Bosco, I believe I am in live with you.
Justin
On 2009-10-22, at 8:27 PM, Bosco Bosco <ironpi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Shitner Abrams trek debate.... Insert Yawn Here. Who cares? Abrams
made the best Trek Movie ever without the egomaniac crybaby. He'll
probably make another really good one with or without anyone's
blessing or approval or senior citizen pointless cameo. I think he
should go to the biggest Trek Convention in the world and take a
dump on a table and walk out. That movie was the bomb. Anyone who
doesn't get that can't keep on keepin on with their OS DVD's and
reruns. I'll be their opening night havin enough fun for all of em
Bosco
--- On Thu, 10/22/09, brent wodehouse <brent_wodeho...@thefence.us>
wrote:
From: brent wodehouse <brent_wodeho...@thefence.us>
Subject: [scifinoir2] William Shatner set to be beamed up
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 1:09 PM
http://www.stuff. co.nz/entertainm ent/film/ 2986590/William-
Shatner-set- to-be-beamed- up
William Shatner set to be beamed up
Last updated 13:32 21/10/2009
Hollywood director JJ Abrams appears set to beam William Shatner up
to the
Star Trek sequel.
Abrams suffered plenty of criticism from Star Trek fans when he
opted not
to cast Shatner, the original Captain James T Kirk of the USS
Enterprise,
in this year's big screen update of the iconic sci-fi film and TV
series.
Abrams did cast the original Spock, Leonard Nimoy.
Star Trek was one of the most successful films of 2009, earning almost
US$400 million (NZ$542.81m) at the worldwide box office, and with a
sequel
set for release in theatres in 2011, Abrams confirmed Shatner may be
offered a role.
"I would love to work with him," Abrams told reporters in Los
Angeles at a
press conference to promote the release of the Star Trek DVD.
"We speak. We actually have a lunch date planned."
Abrams opted to make Star Trek a prequel, winding the clock back to
the
early years of the Star Trek crew with young actors Chris Pine (Kirk),
Zachary Quinto (Spock) and Simon Pegg (Montgomery Scott) filling the
lead
roles.
While Abrams and screenwriters Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman managed to
find
a way to bring Nimoy back, they opted against offering Shatner a role.
The dilemma they faced is examined in The Shatner Conundrum, one of
the
extra features on the Star Trek DVD.
"It was a foregone conclusion we wanted him in the movie," Abrams
explained.
"The problem was his character died on screen in one of his Trek
films and
because we decided, very early on, that we wanted to adhere to Trek
canon
as best we could ... the required machinations to get Shatner into the
movie would have been very difficult to do given the story we wanted
to
tell and also to give him the kind of part that he would be happy
with.
"It was this thing where it would have felt like a gimmick in order
to get
Shatner in the movie, which would have honestly, to me, been
distracting. "
The success of Abrams' Star Trek and the welcome Pine, Quinto, Pegg
and
other new actors received from Trekkies will make it easier to
introduce
Shatner into the sequel, Abrams said.
"In terms of moving forward, I am open to anything," Abrams added.
"I feel like the first movie did some of the heavy lifting that
needed to
be done in order to free us to continue going forward. Maybe there's
less
of a burden and there's going to be more opportunity to work with him
(Shatner)."
The Star Trek DVD, set for release in Australia on October 29, is
filled
with extras, including gag reels, three hours of bonus footage,
commentary, secrets behind the costumes and sets and deleted scenes
that
reveal a side story involving Eric Bana's villainous character Nero.
The DVD also includes what is billed as "ground-breaking augmented
reality
technology" which, through a webcam, allows a 3D holographic tour of
the
Enterprise.
Abrams said the decision to hold the world premiere for Star Trek at
the
Sydney Opera House in April was the perfect launch pad for the movie.
"I have been to Sydney before and I loved it the first time," Abrams
told
AAP in a video interview.
"This last time it was so surreal. First of all I had never been to
the
Opera House which could not have been more beautiful.
"The reception was off the charts. The people were so kind. It was
beautiful, maybe not atypical Sydney weather, but I called my wife and
said 'We might have to move here'.
"I am serious. I want to go back not just for professional reasons.
I just
want to go back because it is fantastic."
