NCC-1701.COM Watch Star Trek XI ‘s Enterprise being built January 22, 2008
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Time to get excited Star Trek XI fans.
Looks like there is an UNDER CONSTRUCTION site for Star Trek XI’s NCC-1701.
The site? Why it’s of course — what else would it be?
There are four cameras of the shipyard (i’m still hoping it’s Utopia Planetia) showing different stuff under construction..trick is you have to bring each camera into focus which by changing the frequency.
Sure you could try and figure it out yourself but why bother? Here are the frequencies:
camera 1 frequency of 555 (99.1%)
camera 2 frequency 120 (99.5%)
camera 4 frequency 289 (100% )
Now Camera 3 is the money shot! It only comes up every so often and it’s a pic of the interior of the new Star Trek XI NCC-1701 interior!!!
It looks ALOT like a TNG interior to me…i wonder if they’ll decide to put in a holodeck too..
Star Trek XI : Shatner Out Because Kirk is Dead January 21, 2008
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Among all the excitement of the new Star Trek XI movie there is a major controversy.
William ‘Bill’ Shatner a.ka. Captain James Tiberius Kirk has been SHAFTED by the producers of Star Trek XI and will not be making an appearance.
Leonard Nimoy (SPOCK) is in it, but apparently Shatner isn’t good enough for J.J. Abrams.
“I think they’re coming toward the end (of shooting, so) they’ve got another three weeks to hire me,” Shatner joked at the opening of the traveling exhibit Star Trek: The Tour in a recent interview with USAtoday. “No, I don’t think you’ll be seeing me, unfortunately. I don’t know the reason why.”
Apparently the reason why is because Kirk died in Star Trek : Generations.
WHAT A LAME EXCUSE. Spock died at the end of Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan – he came back. Why not Shatner’s Kirk?
No i think the reason is because Shatner is such a giant in the Star Trek world that his appearance in Star Trek XI would overshadow all the others in the recast classic roles.
Want Shatner’s Kirk back? You’re not alone. Go check out BringBackKirk.com for a group that has got the right idea. It’s time for Kirk to Return. J.J. Abrams may think he’s some kind of hotshot director but without Shatner something will be missing from Star Trek XI.
The First Real Star Trek XI Teaser Trailer January 18, 2008
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Forget about paying down good money to see Cloverfield just to see the Star Trek XI trailer..multiple copies are now online (one linked below)..
Oh and no need for the early fan trailer anymore either (though i bet a few will be made based on the real thing).
The trailer – is all about construction and ends with the words UNDER CONSTRUCTION. The NCC 1701 Enterprise looks wicked and they’ve refreshed the Starfleet Logo itself too.
Anyways enough of me..here’s the trailer..
First Look at the New (Old) Star Trek XI NCC-1701 Enterprise January 17, 2008
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An early first look at the Star Trek XI Enterprise is out today over on the Moviephone site (linked through the pic above).
Looks like a typical NCC-1701 ..though if you look close the forward tips of the warp nascells look like big turbines..something like you’d see on an Airbus A340.
It also looks like there is alot of scaffolding so she’s clearly in space doc of some sort (Utopia Planetia maybe?)
The first ‘real’ look of course comes on Jan 18th in the preview trailer showing ahead of Cloverfield.
Star Trek Ships of the Line Calendar 2007 – Worth more than you’d think January 11, 2008
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Usually at the end of the year you throw out an old calendar.
BUT..if you were the owner of a 2007 Star Trek Ships of the Line Calendar you probably shouldn’t. You see on both eBay and on Amazon a 2007 calendar (yes it is 2008 now) is going for…$$ .
On Amazon the calendars are going for…get this a minimum of $123.86.
Check it out here:
Star Trek Ships of the Line 2007
Over an eBay there is a similar thing though a little bit cheaper. One seller has an auction for the same calendar starting at $50 with a Buy it NOw of $100.
Star Trek Ships of the LIne 2007 calendar on eBay
There sure are alot of great pics in the cal…
Star Trek XI Teaser Trailer January 11, 2008
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Looks the real deal teaser trailer for Star Trek XI will be out on Jan 18th first in JJ Abrams Cloverfield…
Yeaaah right.
Within minutes of it showing up anywhere that someone has an Internet connection..the trailer will be everywhere..Cloverfield looks a little lame anyways…
BUT fans being fans..there are a few fan made trailers already circulating for Star Trek XI..here’s one of the most recent (and professional) **UPDATE** THE FIRST REAL TRAILER IS OUT NOW – CHECK IT OUT HERE**
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Vulcan Discovered 148 years ago today January 2, 2008
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French mathematician Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier claimed on this date in 1860 the discovery of the planet Vulcan. Vulcan was supposed to inhabit the orbit between Mercury and the Sun and was not the home of Logic.
As it turns out Logic which is what let Le Verrier to deduce the existence of Vulcan was flawed as no such planet exists in the orbit he surmised.
To his credit though Le Verrier did ‘discover’ another planet…Neptune.
Star Trek Titan : The Sword of Damocles (review) December 26, 2007
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If you think it’s been awhile since you’ve since a Star Trek Titan book review on ShowMeSciFi.com you’d be right. The last time a new Star Trek Titan book came out was late 2005. We reviewed the three previous Star Trek Titan books (Taking Wing, The Red King and Orion’s Hounds ) in 2006.
This latest book, the fourth in the series was one we had been waiting for, for some time…Titan is the series that chronicles the continuing adventures of Captain Wil Riker and his Luna class star ship Titan on deep space exploration missions. The crew is mostly non-human which makes for a real interesting mix.
Unfortunately The Sword of Damocles isn’t a good book at all as it doesn’t take advantage of the Titan or her diverse crew (including Riker) well at all. Much of the book is focussed on one character a Bajoran and an poorly constructed time paradox plot.
While time related stories are often difficult to navigate, the publisher has made this one infinately more difficult to navigate by not properly indicating scene changes/time changes as chapter or section headings. It’s a publishing 101 issue and it significantly detracts from this work.
The author – Geoffrey Thorne is likely the worst Star Trek author we have ever read as he makes little sense and does little to connect with the Titan canon that has been developing over the course of the previous four books.
Of the four books thus far, this one was by far and away the worst of the bunch and one of the least readable Star Trek books we’ve seen in years.
Titan is a valuable and excellent concept. We can only hope that the power that be get their act together and publish this title more often and with better authors.
Star Trek : The Trek Life …Will it die too? December 22, 2007
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As StarTrek.com has apparently fired all of its staff..i’m left to wonder what will happen to The Trek Life cartoon series they run on the site. There has been no official word yet…but maybe the braniacs at CBS figure they can just re-run everything ad infinitum.
StarTrek.com Not Dead Yet – Though CBS has Fired All Staff December 19, 2007
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From the living dead department:
Just a few days ago the StarTrek.com development team announced that CBS had fired them all. CBS is now firing back claiming that even though they’ve fired staff StarTrek.com isn’t dead.
So who is going to do all the work?
Get this..they expect that StarTrek fans will by posting in the StarTrek.com forums. You know what i say to that? BOYCOTT STARTREK.COM!
Here’s the full release from CBS:
12.18.2007
Keep the conversation going on StarTrek.com boardsCBS Interactive, which oversees StarTrek.com, is reorganizing the way it does business to align the division’s workforce with its new vision that focuses on building communities online.
CBS Interactive remains absolutely committed to StarTrek.com and to growing the site along with its users by directly tapping into and utilizing the passionate fan base that has supported the site.
It has been your support and contributions to the lore of Star Trek that are what make StarTrek.com a vibrant place to be. To that end, we encourage you to keep the conversation alive and flowing using our message boards.
Star Trek : The Menagerie Coming to Theatres in Canada and Europe November 2, 2007
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Americans won’t be the only ones that get to see Star Trek in the theater.
Canadians and European will get a chance to see the special screen of the Star Trek The Menagerie redone in all its HD glory on the big screen too.
Star Trek XI Bad Guy a Real Hulk October 11, 2007
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Alright so Eric Bana will be one of the bad guys in Star Trek XI.
We don’t know yet whether he’ll be a human/Romulan/Klingon/ or some other species.
We don’t know if there will be another bad guy in the movie either.
We do know that it’s classic era stuff – so Klingon or Romulan would still be my guesses..
But we’ll have to wait some time yet till we know for sure. Star Trek XI doesn’t hit the theaters till Xmas 2008.
Oh and let’s not forget …they still have to cast KIRK!
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