all impressed. 2 more days of China, then I’m headed home. *Sigh*
Airwolf and Knight Rider should get big screen reboot. Also another good reboot would be The Final Countdown.
i loved The Final countdown. Have it on Blue-Rey. Just think what would happen if a Nuclear Aircraft carrier went back and actually stoped the Jap navy.
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%&@$&#@!!
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1093&bih=514&q=erica+durance&gbv=2&oq=erica+durance&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1469l3522l0l3798l13l13l0l5l5l0l161l887l3j5l8l0.frgbld.
Harry, we can get a double wedding, you with Erica and me with Jolene… and the wedding party can ice skate in Hades.
Tell you what, CmdrR, I’ll swap you!
While Jolene is doing a lipstand on my “muscle of love”, you can take the horse for a ride around the countryside! Sound fair?
Not to be anal about this, but I’m gong to post the Colbert piece on the TacoCopter. again. Yeah, its a robot that flies in tacos. As a bonus for being anal, check out Colbert’s piece on the gun buying hysteria in this country. Stephen channels some Beyond the Thunderdome.
Tacocopter
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/411211/march-27-2012/thought-for-food—tacocopter
Gun buying hysteria.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/411209/march-27-2012/barack-obama-gun-control-conspiracy
Craiger, you are a glutton for punishment, aren’t you?
What, did you just get out of prison?
“I got my pic taken with Jet Li’s star on the Avenue of the Stars. I know you’re all impressed.”
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I am impressed by the fact that I only felt vaguely jealous for exactly one second.
For one second, I thought that you had gotten your picture taken alongside Jet Li.
Not his star.
Aaaaaaaaaaaah….who am I fooling? I’m still jelus.
Aurore, is “jelus” the word jealous but with a French accent?
Hey folks, long time no talk.
Second semester of freshman year continues to kick my gluteals all the way through to finals in about a month. (Ugh!) But I’m hangin’ in there.
I noticed a little Hunger Games chatter up there. A bunch of my friends keep telling me to read the books (thankfully they are not the same friends in high school who bugged me about reading Twilight) and I think I will… eventually. I’m not going into it with high expectations like I did the aforementioned series (HUGE mistake) but I expect it’ll be good.
For now I’m just waiting for the release of “Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same” (a sci-fi romance comedy.. yes, all three!) this Friday at a theatre on campus. The theatre focuses on foreign and independent films, and I’m strangely excited for that one.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone seen “We Need to Talk About Kevin”? Tomorrow’s the last day it’s playing in-town and I’m wondering whether or not to shell out seven bucks and see it.
Hey Christine,
Up late I see. I’m a night owl. On “The Hunger Games”, I saw it. My short review is this. Thrilling and emotional. Don’t expect thought provoking science fiction. That’s the problem. During the movie, I was wondering what was the rebellion that led the totalitarian government to institute such barbaric games It’s kind of a teenage version of “Gladiator.” At least with TOS “Arena”, there was intelligence. In “Arena” there’s a nice discussion where Spock and McCoy discuss whether the Federation was right.
I have not heard of the movie “Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same.” I had to look it up to see if you were yanking my leg. Hey, it was at Sundance. I have not seen “We need to talk about Kevin.”
I suggest if the theater runs “Pina” in 3D, that you see it. It’s a movie that maximizes the 3D medium. It’s one of the best 3D movies, I’ve ever seen. It’s about the late Pina Bausch and her dance pieces. Director Wim Wenders is absolutely brilliant the way he uses the 3D to capture the dancers. Trailer below.
http://youtu.be/CNuQVS7q7-A
“Aurore, is “jelus” the word jealous but with a French accent?”
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No. Of course not.
It’s the word “Jesus”, but, with a typo.
LOL. Harry I thought I’d beat Commodore to it since he said he would post Erica pics. Now all he has to do is post Erica news.
Here is all the latest news for Erica Durance. Please Enjoy.
http://www.headlinegrabber.com/E/Erica-Durance-News/
Erica Durance cast as Troi in TNG TV Series Reboot. LOL.
Or as the First Officer.
Erica Durance should be cast as Yar, so they can kill her off twice!
Harry would love that!
Of course, there would be Sela, but she can be killed off too!
Heh!
I have it. Erica Durance cast as Kara and she stole Harry’s BallZ.
I can hear it now. Ballz Ballz! What is Ballz.
Durance could play a Horta. No special effects required!
Or. she could play a Medussan.
Erica Durance as Yoeman Rand or Carol Macus in the sequel.
And the new Wonder Woman.
Erica Durance as Dr. Janice Lester. Now that would be good.
Oh no, the sequel shouldn’t be that episode. LOL.
Hey Craiger. You are right. But. She teams up with other of Kirk’s nemises and they all gang up on him.
Check this out possible fued between two A-List actors in the sequel?
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/guess-who/war-star-trek-divas
Could this be why their are no updates? Sequel in trouble?
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I call malarkey on the ‘Enquirer’ article.
1054:
Also, Craiger, if the sequel were in trouble due to ‘A-list’ actors, that would be who exactly? ‘A-list’ is: Robert DeNiro, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Jim Carrey, Pacino, Martin Sheen, etc. I wouldn’t even welcome Shatner and Nimoy to the club, though Shatner has the statues….
Maybe ‘A-list’ is a dying level of achievement these days. Go back a few more years, and you look at Hollywood’s legends who will live on forever, and then look at the kids in ‘Star Trek 2.’ Big difference.
Hey, I was just curious about this article. Still wasn’t sure if it was true. Now that I think about it could Pine and Solanda. They could be the ones who’s carrer has taken off since the first movie? However in one of those set photos it shows Pine hugging Zoe.
Last full day in China.
Dinner last night featured pork with scorpion garnish. Still picking the stingers outta my teeth. (not!)
1058/CmdrR:
Just don’t put them in your ears.
And, just think how good Waffle House will seem when you get back home!
I’m far more terrified by the food at Waffle House than anything in China.
#1039 :: Yeah, I couldn’t sleep last night. My roommate always goes to bed before me so I just hang out on the couch in our living room until I’m tired. I am a bit of a night owl.
Hey, I like thrilling and emotional. You just described most of Stephen King’s novels. (However, add in a few adjectives like “disturbing” and “nightmarish” and you’ve got everything.) I’ll check it out eventually.
And yes, “Arena” was a fantastic episode. I haven’t seen any ‘Trek in so long. I should at least put in TWOK one of these nights or something. ♥
I could hardly believe it myself the first time I saw the title for “Codependent”. :P But yup, that’s what they call it. I checked on “Pina”, and sadly it won’t be here in Lincoln. But I’ll check the independent theatre in Omaha, since I’ll be home all summer. Thanks for the suggestion! I’ve pretty much given up on mainstream films…. ‘cept for Avengers, which I am EXTREMELY excited about.
Funny you should all mention Erica Durance. I recently saw the Stargate SG-1 episode she was in (”Affinity”, eighth season, early-ish in the season..? It was largely Teal’c-centric so of course I loved it) and she’s also going to be in “Saving Hope” with Michael Shanks… at least for the pilot.
Funny how things work out in the world of entertainment!
1060:
That will be addressed upon your return.
Everything’s going to be just fine.
Christine:
Stick around more often.
Erica Durance is a “Harry Ballz Localized Trekmovie Meme” where several people tease poor Harry for hating her performances in “Smallville” ad infinitum, and to which Harry inevitably replies with a witty, or even saucy, rejoinder. I think she’s cute, but I stopped watching Smallville after Series 3. No exposure.
#1063, AJ :: Yeah, I know, I need to stop disappearing. Wait ’til summer, haha. I’ll actually be around. I just got lucky and it was a relatively slow week (barring the Astronomy exam I had last night).
I don’t know when I stopped watching Smallville. Probably after three or four seasons, come to think of it. I remember the whole time not wanting Lex to be the bad guy, but alas, all good things must come to an end.
1063.
AJ, thanks for describing my angst!
I just got my copy of the two disc edition of the “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” soundtrack. Oustanding! Cliff Eidelman did a great job. I wonder what happened to him.
I also recieved the “Ratatouille” and the two disc “Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace” soundtracks as well.
Now listening to the “Ratatouille” album. Awesome score. Michael Giaccino is truly a great composer. One of the few who can score both tv shows and movies. I liked his music for “Star Trek”, but “Ratatouille” is far superior.
1066:
I really dug the Eidelman score for ST6. Added some needed gravitas with fewer military-style cues–Not appropriate for that film, especially.
1065:
Harry, your Erica Durance “angst” practically keeps the ‘Trekmovie’ site alive between stories. Hopefully Mike sells a new Toyota for every reference on the site, LOL.
thanks for my angst leads to spanks!
Just posted a note on the main page thought Id throw it out here….anyone recall any trek prop sightings back in the seventies? I can remember geeking out at the sight of the ‘tholian’ enviormental suits in an episode of Mork and Mindy. Was just cool to know that some of the props still existed. Irwin Allen props constantl popped up on all his shows. That or did trek ever borrow from any other shows?.?.
Harry, what about Durance’s other costar on Smallville Allison Mack?
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1093&bih=514&q=alison+mack&gbv=2&oq=alison+mack&aq=f&aqi=g-s1g5g-s4&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0i10j0l5j0i10l4.1261l5305l0l5782l17l17l3l1l1l0l224l1569l4j7j2l13l0.frgbld.
AJ Do you like the new main theme from the first reboot movie, “Enterprising Young Men?” I think its great. Especially when Kirk and McCoy shuttle up and see the new Enterprise for the first time.
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One of the latest score’s highlights, in my opinion.
Thank’s A.J So from now on I will do an Erica Durance Update at least once a week. Even if it just a few Pick’s.
Christine. As usualy it is always good to see you here. You bring a touch of class to the live chat.
1071.
Good question, Craiger!
Now, you see, I find Allison Mack very appealing because she is a pretty good little actress.
She is cute and has a warm charm about her. Durance comes across as a talentless bimbo.
I’d rather be stuck on a desert island with Allison than that Clydesdale Erica.
I love the music to most of the Trek Movies. Trek 1,2,3,4,6,and Trek 09 are my Faves. Though Generation’s has some good music as well.
Hey Harry. Given a choice of being on a desert island with Allison Mack or Erica Durance. I would rather choose Mary Ann and Ginger.
Remember the Movie Twin’s. Well now they might make another one called Triplet’s and will have Eddie Murphy as the 3rd brother.
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/twins-sequel-triplets-works-arnold-devito-eddie-murphy-011213014.html
Oh. They may be doing a sequeal to Midnight run with Robert Dinero.
I bought my 5$ in tocket’s for the 640 Million$. Anyone else buy a Lotto ticket.
“Triplets” is such a cynical idea. Arnold and DeVito are senior citizens now, and Eddie Murphy is simply irrelevant unless he’s voicing that little donkey in the “Shrek” films.
As for “Midnight Run,” I heard DeNiro’s aboard, and the idea is to pull Charles Grodin out of retirement, and then have Brett Ratner utterly destroy it.
When will they re-do all the 1980’s “brat-pack” films like “Breakfast Club” and “Pretty in Pink?” How about a grittier “Gremlins?” Someone please now pay me $6m for those ideas.
It’s funny how all this garbage keeps getting recycled,and we have to wait 4 years between ‘Star Trek’ films.
Anyway, here is the best one-minute TOS film ever made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJrrCF73r5s
Harry,
http://www.kryptonsite.com/mag9-news.jpg
If they want to do a remake of a T,V show to a movie. Why not.
The Greatest American Hero.
1083.
Craiger, I clicked over but there was nothing there.
1082.
that youtube clip was great! i’ve never seen that before. how did i miss it on tv? huh?
a question for the more knoweldgeable. who was responsible for the “starfleet academy” avi that floats around the internet? the one with kirk, sulu and chekov, plus chris plummer as chang. it’s obviously done around the time of undiscovered country but the special fx are not developed. google didn’t provide much info to it’s origin. thanks!
drumvan:
That MCI clip was tweeted, and then re-tweeted by Trekmovie yesterday. I totally missed it when it came out. It’s FANtastic.
Can you link to that Starfleet Academy thing? Never heard of it.
Harry, try this one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/Hotrodgirl152118/Erica%20Durance/EricaDuranceAndAllisonMack.jpg
Hey Craiger,
Who’s the lovely brunette in the picture? :-)
FYI everybody. You can burn spaghetti sauce.
And so, once again, goes Keith Olbermann…
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/gnlt4t
1089.
I like the cute blonde on the right. Tell me, Craiger, who is the android on the left?
Even more interesting than Olbermann is the pure ass-kickage of the new ‘Avengers’ TV spot.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/54628
AJ, I hope they aren’t overpromoting like the last Trek movie. I would like some news about the sequel like who the bad guy is but sometimes I think they do almost show the whole movie in the trailers.
I forgot to add overpromoting The Avengers/
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Harry, Harry, Harry…. I would be so lucky to have the brunette woman on the left. I am not talking about her acting skills.
Craiger,
Just finished Mass Effect 3. Already wrote a comment on the ending. Will review it later. But here’s my short, short take. It’s excellent.
Hey Blogger. Your Short take on Mass Effect was simply to long. Please make it shorter. Lol.
Heading to the airport for the 24 hour… for The Voyage Home.
Last night in China featured karaoke, complete with club girls as animators. Not really the same sober and with one’s wife righ there, but still… My Heart(burn) Will Go On. Sincerest apologies to Celine, Rod, Elton, The Beatles, and the eardrums of all concerned.
OK, if anyone wine MegaMillions tonight, you must buy us all a REAL starship.
BEST! Later.
BB – I finished it also, the game was good not to sure about the ending. Next one for me is Max Payne 3. Allthough, I am starting to wonder if video games are starting to loose their thrill from when I first started playing them 5 years ago. I guess it might be playing different versions of the same franchise over and over except in different settings.
wins
Commodore did you see this?
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Hawaii-Five0-Alex-OLoughlin-1045447.aspx
I thought maybe Kono could replace Margarett going to NCIS LA. Have Deetz hit on her and Kensi get jealous, LOL.
CmdrR they are making a new video game set in Hong Kong called Sleeping Dogs. About an undercover cop infiltrating the Chinese Triad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O66kJjIPhSs&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3Dsleeping%2Bdogs%2Btrailer%26oq%3DSleeping%2BDogs%26aq%3D0%26aqi%3Dg10%26aql%3D%26gs_l%3Dyoutube.3.0.0l10.1044l3463l0l5681l13l13l0l2l2l0l275l1259l7j3j1l11l0.
Thank’s Craiger. Did not know that aboue Alex. Such a good show. Can’t wait to see the Crossover with N.C.I.S L.A
Well. I have my Mega Millions ticket’s. Did anyone else buy any.
Well. Did not win the Lotto. oh well.
Well. Did not win the Lotto. oh well.
I got an idea for the third Trek movie, introduce the rebooted TNG crew and have them meet the rebooted TOS crew.
Craiger, those two boots would assure us of having a couple of heels in the bunch!
STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION: THE NEXT GENERATION
Two Trekkers get pulled over by a crooked cop in Illinois:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/drug-search-trekies-stopped-searched-illinois_n_1364087.html
Hey AJ. Read the Article. Won’t be going there anytime soon.
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The cops can search a car without a warrant. But they must have probable cause. There was no probable cause to search the vehicle in the article. They had to bring in a dog after the cop did hot have probable cause to search the vehicle to manufacture it. And even then, there great question whether it existed. The problem is when is a person free to go. If the cop warns me, and wants to continue his investigation, I’m asking, “Am I free to go?” If he says no, then I would nicely say, “Then you’ve arrested me and you need probable cause for the arrest.”
I’ve been pulled over four times without probable cause. Each time the cop accused me of a traffic violation that did not exist. And each time the officer did write me a ticket. Why? The cops were not telling the truth.
When I’m driving at night, I obey all traffic signals. I want to make it hard for cops to pull me over. The big thing they’re looking for is DUI arrests.
Just seen a new preview to Battlshiip. Looks freaking awesome. Can’t wait to see it.
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Craiger,
I;ve written about the endings to Mass Effec 3 and posted all three on my blog. Link. I like to choose the Star Trek: The Motion Picture ending. I like harmony in the universe. :-)
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/mass-effect-3-ending-controversy.html
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Commodore Mike, are you in the other universe again? Battleship? Based on the board game? Starring acting tour de force Rihanna? Are you going to say 2009’s GI Joe was robbed at the Oscars? I keeed. I keeed.
Okay, I won’t say the movie is bad yet. Haven’t seen it. But… think about the premise. Board game based on deduction. No characters in the game. So to make a movie based on name brand, they had to put aliens in it. Aliens taking over the world. Um,… wasn’t there a movie like this called “Independence Day>”
I saw Wrath of the Titans. Kick ass fight with the Chimera. But it gets lost in the maze scenes. ;-) Still, fun time at the theater. Don’t expect Oscars. And always good to see the lovely Rosamund Pike. Grade is B.
Oh, they had the balls to make this a 3D conversion after the backlash from Clash of the Titans. It’s not a bad conversion but save your money. Nothing special.
My full review with trailer.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/wrath-of-titans-3d-review.html
1114:
Basement Blogger:
It seems that local law enforcement also has a knack for trying to impound cars from innocent owners on corridors like the I-70 just to boost local budgets.
It’s now becoming a racket, and morons like the cop “Reichert” referred to in the video are in on it, and obviously on the take.
BB – The Titan’s took on these Chimera right? LOL.
http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/resistance-2-chimera-ps3-screenshot-big.jpg
Hey Harry seen this and thought you would like it-
http://news.ca.msn.com/world/ap-exclusive-lost-jfk-assassination-tapes-on-sale
Can’t wait to see the movies you guys have been talking about too. Wrath of the Titans looks awesome but I am taking BB’s advice and passing on 3-D.
Home!
Miss China already, but glad to have my own dang bathroom and bed.
My highest grade possible for the service and comfort of Korean Air and the general yumminess of its stewardesses.One small quibble. Let’s just say when the captain says we’re approaching serious turbulence, it’s not a signal to begin serving hot soup. Fortunately, my Good Maker saw fit to give me an extra cojone, as one is now a tad parboiled.
Am catching up on Hulu now. Thanks for the heads up, Craiger. I guess Alcatraz will drive the bus right off the cliff. Ah well, I’ve foolishly invested in most of the season, so might as well go over that precipice. Watching the last couple of The Rivers, too. When it’s good, it’s very good. No idea whether they’ll go to series from the original 8 eps.
If you follow George Takei on Facebook, you saw his April Fools message:
“Friends, I’m thrilled to share this news with you today. As announced at Emerald City Comicon, where I’m appearing this weekend, Paramount Pictures has green-lit a new Star Trek Movie entitled “Excelsior” in which I will play the captain. This announcement is part of Paramount Studio’s 100th-year anniversary campaign. The studio has acknowledged the fan enthusiasm for this concept ever since I appeared in command of the vessel in “The Undiscovered Country.” J.J. Abrams will direct, with Robert Orci again writing the screenplay.
My co-star in Allegiance, Paulo Montalban, has been cast opposite me to play the mercurial “Agha,” the grandson of Khan (played by Ricardo Montalban in the Second Star Trek Movie). Also featured are Gilbert Gottfried (playing a wily Ferengi First Officer) and Lisa Lampanelli (as a Bajoran security officer).
More to come on this breaking story soon. Thanks again for the years of support, and I’ll see you on the Bridge of “Excelsior.” ”
Hardy-Har-Har
George commanding the Excelsior? Great. Even in the late 23rd Century, my retirement account forces me to keep working into my 80’s.
CmdrR, I watched Alcatraz also. the season finale was too strange I think I figured out how they were coming foward to present day but I am not to sure. I think it had to do with those blood transfusions and wormholes?
1121.
Thanks, Charla! Yes, I heard about this…..doesn’t really add much to the overall story.
Hey Blogger. I was in the navy so I would love to see this. I think you will like it if you seen it.
I heard that Harry and Erica are now a cute couple. So sweet.
Too bad that the tapes don’t add anything of importance or new information to the subject. And you were already on it! LOL
Ooh Commodore Mike you are brave stating that in 1128! hahaha
And Craiger and CmdrR I too have been watching Alcatraz, have you heard how it is doing and if it will continue next season? (Welcome back CmdrR!)
Charla its not looking good for Alcatraz.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/27/alcatraz-finale/
1127
Commodore, thank you for your service.
1128.
Me and Durance a couple?
Well, here comes my dinner again!
RALPHHHHH!!!
Thank you Blogger. It was an honor.
Sorry about your dinner Harry. Lol.
Well that stinks about Alcatraz. Thanks for the link Craiger. I liked the show- I’ve seen better, but it did hold my interest, it was different and sooo much better than all the reality shows and talent shows that is on now. I do want to see a conclusion to the story at least. I also like Sam Neil.
I need some good shows to watch!! Any suggestions? I get bored not being able to work yet and limited computer abilities (Though getting better). I was told 3 months before I can go back to work. That was in the first of March. BORED SILLY!!!
BB, so cool you finished Mass Effect 3- I haven’t read your blog yet since I am playing it so slowly. :(
Have any of you watched “Touch”? I like the premise of the show, and I also like Kiefer Sutherland (sp?) as an actor. Other than this show, it seems sci-fi is becoming limited unless you watch the mediocre shows on Syfy.
I have watched almost all of “Quantum Leap” and of course the ” X-Files” I am still watching too, as well as most of the Star Trek franchise reruns. But I would like to see something new even if it isn’t sci-fi.
1134
Charla,
I love the Mass Effect games. As far as gameplay, the third one is the best. Great epic science fiction.
1132 – You ate Ralph!? You bastard!!!!
Charla I like, NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, Hawaii 5-0 – done by Trek scribes Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman, Person of Interest, Fringe and Big Bang Theory.
Hey Craiger. I like those shows as well.
Charla. Watch Supernatural. Now that is a good show.
Thanks so much guys! I do love TBBT- haven’t tried Hawaii 5-0, Person of Interest or NCIS. I need to catch back up on Fringe, that is a good one. Can’t believe I forgot about that one!! I do like to support anything Bob,JJ, Damon and Alex are involved in. (as well as the actors too)
Also I will try Supernatural as well- I do recall people saying that is a good show as well.
Thanks again!
I think James Cawley’s new one is up today.
1140 -
No big announcement.
Check.
Months since we last heard from Cawley.
Check.
Home site won’t come up.
Check.
Yup, sounds like a Phase II premiere to me.
Just dropping in to say, it’s great to be back! You guys are awesome as always. We should do like a Google+ hangout or something. Or another synced viewing of a ST movie, it was really fun last time.
Hey, Kayla.
Nice to see you back and writing again.
The Meebo chat room expired a few months back, not that we took full advantage of it. Anything interactive would be welcome during the current ‘feast-then-famine’ news cycles.
Come by when you get the chance!
By the Way, Game of Thrones was mesmerizingly perfect last night. Staggering moments of violence, superb acting, great sets, and a wonderfully complex structure just made it so satisfying. I hate having to wait a week for the next one
I am gonna have to sign up for HBO to watch Game of Thrones. That caught my eye as well.
I love the idea of a synced viewing of a ST movie! Great idea Kayla :)
Also do you guys like FB or Google+ better? And what would you call our group if someone who has a lot of extra time on their hands(like me) to create said group a webpage?
Any suggestions on this would be appreciated. Would love to see all of us together in real time or at least near real time and post pics, etc.
Hey, Kayla!!
1145.
How about……….THE CHAT WITH NO SHAT!
The Chat with Durance!
Link to Part 1 of “The Child” by the folks at Phase II. Parts 2 & 3 should be on the same page.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy1kcIyke_A
Oops, get the teaser first!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBh7v-Pu-2M&feature=relmfu
1148.
ENHANCE OUR STANCE WITH NO DURANCE!
We want Durance! We Want Durance! We want Durance! Harry Want’s Durance!!!!!! Oops.
Hey Kayla. Welcome back. Always a pleasure to have you here.
Are we teasing Harry too much with Durance? LOL.
1154
I’m a bit tired of it, truth to tell. ;-)
1144: Yup. Reading book 5 right now, too, so hope I don’t get too confused.
1155: Yup.
I mentioned Google+ once, I think, but it didn’t seem to catch much interest. Honestly, I haven’t used it enough to be able to say how well it works.
1156:
It took us all quite a while to get onto and used to Facebook as well. We were thinking of going rogue to escape that “The Women!” guy who kept insulting everyone.
I’ve never tried Google +. Is it just some other way of social netoworking? Is it ’secretly better?’ Will the Google Earth satellite zero in on a ’street view’ of Harry in his underwear drinking whiskey and typing when we are in contact?
1142
Welcome back Kayla. I was watching Werner Herzog’s “Encounters at the the End of the World”, and it made me think of you when you went to Antarctica. Herzog can get kind of quirky but the scene of the penguin traveling to the center of the continent and to certain death was poignant.
1157
AJ, I have never been on Facebook. ;-)
I watched the movie.
To me they potrayed Zuckerberg like Bill Gates. He just took an idea and made it better. I don’t think that was stealing was it?
I am not very familiar with Google+ but am not against learning it either. My cousin likes it alot and says it’s better than FB. Though I will have to check out if Google does spy on it’s users with Google Earth like AJ said. That would be a sight AJ! Harry in his skivies with a bottle of Crown Royal Canadian whiskey maybe and sitting in his lounger with his laptop typing away :D
Basement Blogger, FB is easy, but it’s important to keep your information set to friends only, and we (those of us here) could help you when you need it too.
I will do some checking in the next few days and try to put something up so we can see which we like better.
1155. AJ “I’m a bit tired of it, truth to tell”
Imagine how I feel!
Enough!
Anyone like flight sims? If you do, you may already know this but Microsoft has there flight sim free now. I love anything to do with aircraft- so of course I am gonna get side tracked at times with this.
Here is the link to get the download. http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/
PS We need to be kind to Harry now at least for a little while- heehee
I like it when women are kind to me. It makes me happy.
1163:
Alright guys..Durance references are now officially toast in our small company.
Let’s move on to our next order of business: Scarlett Johanssen in tights, and, my fave: why can’t we just talk about Charlize?
How about Scarlett and Charlize mud wrestling?
BOO-YAH!!!
Okay, AJ and Harry. Funny or Die has just released the kinky sex video hacked from Charlize Theron’s phone. And yeah, it features Charlize.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c5e03765ed/charlize-therons-kinky-sex-tape?playlist=featured_videos
GNP has announced a limited run of Jerry Goldsmith’s complete score for Star Trek: First Contact.
http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/new/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=227
@1088
aj, here is a torrent link to the star fleet academy video (hopefully). http://www.torrentroom.com/torrent/1659250-Star-Trek-Starfleet-Academy-The-Movie-2009-avi.html. i can’t make any promises as to the security of the site. i’ve had it for several years now from a different source.
there are some youtube clips if you search “star fleet academy”. it looks like it was a video game shot in 1996. the “new cadets” are kinda cheesy but it was cool seeing the tos characters again in some fresh footage.
Harry is she better than Johannzen and Theron?
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1093&bih=514&q=diane+kruger&gbv=2&oq=diane+k&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=img.3.0.0l10.774l1885l0l3309l7l7l0l1l1l0l156l671l2j4l6l0.frgbld.
Thanks for the link, AJ.
1171.
Yeah, Diane Kruger is nice, but by Hollywood standards, we can do better than THAT, can’t we?
Star Trek 12 will be based on the story from the TV show, ‘City On The Edge of Forever’. And the main villian is Col. Greene.
RJM:
I don’t think JJ would go anywhere near anything with Harlan Ellison’s name even remotely attached to it.
Anyone actually watch “The Child”?
Thoughts?
Any guess why there’s been no official premiere? (Or has there been?)
Coupla things from my very important brain:
It’s very dark throughout.
The directing was markedly better than most of the Phase II efforts. They’ve learned to stay away from full body cover shots that show akward blocking, and the use of the music was far more appropriate than previous eps.
I think Peter Kirk raided Maude’s closet for that pantsuit number with the bellbottom flairs. Yikes! Gay is one thing; that’s stunningly bad.
Your thoughts?
Okay, I see that Harry and AJ are not impressed with Chalrize Theron’s kinky sexual fantasy with guys in gimp suits. (1168) Okay. How about Charlize Theron sitting on the toilet? Here’ s more Funny or Die’s hacked video from Charlize’s cell phone where she’s sitting on the toilet and let’s you know how much she likes it. Wasn’t there a guy on American Idol that sang this song? That is Charlize in the video.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b22f10d167/sittin-on-tha-toilet?playlist=featured_videos
A hacked cellphone, and all we get is the gimp scenario and “Sittin’ on the Toilet?” Charlize must have another ’special’ cellphone somewhere….
Between cellphones, security cams, and stuff we don’t even know about, soon we’ll all be naked on the net.
If anyone needs me, I’ll be in the gym.
I approve of Charlize, she is a maajor babe.
AskMen.com poll rated Sofia Vergara the hotest Woman of 2012.
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1093&bih=514&q=sofia+vergara&gbv=2&oq=sofia+vergara&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1278l5627l0l5940l11l11l0l0l0l0l121l947l9j2l11l0.frgbld.
She’ll do.
Haley Atwell? The chick from Captain America?
Yep Atwell was in it.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2017943/
Why does Star Wars seem to be more readily available than Star Trek items? I go to bookstores to look for a specific Star Trek book and they don’t have it, but they have bajillion Star Wars books, comics, etc.
Is it because Lucas likes to sell as much of his stuff as possible or does Trek stuff fly off the shelves faster?
Because its not as popular with the general public as Star Wars is. They see as too geeky, nerdy and intellectual not action packed like Star Wars. The reboot movie was supposed to change that perception but I am not sure it did because the general public isn’t demanding a new TV series or buying the reboot movie merchandise or the old Trek merchandise. I am wrong on this?
1185/Jinn-Jinn
It’s because Star Wars exists as a marketable franchise even when there are no movies. There is a successful animated series, and the franchise is treated as a living and breathing brand.
Star Trek, in the absence of a TV presence, will turn on the marketing & swag machine when there is a new film, then turn it off once the film is out on DVD. No one, right now, for example, is “in charge” of Trek as a brand, as the new film’s marketing budget has yet to be released for use.
Also, demographically, I would say that Star Trek books trend older, and have much shorter shelf-lives than Star Wars books. In the 1980s, Trek book were ubiquitous, and regular hard-cover releases were in the NY Times best-seller lists for weeks at a time. Ironically, this was most likely due to the lack of Trek on TV before TNG debuted in 1987. Now, with the decline in real interest in the Trek universe after “Enterprise,” and the success of the new film, there is still a dearth of real literature to be had.
Last year, JJ Abrams allegedly had Pocket cancel a series of books based on the new film’s altered universe, and several years ago, there was a mass firing at Pocket, including Star Trek’s head editor, so as far as CBS sees it, it’s better to cut back during slow times than to invest into boosting the book business.
Also, ‘book stores’ per se are dead. You may find some treasure at used book stores, but otherwise, stick to Amazon, etc.
Hey Craiger. The Reason is because the stores are just not Geeky enough to carry Star Trek. Don’t have to be a big Geek to like Star War’s.
Thanks for providing some answers. I think you’re right AJ, there probably isn’t someone to market Star Trek properly unlike Star Wars that merchandise the heck out of itself. I mean just last year I bought a friend of mine a Darth Vader spatula and TIE Fighter sandwhich cutter. Why not a Spock spatula at Williams Sonoma??? I bet those thingswould fly!
I think the books that got cancelled are the ones I am hunting for. I might end up going to Amazon or ebay and finding them there.
1189:
Well, there is an Enterprise pizza-cutter out there somewhere.
One alleged issue is that, when ST merchandise is actually shipped, collectors binge-buy it from retail, and then post it on eBay at ridiculous prices.
As for books, used shops can be great. Here is the pre-eminent store in NY City where I live, The Strand:
http://www.strandbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.results&searchString=Star+Trek&x=14&y=13
Disclaimer: This is a completely random post.
I saw ST 2009 in theaters when it opened and I just realized NOW, as in 5 minutes ago, that the guy who plays Kirk’s dad is the Almighty Thor!!! How did I miss that?
It’s like a Who’s Who! Seriously, you can go “you know that girl who’s in Sex in the City? Yeah she was in Trek. Or that guy who’s in that new Batman movie? Yeah Trek as well. Hmm I wonder who else….
1191:
I think Chris Hemsworth’s performance as George Kirk in ST09 was the breakthrough that got him ‘Thor.’
1181
Kenneth Branagh directed and starred in a film version of Henry V. He’s the director of Thor. And since you talked about people you see a movie, that will appear later on say as Batman, here’s the big rousing “Band of Brothers” speech. At the 2:29 mark, look at the young boy to the left. Yep, it’s Batman aka Christian Bale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRj01LShXN8
Cast list- Bale is in it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097499/fullcredits#cast
I saw Titanic 3D. It’s a 3D conversion from 2D. It’s well done. But. you can only do so much in converting a movie. Basically the best one can do is create a cinematic pop up book. There’s no depth or popping effect. Save your money, watch it in 2D.
Full review with trailer.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/titanic-3d-review.html
Mass Effect fans:
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/05/mass-effect-3-extended-cut-dlc-free-this-summer-offers-furth/
Forgot above article may have spoiler for those who haven’t finished Mass Effect 3.
“Titanic” was such a slog. Don’t think I could sit through it again.
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Craiger,
Thanks for the information on Mass Effect’s ending to be clarified. . I believe that video games can be art. So, I think BioWare should stick to the ending for artistic reasons. I don’t want the audience changing an ending. It’s like the masses wanting to change the end to Casablanca. That being said, if BioWare makes the ending clearer then it could imporve the product.
BioWare has changed Mass Effect after launch to impove it. Mass Effect 2 had the awful mining stuff. About a year later, they had a patch that made the mining easier.
By the way, I’m playing through Mass Effect 3 again. You get extra powers. Finding that playing as an Adept class wiht Warp ammo is making life easier.
Colbert won a Peabody for his pieces on Super PACs. Bravo. He did a piece on it last night. He thanks his contributers, some who are smart alecks. Link. Some of you may not be able to look at his piece, so here’s one of the contributers to his Super PAC. Suq Madiq. Harry’s gotta love that.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/411771/april-04-2012/peabody-award-for-colbert-super-pac
1185/Jinn-Jinn – Star Wars and Lucas invented modern movie marketing.
Paramount is missing an enormous opportunity to build an audience for the Trek films, by letting toy shelves fill up with every other new franchise.
BAD ERROR.
Said another way… no toys now, when it might build an audience, but 3 weeks worth of Trek Happy Meals when no one knows what Trek is… Yeah that oughta do it!
Idiots.
BB – No problem. However, I think the problem I am starting to have with video games is it feels like you are playing the same game just in a different setting. Playing Mass Effect 3 reminded me of playing Mass Effect 2. I was thinking about getting the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot game but I wonder if that would still make me feel been their done that? Same with Far Cry 3 another Call of Duty game and Assassin’s Creed 3 coming out in the Fall. Allthough I still kind of want to see how they wrap up the Assasins’s Creed storyline with 3 being the last one in the series.
CmdrR – I think they had Star Trek 2009 cereal’s didn’t they? I would have liked to have seen more Star Trek 2009 toys, even though I wouldn’t buy them. It would have been cool seeing Paramount trying to market Star Trek 2009 to kids who weren’t Trek fans who would see the movie and think wow Trek is cool not nerdy and want to get the Trek 2009 toys. We could have seen commercials showing them playing with Kirk, McCoy, Sulu, Scotty action figures and saying “Enterprise Beam Me Up.” Then showing them moving the Kirk action figure on the Enterprise 2009 bridge playset.
Actually I just looked up Trek 09 and forgot it was PG-13 so maybe that is why Paramount didn’t do ST 09 toy geared twoard kids. I don’t think 13 year olds or older still play with action figures and playsets right? LOL.
A PG-13 rating could be why their weren’t any ST 09 Happy Meals.
Star Trek is the bastard child whom no one loves when there is no film in cinemas. All the super heroes have cartoons, and are constantly managed properties, with comics and merch, as well as constant word-of-mouth.
It came home to me a year ago. I was in a restaurant in Warsaw, Poland, and a kid comes in with a light sabre and wearing a storm-trooper helmet. He couldn’t have been older than 6. His dad brought him to the kids’ play area, where the TV was showing an X-Men cartoon. My own son knew who Yoda and R2D2 were when he was 3.
It also doesn’t help that JJ Abrams is a boorishly amateur marketeer. He is probably costing the studio a cool $100m in box-office by keeping fans in the dark to the point of absurdity. I’ve seen enough of the Avengers now to start getting tired of it, and I’ve watched the Hobbit trailer and all those on-set video diaries. The enthusiasm is at fever pitch for both films. Is enthusiasm for “As Yet Un-named Star Trek Sequel” at fever pitch? It was when they announced, then it was a series of screw-ups; once casting was announced, and those photos/videos appeared, we almost had it, and then *poof*. A total buzz-kill.
When the business-cycle for the new film begins, we’ll have all the sponsorships (Lenovo, Nokia, Anheuser-Busch, etc.) made known, CBS will announce a few useless ‘Classic Trek’ chachkis, and we’ll have a vague teaser with no useful information. Then, no-one from the film will come to San Diego comic-con, and nothing will be said in Vegas. The release of TNG Season One on Blu-Ray will land with a thud, and our hopes then will be simply that the film’s release is not delayed again.
Sounds cynical, but, since the painful decline of Trek on TV, Trek fans have always been like the kids in the playground who have to go home early while the others get to stay and play. CBS should use the new films as a springboard to re-ignite interest in the franchise as a whole, and not film-by-film. I think they’ll find the return on investment to be solid, but over a much greater timescale, and only as long as the films are good. A high quality animated series is the first step.
AJ, I just thought of something maybe they are trying to save the hype and buzz for the sequel since it doesn’t come out until May 2013? If they promote it too early people could get tired of it and not want to see it. I think that maybe they overpromoted the last movie so much to the point where we knew most of what it was about. I still think they could at least throw us a bone with saying who the bad guy is.
Also wasn’t their the rumor that Paramount wants to wait until the Trek Trilogy is over before doing another Trek TV series as to not oversaturate Trek again like it did in the 90’s?
I have long held the belief that the “over saturation” of Star Trek came chiefly because they decided to kill the cash cow of TNG. I hear from lot’s of people that TNG was in decline in it’s last season and to a large extent I agree. But I believe that the last season suffered because the Trek production company was trying to run two shows at once and were starting to develop a third. It wasn’t so much saturation as it was dilution.
In the future (HA! See what I did there?) Star Trek should be ONE series. At a time. Not a bunch of them all at once. Focus on a single show and make it the best possible Star Trek you can, run by smart TV people that actually care about the show and have a deep rooted love of the Prime Universe. I think that for most people the AU thing is going to get confusing. How are they going to get in to where Star Trek comes from? Evidence would seem to indicate that the “popularization” that JJ and company have done has not translated in a new-found love for TOS or TNG or DS9 or anything else. Heck, the way things are going for the NuTrek franchise the popularity isn’t even being maintained for the new direction JJ is taking.
Anyway those are some quick thoughts. Happy First Contact Day, my friends.
We saw trailers for The Hobbit and The Dark Knight Rises… what, a year in advance?
For Trek, we’re left to hold our breath. NOBODY remembers the hit films of 2 years ago… much less 4! This is a franchise. They need to work it between films.
I agree JJ’s secret squirrel tactics could stand some work. Blogging could be controlled. Something! Crumbs is all we’re asking.
As for TV…
My wish is a basic change of format.
I would truly like to see a series of TV movies, maybe 90 minutes or 2 hours… and no more than 6 per year… done on a medium-to-large budget. You know… CABLE STYLE! Cable, where people watch shows they care enough about to tell their friends.
Craiger, I think the ‘Trek Oversaturation’ was a marketing ploy to justify the fact that VOY and ENT essentially sucked without the studio having to admit it was their own fault. They blamed it on the show (”franchise fatigue”), and not on the creative forces (their own management) behind it. ENT was on a major upswing in quality when they killed it.
The new movie (ST09) was promoted just like others in North America. As true fans, who would download and watch the trailers 67 times a day, it’s difficult to say objectively whether or not “they” over-promoted the film, or we just over-fixated on the presence of new material.
The name of Star Trek 12 will be made in the next couple of weeks, stay tune!
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I see your point that the Mass Effect games can be too similar. After all combat is a constant. The differnce is tone betwen the games.
Mass Effect, and Mass Effect 2 were lighter in tone. Yeah, Mass Effect 2 had Collectors abducting humans. But there was plenty of time to goof around the galaxy. Mass Effect 3 has the Reapers romping all over the galaxy with civiiliaztions falling. The Reapers have a “War of the World” vibe.
This sounds familiar. Avatar 2 may not make it to the theaters in 2014. Maybe Star Trek can now take over. :-)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/05/avatar-2-delayed_n_1405490.html
1208: THX
Yeah, season 7 was not TNG at its best (except for the finale), and DS9 season one (apart from the pilot) was pretty much crap.
I’d bet Paramount was trying to exploit the syndication model that TNG essentially created by doing three new series ASAP, at 7 seasons per. Then, each show becomes an ATM for years to come.
Unfortunately, it would seem that Rick Berman got out the cookie-cutter, and kept the creativity on hold. There was an obsession with the Federation being the reason for falling ratings, as in, let’s forget the known galaxy, and put our crew into a place without Kronos and Romulus.
Roddenberry originally wanted to do the same with TNG, but it’s like Happy Days without the Fonz. DS9 had to get Worf on board to bolster ratings, and finally rely on the Federation universe to the point of ludicrous overkill with that whole “Dominion” arc.
Voyager jumped the shark entirely by mixing TNG ‘bland’ with an “alien-of-the-week” concept in another quadrant. It wasn’t until the Borg teet reared its head after First Contact that the show found a way to stumble to its end.
Then, the stupidity of ENT was its attempt to use Star Trek’s history without actually using it. When that didn’t work, we went to the Xindi arc, and then someone woke up, and gave us the stupendous season 4, which was the best “Trek” since the heyday of TNG. Then , POOF.
Don’t get me wrong; all series had some real gems, but it really seems that the constant attempt to try and ‘destroy’ the Star Trek model, and avoid the trappings of its universe always, at the end, brought the shows back to it. Whether that is due to a lack of creativity (Ron Moore and his ‘constraints of the Trek Universe’) or simply the mismanagement of the concept (Berman and Paramount) is anyone’s guess. Manny Coto was on the verge of a breakthrough at the end, but the execs weren’t interested.
AJ I have allways thought Enterprise should have adheared more to Star Trek history also. I thought it should have been set between 2153 and 2161. You could have a year setting up the crew and exploring then go into the Romulan War and then the founding of the Federation. I wondered if they did it that way would Enterprise have gotten the general audience or just Trek fans to watch? Would the general audience care about how the Federation was founded. They could still do a series is just based on the Romulan War since Enterprise ended right before that and do it with another ship and crew and just mention the Enterprise and Archer and crew. I wonder if that could get a general audience say if the ship it was set on had a young crew say in their 20’s?
BB – Do you think the Reapers sounded alot like the Borg?
Hey AJ and Craiger. Enterprise season 4 was on it’s game. It became Star Trek in the finaset. But. A little to late. If they would start a new series and set it at say a year or so before the Romulan War and maybe have Jim Kirk’s Grandfather as a First officer and of course someone as Capt Stiles being in command of the Enterprise that could work if it is written well. A Great Writter like Bob Orci of Manny Cotto would be choices. Just keep Berman far far away.
I say take the template and move it ahead 100 years from where they left off.
I just love this old thred.
http://trekmovie.com/2010/12/17/sci-fi-movies-friday-iron-man-3-the-avengers-gravity-tron-legacy-paul-potc-4-spider-man-musical-more/#comment-4685369
1219:
100 years would be perfect.
What Star Trek “is” is the story of people of various ‘planets’ uniting in the face of the unknown; using their various abilities as one under a Captain who is also on a journey of self-discovery (perhaps more Picard than Kirk).
I always liked the idea of ‘Enterprise-J” which we saw in one of the Xindi ENT episodes. It is supposed to be massive…a ‘city in space,’ with real wooded parks and ‘outdoor’ spaces.
I would just love to see the series go on as a (pay) TV phenomenon, and not have to wait for the next super-secret film every 4 years. What’s happening now with “Trek” is just stupid.
I thought “Deep Space Nine” was great. Well, except for the first season. The Dominion War allowed for some interesting and unique storytelling such as Nog having a leg amputated, and Captain Sisko as accessory to murder in the assassination of Romulan Senator Vreenak and the Federation’s willingness to commit genocide and mass murder against the Founders to win the war.
I just watched The Hangover II
What a piece of dogshit!
I thought DS9 was great. The War with the Klingon’s and the Founder’s was a great story and the with Kai Wynn and the Prophet’s. Some good stuff there.
I never even see the first hangover. Why. because I have had a few in Vegas. Did not want to be reminded. Lol.
1217
Craiger,
I thought the Geth sounded like the Borg. If you talked to Legion in Mass Effect 2, he described Geth society and it sounded like the Borg. Acutally, the Reapers are more like the artificial life from The Matrix. In fact the end to Mass Effect 3 rminded me of The Matrix since the Reapers always destroyed organic life every 50K years as a means of control of chaos. The fact that Reapers were a response that artificial life always rebelled against their creators reminds me of The Matrix.
1225.
Commodore, the original Hangover had some funny moments, also having the benefit of us seeing these characters, in this circumstance, for the first time. The second film seemed like a tired lacklustre retread.
Ok Harry. I may check out the first one. I just hope it does not remind me of any times I have had in Vegas Hungover. Lol.
Here is a Pic of a Large Mars Dust Devil.
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/the-surface-of-mars-slideshow/;_ylt=ApPFp_kUkG4r7dqXyuWU2lEbANEA;_ylu=X3oDMTQ5aXY0c3NuBG1pdANBcnRpY2xlIFJlbGF0ZWQgTGVhZARwa2cDNzM2MjRkMjQtMWJmMy0zYzBjLTkyYTktOWYyMDU3MjM2YjNjBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNNZWRpYUFydGljbGVMZWFkVGVtcAR2ZXIDMTZmMWI3ZGUtODAwZC0xMWUxLTk1MjgtYzdhMzFiMjcwZTkw;_ylg=X3oDMTMwNDlmdWcxBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDYWIyMjJkM2ItMWU5Ny0zZjE3LWFmNzUtMzc4MTA2MWZhNGEwBHBzdGNhdANzY2llbmNlBHB0A3N0b3J5cGFnZQR0ZXN0Aw–;_ylv=3#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Fthe-surface-of-mars-slideshow%252Fmars-dust-devil-photo-1333724113.html
First clip from the Battleship movie.
http://collider.com/battleship-movie-clip/157578/
Hangover 2 is my all time favorite movie. LOL.
1230 – Sorry. Meh.
I’ve seen enough clips to know this one’s a brainless cgi-fest… with a slight chance of boobies.
Hey Craiger. I for one and very much looking forward to it. Battleship look’s Great!!!!.
Commodore I acutally liked the Transformer Trilogy.
Hey Craiger. I also liked the Transformers Trilogy.
Here’s a clip from “The Avengers.” Scarlett Johansson is tied up and about to be interrogated.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/first-avengers-clip-shows-scarlett-johansson-tied-194134024.html
The Avenger’s. I am so Stoked for this one. Will be Good.
“I am going to have to put you on hold.” LOL. Then that agent listening to it. LOL.
Kate Upton in The Three Stooges movie.
http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/the-three-stooges.jpg
I was not a Stooges fan, but after watching the trailers, I’m interested. The audience and I would laugh. It could be quite funny.
Hulk! Smash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CygiixIaKJQ
I just watched Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and it was really, really, really, really awful!
The director should be SHOT after being horsewhipped.
You couldn’t follow anything that was going on and, worse, you didn’t care!
What a waste of a good cast!
This one really stunk up the place!
1241.
Uh, the Hulk is clearly animated CGI, like in a cartoon. This does NOT bode well.
1243:
Clearly, there are no real Hulks available for the job.
It’s unfortunate, as the work done 10 years ago in LOTR with Gollum is superior to this, despite it being motion capture with Mark Ruffalo.
The overall kickassedness of this film still remains a possibility. I hope for it.
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Harry, I think they have to use CGI for Hulk. I mean do we want Lou Ferrigno? I like the Super Bowl ad where Loki says I’ve got an army. Tony Stark says “We have a Hulk.”
http://youtu.be/bGt-saFvkNk
How come they don’t give Hawkeye that funky mask he wears in the comics. Not cool enough? Too nerdy?
http://www.primaryignition.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/darkreign_hawkeye_01_cover.jpg
BB – Here’s one of my favorite Stooges episode the person colorized it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVPLqvbSkyk&feature=relmfu
If only…
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/54805
For THIS, I would go to Vegas.
Their was a GSA party in Vegas.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/las-vegas-meetings-cost-prompts-lawmaker-review-of-agency/2012/04/06/gIQAKiGuzS_story.html
Yahoo’s 100 funniest movies. Some good choices. But they left out History of the World. That was funny.
http://movies.yahoo.com/100-movies-to-see-before-you-die/100-funniest-movies/
1250 – Borat, Bowfinger and Zoolander?
The others mostly look good to great. Of course, there are way more than 100 movies worthy of a top funny list. Don’t forget Laurel & Hardy, Bill Cosby, not to mention the thousands of quirky little films that populate my cluttered mind.
They also missed Abott and Costello. Who’s on First is the greatest comedy joke ever told!!!!!!
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Jon Stewart did a piece on this. Even he agrees with Fox News. And he gets Bill O’ Reilly to do some comedy with him. Funny pieces below.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-5-2012/gsa-holes
Bill O and Jon Stewart do a “shrimp” piece.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-5-2012/gsa-holes—can-you-make-bill-o-reilly-pay–4-00-for-a-shrimp-
Did you Bill O’s report on the $21 Muffin with another agency I forgot which one?
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As you know, I’m a liberal so the right-wing myth machine drives me nuts. . The 16 dollar muffin was a myth. Link The cost of the breakfast was about 16 dollars. Yeah, kinda of pricey but not 16 dollars for a muffin. But the GSA excessive spending stuff, all media outlets are reporting it, even the “lamestream” media as my muse Sarah Palin would say.
It’s like when Rick Santorum said that in the Netherlands, they euthanize old people. Pants on fire wrong. This type of falsehood from the conservatives gets us in big trouble. See Iraq War. Nothing wrong with arguing tax policy and government spending but when conservatives get facts wrong, bad things happen.
But this is comedy night. So I’ve linked Colbert’s funny video piece on Santorum telling a whopper .
The muffin myth
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/story/2011-10-28/16-dollar-muffin/50981468/1
Colbert’s funny video piece on Romney and Santorum’s big whoppers
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/410721/march-15-2012/indecision-2012—rick-santorum-visits-puerto-rico-and-speaks-from-his-heart
Lewis & Martin… Bedazzled… Toy Story… Yellow Submarine…
Nah, this list just isn’t long enough. I’ll be thinking of others for days.
1248:
I’ve seen the “Big E in Vegas” story now in various corners of the Internets. Except ours, of course. io9 and Ain’t it Cool have stories, at least.
What a cop-out from Paramount. Once again with Trek, they snap defeat from the jaws of victory.
NASA has such great special FX. This almost looks real:
http://io9.com/5900056/gorgeous-photo-of-a-resupply-ship-docking-to-the-space-station
RE: THE HULK
Yes, of course, I expect the Hulk to be depicted by CGI, just not third-rate cheap CGI!
By now they should be able to make the Hulk look really good.
Puny humans suck the big one!
Hey Blogger. I am an Independent and both Parties make thing’s up. Both are bad and both love to spend your money. Lol.
I am a Conservative more than a Republican.
Beck even called Bush and McCain Progressive Light.
Harry check this Avengers Trailer out. It shows The Hulk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGt-saFvkNk
Craiger
I still don’t like it. Hulk looks like he was painted onto the frames of film. His colour looks washed-out and fake. He should look so real (defined) that you feel you could reach out and touch him. Not that I would suggest you do that!
Harry, on the Hulk I see your point. Today’s computers can do a lot with texture. I remember scenes from “How to Train Your Dragon” where the skin had texture and you could see that the Vikings fur had hair.
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Sorry, Mike I can’t agree that both sides “make things up.” I might say that the left does much less than the right. Let’s take a look at some conservative positions that were factually wrong.
1. The Iraq War. Neo-conservatives and conservatives led us into this war because they said Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Patently wrong. Micheal Moore was right and while he might have been guessing; he urged caution instead of war. Facts first. Unfortunately policy drove the narrative. Thousands of dead and billions of dollars later, it’s the worst foreign policy disaster of the United States. I do commend conservative Pat Buchanan for opposing the war. But he was one of the lone conservatives.
2. Rick Santorum. Let’s face it. He is the true conservative in the race. Remember in January, he was endorsed by evangelicals, the foundation of the Republican party and they are very conservative.
a. Santorum says California universities don’t teach American History. Blatant lie.
b. Santorum says that for Puerto Rico to become a state, the people must speak English. Wrong. No law mandates this.
c. Santorum says that the Netherlands euthanize their elderly. Pants on fire falsehood. This kind of stuff gets us in trouble. .
3. Rush Limbaugh– The de facto leader of the conservatives. Very big at CPAC and other conservative conferences. So beloved by the Republicans in Congress, was made an honorary member in the early nineties by them. Could go over a bunch of whoppers but let’s just leave with the one that got him into trouble. .
Calling Sandra Fluke, ” a sl_t ” and “prostitute..” Not true. And Limbaugh demonstrates he doesn’t understand contraception medication. Some of it is used for controlling cysts.
If you watch the liberal Rachel Maddow, you’ll notice how she does a story. She uses facts to back her up. If she says that Republicans have moved far right, she uses a University of Georgia study to show it. (There is a University of Georgia study that shows this. Link.) That’s the difference.
http://m.jsonline.com/topstories/140453603.htm
I just want to reach out and touch Scarlett Johannsen.
BB – Rachel Moddow is a true leftist who allways blames the Republicans for everything that’s bad with the country. Rush says who made him the leader of the Repbublican Party? He doesn’t think he is. I think Rush is like Beck and has said some Republicans have spent too much like Bush. Granted Bush did 5 Trillion in 8 years and Obama spent 5 Trillion in 3.
CmdrR – The Avengers and Johannsen in 3D.
I like Romney because he is a businessman and we need a businessman as President because businessmen know how the economy. Just because their are a few bad apples in business like Maddoff doesn’t mean their all bad. Alot of them do good things for the Country.
Sorry I meant to say businessmen know how to run the economy.
Craiger, I don’t know that I’d agree that businessmen know how to run the economy. Plenty of them have run their business into the ground and their employees into poverty. As a conservative, you will find yourself in the minority in this chat room, which is fine because as you know, in this country we’re allowed to speak our minds. Yay for that. But I can’t even watch most political TV. Have you seen the behavior of most of the so-called conservatives? Screaming, talking over anyone who tries to venture an opinion, making shit up (yes, they do), or misrepresenting and contorting facts until they’re unrecognizable. These are ugly, ugly people. And folks eat it up with a spoon and go back for seconds. These are the folks that believe freedom of religion means THEY have the freedom to force THEIR religion down MY throat. Of course, they also believe this country was founded as a religious institution, which is patently untrue. Most of the founding fathers weren’t even Christians…they were fideists (look it up). I learned that, by the way, in American History at a public university.
Oooh…wait…feeling woozy. Sorry, don’t know what got into me there. Um, hey, you guys, aren’t tribbles cute? And Scarlett Johansen, too!
I almost wonder if I am a Libertarian because I like what John Stossel has to say.
1269. Craiger “Johannsen in 3D”
Uh, wouldn’t that have to be 38D?
(runs and hides)
I so want to say something political, but then Harry will agree with me. He’s a foreigner from a socialist multi-ethnic welfare state with universal healthcare and equal rights for women. No one packs heat either, and they are first-hand witnesses to the effects of global warming. That means he must be a fascist, and an enemy of Jesus and His Constitution who wants to destroy Christmas and Easter.
But I won’t.
Yet another cool Avengers TV spot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nltkN55pZi0
Guess my previous rant displeased TPTB.
Ah well.
1275: :)
1275.
Aw, go on, AJ, let’s hear it! :>)
p.s. you DO know me well!
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The Libertarian Party believes in pro-choice and gay rights. Link. That’s far off position from the modern Republican Party. The father of the conservatives, Barry Goldwater believed in abortion rights and that gays could serve in the military. Again, far off the mainstream Republican position.
Libertarians believe in individual rights. One year, the president of the ACLU, Nadine Strossen, spoke at their convention. Their definition of individual rights covers more than guns and taxes.
Libertarian Party Platform
http://www.lp.org/platform
Barry Goldwater believed in abortion and gay rights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goldwater#Later_life
BB – Have you seen some of John Stossel’s reports?
http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/stossel/blog/2012/04/06/no-they-cant-airs-tonight-10pm-et-fnc
I looked at your link. Stossel is more about economic freedom. And lets face it. Fox News has a narrative. Conservative equals good. Liberal equals bad. And yes do does MSNBC at night., 8-10.
Okay, let’s really start the discussion. Marvel vs. DC. I stopped regularly reading comics years ago. But I favor Marvel. The heroes were more developed. Not a Superman fan, loved Batman. I like Green Lantern for the all the aliens. But Spider-Man, Iron-Man and Captain America rules for me. These guys had real human problems.
1283:
As a comic reader in the ’70s, I started with DC, but switched over to Marvel after a year or two for the same reason.
Several of the Marvel films done of late have done a great service to those of us who loved these heroes. Avengers looks like a grand-slam outta the park awesomefest.
Best Marvel films:
Spiderman 1, 2
X-Men 1
X-Men 1st Class
Iron Man 1
Captain America
Best DC films:
Superman 1 & 2
I checked out of the ‘Batman’ franchise half way through the “Dark Knight,” which I consider unwatchable. Bale’s stupid voice is enough to pull me out of it. I tried two more times, and, while “Batman Begins” is far superior as a film, Tim Burton’s first try, while flawed, beats them all.
Today, I had a conversation with my 11-year-old daughter who is down in West Palm Beach visiting my stepmother with her mom and brother.
In mid-conversation, I said “Happy Easter, by the way!”
She answered, laughing, “Happy Easter!” And then, “You know, daddy, I don’t believe in any of that Jesus stuff. If Jesus really rose from the dead, he’d be a zombie.”
I answered: “And all the people who drink His blood in church are vampires!”
She laughed out loud. Both jokes are old enough, and I told her of the theory of the “Flying Spaghetti Monster” and the “Pastafarians” who follow it.
In some ways, I envy her. I went to Catholic school and had all the sacraments and BS just shoveled into me. I married Unitarian because my wife, thinking she was Presbyterian, wanted to avoid all the mess. Then, the kids were baptized Presbyterian, and at the reception, my wife’s mom said to her “By the way, you’re a Baptist. The Presbyterian church was just closer to our house.” Laughs ensued.
Since we’ve been apart, and I see my kids more rarely than I’d like, I’m happy to know that, at 11, my daughter has taken a daring side. The Judeo-Christian values that seem to give direction to our collective moral compass are, thank goodness, all there inside her cranium and heart.
Jesus’s message is fine, but in the US anyway, day-to-day Christians are the least likely to know what that is, even those who consider themselves ‘Born Again.’ They are grist for a mill run by those for whom ‘Christianity’ (R) is an ATM, and who serve other masters.
My daughter can go forth with the courage to know that doing good deeds while she is alive is its own reward. It’s very Jean-Paul Sartre-ish.
The journey toward finding one’s own reason for being is a personal one, of course, and we Trekkers even have a film which lays it out in lurid detail. While my daughter may dismiss the ‘Jesus Myth’ along with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, as she is intellectually curious, she may yet come back to it in later years. And she should. If not to hold accountable those who use “Jesus” to justify capital punishment or murder by troops during war, than to simply use it as a moral code in day to day life: Help and comfort those who are in need.
I hope I didn’t offend anyone, but Harry asked for a screed….
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I laughed at what your daughter said. Amen AJ. I’m a Christian. IF we would all love one another, there would be less war.
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Agree with you on most of your film choices. I did like X Men 2 more than you did. Heck, I liked X Men 3. I think you should watch Dark Knight again. There’s a lot of metaphor there, especially with the war on terror. And by the way, the guys at Bad Robot have pointed to Dark Knight as an example as to where they want to take Star Trek. So, let’s hope for a deeper Star Trek in 2013, assuming we will be alive. Um, Mayan Calender says we don’t make it. :-)
AJ, Ancient Aliens were actually our Gods.
Anyone herd about Star Trek London yet?
What? Is there a Trek thingy in London???? Tell me more pls. ps I have been to Bradford, the biggest moth I have ever seen flew into my chest. Felt like someone threw a marble at me.
#1290
Check out http://www.startreklondon.com and http://www.startrek.com/article/star-trek-london-is-a
Sounds like fun
1285.
AJ, thanks for the history. I was raised Catholic as well, but rejected the whole thing at 18. I just could never subscribe to such…..a concept.
I find myself to be spiritual in nature, but nothing along the lines of what is taught in organized religion.
1291. Matt. Ooh, I am booking my flight to city airport now!
1292. Harry. I was brought up a strict Presbyterian, nothing is more guaranteed to make you run like hell away from religion. I do agree about spirituality, but my experience of organised religion was as a ool to control women and bully both sexes. Some of the most frightful bullies I have ever seen in my whole life were in the church.
as a ool? Sorry! As a TOOL.
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Is it Spockchick or are you going to back to Doohania again?
LoL! Basement B. I took your advice and am sticking forever to one name, wise sage! xxx
I am sticking with Spockchick. I think I confused folks too much. If this was a real chat I would explain my reasons :-) deluded as the are!
Time to lighten up. Family Guy “God/Jesus” mix:
http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=10120
As they are! My spelling tonight is rotten :-)
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Funny stuff. All coming from a TV show that was cancelled and came back. CBS are you watching? How about a new Star Trek show?
God Bless America. While the sport of beach vollyeball will allow women to wear more modest wear such as shorts and jerseys, two top American woman volleyball players will stick to bikinis.
http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/bikinis-here-to-stay-in-beach-volleyball-london-olympics-040912
BB – I don’t think a new Star Trek series will happen until the economy gets better. ST will be the most expensive show on TV. Would any network want to take a chance on it spending alot of money on it and it not get over 10 million viewers each week? Pilot episodes cost even more.
The Last Mission of the USS Enterprise:
http://rt.com/news/us-deploys-enterprise-aircraft-carrier-gulf-593/
At least she’s not the only ship in the quadrant this time.
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I’m Lutheran, slightly torn actually between remaining in education or following a more spiritual path, but that’s my secret. :)
I believe that most religions have good ideas, but that people have a talent for REALLY screwing it up for selfish reasons. I love the ideals of Gene Roddenberry and he had such high hopes for humanity. I find it saddening that we as people have not gotten it right yet. Even among Trekkies/Trekkers there is infighting, which kind of makes me feel like most have missed the point.
Well, I’m new to this and still reading up on a lot of things that pertain to Star Trek. Trekweb has taught me a lot about the mannerisms and proper comment etiquette. It has also taught me, along with teaching, to develop a thick skin, especially if you plan to stand by your statement. :)
1303 – All worship Zuul. He lives in my fridge, next to the Tupperware full of whatever the hell that green furry stuff is…
1302 – And if Tehran REALLY cheeses us off, we’ll send in the USS Bush… and bring all the Iranians on board!
http://www.ajc.com/news/broken-toilets-keep-sailors-1227055.html
CmdrR We need a George W. Bush aircraft carrier to send to the Arabian Sea.
That’s what CVN 77 should be not named the Gerald Ford. Then the CVN 78 be the new Enterprise. Those are the Nimitz Class replacement aircraft carriers. Unless Obama cancells them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford_class_aircraft_carrier
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/future-is-now/palm-sized-star-trek-tech-may-closer-think-210316301.html
The tricorder is now!
Hold on. They named an aircraft carrier after President George H.W. Bush? The guy who’s campaign will be remembered for its “naked cruelty.” The man who did know what a grocery scanner was? And the toilets don’t work on his ship?
I got a better idea. Why don’t we name ships after the brave men who died in the Battle of Leyte Gulf?
Religion and politics. In the chat. What the heck is wrong with you people?
Anyway, as I munch greedily upon my egg salad sammie and type furiously in other chatrooms, ranting at people from other countries that want to insult U.S. citizens by saying things like “Stupid Americans”, or ” Typical dumb American”, (seriously, how hard is it to look at a globe-Americans can be from North, Central, or South America. I mean, unless you actually wanted to piss off the Canadians, Mexicans, or perhaps Ecuadorians) I can’t help but be thankful that Santorum (Google his last name sometime for a real EYE opener) has suspended his campaign.
It’s just proof that God wants Obama to win. Because Mitt Romney doesn’t stand a chance. And I’ll bet you $10,000 he won’t win.
What did I hear on Conan last night? Oh yeah, Newt Gingrich has been saying that he has been approached by many people to not quit on the race for the nomination. What he doesn’t realize is that those people are Democrats.
Wow. That was a whole lot of random there. I gotta stop making egg salad sammies with purple microdot.
Okay, more serious stuff on religion. I keed. I keed. By the way, here’s a correction. My post should read “The man who did NOT know what a grocery scanner was?” (1308) And I think Romney has a chance, though I wish the Rs would pick a true conservative, Newt Gingrich. :-)
As for more religion, last night Colbert and Stewart did funny video pieces on Easter. I posted both from Comedy Central on one article. Link.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/funny-easter-video-commentary-from-jon.html
BB – This is our true Religon.
http://www.history.com/shows/ancient-aliens
1303: Nicely said. And try not to take us too seriously….we certainly don’t.
Hey Craiger,
There was a video of an UFO shot over South Korean that’s gone viral. Now the skeptics say, “Where’s the video?” Here it is. The burden should shift to the skeptics to debunk it. And by the way, I think UFOs should be investigated but I try to keep an open mind. Hey Bob Orci, did you see this video?
Story with video.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47011400/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.T4UU-lGvKSo
Basement B. There was a study produced this week called the ‘Faithful Citizens Report. It is applicable to Europe only and can be downloaded here: http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/faithfulcitizens
“The report presents two key findings. First, religious people are more active citizens – they volunteer more, donate more to charity and are more likely to campaign on political issues. Second, and more counter-intuitively, religious people are more likely to be politically progressive. They put a greater value on equality than the non-religious, are more likely to be welcoming of immigrants as neighbours and when asked are more likely to put themselves on the left of the political spectrum.”
It was based on a much bigger study, the EVS (European Values Study) which is a longitudinal study of over 70,000 people running since 1981. The study itself says its findings were counter to general thought as most people associate religious beliefs with the right-wing.
1314
Definitely applies to Europe only. Here in America, there’s a criticism of western Europe by conservatives as being socialist.
1314.
So does the US tend to associate religion (esp Christianity) with the political Right? Or only just the more extreme christians? I see that is how it is portrayed in the media both in the UK and US, but is it really true?
George W. Bush brought the extreme Christian right to the GOP. That’s one of his many lasting gifts to America.
The GOP will be a joke until they divest themselves of the extreme.
But, it’s true that most American politicians act as though piety is something you have to show, whether you own it or not.
It’s best to judge em by their actions… on the streets and between the sheets.
1317. ‘Judge em by their actions’ like it!
In the UK recently 2/3 of 18-24 year olds said they were not affiliated with any religion. I think despite what the politicians want to think, the UK is becoming a secular country.
The UK has to be secular. It is such a multi-generational melting pot of cultures.
Here in the US, there are many rightist wingnuts who believe our Constitution is proof of our Christian heritage, when, in fact, it disconnects Church from State. A speech on the subject made by JFK during his run for office as the first Catholic President made former candidate Rick Santorum “want to throw up.” Santorum was running as the second Catholic President, but he sure didn’t ever read the Constitution.
Unfortunately, as a republic, we give our constituent 50 states so much power, they can do things like declare that conception begins two weeks before, um, conception (Arizona), or ask teachers to suggest to students that evolution may not be how we all got here (Tennessee). Maybe Jebus did ride dinosaurs after all.
1319. AJ, but were they fwuffy, feathery dinos? Sheesh, I am glad I turned my back on religion as soon as I left home. Seems it gets used a lot for bullying people (women in particular).
On a cheery-er note (not), I have to write a paper on Environmental Impact Assessments of construction projects. A worthwhile process, but boy, it is very dry as a subject. (I’m doing a joint degree in Environmental Science and Archaeology). My head hurts today :-) Lo, look at my procrastination over here :-)
1316, 1317
Fundamentalist Christianity is usually identified with the right, and the Repulican Party. You have to go back to the eighties to see the trend. It started with preacher Jerry Falwell who started the Moral Majority. Their purpose was to influence politics. Since the Republican party was the home to many of the social conservatives, they gravitated to them.
In 1988, televangelist and fundamentalist Christian Pat Robertson ran for the Republican presidential nomination. After he lost, he turned his campaign into the Chrisitan Coalition. It had basically the same purpose as the Moral Majority. It was quite sucessful in infiltrating the Republican Party.
By the way, fundamentalist Christianity is defined as a literal belief in the Bible. For example, there’s museum in northern Kentucky called the Creation Musuem. It preaches that man and dinosaurs lived together.
So how big is the influence of fundamentalist Christians? Mitt Romney was once pro-choice. To become the Republican nominee, his position changed to one of the most extreme ideas that life begins at conception. Romney announced that on fundamentalist Christian Mike Huckabee’s Fox News show. Rick Santorum, whom many consider a true conservative, believes that there should be no exceptions for abortions even in cases of rape and health of the mother.
President George W. Bush campained in the primaries at Bob Jones University. It’s a college that teaches the fundamentalist Christian philosophy. He was campaiigning for conservative votes. The problem was that in 2000, Bob Jones University banned interracial dating. That changed after the criticism. But it just goes to show you some of the far right views that are now aligned with fundamentalist Christians.
Bob Jones University changes policy towards interracial dating
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/03/04/bob.jones/
All very valid points about the inter-connectedness (at least as it pertains to the U.S.) of right wing fundamentalism and Christianity. Quite interesting that a country founded on the principals of not only freedom of religion, but freedom FROM religion can be so polarized by it’s clinging to the notion that we are a solely Christian state. So much so that we persecute those who do not believe in the same manner as we. Kinda ironic, no? So it is with that in mind that I offer the following:
Boobies.
1321. Basement B.
Again, more religious bullying of women and rules (made by men) about what women can do with their bodies. I swear, if men got pregnant… but I know that is an old, crass non-argument. I have recently read about Santorum and he seems quite a strange individual. It seems fitting he was probably done-in by the video of him almost being racially offensive about Obama (followed by almost swallowing his toungue).
In the UK, our last (left-wing) Prime-Minister was done-in because he called out a woman who protested about ‘all these Eastern Europeans flocking to the country’ as ‘bigoted’ off-air, and it was caught on a mike. He was right, she had a knee-jerk reaction and he disagreed with it. Without ‘all these Eastern Europeans’, many people here would not get their fancy coffee served, their posh fruit picked, their cabs driven or their office floors cleaned.
And without all these Eastern Europeans, Africans, Asians, Central and South Americans, oh yeah, Western Europeans, Middle Easterners and….did I forget somebody? Anyway, without all of them guys there wouldn’t be a U.S. period.
But the Native Americans wouldn’t have minded.
Anyway, Christianity, and indeed most religions don’t hold women in very high regard. They turned Mary Magdalene into a whore as soon as Jesus had split. It didn’t get better after that.
I have little faith in faith.
1324. THX-1138. Indeed, the white US frequently forgets *they* are not the natives.
THX-1138- Now that’s one sided, you left out something for us women who don’t like boobies! LOL
Also, I am different I guess.I am a Christian, I do not force my beliefs on others or do I act crazy nor am I a doormat. I post alot of things that I like on FB regarding my beliefs but it is just things that I find inspiring. I also love my family, astronomy and Star Trek so I post alot of inspiring things about those things too. I figure people don’t have to read my posts or they can, it doesn’t matter to me.
I do feel that our nation has come to ridicule anyone saying they are Christian much like people used to ridicule those who said they were “gay” a couple of decades ago. (if that long) I am concerned because I see alot of absolutely horrible things said about and even threats made to people because of their beliefs and in particular Christianity.
I too don’t like the obvious scamming “evangilist” ones on tv, or the judgemental ones but do believe a person can believe in God and in science together too. I like to think of God as the first scientist/physicist. haha.Man has learned much but has still so much more to learn if he doesn’t kill himself first with all his “knowledge”. ie. nuclear energy, global warming, biological/agricultural advances, etc. etc.
As for political views, I am not left or right, or in the middle. I just want someone in office with some common sense and a moral sense. By moral sense I only mean someone who will not abuse their power for financial or other personal gains, who will do what they say, and try to make the US the great country it could be without euthanizing the elderly or starving the poor.
Our healthcare is a mess, as well as the economy, their is a great divide amongst our people due to socio-economical reasons, race, religion, gender, political affiiliation and sexual preference. (And if your a Trekkie!! haha ok that one not so much but it does get me fired up you know?? lol ) I don’t know what it is that people like me are called, except a few 4 letter words that I wouldn’t like to hear. ;p
I do hope this election we get someone who can make a difference that can be noticed and we can be proud of as a country.
*******Oh and btw we still need a name for a FB page. I thought about “the away team” or the “landing party” sound too dumb? any ideas? *********
THX-1138 and Spockanella, I agree on the diversity of our nation. I bet so many people would be shocked if genetic studies showed their true ancestoral heritage! It would be so funny to see the reaction of those who think they are ONLY this or that!
And THX-1138, the so-called Christians who don’t hold women in high regard, aren’t true Christians. There are many instances in the Bible that show how God cared and rewarded women throughout time. Also if reading the very old text, men meant mankind in most cases, depending on the context of the topic.
That’s what I tell them, Charla. When they proclaim to have inroads with the God of love, I point out to them how their actions run contrary to that philosophy.
In other words, if they ‘aint lovin’ everyone then they ‘aint faithful. And if they insist that since I support the rights of, say gay people or minorities to which they do not belong then I am anti-Christian, I reply that I am fine with that.
Because if that is what their faith is all about than I want none of it.
As for my own political views? Let’s say that I am socially liberal and fiscally conservative. That ought to make someone mad.
Maybe Mongo should post more.
Your daily dose of drama:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=316AzLYfAzw
1326. Charla. Just wanted to say I do hold much of Christianity in regard (sorry if my earlier posts did not make that clear) it is just my own experience with some Christian organised religion has left me with a bad taste.
How ’bout ‘The Transporter Room’, for FB? xxx
Prends un Tic-Tac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFW9AT3Ujuc
1331. Lol! I like Orange Tic-Tacs myself, I can eat a box in one shot!
I believe the same too THX-1138. I do support gays and minorities too. It is there right to live as they choose, just as mine is my right. If they are interested in my Christian lifestyle I would tell them but I don’t think people should hate those who have different beliefs or lifestyles. That is definately not Christian or even good human behavior.
Thanks Spockanella, I have had the bad taste myself as I grew up in a Christian home, it was hard to trust the words of humans when translating what God meant, and I have heard some crazy things. On the flip side,while growing up, I also heard some compelling stories and explanations that makes me have no other choice than to believe in God.
I think what made it solid though was my experience with people in dire need when I was an ER nurse. I seen much- more than I should have, and seen it both as an honor to be with someone in their final moments and something that was spiritual at times.I say at times because I didn’t always understand all that happened or why things happened to some of the people that I cared for. All I could do at times was to pray to myself while working on someone that was very ill or injured. A coupleof pts didn’t have time to wait for the chaplain to pray with them, so they asked me to-and the hardest was when they knew it was coming. When it did come, honestly, you could almost see/feel their spirit leave the room.
Sorry, I really didn’t want this to sound so dramatic, but I wanted to explain my reasons for my continued beliefs. I am happy to say after 17 yrs of ER I am SO done with it and am moving on to something a little “lighter” and that’s when I get to even get back to work- I do appreciate you and THX-1138’s understanding and that we can have differences and still enjoy each others company. *hugs to you both*
I love the name btw!! That is it! I wanted to do this on the weekend, but with Easter didn’t have time. I will keep everyone updated and if anyone has any ideas they want to implement, let me know. This will be fun!!
AJ That was hilarious!! roflmbo!!! Gonna post that on my FB page for my FF/paramedic and police buddies. Thanks for sharing that- :D
1333. Cool Charla, and I understand your feelings about spirituality and folks who are not long for the world :-( I am off to early bed now :-) ’see you’ guys soon, I have spectacularly failed today to finish my term paper. I am giving up. x
Have a good nights rest, and hope you do great on your paper!
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Charla, I too am a Christian. I can’t agree with evangelicals and fundamentalist Christians. To them, there is only one way to heaven and everyone basically goes to hell if they aren’t Christians like them. I left for those reasons. I know too many great Jewish and Mormon people.
I disagree on the point that Christians are ridiculed. I see a lot of comments from the right about Christians are disrespected. Yet, they have strong control over the Republican Party so much that Mitt Romney had to tack to the far right to get the nomination. Fox News continually brings up the alleged attacks on Christianity. In fact, Fox News has given fundamentalist Christian Mike Huckabee his own show. As I said before in 2000, George W. Bush went to fundamentalist Christian college Bob Jones University to campaign to get votes from evangelicals. The problem at the time, the college would not allow interracial dating. But by 2000, fundamentalist Christians had control of the party.
I find your stories about people dying and their spirits leaving fascinating. I believe you when you sense their souls leaviing their bodies. That spark of humanity is what makes us different from animals. I like Bill Maher but disagree with his ridicule of religion. I would say to him that his talent comes from God. Animals don’t do stand up comedy. :-)
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Spockchick, good luck on your paper.
I am a Christian and an Independent. I support gay marriage and I am against abortion. I have Voted for Clinton twice and the one’s who ran against Bush. I Voted for McCain last time and will vote for anyone other then Obama this time. Now If Hilliary was to run. She would have my Support and maybe some money. Lol. I believe God is a Big God and I don’t think he likes being put into a box like a lot of people like to do. If we all do someting that is wrong I am sure he will let us know. That is pretty much what I believe.
Doh!! I am soooo embarrassed!! Sorry Spockchick to have called you Spockanella all these posts!! I really can’t even blame it on anything either- except maybe my age? I am still on medicines too though! LOL
Basement Blogger, I believe the same as you too that there is more than one religion that will get to heaven. I wish that when someone says they are a Christian that a good image would come to mind to those who don’t believe the same beliefs instead of the ones who are close minded, judgemental and even scandalous.
When I said Christians are being ridiculed, I think it is because of where I have visited in the world wide web as to where I came to that observation. I visit alot of astronomy websites as well as scientific/physics websites and some of the exchanges on some of those sites are at times offensive to anyone who believes in God. Those sites weren’t as bad as some others I have been to but you get what I mean.
I do not speak my opinion on those websites about my religion though as I am really only there to read about what discoveries were made or to learn more about astronomy or science, and not make friends like I have here. I really didn’t mean to do that but am very glad to have done so! :D
On politics: I am very embarrassed to say that I have no clue as to where any of the politicians stand so far as religion except that Obama says he is a Christian but alot of people think he is secretly muslim lol and that Romney is Mormon. I don’t watch much news on Fox (just by coincidence) I watch more local news and then some CNN. I didn’t realize that Mike Huckabee was religious or had his own show.
I admit I have a very jaded and prejudous view on politicians. I know this is bad and unfairly judgemental to assume they all are untrustworthy and power hungry individuals only seeking more power and money than their peers. I see them being in the pockets or beds of either oil, pharma or financial institutions. I see them as saying one thing and doing another. I think it is those reasons that keep me from becoming interested in our limited choices of who would be best to run our country.
Personally, I would like to see the government cut in half, and the lifelong benefits that come with all their positions gone when they are like the rest of us working stiffs. I know my views in this area are more closed minded, but I almost like having my head in the sand because I feel like the media and other forces ultimately decide what the end results are. (not to sound like a conspiracy person) I know I could be wrong too. ;D
Oh and I also may need some education/guidance when the elections draw nearer….. :) I will probably bug you guys who sound like you know whats going on. But I will try to learn more myself too, promise. I learned quite a bit from your post too btw.
I’m glad you found my memories fascinating. It is a collection of experiences that I won’t forget that is certain.
Commodore Mike, I like your statement that God doesn’t like being put into a box. So true.
You also sound like you are politician savvy- I am looking forward to hearing more from the you and the rest of the gang the closer the elections get. Though I am certain there will be differing opinions, I think everyone will be nicer to each other than the ads from the politicians shown on tv dogging each other. At least I hope. ;-D
New Avengers clip is out. In this scene, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Loki (Tim Hiddleston) have a talk.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/11/avengers-clip-tony-stark_n_1417300.html?ref=entertainment
To Mike’s point about God-in-a-box: “He’s not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays:” An old Jethro Tull song, called “Wind Up.” Nice riff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZXj20MjNek
It’s nice to know we can all stick together her, under Anthony’s nose and discuss religion and politics in a civilized manner, and with utmost mutual respect.
Charla, I am not sure what advice to give, except ’stick with Obama.’ With the sentencing of the man who killed Trayvon Martin this evening, the US ’system’ today surprised many, many people in its ability to pluck justice from a firestorm of shit so thick, it couldn’t fit down an industrial drain.
Our country needs to move back toward what should have been a multi-decade strategy of social justice for all, instead of a bubble-based economic model that needs to rely on war, as a last result, and as a go-to catalyst of economic growth when all else has failed.
For that to be the case, the US has to come out of the antiquated view it has of itself as a ‘cradle of liberty’ while its institutions, some established in times of severe economic peril as safety nets, crash and burn. We should stop looking at European ’socialist’ democracies as the enemy, and begin the process of evolving toward what they have achieved. It’s either that or it just gets worse.
1340. Charla, don’t worry, we have fiendishly similar names, and funnily, I saw her pic on Del’s site and we could be twins! My myriad name changes have not helped, but I promise to stick to one from now on *blush*
All, during the elections I will be slightly confused, although over here we do get a lot of US news. I was very surprised (but relieved) by Zimmerman’s arrest, and heartened by what Bloomberg said about ‘Stand your ground’ being a murderer’s charter. Well done him.
I’m pleased Zimmerman will go through the process of a trial. I think we need that. But, we need a national dialogue about so many things.
Economics of war and poverty.
Opportunities for young men, other than drugs and the 1 in 10,000 odds of a big gig in rap or sports.
Tolerance. (doesn’t cost us a dime and I will start off by saying I need to get better)
Family responsibilities; aka, you screw, you raise the resulting kids (which cannot be blamed on the economy).
Endemic political corruption in the major parties (which plays into many of the above)
A real accounting of the voices of hate in media
and the rest….
Best to us all.
Yaqhoo came up with 20 more comedy movies on the fan list.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/20-funniest-movies-see-live-little-longer-004224490.html
I just watched Star Trek: Phase II, “The Child.” Here’s the review. It deserves high praise for an amatuer production. Great idea to film a professionally written script. Star Trek is about ideas. “The Child” was smart science fiction.
Kirk and Spock were right on. McCoy wasn’t bad. But the director needs to crack the whip on other performances. Sulu needs help. The uneven performances of other characters hurts the show.
Speaking of details, the production values were excellent. Again, some details need work. While the orginal TV show may have had spray bottles in sick bay, I wouldn’t put them in a 23rd century starship. That being said, I was in awe of the sets. Also there needs to be some control over costumes. Nephew Kirk was wearing something that looked like a long kilt. Hair styles were awful. Most of the time the hair was too long and the actors faces. And the lead actress who was a Deltan needed some powder. Annoying hair and make up detracts from the drama.
Special effects were on a professional level. Wow. The CGI was sick. And I mean that as a compliment. Seeing the Enterprise again, warmed my heart.
“The Child” was smart and heartfelt. Somebody besides CBS is making Star Trek. Bravo.
Beer magesyou thnk…
http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2012/04/12/study-beer-makes-men-smarter/
Maybe something for Science Saturday…
1347 – As I said in 1176: I think Peter Kirk raided Maude’s closet for that pantsuit number with the bellbottom flairs. Yikes! Gay is one thing; that’s stunningly bad.
I found a lot of the dialogue in ‘The Child’ quite juvenile, myself.
For example, what was that about giving birth feeling like an orgasm for a Deltan? Really? I get that Deltans have intense physical and emotional attachments, but c’mon. That line, and others with similar sophmorically titillating (quiet Harry) innuendo was just sort of unnecessary and took me out of the story. Seemed like it was meant to elicit stifled laughter from 13 year old boys.
And I agree that nephew Kirk’s lifestyle choice is handled in a somewhat ham-fisted manner. A bit like “Look at the gay character! We all accept him just the way he is!”
But the sets, the effects, and the love are all there. I do actually love Cawley’s Star Trek if for no other reason than he really does get it. I just never cared for this particular story in any incarnation. If there was some way to get better writing or someone who could adapt existing science fiction stories (I know, I know,how would they obtain the rights) and make the dialogue more compelling it might go a long ways towards obscuring some of the actor’s shortcomings. A little work on their delivery might help, too. Maybe they could adapt a script from one of the TOS novels.
Hey Harry, how about you writing a story for them to shoot?
THX
any script I came up with would be XXX-rated.
Hmmmmmmmm……………..
Kirk: “you green-blooded bastard! You just Spock-blocked me!!”
Spock: “it seemed logical.”
And your point is………?
Actually, after I read through the posts for the article on “The Child”, maybe you shouldn’t have anything to do with Cawley.
Sex Trek: The Next Penetration: The Next Generation
Here is an article on 5 real life scifi weapon’s. I’m sure Harry would love to have at least one of these.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/5-real-life-weapons-straight-sci-fi-movie-215550863.html
1343-Thanks AJ, I will certainly consider your suggestion, because your ideas and beliefs are very similiar to mine. I say embrace change and model ourselves after the European countries that are successful in providing for their countrymen/women. What we are doing now is just not working anymore.
No matter who gets the Presidency, I do feel bad for what they are getting into at this point in time, and hope that they really do have the best intentions to facilitate the changes needed to improve our country.
1344-Spockchick, thanks for understanding- :) and I am also glad about Zimmerman’s arrest, and hope justice can be served fairly to both parties. I was worried about riots starting. I hope that can be avoided now.
1345-CmdrR- Agree on all points. It is dialogue like we are exchanging here on this blog that makes me wish the Presidency were open to more than the few choices we have. It should be open to those citizens with an exceptional understanding of business and politics as well. (with adequate, in-depth interviewing of the individuals and their ideas and beliefs of course by someone not affiliated with the current and presiding government)
I’m sure there is reasons we can’t do this that I am not aware of, but still would like to see it opened up to more than what we have now.
Now I need to check out the list Commodore Mike posted. Oh and the Star Trek Phase II also!
Harry I was disappointed to see you didn’t like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy- I like Gary Oldman and was hoping this would be a kick butt movie. :( So that one is on the back burner- glad to have your review. I won’t rush right out to get it. I will probably still watch it, just not right away like I planned.
I am really looking forward to The Avengers especially after the trailer BB posted, it looks awesome!
1343- I didn’t want to come off as sounding like it is the Governments responsibility to “provide” for it’s countrymen/women. Rather provide the means to work for adequate shelter and food and healthcare. .
How embarrassed am I that I live near a city that is beloved by the NRA? Who are here in force for a convention, and promise/threaten to return often? I know they spend goo-gobs of money, but seriously.
Oh, and I want to propose legislation that no one without a real first name can be president. Hear me, Newt? Mitt?
Spockchick is my “twin”? Hey, twin, I’ve always wanted to visit Scotland……:)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy worked better than melatonin for me.
Hop is now my favorite movie. LOL.
Trickle Down Economics is the best way to improve the economy.
On Star Trek: Phase II, I should be clear. It is an amatuer production. It is getting much, much better. The love for the sets must now extend to the excecution of the other actors other than Kirk and Spock.
What I wanted to say about CBS, is that they are NOT making new Star Trek. The guys at Phase II are making new Star Trek. What I liked was that at no time, did I think, “I’m not watching Star Trek.” J.J. Abrams movie made me think that many times. And I liked Abrams Star Trek. But there were times I said to myself, this film was made for teenagers not for me. And the Star Wars influence was problematic.
Roger Ebert was not a great fan of Star Trek 2009. He believes that Star Trek is about ideas, scientific or philosophical. That’s what I felt as I was watching “The Child.” I was not bored. I was cruious as to what “The Child” was. She is new life. And that is Star Trek.
BB – That type of Trek bores the general movie and TV audience. They want Action, Drama and Comedies.
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Really? You believe that trickle down economics is the best way to improve the economy? Help the rich get richer? How did that work with George W. Bush? I mean he cut taxes for the rich or what is called the “Bush tax cuts.” Republican deregulation for Wall Street. And what happened in 2008? The Great Recession. Obama did not take office until 2009. So you want tlo go back to W. Bush’s policies? Really?
Want to know the last time we had peace, prosperity, and a budget surplus? It was under President Bill Clinton. And yes, I’ll give some credit to the Republican congress who would put some brakes on government spending. But Clinton also raised taxes. He also did not get us into a needless war with Iraq.
But we’ve tried the help the rich stuff. They don’t spend enough to stimulate the ecoomy. But you help poor, and middle class people to buy stuff. What happens? They buy stuff. Companies start to pump more product. They hire more people. That’s the whole theory behind the stimulus. When there are down times, people don’t spend money. Companies fail for lack of business. The only entitiy in a down economy to spend large amounts of money is the government. And I’m not saying government spending is all good. But if you help poor and middle class people buy stuff, like I’ve said companies will hire more for the demand. The rich will also do well.
Just think of it this way. How many Mercedes do you see on the street? How many Chevys, and Fords do you see?
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Then if they make Trek like Star Wars, where intelligence is not considered,, then it ceases to be Star Trek. Gene Roddenberry wanted grand entertainment but he wanted a show of substance.
Once Star Trek becomes Star Wars, then it’s time for me to say serious science fiction is dead. But you forget that Christopher Nolan is making thoughtful action movies. See “Dark Knight.” See “Inception.” So Hollywood can make a smart action movie.
Trickle Down worked under Reagan. He took us out of the Carter recession we were prosperous in the 80’s and acutally the economy was better under W. It only went bad right when Obama took office. Unemployment was under 7% and sometimes 5% under Bush. Its been 8% to 10% under Obama.
Also we still had debt under Clinton. It was 5 trillion when Clinton left. Only the deficit was paid off under Clinton. Plus Clinton benefited from the Computer boom in the late 90’s. Bush spent 5 Trillion in 8 years and Obama spent 5 in 3 years.
Hey, they really did find life on Mars with Viking in 1976. And it looks like Taylor Kitsch. (John Carter of Mars.) I keeed. Check out the story where a scientist says we really did find life on Mars in 1976.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47031923/ns/technology_and_science-science/
BB – That is why Trek never appealed to the general audience. However I still don’t why TNG even appealed to them because of all the technobable and Science.
Also I feel if you give tax breaks to the corporations, that will make them keep jobs here instead of going overseas and more people with jobs gets more revenue to the Government to pay down the debt and deficit. If it actually went their and not to failed programs like Solyndra.
Also taxing the rich even 100% wouldn’t even make a dent in the debt and deficit.
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Clinton did not create the national debt. But you have to get to the deficit before we start getting to the national debt. Yes Obama had the stimulus. But you should remember that in the fall of 2008 we were looking at the Great Depression, Part II. Once the banks started to fail, it’s the abyss.
So, are we in the Great Depression, Part II now under President Obama?No. It’s not good but we’re not in the Great Depression, Part II. And I’ll be fair again. I give credit to Bush for realizing the impending disaster. He went to a Democratic Congress and asked them to bail out the banks. Stopped the possible disasterous credit freezes.
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Craiger, where are you getting that? If it’s from a neutral source, fine. But if you’re getting that from right-wing think tank, I don’t believe it.
Their only 4 million millionaries in the country.
Actually the data is from the IRS.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/20/irs-data-show-most-millionaires-pay-taxes-at-higher-rate-than-middle-class/
Also BB – I think Obama is trying to make people think the Income Tax and Captail Gains Tax are the same thing which they are not. Warren Buffet’s Secretary does pay less then Buffet in Income Tax and would pay the same Captain Gains Tax as Buffet if she invests. Also Buffet currently owes 1 Billion Dollars in Taxes.
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I don’t agree with your comment that Trek never appealed to a general audience. Let’s look at the movie that is considered the most like the smart Star Trek. I’m talking about Star Trek: The Motion Picture. I’m just looking at tickets sold. Here’s a line from Wikipedia.
“In the United States, The Motion Picture sold the most tickets of any film in the franchise until 2009’s Star Trek, and it remains the highest-grossing film of the franchise worldwide adjusted for inflation,[148][149] but Paramount considered its gross disappointing compared to expectations and marketing”
So, the film that was more faithful to the greatness of Star Trek’s thoughful shows such as “The Doomsday Machine” and “The City on the Edge of Forever” sold more tickets than any Trek except for the 2009 version. By the way, I’m not saying ST:TMP didn’t have problems. It did. But it’s more like the TOS.
Again, once Star Trek becomes Star Wars, it ceases to be Star Trek. And I don’t have a problem with science in science fiction. Again, I point out the thoughtful films that Chris Nolan has put out. Dark Knight made a ton of money and it also had you thinking about the war against terror. Inception had us thinking about reality. Critical and financial success.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture#Reception
Star Trek 2009, did appeal to the general audience because it had action and comedy, I forgot, ST 2 and 4 also did because 2 had action and 4 had comedy.
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I just read yoiur story posted. It does not say if you raise taxes 100 per cent on the rich won’t make a dent on the deficit or the national debt. (1368) Plus you cite a source from Fox New, not the IRS. . Sorry, they have a narrative which is to slam Obama.
How slanted is the Fox News story? It doesn’t mention that working people pay social security taxes.
Don’t get me wrong I liked TOS, TNG, DS9. DS9 was my favorite Trek series. Thought Voyager was good and Enterprise was just ok. Also liked ST 2, 4 and 6 thought ST 1, 3, and 5 were just ok.
BB – FoxNews used an IRS report.
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Yes, Star Trek IV had action and comedy. It did great so it appealed to a general audience. IT ALSO HAD IDEAS. Save the Whales save the world. Ecology. Time travel. Tolerance. The probe was not a simple bad guy. It probably wasn’t bad.
So, smart science fiction can sell. I’m not calling for a big budget version of “The Inner Light” but I want Trek to be Star Trek. Grand entertainment with substance.
ST 2009 had save the world, time travel and Ecology.
4 “B-Rolls” from the Avengers: Silent Behind-the-Scenes looks at filming with some of Alan Silvestri’s score. Spoilerific, so be careful. But fun….
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/54947
1381 Great find AJ! Thanks for the link :D
Thanks AJ. Somebody get Harry Ballz. The first video shows what looks like an animantronic Hulk.
This from Wikpedia. Hulk will be done CGI like Avatar and with stop motion. So Harry, let’s see what the final product will be.
Mark Ruffalo,
“I’m really excited. No one’s ever played the Hulk exactly, they’ve always done CGI. They’re going to do the Avatar stop-action, stop-motion capture. So I’ll actually play the Hulk. ”
Link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(2012_film)#Cast
I just watched Phase 2 The Child and here is my review. It was actually pretty good. Some of the Acting was not as good and some was fantastic. But all in all a very GOOD EP. I liked the Fx and the story was good as well. Oh and Anthony Pascale has closed the comment section of that thred. lol
MONGO SUE.
MONGO NEED HIRE DENNY CRANE!
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7807452/former-detroit-lion-alex-karras-joins-concussion-lawsuit-nfl?asid=b4ebfb7b
Um… Emma Watson (Hermoine in Harry Potter movies) has grown up.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/emma-watson-gets-bad-girl-makeover-bling-ring-172557442.html
1356. Spockanella, Any time you want to come to Scotland, you are very welcome :-)
1383. Basement B. I LOVE Mark Ruffalo, loved him especially doing his best Columbo impersonation in ‘Zodiac’. I also loved him in a raft of romantic comedies that I should not admit to seeing *blush*. He has an everyman look that will be perfect for the Hulk, who, after all for those of a certain age, was such a part of our childhood. I mean the TV one, not the comic.
Interesting: Now they’re saying that, following the premiere of “Avengers” in LA on Wednesday evening, the heroes were told to suit up again the next evening for an as yet unseen-by-anyone scene.
The film is doing fan-boy previews this weekend (I think some have Iron Man 1 &2, Hulk, Thor and Cap showings as well), and opens May 4th throughout the known universe, so whatever we see in May the fan-boys have to come back and re-watch.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/54956
I’m just guesing here, but I think Mark Ruffalo is confusing ’stop motion’ for ‘motion capture’.
‘Stop motion is like how they filmed King Kong in the ’30’s. You move the little model monster a fraction of an inch, take a picture, move it another fraction of an inch, take another picture, so on an so forth until you have something resembling movement.
‘Motion capture is like what they did in Avatar. Stick a bunch of little dots all over an actor’s face and body so that a computer can track his or her movements and then translate it to a computer generated character that can mimic the performer’s movements exactly.
I’m guessing the Hulk character wasn’t filmed using “Jason and the Argonauts” Ray Harryhausen effects.
CmdrR., you got the wrong Mongo.
And it would be entirely innapproriate for me to comment on Emma Watson other than to say she was absolutely adorable in the Harry Potter movies.
Even though Avengers is opening in 3 weeks. There may be one more scene to be filmed for this Movie.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/avengers-assemble-again-last-minute-scene-193210037.html
Maybe the fresh new scene is the Avengers talking about a rival group of Superheroes known as The Justice League, who is asking for their help in defeating………………..
The Legion of Doom!
Now THAT”S a crossover.
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The added scene will be after the closing credits, where we see a naked Scarlett Johannsen dancing for the other Avengers at a drunken celebration party!
We laugh, but that would easily add another $80 million to the box-office.
Harry, I got another woman for you.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1631269/
I thought she was great in Kick Ass.
Sorry, Chloe Moretz is on my ’seems young enough to be my daughter’s friend in school’ list, which automatically activates my Paternal Detection/Protection Radar & Defense System. When they start to talk about boys, it’s straight to the nunnery for the lot of them…;-)
She looks older in her photos.
Chloe Moretz is also going to be the new Carrie in the Carrie reboot. I never saw the first one. I don’t like Horror films.
BB – This guy is a Democrat.
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/04/13/charles-krauthammer-welcome-to-the-buffett-tax-smoke-and-mirrors-show/
Craiger,
Please do me a favor. Get the facts right. Are you saying Charles Krauthammer is a Democrat? Really? The guy on your favorite station, Fox News, is a liberal? Okay, he might be a conservative Democrat. But he ain’t a liberal. And by the way, I looked at your Fox story and the IRS did not say if we raise taxes on the rich at 100 %, there will be no debt or deficit reduction. Rick Santorum, a true conservative, said the Dutch kill their elderly. You’re better than this. GET THE FACTS RIGHT! !!!! .
Here’s a wikipedia article describing Krauthammer that says he’s not a Democrat. .
“Within the American political spectrum, Krauthammer has been called a conservative.”…..
Hertzberg now calls Krauthammer a “pretty solid 90-10 Republican.”[47]
Reading his views, he’s pro -choice, is against the death penalty, and believes in science. That makes him a Democrat? Huh? Yeah, he might have been one years ago. But now?
Bill Clinton as a governor believed in the death penalty. But true Catholics do not. There are Republicans who believe in a woman’s right to choose. And while I’m not a big evolution guy, if one believes in evolution, he’s eliminated from the Republican party? I quit the Republican Party in 1980. The Gerry Fords, Nelson Rockefellers and Barry Goldwaters are no longer welcome. I ‘m glad I left. Yes, the Republican Party today is anti-abortion, pro-death penalty, disagrees with evolution, global warming (most of them), and is against taxing the super rich and loves guns. Did I get that right?
Link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer#Ideology
Craiger,
Talking progressive tax policy vs. regressive tax policy is boring for this cool website.
1393.
Uh, Craiger, I think you have issues.
1393 – Craiger. 15 is not a “woman.” 15 is 20 years with a roommate who makes wine in the steel toilet you share.
Born in 1997? Good Lord, how long before the trendy hot chicks are all born in the 21st century. I’m such a vintage 1962 fossil.
And if they remake Carrie, with John Travolta show up for a cameo bj?
Sorry, I posted that. :( I just thought she looks good but older for her age in the photos.
I was thinking about about Women who are older but can play teenagers. She looks she could play the opposite.
BB – Ok I’ll call a truce. :)
Oooooh, Craiger, after all your crap thrown at me regarding the Durance monster, I’m going to enjoy teasing the shit out of you about this!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Just think guy’s. In the Mirrior Universe Obama is a Republican and Romney is a libreal Dem and Harry Still Hates Erica Durance.
Yeh, Harry, you got me back. LOL But what about Mike. He’s done it more than me. LOL.
Yeah, Craiger, I can see it now………..
when you run for political office, at a press scrum a reporter will turn to you and say, “we’d like to talk about your record”
You’ll turn red in the face and shout, “honest, I didn’t know she was that young!”
Actually I will be married to Erica Durance.
And fully devoted to her.
Yes, I suppose someone could become attached to their pet horse!
This is what I was trying to say about her. This was posted on her page.
http://www.blottr.com/bright-young-thing-chloe-moretz-looks-closer-30-15
I meant posted on her IMDB page.
Yahoo has posted another Avengers clip. It’s short. But the bad guys have ray guns. That music. Heroic.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/the-avengers-2012/trailers/the-avengers-clip-another-bout-28944219.html#jumbo
I finally got around to seeing the movie Hugo tonight.
LOVED IT!!!
I saw Hugo in 3D and screamed at all of you to see this movie in 3D. I think Hugo should have won the Best Picture Oscar.. Anyway, it’s great that Harry Ballz and I can get along.
Saw “Lockout.” Great special effects for a French-Irish-Serbian film. It’s Die Hard married with Escape From New York. The plot is goofy. Go rent it when it comes out in two months t, my fellow Trekkers. I laughed at Guy Pearce’s one liners. Jump cuts and the goofy plot kills this movie
Trailer and review.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/lockout-review.html
Hopefully, Guy Pearce is getting all the crap out of his system, before Prometheus.
I remember him in the 2002 remake of Time Machine. He kept trying to go back and keep his fiancee from being killed. By the third time the audience was howling with laughter when she died… again. Pearce seems to be having a career like Liam Neeson’s. You get things like The Grey back-to-back with Wrath of the Titans… or Schindler’s List back-to-back with Darkman. I guess they’re working actors…
Loved Hugo, even in paultry 2D.
Eureka finale season premiers Monday at 9PM Eastern 8 PM Central.
BB – Are you going to get Max Payne 3 on May 15th?
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Us get along, BB?? Shocking! :>)
BB – You might like Iron Sky. I am kind of iffy about seeing it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He_PWsJqsVY
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Anthony wrote about this movie. It’s made by the guys who made a Star Trek parody. I’m not sure it’s going to play here in Cincinnati.
http://trekmovie.com/2012/01/26/watch-space-nazis-from-the-moon-in-iron-sky-trailer-from-makers-of-star-wreck/
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I’m probably not going to play Max Payne 3. I’m playing Mass Effect 3 multiple times. I tend to play the daylights out of a game. Then I wait till the next game that I want to play comes out. Grand Theft Auto V, perhaps.
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Loved Guy Pearce in “L.A. Confidential.” (2007) “The Time Machine” (2002) was a strange mix of action movie, romance and science fiction. I prefer George Pal’s 1960 version. The big problem for me were the Eloi, that one kid had a big kind of afro. Then they cast Samantha Mumba who can’t act. Found the Morlocks coming out of the ground kind of goofy. Jeremy Irons as uber-Morlock was strange too. Orlando Jones’s comedy was not welcome. Myndy Crist is very cute as the jogger. Great score by Klaus Badelt.
I took Nurse Brooke to see the 3 Stooges and it was FUNNY!!! Those guys did a dead on of the stooges and We pretty much laughed through out the movie, It even had Capt Decker in it. Well. Stephen Collins. Lol. Brooke and I highly recomend The 3 Stooges. If you want to Laugh that is.
BB – You might be in for a long wait. Some say GTA 5 wont be out until March 2013. Allthough one former Rockstar Employee posted his resume that said he worked on GTA 5 and he said it would be out in October this year. What about Assassin’s Creed 3? The final one in the series is set during the American Revolution and the new Call of Duty game?
That is unless we can play GTA 5 and the Mayan thing is proved true. LOL.
Hey Mike, what did the audience think off this shot? I also wonder how many new Stooges fans the movie got and they will want to see the old B&W shorts and say wow at the olden days?
http://www.comingsoon.net/nextraimages/kateuptonthreestoogessmall.jpg
I think the fans of the original and I am one of them. Will Love it, These Guy’s did a dead on and they did not parady them at all. They Played it straight up and did it right. The Movie was funny and with all the antics of the orignal 3 Stooges.
I couldn’t stand the Three Stooges when I grew up, and I will give the new film a miss. And I like physical slapstick comedy.
Oh come on A.J give it a try. You just might love it.
Oh, oh. DARPA has released video of a robot that can walk up stairs. It’s scary because the thing reminds me of a soldier. Doesn’t anybody watch the Terminator?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/13/petman-robot-stairs-darpa_n_1423488.html
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I’m not a fan of the Three Stooges. but saw the movie. I didn’t like it as much as Commodore Mike but it was funny. People will talk about the maternity ward scene for years. It’ ain’t Shakespeare. I grade it at B Minus.
Review with trailer
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/three-stooges-review.html
AJ, don’t be an ignoramus. Say you like the 3 Stooges or we’ll moid-a-lize ya.
Why, I oughta…
BB – The question is, what happened before, will it happen again?
AJ, this was my favorite Three Stooges short.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNangEUGQ8M
Hey Craiger. The line is.
It happened before. It will happen again.
Nyk Nyk Nyk.
The Maternaty ward scene in the 3 Stooges was one of the funniest moment’s I have ever seen. Everyone in the packed theater was rolling with laughter.
A friend on Twitter has mentioned that details of the Star Trek London event have been announced as per the website:
http://www.startrek.com/
Whoopsy, as per THIS website:
http://www.startreklondon.com/
Craiger:
I made it two minutes into that short film before I shut it off. The 3 Stooges sound, to me, like a birthday party for a 6-year-old boy with a drunken clown who won’t shut up.
Give me the Ministry of Silly Walks any day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7w
NYC 22 premiered last night. It only got 8.9 million viewers and now that is considered a low number. I can see now why CBS isn’t doing a new Trek TV series anytime soon. I would think a new Trek TV series would have to have at least 11 Million viewers and maintain that each week or maybe even NCIS’s 22 Million viewers? I wonder if cable ratings would be different how many viewers Trek would have to get on cable? However I wonder if a new Trek series on cable wouldn’t have top SFX?
http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/ratings-rat-race-nyc-22-off-to-slow-start/
AJ, how about this one? This is another favorite of mine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ToHwTBzhM4
Spock: My codpiece is red hot!
Kirk: Bragger. Aw, get over here, you big, green lug.
And now, a quicky… courtesy of AICN:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55009
1449: Doesn’t it look like he’s carrying a giant Mary Kay makeup bag?
Sorry to bring this up again but maybe it got lost witht the Stooges stuff. Here’s a video of the Department of Defense’s humanoid robot. It marches up steps. And check out the robot walking at the one minute mark. Scary Imagine putting a laser type weapon on this thing. . All they need to do is have it talk with a muscle bound Austrian accent and we’re in trouble.
http://youtu.be/aqCmX5dMYHg
Please don’t send me anymore Three Stooges clips…
Allow me my hate! Please!
I’m still trying to hate “The Dark Knight,” and every time I put it on to re-watch (at BB’s recommendation), the same friend calls me 13 minutes in to discuss his upcoming trip to Burma, or his 90 year old dad’s fear of death, and how many times a day he has to go over and find his remotes for him.
Avengers Assemble….Should be great!
Okay, AJ I won’t recommend “Dark Knight” to you. But it’s still packed with action and smarts.
Ok, being totally random here,
lets have a poll on who we think Cumberbatch is playing….
Kahn
Garth
or
A completely new Character
I am completely psyched.
I live one block from the Hudson river. Next Monday, the 23rd, The Space Shuttle Enterprise will be flown on top of a 747 at low altitude around NYC points of interest (Statue of Liberty, Intrepid Museum, it’s eventual destination). To do so, it will have to fly down over the Hudson before banking NW to JFK airport in Queens.
I’m psyched because, as different cities get different shuttles, NYC gets the one named after our favorite fictional space ship. Also, I am sure a low-flying 747 with a shuttle on top is a site to behold. “And ser…She is the Enterprise!”
NYC never has Trek conventions, but having the Enterprise on permanent display on the Intrepid makes it a destination for Trekkers because President Ford, under ‘pressure’ from a certain letter campaign, decided to rename the ‘Space Shuttle Constitution’ in 1976. Let’s hope that, when the exhibit goes up this June, that that fact does not get overlooked.
I mean NE to JFK.
1445: My reply is “completely new character.”
AJ – Did you see, it was Discovery’s turn today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZzb-a9zQq0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39d0WWCD4Uw&feature=related
CmdrR:
I did. Totally freaking cool.
Then I looked up “Enterprise,” just to see what the shuttle relocation program has in mind for her, and Bingo: NYC next week.
http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/shuttle/
I ‘tipped’ Anthony, and he was already on the case, and is going to post something soon.
I agree with AJ about The Dark Knight. Other than a brilliant performance by Heath Ledger, the movie is a rambling mess. It is 153 minutes long. That whole subplot near the end of the movie, where the Joker has planted the two bombs on the ferries and making people choose was TOTALLY F*CKING A WASTE OF SCREEN TIME!!! Chop that crap and bring the movie down to 117 minutes. Then you might have something.
Nolan is HIGHLY overrated!
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Can’t agree with you about Christopher Nolan at at all Harry. The Dark Knight raised important issues. How far do we go to stop crime or terrorism? Do the ends justify the means? The choice by people on the boats to kill each other asks other questions about our basic humanity. Can even the worst people like criminals make humane decisions? These questions are raised in a summer tentpole popcorn movie!
How about Inception? A science fiction movie that asks what is real? It was nominated for Best Picture for 2010. Yeah, looking at all the people that loved The Dark Knight and the praise for Inception, I think that’s pretty good for a guy you term “HIGHLY overrated.”
Christopher Nolan is making thinking man’s action film. As you well know, the Supreme Court is holding themselves up to this standard. They cite “The Dark Knight” as to where they want to take the Star Trek sequel. Nolan has made summer safe for intelligent science fiction. If it weren’t for him, we would be left with the likes of “GI Joe.” .
Harry, do you like Abrams?
And their is also MCG who directed Chuck and Terminator 3.
Gosh! There are so many Avengers clips out there now, I am geeking out big time.
That sucker is going to rake in a billion Quatloos at least (assuming current 1/1 USD/Triskelion Quatloo).
Hey Mike, new Hawaii 5-0/NCIS LA crossover ad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDmh6CzMN7s
And another longer promo of the crossover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POWpmW-6k-I&feature=related
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BB, I didn’t care much for Inception either. Sorry.
1462.
Yes, Craiger, I DO like Abrams.
1464.
AJ, there is a well-known movie reporter here in Canada that has seen The Avengers. She says it’s FRIGGIN’ AMAZING! She said she screamed herself hoarse watching it.
Thought you might like to know.
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Harry: Can you set me up with her? I like women who are hoarse, like genre films, and write about them. Less talking, more films, and a common interest.
BTW, I posted a full translation of the PROMETHEUS Russian trailer over in that thread. I’m not following it that closely, but it doesn’t seem to reveal much more than the ones we’ve already seen.
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Thanks AJ for the translation.
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Hey AJ, Ted Nugent says guys like us should be shot like coyates. And that we should be beheaded come November.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/ted-nugent-obama-secret-service_n_1432009.html
AJ- now your getting me psyched…where is the Enterprise at now? Is it up on your end of the States or down here in FL? If I had known about the last shuttle being taken to the Smithsonian, I would have loved to have went up to watch it on the back of the 747 in person since it was down here. If it’s at the KSC it wouild only a couple of hrs drive. It would be awesome to get to watch the Enterprise!!
Aw- nevermind, AJ – I should have looked it up first. I got excited and posted to quickly. The Enterprise is already at the Smithsonian, and will be replaced by the Discovery. Then everyone up your way will get to see it when it comes to the Intrepid. Great for you-though I am jealous!!
BB – At least Ted Nugent is chilling out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUb-NiwcmrE
Another Star Trek- themed ad which is quite hilarious. Accents sound Canadian.
http://fliiby.com/file/515318/nt4y74rs3m.html
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That was cute. I miss Enterprise.
Yup. Definitely a Canadian accent there, starting at 1:07
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CmdrR
Last spring, Jon Stewart did a piece on Nugent’s appearance on Mike Huckabee’s Fox News Show. Now Mike’s a fundamentalist Christian. The tune they jam to? Cat Scratch Fever! A surreal moment since there’s a line about well, pleasing cats. From Comedy Central, Stewart’s piece.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-may-16-2011/the-not-running-man
RIP, Dick Clark. As a kid, he rang in many New Years for me.
Dick Clark Passed Away. Wow. He was the Greatest!!!!!.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/obit/story/2012-04-18/dick-clark-dies-at-82/54390716/1
Hey, the Huffington Post has just put out this story about the Avengers Mondo posters. Cool. Want more?. At the bottom of the story is a clip of Iron Man and Thor getting it on. No. I mean they fight. You’ll laugh at the head butt.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/18/avengers-mondo-poster-series_n_1434817.html
Sure is Quiet in here. Hmm. Did Ericka Durance come in.
1481.
Shaddup!
RIP Jonathan Frid.
Thanks for scaring me as a little kid. Loved it.
His cameo may be the only reason to see the new “Dark Shadows.”
In fact, if you can find them… watch the 2 DS movies from the early 70’s.
Original cast, Newport Mansions! One is Barnabas-centric, the other is Quentin. “Night of Dark Shadows” and “House of Dark Shadows.”
Commodore Mike, there’s Avengers Mondo posters and a clip from the movie attached the hyperlink at 1480. The video is at the bottom of the story. See 1480. Iron Man and Thor fight. In case, you’ve missed it, I’ve put the YouTube link for you.
http://youtu.be/ku-xK9eJQyM
1484; Netflix has the episodes from the TV show. No movies, though.
Happy 75th, George Takei!
Thank’s Blogger. Avenger’s look’s to be fantastic.
Hey!. Anyone want to buy a sex robot.
http://img.ibtimes.com/www/articles/20120420/331133_sex-robot-buy-today.htm
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/141099/House-Of-Dark-Shadows-Original-Trailer-.html
Worth a look. Notice there’s a decent clip on the same sight.
And Harry, for once “a bizarre act of unnatural love” doesn’t involve you and Erica Durance.
Also found about 3 ten minute chunks on Bing… but, nothing complete.
Harry would like those, though. They’re hosted by Elvira.
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Well, I prefer the sex robot versus DARPA’s robot.
First reviews of Avengers are in.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/20/avengers-reviews_n_1440023.html
Rave Review’s for Avenger’s. Almost all Love it.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/glowing-reviews-marvel-avengers-172544149.html
Avenger’s score 96% on Rotten Tomatoe’s.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movie/upcoming/?view=1
At this moment, Rotten Tomatoes has twenty five reviews which is no consensus by their standards. Still that’s a good number. And yes, The Avengers is doing quite well among film critics.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/marvels_the_avengers/
By the way, it’s no spoiler that earth is invaded by Loki. But who is his army? They have ray guns so I don’t think they’re demigods like Thor.
Hey Blogger. That is a good question. So far this movie look’s to ROCK!.
1497:
They are called The Chitauri.
Apparently, the Skrulls, in movie-land, are part of the Fantastic Four Universe, and thus, can only be used by Fox.
http://www.examiner.com/article/joss-whedon-reveals-identity-of-the-avengers-villains
Just saw this Avengers Acura ad. I hope they aren’t overpromoting it to where we know too much about the movie from the trailers. Didn’t some Trek fans feel that way when they were promoting ST 2009? That could be why their is too much secrecy this time for the sequel?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FemMXkw9_U
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Craiger, knowing the earth is invaded won’t spoil it for me. How do we get rid of these aliens is what I want to see. Knowing for example that the planet on which Prometheus lands was not what the scientists thought they would find doesn’t bother me. I think filmgoers should be tipped off if the writers use some exotic science like parallel universes. I thought Star Trek 2009 had an issue with this with Uhura just spitting out one line “alternate reality” and everyone is supposed to realize that Star Trek 2009 is a parallel universe.
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Thanks AJ. I don’t read comic books. The Chitauri are interesting but I might try to find more information about them. I wonder what motivates them.
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I don’t either. I remember the Skrulls from the 1970s, when I did read them, but this is some altered version of Skrulls from the ‘Ultimates’ universe, of which I know zilch.
So, the NYC flyover of “E” is postponed due to weather.
I suspect Wednesday 25 April will be the new date.
Hey guys hope the FB page I made is ok, check it out, it is called The Transporter Room. Thanks Spockchick for the title suggestion. I hope to see everyone’s handsome mugs up there. Please let me know of any suggestions or changes you want.
Just watched Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
Very average. The direction was pedestrian.
A typical Tom Cruise EGO project. I’m so f*cking sick of watching his amateur acting.
Hollywood really does have it’s head up it’s own ass!
I can’t believe this mediocre movie was a monster hit.
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Harry, Harry, Harry.
I think I’m going to quote former Vice President Agnew. You’re beginning to sound like a “nattering nabob of negativism.” ;-)
I liked MI: GP. The scene outside of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai gave me acrophobia. I thought the action scenes were well executed and there were nice doses of humor.
Let’s see. You don’t like Shatner. Don’t like Nolan’s Dark Knight and Inception, both which were critical and financial successes. And I believe you wrote that Roddenberry was overrated. You hate Dick Cheney. Okay, I’ll give that one. And I get this feeling that think Erica Durance has no talent. Did I get everybody on your “dislike” list? I mean the next thing you’re going to tell us you hate Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. ;-)
Harry! I HATE Tom Cruise, but I freakin’ LOVED MI:GP. Perhaps because I saw it on IMAX (3D is a pointless waste of space, IMAX is properly immersive IMO). How can you not love the ‘glass wall climbing’ scene? It was the first proper cinematic film we have had in a long time, I jumped at some scenes, and I never do that in the cinema.
Perhaps some art is designed to be seen in certain ways, and why not? DVD (and I’m not sure if you saw it on DVD so if not, sorry) may not be the best way to see this film. Ach, if we all liked the same thing though, life would be very bland :-)
Charla, I am not on FB, but as Groucho Marx said, for you, I’ll make an exception!
George Takei is pretty much liked on Facebook.
http://news.yahoo.com/george-takei-went-star-trek-social-media-superstar-160944507.html
Hey Blogger. You forgot to ask if Harry hates himself. Lol.
What about Cruise in Risky Business and Top Gun?
Thanks Spockchick! I hope it is a success in that everyone has fun there too. I promise Harry, no pics of E____ D____! We can make that a no no!! hahaha.
If we’re Cruise-in… my two cents: He’s a good actor; he’s a boring star.
I’ll take the last two MI’s, but not the first two.
Also, loved Collateral and a few others. Still hate Top Gun for the jingoistic cliche fest it was. Hated Cruise in Interview with the Vampire.
btw: “your mouth is writing checks…” is from the 1973 movie The Last American Hero, starring Jeff Bridges.
Okay, guys, here’s what I mean about the latest MI movie. It didn’t have an “edge” of suspense to it, like the last one (with Philip Seymour Hoffman as the villain) did. That one had a “pulse’ that kept everything rolling along.
So, instead of Cruise, let’s just shift most of the blame to the script and the Director.
p.s. I LOVE THE EASTER BUNNY!
Harry, then you might like that Hop movie about the Eastern Bunny’s son coming to real world Hollywood. Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuco in it. I haven’t watched it. It looked ok to me.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1411704/
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1093&bih=514&q=kaley+cuoco&gbv=2&oq=kaley+cuoco&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1060.5102.0.5529.6.6.0.0.0.0.95.530.6.6.0.a5EUruD9sQM
Hey Harry. Any chance you might like The Avenger’s.
1516.
I like Kaley Cuco!
1517.
I grew up reading The Avengers comic books. I’m sure I’ll enjoy it.
There, everybody happy now??!!!
Harry, do you watch Big Bang Theory? That’s a great show that she’s on. She’s funny along with the other guys and gals on the show. She was also on the last season of Charmed.
Hop is out on BluRay, DVD and Video On Demand.
I DO watch TBBT. I’ve always enjoyed it, but the writing this season seems a bit weaker.
Well Harry. You are not the hater we all thought you were. Lol.
Oh and Kaley Cico is simply HOT!. Loved her on Charmed. Yes. I did watch all 8 season’s.
Oh. Is anyone watching Supernatural. That is one of the best show’s on T.V. This is the last season and it simply Rock’s!!!!!
I am going to have to get the past seasons of Supernatural- Someone earlier suggested it to me- and I hate that it’s the last season!
OH!! I have a question, do you guys want to have the FB page set only for those who have been invited or ask for an invite or do you care if it is set to public? I failed to ask you earlier.
Thanks AJ for liking it! :-) Any suggestions from anyone is greatly appreciated.
On another note, are any of you watching “Touch” ? I have watched the first 2 shows and liked them. I have the other 2 on my DVR ready to watch, but just don’t want it to be the same premise every week -just with different people’s challenges and chance meetings. I think that would get tedious after a bit, though the show seems to be made with good intentions.
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A hater? I hate to break this to you, but I HATE it when people call me a hater!
Sorry Harry. Did not mean to offend you.
Now back to Erica Durance. Lol.
1524:
You’re not a hater, Harry, just a ‘master debater.’
LOL AJ!!!
Harry, do like Lenoard and Penny getting back together? I also like the Penny and Sheldon interactions. Also Howard’s Mom is hilarious. Now Howard’s fiance is starting to sound like his Mom sometimes. LOL.
I think it would be cool if Lenoard and Penny got married and had a baby. I could funny scenes of the guys taking care of the baby.
Also they should make it so Raj could talk to women. I think the being able not to talk to women has gotten old.
BREAKING
Missing footage that from “Sins of the Father” that was unable to be included in “The Next Level” BluRay set has been reportedly FOUND!
http://tng.trekcore.com/bluray/#sotffound
In honor of our Harry Ballz, it’s time to list movies we hate. Just saw Armageddon (1998) again on FX. This turkey did very well at the worldwide box office. Received a Saturn Award for best science fiction movie?! Well, it tied with Dark City. .
Michael Bay can be a terrible director at times. There’s all the jump cuts and moving camera. Got motion sickness. This flick will cause an epileptic seizure. Yeah the last hour was good but also contrived with all the happy endings. And guess who did the screenplay? J.J. Abrams. With all the inappropriate comedy and corny,. contrived and corny stuff it was a big mess of a screenplay. Yikes.
But what makes this movie stink the most? STEVE BUSCEMI GONE WILD. Day before they save the earth, Buscemi gets 100K from a loan shark. Takes said money to strip club. Gratuitous T and A folks. Later on the moon, he straddles the nuke and plays Slim Pickens from Dr. Stangelove. Then he fires the machine guns and almost destroys the whole mission.
Most critics hated the movie. Roger Ebert, who can be a killjoy at tkmes, lists it as one of his most hated movies. NASA has a disclaimer to the movie.
“The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s cooperation and assistance does not reflect an endorsement of the contents of the film or the treatment of the characters depicted therein.”[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon_(1998_film)#Scientific_inaccuracies
New Battleship movie already premiered overseas and has crossed the $100 Million Dollar mark.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/battleship-past-100m-foreign-box-office/
Thanks Craiger. Hey AJ, it looks like Battleship did well in Russia. But the Deadline story says this,
“The pressure is on for the film to do well in the 50 territories where it’s now open — including China and Russia — because of its advance bad buzz and very expensive budget. (The studio claims the cost was $209M while outside sources say $250M.)”
Look, I think the premise has already been done. And making a movie from a simple guessing game is kind of silly. Not looking forward to it but I haven’t seen it so I’ll reserve judgment. Heck, I liked “The A Team.”
Hey Marvel is putting a Dark Knight Rises trailer with Avengers. Holy cats and dogs marrying, Batman. I thought Marvel and DC were competitors. Actually it makes sense. Get all the Batman fanboys to go to a Marvel comics movie.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/21/dark-knight-rises-trailer_n_1442923.html
New crater discovered on Mars:
http://www.ajc.com/business/disney-studio-chief-quits-1422773.html?cxntlid=thbz_hm
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AJ, I’m really good at BAITING people, so that would make me a MASTER BAITER!
Uh, wait a minute…………….gawd, it’s difficult typing with one hand!
Harry, the maid called. She says it’s up to you to clean your own damned keyboard.
I heard the Maid called in someone to clean harry’s Room. An Actress named Erica Durance.
I have a very good maid. She dresses in a sexy black French maid’s uniform, with fishnet stockings, a boustier, and…
Dang. Now MY keyboard needs cleaning.
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I hear that’s how she got cast in Smallville.
She was willing to lick the head writer’s “keyboard”.
The guy had to keep hitting his “Ctrl” key!
Ewwwwwwwwwwww!!
CHAT hits a new high….
Yes, a new low……………….I’m SO ashamed! :>)
LOL I agree AJ….
Thanks too AJ for liking the FB page, once we get to 30 likes something else can happen- though I’m not sure what.
I hope to see the rest of you on as well, but wanted to know if you guys want this to be by invite only and private or public. Of course if it is public, you wouldn’t put where your from and etc, just pictures. Either way it would be fine by me. Just let me know :)
Oh Erica!. How could you.
Hey Charla. I Liked the Transporter.
Hey, I thought we weren’t teasing Harry about Durance anymore? :)
This is interesting some guy made his own Uncharted 1, 2 and 3 feature films using the cutscenes and shortened gameplay footage.
http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/22/2967017/watch-this-uncharted-movie-trilogy
Charla:
I think we should keep the page public for now. It’d be nice to actually bring folks into this CHAT through “Transporter Room” as well.
What happens after 30 ‘likes?’
Great idea AJ! Thanks, I hadn’t thought of it like that. Will keep it public for now. If any of you know any fellow fans maybe you can direct them to it. After 30 likes it says: Once 30 people like your Page, you’ll get access to insights about your activity.
I will also look at the button that says:
[Discover resources and tips
Click the Edit Page button above and visit the Resources tab for tips on connecting with fans.]
Since we will keep this public, so maybe we can draw more peoples attn. I think it would be fun to bring people to chat here at TrekMovie too. Thanks muches for your ideas. :)
Thanks too Commodore Mike, very glad you like it :D
How do we actually ‘commune’ together on the page?
When we log on, you show up as being on by a green dot in the lower right hand corner. When you want to talk to someone, you click on their name and then a new smaller chat box opens up, allowing you to have instant chat within that window. None of that is recorded for future reading.
So far as continuous talking that is recorded for you to look back and read again is the messages area. You get to it in the top left corner. If say, you, Harry, Mike and Spockchick for example all wanted to talk, you can all talk together just by inviting those people with clicking the “invite” button and the person’s name. The conversations within chat is saved so you can go back and re-read it later.
So if anyone wanted to talk together, you could leave a message in a “status”l box on FB announcing it, stating that a “Trek chat” or (whatever you want to call it) is going to be at 8:00 pm for anyone interested in joining, you could do that. Then people would know when to come and chat together.
On the flip side if you don’t want to be seen as being available for chat, for example, say Harry is not wanting to talk to anyone on a particular day due to the harrassment he has had over a particular Erica D.conversation earlier lol ;P He can likewise click on the bottom right hand corner and click that he is actually offline when he in fact is really online if he wanted.
I messaged you earlier on FB and you should have a notification alert at the top left. It is like email. I like it and used it often for actual time chat between me and some out of state co-workers when I reviewed medical charts on my computer at home for a job I worked last year.
I think thats it, I hope I helped instead of confused anyone any further. Anyone can post anything in the boxes, add links if there is any movie reviews or what not you want to share, or add pictures.
Let me know if any of you need anything I will try to answer as best as I can lol.
Wow.
Whatever happened to conference calls?
One step forward, two steps back, I suppose.
If there’s interest here in the group, Charla, you’ll want to set up a time for a test run, I would think. The advantage of the “Trekmovie” talkback, is, of course, not having to attend a chat at a specific time. Especially where differing time zones are involved, it could be a challenge to bring in a good crowd all at the same time without some pre-organization (if that is a word).
Let me know where and when…………PARTY!
I’ll bring my lampshade.
LOL Harry and CmdrR-
Also everyone, AJ is also an admin of “The Transporter Room” so any ideas etc you can let him know. Your right AJ, it would be difficult to get with everyone with the differing time zones. Sometimes you can also tell if someone is online the same time as you when they post something within the past few minutes. Whether they see you or not is another thing.
I like the idea of a test run too- maybe we can get together about a time in a few days, to see how many more people will join us on FB.
If this doesn’t work out, we can still go to using a website where we could have real time chats, and also post pictures. I know it’s a little more involved, but I think between all of us we couild do it.
Unless of course ANTHONY wanted to add something like that here, lol you know then there wouldn’t be a need to do that. haha I’m sure that if you see this Anthony, you are plenty busy with all that you do here and in your personal life so no worries, TrekMovie is always #1~ we love it here or we wouldn’t be here daily. Ooh that’s kinda sad! haha oh well I don’t care, do you? I think it will be great fun especially as we await the next movie to be released.
Well gonna go for a bit, but if everyone could come on FB and like the page, then think of a time that would be good for you to meet up with everyone. In a few days we will try it and see how it goes.
Has anyone here been watching ‘Game of Thrones?’
Last night’s episode was epic, and positively frightening.
AJ, This guy has. LOL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rEHLRKbAjM&feature=relmfu
Craiger: He wouldn’t last one second with a four-foot high, seven-foot long dire wolf.
Ah, puppies!
I am gonna have to sign up for HBO so I can see ‘Game of Thrones’ it looks to be a good show-
Charla, I joined FB :-) In land of 21st century. I sent you a friend request, but not sure if that was the correct thing to do, am unsure how to search for the transporter room. So feel free to knock-back my request and tell me to do something else! Cheers!
‘S’OK, you fixed it! :-)
AP’s Christy Lemire loves “The Avengers.”
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/23/2764363/review-avengers-hits-big-screen.html
Would never do that to you Spockchick!! That would be so, so, Un-Trek like! We are a team here :D Glad to see you and look forward to the others joining us!
I think I will ask everyone on the page there what there time zone is. You can also post it here as well. I’m EST, so you are 5 hrs ahead of me. I think THX-1138 is PST- I’ll have to check but I think that is 3 or so hrs behind EST. Harry, not sure where you are in this. Let me know if you can. Commodore and CmdrR what about you two? If I have missed anyone, just pop in the FB page or post it here.
Oh Craiger and Basement Blogger! If you can we would like to have you join us as well! Not sure your time zones, hopefully we can work something out. Will be fun! Especially if we all go see the new movie at the same time, relatively anyway, then we could meet back up here or on FB whichever turns out to work the best. We have a year to experiment and get it right. :D
Welp, I just had a job interview (I’ve been looking since the New Year, if y’all didn’t know). It went surprisingly well.
Restaurant GM for a Russian conglomerate that intends on opening loads of restaurants in the US in the next few years (not just Russian ones, but all different concepts). I worked in restaurants for 8 years before hauling ass to Russia for Pepsi in 1994. The job is based in NYC (and requires Russian; go figure).
I’ve been looking to go back to Russia, as the pay is better, but it seems the jobs are few and far between. I was told I should have a second interview soon.
Wish me luck!
AJ, you task me…
Borscht-fil-A?
Catherine the Great’s Happy Horse Medovukha Pub?
Czarbucks?
Volga Express, featuring Siberian Blizzard Desserts?
Anyway… good luck to you, my friend. You’re due, and someone’s gonna get a solid addition to their empire.
Good luck AJ.
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Thanks for the invite, Charla. I’m in the eastern time zone. But I’m not sure I want to join Facebook. Got to think about it.
You got it AJ- I wish you the best and what is best for you.
I also understand your hesitancy BB, there have been alot of rumors regarding what it used and what is not used for FB. Maybe if you put your name as BB, a bogus place as to where you live,etc. Then the only way you could be tracked it through your IP address. But that is true with any website you visit. That way you could still participate.
Either way I respect your decision! :D
Oh and AJ put the link to BND site there as well, which is great! I was wanting to see it myself again earlier today. I think he read my mind…. ;)
Oh no, three more seasons with Kardashians!!!! Deal worth $40 Million.
http://www.eonline.com/news/keeping_up_with_kardashians_keeps_going/311200
All the bestest of luck to you AJ! I think I like CmdrR.’s “Czarbucks” name the best. Tell those Russian doods when you get the job.
All I can say BB is that you should join FB. Otherwise you are not Of the Body. It really isn’t that bad. I would be more paranoid of who is actually listening on my cell phone when I make calls. All you can find out about me on FB is that I play music, own a business, like Star Trek, have a lot of people in my family, collect space ships, live in the forest, what I look like, that I’m not nearly as smart as I think I am, have the best wife on the planet, and ramble a bit on the internet.
Charla
You’re trying to figure out our time differences? It’s 5:24 here.
(runs and hides)
Oh, and Spockchick, I sent you a friend request on FB.
You’re right, Harry. I was born in the 60’s.
(runs and hides–finds Harry in hiding spot–get’s confused–spins in circle–puts lampshade on head and pretends to be a light)
LOL Harry! You must be in the EST zone…. I think, anyway- :o)
THX-1138 I was born in the 60’s too. Groovy time huh? Now I will have to organize a landing party to come search for all of you who have went running into the forest to hide to come get you before dark! Can’t have sasquatch or chupacabras come get you!!
Craiger, I honestly am ashamed of my gender!! Who in there right minds watches the Kardashians??? I am assuming it is mostly women, maybe some men- But another 3 seasons??
But no Trek. REALLY. Dumber generations? I just don’t understand it.
Now we also have reality shows, about a famous hot dog stand in Chicago and one on a driving school. Driving school one isn’t too bad. Also one on Swamp People?
If the Kardashians are Armenians, then their surname is pronounced ‘KardashYAN.’ Not like the aliens, silly.
Spockanella, one of the original CHATters from the dim times, has ‘liked’ the Transporter Room.
Sorry, meant Vulcanista!
So that’s what happens when I’m close to graduation! I completely lose touch with everyone…. note to self: stop doing that.
Syfy announced its development slate.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/syfy-thinks-big-with-biggest-ever-development-slate-upfronts/#more-261192
Here is the Star Trek like series. If this fails what would that say about Star Trek and Scifi series on TV? Acutally if any of the new Scifi series coming to the Scifi channel fail?
Defender – In the aftermath of an intergalactic war between humans and transhumans, the starship Defender, populated by a combustible mix of former enemies, is sent on a seemingly simple goodwill mission, which turns into a fight for their lives and for the safety of the Universe at large. Executive producer/writer: Robert Hewitt Wolfe (Alphas). A production of Universal Cable Productions.
High Moon, The Family, One Mile Down looks good. Darkfall looks ok.
TOG, go ‘like’ “The Transporter Room” on FB unless you already have.
Robert Hewitt Wolfe is a familiar name…TNG?
LOL I stand corrected AJ. Does that mean you watch the series? hahaha :D
I have NEVER even seen a Kardashian.
Except ones with ridged heads…
“Transporter Room” now ‘likes’ George Takei (along with 1.7m other people), and I threw some funny vids up. How to manage it beyond the silly Timeline is the question.
“Defender” sounds fine. I even liked it when it was called “Andromeda” or when it was called “Voyager.” The question is whether they can get all the elements right. Alphas was dull. Sorry. VERY DULL. Space-based sci-fi is expensive. And it needs compelling acting and excellent writing that does more than pick over the ideas of the past. Sure, I’ll give it a look. We’ll see.
I thought the same thing about the timeline. You have yours on your page nicely done, but to apply it to a new page is more difficult.
Our boys Orci and Kurtzmann are now associated with “Amazing Spiderman 2.”
I assume that’s the NEXT Spiderman 2 and not the good Spiderman 2 from just a few years ago…
Hollywood confuzzles me.
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Yeah. The sequel to the one many are expecting to suck.
Here is a nice interview with Clark Gregg, who plays Agent Coulson in “Avengers,” with a scene where Coulson does a fan-boy squee in front of Steve Rogers.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55222
Charla, I cannot post as myself (Andrew Romeo) on the ‘Transporter Room’ FB site, even if I check in as me. I show up as an admin in all cases.
I mean, that’s fine, but you seem to show up as you. Why can’t I just be me when I want to be?
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AJ, Robert Hewitt Wolfe worked on TNG and DS9 as a writer. He helped write one of my favoirite DS9 episodes “Little Green Men.”
CW debuts lowest rated show of all time. A British import LA Complex debuts to just 646,000 viewers. LOL.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/04/25/l-a-complex-ratings/?
BB – I also liked Little Green Men. DS9 was my favorite Trek series.
BUDGINEERING!!!!!!!!!!
*SHRIEK*
http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/04/star-trek-2-sherlock-star-benedict-cumberbatch-dyes-hair-loves-jj-abrams.html
#1601,Thanks for posting that. Sounds like it could be a Space Seed remake. Khan and Kirk fought in Engineering during Space Seed. I guess Trek fans who wanted JJ to update Engineering will be mad that he isn’t changing it from the last time.
1601
Now THAT’S a bummer. I bet you it’s not Main Engineering this time, however.
Nice catch, La Reyne d’Epee!
LOL AJ- Sorry it does that- not sure why, but FB can be strange at times. Just glad you don’t mind! I love love love the clips you posted and hope everyone can get over to see the site, and post some pictures and links too!
Great article on Cumberbatch La Reyne d’Epee! It was very interesting to hear his take on the movie and JJ Abrams. JJ sounds like how I imagined him to be. A nice, imaginative and fun person to work with/for.
Stop on in everyone to The Transporter Room on FB- There are some really funny clips to watch thanks to AJ. Also you can post your favorite articles or clips too!
Now here’s another example where Trekmovie seems to leave the room in the middle of the lecture…
As I mentioned, Takei’s 75th-no mention of it-, plus now some info from Cumberbatch, and the lead article here is a masturbatory funny-papers sequel to the “Inner Light” which won’t end until 2065, and which has people arguing as to just how shitty it is in the talkbacks to the point of THX using italics to expound on a non-related position.
At this point ‘Star Trek: The Untitled’ is ignoring the BIG marketing which will make both Avengers and Hobbit into billion dollar movies. JJ’s big silent treatment, which excites 9 Trekkers on this board who want no spoilers at all, may cost millions in revenues due to the utter lack of exposure domestically and internationally.
Where’s the website? Name the film, already! With the delays, ultra-secrecy, and talk about how the film is being re-thought on set, set against the unlikely benchmark that ST2 shall be Star Trek’s “Dark Knight,” I am worried that it will be a pile of shit, frankly.
If Trek misses exposure at the con in San Diego this summer, just assume JJ is calling it in, marketing-wise.
@ 1601 1602
Thanks La Reyne. Yeah, it looks like Khan. The evidence all points to it. The hunt of a Hispanic actor. See Ricardo Montalban. The leaked photos showing Cumberbatch overcoming Spock who is supposed to be stronger than humans. And Cumberbatch beating the crap out of Spock and later choking him with one hand. Now we have the confirmation of Cumberbatch’s working out. Probably to match Monalban’s prodigious chest. Oh, I forgot he is a humanoid.
Any evidence against? Well, the photos show pointed sideburns. And he seems to be wearing a black Starfleet T shirt. So, he could be Starfleet. But the bulk of the evidence says otherwise.
By the way I dont’ advocate that they bring back Khan. We;ve been there, done that. I’m ready for a new adventure.
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I can see why J.J. wants secrecy. He wants people not to spoil the experience so there will be excitiement in 2013. That being said, I’ve agreed with you that they blew the momentum when they announced a 2012 date but disappointed fans by pushing the date one year back. Casual fans may not care.
They probably should show some footage at Comic Con. I would also suggest that they have a teaser trailer like the one for Star Trek 2009. And let the cat out of the bag around fall, about who Cumberbatch is playing. We already know its Khan.
What would also help would be a new direct to DVD animated Star Trek feature. This was done with The Matrix sequel, Dark Knight, and Green Lantern. Release that in early 2013.
” JJ’s big silent treatment, which excites 9 Trekkers on this board who want no spoilers at all, may cost millions in revenues due to the utter lack of exposure domestically and internationally.”
___________
In my opinion, on these boards, there is no such person as a Trekker who wants no spoilers at all.
If you take the time to click on a so-called spoilery article ( no matter its content ) , you wish to be spoiled. Even when claiming otherwise.
Moreover, if I am not mistaken, on this very site, Roberto Orci once stated that “they” knew that a mere 3% of Star Trek fans posted online.
To me, this means that 97% of Star Trek fans may not care that much about all the heated debates occurring presently on the Internet.
Thus, if one can accept the premise that the majority of the reboot audience is not online, I would assume that people will form an opinion as to whether they want to see the sequel or not when the first trailers come out.
As they probably did back in 2009…
BB – They are coming out with a Star Trek video game that is set between ST 2009 and the sequel in early 2013. I think that is when the promotion campaign will begin. Unless they have a teaser trailer at E3 this summer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqF5Bs05elw
AJ I think if it this way, I was getting mad that they aren’t promoting the sequel early, however it doesn’t come out until May 2013. If they started hyping it now or even right after ST 2009 wouldn’t we be board with the sequel already because of the overhyping of it? I think that is what they did last time for ST 2009. By the time it came out we already knew what most of the movie was about. I think JJ sees the same thing and doesn’t want to repeat what they did last time. However you are right its like a catch .22 right? If you overpromote you people get board with the film if you don’t you loose momentum from the first one.
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Craiger, you’re right. We had a big discussion about the video game. And let’s not forget that video games are huge business that competes in revenue with film.
There’s been comparisons of the Star Trek video game with Mass Effect. The concern from some Trekkers is that the video game will be run and shoot. Mass Effect has a heavy combat element. That being said, Mass Effect is also epic and intelligent science fiction. I mean there are discussions in the game on “what is life?” Do robots have souls? So, Star Trek, the video game can have plenty of action and be smart too.
Sequel filming almost done. Pine says its just as action packed as the first one.
http://www.accesshollywood.com/chris-pine-open-to-fifty-shades-of-grey-role-calls-star-trek-sequel-relentless_article_63798
Plus more set photos leaked.
http://www.entertainmentwise.com/photos/74261/1/PHOTOS-Star-Trek-2-On-Set-Volcano-Scenes-Leaked
I can’t stop wanting to know everything about the sequel. I want to be I can’t help it. I am worried about getting spoiled too much. I can see JJ getting mad.
The Avengers is kicking ass overseas. Hold on. Captain America is leading the team. Maybe America is so hated after all. :-) Story below. Bonus. The story has clips with it. Tim Hiddleston (War Horse) plays Loki. He was great in War Horse. Boy, the English can act.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/26/avengers-international-box-office_n_1455106.html#s880789.
BB – You mean America isn’t so hated after all?
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Yeah, let’s what I meant. Sorry for the typo.
No problem.
How about some comedy? Some comedy that Harry Ballz would enjoy.
Peabody Award winning Stephen Colbert and Trekker did a video on
Pheromone Parties (dating game which requires smelling sweat on T-shirts) and Arizona’s abortion law that declares life begins two weeks before conception. Yeah, I know abortion is controversial. But Colbert takes it to the logical conclusion by stating that his um, ballz must be considered a baby.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/413072/april-23-2012/tip-wag–pheromone-parties—-pre-life–laws
1612 – Red Bamboo… So, I guess the park rangers didn’t stop em from spray painting, like they did during the filming of “Shore Leave.”
http://tos.trek core.com/gallery/albums/1×15/Shore_Leave_093.JPG
http://tos.trek core.com/gallery/albums/1×15/Shore_Leave_132.JPG
Hello!. Here is a great article about The Avenger’s.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/marvels-avengers-a-superhero-primer/2012/04/26/gIQAIJBGjT_gallery.html
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55259
I know, Avengers will suck up every last fanbuck, but THIS is my hope for an epically nerdalicious summer…
Apparently, the midnight showings of “Avengers” are selling out. And the film has trailers for Batman and Spiderman attached to it.
I sure hope those cinemas have good strong geek-spooge-hoses…After the Caped Crusader and Spidey, having to go in for thirds with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for 143 minutes is a tall order indeed.
Oh sh!t. Somebody’s stolen footage from the new film now. JJ will go bonkers.
http://blastr.com/2012/04/guys-hilarious-audition-r.php
La Reyne d’Epee, I do think he covered it.
Why was Tampa spared? Because it’s already God’s Waiting Room, or what?
I wonder if sometimes they show too much of the movie in the trailers and would that spoil them?
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Craiger, the trailer to Prometheus pretty much shows us what the movie is about. I’m still interested in seeing it.
Prometheus looks like a great sci-fi feast.
Of all these blockbusters, which are 3D upconversions, and which are real 3D? I kinda remember hearing “Dark Knight” is strictly in 2D.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/26/space-shuttle-enterprise-new-york-city-arrives-friday_n_1456434.html?ref=new-york
I will try hopelessly to get some post-worthy video and pics.
http://io9.com/5905533/watching-56-star-trek-episodes-all-at-once-is-strangely-hypnotic
Watch 56 eps of Star Trek simultaneously.
Looks like we might be in for another break at TrekMovie. Is this going to be SOP at Trekmovie from now on? I have found if you do Google searches for Star Trek Movie Sequel you can get more news that way.
Craiger: Not sure if it will be SOP. I still enjoy the CHAT and our new little Facebook page, as we are faster with news on our own than this site has been, and we are not stuck debating pre-determined topics. Like, we can talk ‘Avengers’ here ’til we’re blue in the face, while non-Chatters are stuck on that little comic book.
Thing is, Anthony can do a pause, and then come back with a real doozy of a story. We like the doozies. In 2007, we chatted with JJ and the cast of ST 2009 on the Bridge after they wrapped. THAT was chaotic, but certainly fun.
There is, in fact, no news now. The PR/marketing machine knows Trekmovie exists, and will feed it once JJ presses the red button. It’s frustrating, and I disagree with the approach, especially internationally, but it is what it is: ‘Damned annoying at times.’
AJ, I wonder why then anyone would want to run a Trek news site when their is hardly any Trek news new or old. I wonder how soon it will before their wont be any news about the old Trek stars since most of them not all are out of the limelight or we wont care about them anymore? We don’t even hear about the DS9 cast or some of the Voyager cast anymore. Maybe they retired?
I forgot Jeri Ryan I think is the only active Voyager cast member right now.
Craiger:
If it weren’t for this site, I wouldn’t know what Jeri Ryan is doing, or that Avery Brooks was pulled over for DUI. Not that I care, either.
Following stars who are on a downward spiral is not something I enjoy doing. If Robert Duncan Mcneill is now an in-demand director for serial TV, there is only so much news we can glean from that. Obviously Shatner, Nimoy, Takei and Nichols continue to stick around, and conventions keep the large stable of Trek stars in and out of the radar as long as we’re willing to read about it/go see them.
Trek needs another breakout event, like TNG. Our faith, as fans, in JJ and the Supreme Court, as ‘keepers of the flame’ is unsteady. ST09 was not as much of a breakout for Trekkers as TNG ultimately became. While Bob Orci is a true fan, he doesn’t exactly have the key to the Enterprise in his pocket like Roddenberry, Coon, or Berman had. JJ should have it, but it seems just out of his reach because he does not desire it.
The new film will say a lot as to what we can expect going forward from this team. The gaps on Trekmovie, in the end, don’t mean much at all.
I guess I should have stated it another way how soon before we even care about the Trek Prime Universe and its stars anymore and it will all just the new movie stars and maybe the new TV series stars. If that’s the case Would a Trek only news bog even be neccessary? General Movie and TV show news blogs could cover that. Unless their would also be an explosion of new Trek products to report on?
And news on Trek Prime Stars and Products will also fade away.
Just as long as the people here don’t fade away!!! BTW Has anyone seen Harry lately?
Craiger:
Star Trek has been around since 1966. Whether we worry about the ‘prime universe’ or the JJverse is not going to keep many people awake at night.
Just as the “Ultimates” in the Marvel Universe seemingly replaced the classic characters, so may the universe created by these new guys.
If ‘Star Trek’ were a comic property, it would be much easier to re-boot universes and characters. It’s not. ‘Trek’ actually sucks as a comic, and thrives as a TV show while it celebrates its own existence on the big screen.
I, for one, am no longer worried about Klingon ridges, Borg hegemony or the Romulan war. Or the bloody USS Titan. Just give us great stories with classic characters, or give us great stories with great new characters on TV in whom we can invest emotionally. Blah, Blah.
1636.
Charla, I’m here, but this is the busiest time of year for my business, so I’m busier than a dog with two dicks!
:>)
“Just give us great stories with classic characters, or give us great stories with great new characters on TV in whom we can invest emotionally. Blah, Blah” .Very well put AJ. lol to the blah, blah. ;)
ROFL Harry! I am glad to see you are here! Glad you are so busy but still noticed you hadn’t been on in a few. If you had 2 ____ then you would be a happy dog to be so busy which must mean your happy… so we are happy for you too. :D
Charla, I’m happy that YOU’RE happy regarding my extra appendage.
Talk about being cocksure of yourself! :>)
It is pissing down rain here in the NY area now, with high winds, but as of an hour ago, the shuttle fly-by is still a go for sometime pre 12:00 on Friday.
I am beyond disturbed that Chris Pine is considering a role in ‘Fifty shades of Grey’.
But on a bonus note, I am going to see ‘The Avengers’ tonight (age-inappropriate fangirl squee!).
“Chris Pine is considering a role in ‘Fifty shades of Grey’. ”
He needs something to fill the gaps between playing Kirk and Jack Ryan… that HOPEFULLY don’t include ‘ilarious rom-coms co-starring women who look like his mommy.
Harry, please cur-tail the blue humor.
Fifty shades of grey?
Well, I guess the ladies will finally get a look at pine wood!
Enterprise is airborne, and I am off to the Hudson!
WOW.
Cool AJ! I will try to post a review for Avengers tonight. SHould I do it here or on FB?
Spockchick,
I would post here. At this point, the FB site is really ‘Star Trekky,’ and we have an ongoing chat here in CHAT about the Avengers. Also, not all the CHATters have signed on to the FB page.
Can’t wait to read your review! Of course, for you, it’s called “Avengers Assemble!”
The shuttle was freaking awesome, guys. I’ll try to get some photos up onto the FB page by this evening. I took a decent bit of video, but Facebook can’t handle it.
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You lucky gal. Avengers won’t open in the states until next week.
AJ, TheVerge beat you to it. :)
http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/27/2980852/nasas-space-shuttle-enterprise-new-york-fly-pictures
Craiger:
Here’s a rough approximation of what we all saw here in NYC today. Just remove Superman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xiwISrp1H4
One perspective on the shuttle-museum program:
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/04/space-shuttles-solemn-and-sad-final-flight.html
AJ, I am soooo Jealous. I went to see a launch in Florida and it was postponed (and it was our last day).
Avengers Assemble: IMAX 3D version.
I’ll say from the off that Spockchick is not a fan of 3D, Mainly coz of the double-glazing and the steaming-up effect if you already wear glasses. But this film really used the 3D properly with some amazing shots right from the beginning with a very good one zooming down a huge lift shaft. None of it felt gratuitous, and there was a great shot from inside of a car that was caught in mayhem, and you didn’t know if it was spinning, or everything around it was.
The acting here was all top-notch, although special mention must go to Tom Hiddleston as Loki who pulls off the trick of being very bad but also misguided and a bit vulnerable (or is he just acting the vulnerable bit?). He has some great, scenery-chewing scenes, and a confrontation with the Hulk that had me laughing out loud for quite a few minutes. In fact a couple of characters have Hulk-confrontations that almost had me crying with laughter, and the audience too. Mr. Hemsworth is also very funny, as is RDJ, but we already knew that about him. The most wonderful thing about the whole franchise is the humor. So many modern blockbusters are totally humorless, taking themselves far too seriously. This was funny, sexy, hip, bombastic in the best way (ie not a Michael Bay way) and had the most inventive monsters I have seen in a long time. Scarlett plays a convincing Russian, and was major ass-kicking. I will definitely see this a second time. Oh, and parts of it reminded me a bit of Battlestar Galactica. But I see Battlestar Galactica… everywhere :-) There was also a bit of pathos that made me wipe a tiny tear.
Story: 7/10
Acting: 9/10
Effects: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
1654:
Spockchick:
Great review. I will see it for sure.
Thank’s SpockChick. I am more then ready to see this.
Rotten Tomatoes still scoring The Avenger’s at a whopping 96%.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/marvels_the_avengers/
Wow! I agree with you AJ, that was a great review! You really made me want to see it asap!
Oh now I have to see the pics and and video of the shuttle next! Can’t wait!
I check RT as well Commodore Mike- you saved me the trouble! That is impressive- def. have to see it!
AJ, I wasn’t sure to post this becuase of not wanting to tease Harry again, this is the proper way to save a plane. Even though I like the SuperMan Returns one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r50oixGnRjM
Mike audience review at Rotten Tomatoes gave Battleship an 86%.
The classic one:
“Fly. Just…Don’t Look, Just Fly. We’ve Got..Something…I ain’t saying what it is. Just Trust Me.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gUsWSltyyU
Noticed TrekMovie didn’t even cover Nimoy being on hand for the Shuttle Enterprise arrival in New York.
AJ, I thought it was funny how the pilot emphasized One with Air Force One. Are you doing airplane themed videos because of the 747 bringing Enterprise to New York? Or just 747 videos since Air Force is a 747 like the Shuttle carrier?
Airplanes on the Brain, I guess…
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/52051ec56f/airplane-oh-stewardess-i-speak-jive-from-dirttron
Ok since were posting plane videos, allthough its a helicopter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvfBst-60Xk
LOT 767 from Newark landing in Warsaw with NO LANDING GEAR.
I flew on this plane several times when I lived there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIkv3outg7U&feature=fvwrel
One of my favorite airplane scenes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkOsXNF_ZoM
And, because this site is sleeping again, here is a nice NBC news report with references to Star Trek:
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/47211832/#47211832
I like this news article from this great site.
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1601167665001/leonard-nimoy-reunited-with-space-shuttle-enterprise-in-nyc
Dammit , it all makes me sort of melancholy on different levels.
Our own U.S. space program, the one that took up Kennedy’s challenge to put a man on the moon, has stalled out and can’t figure out how to restart itself. And the Enterprise shuttle goes on permanent display, a symbol of the entire shuttle program. Once vibrant, now obsolete.
Leonard Nimoy is there as it lands and reminds us of a better more hopeful time for manned spaceflight for NASA. And pauses to remind us that James Doohan and DeForest Kelley are no longer with us.
And all of the Star Trek references just serve to remind me that there is no new Star Trek on TV. No place where I, let alone my kids, can anticipate new adventures each week. Oh, of course we can pop in a DVD, but that just isn’t the same as having a fresh episode to look forward to and make an appointment to watch with the family.
It’s not like there is no hope. It’s just sorta sad is all.
@ 1654
Thanks Spockchick. I’m looking forward to seeing it. Tom Hiddleston is very good actor. He was excellent in War Horse. It was a small part but he played a noble and good British officer. And I’ll just say this about his War Horse part. It was heartbreaking. in the way it dealt with war. Benedict Cumberbatch is also good in War Horse. What a voice. Hmmm. I wonder what he could use that voice for? KHHAAAAAN.
@ 1670
That was excellent video with a nice interview with Leonard Nimoy. He looks great. But about you calling Fox News a “great site”, I’ll paraphrase this from Bob’s favorite dog, Triumph. Fox News is a great site … for me to poop on. Though I got to admit that Glen Beck was good for Jon Stewart. And Fox News does have the best looking blondes.
We’ll never stop going to the stars… It’s a helluva big Trek. And we’ll always remember that first small step. But, NASA has become a beauracracy. It was not that way in the 1960’s, but it is now. So… Thanks, and time to move on. Bring on the Dot-Com Billionaires and Movie Mogul Madmen… to take us on the next leg of our journey.
Facefoook. I have been barred. I get a message saying we need your mobile number before you log on. Yeah, like hell. When I click on submit sms message (just to see what it will do), I get ‘there has been an error’ and I’m thrown out. Sigh :-( sorry to those I have still not friended, it is nothing personal :-)
Facebook is evil. Grab your torches. We’ll storm the internet!
Seriously, spockchick…
Facebook IS evil. But, it’s probably just some idiotic sales gimick that’s messing with you.
I got in now, who knows the machinations of its evil tentacles.
THX – Now we have to catch a ride with the Russians thanks to NASA being defunded. However I wonder if the private sector can do space travel better than the Governement but would the private sector have the same quarantine proceedures after a vehicle comes back from Space. We had the Orion Program to replace the Shuttle but Obama cancelled it. I wonder just because it was Bush that approved it. Bush also had plans to go back to the Moon and Mars but that was scrapped also. However in this economy I can see why we can’t affoard that anymore.
BB – My favorite Fox News woman Megyn Kelly. She used to be a Lawyer.
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1093&bih=514&q=megyn+kelly&gbv=2&oq=megyn&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=img.3.0.0l10.493.6535.0.8118.14.14.4.1.1.0.133.905.6j3.9.0.A_66yn7×05g
I was wrong about the cancellation of the Orion Program, It was just the whole Constetllation Program that was cancelled and NASA was able to keep the Orion crew and cargo launch vehicals. I guess some people are saying we should have kept the Shuttle until the Orion vehicals were ready to go since now we have to pay the Russians to get to the Space Station.
Sorry about the trouble Spockchick- I don’t like the requirements (so called) either so I only give the information I want and make up the rest. If I want to give out my information to someone, I give it to them and am done. :)
New Doctor Who Companion Unveiled
She is HOT!
http://www.scifinews.net/news.php?aid=571
Spockchick turn into McMongo now, sorry.
Spockchick like new lady Whocompanion. But she not ginger, or Scottish, like Spockchick, and Karen Gillan. Ginger Scottish ladies minority on UKTV. Brunette English Ladies ubiquitous. Sadd.
Apparently she was in ‘Captain America’ too.
I figured it out! The Doctor plucks her off Titanic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZmaAzVIaqM&feature=relmfu
CmdrR, Having seen the video, I agree, she is very cute. I’ll let her off not being Karen.
I agree. Karen Gillan has been the cutest/hottest companion since Leela. (I’m old.) Plus, Amy/Amilia has that pissed off look where she could stop both the Doctor’s hearts cold, which is adorable when it’s not aimed at me.
btw, Greetings to McMongo. Does she pub crawl whilst dragging a haggis and moaning about her wee bairns, and all that fun stuff? (I know nothing about Scotland except what Scotty says in Trek.)
1688. CmdrR- I was shocked at the outrage expressed at Amy’s short skirts. Had everyone in the UK forgotten about Leela? She was dressed in strips of chamoix leather and her neckline was very low. Short memories!
Ahm away the noo tae feed the bairns some haggis afore the pub opens! Slainte!
God bless strips of chamoix leather… and also Lovely Rita Meter Maid costumes with microskirts. You didn’t think I was tuning in for the great science and special effects, did you?
CmdrR – Did you like Billie Piper, Martha Jones or Donna Nobel?
Sorry, I meant Freema Agyeman.
and Catherine Tate.
Catherine Tate is hilarious on The Office. I really never liked her on Who, probably because she replaced the MUCH sexier Freema Agyeman. I was also never a huge Billie Piper fan, although I think she (along with Russell T. Davies, of course) played a key role in reshaping Who into its current form, which is more about the characters’ relationships than about fighting monsters with zippers down their backs.
Interesting that (and I’m barely able to follow this from the U.S.) Agyman went on to play a lawyer, while Piper went on to play a hoo-ah. Thoughts?
btw – post # 1701 is coming up fast.
Whoever gets it… treat it right!!!
I don’t blame Piper going from Dr. Who to her new series she’s the lead in that one. Maybe she got tired of Dr. Who like Eccleston did.
I think Piper’s departure was all part of the plan. As for Eccleston, I really liked him in the role. I read that he just got tired of the physically demanding role with all of its (literal) running around. I think Eccleston adds to the hassle-in-the-castle movies he seems to do, and think he should have been used MUCH MORE in Heroes. It took me awhile to forgive David Tenant enough for taking over to see that he, too, brought a much-needed freshness and (odd) gravitas to the role. I don’t dislike Matt Smith, but he seems a little like Tenant-Lite. Just hope they don’t do the silly stuff too much. The show is better when they don’t do the BIG save-the-universe-and-all-of-time-plus-my-favorite-chips-lorry stories (like they’re promising to do to usher in Jenna-Louise Coleman) but rather stick to simple-ish one off plots that allow time for character moments. My tuppence, anyway.
Mr Spockchick LOVES Freema, but for different reasons to me :-) I think she was the second-best. I loved Catherine Tate the best, I thought she had real humanity in her role, and her characer arc was sooooo sad. It was like ‘Flowers for Algernon’. She started off all dippy and shallow, got all wise and wonderful, then POW! The doctor zaps her ans she is back to daffy/shallow/dippy. I totally cried at that!
So, I’m off to bed. I’ll mis the 1701 post. If It was me posting, I’d simply quote the great Scotty. “No bloody A, B, C, or D!”
FART
Treat ‘er like a lady, and she’ll always bring ya home…
Just keep yer cash outta sight…
You mean this AJ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Rv2wZrj-0&feature=related
However when Scotty entered the Holodeck he should have seen this 1701
bridge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHyy6F_GgsM&feature=related
1700 or 1701. Classic.
Thanks, AJ.
*Bows Head*
Rest in Peace, Joel Goldsmith.
November 19, 1957 – April 29, 2012
Rotten Tomatoes now at 97% on The Avenger’s.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/marvels_the_avengers/
Fresh Trek rumors. If they are not total BS, then they are major spoilers:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55344
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Sorry to hear that Jeyl. RIP, Joel Goldsmith.
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AJ, this site is confirming the rumors. All I’m going to say is that the one issue that Red Dead Ryan, MJ and I have agreed on was correct. Hint: It’ has something to do with the role Cumberbatch is playing.
Trekkers of Live Chat. A new Prometheus trailer is out. It has new footage. Some of it is disturbing. You have to pause the trailer to see the quick but kind of gory scene. Anyway, the Huffington Post has if for you and I’ve linked it for you.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/30/prometheus-international-trailer_n_1463995.html
Hey. I think someone where along the line I said the same thing as the now confirmed rumer. I did say it.
Thanks, BB. Prometheus = Awzum!
Thanks Joel. Love FC’s music. Wonderful.
Jeez, there are exploded nerd heads all over the Spoilers thread. You’d think this was the second coming of Khan.
Very sad about Joel, he was far too young.
Ach, I wish it was a new villain, I am prepared to tell myself this is wrong and misinformation.
1712. ‘Exploded Nerd-Heads’. Very nice :-)
Need 8 more “likes” on FB, if anyone knows anyone who is on FB and has Trek fans for friends, hit them up to join us chatters! :D Lots of fun and i
informative things going on too.
Hey Mike the Hawaii 5-0 – NCIS LA crossover starts tonight on CBS at 10PM Eastern – 9PM Central. Too bad Magarrett’s not in it. Chin is taking Magarrett’s place. I would have like to have seen Magarrett’s interaction with Heddy.
Look’s Like Supernatural may have a season 8. I sure hope that’s the case.
http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/04/05/supernatural-season-8-proof-there%E2%80%99ll-be-one/
Wow, all the girls are out now in force on the new ’spoilers’ thread.
Basement was spot on all along with his ‘Khan’ prediction.
Of course, it could be Riz Khan, ex-CNN, who speaks perfect Queen’s English on Al Jazeera.
To understand Khan’s power, just try to sit through this interview for more than 5 minutes without committing suicide:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIpiXJW3dYE&feature=relmfu
New “Dark Knight” trailer looks like another trip to snore-ville. Definitely a ‘DVD rental while I’m doing my laundry’-type film.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55367
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AJ and others who like political humor, check out Obama’s faux Super Pac ad supporting Romney because Obama has European values for dogs. It’s about the dog fights between Romney and Obama. Very funny. Premiered at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j3QRmc7fKw
AJ — Yikes! I used to work with Riz back in the Q&A days at CNN International. I made it 0:22, and decided I wanted to live, so I switched it off.
Of course, Al Jazeera could just be doing what Rush Limbaugh does every day… and making a show out of making the audience angry.
Interesting topic, boring video… I made it 2:48 minutes in I think. That is cool CmdrR that you have worked with Riz in the past.
AJ, I may be a big dork but if the DKR has a good story to go along with all the action without being cliche, I may just like it! Have I let my standards go?
I like Christopher Nolan’s movies for the most part. I liked Inception best though of them all. I was also jaded with the last Batman b/c I always liked Heath Ledger. That was one reason I liked the movie. Bales voicing Batman is at times humorous! haha
Gonna try to get to the Avengers this weekend. I think it opens this weekend anyway.
1722:
I just have a thing about Nolan’s ‘Batman’ flicks. I thought the first one was fun, but I never understood why “DK” was so popular beyond the cheap-shot PR behind deceased Heath Ledger. It was too long, and took itself way too seriously. “DKR” looks to be more of the same. Without a ‘Ledger Phenomenon’, I doubt it will do the numbers the last one did.
You have a very valid point AJ. DK did cash in on Heath Ledger’s untimely death. I watched it again this past winter and found myself thinking how long it was nearing the end. I bet money too the next one won’t do as well as DK. I plan on watching it, but am not planning on going to the theaters to see it.
I would love a good movie to be long- I would love to see a longer Trek movie. I loved The Lord of the Rings trilogy. They were long movies but didn’t feel long because the film swept me up into the story.
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Charla, I love Dark Knight and Inception. Christopher Nolan has proved that summer tentpole movies can have brains. There’s hope for Star Trek.
I agree for a longer Star Trek. Abrams and company injected too much Star Wars into the franchise. There’s nothing wrong with dialogue. We’re not all ADHD. Anthony asked Trekkers at a Las Vegas convention if they got the parallel universe theory behind the 2009 movie. A lot of them didn’t get it because they were thinking of time travel ala “The City on the Edge of Forever.” The confusion is the fault of the writers and the director. Abrams complained that Trek can be too talky. That’s why sometimes I think he doesn’t get it.
1725. Basement B. If Abrams thinks Trek is ‘too talky’ he is the wrong man for the job.
*Possibly sexist ranting ahoy, feel free to skip*
I am really not a fan of Star Wars, to me it is juvenile sci-fi. Ewoks? WTF are they for? The prequels were horribly sentimental. Star Wars for me is Sci-Fantasy, and quite male, because despite press to the contrary, I think male directors are far more sentimental than female. Trek is not very sentimental (mostly), some of the best writing work was done by DC Fontana (although I’m not such a fan of ‘This side of Paradise’). Look at (the few) female directed films, ‘Hurt Locker’, ‘The Piano’, ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, they are emotional, yes, but not sentimental.
Spielberg is sliding into this now for me, AI could have had a wonderful, allegorical, profound ending, but he stuck a bunch of sentimental shite on the end. In Lucas’ ‘Return of the Jedi’,we have the most amazing, powerful shot of Luke burning his father’s body. What an ending, but oh no… cut to partying Ewoks! Pardon if I stick my fingers down my throat.
I loved Dark Knight, but Inception didn’t grab me, although the acting was good. I thought the whole ’snow-scene’ came straight out of the James Bond ‘Goldeneye’ Nintendo ‘64 game of 1997, so I spent that part of the film annoyed, thinking could Nolan not have done something better than rip-off a 14 year old game? The film itself seemed very derivative of ‘The Matrix’, but meh, I am a hard woman to please with some genres :-)
*rant mode off, I’ll get my coat :-)*
1725:
The novelization of ST09 goes into more detail, while the film kind of glosses over the time travel issue. In ‘First Contact,’ when Data says they are entering a temporal vortex, Riker has to blurt out ‘time travel,’ for those of us who can’t understand 3-syllable words. The theory Orci and friends used in ST09 was indeed different, and Bob explained to death on these boards.
As for Batman, the movie has to be fun as well as thought provoking. More ‘helplessness vs. chaos’ with what amounts to Shinzon with a ballgag in his mouth as the villain (in the trailer, he is unintentionally quite funny) inserted into the ‘replace Joker here’ slot is just a money grab.
Also, I’ll admit, part of my bias is that I consider the 1960s TV show to be definitive. That show had stars in it that, for when it was produced, make the ones in DK today pale in comparison (Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman excepted).
Interesting article from io9 on re-thinking the future as portrayed in Star Trek:
http://io9.com/5906586/its-time-to-move-past-star-treks-anachronistic-vision-of-the-future
Spockchick- I agree Star Wars was more juvenile. I was 11 when it was released, and absolutely loved it! I used to listen to the movie on cassettes a million times after seeing it in the theaters, because back then, mom and dad just wouldn’t hear of taking you and your sibling back to the theater for a second and third time! LOL
Star Wars didn’t feel like Trek at all. More like everyone compares SW as a space opera- I loved and still love all 3 movies. The last 3 were- well I don’t know what to say about them- but I didn’t care for them. I think I loved them because they were (at the time) the first movies in space that really and truly made you feel like you were in space.
Trek was and is definitely smarter. It came out when I was 4 mos. old. My older brother who was 10 when it came out, watched the reruns in his teen years which I also HAD to watch because there was only 1 tv back then too. I used to hate him for it! LOL!!
Even so, I, at my young age- probably between 5-6 y.o. to 8 or 9- knew and felt that Star Trek was meant for smarter people. People who were older than me like my brother and knew what a dilithium crystal was. Only later in my young adulthood did I learn to appreciate what Trek represented and how it would affect so many people in sometimes subtle but positive ways.
I do agree with you on Inception’s snow scene! Honestly, I thought the same thing about the snow scene. I thought to myself I have seen this before, now I know where! My kids have played every game out there it seems (and yes is also sad) and I do remember that! LOL
The thing I loved about Inception was it’s originality. I loved the idea of a dream within a dream and all the rest which I won’t get into (for time sake.) I have always been fascinated with dreams. I don’t get into the interpretation of them but think they can hold information for our conscious selves at certain times. Even the military has performed experiments using dreams to benefit our country’s defenses. That notion I think is what made me open to the idea of controlling dreams.
I didn’t think your “rant” was sexist at all. I don’t like mushy scenes so much myself and I definitely don’t like tear jerkers. I have seen enough sad things in real life that I do not desire to see it when I want a movie to take me away from reality.
I really liked how Bob, Alex and Damon worked Spock and Uhura. They just teased you just enough to want more and it didn’t detract from the movie or the story line. It’s about action and adventure anyway not sex. Less is more in my opinion in action movies. If I watch a romantic movie then I would expect more.
“Also, I’ll admit, part of my bias is that I consider the 1960s TV show to be definitive. That show had stars in it that, for when it was produced, make the ones in DK today pale in comparison (Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman excepted).”
Very well put and I feel the same way AJ (you left out Michael Caine though lol love him too!)
Ok I’ve jabbered on long enough- sorry!
1731:
Michael Caine is great, but not on the same level as Oldman and Freeman. The Batman TV show had Milton Berle, who was huge at the time.
Basement,
If you haven’t seen this yet, AICN has a great interview with Doug Trumbull (2001, TMP, etc) about improving cinema resolution and brightness, especially with 3D. Worth a watch for all.
Link
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55257
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Interesting stuff. A colleague owns a couple of theaters. He installed the Sony Digital projectors There’s very good clarity. He also agrees with me that 3D movies are too dark. The darkness is exacerbated with conversions since the director of photography hasn’t adjusted for the darkness in 3D by filming in 2D. That’s why native 3D works out better. The cameras catch the nooks and crannies.
I’ll be interested to see how “Avengers” turns out. Some critics have said the 3D is a decent enhancement to the film. I’m sure BB will let us know. I’ll wait a few days to catch it.
As a child, I liked the Batman TV series. Thought it was serious adventure. Then when I got older, around my teenage years, I said to myself, “Hey they’re not taking this seriously.” Of course the Batman TV series was camp.
I enjoyed the comics more since they were serious. Of course, in the history of Batman, it was Frank Miller’s reimagining of Batman that changed everything. It was his Dark Knight Returns which brought a darker view of Batman. That would inspire Burton’s Batman.
I think I didn’t like the Batman series even as a child because I didn’t take it as a serious show because of the onomatopoeias that occurred so regularly throughout the show. It was funny to me.
I loved the comic books though, particularly The Justice League. I guess I love anything with team work- though at the time I didn’t know it.
I would love to see Avengers in 3-D but I am leery with how my eyes would handle it. Think I will try the regular first. Can’t wait, actually!
Oh AJ, that was an interesting read on Aint it cool- I didn’t know any of that before. No clue he was involved in so many influential movies. Thanks for posting that.
I just wonder what the pricing options are going to be like for films like “Hobbit:”
24fps 2d: $9.95
24fps 3d: $11.95
48fps 2d: $10:50
48fps 3d: $12.95
24fps 2d IMAX: $Your late model car in the lot
48fps 3d IMAX: $Your first born
And it will, as usual, not be clear without a phone-call if the cinema has the proper optics to fulfill the promise.
Is there a general way to actually verify the projection kit in each cinema?
1727, 1724
AJ, and Charla
One reason I love this site is that Bob Orci gives interviews here and told us about the parallel universe theory behind ST 2009. Now, I had to research it right after seeing the movie. The lack of exposition is what confused some Trekkers. And let’s face it. No one knows what would happen if you traveled back in time. But the parallel universe theory was not big in the movie but a merely a plot device to reset TOS from the prime universe. Still, the least they could have done was to change Uhura’s line from “alternate reality” to “parallel universe.” A longer conversation between Spock Prime and Kirk in the cave would have helped also.
Admiral Barnett’s bras and girdles are in ashes.
http://www.ajc.com/news/fire-strikes-tyler-perry-1429587.html
1739 – And the studios wonder why big budget crap craters.
Great information AJ. Unfortunately you are so right about the cost of 3D- it is hard enough with todays economy to even see a movie, let alone the 3D version.
BB, That would have been a great idea to have had Uhura say that in the movie as you suggested. Excellent catch. You’d be a fine editor!
Can I follow TrekMovie.com on Facebook?
Where’s our Harry Ballz? Anyway, Harry, and others, found this video of some woman named Kate Upton dancing in a swimsuit. For a couple of reasons I found it compelling.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/01/kate-upton-cat-daddy-dance-bikini/?adid=hero2#.T6GUzeivKSo
Trek Movie Needs a Facebook account!!!
DS9 in Prime Time- we here in chat have a FB account- it is called “The Transporter Room”. So far we have AJ, Spockchick, THX-1138, Commodore Mike and myself there. I hope I haven’t missed anyone. We have 22 likes, but some of those aren’t from TrekMovie. We of course have invited them here. :D
Anthony has been invited but has yet to sign up, Harry is mia, but is very busy he said this time of year, we miss him!! It’s just a place we can talk about anything and post pics up of ourselves. It is still very new, but we are hopeful it will grow.
Not everyone is a fan of FB, including me, but if I can stay up to date with my family and friends then I am ok with it, just choosy as to the information I give them. With that said, if anyone who doesn’t have a FB account wants to join us, all you have to do is give them bogus information on what makes you uncomfortable. But as with every place visited on the internet (even here maybe) there is the ability to track you via your IP address.
I hope you join us though, as we would love to see more and hear more from the gang here. :D If you have any questions, just let AJ or myself know. We will try to get them answered asap, and will be adding more admins when we get some more people to join up.
Hi S! Sorry I didn’t see your post earlier! Please join us in “The Transporter Room” on FB. There is a TrekMovie.com page to like, but you can’t post there. That is why we created the Transporter Room.
We encourage everyone to post on TrekMovie and of course explain we are in now way tied to them except as guests. We hope it will grow and will be a place to have fun in!
For you, DS9 in Prime Time and anyone else wondering, The subject came up when a young man named Del J. Trame aka “British Naval Dude” had a website where others from TrekMovie went to hang out. They posted their pictures and such, and had a good time. Unfortunately Del passed away, so this chat room is dedicated to him. We wanted another similar place to go in between news so the new FB page was created. If the FB doesn’t work out, we may try a website.
Hope this helps, and we look forward to see you and the others on FB!
If you, DS9 and anyone else wants to join it, just like the page and post away! :>D
Just got back from Ottawa. Was there a couple of days on business. Nice coin.
Well welcome back Harry! We have missed you- Hope all is well with you!
Here’s what Anthony does in his spare time, apparently:
http://www.movies.com/movie-news/39star-trek39-sequel-countdown-big-villain-revealed-plus-new-39trek39-tv-show-dvds-set-pics-more/7751?wssac=164&wssaffid=news&wss=mdcmkttwitter
Hey, Harry!
Yo, AJ!
We have a new loony on the “Spoilers” thread, called jtd, who says his handle is the initials of a comrade who committed suicide after seeing ST09. Then he posts a website that ‘James Tiberius Dixon’ (jtd), born in 1947, was assassinated by the government for some UFO information.
He screams that he’s been a fan since 1966, and he knows ‘Roddenberry’s vision!’
He’s either completely nuts, a drunk, or just trying on a personality to annoy people. He does have the website, though. I think he’s a nut.
LOL AJ!! I hadn’t caught that one. I will check it out.
I’m not going near that thread, there be Gorns!
But we are beating them, 1733 to 1756 last time I looked!
Harry, AJ, Commodore Mike, the “Major Spoilers” story is threatening to catch up to our record breaking thread. For you newbies, the Trekmovie link to the record breaking thread is below.
http://trekmovie.com/2010/12/17/sci-fi-movies-friday-iron-man-3-the-avengers-gravity-tron-legacy-paul-potc-4-spider-man-musical-more/
Hey, Jetman was in Rio and flying over the Jesus statue.
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/02/11508272-jetman-flies-over-rio-lands-on-copacabana-beach?lite
That’s funny BB, and thx for the link!
Gorns would be a marked improvement, Spockchick. There be douchebags in that thread.
1751 – It’s none of my bidness, so of course I want to know… how much coin Anthony makes off this stuff.
If Jetman crashed INTO Jesus, would that be bad or a shortcut to heaven?
“Expendables 2″ trailer w/predictable Schwarzenegger line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XQf3YP8p85I
Best site for the news.
http://www.theblaze.com/
1754. AJ. I looked, I know I shouldn’t have.That loony person insulted Battlestar Galactica. That is not on.
Nice article from io9 on the current ST 12 “Khantroversy”
http://io9.com/5907467/the-real-problem-with-benedict-cumberbatchs-villain-role-in-star-trek-12
It’s also up on the “Transporter Room”
Well, ‘jtd’ is still at it. Now he broke, divorced and unemployed because of what he describes as a French Muslim. Obviously, AP is busy, or else he would get this guy banned ASAP.
I know!! It is getting out of hand.
A month ago I entered my script in a well-respected screenplay contest. The judging panel just wrote me praising the script and saying that it is now being moved up to the next round of the competition.
Maybe this will pan out with another producer wanting it before Orci ever gets around to doing anything with it!!!
Sheesh, do I have to do EVERYTHING myself??
Harry:
Old question: Can’t you get yourself an agent? Hell, you’ve written enough as it is. Relying on Bob right now seems unlikely unless you have his cellphone number It seems he and Kurtzman have locked up the next twenty years already. Anyway to get a face-to-face with the guy? It’s not out of the realm of the possible, IMHO.
1768. Harry, very, very best of luck to you in the competition:-)
AJ/Spockchick
thanks for the interest……….I could try for an agent, but they usually complain, “I can’t get work for my current clients!” (I actually heard this several times). Also, they prefer clients who crank out a shitload of scripts/books.
I’ve got another great screenplay worked out in my head, but, dammit, I have so much on my plate (making a nice living), I truly don’t know how prolific I would be in spitting this stuff out.
@ 1771.
Congratulations, Mr. Ballz.
I wish you all the best for the rest of the competition!
:)
So happy for you Harry!! This is wonderful news!! *Pops open a bottle of champagne for everyone* A toast for you and your screenplay.”‘May your story go far and may we one day see it in print or on screen, or both!”
Thanks for keeping us posted!
Wtg Harry. When you are big and famous, remember us little people.
Avenger’s. Looking good. Oh. When you see the Avenger’s. Stay till after the end credit’s as there is a special scene about the Sequeal.
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/weekend-picks-marvel-avengers-other-films-224713384.html
Here is the best review I have read on The Avenger’s.
http://www.foxnews.com/imag/Love/The+Date+Nighter%3A+%22The+Avengers%22+Movie+Review
1776. Commodore Mike. Yes, most excellent! I am going to see it again, but in non-spectacle-steaming 2D this week, after I hand in my last term paper, which is due toninght :-). I confess I didn’t realy understand the sequel spoiler at the end. We cah chat about that once everyone has seen it.
Hey Spockchick. At the end of the credit’s for The Avenger’s. There is a Bonus Scene about the Sequeal.
@ 1768
Congratulations to out Harry Ballz. Good luck Michael, er… Harry.
1777
There are two scenes after the movie “ends.” One comes on after the main credits. You don’t have to wait that long. The other which is humorous is on after all the credits roll. That one requires AJ to help us out with since I believe it’s a famous New York deli that it takes place in. I believe Iron Man talks about it, late in the movie.
Genre cameos abound. Jenny Agutter plays a world leader but you barley see her. She is shrouded in darkness. Harry Dean Stanton (Alien) has a funny part. And though she said she would not be in the movie, Gweneth Paltrow reprises Pepper Potts. Of course, always look for the Man. Stan Lee will be in this movie somewhere.
1778. Mike.
Yes, I know, I have seen it. I didn’t understand it but I don’t want to spoiler why, for those who haven’t seen it. I’m seeing it again this week so will endeavor to understand 2nd time round.
I LOVED the Harry Dean Stanton cameo, I’m a big fan of ‘Repo Man’
Congrats Harry, will you want Erica Durance to play one of the female leads in your script? Sorry, I had throw that in one their. :)
Has anyone seen this funny video that’s gone viral? LOL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4vmgn8oVZM
Hey Craiger. I so wanted to say that about Erica Durance. But I was trying to give Harry a break. But funny as Hell.
Mike, I wanted to quit the Durance thing also, growing tired of it myself but it was too tempting. :)
Lol. I know Craiger. It is so temting.
OOh thanks for the updates on the Avengers BB and Spockchick!! I am hoping to see it this weekend.
Ok, Craiger, Harry, BB, CmdrR, Aurore, DS9, S, La Reyne d’Epee, Spockanella and Jeyl (and anyone else who wants to) We would love to have you visit The Transporter Room on FB by the way…so far so good, and the more the merrier!
Still have not figured out how this works. Might need to try Firefox….
There are no human BLOBS featured in my movie, therefore Durance can NOT be cast in it!
1788. Phil
This is how it works. I am on Firefox now. I even have a Unix machine :-) Sorry, or did you mean FB?
LOL Spockchick- it can get confusing between here and there. If you are talking about FB, just type in the search box The Transporter Room. It will take you there, you click that you like it and it will send you newsfeeds when it updates. It isn’t only for Trek talk, but anything you feel comfortable with.
Harry! Longtime…How ya been?
It’s been a long time so I thought I would drop in and say hello.
Best wishes to all of you at Trekmovie.
Closettrekker, you ol’ horse thief!! How ya doin’??
Hey Closettrekker. How did you get out of the Agony Booth so fast.
Saw The Avengers yesterday. Avoid the 3D version. Muddy. Director Whedon was not thinking 3D. So his fast cutting and hand-held camera shots will give some motion sickness. Live action scenes don’t pop. Blame converting it from 2D to 3D.
As for the movie, I liked it. Epic heroic action. Confusing at times due to the lack of exposition. Who is that guy that is the leader of the Chitauri? Just go with the plot Nice humor. Really rooted for The Avengers as they took on the bad guys.
Performances were excellent. Standouts were Chris Evans as Captain America. Rober Downey Jr. as Iron Man And I loved Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner. You could tell with his voice and eyes that he was hiding something big and green underneath.
Oh, Harry, the Hulk looked okay to me. The grade is A.
Full review with UK trailer.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/avengers-3d-review.html
Nice review, BB- I can’t remember my Google account password to leave a comment in your blog. But it was a very good review. Especially the first part, that the viewer should see Thor and Captain America first.
I haven’t seen Captain America yet. So I will try to get it if it’s on DVD now and watch it first before I see Avengers. I seen Thor last summer.
The Avengers has grossed $80 million so far at the U.S. box office.
http://collider.com/friday-box-office-the-avengers-amass-an-amazing-80-million-for-the-second-highest-debut-of-all-time/164290/
BB
I’ll try not to SULK over the HULK!
:>)
The Hulk was awesome. I retrospect, having had a week to think about it, he is my favorite character. I really did not ‘get’ Captain America, but like Charla, I haven’t seem the film, although I saw all the rest (Iron mans and Thor)
Closettrekker! Of the Rogue’s Gallery! Welcome Back!
1797, 1800
Charla, Spockchick
I think both of you will like Captain America. It’s got a strong female protagonist (Hayley Atwell) and is touching in many ways. Once you see that, you’ll realize why Captain America has a sadness to him.
Oh, this is not a spoiler but just to see if anyone knows the joke. Towards the end of the movie, Iron Man talks about going somewhere to eat? I’m guessing he’s talking about he restaurant at the very end of the credits.
What’s the name of this restaurant. AJ?
BB:
I haven’t seen the film yet!
Avengers.
$80.5 M.
On Friday.
Just Friday.
Just U.S..
What’s in your wallet?
Friday with int’l sales: $385m
CmdrR at 1804
How is Star Trek 2013 going to keep up with that? Oh, bring back Khan. Oy.
I will contribute my money to the 80 Million plus for The Avenger’s. Lol.
I think it’ll take a bunch more John Carters to break Hollywood’s summer movie mindset: Big Booms = Billion Buck Box Office.
I caught a crappy video of the ‘Avengers credits scene’ on YouTube.
I can’t recognize the restaurant. Indeed, if that is the scene that Joss Whedon filmed after the Hollywood premiere, it was probably shot in Los Angeles.
I just experienced a “senior’ moment. For months I’ve been watching The Avengers trailers. I’ve been looking forward to this movie because I was a rabid comic book collector in the 1960’s , especially Marvel. I owned mint copies of Spiderman #1, Fantastic Four #1, Daredevil #1, Tales of Suspense #39 (first Iron Man) and Avengers #1.
It’s been many years since I looked at any of these covers (I sold my collection a long time ago).
The new movie shows that the main villain is Loki. I thought nothing of it. I just went to a Heritage Comics website where someone is selling an Avengers #1, and who is depicted on the cover of issue number one as the first villain the Avengers faced?
LOKI!!
I never realized until now (I had totally forgotten) that the movie producers were being that dedicated to the comic’s mythology! Good for them!!
Harry:
I also had a look at Avengers 1, which I had actually never seen before, and was pleasantly surprised as well to see that Loki was their first adversary.
Harry, I got another conspiracy theory movie for you? You ever see this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GI_Q-HX3f0
@ 1809
Thanks AJ for looking at it. It’s just that there’s this line where a dizzy Iron Man says something about going to a restaurant? in New York. So I’m guessing after the credits roll that’s the restaurant. Trust me, even if you haven’t seen the movie, knowing that is what he’s talking about will help us get the joke.
Stan Lee’s cameo is at the very end. You have to pay attention. It goes by fast and it’s funny.
@ 1809 Gag ending credit scene for North American audiences only
Okay Trekkers. When you come to Live Chat you get useful information. And this information will help you get the gag in “The Avengers” after the credits roll. So it is not a spoiler. I just Googled this so you don’t have to. By the way, this scene is only on the North American prints of “The Avengers.”
Here it is. A dizzy Iron Man says he wants to go to a shawarma restaurant. It’s an Arab mixed meat concoction which can be served on pita bread. Similar to a gyros sandwich. Okay, living in Cincinnati, the buckle of the Bible Belt, we have no Arabs. I keed. I keed. We have one Arab living here.
The gag at the end of the movie has the Avengers all sitting around a table eating at a shawarma restaurant. It is not a particular restaurant in New York though obviously you can get shawarama in the city. I got it wrong because living here in Cincinnati, shawarma sounds like something from Mars. Sorry to bother you AJ.
Stay tuned for hints as to who might be the guy in the mid-credits scene.
Pic from Simon Pegg’s Twitter feed of him and ZQ at a “Northern California” Hooters watching boxing. ZQ has major stubble.
Spoilers?
http://twitpic.com/9hw9zf
@ 1815
Again sorry to bother you AJ about shawarma sandwiches. (post 1814) But wasn’t it reported that ZQ is gay. What is he doing at Hooters?!
@1814 Basement B:
@ 1809 Gag ending credit scene for North American audiences only
Boo! No fair! I want my funny ending! At least it will be on the DVD I hope.
There are lots of excellent Schawarma places where I am, and great falafel places too. For some reason, in Scotland we call Schwarma ‘kebab’. It is the default snack for drunken students rolling out of the pub, and is MASSIVELY popular here. ‘Och, Iron Man’s away fur a Kebab’. Hilarious!
I do notice that neither man is staring at the neon orange tushie in the background. The reason I don’t go to Hooters is because AdmrR would pummel me with a hot wing for ogling the hired help.
1816 “But wasn’t it reported that ZQ is gay. What is he doing at Hooters?!”
Why, it must be for the GREAT food, BB!
Just like how I only read Playboy for the articles!
The Avengers takes in $200 Million so far!!!
http://collider.com/the-avengers-box-office-record/164416/
I’ve heard the food at Hooters tastes like ass.
Avengers is at $641m with international. Amazing.
There is a full month left until ‘Spiderman,’ and most schools and universities are still in session. This is going to smash records.
Will be seeing The Avenger’s today. So can’t wait. I also want to bet 500,000 Quatloos that there will be more Avenger;s movies.
Well, France has a new president. Francois Hollande. See ya later, Sarkozy.
@ 1817
Spockchick, you don’t miss much in the gag scene. . There’s no dialogue. And if you’re quick, you might be able to see it on YouTube like AJ. Bet money that Disney will have YouTube remove it.
I think there is a difference between shawarma and gyros. Gyros being Greek. We do have Greek people here in Cincinnati. But hard to find Arab food here. So, Iron Man’s request for shawarma went over my head. By the way was this some type of PC commentary for Arabs from those lefties in Hollywood? :-)
It’s called shawarma in Israel, for sure. On the streets of NYC, many Halal carts sell both ’shish-kebab’ and shawarma.
Okay as promised, here’s help with the other end credits scene for The Avengers. It occurs midway, so you don’t have to wait for it. We see two aliens in space. I”m not going to go over the dialogue since that might spoil the movie. But there are no surprises in what’s said. .
Anyway, one alien turns sideways to the camera and grins. I saw this in 3D so I had trouble telling if it was the alien who did all the talking. It wasn’t. 3D made this too dark for me. Anyway, since they don’t write any exposition for this scene, you have no idea who the grinning guy was. Doctor Doom???? NO.
It’s Thanos. Wikipedia link. Now unless you regularly read comics, there’s no way you’re going to know who the heck is Thanos. Plus there’s nothing in the scene to help you. I’m just told he’s one bad dude. I mean he’s basically a demigod. What’s Black Widow going to do to him.? That pea shooter ain’t going be much help. Maybe she can look at him with that smoldering sexy face.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanos#Film
1827. Thanks BB, I really did not understand that bit, and I also saw 3D so couldn’t be sure who was speaking. On balance, I don’t think it added that much.
Is there any way to buy stock in shawarmas?
Anyway… good flick. Good triumphs. Evil and inertia fail miserably.
btw – $641.8 million … without counting Sunday!!
Is it just me, or was there more Scarlett Johansen than Scarlett Johansen’s costume? Don’t get me wrong. I’d lust after her on her worst day, but she seems a tad… um… zaftig.
On the other hand, Cobie Smulders and Gwyneth Paltrow were yummy.
Oh, and bravo on the use of U.S. surplus flying carriers. Those suckers have really held up well since the first Gulf War, right?
No real idea about the grinning baddy, but just a pure guess: Red Skull.
Um, that may be a spoiler.
Or not.
I recently re-watched Captain America, and, yes, it seems that the Tessaract sucks Red Skull up into space, so good guess, CmdrR.
Since the names Thanos, Kree and Skrull have been battered around for the past year with regards to the Avengers film, I just assumed the end dude would be Thanos, as I read Avengers books voraciously as a kid in the 1970s, and Whedon is of the same generation.
I would love to see Galactus fully realized, but he is ‘owned on film” by whatever morons made the last two Fantastic Four films, and has already been portrayed as a voluminous cloud instead of a giant Purple Planet Eater with funny boots, a silly helmet, and no sense of humor whatsoever.
1831
I can’t figure out why the Fantastic Four movies were not that good. The writing? Not enough mayhem from the bad guys? Jessica Alba?
Kate Beckinsale (Underworld, Total Recall) just did a video for Funny or Die. She asks where do Republican women want the government to be in their lives. Check it out.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/87be7156f5/republicans-get-in-my-vagina?rel=player
BB – NSFW, but funny.
Speaking of Gubbament… if this National Debt thingiedoo is such a problem, why can’t Washington just produce a bunch of summer blockbusters? That’s a billion in a weekend. Come on!
Mitt Romney: Iron Head
Newt Gingrich: The Incredible Bulk
Sarah Palin: Crapped On America
and just to keep the insults bi-partisan:
Joe Biden: Dorki
Barack Obama: Overrider*
OK, I wiki’d that one. Your submissions are probably better.
Hey guy’s. Here is an Article about the late but GREAT! Johnny Carson.
He was the King of Late Night.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/05/07/documentary-reveals-different-side-late-night-king-johnny-carson/?intcmp=features
So, as usual, CHAT breaks the “Hooters” story long before Trekmovie.
1832/BB:
Have a look at the FF2 “Rise of the Silver Surfer” trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3EC_V9A-rw
There is some amazingly cool stuff (The Surfer was always one of Marvel’s uber-cool properties) mixed with shite (power-transfers between members of the FF). The trailer is, shite excluded, all the good parts minus all the crap. The film itself was a total disaster. I’m sure several nerds committed suicide after viewing it.
1838
I remember the movie. It wasn’t that bad. Kind of cute. I hate to bring up race, but Sue Storm always struck me as a WASP whereas Jessica Alba is Hispanic. (See her in Machete.) I mean thought it was ludicrous to cast white kids in The Last Airbender when the cartoon was based on Asian mythology. Plus, not a fan of Alba as an actress. Anyway, she’s supposed to be Johnny Storm’s brother played by Chris Evans. (later Captain America)
Yeah, what kind of hurt the movie is to portray Galactus as a cloud. At least last year’s Green Lantern had the good sense to have its cloud=alien monster to have a frightening face. Maybe if they showed aliens getting killed by Galactus, that could be frightening enough.
According to Wikipedia, Fox is trying to reboot the FF for 2014.
@ 1834
CmdR Hey, I love it when Kate Beckinsale says in the Funny or Die video, “Where do I want government…. in my v…. a.” (1833) She delivers that punch line with such enthusiasm. Funny stuff.
If it could happen, anyone up for a theatrical screening of STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE: THE DIRECTOR’S EDITION?
1841:
I’d do it with this bunch from CHAT, for sure, as long as we can bring our laptops.
Hey Commodore Mike, How was the movie?? :D
1841- Enoonma and AJ, I’d go with this bunch too!
Check out the FB page we have up Enoonma, The Transporter Room-
Sorry I left off the “L” in your name Enoonmal – I’m showing my age. lol
ST: TMP.
I loved it at the time, but man is that a slow motion motion picture.
http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2012/05/07/nbc-picks-up-j-j-abrams-revolution-shot-in-atlanta/?cxntlid=thbz_hm
Yeah, Atlanta!
You’ll come for the grits. You’ll stay because the zombies* ate your brain**.
*Walking Dead is shot here.
**Didn’t stop any member of our state legislature.
1846. CmdrR, isn’t the lead guy in Walking Dead (is he a sherriff?) a Brit? I think we are popular in Hollywood coz we work for pennies.
Star Trekj Sequel Spoiiler
Cumberbatch says of his character, “He’s not a good guy- that’s the most that I can reveal.” Entertainment Weekly, 5-11-12; pg. 24
Seriously, it just shows you that the next Star Trek movie has a bad guy not some misunderstood probe looking for whales. Hopefully there’s no mustache twirling.
1848. Basement B. Will someone be tied to a railway track?
STAR TREK: THE MOTIONLESS PICTURE
Spock walks onto the Bridge in his black robes
Sulu: “Why…why…it’s Mister………………………………………………………………..”
Cigarette and bathroom break
Kirk: “SPOCK!”
I’m surprised the ‘Director’s Cut’ didn’t edit down the gap. It’s like Kirk didn’t remember the dude’s name.
http://www.metro.co.uk/film/897980-benedict-cumberbatchs-star-trek-villain-is-unmasked
This is from a site quoting the articles here at TrekMovie. They are trying to confirm it is Khan. I still am still on the fence about who he is going to play.
Just thought it was interesting they referenced TM :D when we have had so much bickering about who he is playing.
I posted a funny video on FB “Transporter Room” of a highschool girl peeing her pants when she meets Pine, Yelchin, Pegg and Soldana in a random hotel encounter. Her mom says ’she’s all sweaty from lacrosse practice’ after Pine hugs her. And if my grandmother had wheels, she’d be a wagon…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p98njVq5cA0
Charla,
Cumberbatch will play Caan. James Caan.
Reprising his role as Sonny Corleone to wreak havoc on the five families….
The Wrath of Caan…..that’s the ticket right there….
1847 – Spockchick… it’s the dental plan.
Hugh Laurie
Sam Neill (NZ)
Andrew Lincoln (born Andrew James Clutterbuck, thanks Wiki)
Reed Richards
many more…
All have learned to speak proper English in order to work here.
Any one of them is better at doing an American accent than Amanda Tapping is at doing a Brit one. Yikes, Carter!
Holy Cow. Get Kayla folks. Check out this sea creature that looks like something from Cameron’s The Abyss. Wow, it mugs for the camera too.
Story and video
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/09/mystery-of-the-deep-creature-caught-on-ocean-camera-video_n_1502102.html
BB I seen this yesterday too! Really crazy looking~ There is some wonderful discoveries waiting for us in our oceans as well as in space. I would like to see what Cameron’s deep ocean endeavors shows.
ROFL AJ- Ok, ok I concede, lol, so it may be Khan/Caan. I may be in denial right now. haha- It will be interesting how it is pulled off with so much emphasis some people have placed on Khan’s race. Cumberbatch doesn’t fill the bill in that area, being a pretty white Brit and all.
OH and AJ- that was so funny/cute how that girl responded to meeting the actors of Trek!! I bet she couldn’t sleep that night!
Spockchick- I watch the Walking Dead too. My daughter loves that show and I became hooked on the almost soap opera like drama behind the gruesome scenes of people being ripped to pieces.And I hate soap operas!!
Suprisingly, it is a very good show that does hire it’s fair share of Brits! LOL The sheriff, the asian man’s girlfriend, the asian,… nah not really the asian. heehee but the first two Iisted are. I was so suprised! Now if Daryl is a brit, I will be shocked!! lol -
Seen The Avenger’s last night. I had high expectation’s for this movie. It Surpassed it it by miles. What a great ride.
The Alamo Draft house here in Austin is showing Movies of the summer of 1982. They will be showing movies on the day they premiered. So. On June 3rd I will once again get to see Star Trek 2 The Wrath oh Khan on the BIG Screen!. Have not done that since. 1982. Lol. Can’t wait.
@ 1858
Did you want to discuss how the writers are going to get Cumberbatch to play Khan since he’s white? I keeed. I keeed. That’s an inside joke since I’ve been debating other Trekkers about it being Khan.
1860
You lucky guy.
Thank’s Blogger. I own The Wrath of Khan on Blu-Rey and Direction’s edition. But to see it on the big screen. Priceless.
By the way, on the wrap thread, we’re not to talk about spoilers. Does that include other threads? I mean should we stop talking about Khan?
1864:
BB: I noticed that. Kinda weird, eh? What other spoilers are there besides the ones that have been all over the net for weeks? (Khan, Klingons, etc.). I guess we can discuss them here. My main question is: Is Del Trame in the thing somehow or another?
Hey AJ. I have tried many times to get a response from Bob Orci about Del and he simply won’t say anything. So I am hoping that mean’s he will be in since this is secret stuff.
Commodore:
Bob has been honest enough in his desire to try and get Del into the flick. Time will tell. It was nice, in any case, that he was clued into our cause.
It would just be so nice to contact his family and say, “1 hour and 23 minutes in, have a look at the hull,” or “look at the Admiral’s name.”
We shall see.
I hope so. Since we brought it up it was nice of him to haqve some interest. I hope you can make that call to his family.
Why shouldn’t Del’s name be in the new movie?
If the script calls for a ship or person to go by a name we’ve never heard before, why not Del Trame?
It has as good a sound as any other name you would pick out of a hat!
I, personally, think the name sounds futuristic, a name somebody would be called in the 23rd century. So there!
Well, it’s been our cause celebre for a while, and whether not not Del’s name makes the final cut is no longer in Bob Orci’s hands. God willing, he’s in there somehow,
Let’s hope it does, because that would be such a great gift to Del’s family, and he’d laugh himself silly in heaven to see we actually did it.
I would laugh myself silly as well, at the way of the Internet actually can get something like that done.
1861- You about had me sweating that one, BB!! LOL I don’t care what color the guy is as long as he can act and look somehow like” KHHHAAAAN!!!!! I also like AJ’s thoughts on it could be James Caaaaaaaan!!!!!! as well. hahaha! Time will tell! :-)
It would be fun to hear Del’s name in the movie, not only as an honor for him, his family and for the people here who fondly remember him. Like AJ said, I think I would get a good laugh too (and some of the other posters). I think because it feels like this discussion was inside information to only those frequenting in the thread about it on TrekMovie and within the chat area.
To the general audience they would think it is just a futuristic sounding name like Harry said and not give it a second thought. But we would know better. :) I hope it happens, that would be a special moment for all of us here, but more importantly, Del’s family.
Has anyone read some of the new theories about the sequel? Some here and at other sites think maybe Cumberbatch is not Khan but a survivor of the Botany Bay. Maybe its destroyed by the Klingons and only Cumberbatche’s character survives and takes Khan’s name and wants revenge on the Klingons. I could add to that the Federation then intervenes in his quest for revenge by sending in Kirk and the Enterprise? What if Cumberbatch enlists or kindnaps Peter Weller’s character who has been experimenting with genetic engineering in secret? Or would that seem too much like the Augments arc in Enterprise?
@ 1872
Here’s my theory. And it’s just a theory. It could be completely wrong. I cite no evidence to support it. It’s just a theory. I’m looking at the who Peter Weller might play.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/is-this-plot-to-new-star-trek-movie.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/canadian-20-banknote-too-provocative-192650516.html
The real reason Harry Ballz loves cash.
1872/3
Any theory citing “Enterprise” as anything but window-dressing (i.e. ‘Admiral Archer’s prized beagle’) is inevitably wrong. Paxton? He’s the dude from episode 96 of a show no-one watched. Who cares?
Any theories, for that matter, like involving Section 31 or the Cardassians, Breen, or some such, have to go away. The only concept from outside TOS which is relevant is the Borg. Period.
I’ll go with Craiger on the not-Khan impersonator. I think, myself included, many have thought the writers too intelligent to cast a pasty white English dude as an Indian Sikh, and that the ‘Joachim theory’ is a likely out in this case.
This is quite funny: Hollywood Reporter ordered an estimate from a disaster consulting firm as to the damage in dollars to NYC after the Avengers-Chitauri battle. They compare it to ‘the Gozer Incident of 1984″ and other past disasters, both real and imagined.
http://hurricane.methaz.org/avengers_estimate.pdf
Here is what I think. They have the movie with no Khan!. Then at the end the camra pans out to another sector of space and we see the S.S Botney Bay drifting in space. The all of a sudden. A Klingon Ship Decloakes and then the end credit’s run.
1877:
Mike: I think Lindelof said once that they were thinking of that exact scene as an end to ST09.
AJ, congrats on engaging Orci in conversation through the latest thread.
Pretty sweet talking to the guy creating new Star Trek, isn’t it?
Yes AJ! So cool!! But Harry you still have him reading something you wrote! You both are da bomb!! Really though it is so nice that he stops in to interact with us.
Hey AJ. I posted that idea a couple of years ago here on Trekmovie. So maybe he was here and seen it and liked it. lol.
Nite guys hope you get a good night’s sleep! : )
Oh, Kaaaaaaylaaaaa…..
http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2012/05/10/new-mayan-calendar-world-not-ending-in-2012/?cxntlid=thbz_hm
Of course, come Dec. 21st, I’m still gonna party like it’s 1999.
1879/80
It’s always nice to get Mr. Orci’s attention when so many are clamoring for it.
I hope the new sequel info Anthony promised on the thread will be good news.
The issue Bob commented on was my kids’ lack of knowledge of “Khan,” or, more precisely, the character’s place in popular culture.
Kids today can walk into an Avengers, Spidey or X-Men film with knowledge of the characters because they are in cartoons on a weekly basis. Same with Superman, and Batman. Heck, I even saw a clip from a new cartoon last week with Power Man and Iron Fist, which is a team-up of 3rd-tier Marvel superheroes from the 1970s.
Star Trek needs to pull its finger out and get animated. Star Wars is, and does well. My kids don’t care about Trek at all, and laugh when I watch it before they ask if I can put on something else.
When you read the commentary on this site, you see that many of us are not young whippersnappers. “Avengers” may be the last nod to our generation of genre-lovers, but it is always looking to stay relevant with kids via TV.
‘Star Trek’ is turning into Sanka in the age of Starbucks because the movie franchise cannot generate revenue outside of cinema and disc releases, and associated swag. It shuts off between films. I agree with Anthony that TV has to be the way forward; if not via a full-fledged live action show, then between flicks as a highly intelligent animated series which will rope in the next generation.
I posted this on the main thred. What do you guy’s think.
One thing to remember. In Trek 2009 Nero’s Ship was captured by the Klingon’s. Now it is reasonable to assume that the Klingon’s at least downloaded Nero’s data base and as such. Know that the S.S Botney Bay is still out there with Khan and that he was an Augment. Someting which the Klingon’s tried to use which did not work a hundred years eariler during Captian Archer’s time and which caused them to loose their forhead’s and appear as they did during Tos time which was corrected by TMP. So the Klingon’s Have taken over the S.S Botney bay and will try and use Khan for there advantage.
Sounds like Anthony might be redesigning the site. Maybe that is what he is doing during the long breaks he takes sometimes. He mentioned something about adding new forums and a specific forum for Bob. Unless he was being sarcastic?
Mike I don’t think they would want to much Enterprise in the sequel since hardley anyone watched that show. However you bring up a good point about the Nero’s database I wonder how much the Klingon’s technology has changed since that encounter? That’s why I think the next TV series should it be animated or live action should be post Nemesis to see what affects Nero’s arrival had on the 24th and 25th Century’s. Unless their would be too much technobable because of advanced technology in that timeframe?
AJ, I wonder if the young people who saw ST 2009 have lost all interest in Trek because you really don’t hear them demanding a new TV series or wanting any other Trek mechandise? Did the ST 2009 merchandise sell well?
Mike:
The Klingons did all that in the DVD outtakes. Because they are not actually in the released film, apart from those 47 ships having been destroyed, we assume that new canon shows that Nero and Friends spent those 25 years repairing the Narada, triangulating Spock’s entry point, and going for a long useless cruise. They were never actually captured by the Klingons.
Craiger: The problem with Trek merchandise is that much of it is bought up in bulk at Toys ‘R’ Us and Walmart by adults and then re-sold on eBay at higher prices. Then you get those $2500 fully lit Enterprise models which are just insane. Whatever doesn’t sell goes to bargain bins. Who remembers the gold-colored 1701-D? That thing lay around stores for years.
Also, in all fairness, Great Leader Anthony has been talking about upgrading the site to include forums and direct chat for a while. We had the Meebo CHAT here for a bit, but it disappeared once Meebo made it obsolete, and it winked out. Let’s see what happens. Maybe the new flick will get Anthony psyched to make the upgrades. A Bob Orci Conspiracy thread would be awesome.
AJ, That is so strange how young people like the SW merchandise more than the ST merchandise and the SW merchandise markets and promotes SW better than ST.
AJ, actually Nero and his friends were captured by the Klingons in this deleted scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W66bSajPGtQ
Craiger is right. Nero was captured by the klingon’s. So they could have downloaded the data base and after going over it and looked at the history of the Federation from the Tos timeline could try and use that with Khan and maybe a few other Tos Bad guy’s.
Remember Mike Spock and Uhura said that Nero created an alternate reality when he arrived so everyones destiny had changed. Khan’s would still be the same and he would still be in suspended animation on the Botany Bay before the timeline change. In the new timeline since canon is different they could have other people encounter Khan before Kirk does. However any other bad guys lives Kirk encounters in the timeline could also have different lives. That’s the new way of looking at the new timeline, the bad guys lives after Kirk becomes Captain in the new timeline could also be different.
I wonder if the Klingon’s would be smart enough to figure out what Spock and Uhura said about the alternate reality and figure out that Nero’s database that the history wouldn’t flow the way it did before the timeline change? The tech on the other hand could still be backward engineered. I think Orci said that here about the shuttle’s escaping Nero’s ship in the first scene scanned Nero’s ship while leaving and that’s how we got the updated Enterprise.
True that a lot would change. But many things would still happen that the Klingon’s could try and use. The Doomsday Machine,Khan,The Probe from Trek4,VGER,Nomad, The Klingon’s could try and use some of that. Khan would be a great first try.
Guys: The scene is deleted. If it’s not in the finished product, it did not happen. Roddenberry’s golden rule.
If it did, that would mean that some crappily rendered silhouettes of Klingon ships captured them.
I would like to believe as part of new canon that the crew of the Narada was captured by Klingons, but that bit is not in the story. It was surgically removed and put on an outtake reel.
You guys are talkin’ Trek on Chat??!! HOLY SHIT!!!!!
1898:
Harry:
It’s just spill-over from all the crap from last night.
What do you want to talk about?
Here are the Avengers in the style of Maurice Sendak:
http://io9.com/5909583/the-avengers-in-style-of-maurice-sendak
AJ, I think it would come down to is JJ says deleted scenes are canon right? :)
1900:
Pretty much. JJ, Bob, Alex or Damon L.
It won’t keep me awake at night, and in my forehead, Rura Penthe happened.
What is this chick said: “Undress me.”?
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/55623
Worth the wait, eh?
I’ll bet Harry can’t wait too see Prometheus. LOL.
1902 – OMG, something’s punctured my spacesuit. Oh, it’s me. How embarrassing.
Cut it off!. Cut it off!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Harry is right. We have actually been taliking about Star Trek here in live chat. What the Hell happned to us.
@ 1875
AJ, again I have no evidence for the theory that Weller reprises Paxton. But those two episodes from Enterprise were considered some of the best of th show. And very Roddenberryesque. One can easily explain Paxtton with a few lines of dialogue. Paxton is released from years in prison. He was a terrorist who had anti-alien views and vowed to drive them from earth. You don’t have to know Enterprise to get it.
There has to be a way to get Khan out of deep freeze. Paxton might see Khan as his way to drive aliens from Earth. They’re not going to remake Space Seed. It also seem to me that Weller was cast rather quickly. That lead me to believe that he was brought in for a specific role. Yeah, no evidence so I could be completely wrong. It’s just a theory.
As for the idea that pasty face Cumberbatch can’t play Khan, I disagree. I concede that it would have been better to cast somebody with dark skin to play Khan. But they used Motalban with Mexican accent intact to play him. in Space Seed.
The search for a Hispanic actor leads me to believe the bad guy is Khan. There’s the evidence which I won’t bore you with that I usually cite. The wiggle room comes from Space Seed. Lt. McGives isn’t sure that he’s a SIkh. The line goes like this. “He’s from the northern Indian area. I guess. Probably a Sikh.” If she were sure of his racial background, the line wold go like this. “His mother and father were Indains. The were Sikhs.”
Remember that Khan is genetically engineered. Assume that Khan’s dad is a Sikh. Nothing in the canon says mom has to be Sikh. There’s the wiggle room. The video shows his hair was dyed black. Cumberbatch admits to this. Agree that Cumberbatch’s skin does not match Motalban’s but again I ask why the need for black hair?
The reason could be Khan’s mother could be white. People with an Indian parent and white parent have lighter skin. See singer Norah Joens. Actress Archie Panjabi seems to have lighter skin even though she’s Indian. And if you look at Governor Nikki Haley’s website and pictures, she comes off as a ligher skin Sikh. She could even pass as Italian. That’s probably why they dyed Cumberbatch’s hair black.
Mike:
We here are all afflicted with a social disease call “Trekking.”
Because we cannot discuss it in mixed company (how many Toyotas have you sold using Tom Paris’s ‘Delta Flyer’ as a metaphor? Zero), we are relegated to this place. Our place.
CHAT is sort of the ‘rubber room’ where the site caretakers bring us to wander aimlessly and socialize when we are not concerned about Heisenberg Compensators, Klingon intercontinental politics and its relation to genetics, Leila Kalomi’s job on Earth, or (for the girls) what Spock looks like naked, and why.
Unfortunately, Trekmovie follows current events in what humans call ‘linear time,’ so we deal with Khan rumors and Leonard Nimoy’s new teeth on a regular basis, and in the appropriate threads.
Sometimes, we use CHAT as an escape from those standard debate threads, because cooler heads prevail here all the time thanks to that ‘rubber room’ effect. We don’t get Bob (we did twice), and we don’t get Anthony, but we get a quieter environment to discuss whatever is on our minds. ‘Trek’ is in high gear right now, so we commonly come back here to get out of the 100-posts-per-hour current debate, and sit on plush couches in our lounge, and speak with like-minded people about the show we love. Yeah.
1907:
Basement: I just don’t see a mainstream film referencing “Enterprise’ so specifically. Let’s bring back the Hirogen while were at it, or Neelix’s parents.
‘Keep it simple’ is always the best rule. While ST09 drew upon some of TOS’s best lore (DC Fontana’s backstory for Spock) which has been known for decades, bringing a minor protagonist out of a failing “Trek” series who is a beloved genre actor (and who would be amazingly old in the flick) just doesn’t hit it with me. I hope Peter Weller gets a nice chunky role. If he is Paxton, I owe you a large beer.
I’m going to dig up the eps he was in (I think it was two) and have another look.
Why the villain is not Joachim.
1. The search for an Hispanic actor. In Space Seed and TWOK, Joachim is Caucasian. In TWOK, he’s blonde surfer dude. Yes, there’s confusion as to whether Joachim is the same character in both. TWOK, he’s dlearly younger.
Regardless, the search for a Latino actor matches with Motalban who played Khan.
2. Del Toro dropped out in December. Cumberbatch was cast in early January. Assuming it was Khan, the script would have to be changed drastically in a period of weeks to move to Joachim. Pre-production had already started.
3. Dying Cumberbatch’s hair black. This is an attempt to make Cumberbatch look more Indian or at least make him partial Indian. And yes it doesn’t match with Motalban who was darker. That’s one problem with the theory of it being Khan.
But I still look at the evidence and Anthony’s story backed by sources. By the AICN also reports it being Khan. I believe it’s Khan.
1902.
Charlize Theron just became my favourite ASS-tronaut!
@ 1909
AJ, again I have no evidence to make the argument he’s Paxton. It’s just a guess. You are probably right that it’s not Paxton. Enterprise’s “Demons” and “Terra Prime” were great episodes. And they were touching. I found the love between T Pol and Trip to be genuine.
@ 1911
What about Scarlett Johansson in this EW cover. You don’t like her assets?
http://www.liveforfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/EW-Avengers-cover-Black-Widow.jpeg
Hey AJ, here’s Jon Stewart on the Russian election and European debt crisis.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/jon-stewart-on-russia-s-election-and.html
1914:
While I watched that ‘Daily Show’ segment, and even commented here that, overall, it was some of the best news coverage of major developments in Europe last week, I think JS goes slightly overboard at the end, with great comedic effect. The dude is fine, and did not get arrested.
Anyone want to be with a 70 year virgin. Lol.
http://www.inquisitr.com/234357/70-year-old-virgin-pam-shaw-is-ready-to-find-love/
1916
I’m out. She wants a tall dark millionaire.
Okay, here’s something for the Trek women of Live Chat. Stephen Colbert did an interview with Vogue’s editor in chief, Anna Wintour. Topics included whether fashion is art. Love Colbert. He’s high brow and low brow at the same time. Wintour refuses to play straight man and has some fun with Colbert.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/414029/may-09-2012/anna-wintour
Here’s why the Mexican presidential election is more fun than ours. They have a Playboy Playmate walking around the stage. Colbert has a lot of fun with it. Check out his piece.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/414026/may-09-2012/mexico-s-debate-playmate
The TSA continues to show that hiring McDonald’s drive-thru employees to protect US airports is ridiculous:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/11/behold-the-adorable-face-of-terror-toddler-removed-from-jetblue-flight/?iid=nf-article-mostpop1
*beams in*
*screams as transporter tears him to shreds*
*beams out*
1921:
Charles:
Why are you and Kayla spying on us?
And if you are, why can’t you bring Anthony and Bob Orci with you?
If we had known you were coming, we would have had Spockanella turn off the new ‘anal inverter’ transporter interface we use in CHAT (replacing the infamous, and now retired, anal probe).
Once the Heisenberg Compensator kicks in, the Rosenberg Re-compensator causes a momentary flux in the matter/antimatter stream which totally unclogs your gastric pipes better than anything Activia ever did. Though Jamie Lee Curtis is still welcome to clean my pipes the traditional way any time.
Sorry it tore you to shreds. Next time, eat more prunes. And welcome back!
BB:
Thanks for the backup on the Peter Weller thread.
I know I was kind of an ass to post it, but I hate reading shite on the Internet with anti-grammar Nazis saying ’screw you, it’s just the Internet.’
So, if we surf the Internet, shit writing is fine.
And, sorry for calling out lawyers as bad grammarians. ;-)
If you want to write, and you have something good to write about, write it. However, the ‘blogosphere’ has brought the level of discourse down a few levels in terms of language use. I was harsh on that guy because he wrote like a C+ high-school student. Maybe I won’t be long for the site, but I hate wading through stuff like this on sites like Huffpost and Gawker, where no one has the time to proofread. I cannot sit around reading NYT and the New Yorker every day because the Trek info I want to read is here.
Anthony has trouble writing sometimes because of typos which come from typing quickly. I blog for a site where the site-runner drives me nuts with changes he makes which invariably and accidentally screw up the grammar. That happens. In any case “Elements of Style” by E.B White is a nice book to have on the shelf in case of doubt.
I think the anal inverter has a glitch. Sorry, Charles.
AJ, though my writing is sometimes sloppier than I’d like (and I have a grievous tendency to split my infinitives, I admit), “Elements of Style” is indeed a nifty little book. Back in the dim, dead days when I was responsible for the quality of the work produced by medical transcriptionists (where language is sorta kinda important), “Elements of Style” was the official manual. Of course, then the powers that be bought a big expensive electronic medical record system and convinced the doctors they’d be better off just writing their own reports rather than dictating them and letting us fix them…and oh my Lord, if you think lawyers are bad, you ain’t seen nothin’ until you see the crap a bunch of busy doctors, many of them ESL, can come up with when no one is watching out for them. Horrible stuff, just horrible.
1922. AJ & 1924. Spockanella
RE: “I think the anal inverter has a glitch. Sorry, Charles” / “Sorry it tore you to shreds. Next time, eat more prunes.”
It’s okay, I needed to lose weight, anyway.
RE: “Why are you and Kayla spying on us?”
Well, you *did* create a malfunctioning anal inverter. Someone’s gotta keep an eye on you.
RE: “And if you are, why can’t you bring Anthony and Bob Orci with you?”
Restraining orders.
RE: “And welcome back!”
Thanks! I’ll be going now. ;)
Remember, Big Brother & Sister Are Watching You.
Networks are going to announce their Fall 2012 Schedules starting Sunday.
This was from Deadline.com:
NBC: Sunday, May 13, 1:45 ET
Fox: Monday, May 14, 8 AM ET
ABC: Tuesday, May 15, 11 AM ET
CBS: Wednesday, May 16, around 8:45 AM ET
The CW: Thursday, May 17, AM, exact time still TBD (I’ll update when available, last year it was 9 AM ET)
@ 1923
AJ, you’re welcome. Just relax and let the guys tie themselves into knots. It will blow over.
AJ — Just in case you didn’t see this exact shot…
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120509.html
“Okay, here’s something for the Trek women of Live Chat. Stephen Colbert did an interview with Vogue’s editor in chief, Anna Wintour. Topics included whether fashion is art. Love Colbert. He’s high brow and low brow at the same time. Wintour refuses to play straight man and has some fun with Colbert.”
That was thoughtful of you BB to try to include us women on the board. Buuuuttttt, I had to throw this in. This is what I like to talk about in addition to science and science fiction. I love anything that flies, and will go to any airshow I can. I just can’t get into the latest fashion craze.
While I sometimes do like wearing pretty clothing, this is what gets me excited! I am odd I know…wanted to clarify that not all of us women get excited with fabric. hee. You know what though, in this day and age, maybe some men might prefer fashion as to watching/experiencing the following. haha Anyway, check out the links- cool stuff.
http://megacombat.net/air-show-f-22-raptor-with-the-high-performance-takeoff/ — My brother worked on the f-22’s on board computers at Wright Patterson AFB getting them installed, working, etc. He does alot of that type of work with other jets/planes. I used to work the International Air Shows as well as a RN for the visitors. Loved it.
We have this next one posted on The Transporter Room so I will include it here too.
http://megacombat.net/strategic-reserve-super-tanker-in-high-seas/
The above video is just incredible. The size of the waves encountered by these ships and their crew are massive! I’d have to change my pants upon arriving at port for sure.
Charla… sorry to be a dumbass… but, WHICH Transporter Room are you?
1908 AJ, I also loved the explanation of the chat room to Mike.
1921 And welcome, Charles! Though I think you said you were leaving already, I heard that sick bay can fix any injury sustained during the beaming process.
1924 Spockanella- Couldn’t agree with you more on the lousy writing from many doctors across the globe. Though I am sure that I would benefit from the book AJ and you are familiar with so I intend on purchasing it soon. LOL Seriously!
I just became comfortable with the Official American Psychological Association’s format for writing papers, and having to do it so often, I may get lax when I come to here to post, so I am fine with anyone with expertise to critique my posts. It will keep me in line while I am out of school. :-) I am sure others here are also familiar with APA as well.
1928 Cool picture CmdrR!
Oh wow CmdrR, I had no idea there were more than one Transporter Room on FB!! You are no dumbass!
Let me check quickly. I will be back in a flash.
CmdrR, I could only find the one, “The Transporter Room” but I also put up a link to get you there.
Hope this works, we would love to have you with us too!
https://www.facebook.com/#!/TheTransporterRoom
Ok, Try the link without the #! in it. I don’t know why those symbols showed up, but this should be the one to work.
https://www.facebook.com/TheTransporterRoom
*crossing fingers* :D
“Avengers” just hit a billion
Looks like CSI genera is coming to an end at CBS does that bode well for Star Trek? Trek fans have compared to Trek to CSI saying look how long they have lasted and it wasn’t franchise fatique. Their are rumors that even CSI: New York may be cancelled.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/cbs-picks-up-four-new-drama-series-two-comedies-is-a-csi-spinoff-going-away/
Sry didn’t mean to spam above! lol
Charla I don’t think its spam if the post is on different topics. I could be wrong though.
CBS actually only cancelled CSI: Miami and picked up CSI: New York. So the CSI franchise is kind of still alive.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/its-official-cbs-cancels-csi-miami/
CSI Miami will be alive for years in syndication. So, what does David Caruso do next?
LOL thanks Craiger- I didn’t notice how many times I had posted.
@ 1929
Charla, hopefully I wasn’t using male=female stereotypes. The men like to post pictures of scantily clad women. I actually like thinking about art. I was a music composition major years ago. The question posed by Colbert’s guest and the Met was, “Can fashion be art?” I believe the answer is yes. Not all the time but at times fashion can be art.
By the way, ask your brother if they have alien bodies at Wright Patterson AFB. ;-)
LOL that’s ok I may have misunderstood. I’m sorry if I did. There is nothing wrong with liking fashion, personally I find it boring. With that said, I am certain that some of my friends who are women, think I am just as boring since I would rather play paintball or go to an airshow,stargaze or watch sci-fi etc.
I do love music and the arts as well though too. I love all types of music except rap and bluegrass. LOL I have some of the things I have painted and created on my FB page too. I also think fashion can be art as well.
I will ask my brother that question when I talk to him, haha- he aggravates me sometimes because there are times I when I ask a question, he’ll tell me it’s classified. I don’t know if he’s serious or not! lol
Found it, Charla. Thanks.
NBC released a preview of JJ Abrams new TV show Revolution. Looks ok. Almost looks like an old west TV show.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/tv-teaser-nbcs-revolution/
Charla:
I’m sure anything about aliens would not be classified.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwhI7qdrsaA
FX is showing Star Trek 2009 again.
Hilarious Marvel Comics characters cartoon
http://io9.com/5909865/what-if-the-avengers-and-x+men-had-a-cartoon-in-the-style-of-ren–stimpy?tag=short-films
Last night on SNL, the real Liam Neeson (Battleship) made an appearance with a fake Nick Cage. (Adam Samberg) You know where this is going. Funny stuff.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/13/liam-neeson-snl-get-in-the-cage-andy-samberg_n_1512760.html
The Shuttle Enterprise was lifted off the 747. Here’s video. It has good shots of the ship.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/13/space-shuttle-enterprise-separated-from-plane_
1944- So glad you did CmdrR! I hope you can see all the links. AJ has put some good ones up. Feel free to post some of your interests as well! :)
1946- AJ, that was one creepy part of the movie Independence Day! I remember watching that for the first time. Freaky!! Now I will go to bed with poor Brent talking in that weird hoarse alien whisper…..lol. But I did love the Ren and Stempy cartoon. Especially when Thor whips out his hammer!
1949- BB, I missed that with Liam Neeson. I don’t watch SNL much anymore so thanks for posting that. I like him. It was funny.
Oh and btw BB tonight was actually the last flight of the space shuttle. I flew a kite on the beach, and it had a space shuttle on it. If I would have had a ’sharpie’ marker I would have wrote “Enterprise” on it. My kids actually had thought of that first too! haha :D
Charla and friends:
I put an article up on our FB page about the “Enterprise separation from the 747.”
I tend to post both here and there because loyal non FB-ists still fear the ’snarks and grumpkins’ of social networking. Any opinions as to whether or not it’s overkill in this revered group? Should we double-post?
@ 1961
Charla, I also like UFO stuff. So, I will hound you since your brother worked at Wright Patterson AFB for information on whether there are alien bodies there. :-) I was at Barnes and Noble yesterday, and was tempted to buy Leslie Kean’s book on UFOs. Instead, I bought my mom, the Blu-Ray documentary Frozen Planet. Mom loves animal shows.
By the way, Frozen Planet is extraordinary. See it in HD. Unbelievable. WOW. Live Chat Trekkers check it out on video or watch it as reruns on the Discovery Channel.
Watched Moneyball tonight.
M’eh.
Talk about average. I don’t mind seeing it, but I wouldn’t recommend it.
Here is a great Article about Rober Downey JR. He is proof that you can make it. Even if you are at Rock Bottom.
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/reinvention-101-5-lessons-from-robert-downey-jr.html
@ 1954. Harry B.
LoL! You are a hard man to please, are you Statler or Waldorf?
@1955. Mike, RDJ is amazing, he really battled it, all caused by an idiot father who gave him drugs at the age of SIX. What chance did he have with parenting like that?
And this thread is getting dangerously close in number to some of our birth-years :-) Although we may have passed Harry’s.
I’m surprised no one speaks of Sherlock BBC! I saw Hounds of Baskerville last night. It was so very good. Suspenseful and funny. Did I mention Benedict is very handsome?
Russell Tovey guess stars in that one. Has anyone seen Being Human BBC? Well he’s the werewolf. Both shows were nominated for a BAFTA last year and Sherlock won. Still can’t believe Russell left BH so it was a treat for me to see him on my new favorite BBC show. I will be watching it again online (pbs.org).
If you haven’t seen Benedict in action then definitely go online and catch season 2 of Sherlock before it expires. After about a month they take the videos down.
Spockchick
yes, I was born in 1955. Thanks for reminding me! :>(
When you get to 1962, that’s “Dr. No,” John Glenn in orbit, U.S. entry into Vietnam, Telstar, “Silent Spring, and… me.
“Sherlock” is terrific.
1957. Lizard girl. Love the screen-name. I agree, I’m hooked on Sherlock, but I am yet to see ‘being human’. Cumberatch is a fine actor, but not my type. Tom Hiddleston though? Woah! I could watch Loki all day.
1958. Harry. Sorry m’dear :-)
1959. CmDrR. Telstar! Genius!
I am the same year as our dear Trek itself :-)
@ 1954
Hail Canada.
Harry, I liked Moneyball. Like any good baseball movie, it was about more than baseball. It was about one man’s struggle against adversity. That being said, Hollywood made the theory of sabermetrics more accurate than it is. The Oakland A’s won all those games because of pitching that they grew not cheap free agents. See Mulder, Zito and Hudson. They focused on Scott Hatteberg who played for the Cincinnati Reds until he was replaced by….
JOEY VOTTO. From Canada. 2010 MVP. Yesterday he hit a walk off grand slam. Thank you Canada for Joey Votto. Thank you Canada for socialized medicine. Because when it works, all you Canadians can laugh at all the right wingers down here.
Video of Votto’s glorious home run.
http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_05_13_wasmlb_cinmlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=cin#gid=2012_05_13_wasmlb_cinmlb_1&mode=video
1962:
Nice batch of homers, the last, especially.
Hey. The Mid 60’s. Star Trek Baby.
1965. Star Trek. Getting Pitched
Sept 8. 1966. The Man Trap.
Jan 5th 1967. The Galileo 7
December 20th 1968. The Day after I was Born.
Elaan of Troyius. Good first ep for me to watch. Lol.
June 3rd. 1969. Last TOS Ep.
Turnabout Intruder. So Sad!.
1970:
Harry Ballz gets his gold watch and goes freelance.
BTW, we’re up to 26 members on “Transporter Room.”
Once we get 30, Charla and I can access any security cameras or webcams in your homes via Facebook. They call it ‘insights into all your activity.’
Mike, the sequel should be Turnabout Intruder. LOL.
Hm. Star Trek. Turnabout Intruder. Staring Chris Pine as Captian Kirk. Alice Eve as Dr. Janet Lester.
Or better yet Spock’s Brain for the sequel.
LOL.
INTRADA has issued a re-release of the two-disc set of the complete soundtrack to Star Trek: The Final Frontier. Outside of the cover and spend artwork to match the previous Star Trek releases, Intrada states that both the discs and the linear notes are exactly the same as the Lala Land release. So incase you were lucky enough to get the original Lalaland release, you’re not missing out on anything.
http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7518/.f
Just saw the trailer for Abrams’ new NBC show “Revolution,” and it’s just another piece of focus-group pandering. It’s Matrix meets Game of Thrones meets Lost meets ‘After-Earth’ fantasy History-channel shows, meets-whatever.
We have the horrifying plane-falling-out-of- the- sky trope which Abrams invented and Spielberg repeated in his “War of the Worlds” remake. Plus we’ll have a re-made USA consisting of various warlords/militia, and populations farming, fishing, and selling goods and services in local markets and bazaars while they use swords and archery in battle. Then, there is the symbolic necklace, and boom. Snore.
We need a real good dystopia series which is not based on ‘boredroom’ ‘what-if’ scenarios that you throw into a hat. “What if there was no electricity?” is a boardroom scenario.
1953 BB- I am interested in UFO’s as well, but casually. I think we have discussed this before but I know I seen one when I was a teen. I am going to see what my brother says tomorrow about them, when I call him then. I am sure he will have some reason not to tell me, lol, like it’s classified. sigh. I need to stow away in his trunk or something.
BTW I did see “Frozen Planet” on Discovery, and I loved it. I could tell it was beautifully and painstakingly filmed. I definitely want it on Blu-ray since I missed part of the series. I also, like you, liked “Moneyball” too. I like true stories of people over coming problems. (especially so creatively like in this movie) I am not a big sports fan, either but thought it was a decent film.
1955- Commodore Mike I read that too about RDJ- It is really impressive how he didn’t give up and he made a comeback in a tough place like Hollywood.
1957- LizardGirl- Like your name too! Thanks for letting us know we can watch the “Sherlock” episodes online. I wasn’t aware I could do that. I will check it out. Feel free to come here or on our FB page “The Transporter Room” and talk about “Sherlock” all you want. :D I think BC is ok looking, but maybe he will grow on me. Ok. That didn’t sound right, but you know what I mean. heehee.
1971 AJ- That was our secret! lol- also like the review of the show “Revolution”. I will check out the trailer too. Oh and about double posting between here and on FB, if you feel like it go for it! :D I hope we keep getting more and more.
1976 Jeyl- that’s interesting, and also helpful to know. Thanks.
1971-AJ that should have said, I also liked the review of the show “Revolution.” ; ) I am gonna have to go to bed now… can’t type anymore.
Have a good night everyone.
@ 1977
I loved Lost, EXCEPT SEASON SIX. Curse you Damon Lindelof. First five seasons, mostly science fiction. Season Six becomes the Ghost Whisperer.
Fringe was created with Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Better show. But it’s confusing. By the way if any of you watch Fringe, I could use some help trying to figure it out.
@ 1979
Charla, when you get up and see this, maybe you should not ask your brother about Wright Patterson’s alien bodies. Former Senator and father of the conservative moviement, Barry Goldwater asked Gen. LeMay about alien bodies at Wright Patterson. Goldwater got chewed out about it. Link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goldwater#UFOs
@1981- BB that is sweet you don’t want me to get into hot water with my brother. I was going to do something in hindsight that would have been really dumb to do and that was to ask him tonight over the phone. DOH!! Can’t do that!!
I also appreciate very much the link. Wow. Goldwater really hit a sore spot didn’t he…
What I will do is I will wait until I see him in person. Unfortunately, I won’t see him for a little while since I’m in FL. and he in is in OH. I will let you know if I get anywhere with the topic and him. He is very good at keeping quiet.
Once, until a F-22 jet crashed during test flight before it was disclosed as even existing, it was classified and I later called him on it. lol. I told him it was no longer classified at this point. “But the technology still is” he said. (Not that I would know anything about the technology) So he admitted to working on it, but that was it. I am glad he is one of those who can keep information to himself though for our country’s safety anyway.
I don’t see what would be wrong with asking a few ?’s about UFO’s though…as long as it wouldn’t cause us to be attacked by aliens!! LOL At any rate, it will be a while before I see him in person, but I will let you know when I do.
@1961 Spockchick
Thank you for the screen name compliment. It’s a shout out to Moto Hagio’s Iguana Girl (1991,94).
Being Human is phenomenal. Whereas Sherlock is witty and intelligent Being Human is raw and emotional. There have been times I was reduced to tears, especially by Russell Tovey’s character George Sands (Henry Knight in The Hounds of Baskerville).
When you take the characters out of the context of the show, it sounds like an idea for a comedy sitcom: the vampire, the ghost, and the werewolf become roommates. But it’s actually a drama and a very good one. I will give a disclaimer though. There’s some coarse language, graphic depictions of transformations/death and nudity.
Lindelof on Twitter:
“If you stay through the credits of BATTLESHIP, Nick Fury shows up with Yahtzee.”
lol
Oh and don’t watch the American version of Being Human first (syfy channel does that one). Watch the BBC one with Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner (who will play a dwarf in The Hobbit, he’s seen in one of the trailers), and Lenora Crichlow.
@ 1982
Charla, if the United States does have alien bodies and technology, then that would be the biggest secret since the A bomb. Probably even bigger. Telling the public about aliens would change mankind forever. Unfortunately, the government doesn’t watch Star Trek. They would know that if man knows he’s not alone that the world would benefit. See Stat Trek: First Contact.
@ 1984
That’s funny. I”m sure Universal is not laughing. Watch your mouth Lindleof.
Not looking forward to Battleship. Got to be the dumbest idea to make a movie from a board game which is all about deduction. Yeah, I know they did it with Clue. But that game had characters. But hey, I liked “The A Team” even though I was not a fan of the TV show. So you never know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=16AwVWvjQhY
4-minute super-trailer for the “Amazing Spiderman.”
I dunno, but it doesn’t look as sucky as many think it has to be relative to its proximity to the last 3 (-1).
The Spidey web-flying scenes are really quite intense, and the opening rescue scene is a nail-biter, albeit edited for trailerific time constraints. I still may ‘back-burner’ this one unless the next trailer shows him delivering pizza.
Sometimes I am with JJ and Bob about all the secrecy about the sequel. I think they give away most of the plot in some trailers and things like that 4 min Spiderman trailer. Allthough I still want the bad guy confirmed.
BB- I am not sure if the government would know how to handle aliens either diplomatically or scientifically. I think they would somehow make a blunder and tick them off. Then we innocent civilians would suffer as a resul
(side note- I read some of my posts and see silly errors in them- sorry about that guys) I have got to brush up, I just can’t remember things like I did but I’ve got to work on it so I can get back to school! :)
1989 Craiger- I completely agree with you. Sometimes after seeing a trailer it is like you have seen the entire film in 4 min or less. It makes the movie such a disappointment. When that happens, it wasn’t much of a movie to begin with, don’t you think?
Charla I think they kind of did that with the ST 2009 trailer and that was a great movie.
@ 1988
AJ, I saw the Spider-Man trailer in glorious 3D before the Avengers. Spider-Man was shot in 3D. I want to see it. Okay, they go back to high school. But the original Spider-Man comic book started out in high school Remember shot in 3D folks.
Hey Harry. You were Born in.
Back to the future.
You know, I was not even interested in the movie at first to be honest. I thought it was going to be a lame attempt at who knows what because the only trailer I seen was the one where the man is on top of the ship welding.
My teens had told me theres gonna be another Star Trek! and I said cool, and went back to my household chores after seeing the very first trailer. I honestly forgot about it. Then when I seen it in the theater, I was completely floored, and I loved every second of it!!
So maybe I was fortunate to have not seen the remaining trailers for Trek 09, so I didn’t already know what to expect. I may try to do the same thing for 2013, only this time it would be on purpose. I understand the need for the trailers to appeal to as many people as possible. The movie trailers are needed to draw in the audience and increase revenues for the film. In my case though, not seeing any of the other Trek trailers for 09 made it like a great big suprise. I loved it!
Commodore Mike
yeah, thanks for bringing that up……and how do I feel?
“I feel young!”
Lindelof on Twitter:
“If you stay through the credits of BATTLESHIP, Nick Fury shows up with Yahtzee.”
……………………………
YAHTZEE, The $300M Motion Pictures.
Thumpy weird music plays over montage of a gigantic pencil hovering over Mt. Rushmore, WallyWorld, The Big Chicken (in Marietta, GA!), The Kremlin, and other world landmarks… and “erasing them.”
Die #1 (Keanu Reeves): Dude! We’re gettin’ wiped out! This is so bogus!
Die #6 (Ne Ne from Real Housewives of Atlanta): Are the aliens rich? Are they handsome? Married? Hell, what do I care if they’re married, as long as they’re rich.
Die #4: (Samuel L. Jackson) I am so moaning-and-fretting tired… of listening to you mangy-and-freckled dice complaining! Now, let’s get it all in a row and beat these maniacal-and-freaky aliens’ asses!!
$298M dollars worth of laptop-spawned cgi ’splosions.
Sequel talks begin.
Credits.
Go home.
Hmm. Could Arnie be in T-5.
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/terminator/19052/what-has-james-cameron-recommended-for-terminator-5
Why do we not know this about Leonard Nimoy?
http://io9.com/5910611/leonard-nimoy-wanted-to-play-the-villain-in-star-trek-v
1998
Time to party like…
Thanks for the story about Nimoy wanting to play Sybok.
Anyway, Star Trek V was bad because it was just silly. Spock-Kirk-McCoy singng “Row your boat.” Uhura doing a fan dance. And then they’re looking for God? A mess. Still…. great Jerry Goldsmith score. I love the troika of Spock-Kirk-McCoy.
Charla,
Story about former military officer who wants amnesty for military people to discuss UFOs. Note his conclusion. Some UFOs are real. And also check out the video of Air Force officer Torres who was supposed to bring down a UFO. As Spock would say, “Fascinating.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/ufo-amnesty-sought-by-army-colonel_n_1513197.html
@2000. Basement B.
Run! Millennium bugs be here! All our dates will re-set to 1901! Eeeek!
2001, A Space Odyssey
Hey, Spockchick, here’s Prince. Time to party like it’s 1999!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ncb9_prince-1999_music
By the way, if you check out that story from the Huffington Post, US Airman Torres was flying out of England. So that huge UFO was around your country. MOD disclosed the story in 2008.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/15/startup-10-raffle-promises-to-send-winner-to-space/
Who’s in the pool? Can one ticket get everyone in Chat onto the rocket?
2003:
Can I just choose to take the 200 large WITHOUT the space flight? It’s worth its weightlessness in gold…
(runs and hides)
As usual, CHAT breaks the Nimoy STV story before Trekmovie.
You think they read our posts?
Actually, they do, as Big Brother and Sister reminded us back in 1925.
2003.
Space…..the final contest.
In space no one can hear you wet yourself!
2006 “reminded us back in 1925″
Holy sheepshit! Has this website really been around THAT long???
Hey, everyone, it’s THX’s birthday today!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
ktg
Hey… why does it still say May 16? It’s 2:37 a.m. here.
Okay.
It’s THX’s birthday on Thursday May 17.
There.
ktg
Happy annual revolution, THX.
Happy B Day THX.
Make it a great one, THX!
THX
have a happy!
Breaking!. Donna Summer has Passed away from Cancer.
Very Sad. Her last Dance was the best.
http://news.yahoo.com/report-donna-summer-dead-63-154041578.html
All the network TV 2012-2013 schedules are out:
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/guide/fall-2012-grid/
THX! Happy Birthday.
Very sad about Donna Summer, McArthur Park is one of my all-time favourites, ans she was too young.
RIP Donna Summer.
Happy Birthday THX. Hope George Lucas gets you something.
In the category of someone having too much time on his um, hands…. I post the first robotic buttocks to have emotion. Any comment from our Harry Ballz?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/17/robot-butt-shiri_n_1524229.html
THX birthday present: One of the best “ship-pron” pieces from the old-school flix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k9Ukm9LaWg
2019.
If they programmed SHIRI to have emotions, I wonder if she’d come off as anal?
I just got elected to the Board of Directors of the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO).
It’s a pretty big deal.
Great, just what I need, more work! :>)
“I just got elected to the Board of Directors of the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO).”
______________
Congratulations, sir.
Good night, everyone.
2023.
Thanks, Aurore!
WTG HARRY!!!!!!!.
2020: Harry, can you sponsor me to move to Canada? Here in New York/New Jersey, we’re just SICK of hockey:
It’s just little bearded toothless girls wishing they were playing soccer, but, instead they get cutesy wooden sticks and ice-skates, so they can act like pauncey gay circus clowns on bad acid. Why they’re here right now is beyond me.
Otherwise, congrats! You deserve it!
2021
Ha, ha, ha.
2022
Congratulations Harry.
2024
Bonne nuit., Aurore.
I hope I got that right.
Holy …. Hanoi…. va, va, va, voom. Check out Jane Fonda at 74.
http://movies.yahoo.com/photos/2012-cannes-film-festival-slideshow/
Thanks for the best wishes, guys!
That’s why I haven’t been around as much during the last month. Busy campaigning and teaching seminars.
I’m now a Director of RECO for a 3-year term.
RECO governs the real estate industry for the province of Ontario. I was up against 8 competitors for the seat in our region. There are only 3 positions for the entire province. For my industry, in this province, this is the top of the food chain.
Congrats, Harry.
Thanks, Craiger!
Four minute trailer of Spider-Man. Nothing really new. But it looks great. Filmed in 3D too.
http://movies.yahoo.com/video/amazingspiderman-28599993/the-amazing-spider-man-4-minute-super-preview-29317155.html
2030 – Just remember, BB, everything you lusted after in Barbarella… was done in zero G. It’s 45 years later and… well… gravity sucks.
breaking news on TM in 3…2…1…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa5RwoFDCxc
Hey Blogger. Why did you put that trash on Trekmovie. Hanoi Traitor Jane Fonda is nothing but real SCUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Found this Article on who pused to have Nichelle Nichols on Tos. I sent this to Anthony so it may be a main thred.
http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/9148/who-really-pushed-to-have-nichelle-nichols-on-star-trek.html
2029. Basement Blogger – May 17, 2012
2024
“Bonne nuit., Aurore.
I hope I got that right.”
__________________
You did indeed, Mr. Wong!
:)
2037
I put it there because at 74, Jane Fonda looks marvelous. I opposed the Viet Nm War. I was against the Iraq War, one in which I think is the greatest foreign policy mistake the United States has made..
Jane Fonda should not have gone to Hanoi. if she opposed the war, she should have stayed in the United States and protested it here. However, I can forgive. She has shown some regret for posing for some of those pictures. I have never boycotted her movies.
Likewise, I don’t agree with Kelsey Grammer’s politics. Yet, there’s no way I’m getting rid of my Frasier DVDs.
@ 2038
Commodore Mike, that book is going to be controversial. I wish the article cited Clark’s sources that NBC pushed for racial diversity. Because I’ve always heard Gene Roddenberrry say it was his idea. For example on the concept that Rodedenberry wanted smart science fiction, we have his letters that says what he wanted for the show. I mean does Clark have letters from NBC about casting? Need evidence to show the Great Bird of the Galaxy was not the one trying to get a diverse cast.
I have never heard that Nichelle Nichols give the credit to NBC. Haven’t heard George Takei say that either. It’s usually high praise for Roddenberry.
My problem with Fonda is she went over there and betrayed our country. Weather or not she opposed the war does not matter. You can oppose what ever war we may be in and I am good with that. (I also disagree with the war in Nam). But. To go to a country we are at war with and pose. That is betrayel as far as I am concerned. It’s like going over to the middle east and posing with the Taliban. Same thing. She may have said she regreted some thing’s. But I want to hear I am sorry for going over there and betraying my country.
#2041. Hey Blogger. Anthony Emailed me and he will do his own Interview on the Book. So we will get a Trekmovie thred on this with Anthony.
First:
Thanks for the wishes of well my Trek friends. I appreciate it a great deal.
Secondly:
Congratulations Harry! Awesome news! Can I borrow $20?
Mike is the Star Trek FAQ author saying Trek was bad at first then got good? Some people have said Trek was a rip off of Forbidden Planet? I wonder if that is in that book?
Hey Craiger. I think this book has a lot of false Information in it.
Head’s up. Anthony might be resetting Live chat.
2044.
Thanks, THX!
With regard to ‘Star Trek FAQ,’ I seem to recall that the network was even worried about Spock seeming too ‘extra-terrestrial’ when he was supposed to be a martian. I think Roddenberry certainly was involved in the idea of diversity which is reflected in the stories and TNG as well, which had nothing to do with NBC.
Avengers now at 1.05 billies worldwide with a meager $402m stateside.
Agent Coulson…it was worth it! ;-)
Is the new rule resetting chat after 2.000 posts?
I mentioned it to Anthony in an email when I told him about the new book about casting on Tos. My bad!.
2 000 is the new 3 000
#2048
You are most welcome! You got that $25?
Well, I see that the Build the Enterprise website landed a mention on Yahoo today. About 1500 comments were posted, and they consisted of red shirt jokes and “yeah, right” retorts…..no mention of Khan.
2054.
Okay if I pay you in quatloos?
Y’all know what’s weird?
I read year after year about re-issues of “Blade Runner” with or without narration and all that, and how it’s so freakin’ amazing…
And I don’t get it. The film is average as a story, and, yes, the production design IS amazing, but all versions (and I’ve seen at least three) are true snorefests.
Discuss.
I’m a pro-narration / YES, he’s a frakkin’ replicant, dammit cause he has the copper eyes / for the love of God leave the theatrical blue sky ending on there kinda guy.
AJ
I, personally, agree with you about Blade Runner.
Everybody else wets their pants over it.
It was an okay movie, but I wouldn’t go nuts for it!
As for whether Blade Runner is a truly great movie… Hey, you’re still talking about it 30 years later. I don’t think you’re still talking about… Beastmaster.
No, the Vangellis music has not aged well, but a lot about that movie has held up very nicely.. including the interesting symbolism of a materialistic society where most of the people have died. There’s STUFF everywhere, but not so many humans. Put THAT in your Philip K. Dick and smoke it.
Man, I’m sorry I typed that last part.
I liked Blade Runner. It was a mix of science fiction with a film noir vibe. A movie that explores the question of “What is life?” Are the androids sentient? This is a question that’s posed in the video game Mass Effect also. It was a very good movie.
Okay, I saw Battleship. It’s perhaps the dumbest movie ever made. The first thirty minutes has more stupidity than any Three Stooges movie. Some quick points.
1. Brooklyn Decker walks into a bar. Orders a frozen chicken burrito. Fat bartender closes the microwave door and says the kitchen is closed. What?! He can’t make an exception and nuke a burrito for this babe?
2. Our young hero, decides to commit the crime of breaking and entering to get a burrito for the lovely Ms. Decker. I’m not kidding. I know this is supposed to be funny but it comes off as just plain dumb. Movie gets worse.
3. NASA scientists find earth like planet. So they send a radio signal to it. Hellllooooo? How do we know the aliens are friendly? So goofy, that now I’m rooting for the aliens.
By the way, said radio signal looks like a laser blast. It also makes a big noise as we send it. Who cares about science in science fiction?
ATTACK OF THE LIZARD AMISH
4. Aliens look like Amish with red soul patch beards and lizard eyes. And they can’t drive their ships. One rear ends a satellite and crashes into Hong Kong. Stopped rooting for the aliens who now are equally as dumb and was hopping to see more of Ms. Decker.
5. The aliens use peg shaped mines to sink ships not sophisticated lasers. The peg shaped mines embed in the hulls. Get it? Just like the board game.
6. Add Rihanna for credibility. ;-) First, she can’t act. Second, can’t get around the magic ball cap which stays on her head during the mayhem and her jumping in the water.
DO THEY SAY IT?
There’s a famous line from the commercial for the board game. “You sunk my battleship.” I said somebody would say it. Well, they come close. A sailor says, “They won’t sink this battleship.”
Full review with trailer. I can’t take this turkey seriously. Grade is D.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/battleship-review.html
A little history.
On May 18th 1980. Mount St Helens Blew up.
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120518/NEWS01/305199999/0/living02
Watched One Day starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess tonight.
Interesting little film.
Sorry, Harry. If I went to that movie, I could only watch Anne Hathaway.
I wonder how Anne Hathaway will do as the new Catwoman?
She’ll do purrrrrrrfectly…
Hey, you throw me a soft pitch, I swing. Ya know!?
Robin Gibb (Bee Gees) is dead at 62.
RIP. Robin Gibb.
The Cincinnati Reds beat the New York Yankees today, 5-2. They take two out of three. I feel like some Frank Sinatra. “If you can make it there, you’ll make it anywhere.” The great thing about Frank is that he always gave credit to the composers and arrangers. I made it my duty to see him before he died .I miss you Frank. Here’s New York, New York.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMfz1jlyQrw
Wow. It’s like the 1970s died this week with Donna Summer and Robin Gibb. I guess they can do disco vs. punk rock concerts with the Ramones (3 of ‘em are up there, too) for the Almighty until Frank tells ‘em to keep it down. RIP.
I liked Jive Talking and We Should Be Dancing.
Ahh 70’s Disco.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVjITlgqlHo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaXdTe2TYhs&feature=relmfu
It’s kind of slow around here. There was jabbing at AJ that we all can’t write like people at the New Yorker. Well, here at Chat, AJ has posted articles from the New York Times.
Anyway, the New Yorker has published a story about an American who fought for Castro. It’s well written and will break your heart. The guy’s from the other part of my state, Ohio. If Bob Orci is around here, I suggest he look into this for a movie. The story is long but well worth reading. It’s compelling.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/05/28/120528fa_fact_grann
Bit of Scifi news Syfy’s Sanctuary has been cancelled. I watched a few episodes and I thought it was ok.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/sanctuary-canceled-syfy-327303
Watched the series finale of House tonight. It could have been a LOT better!
New Bond trailer is out. “Skyfall.” I like the new Bond but… I miss the fun the older Bond movies had. See the ridiculous “You Only Live Twice.” Fun. The new Bonds are very serious, less fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ4dAY3DW4c
Success for SpaceX.
You go, Scotty!!!
Look at this a China firms buy’s AMC Theaters. I wonder what this means for movies?
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/05/21/chinas-dalian-wanda-buys-amc/
Maxim releases their hot 100 women of 2012.
http://www.maxim.com/hot-100/2012
Here is number 1:
http://www.maxim.com/girls-of-maxim/bar-refaeli
DC Comics: One character will come out.
I’m betting on Aquaman.
2080:
Funny how Steven Colbert made the list.
2080, 2082
Ha. You readers of Maxim have a sense of humor. Unfortunately, Colbert is on vacation this week; and can’t comment on it. Oh well, they put together compilations for us.
Here’s a Colbert compilation on race. There’s video of Rush Limbaugh doing “Chinese” speak. I’m racially Chinese. That’s how I get dissed by the other races in this country. If you follow me around Cincy, I occasionally get the fake Chinese speak. Pisses me off because I’m fluent in hillbilly. .
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/414267/may-21-2012/5-x-five—colbert-report-hot-button-issues—race
Holy Batman and Robin. Two X-Men are going to have a gay marriage.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/flash-steinbeiser/x-men-gay-wedding_b_1536037.html
A gay character in DC Comics?
Gotta be Wonder Woman!
I agree with Harry. She’s from that island of hot Amazon-type women.
Right! The Isle of Lesbos!
In your own mind, Harry…
Harry Wonder Woman loved Steve Trevor and Batman in Justice League right?
The motto on the Isle of Lesbos is……..”if you can’t beat ‘em, lick ‘em!”
Craiger, she was just a “beard” to hide what Steve and Bats had going on!
Oh no! Alf the movie?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alf-creator-paul-fusco-movie-melmac-327330
Okay, we need the Live Chat women back. Because frankly guys like the women with women. And Wonder Woman has never touched me as being a lesbian. But that magic rope has me thinking …..
Charla, Spockchick, Spocknella, Denise, Aurore,
Where in the name of Themyscira, are you?
2085
It just hit me over my alcohol induced buzz. The X-Men are Marvel Comics. Harry, I demand your geek card. Commodore Mike please take our Harry Ballz for some torture int the agonizer booth. Make sure that Harry Ballz are connected to the electrodes.
Hey, I was riffing off of CmdrR’s post at #2081. He said DC!
I KNOW Wonder Woman isn’t Marvel!
They’d never come up with a character that stupid!
As far as I know… DC has not id’d its gay character, while Marvel is holding a gay marriage for two X-Men.
Again… God bless all consenting adults. But, this all seems like a publicity stunt.
*BOINK!*
*BOFF!*
*SWOOSH!*
Which day-glo leotard-clad, cave-dwelling, porpoise-riding super hero will it be?
HARRY. Your Agoniser. Your Agoniser Please!
Hey Blogger. You are now the official Geek Trooper.
I like the way nobody is picking on Robin, the obvious choice!
I mean, those boots, that outfit…..C’MON!!
What about the Wonder Twin’s. They Look Gay and or more.
I just watched the beginning of “Fleet Week” on the Hudson: Tall ships, navy ships.and amazing Blue Angel fly-bys. All good, and extremely cool. And they’ll be painting the town this weekend, for sure.
Come on Harry you don’t think she’s hot?
http://www.fmtaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/LYNDA_CARTER_WONDER_WOMAN.jpg
@ 2099
Thanks Commodore. But I’m not good at the comic book thing. So maybe ask AJ.
2100
Yeah, Batman and Robin as being gay has been going around for a long time. Just check Wikipedia for more info.
Bob Smigel did a cartoon for SNL called “The Ambiguously Gay Duo.” It was a take on the Batman and Robin is gay stuff. Well inn 2011 they did another one. This time the turn our heroes into real 3D flesh. Starring Jon Hamn, JImmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert (also does one of the voices) and Steven Carell ! (also does voices) !
Watch all the double entendres. From NBC…
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/ambiguously-gay-duo/1327429
The Ambiguously Gay Duo on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohMNGeYGg6w
Wonder Woman:
Harry’s dream.
http://wonderwomantv.com/wp-content/gallery/erica-durance-as-wonder-woman/nup_147491_0363.jpg
Oh no AJ you shouldn’t have said that name. LOL.
BB – http://babsbatcave.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/batswwkiss.jpg
Paramount delays G.I. Joe: Retaliation to March 29th, 2013 for 3D conversion I wonder if this will affect the Star Trek sequel?
http://collider.com/g-i-joe-2-retaliation-release-date-3d/168222/
2107.
Take a close look at that photo of Durance as Wonder Woman.
LOOK AT THOSE HIPS!!??
Talk about “a little wide in the beam”!
Go on, slap a saddle on that horse!
2110:
This is the third Paramount tentpole film (along with ST 09/13) which has run into significant franchise-damaging delays. They’ve blown a wad of cash already marketing this thing to a primarily ADD-afflicted audience who will forget it fairly quickly.
I bet you it just sucks, and they’ve gone back for major surgery.
AJ, do you think Paramount is introuble?
2110
Thanks for the info, Craiger. For that, I’ll forgive you for the right wing stuff. :-)
2110
Thanks for the info, Craiger. For that, I’ll forgive you for the right wing stuff. :-)
2112
Good points AJ. Maybe the film is so bad, Paramount said we need to fix it Get this. They’ve given up one of their tentpole movies this summer. Yeah, the first GI Joe was terrible and made for people with ADHD.
2113:
Craiger, I am not an authority by any means, but Paramount is certainly not in trouble. They have major tentpoles, some of which are extremely old (Raiders, for example, and our own Trek).
They no longer distribute Marvel films, now that Disney’s own network can do so, but ‘Mission Impossible’ is certainly nothing to sneeze at, as well as “Transformers.” They also did ‘Titanic’ (twice) and ‘The Dictator.’ 2011 profits are $300m on $1.2b in revenue (via Wikipedia), and while I know nothing about whether that was “to plan,” it is interesting to consider where ‘GI Joe’ fits in. And “Trek,” for that matter.
Could moving around tent-pole launches be a way to re-jig profits year-over-year to match analyst/shareholder expectations for 2013 if 2012 is already in the bag? Who knows?
“Fixing the3-D” sounds like malarchy to me, as did every delay on Star Treks 11 & 12. Michael Bay delivered on time all the time with his dreadful ‘Transformers” films and simply inhaled cash from all over the world. I’d like to think that Paramount wants ‘Trek’ to be the best it can be. But ‘GI-Joe?’ Pfft.
I forgot about them having the Transformers and Mission Impossible franchises. I just remembered Paramount is also rebooting the Transformers franchise.
Oh no, Dr. No. James Bond will be changing his drink for the next movie. . No more vodka martinis. It’s HEINEKEN. What?! Expect Boone’s Farm Wine next.
Story
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/james-bond-heineken-deal-george-lazenby_n_1538935.html?ref=entertainment
My post with videos of the good old days, “Shaken not stirred” and a trailer for Skyfall.
http://berniebasementblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/james-bond-makes-big-mistake.html
2093- Basement Blogger, et al. ROFLMBO @ all the bantering going on here since we have been away!!
I honestly have no excuse but I have been soooo tired lately. zzzzz I am trying to get back to what I used to do :) My routine this last week was to get up, say hello to some folks on FB, read a little here on TM, run the kids to the dentist and other appts all week, then thinking I will post on TM the following day, only to do procrastinate again and take a nap instead lol.
I will catch up on all the movie reviews, gayness talk though. (it can’t be WW! as much as you men would like that! heehee) Speaking of women, hopefully we’ll see our other women here soon too. And no, not like that…lol- .
We still need to figure a way to have a live chat at the same time. You guys are a hoot! I am laughing most of the time I read through these, and can’t imagine what you all would be like in real time. It would be so fun!
I don’t think it will work with FB any differently than here if we were to just sign on at the same time and chat, except on FB it is logged with a time stamp. That is the only difference that I can figure out atm. Open to any suggestions regarding that (or anything else as well)
Oh btw, CONGRATS to you Harry on your recent election to the top!!! That is wonderful news!
Hey Charla.
Speaking of fun. Check out the video from SNL, “The Ambiguously Gay Duo.” The cartoon heroes are “fleshed” out and played by Jon Hamm, Jimmy Fallon, Steve Carrell and Stephen Colbert. It’s at 2105.
Look, I’ll re-post it. From NBC:
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/ambiguously-gay-duo/1327429
2120.
Thanks, Charla! Just what I need, more work!
More on DC vs. Marvel gayness:
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/dc-comics-reveals-all-marvel-characters-are-gay-2012052428323
For the bored Trekkie smartphone owner… you know who you are…
http://www.treksinscifi.com/trekdaily/
5/24… see if you can i.d. this face without cheating.
2123 – AJ, I’m not gay but that was offensive. Actually, Marvel’s rebuttal was kinda nasty, too. So, if you read comics, you’re either gay or asexual? Yikes.
LOL that “fleshed” out cartoon was awful Basement Blogger!! :D
Anytime, Harry! :D
AJ that was a funny article too- haha (DC vs Marvel or gay vs asexual)
CmdrR, It’s DeForest Kelley! I knew it because of the way he was smiling in the picture even at that young age. He was a cute kid!
Science Channel buys Fringe reruns.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/fringe-sells-in-off-network-syndication-to-science-channel/
2127
Craiger, keep up the good work, and maybe you’ll get me to vote for Romney! :-)
John Nobe (Walter on Fringe) hosts a great series called Dark Matters on the channel. Fringe makes sense if Science wanted a science fiction show.
Ok Blogger and AJ. Let’s do what Brewster told us to do.
Vote for.
NONE OF THE ABOVE!!!!!!!!
Ok. Let’s get this Live Chat really going Crazy!!!!!!!
Top 5 Trek Tos Red Shirt Death’s.
5.The Omega Glory.
4. Friday’s Child
3. The Apple.
2. The Changling.
1. Obessesion.
Top 5 Tos Warp Drive Eps..
5. That Which Survies
4. Obsession.
3. The Doomsday Machine.
2. Ballence of Terror.
1. Tomorrow Is Yesterday
Top 5 Tos Ship Battles.
5. Errand of Mercy.
4. Elan of Troyous.
3. The Deadly year’s.
2. The Ultimate Computer.
1. Ballence of Terror.
DS9 had the best Trek space battles.
BB, me posting Scifi news will get you to vote for Romney? LOL. :)
Top Star Trek Time Travel Eps.
5. TNG. Times Arrow.
4. TNG. Cause and Effect.
3. TOS. Assignment Earth.
2. DS9 TOS. Trial’s and Tribbleation’s.
1. TOS. Tomorrow is Yesterday.
Hey Craiger. True. They had the best. But. I was posting Tos battles. Lol.
Mike – Great time travel episodes. You forgot DS9’s Little Green Men.
Top 5 Live Chat Name’s.
5. Charla.
4.Craiger
3. Basement Blogger.
2. Harry Ballz.
1. Commodore Mike of the Terran Empire.
Hey Craiger. Thought about that one. I would put that one at #6.
2138. Now Mike, how about an expansion to 10? Aurore and THX and AJ are cool too :-)
Top Trek Movie Names of all Time!..
15. Commodore Lurker
14. Bob Orci
13. Spock with a Crowbar
12. Vultan
11. Mongo
10. Aurore
9. AJ
8. Red Dead Ryan.
7. MJ
6. Basement Blogger
5. Craiger.
4. Spock Chick.
3. Harry Ballz
2. Commodore Mike of the Terran Empire
#1 of all time. British Naval Dude. BND. (DEL Trame)
I love it! But the last one you left me out!! LOL *Tear slowly rolling down my cheek*
I think Craiger would make a great alien name for the sequel or maybe an alien species.
Oh I see it. Top names of all time vs. top names. Ok then I can live with that. Flattered to be mentioned at all ! :-D
Top Female Name of Trek Movie.
Charla.
I wish I would have picked a more original name than mine for posting on chat. I didn’t think I would be here long enough to justify it, but then didn’t want to have 2 identities either. Mines boooorrringgg!!
Awww! That’s sweet and cool at the same time!! That’s hard to do too! haha
I really like the originality of “Spockchick” and “Spockanella” for the girls.
Commodore Mike of the Terran Empire…. that is truly original too unless I am behind on a sci-fi show that I am unaware of. : ) I love the name Mongo too- btw we haven’t seen him in awhile. Oh Mongo???? Where are you??? I am rambling now…
2135.
Commodore Mike
Top Time Travel Trek episodes and you don’t list City On The Edge Of Forever???
Top Trek Movie names?
Don’t forget to list my alter ego……………Holden McGroin.