Leonard Nimoy to Play Spock in Next Star Trek Movie

mcgrew writes "The AP is reporting that Leonard Nimoy will 'don his famous pointy ears again' in the next Star Trek movie, due out Christmas of next year. From the article: 'He greeted the crowd with a Vulcan salute. Nimoy was joined by the newly named young Spock, "Heroes" star Zachary Quinto [Sylar], who bears an uncanny resemblance to Nimoy. Both Spocks were introduced by the film's director and co-producer, J.J. Abrams.'"

Re:The need for money outweighs the need for digni

[AKAImBatman]

In my heart, I hope this movie doesn't suck...

Highly illogical. Star Trek has been headed by Rick Berman since the latter years of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In that time, Berman did everything possible to destroy the show. Logic dictates that a producer will actual talent could not perform worse than Berman.

Of further note, well-known scifi producer J. Michael Straczynski pitched a similar "reboot [typepad.com]" of the Star Trek mythos, suggesting that a good portion of talented scifi producers are of the same line of thought: Berman has done irreparable damage to the franchise already.

Bones: "I don't see any pointy ears on your head boy, but you sound like a Vulcan!"

Re:The need for money outweighs the need for digni

[MightyMartian]

Highly illogical. Star Trek has been headed by Rick Berman since the latter years of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In that time, Berman did everything possible to destroy the show. Logic dictates that a producer will actual talent could not perform worse than Berman.

Let's be fair here. Berman did a lot to get rid of the corny Roddenberryisms of ST:NG. The problem became evident when it was clear that he had nothing beyond what he had done for ST:NG, so just kept going down the same road, endlessly repeating the plot lines with ever-decreasing effectiveness. It was tolerable during the ST:DS9, mainly because the writing was reasonably good and the characters sufficiently interesting to hold our attention. He probably should have walked away, or been pushed out at that point, because Voyager was an absolute load of crap and Enterprise was just godawful.

I still think it's too soon after the Enterprise debacle to be doing anything. I think a good decade ought to pass before anyone lights the fires again. Let some new talent in the door. But this idea in particular is just stupid. I know the underlying notion is to try to get old and new audiences to show up because it will have Kirk and Spock, but have it in their younger years, so as to be hip to the whole new scene, man...

Re:Prequels suck

[bckrispi]

Chewbacca is similar. There was nothing in the original to indicate he was ex-military, and he showed no mention of recognising the name 'Yoda.' His appearance didn't do much damage, but it was pointless.

Ehh? Chewbacca never heard the name 'Yoda' in the OT.

C3PO I totally agree with. In Star Wars, he was just another droid, with no real connection to the resistance other than being owned by one of its members. By the end of Return of the Jedi, he was a full-fledged active participant, and friend of the other major characters. It takes something away from the character to make him go through the same transition in the past and then wipe his memory.

R2D2 was slightly different. In Star Wars, he claimed Obi Wan was a former owner of his, and so it would make sense for him to appear with Obi Wan in a prequel. His rôle in the prequel trilogy was far too large, however, unless you accept the argument that the whole six films are really his story.

Lucas has stated for almost two decades that the entire story was seen through the droids' eyes. They are, in effect, the only ones who know the entire story.

Re:Quinto looks like Nimoy?

[sesshomaru]

Well, Nimoy did rip off his Vulcan salute from some Jewish ceremony he spied on as a child. I remember seeing that on an interview with him. He said he was a child and he wasn't supposed to peek. Here it is from Wikipedia:

The Vulcan peace sign (the Vulcan salute), employed by Spock, is a modification of the sign used by Kohens, the Jewish priestly class. Actor Leonard Nimoy devised this gesture and the accompanying greeting ("Live long and prosper," "Peace and long life") based on his own Jewish heritage. -- Spock [wikipedia.org]

Re:Photo of one Zach Quinto - yes, very Nimoy-like

[Megane]

Better picture here: http://trekmovie.com/2007/07/18/quinto-relishing-t he-spock-rumors/ [trekmovie.com]

I presume it's a photoshop, but it gives you a good idea)

Re:JJ Abrams plotlines...

[lazyforker]

It's codenamed "Cloverfield" or "1-18-08". Official trailer is at:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/ [apple.com]

Re:Illogical

[Wolfrider]

--Actually they do _experience_ annoyance -- and other emotions -- but they have to master their passions. (To paraphrase Ambassador Sarek.)
 
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