Weekend Videos - It's Time To Geek Out

06:43 PM, Filed under: Home \ Television \ Star Trek

Don't worry, this won't be another post of just Superman Returns videos, but you can't properly Geek Out without a little Super-something.

One of the coolest things from the new movie, is that using "the magic of computers" Marlon Brando lives on as Jor-El.

Ever wonder what it would be like in a fight between the United Federation of Planets and the Evil Galactic Empire? Find out in Star Trek vs Star Wars.

Al Gore has to deal with Bender from Futurama in this Trailer for An Incovenient Truth.

So, do you remember that kickass commercial of the Transforming Citroen C4? Well, now there's and extended version. Plus they've released a new commercial featuring the Citroen C4 Transformer skating on ice. But the best is watching the Old 1950s Citroen 2CV Transform.

Thanks for Geeking with me...

Link: Weekend Videos - It's Time To Geek Out

Bryan Singer on Superman, X-Men, and Star Trek

12:12 AM, Filed under: Home \ Television \ Star Trek

In my opinion, Bryan Singer really is one of the best directors of this generation. Even though he hasn't directed vey many films, many of those he has have become instant classics (namely "The Usual Suspects," and the "X-Men" films). So when it was announced long ago that he would be directing Superman Returns, I was exstatic. The next Superman movie is really going to need the best possible director for the job. But how cool would it be to have Singer direct the next Star Trek film!? Is it possible? Watch this video provided by IESB and find out.

Bryan Singer talks Superman, X-Men, and Star Trek

Link: Bryan Singer on Superman, X-Men, and Star Trek

William Shatner Wants to Save Star Trek

10:41 AM, Filed under: Home \ Television \ Star Trek

William Shatner (aka The Man) thinks he can bring back the glory days of the Star Trek franchise. The former centerpiece of the sci-fi universe said he's writing some new novels that pre-date the original series by a decade or two.

I'm writing a couple of books on the adolescent Captain Kirk/Spock thing as a prequel. It's also an idea for CBS to use as the next series of Star Trek.

Yes, that's right, Kirk and Spock as teenagers. What's this going to be about, their wacky adventures trying to meet girls? And didn't Kirk grow up in Iowa (yes, I've seen Star Trek IV a few times)? How's this going to work? Every week Kirk convinces Spock to steal his dad's spaceship for a weekend joyride? It could be like Ferris Bueller in space. Actually, that would rock.

Spock: "Jim, Ambassador Sarek is going to kill me if you scratch is shuttlecraft."

Kirk: "We'll just fly around the sun at Warp speed, and it'll be like we never left."

Here are my casting suggestions:

As "Captain" Kirk (Oh yeah, he wouldn't even be Captain yet!): Chris Pratt from Everwood. Just cocky and dumb enough to pull it off.

As Spock: Justin Long (Ed, Dodgeball) trying to reconcile his vulcan side with his human side, and those new found urges toward the opposite sex.

Link: William Shatner Wants to Save Star Trek

George Takei (Sulu) is Gay

02:40 AM, Filed under: Home \ Television \ Star Trek

George Takei, the actor who played helmsman Hikaru Sulu on the original Star Trek series, has announced that he is gay. Takei played the character of Sulu for all three seasons of the original series, as well as in the first six Star Trek movies. Currently performing in the play Equus, Takei said his role as psychologist Martin Dysart was the root of his decision to come out of the closet publicly, according to the Associated Press:

Takei described the character as a "very contained but turbulently frustrated man." The play opened Wednesday at the David Henry Hwang Theater in Los Angeles, the same day that Frontiers magazine featured a story on Takei's coming out.

The current social and political climate also motivated Takei's disclosure, he said.

"The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay," he said. "The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young."

The 68-year-old actor said he and his partner, Brad Altman, have been together for 18 years.

I guess we now know why he didn't get along well with William Shatner. It wasn't because Shatner was getting all the lines. It was because he was getting all the girls.

Link: George Takei (Sulu) is Gay

Star Trek: Resurrection

08:23 AM, Filed under: Home \ Television \ Star Trek

Well, it looks like the Star Trek franchise isn't quite dead yet. Not even a year (hell, it's only been three months) since Enterprise went off the air, a new script has been commissioned by Paramount for a new Star Trek film, entitled Star Trek: The Beginning. According to screenwriter, Erik Jendreson (whose only notable credit is for "Band of Brothers"), the film "would look at the inciting incident that started everything... The story is big and epic, and it isn't as antiseptic as the television stories had to be." The everything Jendreson refers to is the founding of the Federation, and he also says "We're looking at a very small group of men and women, particularly focusing on one character. There are a couple of ships, including a principal ship, but this is not a traditional captain and crew of a starship story in the least." With things so early in development, it's really hard to tell what it'll be like, but hopefully they can breath some new life back into the franchise. Also, I guess this means that there really won't be anymore Next Gen movies anymore. At least for a while. (via Moviehole)

Link: Star Trek: Resurrection

Star Trek Business Cards

05:49 AM, Filed under: Home \ Television \ Star Trek

This is awesome, so I just had to share. (via GorillaMask)

Star Trek Business Cards

Update: Looks like there are also some Star Wars Business Cards out there too.

And the Star Trek ones are now available on eBay.

Link: Star Trek Business Cards

He's Dead Jim. James Doohan, Rest in Peace.

03:27 PM, Filed under: Home \ Television \ Star Trek

At 5:30 am this morning, James Doohan, who played Star Trek's Montgomery Scott aka "Scotty", passed away from pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease at the age of 85. He will be missed by many around the world, including myself.

More at StarTrek.com and CNN

Yesterday, I was at my parents' house talking to my father, and Star Trek (the original series) was on TV. He made a crack about the actors all being old or dead, and I said only one of them had died (referring to DeForrest Kelly, Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy). I then "corrected" myself to include James Doohan, since I thought I remembered hearing that he had passed away a few months ago. Obviously I was wrong.

The first time it happened, I was walking by Biddle's jazz club in Montreal, and I had said how it was too bad that owner, and jazz musician, Charlie Biddle had recently died. He too died the next day.

I won't be saying these things anymore.

Link: He's Dead Jim. James Doohan, Rest in Peace.

New Online Star Trek Movie Starring Chekov

04:08 PM, Filed under: Home \ Television \ Star Trek

It looks as though the Star Trek franchise will continue to live on, even without the resources of Paramount behind it. SciFiWire reports that Walter Koenig will be reprising his role as Pavel Chekov in a fan film being written by original Trek series writer D.C. Fontana.

"This is a unique opportunity to give some dimension to my character," Koenig said in an interview at Enigma Con at the University of California, Los Angeles, over the weekend. "I was most unhappy ... that there wasn't a whole lot of dimension to the character. It was push buttons and say 'Warp factor five' with as many inflections as possible—and with an accent."

I always liked Chekov, and thought he brought a nice comedic touch, especially in the latter Trek films. (via TV Squad)

Link: New Online Star Trek Movie Starring Chekov

Well, That Sucked

10:08 PM, Filed under: Home \ Television \ Star Trek

True to what Jolene (T'Pol) Blalock said*, the final episode of Star Trek Enterprise was very dissapointing, to say the least.

As a grande finale, it was nothing of the sort. Instead of some stirring final message, which might hope to encapsulate the series, we watch the crew of the Enterprise undertake a meaningless mission, all from the point of view of a bloated Riker and Troy on the Holodeck of the Next Generation Enterprise. If they really needed to bring us back to the 24th century, couldn't we at least see Riker's new ship, the Titan? (Sorry, nerd moment there)

There was absolutely no connection to the preceding episode, and I don't even think it was true to Star Trek lore, placing the founding of the Federation at too late a date.

What a crappy way to end the series. If they ever bring Star Trek back, they should keep Brannon Braga far, far away.

*The original Toronto Star Article with Blalock's comments.

Link: Well, That Sucked

The Beginning of the End / The End of the Beginning

04:50 PM, Filed under: Home \ Television \ Star Trek

With only six more episodes to go, the countdown to the end of Enterprise is well under way. Since there is no chance left for a stay of execution, all one can do now is watch.

But what better to watch than Captain Archer receiving three Orion Slave Girls as a gift!? Yes, this episode will feature no less than three of the green hotties synonymous with Star Trek.

Link: The Beginning of the End / The End of the Beginning