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High Definition: Men of a Certain Age
8 December 2009 1:10 AM, PST
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Last night, Ray Romano returned to television in the new TNT dramedy, Men of a Certain Age, and everybody did not love him. TV veterans Romano, Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, Enterprise) and Andre Braugher (Homicide: Life on the Street) play a trio of college buddies now in their late 40s, struggling with where life has taken them. Each has a piece of the American dream, but for none of them is it enough.
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Star Trek: Enterprise: Scott Bakula on Movie Shoutout and What Might Have Been
7 December 2009 11:13 AM, PST
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Though Scott Bakula's Star Trek: Enterprise only lasted four seasons (versus other Treks that lasted seven), no one can accuse the actor of resting on his laurels.
Since the end of Enterprise, Bakula has had recurring roles on Chuck, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and State of the Union, and co-starred in The Informant feature film. He's now got a starring role as past-his-prime actor Terry in TNT's new dramady, Men of a Certain Age.
TrekMovie recently interviewed Bakula and asked him about the brief mention of his character in the Jj Abrams Star Trek movie, in which Scotty has been punished for "losing" Admiral Archer's dog.
Scott Bakula: It went by so fast and there was so much going on that I almost didn’t think that I had heard it, because it was the dog reference and
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30 Years Ago Today 'Star Trek' Debuted on the Big Screen
6 December 2009 9:50 PM, PST
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Happy Anniversary 'Star Trek'!
On this day in 1979, Paramount Pictures released Star Trek: The Motion Picture in theaters, thus beginning three decades of 'Star Trek' on the silver screen, and culminating in this year's reboot of the franchise with director Jj Abrams' Star Trek. One might also argue that the relative financial success of Star Trek: The Motion Picture also paved the way for the franchise's return to television with Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture didn't begin as a feature film, however. The erstwhile series' extraordinary popularity in syndication prompted Paramount Pictures and Trek creator Gene Roddenberry to begin developing a new 'Star Trek Phase II' series in May 1975—part of the cornerstone of a new television network Paramount had planned. Work on the series stalled, however, when the proposed Paramount Television Service folded.
Following the landmark success of Star Wars
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Harlan Ellison Wants To Help Make Star Trek 2
1 December 2009 11:15 AM, PST
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If you don.t already know who Harlan Ellison is feel free to attach the label of .crazy old man. and click on to something else. He.s a revered science fiction writer with a penchant for cranky peculiarity. He also once wrote an episode of the original Star Trek and he.s been pissed about it ever since. His episode, .City on the Edge of Forever. (pictured right), is widely regarded as one of the best. Except by him that is. He.s pissed because Trek head honcho Gene Roddenberry made a few changes before bringing his story to air. For instance, Roddenberry wasn.t that keen to turn the Enterprise crew into murderous drug dealers.
Now though, Harlan Ellison wants back in to the Trek universe. Speaking out on his blog (seemingly transported onto the internet direct from the year 1992) he says, .I would jump at the chance
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Men Of A Certain Age Preview
27 November 2009 9:02 AM, PST
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TNT, who are doing pretty well in terms of original shows by my score, have a new show premiering December 7th at 10/9c, and it looks like another effort with serious potential. Men of a Certain Age stars Ray Romano, Scott Bakula, and Andre Braugher, and I like the general look of things.
While I haven't had a chance to view a complete episode yet, I've seen a lot of clips and talked to several people, and I think the character interplay is going to make for a very solid show. Check out some clips and mark your calendar. Better yet, set your Tivo to record the show here.
John Lennon once wrote, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” For three men entering the second act of their lives, those words are starting to hit home in TNT’s newest original series, Men Of A Certain Age.
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- Marc Eastman
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A Quantum Leap Gave Scott Bakula His 'Hollywood Breakthrough'
24 November 2009 2:02 PM, PST
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By Scott Bakula (to Eric Estrin)
In the series for which he’s best known, Scott Bakula’s time-traveler character kept zapping into different times and places out of his own control. Now, after memorable turns on both “Quantum Leap” and Upn’s “Star Trek: Enterprise,” Bakula is set to co-star with Ray Romano and Andre Braugher in what could be another long-running series, “Men of a Certain Age,” which premieres Dec. 7 on TNT.
He spoke with Eric Estrin about driving the “Shenandoah” tour bus, auditioning long-distance and getting beat out for
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- Lew Harris
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The apocalypse goes "1970s pop sci-fi" in The Arcadian
24 November 2009 11:38 AM, PST
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The Arcadian is an upcoming post-apocalyptic adventure that follows actor J. Larose (of Saw III, Saw IV, and Repo! The Genetic Opera fame) as an enigmatic warrior called "The Lighthouse Keeper" who goes on a quest for "revenge and redemption in a strange future world" we're told is "reminiscent of wild 1970s pop sci-fi."
Inspired in equal parts by samurai movies, rock operas, and underground comics, we're told that the visual world of The Arcadian will be an homage to the work of underground illustrators and be something quite unique due to the fact that it was shot entirely on a Canon 5D Mark II camera - chosen for its unparalleled low-light sensitivity.
The Arcadian has just wrapped principle photography and is heading into an intense round of post. It is due Q2, 2010.
To make up for the fact that we have no detailed plot synopsis yet, we've included a
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Star Trek: boldly going where no hot young body has gone before
18 November 2009 4:36 AM, PST
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Jj Abrams's shiny, sexy revamp of the sci-fi classic is out on DVD this week. But if you don't want to fritter away 127 minutes of your time on it, try this condensed screenplay instead
Star TrekBy Paul MacInnes, with apologies to Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and, of course, Gene Roddenberry
Scene 1
Ext: Night. Or day. It's hard to tell in the depths of Space. The good ship USS Enterprise is Bombing along like a Mazda MX5. The only difference is no one's playing Snow Patrol out of the window.
Cut to Int: The bridge of the Enterprise. Imagine a fashionable nightclub full of the Hottest Bodies, clad in something Skintight. Then substitute glow-in-the-dark cocktails for phaser guns, and you're pretty much there.
James Tiberius Kirk stands, legs akimbo, on the bridge. He graduated from the Star Fleet academy 24 Minutes Ago and is now captain of the Enterprise. He looks sexy.
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- Paul MacInnes
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ComicMix Six: Classic 'Star Trek' comics you should read
17 November 2009 6:57 AM, PST
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After growing up from the little science-fiction show Gene
Roddenberry created in the 1960s, the venerable Star Trek franchise in recent years had just about worn out its
welcome in the eyes of all but its most devoted followers. Enter J.J. Abrams and
his high-octane, supercharged re-imagining of the classic series, resulting in
one of 2009’s most commercially and critically successful films, released today on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Star Trek’s
unprecedented popularity at the box office has also revitalized interest in
past adventures of Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Many such tales have been chronicled in comics form
since the 1960s—while the classic series was still on the air! After
boldly going into our vast archives, we have emerged with six stories that we
consider worthy representatives of the more than four decades of Star Trek comics history.
In order of publication:
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- Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
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'Star Trek' Gets Re-Energized on Blu-ray
16 November 2009 9:45 PM, PST
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Franchise reboots have become a go-to moneymaker for Hollywood in the past few decades. Find a popular, but overexposed series of films that has all but breathed its last breath. Add a new cast of pretty, bankable faces, updated and explosive special effects and a script that toes the line between tribute and parody, stir, and hope audiences will show up for the results. But nine times out of ten, a franchise reboot pales in comparison to the original and succeeds at little but making the audience long for the movies they initially loved. Thankfully, J.J. Abrams' reboot of the 'Star Trek' saga avoids all of these pitfalls and emerges as a smart, fun and original version of the world of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Star Trek starts from the very beginning as George Kirk is named captain of the Enterprise for 12 minutes before a tragic
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Win the New Star Trek : The Art of The Film Book
16 November 2009 7:09 AM, PST
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As the new Star Trek film by J.J. Abrams warps onto Blu-ray Disc and DVD (read our Blu-ray review), Titan Books is releasing the perfect companion book on November 17 titled Star Trek: The Art of The Film.
I have three copies of this new book, one each to be awarded to a trio of winners of this contest. Send in the completed form below for a chance to win. Feel free to return any or every day the contest is running to enter again and up the odds of winning.
Director J.J. Abrams' new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, Star Trek features a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before, as it tells the story of how the brash Starfleet cadet James T. Kirk first meets a Vulcan named Spock, and earns the Captain's chair of the Starship Enterprise. The
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CinemaSpy Exclusive 'Star Trek' Prize Pack Giveaway
15 November 2009 10:05 PM, PST
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Thanks to Titan Publishing and Paramount Home Entertainment, CinemaSpy is giving away two prize packs, each consisting of a copy of last summer's Star Trek feature film — directed by Jj Abrams — on Blu-ray, along with the hardcover book, "Star Trek: The Art of the Film".
That's right, we're giving away both together! While some of our esteemed online colleagues last week announced giveaways of the book by itself, this is your chance to win both the book and the movie in one package. Imagine flipping through the pages of Titan's impressive coffee table art book while watching the film in glorious high definition!
This is a great combo for two lucky winners. You can enter our contest one of two ways:
1.) Head over to our Twitter page, follow us (if you don't already) and re-tweet the following:
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Contest: Win Star Trek: The Art of The Film!
15 November 2009 8:04 PM, PST
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Star Trek, one of the biggest movies of the summer, is coming to DVD and Blu-ray on November 17 and we have a very special prize to give away to our readers. We're giving away copies of a brand new book, Star Trek: The Art of the Film, a wonderful new film companion book. You know these books will go fast, so be sure to enter this contest today.
Winners Receive:
- Star Trek: The Art of the Film companion book
to win this fantastic new book today.
Star Trek : The Art of the Film
Director J.J. Abrams' new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, Star Trek features a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before, as it tells the story of how the brash Starfleet cadet James T. Kirk first meets a Vulcan named Spock, and earns the Captain's chair of the Starship Enterprise.
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Collider Holliday Giveaway - Don’t Buy Presents! Win Free DVDs, Video Games and Books From Us!
15 November 2009 3:32 PM, PST
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With the holiday’s fast approaching and everyone struggling to find enough money to buy presents, we’ve come up with a novel way to save money…get free stuff from us! Thanks to a bunch of PR films, I’ve got a huge box filled with DVDs, video games, and books and I’m going to give everything away to our readers. So if you’d like to know what you could win and how to enter, just hit the jump for all the info:
Here’s what you need to know:
If you want to win any of the items, you’ll need to do two things. The first is email thecollidermailbox@gmail.com with your name and address and say Holiday Giveaway in the headline. The second thing you’ll need to do is become a fan of Collider on Facebook (the Collider Facebook widget is at
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- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
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Moon, Star Trek and Sunshine Cleaning | DVD reviews
14 November 2009 4:07 PM, PST
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Fans of such thoughtful Seventies sci-fi fare as Solaris and Silent Running should be counting down to the release of Moon (2009, Sony, 15), a throwback to the days when the genre was more interested in the loneliness of the inner self than the slam-bam spectacle of outer space. Sam Rockwell channels the rumpled spirit of Bruce Dern as the solitary astronaut doing a three-year stretch on the lunar surface in service of a sinister corporation. With an onboard computer his only companion (Kevin Spacey, sounding like Hal's softer sibling), our antihero falls apart, plagued by visions of a mysterious doppelganger. It's hauntingly poignant stuff – intriguing, intelligent and an exciting first feature for Duncan Jones, who continues the creative legacy of his famously marooned pop cosmonaut father, "Major Tom".
More ripping, but no less rewarding, is Star Trek (2009, Paramount, 12), a smart franchise reboot from Jj Abrams which puts a 21st-century spin on the age-old wagon train.
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News: Trek Creator becomes part of TV Hall of Greats
10 November 2009 12:32 PM, PST
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TrekMovie.com notes that Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is being inducted into the TV Hall of Fame. Sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Hall of Fame honors those who have "....challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally by doing so," they said in a press release.
In regards to Roddenberry,
The legacy of two-time Primetime Emmy Award-nominee Gene Roddenberry continues to flourish as the “Star Trek” franchise he created has reached 10 theatrical movies, seven television series and numerous merchandising and ancillary businesses–all of which maintain the late producer’s vision of the future. Often affectionately referred to as the “Great Bird of the Galaxy,” Roddenberry led a life as colorful and exciting as almost any high adventure fiction. It wasn’t until 1966, when Roddenberry created and produced the original “Star Trek,” that he found his voice in Hollywood.
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Win a Copy of ‘Star Trek: The Art of the Film’
9 November 2009 7:59 PM, PST
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Ok, gang, here’s a Screen Rant giveaway that you’re really going to want to enter: Thanks to Titan Books we’re giving away Five (5) copies of Star Trek: The Art of the Film. It’s the official book chronicling the art used in the production of J.J. Abrams’ hit rebirth of the franchise we know and love: Star Trek. This contest is open to everyone, all over the world, so that’ll make you overseas readers happy.
Here’s the official description of the book:
Director J.J. Abrams’ new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, Star Trek features a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before, as it tells the story of how the brash Starfleet cadet James T. Kirk first meets a Vulcan named Spock, and earns the Captain’s chair of the Starship Enterprise. The film quickly became
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- Vic Holtreman
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Star Trek (2009) Blu-ray Review
6 November 2009 10:56 PM, PST
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Space. The Final Frontier. A place few were willing to venture with the last two Star Trek: The Next Generation helmed films. On virtual life support, J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot collaborators reinvented the iconic franchise into something hardened Star Trek fans and casual moviegoers without an ounce of prior interest in the series could equally digest and enjoy. His efforts carried Star Trek into a new frontier of success and riches at the 2009 box office, to a place where Paramount's treatment of the Blu-ray Disc release should . and marvelously does - fall into the esteemed category of exemplary.
Star Trek's reboot begins with a huge bang, a knockout prologue that chronicles the birth of James T. Kirk and the death of his father, a Starship Captain (for twelve minutes), all during a surprise attack by a renegade Romulan Nero (Eric Bana). Flash forward a quarter of a
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Zoe Saldana Talks Avatar, The Losers, and Star Trek 2
27 October 2009 4:44 AM, PDT
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Zoe Saldana is certainly getting her fanboy credits in order. There's James Cameron's upcoming Avatar later this year, the comic book adaptation The Losers next year, and a Star Trek sequel likely arriving in 2012. Saldana spoke with E!Online and revealed she has watched some scenes from Cameron's much-anticipated Avatar.
Just last Friday, I went to Fox and Jim was able to show me scenes along with [composer] James Horner's music incorporated in it. O-m-g is all I'm going to say.
Saldana was a little more forthcoming about The Losers, which follows a CIA black ops team seeking revenge after being left for dead, that co-stars Watchmen's Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
I play a toughass broad — sort of like a viper, snaky girl. Guys find it really sexy when they see a girl hanging from wires with guns. They even like it more when there's a girl-on-guy fight and
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- Ryan Gowland
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Star Trek The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection Blu-ray Review
22 October 2009 2:59 PM, PDT
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Paramount set a high bar with the Star Trek Movie Collection featuring the original series cast earlier this year. Those standards carry through to the second half of the complete series run, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection.
This series of films 7-10 begins with a passing of the torch from Kirk to Picard in Generations and then moves full warp ahead with the new cast in fan-favorite and my pick for the best film in the set, First Contact. Insurrection represents a creative step back for the franchise with less mass appeal, and the darker Nemesis is the most forgettable live action Star Trek film and consequently was the last before the J.J. Abrams reboot in early 2009.
The Next Generation DVD transfers were heavily knocked for being overly digitally manipulated with less than stellar results. Paramount has applied some slight artificial cleansing in the form of
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