Is it online? If not, any chance of it being scanned by some lovely person? *flutters eyelashes*

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dolfyn.

That would mean someone would have to actually buy the Trek magazine! I haven't done that since I was, like, 14!

^ Surely you would for Simon, though!

I might have a look in my newsagents over the next few weeks. We often get special interest mags from UK & US.

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dolfyn.

I believe they publish the same version in the UK, about a month or so after the US. It's been a while since I last bought the Star Trek magazine, there's not been much point when there's been no new content, but I'll see if I can lay my hands on a copy.

I suspect the information will be pretty much what has been linked to above (i.e. quotes and comments from his Run Fat Boy Run interviews).

Shouldn't this thread be in the Castwatch section?

No, because it is a general thread about the film.

Obviously it is a little Simon heavy, especially at the moment, but at the same time it is not Simon exclusive.

He ain't heavy, he's my Simon.

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dolfyn.

Paramount already thinking about Star Trek XII.

With regards to them saying that Star Trek doesn't need to be in the title, I beg to differ really.

But then, they can't call it Star Trek 2, or XII (because this one isn't called XI and it'd make no sense). So calling it "Star Trek: Sequel Subtitle" is the only real option I think.


Still looking forward to Trek, but it's a very long way away yet.

They dropped Star Trek from Enterprise for the first two seasons, and then put it back in a futile attempt to stem falling viewing figures.

It would need to have Star Trek in the title.

Agreed. When you have a long-standing premise for the franchise name being part of the title, it's not a good marketing strategy to drop it.

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dolfyn.

I dunno, hasn't hurt The Dark Knight any.

Yeah, the James Bond example was a bad comparison.

The thing about "The Dark Knight" is, that's what Batman is also known as. What's Star Trek also known as? You can't call it something related to Trek like "The Final Frontier", because it's been done too.

It's like saying you don't need "Star Wars" in the title of something.

But how many casual movie goers would know that The Dark Knight was another term for Batman, because that's who these films have to appeal to to be successful, you can only get so far on fans. If you can sell the film on it own merits and still let people know that it is a part of the franchise, you don't need to have the name of the franchise in the title.

Also, you don't really need 'Star Wars' in the title since, in my experience, no one refers to any film other than Star Wars as Star Wars. If someone asks me what my favourite film of all time is, I don't say 'Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back', I just say 'The Empire Strikes Back'. Sure, you need people to know that it's part of the brand, but if you can imprint the connection strongly enough, using the same characters or making sure that the marketing links it in to the mythos, the inclusion of the franchise name in the title is unnecessary.

^ Star Wars is sort of an exception, though. Everyone knows the names of those films! But with something like Trek, which has a more specific viewership, there have been so many movies in the series that the casual movie-goer may not know the names of all the films without the Star Trek tag included.

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dolfyn.

But my point is that you don't need the franchise title if the films they are attached to are strong enough and the brand identity is imprinted enough through the marketing. It can't be hard to show people that a film is a Star Trek film.

I got through the latest Leeds Alumni magazine yesterday and the 'Profile' page was of Chris Pine. Apparently he was there doing an exchange year of English there when I was a fresher. I wonder if we were ever in any of the same lectures.

Hehehe, if you say his name it makes it sound like he's called Crispin but even posher.

I completely forgot, I managed to get hold of a copy of this month's Star Trek magazine last week, the one with the Simon Pegg interview. I must get around to reading it at some point!

^ We don't seem to get that mag down here; I haven't been able to find it anywhere, anyway.

Any chance you might scan it? *flutters eyelashes*

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dolfyn.

*ahem*

^ You rock, Ms Helens.

I'm a bit behind on all the threads at Peggster. What a bad fan I am. *hangs head in shame*

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dolfyn.

How scary is Sylar/Spock?!

You can download the above as individual wallpapers here.

New Star Trek Movie Posters With Four New Cast Images - including Simon as Scotty.

I really hope this movie doesn't suck.

Simon/Scotty wallpapers now available for download from Star Trek Movie.

When I saw that yesterday it took me a good minute or two to work out if it was him or not. I can't believe how different he looks,; he looks like Sam Neill.

^ I'm pretty sure they've reversed the image, which makes him look slightly different.

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dolfyn.

That's exactly what me and the fella said. It's so weird.

Sean Connery eyes

Weird! He really doesn't look like himself at all.

It's still miles better than the "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" poster!

Zachary Quinto look eerily like Leonard Nimoy. That's pretty cool.

And Simon's looks great, too.

Some clever stick has colourised the recent Star Trek posters:



Click here for larger version.

But failed to flip Pegg's picture...

Fixed.

Still looks very Sam Neill-y.

I'm more worried they've made Karl Urban look like a chubby Bill Hader.

Quite a feat.

He is teh sex (Urban not Hader)

Now if you could just get the Starfleet emblem the right way around . . .

Good enough?

I'd have 'em both.

Simultaneously or consecutively?

Hader first. Urban would probably wear me out too early.

TMI?

Pegg Talks Scotty, Drinking and Doohans.

I like the idea of TRIBBLES VS. EWOKS: REQUIEM.

The Tribbles would win, easily, due to their exponential birthrate.

Yeah, but in TRIBBLES VS. EWOKS: REQUIEM, the Ewoks would breed the Tribbles. ...and then possibly fuck them to make the ultimate hybrid furry creature: The Tribwok.

hmm,... I'll bet lucas'd do this if he though it'd be a money spinner.

The scary thing is that somewhere on the Internet there probably already exists racy Tribble/Ewok crossover fan fiction.

Isn't there a branch of pornography for people who like to shag others dressed as cuddly toys?

I'm sure I heard about it somewhere or other.

Yeah, its Furries or Fuzzies, or some wierd shit.

Apparently they have their own language

Furries.

I have a friend who's one. With cartoon animals. I've had many a classic kids cartoon ruined for me by him showing me his horrific porn collection. The girl mouse from Chip and Dale, Robin Hood etc etc...

It's called "yiffing" when they have sex...