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Star Trek Technobabble

2009-10-19T01:46:00.019+01:00

On the day of Star Trek's 2009 official release, J.J. Abrams answered 10 questions provided by Memory Alpha's community of Trekkies. I found the first answer heartwarming especially the bit about J.J. embracing and honoring what came before i.e. Star Trek TOS which is nice.

But then Director J.J admits he isn't a Star Trek fan by default, (which was a surprise to me) in fact he fessed up about his Star Wars dark side sins to Comic Con fans ages ago which took the heat out of Director J.J. taking over at the reigns of Star Trek. Clever move. Our J.J. Abrams no slouch which is why Paramount will get him again to make the next Star Trek movie. It also made it easier for J.J. to describe Star Trek's detailed canonicity as archaic!!! Cheeky!!! meaning oldfashioned, ancient, primitive or earlier.

But then the Star Trek director was influenced by the dark side of the force.... So I've done a little digging and found some of these "archaic details" for you to have a listen to. Is Star Trek cannon really so old with detailed technobabble, alien docking procedures, isophasic signatures and quantum singularities that its too hard to follow?

Q1 When rebooting a franchise, fans of the original tend to be alienated due to the attempt to draw new fans in. How did you address this when making this film? Henshin86

Answer: J.J. Abrams: The obvious challenge was that we wanted to make our own brand new thing, and at the same time embrace and honor what had come before. As a director who didn't know and love the world of Star Trek by default, I ended up telling a story for people like myself that love fun movies but are not necessarily familiar with the archaic details of Star Trek canon. However, both of the writers are huge Star Trek fans; one is a massive fan. Because of this I knew that we would be safe and on solid ground. We all did our homework before shooting.

Live Long and Prosper, Trekkies and Trekkers!

Time Machine

2009-10-11T16:44:00.020+01:00

Project yourself into a far-flung corner of the universe where your very life hangs in the balance, all because you stepped through a time portal. A new doorway opens and spits you out into the dimensional plane of another galaxy.

The portal vanishes in mid air abandoning you on a strange new world in the distant future. Time travel can cause a tremendous shock to the system especially for someone having experienced it for the first time. But the body and mind has a way of coping even with the most traumatic of circumstances.

An army of metallic shiney creatures emerge from the hilltop pointing their beady infra red appendages at you with deadly precision. You've been spotted. They advance towards your co-ordinates using a steady delta pattern formation. Its funny how fear has a strange effect on ones feet and can make them twitch uneasily before logic kicks in. Frak, your communicator stops working and tricorder scans are detecting unusual energy readings nearby.

Trained astronauts are prepared for away missions on alien planets but frak it, time travelling is only supposed to happen in Science Fiction like Star Trek. Heres another fine mess you've gotten yourself into. Earth is unreachable and humans are nowhere to be seen which is creepy and totally weirding you out. Tricorder readings indicate this is an M-class planet with a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere with two suns, a neutron star and a neighboring wormhole in the vicinity.... nothing is normal about this place.

It would be so gratifying to let loose with an emotional outburst right about now, but that Mr Spock would be so disapointed. Would'nt he? There simply has to be some way to return to Earth in the 21st century using logical means but the natural streak of geek in you can't help but marvel at all the sentient new inventions working in co-operation with one another. They've lost interest in you now, realising you're no longer a threat. What are they up to? and where are the humans? Its time to get to work inventing a time machine and get the frak out of here!

H. G. Wells's 1895 novel The Time Machine set people's imaginations on fire about time travel. Then, in 1905, Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity seemed set to add substance about time travel in our universe, nearly making it so. The logic of it is fantastic. His theory says that time isn't constant but slows down the faster you go - and the theory has since been proved. In effect, one has to be going very fast indeed. Some scientists have estimated that, if humans could travel at the speed of light, we could go backwards in time. but Einstein determined that this logic simply did'nt add up. Travel at the speed of light is impossible.

Other time-travel theories involve wormholes in spacetime, black holes and other mysterious bits of physics like dark matter. But you probably won't be shocked to read that no one has actually succeeded in building a time machine ... at least not yet.
There's a big ethical dilemma associated with building a time machine and the potential dire consequences of it falling into the wrong hands. If you travel backwards in time, you can alter the future. And if you travel to the future and then come back to the present, that can alter the future too. In Star Trek we call these Temporal Incursions and Captain James T. Kirk is in the history books for breaking the Prime Directive. But if you can get your head round this basic paradox, come up with some extremely sophisticated technology, and understand an awful lot of mystifying, strange physics, perhaps you can become the inventor of the first time machine.

Live Long and Prosper, Star Trekkers!

Star Trek Favourite Quotes.

2009-09-23T12:38:00.020+01:00

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Which famous Star Trek characters do you like the best? This week I found a video with a cool selection of verbal stimuli about Star Trek's timeline. Before you watch the clip, satisfy your trekkiness and add some of your own favourite Star Trek, SF quotes.

Which Star Trek character delivered these cosmic quotes of awesomeness? In my mind they'll never age.

"Space the Final Frontier."
"Course heading captain?"
"Second Star to the right and straight on 'til morning."
"Two to beam up Scotty."
"Make it so!"
"Resistance is futile"
"I'm a doctor not a mechanic."
"live Long and Prosper."
"Get us out of here, maximum warp!"
"Give me that power"
"I can't give you warp 9 for much longer."
"Sit back and enjoy the ride."
"I am Locutus of Borg. Resistance is futile. Your life as it has been is over. From this time forward, you will service us."
"You really are just like me."
"Did we just see the begining of a new lifeform?"
"You are the finest crew in the fleet and I would trust my life with each one of you."
"We'll continue to follow our directive, to seek out new worlds and explore space."
"Lets make sure, history, never forgets the name, ENTERPRISE."
"Shields up, Captain?"
"We come in Peace."
"Vulcans never bluff."
"Lock on phasers, steady....FIRE."
"He's dead Jim."

More later on trekkers, now take us out, ahead warp factor 9.

Scotty's explanation to Captain Kirk

2009-09-02T23:21:00.011+01:00

Remember Star Trek's TOS episode "The Trouble with Tribbles?" Captain Kirk soon discovers what Scotty and Chekov were brawling about on the K-7 Deep Space station. Here's Scotty's and Kirk's funny dialogue word for word.

(Except thats Chief O'Brien!! played by Colm Meaney. Whats he doing in this photo shot?)

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Scotty: Well, captain, er, the Klingons called you a tin plated over bearing swaggering dictator with

delusions of godhood.
Capt. Kirk: Is that all?
Scotty: No sir, they also compared you with a Denebian slime devil.
Capt. Kirk: I see.
Scotty: And then they said you were...
Capt. Kirk: I get the picture, Scotty.
Scotty: Yes, sir.
Capt. Kirk: And after they said all this, that's when you hit the Klingons.
Scotty: No, sir.
Capt. Kirk: No?
Scotty: No, er, I didn't. You told us to avoid trouble.
Capt. Kirk: Oh, yes.
Scotty: Well, I didn't see it was worth fighting about. After all, we're big enough to take a few insults,

aren't we?
Capt. Kirk: What was it they said that started the fight?
Scotty: They called the Enterprise a garbage scow. Sir.
Capt. Kirk: I see. And *that's* when you hit the Klingon?
Scotty: Yes, sir.
Capt. Kirk: You hit the Klingons because they insulted the Enterprise, not because they...
Scotty: Well, sir, this was a matter of pride!
Capt. Kirk: All right, Scotty dismissed. Oh, Scotty, you're restricted to quarters until further notice.
Scotty: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. That'll give me a chance to catch up on my technical journals.

U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701

2009-08-30T19:09:00.047+01:00

The U.S.S. Enterprise(NCC-1701), like her twelve sister ships* in Starfleet Command is primarily a scientific and research vessel of deep space exploration of the 23rd century. What is the USS Enterprise 1701's primary mission objective? Why seeking out new life forms on new civilisations, boldly contacting aliens who have discovered the basics governing warp technology key to achieving interstellar warp travel and what will the United Federation of Planets do? They'll send out Kirk's flagship to wellcome the fledglings into the club.

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In over forty years of meeting new lifeforms, the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 has upgraded with at least two refits during her much watched five year missions(2265-2270). Kirk's ship has engaged in scores of first contacts, military conflicts and time-travel. She has defended earth from the Klingons, Romulans, a Planet Killer, and the Alien Space Probe. Under command of Captain James Tiberius Kirk, the Enterprise NCC-1701-A was destroyed in 2285 in a bid to outwit Commander Kruge and his klingon bird of prey.

Science Officer Spock is always on the lookout for subspace anomolies, spatial disturbances, hostile energy lifeform readings and with sensors scanning at maximum to locate accurate planetary positions, Spock's analaysis is strategic to pinpointing starship dangers in a matter of seconds on the ship's approach to a new star system. The USS Enterprise's Science Station provides Captain Kirk with enough military intelligence to blast potential enemy starships to smithereens but lets not forget Chief Engineer Scotty.

When the USS Enterprise 1701 took a mighty, helluva walloping from Romulan enemy fire, Scottys first on the Captain's case about the structural integrity of the ship and his precious warp engines. "The ship is packing quite a walloping, she can't take much more of this. She'll blow up in four hours." In the eyes of Commander Kruge's Lieutenant Commander, the USS Enterprise 1701 was a formidable "battlecruiser" capable of defeating her enemies but its really Scotty's engineering "Miracle Worker" touch keeping her together. In Star Trek's universe, Kirk's constitution-class starship doubles as the flagship of the United Federation of Planets peace-keeping force and as a military heavy cruiser.

While under way, every Federation starship is completely manned at all times. Aboard the USS Enterprise it's no different. Each watch consists of eight hours of normal duty. When yellow alert sounds, a second watch is activated and during red alert, all watches are called to battle stations even if your'e snoozing soundly in your bunkbed.

Each of the USS Enterprise's 23 decks is equipped to handle its own gravity. When the ship jumps to warp, Anti-acceleration/deceleration inertial dampeners prevent the crew from leaving strawberry stains on the walls from rapid acceleration.

The Enterprise is equipped with shuttlecraft for ship to planet away missions. In crises situations with the ship is under attack or when Captain Kirk is cheating the jaws of death (Doomsday Machine) Trekkies can always rely on the transporter pad malfunctioning. Just when its needed most! Fortunately for Chief Engineer Scotty, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC - 1701 has two well known shuttlecraft.

During special missions, the "Galileo" and "Columbus" are called into service to transport crew members/ambassadors/v.i.p's and equipment towards planets or starships when the ships transporter is out of action. They come in handy for covert operations too and have excellent space navigation ability. The seven seater shuttles are equipped with limited warp and impulse drive engines, shields, life support systems, a food replicator and emergency provisions for longer stays on planets.

Constitution-class ships use matter, anti-matter reaction converters regulated by dilithium crystals housed in Main Engineering's warp drive engines which can propel the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 at faster than light warp speed. In the episode "Elaan of Troyius", Scotty used the Dolman's necklace which was stung together with dilithium crystals in order to repair the Enterprise's sabotaged, fused dilithium crystal converter. The Dolmans neckless powered the ship's warp engines with enough energy to shoot off a couple of photon torpedoes at the engaging Klingon ship, badly damaging it and causing it to retreat.

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The flagship USS Enterprise is protected by an impressive grid of deflector shields, structural integrity fields, energy forcefields and emergency blast bulkheads that can repel enemy weapons fire and meteorite showers easily. Starships like Darth Vader's Star Destroyer haven't got an equal chance against the technological might of the Enterprise's phasers and photon torpedoes because Vader's ship, although impressive, only has laser beam technology, cannons and gun turrets capable of making only a few dents in the USS Enterprise's shields. Whose got the most powerful Starship in the Universe? Trekkies do! Thats who! Woo Hoo! But I dare you to prove me wrong! Phasers are more technologically advanced and likely to be hotter that lasers right?

Tractor beams are the opposite of deflectors which pull space objects as opposed to pushing physical energy away. They are used to take smaller ships in tow or move space debris out of the Enterprise's flight path. At the stern of the USS Enterprise's are the impulse engines and the nacelle propulsion systems which makes safe interplanetary space flight at sublight and warp speed.

Starship primary and secondary systems also includes life support, transporters, deflector shields, starship sensors, structural and inertial systems, forcefields, phasers and photon torpedo tubes, warp core reactor, EPS Power Relay systems,

The USS Enterprise consists of 55 officers of command rank in gold uniforms, 15 communication specialists in red uniforms, 136 medical and scientific research personnel in blue uniforms, 132 engineering specialists and a 88 member security force in Red uniforms who usually meet their maker. In addition to the crews complement of 428, the Enterprise has stateroom accomodation for visiting ambassadors, admirals and V.I.P's

*Constellation NCC-1017, Constitution NCC-1700, Defiant NCC-1764, Eagle NCC-956, Endeavour NCC-1895, Essex NCC-1697, Excalibur NCC-1664, Exeter NCC-1672, Hood NCC-1703, Intrepid NCC-1831, Lexington NCC-1709, Potemkin NCC-1657, Republic NCC-1371 and Yorktown NCC-1717. (Only twelve of these ships were in existence during Kirk's celebrated first five year mission of interstellar exploration.)

One of the technological advances that makes the Constitution class starship possible is the duotronic computer designed by Dr. Richard Daystrom in 2243. In 2268, the Enterprise field tests what Dr. Daystrom hopes will be an even greater invention, the multitronic or M5. Unfortunately Daystrom designed the machine based on his very own memory enigrams which for a moment seemed like one great leap forward for computer science but alas the M5 proved to be more unstable than its creator, Dr. Daystrom who was at a loss to explain its emotional outbursts.

Star Trek depicts a future of bright promise. I hope it stays that way. The USS Enterprise NCC-1701 is a vehicle of peaceful exploration and research resorting to strategic counter measures as a last resort. Starfleet Command represents the "logical" evolution of today's military into a servant of man's quest for knowledge, as well as a the need for a strong defense.

Live Long and Prosper Trekkies and Trekkers!

Hikaru Sulu is a pilot and will figure it out!

2009-08-10T03:55:00.017+01:00

The USS Enterprise 1701 is finally ready to show us what she can do. Yessss! All helmsman Sulu had to do was flick a few switches and engage the engines. Its the moment that had Trek fans clinging to the edges of their seats preparing for a warp flight right out of the universe, except Mr Sulu, (played by John Cho) goofs up big style by forgetting about the parking brake.

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Can you believe it? One by one, we see Starfleet vessels in the Enterprise's view screen leap ahead and disappear into warp oblivion leaving behind a fazed Sulu aboard the USS Enterprise trying to figure out what went wrong. Heck yeah, it had to be the parking brake! didn't it? We knew that!!! The engaged external inertial dampener prevented the Enterprises nacelles from generating a warp field bubble necessary to achieve warp speed which is just as good as any parking brake in my book. Vulchie Spock was having none of it and in true galactic style made Sulu look like a total dork by pointing out his error in front of the whole bridge crew. Ohhh the shame......still you gotta love those magical chirps and beeps. Its fun to watch. Maybe this is where Pavel Chekov should have chimed in with,
"I can do zat."

Christopher Pike: Maximum warp. Punch it.
Hikaru Sulu: Yes, sir.
Christopher Pike: Lieutenant, where is Helmsman McKenna?
Hikaru Sulu: He has lungworms, sir. He couldn't report to his post. I'm Hikaru Sulu.
Christopher Pike: And you are a pilot, right?
Hikaru Sulu: Yes, very much so sir.
[Sulu trails off, hitting buttons]
Hikaru Sulu: Uh, I'm not sure what's wrong here...
Christopher Pike: Is the parking brake on?
Hikaru Sulu: Uh, no sir. I'll figure it out.
Spock: Have you disengaged the external inertial dampener?
Hikaru Sulu: [Embarrassed. Without looking at anyone, he punches in the correct sequence] Ready for warp, sir.
Christopher Pike: Let's punch it.

Live Long and Prosper, Trekkers and Trekkies.

Starfleet's Star Cadets

2009-07-17T23:58:00.044+01:00

The motto of Starfleet Academy is "ex astris, scientia," which means "from the stars, knowledge." To qualify, entrants must first meet the basic requirements to satisfy Starfleet by submitting to a test. If chosen the next step involves completing the entrance exam which is conducted over a three day period at a designated Starfleet Testing facility. The Academy exam itself identifys leadership values in promising candidates eager to prove themselves. Integrity, intelligence, courage, imagination, and determination are core qualities of Starfleet Officers ready for battle but committed to peaceful coexistence in the universe. The entrance exam contains the following tests:

1. Dynamic relationship test.
2. Hyperspace physics test.
3. Psych Test.
4. Other Cultures & Species Test.
5. Carlundrum I.Q Test

In 2364, Relva VII's testing facility is where Wesley Crusher competed to gain admittance to Starfleet but failed the first time. Citizens from outside the United Federation of Planets require a testimonial of good character from one of Starfleet's higher ranking officers before being permitted to take the test. Cadets who excelled in class gained privileges as was the case of the Academy's Red Squad, an elite group, who were entrusted to pilot a starship without supervision. Starfleet has demanding standards and applicants must pay strict attension to its rules and procedures.

Successful entrants are expected to excel with their class at a multitude of mental and physical tests or merit the wrath of the Academy Instructor. Based on earth, the academy is located at the Presidio of San Francisco. Founded in 2161, Starfleet Academy's specfic goal focuses on the quest for knowledge and the preparation of its cadets for galactic unknowns especially in the cadets first year.

The freshman year subjects the trainee to athletic disciplines which tests their fitness and reflexes with gym training. Healthcare, universal laws of nature, military defense, conferences, lectures, computer simulations, starship operations all form part of the educational program, Officers learn Federation policy and adhere to strict rules. Starfleets General Orders and Regulations and Starship Operations are manadatory.

After four years, cadets graduate to the worthy position of Starfleet Officers and are promoted to the rank of Ensign. For the first time in their lives excited cadets face the prospect of a really groovy future serving aboard a starship and are looking forward to serving and defending the Federation with their very lives. Space exploration also presents many opportunities to encounter new alien lifeforms and discover strange new worlds. Starfleet will put its officers on the front lines where scientific research, rendering aid, tensions and starship battles will broaden crewmens appreciation and perception of alien races and species in the universe.

Cadets will soon discover Starfleet Academy's curriculum challenging them to their limits with some trainees buckling under pressure in the first year. Starship duty is'nt for everyone. In the following years cadets will choose to concentrate on a particular field of knowledge such as engineering, starship navigation, medical degrees take eight years to complete, pilioting, scientific research, stellar cartography, communications, security, with the smartest and uber-intrepid of students setting their sights on a career in Starfleet leading to command of a starship.

The Academys notorious Kobayashi Maru Training Simulator is the next step for these special breed of command cadets. The Computer Simulation will test their nerves for steel and how they react to fear. Senior Officers will scrutinise the cadets response times, disposition and reactions under pressure to get a mindset on the candidates suitability for command. Captain Kirk (TOS) received a commendation for original thinking for being the only Starfleet cadet to have defeated the Kobayashi Maru Test. Lieutenant Savik accused Admiral Kirk (Wrath of Khan) of cheating when he explained his solution for outwitting the Kobayashi simulator by secretly programming the computer.

Starship Captains are a gutsy, rare breed of fast thinkers, well motivated and used to encountering aliens lifeforms, Astronomical Objects and are responsible for the lives and safety of the crew. Captains, Helmsman, and Navigators exercise evasive manoeuvres deployed by the ships computer or else Bridge Officers advise the captain to activate the ship's defense systems manually in order to combat stealth attacks on starships. Officers are trained in peaceful negotiations, hand to hand defense lessons, survival training, starship navigation, piloting, weapons deployment and starship operations which is key to reactive defense and securing the starship from an aggressive attack. Starship defenses are usually activated when warring ships are dectected sending the crew from yellow alert tored alert. The Federation however, is one big happy family but all is never what it seems in space.

Captain Picard is an exceptional leader at finding peaceful solutions for races like the Sheliak Corporate, who were repulsed to find human creatures infesting one of their planets and demanded their immediate removal. Picard's entertaining feats of logic ultimately persuade the Sheliak to cave in to his demands (and made me laugh big style) when he nominates the Grizella who were in a six month hibernation sleep at the time to negotiate as a third party on behalf of the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D. Of course, the Sheliak are outraged but Picard severs the communication and gives the unyielding Sheliak time to reconsider. Three weeks to evacuate the human creatures or six months, which do you think they chose?

It has been known for Captain James T. Kirk (TOS) to directly order Chekov to blow the U.S.S. Enterprise's enemy ships into smithereens. The captain's defense strategies for cheating death are legendary throughout the galaxy featuring the destruction of the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701 using her auto destruct system to prevent the ship from being captured by Commander Kruges boarding party. (The Search for Spock.) Starfleet command cadets have a strong desire to win and Kirk never likes to lose. He doesn't believe in the no-win scenario and has on several occasions ordered Mr Spock , Sulu and Mr Scott to warp the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701 out of danger. Its on record Kirk was unsucessful in maintaining long term relationships with an unspecified amount of women. Due to the perks of command scantily clad women boldly seduced the captain inside and outside of his ships quarters which has forevermore earned him the reputation as a space stud.

The United Federation of Planets charts over 8,000 light years of galactic space with a membership of over 150 planets and over 1,000 semi-automated colonies. Starfleet uses military force as a last resort because it belongs to a peaceful Federation of deep space exploration, however it has trained its graduates to defend Citizens of the Federation and render aid under the most severe conditions.

The Prime Directive (also known as General Order 1) is a basic component of Federation Policy which forbids Starfleet operatives and starships from interfering with the natural evolution of any society or civilisation. This directive is more important than the protection of spaceships or members of Starfleet. Losses are tolerated as long as they are necessary in order to observe this directive." Despite this, Starfleet Captains are skilled in interstellar Combat strategies and defensive maneuvers should an inevitable conflict with an adversary arise. Its interesting to note Starfleet sanctioned the invasion of the planet Organia in essence breaking its own Prime Directive.

Live Long and Prosper Trekkies and Trekkers!

Star Trek (TOS and TNG) Blu-ray dvds.

2009-07-13T10:29:00.043+01:00

Its all happening in 2009 trekkies so grab your communicators and spread the word because heres whats available in current releases and upcoming Star Trek Blu-ray dvd sets. Mogie peeked my interest in Deep Space nine and Voyager which have'nt been released so far.

Update: The second release of Star Trek's TOS Blu-ray DVD boxset has those little furry varmints roaming the universe in season 2 saved on disc 4. If you like tribbles, this boxset has it all with the popular TOS "The Trouble with Tribbles," TAS "More Tribbles More Troubles," and DS9's interlaced episode "Trials and Tribble-ations."

Stay clued for Paramount/CBS announcements at Comic Con, about Star Trek movie scoops and news releases with new Trek merchandise and Star Trek stars drawing in oceans of eager fans beaming in from accross the universe. Are you eager to discover Star Treks favorite moments and what your superheroes look like on blu-ray HD dvd? If you've got the extra cash, why not go on a trekkie splurge. You know you want to. Anyone can join Amazon.com for notifications about new products which is a handy way to informed and order what you want.

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StarTrekMovie2009 Blu-ray in a 3 disc boxset.
Paramount Pictures 127 mins Rated PG-13 Nov 17th, 2009.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi

Star Trek Blu Ray movie (2009) includes replica ship with 3 disc boxset.
Amazon Limited Edition Replica Gift Set.
Paramount Pictures. 127 mins. Rated PG-13. Nov 17, 2009
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi .

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) in Blu-ray.
Paramount Pictures. 116 mins. Rated PG. Sept 22nd, 2009.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) in Blu-ray.
Paramount Pictures. 119 mins. Rated PG. Sept 22nd, 2009.
Action / Comedy / Sci-Fi.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) in Blu-ray.
Paramount Pictures 113 mins Rated PG. Sept 22nd, 2009.
Action / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller.

Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996) in Blu-ray.
Paramount Pictures. 111 mins. Rated PG-13. Sept 22nd, 2009.

Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy Blu-ray.
The Wrath of Khan / The Search for Spock / The Voyage Home.
Paramount Pictures. Rated PG. May 12th, 2009.
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller/ 3 disc boxset.

Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection in Blu-ray
The Motion Picture / The Wrath of Khan / The Search for Spock / The Voyage Home / The Final Frontier / The Undiscovered Country.
Paramount Pictures. 685 mins Rated PG. May 12th, 2009.
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller/ 7 disc boxset.

Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1 (1966) in Blu-ray.
Paramount Pictures. 1460 mins Not rated. Apr 28th, 2009
Adventure/ Sci Fi/ Television/ 7 disc boxset.

Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 2 (1967) in Blu-ray.
Paramount Pictures. 1310 mins Not rated. Sep 22, 2009.
Adventure / Sci-Fi / Television/ 7 disc boxset.

Star Trek: The Original Series -Season 3 (1969) in Blu-ray.
Paramount Pictures. 1350 mins. Not rated. Dec 15, 2009
Adventure / Sci-Fi / Television/ 6 disc boxset.

Star Trek: The Next Generation Movie Collection in Blu-ray.
Generations / First Contact / Insurrection / Nemesis
Paramount Pictures. 448 mins. Rated PG-13. Sept 22nd, 2009.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller. 5 disc set.

Star Trek VIII: First Contact in Blu-ray. (1996)
Paramount Pictures. 111 mins. Rated PG-13. Sep 22, 2009.
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller.

Watch long and Prosper, Trekkers

Trekkies Strike Back!

2009-06-28T16:17:00.018+01:00

Heres a list Empire critics have composed of the 500 Greatest movies of all time. Star Wars is listed five times in Empires Movie Hall of Fame with Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back placed at no 3. Is'nt it curious that Star Trek is completely absent from this list? Our fast paced new Star Trek XI movie has introduced a new breed of trekkie fans to the franchise (dare I even call them that!) spurred on by the awesome, sleek, daring crew of the USS Enterprise 1701 directed by Emmy and Golden Globe-winner JJ Abrams.

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Empires 500 movies are an illuminating collection of reviews amassed over time from polls to dedicated fans but were the authors under the influence of Star Wars? I'm serious, Vader's power of the darkside is obviously weaving its dark spells on planet earth or else this capstone is a reflection of the times were in with darkside mortals outnumbering trekkie lifeforms in the galaxy.

So I'm calling all trek fans to join Empire and submit "Star Trek, The Wrath of Khan" as a NO 1 all time great. Its crunch time trekkie fans to strike back at the force!

Here's a fun youtube clip from the DMPhoenix you'll enjoy. Its awesome. Vader's darkside forces are mobilized for war against Captain Picard's flagship Enterprise! Yessss! how my heart bleeds for them! Who am I rooting for? Why the Enterprise of course. I'm a fully fledged trekkie and you better believe it. I was itching with excitement to see Picard's Federation flagship swoop in for the kill and obliterate Vader's force completely. Does it happen? Quantum torpedoes vs. lasers, watch and see who wins.

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Worf "They're now locking lasers on us!" On hearing this news Data has a major fit of infectious laughter.

I remember when I got the trekkie bug (there I go again) in 1984, I was watching Star Trek TOS on TV and eating my dinner with my brother and believe me I was totally glued. I was 14. Suddenly my mom cried out, "Turn that off!" In a state of disbelief I looked away from the TV and protested but it was no use, she looked at me with her blazing eyes and I got that horrible melting feeling just as Dr McCoy and Spock were arguing in Sickbay except this time it was about the practical use of tribbles which McCoy had grown rather fond of. Spock was being unfeeling and cold hearted. My Mom never backed down and in true military style marched over to the TV and pulled out the plug. It was over. I felt so gutted and stormed off completely defeated but smitten by the spacebug I vowed secret revenge. This was the start of something new and there was no stopping me, within a few months I had my own TV and was recording Star Trek TOS every week.

I love the enlightening philosophical nature of trek, its really deep. So I suspect the same is true of new trek fans who having seen Star Trek XI are by now infected with the spacebug and in severe need of more trekkie fixes. Where else can we turn to except 726 episodes of five action series and one animated series. Damn those space bugs! Why capture me?

Every single Star Trek movie including The Wrath of Khan has failed to meet the grade at Empire isolating Star Trek to the outermost corners of the galaxy. Shame on those darkside ptaqs! They thought they could outwit us with their statistics.

1. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
3. Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
4. Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)
5. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
6. GoodFellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
7. Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
8. Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1952)
9. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
10. Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
11. Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
12. The Apartment (Billy Wilder, 1960)
13. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
14. Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
15. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
16. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
17. Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
18. Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)
19. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
20. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
21. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
22. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (George Lucas, 1977)
23. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)
24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)
25. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1967)
26. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
27. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
28. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
29. Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988)
30. Aliens (James Cameron, 1986)
31. Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood)
32. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969)
33. Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979)
34. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003)
35. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (James Cameron, 1991)
36. Andrei Rublev (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1969)
37. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
38. Heat (Michael Mann, 1995)
39. The Matrix (Andy & Larry Wachowski, 1999)
40. Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
41. The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959)
42. Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer, 1949)
43. The Big Lebowski (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998)
44. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
45. Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
46. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
47. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982)
48. This Is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner, 1984)
49. Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1987)
50. Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
51. 8 ½ (Federico Fellini, 1963)
52. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
53. Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)
54. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002)
55. La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960)
56. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006)
57. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
58. His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
59. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
60. Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985)
61. The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995)
62. The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)
63. Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
64. Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)
65. Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
66. Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990)
67. Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu, 1953)
68. Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)
69. Three Colours Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)
70. Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)
71. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
72. 12 Angry Men (Sidney Lumet, 1957)
73. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
74. The Treasure of Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)
75. A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1946)
76. Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979)
77. Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
78. Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
79. The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick, 1998)
80. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1943)
81. Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005)
82. The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963)
83. Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
84. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
85. Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
86. Carrie (Brian De Palma, 1976)
87. The King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1983)
88. Ferris Bueller’s Day off (John Hughes, 1986)
89. Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
90. When Harry Met Sally (Rob Reiner, 1989)
91. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand, 1983)
92. Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
93. Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973)
94. The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah, 1969)
95. Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)
96. American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
97. Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
98. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)
99. Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)
100. Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
101. Raising Arizona (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1987)
102. The Hustler (Robert Rossen, 1961)
103. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
104. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
105. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975)
106. A Man for All Seasons (Fred Zinnemann, 1966)
107. An American Werewolf in London (John Landis, 1981)
108. The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978)
109. Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958)
110. Before Sunset (Richard Linklater, 2004)
111. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog, 1982)
112. I Am Cuba (Alexander Payne, 1964)
113. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Adam McKay, 2004)
114. The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
115. Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974)
116. Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)
117. Miller’s Crossing (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1990)
118. Withnail and I (Bruce Robinson, 1987)
119. The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
120. The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
121. Los Olvidados (Luis Buñuel, 1950)
122. The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)
123. A Woman Under the Influence (John Cassavetes, 1974)
124. The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
125. A Bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
126. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Sam Peckinpah, 1973)
127. The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973)
128. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
129. Harvey (Henry Koster, 1950)
130. The Man Who Would Be King (John Huston, 1975)
131. The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann, 1992)
132. Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, 2006)
133. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
134. Seven (David Fincher, 1995)
135. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933)
136. Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
137. Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner, 1990)
138. Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)
139. Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981)
140. As Good as It Gets (James L. Brooks, 1997)
141. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937)
142. Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
143. Cyrano De Bergerac (Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1991)
144. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
145. Sophie’s Choice (Alan J. Pakula, 1982)
146. Shampoo (Hal Ashby, 1975)
147. Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)
148. Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
149. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1948)
150. The French Connection (William Friedkin, 1971)
151. Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000)
152. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
153. The Innocents (Jack Clayton, 1961)
154. Betty Blue (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1986)
155. Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973)
156. Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg, 1998)
157. True Romance (Tony Scott, 1993)
158. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
159. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)
160. Being There (Hal Ashby, 1979)
161. The Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir, 1982)
162. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984)
163. The Bridge on the River Kwai (David Lean, 1957)
164. The Searchers (John Ford, 1956)
165. Partie de campagne (Jean Renoir, 1936)
166. Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, 1964)
167. Don’t Look Now (Nic Roeg, 1973)
168. Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, 1982)
169. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, 1961)
170. La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
171. Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)
172. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
173. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
174. Superman the Movie (Richard Donner, 1978)
175. Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998)
176. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1944)
177. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, 2002)
178. Hellzapoppin’ (H.C. Potter, 1941)
179. Toy Story 2 (John Lasseter, 1999)
180. To Kill a Mockingbird (Robert Mulligan, 1962)
181. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (Russ Meyer, 1970)
182. Performance (Donald Cammell, Nic Roeg, 1970)
183. Le Samourai (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)
184. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971)
185. Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957)
186. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
187. The Big Country (William Wyler, 1958)
188. School of Rock (Richard Linklater, 2003)
189. Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984)
190. Big (Penny Marshall, 1988)
191. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
192. Eraserhead (David Lynch, 1977)
193. Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)
194. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
195. It’s a Wonderful Life (Frank Capra, 1946)
196. Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1999)
197. Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)
198. Fargo (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1996)
199. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
200. Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995)
201. JFK (Oliver Stone, 1991)
202. The Killer (John Woo, 1989)
203. Life of Brian (Terry Jones, 1979)
204. The Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, 1935)
205. The Addiction (Abel Ferrara, 1995)
206. The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
207. The Misfits (John Huston, 1961)
208. The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
209. Local Hero (Billy Forsyth, 1983)
210. Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1986)
211. Moulin Rouge! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
212. M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
213. Songs from the Second Floor (Roy Andersson, 2000)
214. Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969)
215. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino, 1997)
216. Sunday Bloody Sunday (John Schlesinger, 1971)
217. The Magnificent Seven (John Sturges, 1960)
218. Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (Jacques Tati, 1953)
219. The Outlaw Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
220. Far From Heaven (Todd Haynes, 2002)
221. McCabe & Mrs Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
222. Mother and Son (Aleksandr Sokurov, 1997)
223. Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
224. Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terence Davies, 1988)
225. Get Carter (Mike Hodges, 1971)
226. Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996)
227. Léon (Luc Besson, 1994)
228. No Country for Old Men (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
229. Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
230. Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
231. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
232. Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
233. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984)
234. The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass, 2007)
235. Battle Royale (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000)
236. Black Narcissus (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, 1947)
237. Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro, 1991)
238. Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
239. Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore, 1988)
240. Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)
241. Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947)
242. King Kong (Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933)
243. Heimat (Edgar Reitz, 1984)
244. Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)
245. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004)
246. The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)
247. All That Jazz (Bob Fosse, 1979)
248. Pandora’s Box (Georg Wilhelm Pabst, 1929)
249. My Darling Clementine (John Ford, 1946)
250. Sunrise (F.W. Murnau, 1927)
251. Darling (John Schlesinger, 1965)
252. The Leopard (Luchino Visconti, 1980)
253. First Blood (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)
254. The Verdict (Sidney Lumet, 1982)
255. Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, 1939)
256. Le Quai des brumes (Marcel Carné, 1938)
257. The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934)
258. The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)
259. Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993)
260. Field of Dreams (Phil Alden Robisnon, 1989)
261. Roman Holiday (William Wyler, 1953)
262. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)
263. Das Boot (Wolfgang Petersen, 1981)
264. American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973)
265. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
266. Ghost World (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
267. Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, 1989)
268. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938)
269. A Place in the Sun (George Stevens, 1951)
270. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, 2005)
271. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (Tim Burton, 1985)
272. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Dario Argento, 1970)
273. The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, 1941)
274. Sin City (Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, 2005)
275. My Neighbour Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)
276. Layer Cake (Matthew Vaughn, 2004)
277. On the Town (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, 1949)
278. Carlito’s Way (Brian De Palma, 1993)
279. National Lampoon’s Animal House (John Landis, 1978)
280. Mad Max 2 (George Miller, 1982)
281. Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994)
282. The Godfather Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)
283. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
284. Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983)
285. Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972)
286. L’avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)
287. Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh, 1996)
288. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis, 1988)
289. John Carpenter’s The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
290. Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
291. Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, 1960)
292. Le belle et la bête (Jean Cocteau, 1946)
293. La maman et la putain (Jean Eustache, 1973)
294. The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1956)
295. The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987)
296. All the President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
297. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)
298. Le cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970)
299. The Palm Beach Story (Preston Sturges, 1942)
300. Sawdust and Tinsel (Ingmar Bergman, 1953)
301. Love and Death (Woody Allen, 1975)
302. The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946)
303. Together (Lukas Moodyson, 2000)
304. Radio Days (Woody Allen, 1987)
305. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006)
306. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steven Spielberg, 1989)
307. Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969)
308. The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984)
309. Transformers (Michael Bay, 2007)
310. Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)
311. American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
312. Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977)
313. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
314. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
315. Sense and Sensibility (Ang Lee, 1995)
316. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
317. Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988)
318. Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)
319. The Lion King (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, 1994)
320. Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995)
321. Funny Face (Stanley Donen, 1957)
322. Aladdin (Ron Clements, John Musker, 1992)
323. The Last Seduction (John Dahl, 1994)
324. Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996)
325. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
326. Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh, 1998)
327. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Henry Selick, 1993)
328. The Truman Show (Peter Weir, 1998)
329. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
330. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005)
331. The Green Mile (Frank Darabont, 1999)
332. The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999)
333. Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978)
334. The Magnificent Ambersons (Orson Welles, 1942)
335. The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
336. Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
337. 300 (Zack Snyder, 2006)
338. Jules et Jim (François Truffaut, 1962)
339. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)
340. High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
341. The Passenger (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975)
342. The Gold Rush (Charlie Chaplin, 1925)
343. Monsters, Inc. (Pete Docter, 2001)
344. The Last Waltz (Martin Scorsese, 1978)
345. Fatal Attraction (Adrian Lyne, 1987)
346. Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945)
347. All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)
348. Au hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
349. Arthur (Steve Gordon, 1981)
350. Planet of the Apes (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1968)
351. Zulu (Cy Endfield, 1964)
352. Unfaithfully Yours (Preston Sturges, 1948)
353. Bugsy Malone (Alan Parker, 1976)
354. Un chien andalou (Luis Buñuel, 1929)
355. Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007)
356. Napoléon (Abel Gance, 1927)
357. The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
358. Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sokurov, 2002)
359. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
360. The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2003)
361. Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994)
362. The Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
363. Good Morning, Vietnam (Barry Levinson, 1987)
364. Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1994)
365. The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002)
366. Predator (John McTiernan, 1987)
367. Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972)
368. Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, 1980)
369. The Breakfast Club (John Hughes, 1985)
370. Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976)
371. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Gore Verbinski, 2003)
372. Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1992)
373. Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
374. Hot Fuzz (Edgar Wright, 2007)
375. Four Weddings and a Funeral (Mike Newell, 1994)
376. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007)
377. Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973)
378. The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985)
379. Ratatouille (Brad Bird, 2007)
380. Children of Men (Alfondo Cuarón, 2006)
381. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, 1975)
382. Caché (Michael Haneke, 2005)
383. Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005)
384. The Shop Around the Corner (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940)
385. Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)
386. The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)
387. Rain Man (Barry Levinson, 1988)
388. The English Patient (Anthony Minghella, 1996)
389. Election (Alexander Payne, 1999)
390. 2 Days in Paris (Julie Delpy, 2007)
391. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
392. Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders, 1984)
393. Garden State (Zach Braff, 2004)
394. Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008)
395. Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
396. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
397. Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)
398. Killer of Sheep (Charless Burnett, 1977)
399. Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1924)
400. The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004)
401. Batman Returns (Tim Burton, 1992)
402. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, 2006)
403. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
404. RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
405. Dirty Dancing (Emile Ardolino, 1987)
406. Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008)
407. The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1967)
408. Zelig (Woody Allen, 1983)
409. Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997)
410. A Hard Day’s Night (Richard Lester, 1964)
411. Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi, 2004)
412. Heathers (Michael Lehmann, 1989)
413. Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
414. The Double Life of Véronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991)
415. Dawn of the Dead (George A. Romero, 1978)
416. Bad Taste (Peter Jackson, 1987)
417. Lords of Dogtown (Catherine Hardwicke, 2005)
418. V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005)
419. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
420. Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe, 1996)
421. Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, 1987)
422. A Man Escaped (Robert Bresson, 1956)
423. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
424. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks, 1944)
425. Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson, 2000)
426. Enduring Love (Roger Michell, 2004)
427. Spring in a Small Town (Mu Fei, 1948)
428. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Werner Herzog, 1974)
429. Danger: Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1968)
430. Big Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter, 1986)
431. Electra Glide in Blue (James William Guercio, 1973)
432. X-Men 2 (Bryan Singer, 2003)
433. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
434. The Cat Concerto (William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, 1947)
435. American Psycho (Mary Harron, 2000)
436. Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, 1991)
437. Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002)
438. The Lost Boys (Joel Schumacher, 1987)
439. Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage, 1997)
440. Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo, 1988)
441. Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)
442. Atonement (Joe Wright, 2007)
443. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)
444. Hairspray (John Waters, 1988)
445. Dumb and Dumber (Peter and Bobby Farrelly, 1994)
446. High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000)
447. Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
448. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005)
449. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (George Lucas, 1999)
450. King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005)
451. Speed (Jan De Bont, 1994)
452. Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)
453. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008)
454. The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004)
455. Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986)
456. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)
457. Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
458. Batman (Tim Burton, 1989)
459. Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
460. Crash (Paul Haggis, 2004)
461. Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
462. Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004)
463. Juno (Jason Reitman, 2007)
464. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Stanley Donen, 1954)
465. 12 Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)
466. Snatch (Guy Ritchie, 2000)
467. The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, 1978)
468. The Crow (Alex Proyas, 1994)
469. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)
470. Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992)
471. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuarón, 2004)
472. Le Doulos (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962)
473. Into the Wild (Sean Penn, 2007)
474. Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973)
475. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Gore Verbinski, 2006)
476. Santa Sangre (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989)
477. Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955)
478. Flesh (Paul Morrissey, 1968)
479. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Norman Z. McLeod, 1947)
480. The Son’s Room (Nanni Moretti, 2001)
481. Topsy-Turvy (Mike Leigh, 1999)
482. Scream (Wes Craven, 1996)
483. The Big Red One (Samuel Fuller, 1980)
484. The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006)
485. The Wicker Man (Robin Hardy, 1973)
486. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Blake Edwards, 1961)
487. Superbad (Greg Mottola, 2007)
488. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)
489. Brick (Rian Johnson, 2005)
490. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton, 2007)
491. Ben-Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
492. Amores Perros (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000)
493. In the Company of Men (Neil LaBute, 1997)
494. Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004)
495. Jailhouse Rock (Richard Thorpe, 1957)
496. Superman Returns (Bryan Singer, 2006)
497. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
498. Back to the Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis, 1989)
499. Saw (James Wan, 2004)
500. Ocean’s Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2001)

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Star Trek Tradition, Logic and the Needs of the Many.

2009-06-18T01:05:00.022+01:00

Star Trek XI is now the second highest earner of Star Treks franchise with takings of $222.7 million in 31 days. This movie warped past the Wrath of Khan and has set its trajectory to overtake the reigning Star Trek epic of the universe held by Star Trek The Motion Picture. Star Trek I bagged $139,000,000 for Paramount which is a cool measure of success and a ton of money for 1979. You can bet your Trekkie dvds it won't take seven years for the next Star Trek movie to hit the big screens.

Logic dictates the needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few or the one. Does it matter Star Trek XI messed with the Final Frontier? Yesss! and what a reaction its getting from the fans. Sure, Star Trek's space time continuum has been altered but judging from the figures, previews and reports from accross the internet, Star Trek XI is successfully reaching out to people boldly going where Trek hasn't been in years.

(Blashememy!!! I can hear horrified Trekkies gasping.) "Your'e crossing over to the dark side aren't you!!" but nooooo, I'd never do that! I'm just trying to be logical about this and remember its Spock Prime's fault we're in this fine mess int the first place. Just kidding, I'm skylarking now.

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Star Trek has a lot of cannon, rules and regulations known as "Trek" which can influence the eventual outcome of life and death in its timeline. For example, the Pon Far involves the Vucan Mating ceremony whereby Mr Spock is compelled to return home every seven years to purge his emotions. The poor dude will die unless he mates with a Vulcan chick or fights to the death with a suitor of T'pring's choice.

In any case, it really doesn't matter because Vulcans are born with superior strength and whoever is selected by T'Pring, is gonna get the spuds whacked out of him. Unfortunately she chose Captain Kirk of the starship Enterprise to fight Spock and Mr spock HAD to engage him! "This is a fight to the death". warned T'Pau. "Do not interfere!!"

In this episode of Amok Time, we get to see the Vulcan's homeworld for the first time and an angry Spock who's clearly not himself. Stricken with the desperate need to contol his desires, a much beleagured Spock is in deep meditation preparing himself for the Kal-if-fee. It was'nt until after the challenge that the flawed human half in him was torn appart by remorse. These are the downfalls of living your life in the pursuit of absolute logic......

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The Vulcan Ponn Farr ritual eliminates the deadly imbalance of toxins poisoning Spock's body only after the Vulcan has gone through hell (Burning of the blood) and ranting and raving like a complete lunatic but this is all perfectly normal for vulchies. In the end Spock is returned to his good old emotionless, logical self after his mating urges are quenched with the knowledge that his good friend and captain has been strangled to death by his very own hands.

Ever since Star Trek Nemises flopped at the box office in 2002 with only $43,254,409 to show for at home in the US, Star Trek has been in need of an additional generation of fans willing to give themselves over to an inspiring, action adventure with gratifying computer graphics, sound effects, lighting and movie sets essential to producing a rip-roaring action movie prequel with a stimulating and entertaining trek timeline. That time has arrived, Star Trek is back!

"Doctor, I shall be resigning my commission, of course..."
"Uh, Spock..."
"...so, I would appreciate your making the final arrangements."
"Spock, I..."
"Doctor, please, let me finish. There can be no excuse for the crime of which I'm guilty - I intend to offer no defense. Furthermore, I shall order Mr. Scott to take immediate command of this vessel."
"Don't you think you better check with me first?"
"Captain?!?! JIM!!!"

- Spock, McCoy, and, much to Spock's surprise, Kirk.

Live Long and Prosper.

Non-corporeal lifeforms.

2009-06-13T05:23:00.017+01:00

A disasterous First Contact between Kang and Captain James T. Kirk (TOS, Day of the Dove) led to nearly 100 years of hostilities between the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets. A non corporeal energy lifeform with the ability to reconfigure solid matter and make objects vanish creates havoc aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701, after killing four hundred of Kang's crew. The creature skillfully evades detection and feeds on hate, however lively, happy, spirits seem to discourage it. Kang is furious and claims the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701 as his own. In 2267 negotiations between the Klingons and the Federations are on the verge of collapse.

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In 2267 Hostilities break out between the Klingon Imperial Fleet and Starfleet's U.S.S. Enterprise in a disputed region of Federation space when Organia is invaded by Klingons causing war between Klingon and Federation ships. (TOS, Errand of Mercy) Starfleet Command sends a Code One Alert to the U.S.S. Enterprise. Inter-galactic War has been declared! Kirk takes action and beams down with Spock to the planet Organia where he meets a powerful non corporeal entity disguised in human form. Organia's Chairman of the Council of Elders, Ayeborne insists there is no danger and refuses Captain Kirk's generous offer of protection against the Klingons which is a little late.

The Klingons are everywhere! Commander Kor strides into Council Chambers and meets Kirk, now donned out as a senior member of the community and calling himself Barona. Kor is sickened by the smiling native faces grinning back at him and can detect treachery in the air. He automatically proclaims himself Military Governor of Organia and strangely enough finds Barona's distrustful demeanour reasuring. Mr Spock doesn't go unnoticed by Kor either, with the ears being a dead giveaway and always getting the vulcan into trouble. The Enterprise has now warped out of communication leaving Science Officer Spock and Captain James T. Kirk trapped in the middle of a Klingon occupation. Kor takes charge of the seemingly stagnant civilisation still unimpressed by the harmless council elders and chooses "Barona" to act as his go-between the Klingons and the organians.

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The Organians resiliant and powerful nature is revealed in (TOS, Errand of Mercy) when they stop the alien aggression by using pure thought. Trefayne exhibited psychic abilities reporting events taking place in Organia space. Aylemore was able to transverse great distances with superb stealth while evading capture, suspicion and the wrath of the Klingons. Claymare stated that people lived on Organia for "uncounted thousands of years" which suggests he has also prospered and lived for a long time. Spock is taken away to be interogated with a Klingon mind probe at a level 4 setting. Fortunately for the green blooded vulcan, Mr Spocks mental prowess defeated the machine which sends Kor into a rage who later threatens to dissect him.

Unknown to the Federation and Klingon Empire, who were on the verge of waging war with their battlefleets, the Organians were a highly advanced, peaceful, noncorporeal race who simply could not allow either party to harm themselves. Kirk and Kor protested their right to wage war but the Organians simply shake their heads and deactivate their weapons of destruction which burns hot to the touch. The organian Peace Treaty is established forcing an end to the squabbling and Galactic Peace is restored.

Live Long and Prosper Trekkies and Trekkers!

Trek Yourself! Trekkies, Trekkers and Niners!

2009-06-12T05:10:00.016+01:00

Recently I trekked myself out at Paramount's fun viral website Trek Yourself when I reconfigured my photo appearance to look like a cold blooded, heartless romulan. It was an awesome experience. Trek Yourself is user friendly and has animation tools to recreate Star Trek characters with your facial features after you upload your picture to produce an Interstellar alien with fascinating details and audio features. Take your pick from the Kirk, Spock, Uhura or Romulan characters and for extra fun, type in your own favourite Trek quote and watch your creation come to life.

Trek Yourself

We conquer, we rule! Theres no other way for us romulans! Its me against the world. Theres no neutral zone between us. This universe is'nt big enough for the both of us. Everyone needs an adversary. You say your the big cheese, I don't think so.

Nowhere is a vulcan big cheese more desperately needed that among a group of illogical human beings. Live Long and Prosper. Aren't you letting your emotions get the best of you? I am a vulcan. I have no ego to bruise. Humans are a most interesting psychological study. You are being highly illogical, my friend.

Live Long and Prosper, Trekkers, Trekkies, and Niners.

Trekkie Geek News

2009-06-07T05:02:00.005+01:00

STAR TREK PREVIEW: Exclusive Scenes and Interviews

Star Trek Universe

2009-06-02T03:46:00.042+01:00

Greetings Trekkies and Trekkers, you could say I've been tripping with spacehappiness these past few weeks and lost track of time but was'nt the movie worth the wait? or did you hate it? Heres the trailer again for all of you that loved the movie but all joking aside what kind of fallout can we expect in the galaxy now Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek Universe is unfolding with a new and different alternate timeline? Captain Future's reasoning that "Star Trek GR" is over doesn't sit happily with me but I have to admit, fans have expressed considerable views about J.J. Abrams fun rollercoaster Star Trek movie. Some say forget the original, this dazzling prequel is the very best yet... and this is where I'm tempted to reach for my phaser trekkies!.....and turn it on myself! .......I'm split in two over this but to blazes with it. I can't deny the facts, This movie is entertaining and revolutionizes the Final Frontier with an alternate timeline. How does it compare to the Wrath of Khan? More on that subject in a later post.

Gene Roddenberry's peaceful, ordered, Universe has been altered with J.J. Abrams new young talented crew at the helm of the USS Enterprise 1701 with the Trek universe almost taking a skydive out the nearest airlock. It just as well its a big galaxy but I can't help thinking... Which Federation homeworld is next on the writers hit list?

Is Star Trek's science fictional sphere of diplomacy, deep space exploration and peaceful philosophy losing its flavour for viewers? JJ Abrams subtle changes to Star Trek's universe has eliminated Romulus and Vulcan's rich, diverse cultures from the timeline in favour of epic space scenes with the bereaved Romulan Nero, Elder Spock and his unsuccessful Redmatter plan leaving the crew of the USS Enterprise to save the day. Don't forget the Klingon homeworld, Kronos blew up in Star Trek VI (1991) due to overmining giving it a lifespan of 50 years and that was eighteen years ago. I guess that puts the Romulans, Vulcans and Klingons on the destitute aliens down and out list. Director Abrams did spice up the movie with a green chick and cute Uhura who get it on with bubble hands renegade Kirk and "split personality" young Spock. Hehehe.

Spock JR is bursting at the seams with anger due primarily to an inner emotional struggle over the loss of his mother while still trying to comprehend the logic of the situation, (How did they beam aboard while the ship was travelling at warp?) He does his utmost best to reign in his explosive emotions but unfortunately for him the unhinged human psycho inside him comes alive. Spock turns the bridge of the USS Enterprise upsidedown with young Kirk (Chris Pine) getting his smart mouth choked to near death for his trouble. Spock scrapping with Kirk? How illogical is that....but entertaining to watch, right? I'm pleased to report, its no secret. The Science Officers illogical torments have surfaced before in Star Trek TOS. Was'nt it cool to see one of the redshirts got fryed? I think JJ Abram's production team did their best but sacrafices were made in this movie.

Remember the older Vulcan guy that plays Spock Prime in the movie? The Grandaddy of Star Trek, Leonard Nimoy. In the Undiscovered Country Spock told Valeris that "The universe will unfold as it should." I suspect JJ Abrams film has lowered the forcefield guarding a Universe governed very much by Starfleet rules and regulations so mere mortals like Nero and Spock Prime can boldly go where none have gone before by timetravelling through a blackhole. Far out is'nt it? Name one human that has seen a black hole on planet earth. Why didn't Spock and Nero get crushed by that black hole? In Star Trek VI Spock exhibited signs that he was wise and weary to the sophisticated demands of logic "Logic, logic, logic is the begining of wisdom not the end."

The writers Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof have put alot of work into this Star Trek movie. The human desire for exploration, adventure and solving unknowns will forever expand and satisfy trekkie nerdiness thanks to the chaotic new life they've breathed into the franchise. It was interesting to see the Enterprise Redshirt get fryed by the Romulan drilling deck, at best lets hope his death was quick and painless.

3o year old Zoe Saldana a.k.a. Nyota Uhura which translates to Star of Freedom in Swahili, plays the role of the Chief Communications Officer who was one of two females on an all male bridge. Zoe comforted young Spock on the turbo lift and later we see the two of them consorting in the transporter room. How Illogical! What ever happened Vulcan self restraint and the Pon Farr mating ritual? Saldana took over from Nichelle Nichols now 76 and a former Jazz singer.

The young Chekov is played by Russian born Anton Yelchin who at 20 is the junior member of the crew. "I ham up the Russian accent and I struggle to pronounce the letter V,' said Yelchin. "Its all for comedy effect and light relief."
"As I keep warning people," said Director JJ Abrams, "Star Trek has a definite sense of humour these days".

After €100 million, 726 episodes of five action series and one animated series, Star Trek XI is set ten years before the start of the original captains log with the one and only ehm... Captain James Tiberius Kirk defeating the Kobayashi Maru Test, okay, okay, so the guy cheated but wasn't it awesome watching the "sneaky b*st*rd" getting so worked up about it!

William Shatner regarded Kirk as his "entity" and was disappointed his elder Kirk character wasn't reprised. "How could you not put one of the founding figures into a resurrection movie?" Shatner asked, "I'm even more popular now than I was as Captain Kirk."

28 year old Chris Pine wrote a letter to William Shatner and said "I'm just an actor that happened to get a role that happened to be James T. Kirk and I'm not trying to upsurp your status." William Shatner replied, "Thank you very much for the letter, I wish you the best of luck. Bill."

39 year old Simon Peg played Chief Engineer's Jimmy Doohans role aboard the Starship Enterprise. In 2005 Jimmy passed away from ill health. "I really didn't have to work, shall we say, with "Star Trek." It was all natural. When I opened my mouth, there was Scotty. It's like I tell people what you see in Scotty is 99% James Doohan and 1% accent. Pegg used his Glascow born wife's voice as the model for his rich brogue in the movie. Scotty was famous for warning Captain Kirk that: "the engines cannae take any more!" and when "the ship will blow up!"

The new timeline has many wondrous aspects to it, implications, opportunities for the writers and even dangers from Kirk trying to hit on Uhura, the barfight, young Spock losing control of his emotions and sticking it to his Vulcan Science Academy Elders. "You have done well Spock despite your disadvantage". Spock was severely agravated by that remark. The elder vulcans attitude towards young Spock was scolding and insulting and watching Vulcania turning into a ball of ash was an awesome shock to the timeline.

Live Long and prosper, Trekkies and Trekkers.

Chris Pine and david letterman.

2009-05-08T17:14:00.006+01:00

I bought my Star Trek ticket yesterday and I still can't believe I'm going to see the movie in less than thirty minutes! I'm soooo totally amped about this. Woo Hoo! See you trekkers. I would'nt miss this for anything.

Spacerguy.

Star Trek Contest Winner

2009-05-05T03:04:00.017+01:00

Today we are pleased to announce our Star Trek DVD and Blu-ray competition winner and our heartfelt congratulations goes to Trekker Fred from the U.S.A. who won by answering our contest. What is Captain James T. Kirks middle name? and as most of you will know (unless you've been living on another planet and please let me know if its possible!! because I love space travel and seeing new lifeforms.) its Tiberius! The contest is now closed. Better luck next time to all the Trekkies that entered but Final Frontier logic clearly dictates there can only be but only one winner.
Live Long and Prosper, Trekkers and Congratulations Fred!
Spacerguy.

Star Trek Movie XI Tickets, Prequel clues and Images.

2009-04-26T21:35:00.025+01:00

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Captain Christopher Pike
Captain of the first USS Enterprise NCC 1701 Starship. After a mere four years Pike received his captains stripes - the quickest in Starfleet history. He serves as Executive officer in Starfleets recruiting division. In 2250 Pike took command of the Starship Enterprise and conducted two five year missions of deep space exploration. In 2263 he relinquishes command to Captain James Tiberius Kirk. Why??? Now thats anyones guess! Origin: Mojave, Planet Earth.

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James T. Kirk.
Student of Starfleet Academy. Starfleet serial number SC937-0176 CEC. Kirk came top of his class in survival strategies and tactical analysis. Assistant Instructor in Hand to Hand Combat and Treasurer of Starfleet Academy's Xenolinguistics Club. Captain James T. Kirk will command the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701 during its historic five year mission of "peaceful" exploration against Klingons, Romulans, mad men, meglomaniac computers, powerful entities and many others.In 2264 to 2269 the USS Enterprise will explore and protect the Federation's borders, violate the neutral zone and will engage rogue villians, lunatic machines, and evil space entities on numerious occasions. These encounters demonstrate to the Federation just how dangerous starship exploration really is. Origin: Iowa, Planet Earth.

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Dr Leonard "Bones" McCoy.
Student/Starfleet Academy. in 2266 Bones joins the crew of the Starship Enterprise and becomes the Chief Medical Officer. Top of his class in anatomical and forensic pathology. The good doctor organised Starfleet Academy's first Astrophobia seminar and Attended Earths university of mississipi. Bones has a hankering for saurian brandy which he only uses for medicinal purposes. Of course I'd never question the doctor's word which was I believe, said in the best of high spirits!! In 2267 McCoy will earn the Legion of Honor and Starfleet surgeons will pin more medals on the good 'ole country doctor. Origin: America, Planet Earth.

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USS Kelvin
Federation Starship Number NCC-0514. Single warp nacelle starship which is used primarily as a survey vessel. Captain: Richard Robau commanding. First Officer: George Kirk. This Starship will feature in the new Star Trek movie and engage in a firefight possibly with the Romulans.

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Uhura.
Student/Starfleet Academy.
Uhura is gifted with many talents and is an excellent musician who enjoys singing. She specializes in xenolinguistics and becomes Communications officer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701. Uhura is Proficient in 83% of official Federation languages and regional dialects and becomes Vice President of starfleet academy's Chorale Ensemble. Origin Africa. Planet Earth.

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Spock.
Commander of Starfleet academy. Starfleet Service Number: S 179-276 SP. Current Instructor of Advanced Phonology and Interspecies Ethics. Spock specializes in computer programming and becomes Science Officer of the USS Enterprise 1701. Mr Spock was awarded the title of "Grandmaster" by the Federations Three Dimensional Chess Organisation. In 2267 the pointy eared vulcan earns the Vulcanian Scientific Legion of Honor. Spocks half breed Vulcan/human lineage is something he is'nt proud of and a constant source of amusement for Dr. McCoy. Orgin: Vulcania.

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Montgomery Scott.
Starfleet Officer. Specialty: Engineering. Starfleet service Number: SE 19754.T "Scotty" will earn the reputation as a miracle worker aboard the Starship Enterprise 1701 and will retire in 2294 after 52 years in Starfeet. Scotty was awarded first in his class at starfleet Academy which was later revoked due to disciplinary action. He was a Former academy Aide for Admiral Archer's "Advanced Relativistic Mechanics" course and began his engineering career in 2242. Scotty will save the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise time and time again. Origin: Scotland, Planet Earth.

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Pavel Chekov.
Starfleet Officer, Rank: Ensign, Specialty: Navigation. Starfleet Serial Number: 6565827B. Chekov came top of his class in Stellar cartography and in Transporter Theory. Pavel Andreievich Chekov is an only child and an expert in advanced Theoretical Physics. He was the youngest cadet in history to win the Starfleet Academy Marathon. Origin: Russia, Planet Earth.

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Hikaru Sulu.
Starfleet Officer. Rank: Lieutenant, Position: Helm Officer aboard the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701. Sulu came top of his class in "Astrosciences" and "Advanced botany". Sulu founded Starfleet Academy's "European Swordsmanship" club. As helmsman of the USS Enterprise and later in his career as captain of the USS Excelsior, Sulu will travel around the galaxy in two of Starfeet's most famous ships. origin: San Francisco, Planet Earth.

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Live Long and Prosper!

Leonard Nimoy Stuns Trekkies

2009-04-16T20:35:00.008+01:00

Star Trek the real World Premiere took place in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Draft House theater three hours ahead of Austraila's Trek Premiere! On Monday 6th April 2009 Leonard Nimoy beamed in out of the cosmos and received a rapturous explosion of cheering from surprised Trekkies who were delighted to see him. I was gobsmacked to see "MR SPOCK" materializing before my eyes on....ahem youtube. The Trekkie flames of passion engulfed me and a huge smile lit up my face. I was totally amped. I don't know how but the curvature of the space time continuum was being altered to allow star trek fans in texas (and I wished I could have just been there), the movie writers and Leonard Nimoy to make contact without causing a rupture in space time! It was happening before my eyes on youtube. Trekkies were energized with excitement, and were busy high fiving, while others cryed and laughed for joy. I have no doubt they will treasure this moment forever.

Fans were originally invited to a screening of the 1982 film "The Wrath of Khan" and a ten minute preview of the new star trek movie. Robert Orci, Alec Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof voiced concerns about taking on trek because of its mythic significance. "Thats another reason why we came down here, so that you could kill us if you hate the ten minutes initially." But surprise...surprise.... the camera focuses on a guy wearing a black baseball cap joining them onstage. Its Leonard Nimoy! I noticed Trekkie hands giving the Live Long and Prosper greeting shooting up from the audience in response to Leonards famous vulcan salute.

"What happened to the film?" queried Leonard. Someone responded "It went on fire." I can picture De Forrest Kelley looking down from above and saying "Sounds like sabbotage to me." Leonards talking to the audience now. "Tonight three hours from now, in Australia they're running the Star Trek Premiere for the new movie. Would'nt you rather be there?" It must have been weird to have all those expectant trekkie eyes staring at him right after the time when the film for "The Wrath of Khan" turned to ashes. What did the trekkies say? Watch and find out.

It turned out Tim League of Alamo was on a secret mission to thrill and the whole show was prepared in advance. The event organisers even played the films opening credits for "The Wrath of Khan" which melted and burned away apparently. Everyone was psyched out. Trully Awesome!

Live Long and Prosper!

Star Trek DVD and Blu-ray box sets competition.

2009-04-10T07:13:00.081+01:00

Today we are pleased to announce our DVD and Blu-ray Star Trek competition winner and our heartfelt congratulations goes to Trekker Fred from the U.S.A. who won by answering: What is Captain James T. Kirks middle name? and as most of you will know (unless you've been living in another galaxy) its Tiberius! The contest is listed below and is now closed.

Heres whats available of current and upcoming Star Trek Blu-Ray DVDs soon to hit the stores.

What is Captain James T. Kirk's middle name?

Star Trek's Alternate Realities Dvd Collective box set is the absolute trekker treasure featuring alternate reality episodes from all five Star Trek series plus exclusive special features available on DVD since April 6th 2009.

No Star Trek fan should be without this incredible collection containing episode upon episode of fast-paced space adventure and brand new audio commentaries all presented in a beautifully packaged box set. Voted for by visitors to Star Trek.com this collection includes the top 20 most popular alternate reality themed episodes, including those from The Next Generation, The Original Series, Voyager and Enterprise.

Disc 1 features 4 episodes from “Mirror Universe”. Star Trek fans can watch crew members thrust into another parallel universe where everything is duplicated in detail but opposite in nature. Disc 2 features episodes from “Parallel Dimensions” allowing fans to see Original Series episodes including The Alternative Factor where a mysterious "rip" in space is opened between our universe and an antimatter universe. Disc 3 titled “Twisted Realities” witnesses two different versions of Kirk in The Enemy Within. Disc 4, “Frame of Mind” sees William Riker committed to a psychiatric hospital in an awesome popular episode from The Next Generation. In Disc 5, Commander Chakotay experiences a series of events from Voyager’s past. The final disc, Disc 6 “Alternate Lives” has the most installments, a mix of episodes from The Next Generation and Voyager.

The STAR TREK: ALTERNATE REALITIES FAN COLLECTIVE follows the previously released and highly successful Borg, Q, Time Travel and Klingon Fan Collectives. Boasting 5 discs and 20 episodes, this is a must have for all Trek fans.

Episodes from the Alternative realities Collective Boxset Comprise of:

DISC ONE

1. Mirror, Mirror - (The Original Series)

2. Crossover - (Deep Space Nine)

3. Through The Looking Glass - (Deep Space Nine)

4. Shattered Mirror - (Deep Space Nine)

Mirror Universe featurette (Part 1)

DISC TWO

5. In A Mirror Darkly (Part 1) - (Enterprise)

6. In A Mirror Darkly (Part 2) - (Enterprise)

7. The Alternative Factor - (The Original Series)

8. Parallels - (The Next Generation)

Mirror Universe featurette (Part 2)

Parallel Dimensions featurette

DISC THREE

9. The Enemy Within - (The Original Series)

10. Turnabout Intruder - (The Original Series)

11. Frame of Mind - (The Next Generation)

12. Shattered - (Voyager)

Twisted Realities featurette

DISC FOUR

13. Yesterday's Enterprise - (The Next Generation)

14. The Inner Light - (The Next Generation)

15. The Visitor - (Deep Space Nine)

16. Before And After - (Voyager)

Alternative Lives (Part 1)

DISC FIVE

17. Timeless -(Voyager)

18. Course: Oblivion - (Voyager)

19. E2 - (Enterprise)

20. Twilight - (Enterprise)

Alternative Lives (Part 2)

STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES Season 1 on BLU RAY.

Paramount Home entertainment has produced the first season of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES in cutting edge Blu-ray technology. The box set features thrilling action adventures with the USS Enterprise 1701 encountering warp technological worlds, disturbed minds, doomsday weapons and enemies of galactic peace. This box set is available in stores to buy from April 27th 2009.

Boasting superior picture and pristine audio for the best possible home viewing experience, the Blu-ray seven disc set includes all 29 first season episodes and a whole host of special features.

Starring one of the most enduring casts in television history led by William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan and Nichelle Nichols, STAR TREK is a worldwide phenomenon and served as a launching pad for numerous spin-off series and feature films. These classic first season episodes started it all, introducing the world to Kirk, Spock and the rest of the Enterprise’s iconic crew.

The first season Blu-ray release of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES features brand-new technology that provides fans with the best of both worlds by giving them the option to view re-mastered episodes (or view them as originally televised) and hear a newly enhanced soundtrack or opt for the original version.

Viewers will also be able to select either version to view or toggle back and forth between the newly enhanced visual effects found on the remastered episodes and the original broadcast episode effects. Also for the first time, fans will be able to enjoy the series in 7.1 DTS-HD English Master Audio, the best sound format possible, but still have the option of selecting the original mono sound heard on the first television airings decades ago.

As part of the special features, select episodes include the “Starfleet Access” bonus content. By choosing the “Starfleet Access” option, viewers will be able to watch the selected episodes with special pop-up trivia and picture-in-picture video commentaries. The set also includes an interactive tour of the Starship Enterprise, rare on-set home movie footage, an inside perspective on what it took to transport Trek into the 21st century and much more.

Episodes from STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES Season 1 Boxset Comprise of:

DISC ONE

1. The Man Trap

2. Charlie X

3. Where No Man Has Gone Before

4. The Naked Time

Special Feature: Preview trailers for each episode

Special Feature: Spacelift: Transporting Trek Into The 21st Century

Special Feature: Starfleet Access episode – Where No Man Has Gone Before.

DISC TWO

5. The Enemy Within

6. Mudd's Women

7. What Are Little Girls Made Of?

8. Miri

9. Dagger Of The Mind

Special Feature: Preview trailers for each episode.

DISC THREE

10. The Corbomite Maneuver

11. The Menagerie (Part 1)

12. The Menagerie (Part 2)

13. The Conscience Of The King

Special Feature: Preview trailers for each episode

Special Feature: Reflections on Spock

Special Feature: Starfleet Access episode – The Menagerie, Parts 1 & 2.

DISC FOUR

14. Balance Of Terror

15. Shore Leave

16. The Galileo Seven

17. The Squire of Gothos

Special Feature: Preview trailers for each episode

Special Feature: Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner

Special Feature: Starfleet Access episode – Balance of Terror.

DISC FIVE

18. Arena

19. Tomorrow Is Yesterday

20. Court Martial

21. The Return Of The Archons

Special Feature: Preview trailers for each episode

Special Feature: To Boldly Go…Season One

Special Feature: The Birth of a Timeless Legacy.

DISC SIX

22. Space Seed

23. A Taste Of Armageddon

24. This Side Of Paradise

25. The Devil In The Dark

Special Feature: Preview trailers for each episode

Special Feature: Interactive Enterprise Inspection

Special Feature: Sci-Fi Visionaries

Special Feature: Starfleet Access episode – Space Seed.

DISC SEVEN

26. Errand Of Mercy

27. The Alternative Factor

28. The City On The Edge Of Forever

29. Operation - Annihilate!

Special Feature: Preview trailers for each episode
Special Feature: Billy Blackburn’s Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
Special Feature: Kiss ‘N’ Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
Special Feature: Starfleet Access episode – Errand of Mercy.

Go where no fan has gone before when Paramount Home Entertainment debuts the STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION in a BLU RAY 7 disc Box Set due to hit the stores by the 27th April 2009. Available for the first time in high definition, the STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION features the first six Star Trek films, which have been digitally remastered in high definition, including a fully restored version of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. With new 7.1 Dolby TrueHD audio and over 14 hours of special features, including 2 ½ hours of all-new material.

The collection also includes a bonus disc entitled “Star Trek: The Captains’ Summit that features a 70-minute exclusive round table discussion hosted by Whoopi Goldberg in which William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes share candid moments and intimate details about life on the set.

Each film in the collection includes multiple commentary tracks and a bonus BD-Live Star Trek IQ feature. STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION is available to buy from April 27 2009.

Star Trek - The Motion Picture: Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner)is called upon to collect his old crewmates in order to save humanity from a giant, hostile alien vessel steadily approaching Earth and destroying everything in its path.

The Wrath Of Khan: It is the 23rd century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training manoeuvres, and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this inspection may well be the last space mission of his career. But Khan is back...

The Search For Spock: Spock is dead and McCoy is inexplicably being driven insane: McCoy is harbouring Spock's living essence. With one friend alive and one not, but both in pain, Kirk attempts to help his friends by stealing the USS Enterprise and defying Starfleet's Genesis planet quarantine.

The Voyage Home: It's the 23rd century and a mysterious alien power is threatening Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In a frantic attempt to save mankind, Kirk and his crew must time travel back to 1986 San Francisco...

The Final Frontier: It's Stardate 8454.130 and a vacationing Captain Kirk faces two challenges: Climbing Yosemite's El Capitan and teaching campfire songs to Spock. But vacations are cut short when a renegade Vulcan hijacks the Enterprise, and pilots it on a journey to uncover the universe's innermost secrets.

The Undiscovered Country: After years at war, the Federation and the Klingon empire prepare for a peace summit. When a Klingon ship is attacked and the Enterprise is held accountable, the dogs of war are unleashed again, as both worlds brace for what may be their final, deadly encounter...

STAR TREK; THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION IN BLU RAY:

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Special features

The Captains' Summit.

Watch Long and Prosper, Trekkers.

Star Trek XI hits the Big Screen on May 8th 2009

2009-03-17T22:52:00.017Z

The word is out, life aboard the new Starship Enterprise NCC 1701 trailer 3 is creating one hellulva cosmic explosion. Earth is being assimulated, resistance is futile, the new movie is capturing the minds of people already proclaiming themselves won over thanks to J.J. Abrams Star Trek creation. However, some die hard Trekkies are worried about Star Treks space time continuum being interfered with, like no-one better mess with the Final Frontier right? Others reason it out as being an alternate universe sequel to Nemesis which is interesting since Star Trek XI is a prequel. Check out the USS Kelvin below. Its Battlestations everyone, we've got incoming phaserfire!!!

"Scotty I need warp speed in two minutes or we're all dead!" Spock realises they're sitting ducks and leaves the bridge for Main Engineering. McCoy stops him in his tracks.
"Your'e not going in there!" Spock doesn't hesitate.
"You may well be right, what is Mr Scotts condition?"
The Doctor looks at Scotty who has collapsed from radiation contamination but its too late. He was taken by complete surprise. The sneaky vulcan torpedoes Dr Leonard H. McCoy with a vulcan nerve pinch and transfers his katra to the new keeper.
"I'm sorry, Doctor, I have no time to explain this logically."

Remember?

Image Owner and Creator PARAMOUNT PICTURES. 2009.

Isn't it awesome that during the first 24 hours on Apple.com the new trailer broke all exhisting records on the site with 1.8 million downloads and five million downloads after five days. So whats the big deal about J.J Abrams new Star Trek motion picture? Lets check our tricorders and warp back in time. Knowledge of future events and Badass characters seem key in exposing the crew of USS Enterprise to grave danger but what methods will inexperienced young Kirk exercise to protect the curvature of the space time continuum from being altered? To put this in perspective, James Kirk earned a reputation for himself at the academy for having been the only cadet to have beaten the "no win" Kobayashi Maru scenario. The guy doesn't like to lose and won a commendation for original thinking. So will this Captain Kirk step up to the deckplates or crumble under the pressure?

Owner and Creator PARAMOUNT PICTURES 2009.

It looks like JJ Abrams and Paramount Pictures have gone all out to appeal to a wider audience with the new young crew of the USS Enterprise. I've always been a Star Trek fan, actually I'm proud to call myself a Trekkie. Star trek fan or non-Trekkie, reactions to Paramount's third trailer are creating quite a stir on youtube. Its got enemies of galactic peace, a slightly unhinged lunatic who'd love to sear out the eyeballs of one particular James T. Kirk but then remember Chang, Kruge and Khan? Its seems Kirk makes a lasting impression. Young Starfleet cadets are bound to have doubts about themselves and each other especially when its their first mission. The interesting aspect about this new starship USS Enterprise NCC 1701 is their young crew and hanky panky aboard ship. I guess the crews passions won't be the only ones running high when Star Trek XI hits the big screens on May 8th. I can't wait to see the movie and heaven help the poor guy drifting in space. Why me? Exploring space is dangerous business but is'nt it exciting?

Live Long and Prosper Trekkers and Trekkies.

Star Trek XI Trailer 3 in Full HDTV.

2009-03-13T02:31:00.005Z

Live Long and prosper Trekkers! Enjoy your Star Trekking!

Chekovs Betrayal (A Gift for Kirk Part 2)

2009-03-03T07:08:00.019Z

Goddess of Sci-Fi got me started on this. I've continued the trekkie animation with madman Chekov wreaking havock on the universe and making enemies everywhere. Now the Klingons are mad. How will Spock cope with Captain Kirk missing in action? Here's your chance to create strange new lifeforms waging glorious space battles with enemies of galactic peace, so go forth trekkies and save the universe! The fabric of reality is depending on you! Its free and fun.

Spacerguy's Animation

Live Long and Prosper Trekkers.

Picard and Riker are assassinated.

2009-02-23T23:25:00.014Z

Owner and Creator Zero G

Worf and K'Ehleyr have slaughtered their Federation masters! What happened to the good old days (nostalgia) when Worf was the good guy? Here's a glimpse at Picard's and the Rikers futures had K'Ehleyr lived.

TRANSLATED FROM KLINGONESE

Worf and K'Ehleyr are a stunning couple, but only if they're feeling merciful.....

Klingon female: "HEY!! Handsome, that's MY Heart!!! Hunt your own trophies!!"

Klingon male: "What?!! Oh. You are indeed correct Fair One. An honest mistake! I thought it was one of my Kills. But stay, there are more than enough Humans to go around. I will share MY heart with you."

Klingon female: "I'd wager you say that to ALL the females, you heartbreaker you!"

Klingons do not take prisoners....

Captain Korris: It is only an empty shell now. Please treat it as such.....

Live Long and Prosper Trekkers and Trekkies.

Wordle

2009-02-18T02:20:00.008Z

Wordle

Now make it so!

Live Long and Prosper Earthlings!

Koko and Bill make a Special Connection.

2009-01-30T01:04:00.017Z

Hi Trekkies and Trekkers, Here’s a detailed account of William Shatner's Intimate Real Life experience with Koko the Gorilla.

I was permitted to visit Koko the gorilla in her quarters and Koko was an extraordinary animal who had learned to communicate with human beings. She was able to sign more than 600 hundred words but more impressively as her handlers told me, she understood the meaning of those words. She knew the signs for water and for bird and the first time she saw a duck landing on a lake she signed "waterbird." That displayed a synthesis of knowledge, so you see, she was obviously very intelligent. I was allowed to go to her compound and enter a room with her all alone, as I walked into that room I was reminded she was an imposing, powerful animal. Smaller gorillas had been known to tear off mens arms in anger.

Watch Bill and Koko

I'm not often afraid but truthfully I was frightened. There’s a form of acting that teaches. Feel it and say it and that feeling will be revealed through your words. The English form is quite different. Say it and then you feel it. To deal with my fear of this magnificent animal as i got closer and closer to it, I found myself saying, I love you Koko, I love you. I said it earnestly and honestly and I looked directly into her eyes as I spoke. I crouched over a little to show submission moving forwards rather than backwards to show I was not afraid.

Over and over I repeated "I Love You Koko, I Love You." and as I said it I began to feel that love, finally I stopped directly in front of her and looked into her deep brown eyes and I saw her furrowed brow and enormous hands "I Love You Koko" and with that she reached out and grabbed me by my balls and looked me right in the eyes and after a slight pause in a substantially higher voice, I tried to repeat, "I love you Koko" Obviously these words had more significance than a few seconds earlier.

Live Long and Prosper, Trekkies and Trekkers.