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Jul 03 | Leading sci-fi website, Totalscifionline.com has teamed up with Star Trek Magazine to find out who is the best villain in Star Trek. Together, they want to know the diabolical masterminds who have sent a shiver down your spine and set your heart pounding and the evil geniuses who make it seem good to e bad. The top Star Trek villain will appear on a special commemorative Star Trek
Magazine cover, to be revealed later this year. Your vote could also win you year's subscription to Star Trek Magazine.For information on how to cast your vote, go here
Jul 02 | Doug Drexler's Drex Files blog psoted a couple of making-of for two images in Pocket Books 2010 Ships of the Line calendar. You can see Greg Stewart's "Operation Return", and "We Come In Peace For All Mankind" by Robert Wilde.
Jul 02 | Company of Angels (CoA), which was co-founded in 1959 by actor Leonard Nimoy, is celebrating its 50th Anniversary as Los Angeles' oldest non profit professional theater now headquartered at the historic Alexandria Hotel in downtown LA. CoA is readying to celebrate this milestone in the history of Los Angeles Theater - with a prestigious Charity Awards Gala slated for October 17, 2009 which will honor actor Leonard Nimoy for his role as a founding member as well as veteran actor Robert Ellenstein. "I'm looking forward to celebrating Company of Angels' 50th Anniversary Award Ceremony and Gala." Nimoy says of this special event in which he is proud to be a part of Check out the official website to learn more about The Company of Angels
Jul 01 | There may be no new Boston Legal episodes, but William Shatner is keeping very busy these days. In addition to his new talk show, Raw Nerve, he took time out to film a new TV spot for Priceline, titled Lighten Up. The clip is viewable on the Priceline Travel Blog
Jun 28 | Eight weeks in, Star Trek still drew audiences in eighth ($3.6 million this weekend, $246.2 million overall).
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By GustavoLeao / 05:20, 29 September 2008 / Feature Films
The new issue of SFX magazine, just out in the UK, features a new interview with Star Trek star Zachary Quinto and here are more excerpts.
With Sylar you're right there playing a part in the character's evolution. But when you got to play Spock you are taking on 40 years of backstory. How challenge is that ?
With Sylar I am the actor who originated the role and that occasions a different kind of space in which to work. But in many ways my experience of Star Trek is such that I am creating another version of Spock. There will never be another Leonard Nimoy - this is an incredible man and an incredible actor who endeared himself to millions because of his portrayal of this character. And in a lot of ways that takes the pressure off me, because I cant compete with that! I simply have a relationship with this character based on my understanding of where he is, in his perspective and his point of view, and that's supported by the script that Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman wrote - it moved me immensely the first time I read it, and again subsequently as I immersed myself in it. So I dont really feel like I have a lot to prove. Leonard was very supportive of me from the very beginning and I was in the most capable hands I could possibly be in.
Did you find yourself adapting your performance to accommodate how Leonard Nimoy portrays him ?
Never. In fact I did the opposite - to make sure my experience was my experience. It's the only way stepping into such an iconic role is ever feasible. You have to acknowledge where it came from and Leonard was an enormous resource for me - incredibly generous with his time and his energy if I ever had a question or just wanted to talk about the experience or what he went through as an actor. But in terms of playing him ? No - I think that would be a trap, to try and shade my performance with echoes of his. I got the job because there is a physical resemblance between myself and Leonard when he was my age, but more than that I think I got the job because I brought a strong point of view to it, Merging that point of view with the echoes of where he came from and how he approached it from the beginning will hopefully add a new texture, but also have a little bit of the same fabric.
How are you fiding the Star Trek fans ? Have you met many of them ?
I have been to three Trek conventions - two with Leonard. So I have met the fans and they've been incredibly supportive. Really excited, lovingly enthusiatic. There is an energy of 'dont mess this up for us, we believe in this and have for a long time!' But that's also the place from which J.J. [Abrams] is coming from, so it doesn't really seem we're going to disappoint them. At least that's our goal.
The full article can be found on the latest issue of SFX Magazine, now on sale.
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