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2004 REGION 2 CHAPTER OF THE YEAR

NOVEMBER 2007

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James T. Kirk Spock Leonard McCoy Scotty

John Cho as Zoe Saldana as Anton Yelchin Eric Bana as

Sulu Uhura Pavel Chekov Nero

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HEPHAESTUS is the Greek name for the Roman god of the

forge, Vulcan. Birmingham has the world's largest iron statue,
that of the Roman god, Vulcan. We named our Starfleet chapter
the Hephaestus to give us ties to our city and to Star Trek, which
has had its own Vulcan since 1966. Hephaestus forged armor
and weapons for the gods. We create our own "armor and
weapons" here, in our newsletter, so it is called THE ANVIL.

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BY VICE ADMIRAL DANNY POTTS
Believe it or not, football season has ended! No, not that
wimpy Southeastern Conference stuff the amateurs play,
I’m referring the big leagues! Fifth Grade, 120-pound foot-
ball!
Some improvement over last year, we actually won two
games, and scores in just about every one we played.
Why am I sharing all this? Because those of you that
come to meetings know that we haven’t been...
With the season over, we’ll be able to put ourselves back
into things... at least until Basketball starts :)
I wanted to take a second and thank Pat Hicks for taking
the reigns of the ship while we’ve been busy with real life
stuff. It’s nice to not feel pressured to have to choose one
over the other!
As she mentions in her article, our end-of-the-year
blowout is coming up on November 17th. This is the only
party event this Holiday season. We’re combining
Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas all into one big
party, rather than thin out the crowd between all three.
If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to serve Region
Can you believe that it’s already November? Before we
know it the holidays will be here. Speaking of holidays,
remember that we are combining our Thanksgiving Feast
and our Christmas party. We’ll meet on November 17 at
2:00 PM at Pete and Sue Ellen’s. There will be turkey and
all the trimmings. If you have a favorite dish you would like
to bring, you may., but all you really need to bring is your-
self. Also, remember we will be playing the Ferengi take-
away game. If you want to participate, bring a gift under
$10.
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2, then there’s a lot of open positions at the moment.
Currently, the positions of Chief of Computer Operations,
Quartermaster and Auctioneer are all available. If you’d
like more information on these positions, contact VRC
Lucy Ferron at haisecapt@yahoo.com
The 2008 Region 2 Summit finally has a website. They’re
not taking registrations yet, due to the uncertainty of
STARFLEET’s tax situation, but you can at least go learn
about the city and the hotel! Point your web browsers at:
http://www.treknoid.com/summit2008
As I’ve mentioned before, we’re working on moving as
many people as possible to electronic Anvils. We’re down
now to less than 10 members still receiving the printed
copies. If you’ve got an internet connection that can han-
dle electronic Anvils, we’d love to bring that number
down even further. Just send me an e-mail at
TrekNoid@aol.com and I’ll switch you over. It’s really nice
to see it in full color, and I maintain a rolling nine (9)
months of Anvils at the USS Hephaestus website, located
at http://www.ussheph.org
I’m still reviewing crew members’ ranks and considering
promotions. If you have taken any Starfleet Academy
courses during April through October of this year, please
let me know. I need to know the name of the course or
courses you took and the date you completed them. Just
email the information to booklady44@charter.net.
That’s all, folks. See you at the Thanksgiving
Feast/Christmas party.
Pat Hicks
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Greetings, Party we have combined the events into one event to be

It is hard to believe that this is the 200th issue of The
Anvil. While, I have not done them all of course I have
done my share and have loved it. I have no plans to stop
any time soon either. Besides I have been told I can’t. I do
hope you have enjoyed what I have done with this
newsletter over the years. I have tried to make it some-
thing we could all enjoy and be proud of.
This year we will be doing something a bit different.
Instead of our annual Halloween party and Christmas
held November 17th at the home of Pete and Sue Ellen
Mohney. I expect this to be a fun night and do encourage
you to attend.
The deadline for the next Anvil is Tuesday November 20th.
Please get me your submissions by that date. You can
send them to me at TheAnvil@charter.net.
Dennis

Date Event/Time Location

Nov 5 Buisness Meeting Kingdom Comics 7pm
Nov 17 Fall Feast Mohney’s 2pm
Dec 3 Buisness Meeting Kingdom Comics 7pm
Dec 15 Social Meeting Mohney’s 7pm
Jan 7 Buisness Meeting Kingdom Comics 7pm
Jan 16 Social Meeting Mohney’s 7pm
Feb 4 Buisness Meeting Kingdom Comics 7pm
Feb 16 Social Meeting Mohney’s 7pm

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Evans - 11/10/2007
Green - 12/18/2007
Mangina - 01/18/2008
deGruy - 03/27/2008
Simmons - 04/12/2008
Benton - 05/24/2008
Hicks - 05/22/2008
Hurst - 05/22/2008
Greening - 05/22/2008
Lindsay - 08/03/2008
Miller - 08/04/2008
Mohney - 11/03/2007
Yawn - 11/27/2007
Potts - 02/20/2010

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Command Staff Executive Committee
Danny Potts, Vice Admiral – Captian Sue Ellen Mohney, Captain
Pat Hicks, Captain - 1st Officer Denby Potts, Rear Admiral
Dennis Evans, Fleet Captain – Second Officer Lynnette Yawn, Lt.

Sciences Navigation
Roy Green, Col - Archaeology and Anthropology Pete Mohney, Vice Admiral

Engineering
Computer Sciences Flo Hurst, Cdr.
Vacant

Communications Security
Dennis Evans, Captain, Chief Roy Green, Col, Security Intelligence, Chief
Pat Simmons, Captain Charlie Boartfield, Crewman
Melissa Boartfield, Crewman
Medical
Sheila Benton, Lt Cmdr, Chief Medical Officer, SFMD

Operations Marines
Sue Ellen Mohney, Captain, Chief of Operations and Counselor Neil Yawn, Brigadier, SFMD
Denby Potts,Rear Admiral, Ships Stores Officer and Secretary Roy Green, Col
Sheila Benton, Lt Cmdr, Stampede Coordinator, SFMD Sheila Benton, Lt. Col.
Lynnette Yawn, Lt, Ship's Galley Officer

Cadet Training Unassigned Crew and Civilians

Haley Youngblood Cadet Apparent Gloria Greening, Lt.
Matthew Potts, Cadet Recruit Nicholas Mohney, Ensign
Katrina Mohney Edward deGruy, Lt. Comm
Tara Mohney MarkAdam Miller, Lt. J.G.
Athena Youngblood Brenda Miller

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE
1.______ pirates, Vulcan’s first contact with other
lifeforms in 139954 VOD. These invaders almost
caused Vulcan to suffer xenophobia and turn to
complete isolationism.
4. With 17 across & 14 down; Stask’s greeting to 1
across before he killed their leader
7. Sister ship of Enterprise
9. Anger
12. Receptacle for housing a Vulcan’s eternal spirit
13. See 4 across
15. Disciple of Zakal who became a disciple of
Surak
17. For example, abbr.
18. Ancient Vulcan weapon with one blunt end and a
sharp bladed axe head
20. Vulcan biological mating drive culminating in pon
farr
22. Vulcan provincial capital
26. Ego
28. Kirk relinquishes it when he leaves the bridge
30. With 47 down; Earth ship which discovered a
disabled Vulcan ship in the Sol system in the year
2025,Vulcan’s first contact with humans.
31. Silicone-based crystalline-structured extremely
delicate lifeform
32. Vulcans are noted throughout the galaxy for
their advances in this science
33. Vulcan term meaning “passion’s mastery”
34. Ch’______, planet settled by Stask
35. Middle name of McCoy, to friends
37. Map, abbr.
38. The mountains of ________; where Shanaikahr
is located
39. Alert color on 8 down
40. With 36 down; IDIC credo; infinite ________ in
infinite ________
44. ________ Brownell; Enterprise’s first chief engi-
neer
45. With 14 down & 87 across; Vulcan parting wish
46. With 92 down; Spock’s mother
48. _______-interference directive
49. Vulcan poisonous lizard
50. With 102 across; Vulcan’s highest mountain
53. Sol is one, for example
54. Thing
55. Official communica tion system, with 29 down
58. Cthia; Vulcan term meaning “reality ______”
59. Southwest American state, abbr.
62. Affirmative
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63. Vulcan desert vine
64. What Eechaya is to Spock
67. Clan of the ________; founded by Kesh
68. Hall of ________, with 25 down
70. Enterprise chief medical officer
71. Ceremonial house & banquet hall at Vul can sci-
ence academy
72. Vulcan goddess of fertility
73. Vulcan legislative body
76. Helium, chemical symbol
78. Enterprise communication officer
81. With 84 across; Enterprise maps?
84. Name Spock gave to his pet Sehlat
85. Follower of Zakal, defeated by Khoteth
87. See 45 across
91. Spock’s first wife
93. Vulcan term meaning “the underliers”
94. Spock’s second bondmate
95. These guide the Enterprise through space
97. Lady ________, bonded T’Thelaih to old house
Yehenik
98. Vulcan term meaning, “what is, is”
99. Founder of Vulcan philosophy of IDIC
100. Vulcan seed-bearing plant
101. Home of Zakal; where Vulcan science acade-
my is now located
102. See 50 across
103. Place of _____ _____ _____
104. First Vulcan to cross the great desert
Down
2. First starship manned by an all-Vulcan crew
3. Noted Vulcan healer
5. Small furry rodents
6. Study of extra-terrestrial civilization
8. Home to Kirk, Spock and McCoy
10. Chemical symbol for radium
11. See 4 across
14. See 45 across
15. _______ Ut Kalifi; Vulcan rite of marriage and
challenge
16. Ch’_______; star system where Stask settled
19. Vulcan belief that these beings seeded Vulcan
21. ________ Officer, Spock’s position on the
Enterprise
23. Matter/anti-matter provides propulsion
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24. Noted educational institution
25. Last _______, Vulcan “killing gift”
27. Neighboring star system to Alpha Arietas IV
29. See 55 across
34. Where public debates are held on Vulcan
36. See 40 across
37. French saint, abbr.
39. With 43 down; yeoman promoted to transporter
chief
41. Half-dragon/half-python lifeform
42. _______ Arietas
43. See 39 down
47. See 30 across
48. Star’s death throes
51. She was bonded to old house Yehenik by Lady
Suvin
52. Vulcan term meaning “revenge worse than
death”
56. Fit together snugly, as in gears
57. Jim’s brother
60. Most feared of Vulcan’s ancient mind lords
61. Enterprise science officer
63. ______ space, Enterprise exploration area
65. Vulcan term meaning “friend, lover, brother, etc.”
66. Vulcan nocturnal predator
69. Vulcan name for its neighboring
planet, Charis
74. Vulcan term meaning “neighbor”; usually used
as an insult to out worlders
75. ______-tronics, Daytrom’s dream
77. Time period
79. Measurement of time, abbr.
80. Northern state on the Bering Strait, abbr.
82. Molten rock, after cooling; dross
83. Vulcan rite meaning divorce from all emotion
85. Vulcan term meaning “the passing on”
86. Spider-like delicate lifeform
87. I.M. ______; sublight propulsion drive
88. Ruler of Vulcan and head of house to Spock
89. Vulcan international terrorist group
90. Father of the Romulan race
92. See 46 across
96. Vulcan term meaning “the hidden”
97. Earth’s first Vulcan ambassador
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WORDSEARCH
AAmin Marritza
Aldara
Alpha Quadrant
B'Etor
Corado I Transmitter Array
Dal'Rok
Dermatiraelian Plastiscine
Differential Magnetomer
DNA Reference Scan
Energy Containment Cell
Falow
Ferengi Rules of
Acquisition
Garak
Gratitude Festival
Gul Darhe'el
Gul Dukat
Hanoli System
Hoex
Hon'Tihl
I'danian Spice Pudding
Idran
Isolinear Rods
Kalia-Nohra Syndrome
Keena
Klon Peags
Locutus of Borg
London Kings
Pottrick Syndrome
Raktajino
Retinal Imaging Scan
Trixiam Bubble Juice
Valerians
Vedek Assembly
Vedek Bareil

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Eric Bana Cast As Bad Guy Nero In New ‘Trek’ Film
Paramount Pictures today
officially announced Eric
Bana will be playing the role
of bad guy “Nero” in the
new Star Trek film.
Previous rumors had sug-
gested director J.J. Abrams
wanted to cast Russel Crowe
or Karl Urban as the film’s
main villain, but by casting
Bana his goal of casting a
big-name actor for the role seems to have been ful-
filled. Bana had starring roles in blockbusters such as
Hulk, Troy and Munich, and will next year appear
opposite Natalie Portman Scarlett Johansson in The
Other Boleyn Girl.
Nichols Wants Characters To Be ‘Heroes’ To
Actresses
Nichelle Nichols (Uhura)
and onscreen granddaugh-
ter Dana Davis held a joint
press conference at NBC
Universal, where the two
discussed their characters
on Heroes, the upcoming
Star Trek movie and their
personal affection for one
another.
“I always say I’m jealous
of Monica because if I could
pick a grandma, it would be Nichelle,” Davis said dur-
ing the lengthy chat transcribed at ENI. “When I
found out that Nichelle was joining the cast...I was
so excited and I called my manager!”
Nichols, who said she feels she has adopted Davis
the way Nana has taken in Monica and Micah,
explained that she did not know how many episodes
her recurring role on Heroes would involve but said
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Beyond the name of Nero for Bana’s character, no
other details on the film’s main villain were revealed.
In fact, the Hollywood Reporter noted today that
shrouded in so much secrecy, that many of the film’s
roles were in fact offered to actors without even
offering them a script to read. Abrams apparently
worked the same way for his upcoming monster
movie Cloverfield.
Eric Bana was born in Australia 39 years ago as Eric
Banadinovich. After building his career on the
Australian sketch comedy show Full Frontal and
spending a decade making acclaimed Australian
movies, Bana moved over to the US when director
Ridley Scott cast him in Black Hawk Down. In this
film, he appeared opposite Tom Hardy, who played
Shinzon on Star Trek: Nemesis.
she hoped it would continue. She described their fel-
low Heroes actor Zachary Quinto as “very, very excit-
ed” to have been cast in the upcoming Star Trek
movie: “He himself is a Trekkie so you can imagine
how excited he is to be chosen to play a young
Spock.”
Nichols said that she gave Quinto her best wishes
when she met him. “I saw him in one of the
episodes I said, ‘Oh my God, look what an actor,” she
recalled. “Then when I met him in person I said,
‘This is a young Spock.’ They did a brilliant job in
casting him.”
Asked whether she thought William Shatner (Kirk),
who is not on the cast list for the new Star Trek film,
or Leonard Nimoy (Spock), who is, might be interest-
ed in appearing on Heroes like Nichols and George
Takei (Sulu), the actress said, “I have no idea. And
oddly enough...I was not aware that George had
joined the cast, you know, for the time that he did
until just before I signed on.”
Though Davis admitted that Monica’s powers are
growing, Nichols said she couldn’t talk about whether
Nana has a power or whether she is part of the older
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generation of heroes that includes Takei’s character
Kaito Nakamura, Claire Bennett’s father Noah and
Peter and Nathan Petrelli’s mother Angela. Asked
what power she would like to have, Nichols said, “I’m
going to keep that under my belt...I don’t want to
jinx it.” At the time she auditioned, she added, she
expected the role to be in a single episode and was
delighted to learn that it would be recurring.
Nimoy Returned To Star Trek For Abrams
Leonard Nimoy had told inter-
viewers for many years that he
was retired from acting when
the opportunity to play Spock
came up again. So why did he
choose to return to the Star
Trek franchise now that his
career as aphotographer is his
primary artistic outlet?
“A very talented man called JJ
Abrams will be directing the movie. He has a very tal-
ented team of writers, and they have come up with a
strong idea,” Nimoy told London’s Jewish Chronicle,
which also reported - possibly erroneously - that
“many of the surviving members of the original cast”
will be joining him in the movie.
Nimoy explained that the title of his 1977 autobiog-
raphy I Am Not Spock was “a mistake” and added,
“Anyone who read the book would be able to tell that
I enjoyed playing the Spock character. I loved the
Spock character.” He merely wanted to distinguish
between himself as an actor and the character he had
developed.
Nimoy called himself “flattered, amused and delight-
ed” by the ongoing popularity of Star Trek and said
that the stories were “universal and stand up over
time.” He said he appreciated both the opportunities
the series had given him and the fans, who have
made it easier to draw attention to his photography
projects, the latest of which is Full Body Project - a
book of photographs exploring preconceptions about
obesity in women.
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As for her successor as Uhura, Zoe Saldana, Nichols
said that she was looking forward to meeting her and
“to know that Gene [Roddenberry]’s legacy shall not
only live in what was there when he was here. But
that it’s going on in that same image...I know that
he’s up in heaven going ‘Right on,’ you know.”
“We have an obsession with body size in the US,”
Nimoy explained, saying that the project began when
a woman questioned why his models in The Shekhina
Project had all been slender and offered to let Nimoy
photograph her “different type body.”
“There is an enormous industry built up around sell-
ing things to women to make them feel better about
themselves, essentially telling them: ‘You don’t
look right’. It’s a cruel message, because being
that slim is an unattainable goal for most people,”
observed 76-year-old Nimoy. “I’m not suggesting that
obesity is healthy,” he added. “I’m simply putting out
these images. Look, the women I found are comfort-
able with their bodies, the photos have a joy in them,
a joie de vivre.”
He said that the response to this project has been
more positive than that to The Shekhina Project,
which angered some Jewish groups as the photos jux-
taposed nude models with religious items. “Even
though a lot of people clearly hated it, I had an awful
lot of people tell me that these were beautiful pic-
tures. Many Jewish women said that they loved the
photographs because they were a very positive repre-
sentation of Jewish women as beautiful and sensual,
compared to the way Jewish women are often por-
trayed as naggy and not attractive...that project had a
great deal to do with my Jewish experience, my expe-
rience as an artist within Judaism and the Judaism
within my heart,” said Nimoy.
The Vulcan salute was adapted by Nimoy from a
hand gesture he first observed in synagogue as a
child. The Star Trek movie shoot will take three to
four months, after which Nimoy expects to return to
photography.
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Paramount Finds New Scotty & Sulu
The cast of the new Star Trek film expanded with
two more actors today, as word came out Paramount
has cast British comedian Simon Pegg in the role of
Montgomery Scott, and Korean-born John Cho as
Hikaru Sulu.
Just like original Scott actor James Doohan, Pegg is
not from Scotland himself, but his background as a
stand-up comedian will likely allow him to successful-
ly pull of the accent. Pegg is 37, and is probably
best-known for his roles in the comedies Shaun of
the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Last year, he worked with
Star Trek director J.J. Abrams on Mission: Impossible
III, in which he played a remarkably Scotty-like char-
acter: technician Benji Dunn.
Quinto Thought About Quitting Showbiz Before
Sylar, Spock
Zachary Quinto very nearly
quit show business before
being cast as Heroes’ Sylar
and then the new Spock in
J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek.
“I was in the depths of
despair to the point where I
couldn’t get out of bed...I
was dealing with career
obstacles that were pro-
found,” Quinto told TV Guide.
“I was asking myself, ‘What’s
the point of all this? Why am
I even in the game anymore?’”
At present, admitted Quinto, his career feels “very
dreamlike, though Trek is feeling less so as it draws
nearer...I just had my first fitting for my Vulcan ears.
It felt incredible, and in that moment there was a
huge shift for me. Suddenly it was real, and I was
like, ‘OK! Let’s get this thing going!’”
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John Cho is almost as old as Pegg, 35, but he’s
often played characters that are younger than his
actual age. He’s most famous for appearing as
Harold Lee in Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle,
for which he recently finished filming the sequel.
Prior to that, Cho had the dubious distinction of
being the one to popularise the slang term “MILF”
with his first big role, in the teen comedy American
Pie.
These two new casting announcements come at the
end of the week that already saw Paramount find a
main bad guy in Eric Bana (story) and a possible
actor for the Captain Kirk role in Chris Pine (story).
With these new additions, only the role of Dr. ‘Bones’
McCoy still needs to be filled.
Though he does not describe himself as a Trekkie,
Quinto added, “From the day I found out they were
making the Star Trek movie, I said, ‘I want to be
Spock,’ and I started talking about it to everybody, to
my friends, my agents, reporters who interviewed
me. I put my intentions out there clearly and the uni-
verse responded.” He said that he had avoided inter-
net talk about the movie, so he did not know
whether fans were griping about plot rumours, but
he said he appreciated the cast members announced
thus far and added, “The film is being made with the
longtime fans in mind, but it will also be of its own
time and have a distinct voice and perspective.”
As for Heroes, Quinto spoke enthusiastically about
“the Sarmy” or Sylar’s Army”, who admire his charac-
ter and have coined the slogan, “‘Every villain needs
a legion of evil supporters.’” He finds it ironic that
“they do great charity work. It’s never bad to have
an army.”
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Urban, Pine Sign for Trek XI; Shatner Not (Yet) TrekMovie.com’s sources told
On Board the site that no final decision
has been reached about
The ink is on the contracts: Shatner’s appearance. “It is
Chris Pine will play Jim Kirk a ‘lie’ to say Shatner definite-
in the upcoming Star Trek ly will not be in the film, but
movie, Karl Urban will play it would also be a lie to say
Leonard McCoy, and veteran that he definitely will be in
designer John Eaves will be the film,” noted
illustrating some of the ships TrekMovie.com.
for the film. But don’t count
on seeing William Shatner TrekMovie.com has also
just yet. reported that Eaves - an
illustrator for Deep Space Nine, Enterprise and the
The Hollywood Reporter Next Generation movies - is working on Star Trek
confirmed the signing of alongside Trek newcomer Ryan Church, whose cred-
Pine and Urban, stating that its include the Star Wars prequels and this summer’s
Pine had indeed dropped out of the George Clooney Transformers blockbuster, which was written by Star
film White Jazz to take on the iconic Star Trek role Trek scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
originated by Shatner. While Los Angeles-born Pine is
not particularly well-known to genre audiences, New Eaves designed the Enterprise NCC 1701-E for the
Zealander Urban brings a following from Hercules movies and the Enterprise NX-01 for Star Trek:
and Xena, The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles Enterprise. TrekMovie.com said that contrary to an
of Riddick as well as The Bourne Supremacy. IESB report that the original Enterprise would under-
go a major overhaul, “the Enterprise has been
As for Shatner himself, TrekMovie.com insisted that redesigned but it still recognizable as the USS
any possible role for him is not yet guaranteed. An Enterprise...complete with saucer, hull and two
Ain’t It Cool News editor had commented on a bul- nacelles.”
letin board that Shatner’s woeful statements that he
would not be in the film were false (story). However,

‘Star Trek’ To Have $150 Million Plus Price Tag would be considerably larger than the budget for
Star Trek Nemesis or previous films in the franchise.
Star Trek, the upcoming film by J.J. Abrams, report-
edly has a budget of over $150 million dollars. “It’s a huge story they’re doing - and boy does it
sound orgasmic, even for a Non-Trekkie like me,”
“According to our contact, the film initially had a added writer Clint Morris. “It’s a ‘major gamble’ for
budget of $130 million but now J.J has been handed Paramount, says our insider.”
a few extra biccies,” reported Moviehole, citing “reli-
able word from inside the cream buildings on
Melrose.”
The source stated that Abrams’ budget has been
raised to “the environs of $150-160 million” - which

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Trek Actors and Hopefuls Congratulate Those
Newly Cast
As casting announcements for the upcoming Star
Trek film are published, various actors involved with
the production and the history of Star Trek have
weighed in with their approval for J.J. Abrams’ choic-
es.
With reports widespread that Abrams’ first choice to
play Kirk is Chris Pine, newly cast Spock Zachary
Quinto told Access Hollywood that he would be
delighted if Pine joined the cast. “I know Chris...I
think he is a phenomenal actor,” Quinto said. “I
would certainly love to work with him and I feel like
he would be a really strong choice.”
George Takei’s onetime role as navigator Sulu has
gone to Korean-American actor John Cho. “Sulu’s in
good hands,” Takei told StarTrek.com. “I’ve seen Cho
in many productions at East West Players and he
always brings a vigorous sense of individuality to his
roles.” Takei added that he hoped Cho would return
for many more Star Trek movies.
Shatner: Still the Captain, But Still Not in ‘Star
Trek’
William Shatner may not be in the new Star Trek
film, but he’s still getting plenty of attention as
Captain Kirk.
StarTrek.com reported that Shatner’s fellow
Enterprise captain Patrick Stewart (Picard) will
bestow upon Shatner the Jules Verne Lifetime
Achievement Award, presented during the Jules
Verne Adventure Film Festival. That event will be
hosted by Malcolm McDowell, who played the enemy
of the two captains as Dr. Soran in Star Trek:
Generations.
The ceremony will take place on December 9th at
the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, preceded by
four hours of remastered HD original series episodes.
Many other luminaries will take place in the festival
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And Chris Doohan, son of original Scotty actor
James Doohan who at one time had hoped to be
considered for the film role himself, said that he was
pleased with the casting of Simon Pegg, though Pegg
was not his first choice. “I guess he pegged the audi-
tion,” Doohan joked to TrekMovie.com. “Even though
Paul McGillion was my first choice, I believe that
Pegg will do a great job...his accent is passable and
he’s a great actor.”
Onetime Stargate Atlantis star McGillion also sent
congratulations to British actor Pegg. “I’d like to
thank you all for your tremendous support especially
Chris Doohan who rallied behind me to fill his father’s
footsteps,” McGillion wrote to TrekMovie.com. “I have
not had the pleasure of ‘meeting’ Simon Pegg but I
am familiar with his work and I think he’s a terrific
talent. I wish him and the rest of the cast & crew
great success with the new Star Trek film.”
and the official web site promises a “spectacular
presentation.”
Yet Shatner still sounds disappointed if not outright
bitter that he has not been asked to be in the movie.
“I couldn’t believe it...having been in on the creation
of it, I was hoping to be in on the re-creation,” he
told The Associated Press. “What a decision to make,
since it obviously is a decision not to make use of
the popularity I have to ensure the movie has good
box office. It didn’t seem to be a wise business deci-
sion.”
It isn’t that Shatner needs the work. “I’ve got a lot
to do,” he said. His recent jobs include not only
working on a new Star Trek book and his regular role
on Boston Legal, for which he has won two Emmy
Awards, but narrating the Christmas spoof Stalking
Santa, which is scheduled to be released on DVD on
November 6th.
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Shatner is not, however, likely to collect the remas-
tered original series episodes, nor to join his long-
time colleague Leonard Nimoy - who is in the upcom-
ing Star Trek movie - in working as a photographer.
“I don’t collect those things,” Shatner told
MovieWeb. “I don’t even take pictures...I find myself
reluctantly taking pictures because what’s past is
past. You can’t recapture it...the time is gone, the
only thing you know is the present.” He also admit-
ted that seeing photos of himself when he was
younger is “somewhat horrifying.”

Nimoy Talks Photography, Return To Film including “one of a nude lying on her back with her
arms folded across her chest.”
Visiting his home state
of Massachusetts for an In a separate interview with The Republican, Nimoy
art show in which his called the role of Spock in the upcoming film “inter-
latest photos are exhib- esting and challenging.” He said that if viewers would
ited, Leonard Nimoy “accept the fact that I am older and so is the charac-
(Spock) talked about ter, that is a start.”
the impact of his pho-
At 76, Nimoy said he had become interested in how
tography and the chal-
people define their identity and image. He plans to
lenges of returning to
take photos of people as they dress and pose them-
play Spock in the
selves rather than as models. “What I am saying is...
upcoming Star Trek film
‘Show me the part that is missing’”, he explained.
“I was surrounded by
Which leads back to his current project and its con-
museums, exhibitions,
frontation with the tactics of the fashion and diet
theater, and all kinds of
industries, now on display in Northampton,
art opportunities,” Nimoy said of his youth in the city
Massachusetts. “In our culture, women are congratu-
to The Boston Globe. He considered changing
lated for losing weight,” noted Nimoy. “It’s one of the
careers after his stint on Mission: Impossible, but it
highest compliments you can pay - ‘Oh, you’ve lost
was not until more recently that he began to work as
weight.’” He said that he had received very little neg-
a photographer full time. His latest book, The Full
ative reaction.
Body Project, centers on large women celebrating
their bodies, which are not designed the way con-
temporary media suggests women should look.
“The average American woman weighs 25 percent
more than the models who are posing in the clothes
they are trying to sell,” Nimoy pointed out. “In our
culture, there’s this worshiping of the thin body, and
I became fascinated with that idea.” He said he
believed that feminists would find the book liberat-
ing, though some might be uncomfortable.
Nimoy added that his friend and former co-star
William Shatner (Kirk) owns some of his artwork,

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Nov 2 - 4, 2007 Vulkon, Orlando, Florida Info:
PO Box 551437, Fort Lauderdale , FL 33355-
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Nov 11 Atlanta Comic Convention, Atlanta,
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30230 Ph: 706-837-4976
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csr@atlantacomicconvention.com Guests:
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Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2007 Anime Supercon, Fort
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Dec 1 Games Day Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
Info: 3577-A Chamblee-Tucker Road #215,
Atlanta, GA 30341 http://www.atlantagame-
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Jan 11 - 13, 2008 GAFilk, Atlanta, Georgia Info:
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Guests: Jeff Bohnhoff, Maya Bohnhoff, Brian
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Jan 12 - 19, 2008 Richard Hatch Cruise,
Miami, Florida Info: PO Box 3605, 110 Red
Mountain Rd., Aspen, CO 81612 Ph: 970-925-
3677 http://www.RichardHatchCruise.com/
Beth@NorthernStarProductions.com Guests:
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Jan 25 - 27, 2008 Florida Extravaganza,
Orlando, Florida Info: PO Box 300546, Fern
Park, FL 32730-0546 Ph: 407-401-9203
http://www.fxshow.com/ info@fxshow.com
Feb 15 - 17, 2008 Furry Weekend Atlanta,
Atlanta, Georgia Info: PO Box 1511, Madison, AL
35758 http://www.furryweekend.com/
furryweekend@furryweekend.com Guests:
Bonk Longtail, Tilt Longtail
Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2008 Sleuthfest, Deerfield
Beach, Florida Info: 6619 Roxbury Lane, Miami
Beach, FL 33141
http://www.mwa-florida.org/sleuthfest.htm
Guests: Lee Child, Doug Lyle
Mar 7 - 9, 2008 MegaCon, Orlando, Florida Info:
PO Box 1097, Safety Harbor, FL 34695 Ph: 727-
796-5725 http://www.megaconvention.com/
info@megaconvention.com
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Mar 19 - 23, 2008 IAFA-29, Orlando, Florida
Info: ICFA Registrar, Post Office Box 50517,
Eugene, OR 97405 http://www.iafa.org/ Guests:
Vernor Vinge, Roger Luckhurst, Greer Ilene
Gilman, Brian Aldiss
Mar 28 - 30, 2008 Naruto-Star Trek
Convention, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Info: PO
Box 970131, Boca Raton, FL 33497 Ph: 561-
479-3872 http://www.narutotrek.com/
info@narutotrek.com Guests: Maile Flanagan,
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The Punktuations
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PO Box 470742, Lake Monroe, FL 32747 Ph:
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http://www.coastcon.org/
coastcon_inc@yahoo.com Benefits: Hope
Haven Children’s Shelter
May 2 - 4, 2008 Galaxy of Stars, Jackson,
Mississippi Info: 109 Fairmont Cove, Brandon,
MS 39047 Ph: 601-941-3470
http://www.jimmytonerecords.com
contactus@jimmytonerecords.com
Aug 29 - Sep 1, 2008 Dragon*Con, Atlanta,
Georgia Info: PO Box 16459, Atlanta, GA 30321-
9998 Ph: 770-909-0115
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