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| Comic-Con Paramount Panel: Iron Man, Cloverfield, Indiana Jones 4 and More |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 6:40 pm |
| Tags: Comic Con, Comic Conventions, Paramount Pictures, Beowulf, Cloverfield, Hot Fuzz, Indiana Jones, Jj Abrams, Leonard Nemoy, Roger Avary, Star Trek, Stardust, Steven Spielberg |
| They bring out all the Star Trek Guys. JJ says its amazing to take this amazing world and amazing characters and do it like it hasn’t been done before. He says how much work you have to do not to screw up because everyone is counting on you. He talks about how he was originally producing the film but was so excited about the film that he |
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| New Star Trek and Cloverfield 1-18-08 Movie Posters |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 3:54 pm |
| Tags: Movie Marketing, Paramount Pictures, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Sequels And Remakes, Poster, Cloverfield, Jj Abrams, Star Trek |
| and his upcoming Star Trek prequel. It looks liked “Monsterous” has been removed from the poster. I wonder if Paramount had secound thoughts about the potential title? Check out the images above. Click on them to enlarge. |
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| Comic Con Swag: Star Trek, Iron Man and Slusho T-Shirts |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 10:11 pm |
| Tags: Comic Con, Comic Conventions, Paramount Pictures, Images, Movie Marketing, Cloverfield, Iron Man, Star Trek |
| Paramount was handing out a bag full of stuff at the Paramount panel. The swag bags included three t-shirts: Star Trek, Iron Man and Slusho (a frozen drink from JJ Abrams’ Cloverfield). Check out the photos after the jump. |
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| Star Trek XI' Teaser Poster, Casting |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 8:36 am |
| Tags: Movies, News, J J Abrams, Star Trek, Star Trek Xi, Zachary Quinto |
| Paramount has released the teaser poster for their Trek prequel along with casting news. |
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| Monday Morning Poll: So, How Does 2008 Look Now? |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 7:31 am |
| Tags: Cinematical, Cloverfield, Comiccon, Film, Indiana Jones 4, Iron Man, Leonard Nimoy, Movies, Robert Downey Jr, Star Trek Xi, The Dark Knight, Watchmen, Zachary Quinto |
| Filed under: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, ImagesFor comic geeks and the like, I guess San Diego ComicCon is like getting to star in your very own version of My Super Sweet Sixteen, except instead of walking away with a pricey convertible, you get an Iron Man |
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| Bicycles: Trek Madone: The Bike That Owned the Tour De France |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 8:12 pm |
| Tags: Bicycles, Madrone, Tour De France, Trek |
| on a 2008 carbon-fiber Trek Madone bicycle. What is shocking is that the 2008 high end 6.9 pro frame wasn't used in this race, since it wasn't ready. No, the Discovery team rode and won on their 5.2 midrange bike, with stickers for the 6.9 wrapped around the side. Sure, it's more about the rider's manly thighs and the quality of the |
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| Roswell vs. Physics |
| Published: July 8, 2007, 5:08 am |
| Tags: Curiosities, Star Trek, Science |
| Roswell, Aliens, Star |
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| Rumor: Tom Cruise to Cameo in JJ Abrams' Star Trek |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 2:01 pm |
| Tags: Sci Fi Fantasy, Paramount Pictures, Action Adventure, Casting, Sequels Remakes, Rumors, Jj Abrams, Star Trek, Tom Cruise |
| a cameo in the upcoming Star Trek prequel. If Cruise said yes, he would play Captain Christopher Pike, James T. Kirk’s predecessor as captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise and Mr. Spock’s first commanding officer. Pike’s character was featured in the unaired Star Trek pilot episode, where he was portrayed by the late Jeffrey Hunter. |
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| Star Trek: Sleek New iMacs Made of Aluminum and Glass, Retro 70s Look |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 1:02 pm |
| Tags: Apple, Imac, Mac, Next Generation, Pcs, Star Trek, Top |
| As expected, Steve Jobs boomed again and presented the newly redesigned iMacs, which come with aluminum and glass sleek skin and new guts. Comes in 20 and 24 inches. Jump for all the details. Up to 2.4GHz Core 2 Extreme processor, up to 4GB of memory. ATI Radeon HD graphics card, up to 1TB of hard drive storage. 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.0 built-in. |
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| Comic-Con: Wrapping-Up With Tons Of Photos |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 2:04 pm |
| Tags: Cloverfield, Comic Con, Comiccon, Indy Iv, Iron Man, Marvel, Paramount, Star Trek |
| Filed under: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comic/Superhero/Geek, ComicConSo, it's been just over a week since Comic-Con wrapped up, and I've had time to catch up on sleep, dig all of my geek gear out of my bag, delouse my Captain Marvel costume, and process all of the pop culture I was exposed to without a radiation shield. For |
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| Nature or nurture: how would different directors do a Star Trek movie? |
| Published: August 7, 2007, 5:37 pm |
| Tags: Movies, Blog, Reviews, J J Abrams, Paramount, Star Trek |
| Star Trek franchise is in reasonable need of a reboot. With no series in production, Star Trek seems to be suffering (along with the science fiction genre in general) from a lack of good ideas. Giving J.J. Abrams a shot at re-vitalizing Star Trek by producing and directing the next motion picture is good first step at remedying this |
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| Young Checkov Cast in Star Trek XI' |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 3:07 am |
| Tags: Movies, News, Anton Yelchin, James T Kirk, Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek, Star Trek Ix, Walter Koenig, Zachary Quinto |
| Russian-born Anton Yelchin is in negotiations to play a young Checkov in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek IX. |
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| Abrams Finds His Chekov in Yelchin |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 6:32 am |
| Tags: Anton Yelchin, Antonyelchin, Jj Abrams, Jjabrams, Pavel Chekov, Pavelchekov, Star Trek, Startrek, Walter Koenig, Walterkoenig |
| impending rendition of Star Trek -- and now we have a new cast member to contemplate. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Russian-born actor Anton Yelchin has been cast as the young Pavel Chekov. One need not be a hardcore Trekkie to recall that Chekov was played by the ultra-cool Walter Koenig in the original Trek series and the first series |
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| Anton Yelchin Cast as Star Trek's Chekov |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 1:46 pm |
| Tags: Paramount Pictures, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Casting, Sequels Remakes, Anton Yelchin, Star Trek |
| Chekov in the JJ Abrams Star Trek reboot/prequel. I recently saw Yelchin in Charlie Bartlett, and was not impressed. Also fans are confused because the character of Chekov didn’t appear until the second season of Star Trek. I’m not an expert on old school Star Trek (I’m more of a Generations guy myself), so here is The Trek |
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| Widget Watch: Warp Speed Calculator |
| Published: August 8, 2007, 3:30 pm |
| Tags: Star Trek, Startrek, Warp Speed, Warpspeed, Widget Watch, Widgetwatch |
| Warp Factor is (from Star Trek: The Next Generation). I can also calculate how long it'll take you to travel distances based on your Warp Factor.Who doesn't need to know this stuff from time to time?Read Permalink Email this Comments |
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