Before Shatner joined us all in on the joke and decided not to take himself seriously, he was kind of a pompous ass. We loved him for it, but that's what he was. That's never been more evident than it is in an interview on the Star Trek 5 dvd where a younger Shatner sits on top of a cliff and talks about how much he wants to make love to a mountain. No really.
The interview on its own is hilarious, but it only gets even more hilarious when you turn it into a dance mix. Yep, someone did it and here it is:
It’s Valentine’s Day weekend, and unless you want to spend the rest of the year sleeping on the couch, odds are you’re making plans to woo the special lady in your life. Or if you are that special lady, you’re making plans to sit back and be wooed. It’s good to be a woman. Love isn’t easy and, no matter how hard we try, things don’t always go as planned. But no matter how your Valentine’s Day turns out, find solace in this simple fact: It could be worse. At least your significant other doesn’t have tentacles. These are the strangest romances in science fiction.
Starman: Jenny Loves An Alien Replica Of Her Husband
In Starman an alien (Jeff Bridges) comes to Earth and, discovering a lock of hair from a woman’s dead husband, decides to re-create himself in her deceased lover’s image. Jenny (Karen Allen) sees him and, confused and conflicted, befriends him. She helps him on his journey to leave Earth and return home, and in the process falls in love with him. But is she in love with the creature who’s impersonating the man she once loved, or is has she convinced herself that the alien is some recreation of the man she misses? Maybe it’s a little of both, but once her star man leaves the planet, this widow’s going to need a lot of therapy. more...
Historically, science fiction has been all but ignored by Hollywood's "legitimate" awards. Geeks have been forced to go to places like the Saturn Awards, for their favorite genre films to get the attention they deserve. This is the year that changed.
The 2010 Oscar Nominees were announced this morning and not one, but two science fiction films were nominated for Best Picture. The Academy's expanded ten nominee format allowed both District 9 and Avatar to get recognition. This isn't some Benjamin Button cop out either. These aren't standard, Oscar bait dramas which steal a little sci-fi ideology to bring in crowds. By any measure, both films are hard science fiction. The real deal. Geeks are taking over.
Below is the complete list of this year's Oscar nominees. In addition to Avatar and District 9 sitting comfortably in the Best Picture category, you'll see movies like Star Trek and Transformers 2 dropped in the technical categories, traditional realm of the forgotten science fiction movie. Not this year. This time it's different. more...
What happened to the Star Wars credits after they scroll out of view and fly off into the darkest reaches of outer space? A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away attacked Earth:
JJ Abrams' reboot of Star Trek debuts on DVD in just a week, and with it available to own in your home comes a bunch of mostly ridiculous tie-ins. This one is perhaps the most ridiculous, but goddammit I'm probably gonna buy them. It's ridiculously geeky cool.
Airwalk will be selling special edition Star Trek sneakers. Alright they look a lot like normal Airwalks except they're in sweet Star Trek colors. Most importantly they have the Federation logo on the tongue, which should come in handy if you're ever beamed off a Klingon warship by a Starfleet patrol vessel and need to prove that you're actually a Federation agent in disguise.
STPL x Airwalk™ Branded Sneakers are available now online and at select Payless ShoeSource stores .
You may not know who Diora Baird now, but you might have if her scene as a green-skinned Orion slave girl hadn't been cut out of JJ Abrams' Star Trek. She's not the one who Kirk bangs in Uhura's quarters, she's a different, spunky chick who Kirk encounters in the hallway and confuses for his most recent conquest because, well I guess Kirk's a racist and all green skinned people look alike to him.
Diora's scene may not have made it into the movie but now it's online and, it's definitely worth your time. She's spunky and cute and Kirk's insincerity is exactly what you'd expect. Take a look after the jump: more...
I loved JJ Abrams' reboot of Star Trek as much as anyone. But if you're like me, when you walked out of the theater this summer you couldn't help but think something was missing. No, it wasn't William Shatner. Klingons! I need Klingons like I need Scotch, and trust me, I needs me some Scotch.
Oddly enough, it seems Abrams actually intended to include Klingons in the film. In the following deleted scene (which will be included on the impending DVD), they appear with Star Trek villain Nero. Nero, rather quickly, kicks their ass. Check it out after the jump: more...
What proper sci-fi geek hasn’t dreamed of somehow talking his girlfriend into slipping into a Yeoman Rand outfit? Or as long as you’re dreaming of something that will almost certainly never happen, why not take it up a notch?
Geekologie has found Star Trek Corsets. Bountiful bosoms and Gene Roddenberry’s vision of a sexually neutered society in which woman and men are equals probably don’t go together, but maybe they should. They’ll cost you $200 a pop, and in theory you can buy them right here, though the sales page seems to have vanished.
The future is now! Paramount is planning something straight out of the 22nd century for the DVD release of the Star Trek movie. I’m not even sure how this is possible but, apparently you’ll be able to shoot Romulans using your DVD box. No, that is not a joke. Here’s the details from Variety:
With the packaging feature dubbed "augmented reality," consumers will be able to hold their disc packaging in front of any standard webcam to unlock an interactive hologram on the computer screen, through which they can tour five cabins on the Enterprise, even shooting enemies from the ship's deck.
Users will have to log in to a website to access the feature, but they control the hologram by holding the disc packaging.
"If you took the visual cue in the package and turned your hand, then you're turning the ship," Paramount homevideo senior VP of brand marketing Bob Buchi said. The technology has been used before for magazine covers and other types of product packaging, though this is a first for a major home entertainment release.
An early, primitive version of this feature can be accessed at Experience-the-Enterprise.com, and that should give you a pretty good idea of how it'll work.
Starman: Jenny Loves An Alien Replica Of Her Husband
Historically, science fiction has been all but ignored by Hollywood's "legitimate" awards. Geeks have been forced to go to places like the Saturn Awards, for their favorite genre films to get the attention they deserve. This is the year that changed.
You may not know who 
I loved JJ Abrams' reboot of Star Trek as much as anyone. But if you're like me, when you walked out of the theater this summer you couldn't help but think something was missing. No, it wasn't William Shatner. Klingons! I need Klingons like I need Scotch, and trust me, I needs me some Scotch.
The future is now! Paramount is planning something straight out of the 22nd century for the DVD release of the Star Trek movie. I’m not even sure how this is possible but, apparently you’ll be able to shoot Romulans using your DVD box. No, that is not a joke. Here’s the details from 