Someone going by the username of WhatJaneSays has uploaded a tremendous amount of video from last weekend's Dragon*Con 2009. The videos I've looked at so far were made at a joint session by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and a Nimoy solo session.
There are seven Shatner/Nimoy videos. I include the first here for your enjoyment. Just click on the WhatJaneSays link above to browse the channel.
And here is the first segment from "Leonard Nimoy: Beyond Spock":
We have discussion at SF-Fandom's William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy at Dragon*Con 2009 thread in our Star Trek Forum.
Enjoy!
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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
New Star Trek trailer now online
This one was worth waiting for. We get to see a lot more action, hear a lot more dialogue, and understand the basic storyline a little bit better.
To say this movie is looking better than ever is to make the proverbial understatement. I am so pumped and ready for the new Trek movie. It doesn't have to answer any great questions. It doesn't even have to follow any fan-guided canonical paths.
All it has to do is deliver a new vision of Star Trek that makes sense and entertains.
Yes, it would be nice to have William Shatner involved -- but there's nothing we can do about that now (unless J.J. Abrams asks Shatner to do some sort of voiceover, which would be nice).
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To say this movie is looking better than ever is to make the proverbial understatement. I am so pumped and ready for the new Trek movie. It doesn't have to answer any great questions. It doesn't even have to follow any fan-guided canonical paths.
All it has to do is deliver a new vision of Star Trek that makes sense and entertains.
Yes, it would be nice to have William Shatner involved -- but there's nothing we can do about that now (unless J.J. Abrams asks Shatner to do some sort of voiceover, which would be nice).
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
WonderCon 2009 Star Trek Panel review
No, I didn't get to go to the convention. IGN published a review of the WonderCon Star Trek panel with J.J. Abrams and crew.
This article follows upon their recent interview with William Shatner, who still laments the fact he was not involved in the project.
Not being deeply immersed in the world of Trek fandom, I don't know the ins and outs of these things but I've always felt that Shatner had irritated enough people he would eventually find himself on the outside looking in.
Don't get me wrong -- Captain Kirk was my favorite television character when I was a kid and I gratefully watched every episode of "Barbary Coast" that one season it aired. I even enjoyed watching "T.J. Hooker" before it was cool to complain about all the car hoods he landed on.
William Shatner brought a spirit to Star Trek that no other actor could have contributed -- and I can easily say the same thing about Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Jimmy Doohan, etc. They all brought something unique to the franchise. Time and death have seen to it that some voices are forever frozen in the past, and we have to let go of those jolly days when Kirk, Spock, and McCoy express themselves through Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelley.
Nonetheless, it does seem like the excuses for not including Shatner in some capacity are pretty lame. They could have offered him something. Cameos are pretty easy to engineer. Does anyone remember Grace Lee Whitney silently participating in a Trek movie or two? Yeah, I thought so.
I'm pumped about the new movie and looking forward to it, but I'm sorry to see that Shatner and Abrams have not found a way to kiss and make up. Whatever the problem is, the art is suffering. Maybe no one will care because they are "relaunching" the franchise.
That's the big thing in Hollywood these days, isn't it? Playing it safe by re-engineering a time-tested concept. Is that really what Star Trek was all about?
You make the call.
SF-Fandom is a moderated, fan-run community devoted to science fiction, fantasy, history, and mythology. SF-Fandom was founded in 2001 and is part of the Xenite.Org network. Free registration is required to post. Please be sure you read our Posting Guidelines.
This article follows upon their recent interview with William Shatner, who still laments the fact he was not involved in the project.
Not being deeply immersed in the world of Trek fandom, I don't know the ins and outs of these things but I've always felt that Shatner had irritated enough people he would eventually find himself on the outside looking in.
Don't get me wrong -- Captain Kirk was my favorite television character when I was a kid and I gratefully watched every episode of "Barbary Coast" that one season it aired. I even enjoyed watching "T.J. Hooker" before it was cool to complain about all the car hoods he landed on.
William Shatner brought a spirit to Star Trek that no other actor could have contributed -- and I can easily say the same thing about Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Jimmy Doohan, etc. They all brought something unique to the franchise. Time and death have seen to it that some voices are forever frozen in the past, and we have to let go of those jolly days when Kirk, Spock, and McCoy express themselves through Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelley.
Nonetheless, it does seem like the excuses for not including Shatner in some capacity are pretty lame. They could have offered him something. Cameos are pretty easy to engineer. Does anyone remember Grace Lee Whitney silently participating in a Trek movie or two? Yeah, I thought so.
I'm pumped about the new movie and looking forward to it, but I'm sorry to see that Shatner and Abrams have not found a way to kiss and make up. Whatever the problem is, the art is suffering. Maybe no one will care because they are "relaunching" the franchise.
That's the big thing in Hollywood these days, isn't it? Playing it safe by re-engineering a time-tested concept. Is that really what Star Trek was all about?
You make the call.
SF-Fandom is a moderated, fan-run community devoted to science fiction, fantasy, history, and mythology. SF-Fandom was founded in 2001 and is part of the Xenite.Org network. Free registration is required to post. Please be sure you read our Posting Guidelines.
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