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Nov 23 | J.J. Abrams and Chris Pine Talk How Gratifying That Star Trek was Well Received, Working with Leonard Nimoy and Star Trek XII

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Nov 23 | 5-Page Preview of Third Issue of Galactica 1980 Comic Book

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Nov 22 | Quinto, Urban, Saldana, Cho and Greenwood on Their Hopes for Star Trek XII

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Nov 22 | Exclusive Digital Content Now Available With New Star Trek Movie on iTunes

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Nov 22 | No J.J. Abrams Version of the U.S.S. Enterprise in the Star Trek Online MMORPG

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Nov 23 | Chuck returns to NBC with a special two-hour show on Sunday, Jan 10, 2010, before returning to its regular time slot, Mondays at 8pm on the following night. It's return to prime time television can be attributed to a successful fan renewnal campaign last year. CHUCK is a one-hour, action-comedy series that follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi, "Less Than Perfect") -- a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. This upcoming season will include some special guest stars, including Brandon Routh of "Superman Returns" who will play CIA agent Daniel Shaw in an episode, and the addition of SUBWAY restaurant as a major advertiser to the show. Chuck averaged a 4.0/6 rating last season, about eight percent better than the recently cancelled "Trauma". Ratings-challenged Heroes moves back an hour when Chuck returns on Monday nights. STAR TREK VOYAGER's Robert Duncan McNeill serves Chuck as a supervising producer and director.

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Nov 17 | Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He now serves as an executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson and oversees the day-to-day functions of the show.

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Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."

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Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.

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Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter

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Best?
By Dmitri Andreyevich

I don't subscribe to the idea that this was the best ST movie. By my taste, that one has yet to be made. They all have their good and bad points.
I believe much of the overrating of this film can be traced back to fan fear that there would never be another feature after the expensive borefest the first one turned out to be. How the same producer who did this as a TV show on a budget, could let the costs of the first movie go so out of control is a mystery to me even to this day. But at least it had the feel of adult cinematic science-fiction.
Bennet is to be praised for keeping costs under control during his regime. And for viewing all the episodes of the TV series prior to tackling ST2. And for letting the actors have more breathing room to play their characters the way they knew how to.
But Bennet also paved the way for his successors' choice to spit on continuity when it "stood in the way of a good story," with this one.
He ignored Spock's line at the end of "Space Speed" where he tells Kirk it would be interesting to return to Ceti Alpha 5 in 100 years to see what crop sprang up from the seed they planted that day.
YES! It would have! Picard should have returned to that world to find out, but he never got that option, because Bennet wanted his audience to cheer when Kirk counter attacks Reliant, and when Enterprise escapes the Genesis explosion.
And cheer they did. They cheered so much, they overlooked the myriad flaws that have since all been pointed out ad nauseum, but don't seem to phase the cheerers. This film made it okay for fans to rate a Star Trek movie with their glands instead of their heads, and I will never forgive it for that.
By the same token, however, it did make Star Trek a movie franchise, and I will never forget it for that.

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Message you're replying to Best? By Dmitri Andreyevich I don't subscribe to the idea that this was the best ST movie. By my taste, that one has yet to be made. They all have their good and bad points. I believe much of the overrating of this film can be traced back to fan fear that there would never be another feature after the expensive borefest the first one turned out to be. How the same producer who did this as a TV show on a budget, could let the costs of the first movie go so out of control is a mystery to me even to this day. But at least it had the feel of adult cinematic science-fiction. Bennet is to be praised for keeping costs under control during his regime. And for viewing all the episodes of the TV series prior to tackling ST2. And for letting the actors have more breathing room to play their characters the way they knew how to. But Bennet also paved the way for his successors' choice to spit on continuity when it "stood in the way of a good story," with this one. He ignored Spock's line at the end of "Space Speed" where he tells Kirk it would be interesting to return to Ceti Alpha 5 in 100 years to see what crop sprang up from the seed they planted that day. YES! It would have! Picard should have returned to that world to find out, but he never got that option, because Bennet wanted his audience to cheer when Kirk counter attacks Reliant, and when Enterprise escapes the Genesis explosion. And cheer they did. They cheered so much, they overlooked the myriad flaws that have since all been pointed out ad nauseum, but don't seem to phase the cheerers. This film made it okay for fans to rate a Star Trek movie with their glands instead of their heads, and I will never forgive it for that. By the same token, however, it did make Star Trek a movie franchise, and I will never forget it for that. Compose your message		Status You are not logged in. To post, you must enter your login information as well.
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[q]I don't subscribe to the idea that this was the best ST movie. By my taste, that one has yet to be made. They all have their good and bad points. I believe much of the overrating of this film can be traced back to fan fear that there would never be another feature after the expensive borefest the first one turned out to be. How the same producer who did this as a TV show on a budget, could let the costs of the first movie go so out of control is a mystery to me even to this day. But at least it had the feel of adult cinematic science-fiction. Bennet is to be praised for keeping costs under control during his regime. And for viewing all the episodes of the TV series prior to tackling ST2. And for letting the actors have more breathing room to play their characters the way they knew how to. But Bennet also paved the way for his successors' choice to spit on continuity when it "stood in the way of a good story," with this one. He ignored Spock's line at the end of "Space Speed" where he tells Kirk it would be interesting to return to Ceti Alpha 5 in 100 years to see what crop sprang up from the seed they planted that day. YES! It would have! Picard should have returned to that world to find out, but he never got that option, because Bennet wanted his audience to cheer when Kirk counter attacks Reliant, and when Enterprise escapes the Genesis explosion. And cheer they did. They cheered so much, they overlooked the myriad flaws that have since all been pointed out ad nauseum, but don't seem to phase the cheerers. This film made it okay for fans to rate a Star Trek movie with their glands instead of their heads, and I will never forgive it for that. By the same token, however, it did make Star Trek a movie franchise, and I will never forget it for that.[eq] Notify via email when someone has replied After my reply is posted: Go to it Go back to where I was		Quoting Links Styles Images

Nov 23 | J.J. Abrams and Chris Pine Talk How Gratifying That Star Trek was Well Received, Working with Leonard Nimoy and Star Trek XII

Nov 23 | 5-Page Preview of Third Issue of Galactica 1980 Comic Book

Nov 22 | Quinto, Urban, Saldana, Cho and Greenwood on Their Hopes for Star Trek XII

Nov 22 | Exclusive Digital Content Now Available With New Star Trek Movie on iTunes

Nov 22 | No J.J. Abrams Version of the U.S.S. Enterprise in the Star Trek Online MMORPG

Best? By Dmitri Andreyevich

Best?
By Dmitri Andreyevich