I'm not mad a TP at all. I say do it and do it big while you can. Hell I'd love to be where he is right about now. He's going to be the next Black billionaire.
On Jan 2, 2008 5:16 PM, Daryle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > If the details about this scene are true, and Bill Shatner knew about this, > then I can see why he¹s pissed. > > As for Tyler Perry being in this movie...if I had the opportunity, I¹d get > my agent to do the same. I¹m a little surprised Richard Branson hasn¹t been > in one of these movies yet. A lot of folks (including me) would be in one > of these movies for free! > > On 1/2/08 5:04 PM, "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I heard some reeeeaallly interesting things today about J.J. Abrams > > Star Trek movie. I¹ll share all the details eventually but for the > > moment let¹s break a piece of exclusive info: that writer/director Tyler > > Perry has a role in the new Star Trek movie. If you want to know who > > Perry is playing and how his character impacts the lives of young Kirk > > and Spock, beware of spoilers and click on through to read about it. And > > I mean that: SPOILERS ARE AHEAD! > > > > It looks like Perry is playing the head of Starfleet Academy. Before you > > go asking if the character is going to be a human being or one of those > > funky aliens with a dozen more nostrils, it looks like Perry¹s character > > is a plain old fashioned human. > > > > Here¹s some background on the dude: Tyler Perry is one of the bigger > > breakthrough success stories that Hollywood has had recently. He began > > his career and won acclaim as a playwright before moving into film. He¹s > > directed and written the screen stories for Madea¹s Family Reunion, > > Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Daddy¹s Little Girls and his latest hit > > which came out earlier in the year, Why Did I Get Married?. If the man¹s > > a Trekkie he¹s kept it quiet or maybe J.J. is just a fan of Madea. > > > > My informant tells me about a big scene that was filmed a couple of > > weeks back that involved Perry, Chris Pine (the young James T. Kirk), > > Zachary Quinto (young Spock) and dozens of other extras. Now really, if > > you¹re here then you already decided that you wanted to be spoiled, but > > here comes the bigger spoilersŠ > > > > ...Tyler¹s character is overseeing some kind of Starfleet > > courtroom/assembly event where young Kirk is facing expulsion from > > Starfleet. It turns out that the Starfleet prez didn¹t look too > > favorably on Cadet Kirk for ³cheating² on one of his critical tests. And > > all you Trekkies out there know exactly what it is Kirk did: he rigged > > the Kobayashi Maru test so he could win it. > > > > (For those that don¹t know their Tribbles from Andorians, the Kobayashi > > Maru is a piece of Trek lore introduced in Star Trek II. Starfleet > > cadets are placed inside a starship simulator and given a no-win > > scenario: either try and rescue the survivors of a stranded space > > freighter trapped behind the Klingon Neutral Zone and thus in enemy > > space or listen to them die when they are found by the Klingons. The > > test is designed that there is no possible outcome where you save the > > Maru survivors and beat the Klingons; it¹s supposed to give cadets a > > taste of what it¹s like to be working under pressure as you face > > probably death. Kirk won the Kobayashi Maru test by reprogramming the > > scenario so he could actually win it because, as the dude himself said, > > ³I don¹t like to lose.") > > > > So young Kirk is standing in front of his peers (human and alien > > Starfleet cadets and officers) and facing immediate expulsion from the > > Academy. After hearing the charge from Perry¹s character, Chris > > Pine-as-Kirk delivers a speech in the same vein as some of the classic > > Kirk speeches from the TV series. He wants to know how his cheating was > > found out, and it¹s revealed that there was a witness to Kirk¹s act. > > Kirk immediately demands to know who the witness was so he can face his > > accuser. > > > > And that¹s when Zachary Quinto-as-Spock stands up. Yup, he¹s the one > > that ratted on Kirk reprogramming the Kobayashi Maru test and he¹s the > > reason why Kirk is about to be expelled from Starfleet. And thenŠ > > > > I¹m going to cut it short there for now because I want to follow up with > > my source and ask some more questions about what happens next. Yeah, I¹m > > leaving you hanging here but it can¹t be helped. Besides, it¹s the > > holidays and breaking news is practically non-existent so if I can > > stretch this out and come back with more spoilers from Star Trek, why > > not? Plus I want to be able to explain how the new costumes fit into > > Trek continuity and what they look likeŠ > > > > I promise to be back tomorrow with more. But before I close hailing > > frequencies I¹ve got one final story detail to relate to you: at the > > start of that day¹s filming J.J. addressed the assembled cast and told > > them that he was extremely happy to have Tyler Perry being a part of his > > Star Trek movie for many reasons, but one of the biggest was that this > > would mark the first time that Perry has appeared in a movie outside of > > his own projects. > > > > Seacrest out! > > > http://movieblog.ugo.com/index.php/movieblog/more/tyler_perrys_star_trek_adven > > ture_ugo_exclusive/ > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > -- -- Blogs: The Greasy Guide http://greasyguide.com Your Online Destination for Urban Information Coming Soon Street Sweet NYC http://www.streetsweetnyc.com Get your fix on cupcake bliss. Yahoo! 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