Sneak Peek: Star Trek

AP vid:

J.J. Abrams' reboot of the Star Trek movie franchise doesn't hit the big screen until May 2009, but you can get a first look here.

I can't wait to see this movie!

Barack Obama: Commander in Geek

Let The Movie Cabinet be touched by the Obama phenomenon. From E! Online:

When Barack Obama takes office as president in January, he'll make history.

As the first commander in chief conversant in geek, of course.

True, the young Bill Clinton collected comics, and the young Ronald Reagan devoured science fiction, but arguably no White House occupant was ever as steeped in the culture as a responsible adult as Obama, the fan and name-dropper of Spider-Man, Superman and a certain U.S.S. Enterprise engineer.

"Just the notion that perhaps someone that may have learned a bit of ethics and morality from [Gene] Roddenberry's future dream for mankind, or is familiar with Spider-Man's 'with great power comes great responsibility,' well, it warms my soul," says Ain't It Cool's Harry Knowles.

Well I wonder if the next Star Trek movie will have a special screening at the White House when it comes out next summer.

Star Trek Music Re-recorded

I did it for the Doctor Who theme although that video is no longer available. Check out another rendition of a classic theme.

Destruction of the USS Enterprise

When Star Trek hit the silver screen they did some daring stuff that most Trekkies couldn't even dream about.

Could they have dreamed of a redesigned version of the familiar Starship Enterprise? Of course it's likely that's something they're going to see in the new feature film coming out next year.

Could they imagine the death of a beloved character such as Mr. Spock, Kirk, or Data? Indeed could they expect that any of these characters could magically come back from the dead as Mr. Spock did in Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock.

Speaking of Star Trek 3 this is where this scene comes from. This begs another question. Could fans ever imagine that their favorite starship would be destroyed? Well that's what happened in this clip I provided.

Perhaps while I'm on my Star Trek trip I'll rank my favorite Star Trek movies.

Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country

When I get the first opportunity I'm going to watch this film all the way thru. For right now I want to wet your appetites.

This Star Trek movie is the last that would feature most of the original crew. Especially Capt. Kirk in command of the USS Enterprise. We'd see him again in Star Trek Generations, for those of you who've seen the movie, you know what happened. For those of you who haven't well watch the film when you get the chance.

Star Trek:Enterprise Intro

Personally I love this show, although many Star Trek fans will lament how this series messed with continuity. There are certainly some things I didn't agree with but I thought this was a worthwhile experiment. I was disappointed when after 4 seasons this series was cancelled.

While this post was titled Star Trek: Enterprise, I still refer to this series as simply Enterprise. Enterprise was this series' original title until the third season when Star Trek was added to it. Now I want to just go out and find a DVD set since the series isn't even running in syndication anymore these days!

Oh and this intro is an intro I liked better than the one used during the first two seasons. The tempo if much faster than the slower pace of the tune of the first two seasons. It feels a lot more optimistic than it did in the first two seasons. Almost as if the crew of the starship Enterprise is a lot more confident about their mission!

Wrath Of Khan: The Battle of the Mutara Nebula

Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan is one of the finest movies ever. I haven't seen this film in years but since there is a new Star Trek movie coming out this year. I really look forward to watching some of the movies I have in my collection. You will enjoy the music in this clip.

This is without a doubt one of the best scenes in the movie. Kahn vs. Kirk. Reliant vs. Enterprise. The battle damage inflicted. The missed shots. Even the leadership qualities and abilities. It's really something!

Star Trek: Under Construction

Check out the 11th Star Trek movie's official website and it has a trailer that should have been shown already at another film by JJ Abrams, Cloverfield. Abrams is also responsbile for the new Star Trek movie and I seriously look forward to future promotions and the movie itself. It'll be great, I hope!

TrekMovie.com has a review and video of a teaser trailer

Last night they just have a teaser of how the Enterprise might look in the movie. You can check that post out here. Otherwise you can read what they say about the trailer here. Almost a year until the film itself is released and they already are releasing trailers at least out there in Hollywoodland.

If you want to know what I think. I really enjoy the Star Trek sounds and seeing the old-brand new Enterprise. It was really great seeing it under construction. Hopefully in the months ahead we'll see a little more!

Star Trek TNG Intro

This is the intro to the very first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It started airing 20 years ago and by the time I knew this program even existed I was already halfway thru its very fifth season. As a result almost everyday from Monday thru Saturday my TV was tuned to WPWR Channel 50 at 6PM for old episodes during the week and a more current first run episode at 6PM on Saturdays with a rerun of the episode or previous episode at 10:30PM Sundays.

After that episode aired I could also get a taste of the original Star Trek that would air directly after TNG on Sunday night. Over time I grew to love the origianl Star Trek more than TNG, but if it wasn't for TNG I wouldn't have likely gotten into Star Trek.

The Great Bird of the Galaxy on "To Tell the Truth"

Gene Roddenberry the creator of Star Trek appears on the 1970s game show To Tell the Truth. What a throwback!

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Introduction

For a long, long time Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home was my favorite Star Trek film ever. I just so happened to have gotten out of watching this film for a long time but I was elated to find a version of the film intro on YouTube. Before the actual intro with the starting credits was William Shatner as Captain Kirk recapping the events of Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock.

Star Trek film casting call

The new Star Trek movie had a casting call the video is provided by TrekMovie.com

Star Trek: The Beginning

I'm really liking this story that's not likely to be made at all. It was the prequel that was going to be produced before the Star Trek project that's going to feature the original crew from the Original Series. When I kept hearing about this project it was either going to be about the crew from Star Trek: Enterprise or it was a prequel that took place in the fabled Earth-Romulan Wars.

BTW, I'll give credit to TrekMovie.com that presented this information.

When Captain Picard meets Doctor Who

From TrekMovie.com...

Star Trek The Next Generation’s Patrick Stewart may be ‘done with Hollywood’ but he is still open to doing some sci-fi. Stewart tells This Is North Scotland that not only is he a fan of the BBC’s Doctor Who, but he is "deeply dismayed" that he has not yet been asked to guest star on the show. Stewart has kept busy as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company since his time playing TNG’s Picard and X-Men’s Professor Xavier and is currently playing the title role in MacBeth on the London stage. Even if Stewart doesn’t end up on Doctor Who he will get a chance to act with Doctor Who. It was recently reported that David Tennant will be playing the title role in Hamlet along with Stewart in an upcoming production.

What could Patrick Stewart play? Maybe Picard or maybe an earlier version of the Doctor (perhaps the first one he's about that age at least whenever the writers of the new series might decide to do a episode about this doctor and the other doctor doing something). Anyway, I would say that this should be fun. Yes.

I've ignored a favorite of mine here

Star Trek!!!!

One of my favorite Star Trek movies has an anniversary today!!!

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was released today 25 years ago. And it had been a fast 25 years. Perhaps I need to pop in that movie again just to mark this occasion. Then I should review it here. I haven't seen this movie in years.

Here's a video from the TrekMovie Report. Here's Star Trek 2 in 5 seconds...