Debate!

Yes, I've seen it.

A top secret, unedited version of a scene from the upcoming prequel.
It went like this:

After dimming the lights in a former Desilu screening hall, an insider
guy started the projector for a small group of internet/reporter
types. Out of the darkness, we see the outlines of the Cal Northridge
campus, now fully transformed into a Starfleet Academy (built some
time after the events of the Enterprise series) which is enshrouded in
night.

Scattered, futuristic poles cast small circles of sparkly light in the
large courtyard. I must say, the effects in this part are truly next-
generation stuff. It's so foggy, and so dim, that it's just like
standing near the San Francisco waterfront in the midst of dense pea
soup.

AICN, the usual spoiler guys, has a fairly major *SPOILER* on an SFX
battle sequence from the upcoming Trek XI movie.

Do *NOT* go here if you do not wish to be *SPOILED*:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37648

Looks good!

"More" for the doom and gloomers from that "hack" Nimoy... lol!
http://trekmovie.com/2008/07/23/exclusive-interview-leonard-nimoy-excited-to-be-spock.../

TrekMovie.com: In his book "Star Trek Movie Memories," Bill Shatner talked
about going from Star Trek VI to Star Trek Generations.In Generations
everyone was new and everything looked different, he felt like a guest star
than in his own movie. In this new movie, things look different, everyone is
new, did you have a similar feeling or did you feel at home?
Leonard Nimoy: No, because I felt very much at home. Bill was dealing a set
of characters and actors that were totally foreign to him. I had a quite a
different experience in this movie. I was acting opposite characters,
although they were being played by new actors, I was acting in scenes with
characters that I recognized. I felt very much at home."

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Qapla'
Kweeg
Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal
"Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun)
1,079,252,848.8 km/h, not just a good idea, it's the law.
"So say we all!"

In TOS they had Uhura. In ENT they had Yoshi.
Why didn't they have communications officers in TNG, DS9 and VOY ?

http://trekmovie.com/2008/07/21/pegg-talks-scotty-stereotype-and-pines-kirk/

Simon Pegg, Star Trek's new Scotty and self-described Trek geek:

Wired.com: Right, but it's hard to imagine how you can play the part without
mimicking the original character. The same thing goes for Chris Pine, who
plays Captain Kirk in the new film. How do you do Kirk without doing
Shatner?

Pegg: Going into it I thought the same stuff. How are all these other actors
going to take on characters where the actor is as famous as the character?
Shatner and Nimoy, they inhabited those roles with such conviction and such
skill. All you can do is play the part in the spirit of those actors - not
take it lightly or parody it. Watching Chris Pine, and all the actors, I had
skin-tingly moments. I saw them doing their stuff and thought: They've got
this so fucking right. Chris had that swagger, and confidence, and
big-balls-ness, and I think he nailed it.

ohhh doom and gloom this movie will suck... (did I get that right?)
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lets hope wil wheaton dies after a boffo performance in the sequel.

Cheers!
Doc

There's a poll on Trekmovie.com about whether the new Trek should be
darker in tone than the other movies.

I'm of the opinion that it should. In all honesty the hopeful Utopian
Trek future doesn't look so plausible in today's world.

Do you think Kirk and Spock ever left the ship? The western town and
the villains never physically existed, but what about when they beamed
down and were in the fog?

When I was small I thought this was a terrible ep, but it holds up
well because of Chekhov getting shot and the thing about the nerve
gas. The chemistry between the characters is just perfect - it's why
we've loved the show for so long.

It's not like a good Scotsman to admit it, but I'm not up on Western
lore - weren't the Earps considered heroes by some, and not the other
way around?

Have you noticed that Spectre of the Gun has the same ending as Arena
- in both cases, Kirk is forced to fight someone, and he wins yet
refuses to kill his opponent. Then the Metrons/Melkots are convinced
that humanity is good.

You could even say Savage Curtain ends the same way except that Kirk
goes ahead and kills Col. Green. That might be justified from the
fact that he wasn't really Col. Green, but then neither was that
cowboy.

Please compare and contrast.