While Drew is typing up his interview with Star Trek actor and fellow gay sci-fi nerd George Takei, I thought I’d put together some links to various Trek stories from the past week.
First up is some of the reports surrounding JJ Abrams new Star Trek film.
SFX film review: Star Trek There’s a reason why JJ Abrams’s reboot succeeds, and it’s embodied in a figure who bestrides this franchise like a ripped-shirted colossus: James Tiberius Kirk. The Star Trek universe desperately needs Kirk, and everything that he represents. It needs his wild abandon, his reckless dynamism, his pulsing virility. Without him, and his kind, it became moribund, and fell out of favour. By resurrecting him, JJ Abrams has not only revived and revitalised Star Trek, he’s given it a dose of Viagra [read on].
GeekTyrant exclusive STAR TREK Review from Australia’s Urban Nerd One of our readers from Australia known as Urban Nerd was one of the lucky few who had the opportunity to see the film and was kind enough to write up a review for all of our readers, for which we here at GeekTyrant are very grateful [read on].
Spock gives fans Star Trek treat Spock actor Leonard Nimoy set his phasers to stun at a movie screening on Monday when he switched 1982’s Wrath of Khan for the new Star Trek film. Sci-fi enthusiasts in Austin, Texas turned up for the classic film only to find Nimoy introducing the first public showing of director JJ Abrams’ prequel [read on].
STAR TREK Twitter Reviews come rolling in and they are all good A bunch of lucky geeks got to see J.J. Abrams Star Trek tonight at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin Texas. And I gotta say I am extremely happy for them. It’s good to know that miracles still occur in this day and age. Paramount did the old bait and switch! They invited a bunch of people down to watch a special screening of Wrath of Kahn on Monday night and ended up showing everybody that showed up the new Star Trek film instead! Leonard Nimoy, Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzmanand Bob Orci were in attendance [read on].
Star Trek Has Premiered & The Buzz Is… AWESOME! A red carpet world premier of the new Star Trek movie in Sydney, Australia. Now sure, I don’t expect I could’ve made that – but an audience that showed up for a special screening of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan at the Alamo Drafthouse theater in Austin, Texas ended up seeing something entirely different… A premiere of J.J. Abrams’, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci’s re-imagining of Star Trek [read on].
First Reaction to Star Trek from the World Premiere! J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek premiered earlier today at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, and a few of our readers were in attendance. In fact, one of them, who goes by the name Rivee Dylan Tao, was so excited to let me know what he thought, that he gave me a call at 7AM this morning (which was about midnight his time) [read on].
Mammoth digital array blasts out Star Trek Australian premiere The latest $218.5 million Star Trek film beamed down to one of the most advanced cinemas of its kind last night to blast Sydney-based Trekkies from their seats [read on].
Next there’s a story about the development of a sequel…
Star Trek sequel announced Paramount Pictures is moving forward with development on a Star Trek sequel, hiring Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof to pen the screenplay. Lindelof produced the first film but has been brought on to reteam with Kurtzman and Orci, with whom he is currently co-scripting DreamWorks’ Cowboys and Aliens. Kurtzman told Variety that they will wait to see what fan reaction is to the first film, which hits theaters on May 8th, before proceeding [read on].
‘Star Trek’ sequel on track As Paramount Pictures readies the May 8 release of its “Star Trek” franchise relaunch, the studio is moving forward with a sequel, and has hired Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof to pen the screenplay [read on].
Star Trek Sequel Already In Development It’s still got just over a month to go until release, but Star Trek is already set to be sequel-ised, with screenwriters Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof set to write a script [read on].
Finally here are a few odds & sods…
Bryan Fuller explains his ideas for a new Star Trek TV series A few weeks back, TV writer/producer Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls) fired up Trekkers with his suggestion for reviving Star Trek as a TV show, complete with 1960s color and attitude [read on].
The U.S.S. Enterprise Like You’ve Never Seen It Here’s a shiny, spaceworthy look at the new U.S.S. Enterprise, courtesy of model company Quantum Mechanix. Paramount’s “Enterprise Project” invited a ton of artists to take liberties with Starfleet’s flagship. Want to see the results? [read on]
Star Trek viral marketing kicks into high gear with weird stuff Paramount mailed us a Star Trek flash drive—featuring an image of baby Spock! (above)—that is part of its ongoing viral marketing program that includes dance parties, digital photo booths, Enterprise model displays, artist T-shirts and wallpaper art designed by artists from around the world [read on].
‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’: The Top 10 Episodes To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Picard crew’s first voyage, we boldly go forth and pick the series’ finest hours. Read our choices, then post your own [yes I know, this one's a bit old but it is worth a look - read on].
