STAR TREK The Experience - Las Vegas

For 10 years, the Las Vegas Hilton has hosted STAR TREK The Experience and now an era is coming to an end: September 1st, the attraction is closing.

According to the AP, thousands of fans are flocking to the shows (the new BORG Invasion 4D and the original attraction, Klingon Encounter) to get a glimpse before the whole thing closes for good.

I always thought it would be fun to check out, but never managed and now it looks like I never will. (1 day’s notice IS a bit short, hmmm?)

Guess this means that Vegas doesn’t give the new movie very good odds, eh? (Otherwise why close the attraction now if there were going to be an upswing in Star Trek interest again??) However, CBS/Paramount, owners of the franchise, seem to be hunting for a new home for it, so maybe all is not lost…

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J.J. Abrams and Paramount have finally issued promo ‘posters’ at the official site for the upcoming STAR TREK movie which is being called variously STAR TREK ZERO (as it’s a prequel) or STAR TREK XI (the eleventh movie in the franchise) or just plain STAR TREK. They of course can’t use STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE – that’s already been used. =)

The newest film will star Chris Pine (James T. Kirk), Zachary Quinto (Spock), Karl Urban (Leonard “Bones” McCoy), Simon Pegg (Montgomery “Scotty” Scott), John Cho (Hikaru Sulu), Anton Yelchin (Pavel Chekov), Zoë Saldana (Uhura), Winona Ryder (Amanda Grayson), Bruce Greenwood (Christopher Pike) and Eric Bana (Nero). It tells of the early years of the crew of the original ENTERPRISE and their 1st 5 year mission.

I’m of mixed opinion on this one. It seems that the even numbered ones have been the better ones – WRATH OF KHAN (II), THE VOYAGE HOME (IV), and so on – but with J. J. Abrams (ALIAS, LOST) backing this one, it may get the treatment it needs to succeed. Also, it stars some actors I really enjoy watching: Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, John Cho and Karl Urban. However, they’re stepping into very big and iconic shoes, and it will be VERY hard not to be constantly comparing them with the originals while watching.

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