Star Trek

When Life Imitates Art: Spider-Man Robs a Bank, Man Speaks Only Klingon To Son For Three Years, Scientists Develop Star Trek-Like Phaser

source: /FILM

Next, via Gizmodo, we’ve learned of a Minnesota linguist named d’Armond Speers who spoke Klingon to his son for the first three years of his life: Harmless flirtation with science fiction, or the first step towards a post-apocalyptic future? You decide.

Published Fri, Nov 20

Star Trek: The Next Generation-- "The Next Phase"

source: jeffords (Blogspot)

The Enterprise is called to assist a crippled Romulan vessel. One assumes bygones are bygones over the whole brainwashing la Forge to be an assassin, attempting to overthrow the Klingon Empire, and the aborted invasion of Vulcan. The Federation is chock full of forgiving souls, no? la For...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Star Trek News Of The Weird

source: Trek Today

Some parents who love Star Trek plop their toddler in front of the television and pop in Star Trek DVDs hoping to make future fans, but Speers, who claims to not be a huge Star Trek fan, seems to top them all. Singing Klingon lullabies, such as “May the Empire Endure,” was part of his son’s bedti...

Published Wed, Nov 18

Ears To Leonard Nimoy

source: Trek Today

The actor best-known for his role of Spock talks about his Vulcan pointed-ears and how and why they’ve changed over time. One of the behind-the-scenes features on the new Star Trek XI DVD and Blu-ray sets released this week features Leonard Nimoy being fitted for and talking about his famo...

Published Wed, Nov 18

If You Like These Recent Movies, Here Are Books You'll Love [Book Lists]

source: io9

If you liked Star Trek... And who didn't like J.J. Abrams' breezy reinvention of the 1960s space adventure show, focusing more on the coming-of-age of Kirk and Spock, and their journey from rivals to friends? Anarcho-syndicalists, that's who.

Published Tue, Nov 17

J.J. Abrams' Version Of Star Trek's Salt Vampire And Gorn Revealed [Star Trek]

source: io9

Trek Movie has an exclusive featurette titled Masks vs. Prosthetics where you can finally see the new looks for both Gorn and the Salt Vampire. The new aliens were supposedly created for the Rura Penthe Klingon prison scenes, but that was cut.

Published Tue, Nov 17

Abrams Talks Sequel, Spock and More

source: Star Trek Movie

I think the key to Star Trek moving forward is that it retain the sense of adventure and fun and excitement, and at the same time, go a little bit deeper. ...No one wants a movie that feels like it is moralizing and some manifesto, but I feel like it has to go a little deeper. ...We are just trying to offer t...

Published Tue, Nov 17

Leonard Nimoy Praises New Star Trek Cast, Says He Does Not Expect to Return as Spock in Star Trek XII

source: TrekWeb.com

Published Tue, Nov 17