True. Make-up does wonders. Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Remember that Mark Leonard, the actor who played spock's father was was only 3 years older than Leonard Nimoy...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: okay, it's official: Abrams has lost his mind. The whole cornerstone of Spock was his half-human/half-Vulcan nature. it was at the core of his struggles. Why the hell change that? What are we gaining by this? And why get an actress basically the same age as the guy planning her son? I am very confused. -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For Winona Ryder, it's a fine line between pixie-like and Vulcanesque. > > The actress has become the latest boldface name attached to J.J. Abrams' > highly anticipated reboot of the Star Trek franchise, signing on to star > as mother to a young Spock. > > It will be Ryder's biggest studio film since 2002, when the two-time > Oscar nominee costarred in Mr. Deeds with Adam Sandler and S1m0ne with > Al Pacino. Ryder laid low for several years following her shoplifting > arrest and has only appeared in a handful of mostly independent films, > most notably in Richard Linklater's 2006 rotoscope-animated feature, A > Scanner Darkly. > > Variety reports the erstwhile Heathers star will play the Vulcan mother > of the Starfleet logician, sending Trekkers into a tizzy. Abrams is > messing with a key element of the Star Trek canon: In all previous > installments of the franchise, Spock's mother was human, not Vulcan (the > pointy ears come courtesy of his father's side of the family). > > As conceived by Trek mastermind Gene Rodenberry, Spock's mother was > Amanda Grayson, a teacher who met and married Sarek, the Vulcan > Ambassador to Earth. The two later decamped to planet Vulcan. Spock's > maternal unit was first introduced in a 1967 episode of the original > series and portrayed by actress Jane Wyatt. Wyatt reprised the role in > Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. > > The 36-year-old Ryder will mother Heroes' Zachary Quinto, an actor just > six years her junior. It's unclear whether movie makeup magic will make > up the age difference or whether Ryder's character will only appear in > flashback. Original Spock Leonard Nimoy is also slated to appear in a > cameo role, though it's unclear in what capacity. > > No official details have been released about the film's plot, other than > it will revolve around the Starship Enterprise crew's first mission > together. > > Ryder's addition signals the end of casting. In recent weeks, Abrams > beamed up Chris Pine (Kirk), Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy), Simon Pegg > (Scotty), John Cho (Sulu), Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Anton Yelchin (Chekov) > and Eric Bana (the nefarious Nero) to the film. > > Shooting is scheduled to begin on the film this month and is expected to > last through March 2008. The film is slated for a Christmas 2008 release. > http://tinyurl.com/yv57sh > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "Lets just saying you know more than you think, but were not going to help you figure it out." - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
