Oh man the new Star Trek movie is gonna be awesome

[TheStinger]

Spock was a smiling dude in the pilot. I can't see a problem with chnaging a few things. It's not like they are going to make Kirk a Kilingon

[Straybow]

...and Jolene Blalock was oiling her skin like a pron* in the pilot episode of ENT. That didn't bode well for the series, and this initial opinion held true.

[Donegeal]

Winnona Ryder Cast as Spock's Mother

Winona Ryder Goes Trekking

For Winona Ryder, it's a fine line between pixie-like and Vulcanesque.

The actress has become the latest boldface name attached to J.J. Abrams' highly anticipated reboot of the Star Trek franchise, signing on to star as mother to a young Spock.

It will be Ryder's biggest studio film since 2002, when the two-time Oscar nominee costarred in Mr. Deeds with Adam Sandler and S1m0ne with Al Pacino. Ryder laid low for several years following her shoplifting arrest and has only appeared in a handful of mostly independent films, most notably in Richard Linklater's 2006 rotoscope-animated feature, A Scanner Darkly.


Variety reports the erstwhile Heathers star will play the Vulcan mother of the Starfleet logician, sending Trekkers into a tizzy. Abrams is messing with a key element of the Star Trek canon: In all previous installments of the franchise, Spock's mother was human, not Vulcan (the pointy ears come courtesy of his father's side of the family).

"I'm not a Winona hater...but Spock's mom isn't Vulcan, isn't brunette, and isn't the type that Winona is good at," a user going by the name Toroth's 1st Officer posted in response to the announcement on a thread entitled "What the F---!" on TrekWeb.com.

Meanwhile, a seeming voice of reason, posting under the name VoR, tried to assuage fan fears.

"Sometimes I think that half the Trekkie population is hard-wired to overreact to any bit of news," they wrote. "Chill. It'll be okay."

Meanwhile, on the Trek BBS message boards, fans seemed unperturbed by the backstory gaffe, focusing instead on the casting of Ryder.

"I could see WInona as a Vulcan, she has a certain face that would lend itself well...Of course, Amanda isn't a Vulcan, but still," posted Stone Cold Sisko.

A user going by the name jon1701, one of the scant few Trekkies who no longer seems to be holding Alien: Resurrection against the thesp, provided one of the most positive reactions to the casting news.

"I think she'll be good," he wrote. "The prop department might have to keep an eye on her though."

As conceived by Trek mastermind Gene Rodenberry, Spock's mother was Amanda Grayson, a teacher who met and married Sarek, the Vulcan Ambassador to Earth. The two later decamped to planet Vulcan. Spock's maternal unit was first introduced in a 1967 episode of the original series and portrayed by actress Jane Wyatt. Wyatt reprised the role in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

The 36-year-old Ryder will mother Heroes' Zachary Quinto, an actor just six years her junior. It's unclear whether movie makeup magic will make up the age difference or whether Ryder's character will only appear in flashback. Original Spock Leonard Nimoy is also slated to appear in a cameo role, though it's unclear in what capacity.

No official details have been released about the film's plot, other than it will revolve around the Starship Enterprise crew's first mission together.

Ryder's addition signals the end of casting. In recent weeks, Abrams beamed up Chris Pine (Kirk), Karl Urban (Dr. McCoy), Simon Pegg (Scotty), John Cho (Sulu), Zoe Saldana (Uhura), Anton Yelchin (Chekov) and Eric Bana (the nefarious Nero) to the film.

Shooting is scheduled to begin on the film this month and is expected to last through March 2008. The film is slated for a Christmas 2008 release.

[snoopy369]

1. Spock's mother is a human.

2. WTF "Trek BBS"? These people a few decades behind

[Zkribbler]

This is troubling. IMHO, Winona Ryder is one of the best actresses in Hollywood. If her comeback attempt is screwed upon because the yoyos making this movie know or care nothing about Star Trek, I will be very pizzed.

[PLATO]

Originally posted by snoopy369
1. Spock's mother is a human.

2. WTF "Trek BBS"? These people a few decades behind

QFT

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
This is troubling. IMHO, Winona Ryder is one of the best actresses in Hollywood. If her comeback attempt is screwed upon because the yoyos making this movie know or care nothing about Star Trek, I will be very pizzed.

She couldn't even act well enough to get out of a shoplifting charge ... I mean, how hard is that

[Zkribbler]

Okay then, you explain how you just happen to have $5,500 worth of unpaid-for merchandise on you.

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by jkp1187
The show runs four times as long as the original series did...?

Ah, but the fans of the old BSG don't really like the new one, some even loathe it. That wasn't an issue because hardly anyone liked old BSG. The current Trek canon has a huge fanbase, however, and that's the people who are going to be watching. Therefore throwing out the canon might not work out as well.

[DanQ]

I wish I could be as optimistic about this as you, Lonestar, but I'm not.

[Zoid]

I have a bad feeling also...

[Deity Dude]

Re: Oh man the new Star Trek movie is gonna be awesome

Originally posted by Lonestar

I smell Emmy.

I smell the toilet after having to clean up the vommit from watching it.

But thats just an opinion.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Vesayen
The last 3 star trek movies were cinematic abortions, each worse then the last. I hoped they would let it die. The new one will suck so badly it will make the old startrek ones worse simply for existing.

QFT.

There hasn't been a decent Star Trek movie since The Search for Spock.

[Dinner]

For some odd reason I felt compelled to post this picture.



Kirk and Spock travel to another galaxy where they find English speaking Nazis have taken over the world. Strange but true plot line.

[Deity Dude]

The Zion Pigs