Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
A Prius painted to look like an Enterprise shuttle? Really?
Okay, okay. I know. We’re not that kind of fanblog. Gotta give props to any geek with the guts to proudly display their fannish cred on their car. And we can be sure of one thing: the Prius gets way better gas mileage than any of Road Squadron, so Willie Yee can laugh into his communicator all the way to the bank. (via)
Following in the hallowed footsteps of Lori Jareo, Austin P. Torney self-publishes Star Trek: The Death Wave. His cover makes Jareo’s look quite classy… and check out this summary:
An original screenplay/novelette that answers the question of how the warlike Klingons of Captain Kirk’s era came to their end and were replaced by the somewhat friendlier Klingons of the new generation; however, this story does not dwell much upon the Klingons, but upon Kirk’s forced retirement at age 65 and his return from it through a war for the galaxy in which he must become the ultimate chess master.
Might I interest sir in a period? (via)
Naturally Darth Vader is the poster boy for Entertainment Weekly’s 50 most vile movie villains. The lineup continues with part 2 tomorrow, and then there will be a vote.
Other genre baddies making the cut (so far) are Khan Noonien Singh and Captain Vidal of Pan’s Labyrinth.
To butcher IDIC, it seems we could have infinite movies in the same combination…of the current cast, that is. According to an interview given to IGN by Anton Yelchin, who’ll be playing Chekov in the upcoming movie, he’s signed on for three Star Trek movies. (via)
Of course, as if mildly insulting Walter Koenig‘s dialect choices weren’t enough, he has probably started a fandom meltdown with this quote: “It’s so perfectly cheesy and B-like, and absolutely unapologetic for it.”
Granted, this was after he said he liked it. (And not entirely untrue.) But he does not realize the insanity of the fen. Poor, inexperienced boy.
If you’re the one doing the actual trekking because you’re actually making the film, doesn’t that make you (as in all contract language) a trekkee? Just curious.
At any rate, how’s this for scoring a fannish coup? TrekMovie.com had an actual chat with the cast and crew of the upcoming Star Trek movie from the set.
You can see the first glimpses of the bridge. Get a little reassurance from JJ and the cast that they’ll do right by the fans. And you’ll join the millions of others who pray with JJ that “Barring any thievery from our production office, we’re working on our first trailer right now, which will hopefully be in theaters early to mid summer. ” Trailer! Squee!
2007 must have been good for sci-fi, because the only genre films to get Razzie nods were known crudfests Ghost Rider (Nicolas Cage, Worst Actor,) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Jessica Alba, Worst Actress, Worst Screen Couple with three of her co-stars, including Hayden Christiansen for Awake and F4’s Ioan Gruffudd.) and Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (Worst Prequel or Sequel, Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie.) And let’s not forget poor Orlando Bloom (Worst Supporting Actor) in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Cinematical has the full list.
Those looking for something with less pointing and mocking can check out the 9th Annual Golden Tomato Awards, where Harry Potter and Stardust lead the best-reviewed sci-fi films of 2007.
Yahoo has the Star Trek teaser trailer all clear and free.
IESB has the Star Trek trailer, as seen by cameraphone.
The familiar hand of Drew Struzan (and son) is at work on the poster for the 80th annual Academy Awards poster. In other Oscar news, the show may be picketed if an agreement isn’t reached by February 24.
Okay. This one’s a new twist for me. Normally, we get grainy, low-res leaks of movie-related spoilage.
This time? We have a verbal description. Cute!