That guy's name is actually Nichols, they're just not admitting it. 
Favorite Trek Movie Rumors
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Madeline was an industrial spy.
I remember the "Uncharted Continent" reports from way back then! Now, it seems fairly obvious that this was some misinterpretation of Meyer's original desired title for TWOK ("The Undiscovered Country").
I remember the rumors for Star Trek IV that the Excelsior was going to be the new primary ship. I also remember the rumors that a major plot point would be Saavik being pregnant with Spock's child.
For Star Trek V, I remember original cast members at conventions talking about a dramatic climax where Kirk would be "trying to escape the baddie, armed with two hand phasers." This later proved to be something Shatner originally envisioned. There were also a few rumors about Gary Mitchell, given the references to "the barrier" in the early promotional material. I also remember a rumor that the Klingon involvement was because the Enterprise had been hijacked and was being taken through Klingon territory.
I also remember the Nick Meyer quote about "a little story about Spock in love" and thinking that didn't sound too particularly interesting. There were definitely rumors circulating for Star Trek VI that the whole crew would die heroically at the end. There were rumors that a huge "battle royale" would take place on an ice planet. Obviously, this was Rura Penthe...but there was certainly no battle there, unless you count Kirk kicking a beast in his kneeballs.
I remember the rumors for Star Trek IV that the Excelsior was going to be the new primary ship. I also remember the rumors that a major plot point would be Saavik being pregnant with Spock's child.
For Star Trek V, I remember original cast members at conventions talking about a dramatic climax where Kirk would be "trying to escape the baddie, armed with two hand phasers." This later proved to be something Shatner originally envisioned. There were also a few rumors about Gary Mitchell, given the references to "the barrier" in the early promotional material. I also remember a rumor that the Klingon involvement was because the Enterprise had been hijacked and was being taken through Klingon territory.
I also remember the Nick Meyer quote about "a little story about Spock in love" and thinking that didn't sound too particularly interesting. There were definitely rumors circulating for Star Trek VI that the whole crew would die heroically at the end. There were rumors that a huge "battle royale" would take place on an ice planet. Obviously, this was Rura Penthe...but there was certainly no battle there, unless you count Kirk kicking a beast in his kneeballs.
It's been as long as since the movie came out, but I think there was something about this in the novelization, or at least some dialogue hinting at it.
Of course the novels were usually based on the earliest scripts and included cut and unfilmed scenes (Sulu meeting his great great grandfather in STIV for example).
The novel I read hinted that the child may have been David's as much as it may have been Spock's. The idea being that Saavik only needed to do the hand-touch thing with Spock's mindless body, because it was, well, mindless, and Vulcans need their mind/identity/sense of self to go through a full blown Pon Farr, while Saavik had been getting it on with David from before they both transferred to the Grissom, and that was why their relationship on the Genesis planet was so strained.
I remember seeing a small item in weekly Variety in 1981 (it was on newsprint then and could be picked up at newsstands for 75c) that referred to Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Undiscovered Country.
I remember the "Uncharted Continent" reports from way back then! Now, it seems fairly obvious that this was some misinterpretation of Meyer's original desired title for TWOK ("The Undiscovered Country").
I remember seeing a small item in weekly Variety in 1981 (it was on newsprint then and could be picked up at newsstands for 75c) that referred to Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Undiscovered Country.
For a while, it was Star Trek II: The Vengeance of Khan (sometimes without the 'II') until Lucas said it would diminish the upcoming Revenge of the Jedi (which of course became Return of the Jedi).
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I remember seeing a small item in weekly Variety in 1981 (it was on newsprint then and could be picked up at newsstands for 75c) that referred to Nicholas Meyer's Star Trek II: The Undiscovered Country.
For a while, it was Star Trek II: The Vengeance of Khan (sometimes without the 'II') until Lucas said it would diminish the upcoming Revenge of the Jedi (which of course became Return of the Jedi).
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"Run to da choppa!"For real? That would have been fun to watch!