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I wonder how Alec explains his cloak of secrecy to new "donors" he his hustling up at cons these days. "Like my FaceBook Page!" - but you have to be an approved "donor" first. "Follow me on Twitter!" - but only if I follow you back. It's bizarre, and must be off putting for a lot of potential "donors". "I'm awesome!" - but you can't find me online. Good luck with that.
"Don't look for us online, you'll just find all those hater pages filled with the truth about what we're doing."
 
I wonder how Alec explains his cloak of secrecy...

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At this point it's becoming "stunt casting." Shatner will be a creative consultant before they're done. :lol:
I think it's more like how Marvel has Stan Lee as an exec producer on all their films. He's not doing much but it's an homage.
 
I don't know whether he is a fan or not. But he definitely doesn't seem to "get" Star Trek.
Everyone "gets" it in their own way. David Gerrold says he decides who gets Star Trek and that is also a lie because everyone likes different things about it. You know, IDIC and everything.

Peters' version of Star Trek seems to be pewpew over character (a lot like JJ's).
 
Everyone "gets" it in their own way. David Gerrold says he decides who gets Star Trek and that is also a lie because everyone likes different things about it. You know, IDIC and everything.

Peters' version of Star Trek seems to be pewpew over character (a lot like JJ's).

Nothing JJ produced ever came close to this Middle School fan wank.
 
I dunno. Second movie was pretty fanwank. Spock screaming Kahn and magic blood and a tribble in for good measure.
How are magic blood and a tribble fanwank?
The plot made no sense and tried to mimic a better movie.
Not seeing the mimicry there, plotwise. They shared some characters and had that one "homage". The plot made about a much sense as most Trek outings.
 
What I find a bit funny is the accusation that "Into Darkness" was pure "fan-wank" when that kind of fan service has long been a part of Star Trek. Re-hashing popular plots, bringing back popular characters, leveraging well-received ideas and even calling back phrases and dialog with a not so subtle wink at the audience.

I actually thought Into Darkness was a pretty good movie. It had a lot to say about the militarization of the government, overreach of power, and other, smaller bits of social commentary.

Yes, they wrapped it in a "Wrath of Khan" package and filled with over-the-top action, but watch those two movies back to back and you realize that outside of "that one scene" and a few characters they really don't have anything in common.

Also, "that one scene" I thought was played well, and the reversal worked brilliantly in my eyes...

In TWOK it was the culmination of their friendship, with Kirk losing his best friend and coming to terms with his old age in a harsh and sudden way. in ID it was Kirk's death that made the emotionless Spock realize just how much he valued him as a friend-- particularly poignant after not-so-subtly saying that he didn't need any friends. It was Kirk's "death" that solidified their friendship, in fact.
 
Seeing as we're talking about ID - anybody notice how Khan roll's his eyes and has a look of disbelief when Kirk tells him how he did the aerojump in the previous film?

Even a madman would seemingly not do that...!
 
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